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If the heart is always searching, Can it ever find a home?
I've been looking for that someone
I'll never make it on my own.
Chapter 32- As You Promised
She was a woman who always thought she had it all and needing nothing else in life. She was strong and independent and perfectly complete. At least so she thought. As Brennan stared through the nursery window at her beautiful baby daughter, she realized that she was in fact never whole. Not until now. She had gone through the worst experience of her life and yet she found it all to be worth every agonizing minute. Every moment of heart ache, every tear, every minute of fear was completely worth it.
"Dr. Temperance Brennan please report back to your room at once." a voice said over the intercom. "Dr. Temperance Brennan back to your room at once."
Brennan chuckled under her breath but didn't move. Technically she wasn't supposed to be out of bed, let alone of her room, but she couldn't be away from her anymore. She couldn't stand her baby being four hallways and three doors away. Even though Brennan was out of this world happy, she was also out of this world scared. He could still find her. He could escape from prison, and find her and take Kaitlin away from her like he planned.
"Bones!" the sound of Booth's voice and his pounding feet down the hall snapped Brennan's focus out of her own mind and back into reality.
"Bones, what are you doing out here?"Booth asked wrapping a strong arms around Brennan's waist.
"I made that."Brennan said matter of factly, pointing to Kaitlin through the glass.
"That you did. And she's perfect."Booth said.
"You don't have to say that you know,"Brennan said "You don't have to do this."
Booth smacked himself in the head with both hands and spun in a circle "Oh my god, you're right. See ya."Booth said taking a few mocking steps away from Brennan.
"Come on Booth, I'm serious."
"And so am I. I mean Jesus Christ, Bones!,"Booth exclaimed. "If I didn't love you, do you think I would be standing here asking you-again- to marry me!?"
Brennan squeezed her eyes shut and shook her head lightly "Maybe my pain meds are effecting my hearing. What didn you just say?"
"Well I was thinking of a better way to re-ask you but I think the fact that you are doubting my commitment to you-again- makes this as good a time as any."Booth said.
"I'm not doubting you, I'm just giving you a way out so that when you do leave it hurts less."Brennan said.
"Bones, don't you get it yet?,"Booth asked. "I'm not leaving, ever."
"People always leave, its an unavoidable fact of life. People leave."
"Not this people. This people standing right in front of you is never ever going to leave. I am yours until the day God takes me back and even then I am still going to be yours." Booth said.
Brennan sighed. She didn't have the strength to argue more. Not only that but she was beginning to believe what Booth had been saying.
"Now,"Booth said taking advantage of Brennan's silence. "I am going to get down on one knee and as you to marry me and you are going to say yes like you promised. Then we are going to go back to your room and I never want to hear about this again. Got it?"
Brennan nodded allowing the tears she had been holding back to well in her eyes.
Booth smiled as he got down on his knee "Temperance Brennan, will you do me the honor, privilege and pleasure of becoming my wife?"
Brennan, for the first time in her life, was so overwhelmed with joy that she was unable to form words in her brain. All she do was nod, furiously. Booth took the dolphin ring he had given her for Christmas out of his pocket and slipped it onto Brennan's ring finger.
Booth stood up and gently took Brennan into his arms, "I've waited so long for this." He whispered into her hair.
"How long?" Brennan teased.
Booth pulled away and looked deep into Brennan's eyes "Since the Cleo Eller case."
"You know what?" Brennan said.
"What?"
"Me too."
Booth balanced Brennan's weight on his arm as she slid back into her bed.
"If I didn't love you so much, I would kill you for getting out of bed."
"I couldn't be away from her anymore. Besides I only walked a little seeing as you carried me all the way back to the room." Brennan argued.
"You could have hurt yourself," Booth said, tucking Brennan under the blankets. "Promise you won't do that again."
Brennan rolled her eyes. "Is it going to be like this everyday for the rest of my life?"
"Yes, now promise." Booth demanded.
"I promise." Brennan grumbled. Booth smiled as he gently pressed his lips against Brennan's. She kissed him back slightly harder pulling him towards her. They kissed for a (long second)( long and second don't mix try moment or something like that) when they were interrupted by the sound of someone clearing their throat.
"Sully?!" Brennan said looking over Booth's shoulder.
"Hello Tempe."Sully said, his voice serious.
"Sully," Booth said standing protectively next to Brennan's bed "What's up?"
"I have some news." Sully said.
Dreams can't take the place of loving you.
There's gotta be a million reasons why it's true,
When you look me in the eyes.
Author's Note-Ohh cliffy! It's been awhile since I left you with one of those. Mwahahaha!.
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Seraphina
