2. Did we have it all?

It all started with bruised on her legs, her abandon and her back. She had tried to hide them from her coworkers. Not to worry them, not to worry herself. However, she could not hide it. She could never hide what was happening to her. She did not want to go to the hospital. She didn't want to make anyone more worried.

One morning she gut up, throwing up. She got the flue. She felt very sick, but still she tried to find the strength to get to her work. She always tried. However, she did not exactly calm down. She started working long days, in attempt not to go home. Not to face Zach. He was worried about her. However, with Melinda's absence, he had to be home all the time taking care of Prue, Selina and Ruben. His wife slept on the cough in her office, while he was alone in his bed. And he missed her. He missed Melinda. The truth was that Melinda had never been gone for longer then 2 days ever since they were married. And on the job, she ignored him. He was trying to give her time.

When she did get home, she was so tired she would fall asleep right away. And she did not feel like talking to her husband. She only had enough energy to play with Prue. She did not have that much energy. In the morning, she would get up at four, and she would head to the lab. Probably she would sleep on her cough, until 10. He would find her there, asleep over her paperwork.

Zach noticed that ever since Prue had left the school 3 weeks ago, everything had started. Maybe even a couple weeks before that. When Melinda had fallen of her chair. 4 weeks ago, Melinda had fallen down. Prue had crawled on the desk, trying to play a game. And Melinda fainted. When she woke, she told everyone she was clumsy. However, Zach knew better. He knew something was not right. He had seen the bruises. She told him they were from the fall, but he was sure they were not. Melinda promised him she would get to see a doctor, and a couple of weeks later she told him she did. That nothing was wrong. Nevertheless, he was convinced that she did not see any doctor in realty.

Melinda waked trough the lab, unable to concentrate herself. She had been sick all the time, and she had felt bad. Her skin looked very pale, but she had not mentioned it to Zach. She did not want him to worry. There was nothing to worry about. It was just a little flue. That was what she thought the past 3 weeks. In her family, there were no diseases. Her grandmother had suffered form breast cancer when she was younger, but she knew that she did not have any of those symptoms. She did not want to think about it. She walked around the table, looking at the corps they way she always did. A normal corps. It was a Friday night and Zach had asked her to quite the working quiet a bit. However, she had not done that.

She cut herself at the blade she was using to cut open the patient. Melinda blamed it on the fact she was tired. She looked at the bled that kept coming from the wound. Brennan was standing next to her.

"Are you okay?" She asked that question. She had no idea if she was okay. She started to feel rather bad. The flu did not cover the feeling. She had a pain in her chest, and her abandon was painful. Everything went black in front of her eyes.

Brennan saw that she was falling against the ground. Brennan did not know what to do. She always thought she exactly knew what to do in a situation like this. Brennan panicked. Feeling her pulse, it was kind of weak. She had an irregular heartbeat, which was cause by a problem with her heart.

"Melinda." She gave her a slight tap on the cheek. There was no respond. "Oh my God."

Booth entered the lab, and saw that his girlfriend was freaking out. He ran over to her, finding Melinda unconscious on the floor. "Shit, Bones, what happened?"

Brennan calmed down. "I was asking if she was okay, and she just fell down."

Booth took his phone out of his jacket. He turned the number 911. He heard a voice '911 emergency, what seems to be your problem?"

"Hello, this is special agent Seeley Booth, and I'm calling from the Jeffersonian institute. A woman fell down. She fainted " Booth said "She's unconscious. She is hardly breathing. Her pulse is irregular."

He sat down next to Melinda, getting her from the ground, and carrying her to the closest office. He putted her on the chair. She was lying down. Brennan was standing right behind him.

"Go get Zach!" Booth said. Brennan turned around and heading to the other side of the lab. Booth looked at Melinda pale skin. He could see she was getting very ill. He putted his hand on her forehead and felt warm. He was scared. He had seen this kind of thing, when he had been in a hospital. Where people were dying. However, he never felt this so close. Brennan had run away fast, she was panicked. Booth would have expected her to be calm. , that she would know exactly what to do; instead, his girlfriend had lost it. She had been worried, and she was not able to do anything that would have helped Melinda. He knew that she was terrified of loosing her friend. And that was not about to happen. Not now.

Zach got in this office and sat down next to his wife. She was still unconscious.

"How long does it take for an ambulance to get here?" Booth was getting mad. He only called 5 minutes ago, but expected them to be there the minute he called.

"It takes a while." Zach replied, "She's been sick for a while now. She does not tell me, but I can tell. She has not been eating for a couple of weeks. I think this time it's serious."

"Aren't you mad she didn't tell you?" Booth watched her

"She doesn't have to tell me, how she's feeling. I jus know." Zach replied. I told her to go see a doctor. However, she would not do it. She told me that everything was okay."

"You should have made her go." Booth said, "It's what a husband does."

"I was going to." Zach said

The paramedics came running in the room, followed by a worried Dr. Brennan. Dr. Brennan was always calm in a situation like this. But this seemed to consume her alive. Cam walked in the room.

"What is going on?" She asked. That is when she saw that Melinda was unconscious "Oh my God."

Cam was trying to keep the rest of the lab away. She kept calm, but inside she was worrying. Worrying about was going on with Melinda. "Okay, people move on." She said to some people who came to watch "Nothing to see here."

"What's going on?" Angela and Hodgins walked towards them. Cam let them trough.

"Melinda, she fainted." Cam started to show her feelings. Her panic. "The paramedics are taking a look at her. But they don't know anything." The paramedics passed them. Zach was following very close. Brennan was sitting on the cough, not able to move.

"Sweetie." Angela hugged her. "She's going to be fine, she probably ate to much."

"No, she has a pale skin. She was very tired. Her wounds did not heal that fast. She has heart failure. Bruises. And she probably has a low white blood cell. If I was objective, I would have noticed it." Brennan replied

"Brennan, you are overreacting." Angela said "Just wait for the test; you will see nothing is going on?"

"It was scary Ange." Brennan said, "She was just. She fell, and she was pale. I did not know what to do I do not want to loose you. I do not want Melinda to go anywhere. You, Melinda and Dana are my best friend. In addition, without you people and Booth, I would not be okay. I would be a mess. You guys help me to be okay."