Thank you for reading my story and giving it a chance. I hope you're being entertained.

I have a friend whose birthday is coming up and for her birthday present, she wants me to post this story evey day this week. I hope that's ok with everyone else. I will stop working on all of my other stories and get this one done. If you're following the other stories, never fear, I will work on them as soon as I can. I will post "Booth's Diary" on Saturday.

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Booth had walked down the stairs and had informed the agent sitting in the living room that they were going to Caroline Julian's apartment. Agent Howard was Booth's bodyguard for the night and was happy to have something to do besides sitting in a house full of sleeping people. He had tried to talk to the body guard that Hodgins had hired to watch over the house at night; but, the guy didn't like cops and wouldn't talk to Agent Howard.

Waiting for Hodgins to come downstairs, Booth took his SUV keys out of his pocket and said, "We'll take the truck. It's big enough to haul our circus across town."

Snorting, Agent Howard said, "I hope you have a good reason to be going to Caroline Julian's place at this time of night. If we wake her up and she doesn't like the reason we'll all be cat food."

Smiling, Booth said, "Don't worry about Caroline. She'll approve."

Shaking his head, Agent Howard, "Only because she thinks the sun comes out of your ass."

Hodgins, walking down the stairs, heard Agent Howard's comment and said, "I wouldn't let Caroline hear you say stuff like that if I was you. She thinks the sun comes from her butt."

Shaking his head, Booth smacked his hands together and said, "Ok, let's cut the improv. We have things to do."

Walking across the room, Booth opened the door and left the house, Agent Howard, smiling at Hodgins, hurried after Booth. Sighing, Hodgins turned to his bodyguard, Stan Stevens and said, "It's going to be a long night. You stay here and watch over Angela and Michael. I'll be safe enough with Booth and Agent Howard."

Turning, Hodgins jogged across the room and out the door. Stan, walking across the room, arrived at the door and watched Booth start his truck and then back it down the driveway. Closing the door, Stan walked back over to the couch and sat down. Some of his clients could be a little strange. As far as he was concerned, Jack Hodgins and his friends were downright quirky and a little bit scary. He guessed if he had to rely on the cops for anything at least these appeared to be human, unlike his brother-in-law who had probably been born with the stick that was rammed up his backside.

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Booth was nervous. He didn't want to be; but, he was. Driving over to Caroline's apartment, Booth kept thinking about how he was going to react to Brennan. He loved her. He'd loved her since the day he'd met her; but, she had left him. She hadn't loved him enough to take him with her. He needed to know why. In the back of his mind, he was afraid she didn't trust him because of Hannah. Maybe she didn't trust his instincts. Anyone looking in from the outside might not have understood what he was trying to do with his life. He knew he probably looked like a jerk or a kid; but, how do you explain to an outsider what Hannah was. He had been oh so careful to tell Brennan that Hannah hadn't been a consolation prize when in fact that was exactly what she had been. He had been desperate to move on and to protect himself when Brennan had told him that she couldn't be the one he needed. When Brennan has refused to give them a chance he had been devastated and felt that his life was a never ending cycle of rejection and hurt. He had been terrified that he was going to be all alone. In the end, Hannah had only reinforced those feelings in him.

Then one day he had woke up and realized that something had changed in his life. Brennan was actually in love with him. He didn't know when that had happened; but, he was grateful that he had finally noticed and he let his guard down enough to let her back into his heart. He had been terrified to do that and it had taken a lot of strength he didn't know he had to allow their relationship to morph into what it was now. The thing he feared now was, what if Brennan loved him; but, didn't trust him.

Hodgins, sitting next to Booth in the truck, kept looking at Booth. Hodgins had tried to start a conversation several times; but, Booth had ignored every comment or question he asked. The look of intense concentration on Booth's face had actually made Hodgins nervous. He was afraid that Booth was driving on autopilot and was only in the truck physically and not mentally. Praying, Hodgins pleaded with whoever was up there to please watch over Booth and make sure that his mind was on the road at least a little bit. He didn't want to make his son an orphan and his wife a widow.

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Finally arriving at Caroline's apartment, Booth parked his SUV on the street across from Caroline's apartment building. Getting out of the truck, Booth fed the meter and then looking both ways to make sure that he wasn't going to be flattened, he walked across the street, Hodgins and Agent Howard following behind him. Stepping up on the curb, Booth noticed Cullen and Agent Sanchez standing next to the main entrance.

Walking over towards his boss, Booth stopped next to Cullen and said, "Are they here yet?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Cullen said, "I don't know. I decided to just wait until you showed up and we'd all go up together. I didn't want to spook Dr. Brennan by showing up at Caroline's door without you."

Nodding his head in appreciation, Booth said, "Thanks. She's been through a lot and in the back of her mind, she has to be worrying that this is some kind of trap."

Pointing towards the main entrance, Cullen said, "Lead the way, Booth. We'll back you up."

Smiling, Booth entered the apartment building and approached the guard desk. Holding up his badge, Booth said, "We are FBI. We're going up to Caroline Julian's apartment. She's expecting us."

Nodding his head, Carl Deacon said, "Yes sir, she called down her a little while ago to let me know you were on the way."

Turning to look at Cullen, Booth then walked around the security desk and over to the elevators. Cullen, turning to Sanchez said, "Sanchez, stay down here and watch over things. You know what to look for."

Frowning, Sanchez said, "Yes sir, I sure do."

Looking back at the front entrance, Cullen walked over to the elevators and got into the car with Hodgins, Howard and Booth. After the car had arrived on the fifth floor, Booth, Hodgins, Agent Howard and Cullen got out and walked down the hallway. Stopping at the entrance to Caroline's apartment, Booth took a deep breath and knocked.

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