A/N: Don't worry, this fic may be pretty angsty right now but it'll be super fluffy by the end. Chapters 1, 2, and 3 take place during the finale and everything else takes place after. If you'd like to know exactly where the chapters fall within the episode let me know, and I can give you some sort of idea. Thanks for reading! Let me know what you think!
Astronauts
It's a funny old world
Full of headaches in turn
So whenever you need space
I guess it's okay
When you're floating away
To feel nothing at all
We can be astronauts
If you want to
Get out of here
"Yes, as soon as I have concluded the murder investigation I am currently on, I will fly out to Maluku. No, thank you…for giving me this opportunity. Yes, it will be a welcome change for the next year. Okay…thank you…goodbye," she spoke into her phone.
I eavesdropped on her conversation; I needed to know what was going on. I stood in the door way of her office, waiting for her to notice me. But, she was back to staring at her computer, probably writing her report.
"So you're really going?" I asked.
She turned and nodded. "We both decided we would. You just told me, not a half hour ago on the bench, that going back to the Army was what was best for you," she defended herself. "I just...need to go. I need this."
I held up my hands in defeat. "I was just wondering if it was a done deal now."
She nodded again, turning back to her computer.
I sighed, knowing I wasn't going to get much more out of her.
"Here's my report. I wanted you to have a copy before I gave one to Caroline."
She turned away from her computer again to look at me. "So you came all the way over to the Jeffersonian to give me a copy of your report, just to turn back around to give a copy to Caroline back at the Hoover?" She questioned, "Why? That's an awful lot of backtracking…"
I shook my head. "Because….I don't know," I said, heaving a sigh.
She nodded slowly at my answer. "If you don't mind, I'm going to finish typing up my report now. I'll bring you a copy soon."
I nodded once and left. Why did it have to be so hard?
Why was I already missing her like she's gone?
"Booth!" I heard her call from her office, despite the fact I'm already to the doors of the lab. I jogged back.
"Yeah?"
"So…if I go to Maluku…You're not going to change your mind and stay in D.C.?"
"Bones, go to Maluku. I'm going to Afghanistan." Why was I telling her to leave? I didn't want her to go. I didn't want to go. But, I couldn't move on if I see her every day. I needed to know there were other women like her out there.
But, I already knew the answer to my search wouldn't be in Afghanistan. It would be in an Indonesian jungle.