So sorry about the no update yesterday. I had softball and had to study for finals. Enough said, lol. But I am really pleased with all the reviews. It is overwhelming for me. Thank you guys so much and please continue. So without further a due, heres chapter 4. Enjoy!
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Brennan came into her office early the next day. She needed to get away after what had just occurred between her and Booth. Later sitting in her office, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in." she said, not looking up from her work on the computer in front of her.
"Hey sweetie." The person said.
Brennan looked up, and there stood her best friend whom she hadn't seen in over a year, Angela.
"Angela! Welcome back!" Brennan said energetically. She quickly stood up and briskly walked over to give her best friend a hug.
"Same to you, sweetie! I've missed you."
"I have missed you as well."
They backed out of each other's embrace.
"So…how was Indonesia?"
"Fine. How was Paris?"
"Fine? That's all it was, was fine? Why did you even go in the first place if it was only going to be fine?"
"I….I had a good time. But, something was missing."
"Could that something, well, someone be Booth?"
"No….kinda….yes. Well, all of you. I missed you guys." She recovered from Angela's interrogation quickly and changed the subject.
Angela, being as perceptive as she is even after a year, could tell that's what she was doing; but she decided to leave it alone.
"Aww, we missed you too Bren. But we told you we would be back, and here we are. I'm back, Hodgins is back, and Booth is back."
"With a girlfriend." Brennan mumbled under her breath.
"What was that?" Angela asked.
"Nothing." She replied hurriedly.
"Did you say Booth has a girlfriend?"
Brennan cleared her throat. "Yeah. She's a Lt. Colonel."
"I thought you couldn't date people over there. I thought it was against Army regulations."
"It is. They waited till they came home to start seeing each other."
"Aw, I'm sorry Brennan. Are you okay?"
"No…I'm not."
"Care to talk?"
Brennan nodded as they sat down on the couch.
"Talk." Angela stated.
"Last year, at the airport, Booth came to say goodbye."
"Yes, I remember. Continue."
"Well, when we were talking, we agreed to meet each other one year from that day at the coffee cart on the mall by the reflecting pool. Well, two days ago, I went there and sat for over 5 hours, waiting for him to come. I was getting ready to leave when I heard two people laughing as they walked past. I noticed the man as Booth. He introduced me to his girlfriend, Lt. Colonel Joan Burton. She let us talk, and I told him I missed him. Then yesterday, he came to my apartment in the morning and we talked and then we uh…we uh…."
"You uh what?" Angela saw the look in Brennan's eye. "Oh. My. God. You had sex with Seeley Booth!" Angela squealed.
"No, no. That's where it was leading, but….he stopped. He said he needed to explore his relationship with Joan. But he told me that he cared about me, and loved me. And I told him that it was okay, and maybe one day, we could be something more."
"Bren! Are you serious? If he really loves and cares about you he wouldn't be dating that girl! I can't believe him!"
"I don't blame him Angela. I rejected him, I broke his heart. It is only reasonable I get to experience how he felt."
"What do you mean you rejected him?"
Brennan sighed. She forgot that no one knew about that except for her and Booth.
"Remember when Booth and I went to see Sweets last year about his book?"
"Yeaaaaa." She said, holding it out.
"Well, we told him about our first case and everything and at the end of the meeting, he told Booth that he was the gambler and he had to 'break the stalemate.' But Booth didn't say anything then, so we left. Then when we left the Hoover building, and just outside by the steps leading up to the building, Booth….took the gamble. He kissed me, and told me that he wanted to give us a shot and started talking about 30, 40, 50 years down the road. But I rejected him. I told him that I didn't have his kind of open heart and that I was protecting him from me. He said we could remain partners but I guess it just got too hard for him…for us."
"So you left. He went to a war zone and you went to an Indonesian jungle."
"Yeah. And over the course of the year, I…I think I finally can say, that I…I love Booth."
"Sweetie." Angela was crying, as she placed her hand on Brennans knee. "I am so sorry."
"It's my fault. If I wouldn't have said no, then this wouldn't be happening right now. We would be happy and….together."
"You have to tell him how you feel."
"I did! And he told me he needed to be with Joan right now."
"No, you told him that you regretted everything, but you didn't tell him you loved him."
"Is there a difference?" she asked, scrunching up her brow in confusion.
"There's a huge difference. Trust me, go to him, look straight into his eyes and tell him you love him. I can guarantee that he will tell you the same, and he will break up with Joan."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm positive."
"Thanks Angela. You are a really great friend."
"I try. Now go. And you better call me with the details."
Brennan smiled and stood up. "I love you Angela."
Angela laughed. "Don't tell me you love me, tell Booth."
Brennan took a deep breath, grabbed her keys and bag and ran out of the room, ready to tell Booth how she really felt for the first time in 6 years.
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