Hey guys! I'm glad you liked the last chapter. Here is chapter 7
Days flew by with no contact between the partners. Booth would text her here and there in hopes that she would answer. She never did. Her heart ached every time a notification would pop up and she would see his name. She was growing tired of being angry and hurt. She was coming up to wanting to talk to Booth and Angela and setting things right. That night after leaving the lab she made it her mission to talk to her friends. First, Booth.
Booth sat on his couch nursing a beer he had no intension of drinking. It had been almost a week since his blowup on Brennan and a few days since Hannah left. His life was spiraling out of control. All he kept thinking about was how much of an idiot he is and how he ruined his relationship with Brennan. He was jarred from his thoughts by a knock on the door. Booth opened his door and found his partner standing there. It had been a few days since he had seen her and he was glad that she was standing on his front doorstep,
"Bones." he gave her a smile in relief, she didn't return one,
"Hello Booth. May I come in?" He nodded and stepped out of the way to let her come inside. She stood in his living room taking in the scenery. "I uh, hope I'm not ruining yours and Hannah's evening." Booth rubbed his neck and spoke,
"Well, You see Bones. Hannah moved out a few days ago. We are no longer together." Booth saw something in his partners eyes but it was gone faster than it appeared. She walked around his apartment a little and found her way to his living room,
"Oh. I'm very sorry that things didn't work out for you. I uh *clears throat* I knew how happy you were with her." her words make them recall back to the hurtful words Booth had yelled to her just a week before. Booth shuffled uncomfortably,
"Uh yeah. It sucks but I don't think we were meant for each other." Brennan's eyes furrowed,
"But you said that you loved her, on many occasions." He nodded,
"Yeah I did but I don't think I was being honest when I was saying that." She shook her head,
"So… why did you yell that to me in front of everybody last week?" He was caught off guard by her statement. it seems like she was ready to talk about what happened.
"I was hurt Bones. I thought you wrote me the letter and it hurt me to see how distant and cold it was." She shook her head and looked at her feet,
"You should know me better than that Booth. You should have known I would never do something like that to you." He closed his eyes and nodded,
"I'm so sorry Bones. I knew you would never do something like that but..." he looked down at his feet,
"But?..." she prodded on. He sighed and spoke,
"I felt us pulling away from each other and when I read the letter I... I don't even know what I was thinking. I read it and I just got so mad. I should have known you would never do something like this." He dropped to his couch and put his head in his hands. They stood in complete silence, her standing by his coffee table and him on the couch. When he looked up he saw her reading a piece of paper. He realized that she was reading "her" letter to him,
"Is this the letter Angela wrote?" She asked but already knew the answer,
"Yes." She nodded,
"Wow, she wrote word for word." He heard her mumble to no one. He looked puzzled,
"What do you mean?" She looked up and hadn't realized she said that out loud. Instead of lying she decided to be honest about her feelings for him,
"The night before all of this I was with Angela, we were talking about.. us." She looked down at her feet in slight embarrassment, "everything I said she wrote down in this letter." He was somewhat shocked. He thought this letter was just Angela being an instigator but he realized that Brennan felt that way about him.. or she used to before he messed everything up. He saw wheels turning in her head,
"Is this why you and Hannah broke up?" She asked. He respected the honesty they had going so he nodded his head,
"She found the letter in my jacket pocket. We fought and she left." Brennan nodded.
"I'm sorry." She said quietly. He got up and stood in front of her,
"Don't be sorry. This was not your fault. Hannah and I... we weren't that great together. She wasn't a settler. She wanted to go and used this as an out. I'm not upset about it though." Brennan nodded.
"You're not upset about this? If you're not upset about this than why did you humiliate me in an effort to prove to me that you are happy and you love Hannah?" He bowed his head in shame,
"Bones. I'm so sorry about what I said. I didn't mean any of it." She looked confused and angry,
"You told me that I make things cold and rational. You said that my words meant nothing to you and now that I'm reading what Angela wrote it's clear that what I said doesn't matter. You moved on. I didn't doubt that at all. If I never gave you the impression that I doubted that you were happy and you moved on why did you come into the lab and completely rip me apart in front of my whole staff? Why did you feel like humiliating me in front of everyone? You read that letter. You thought it was from me. So all of those hurtful words you threw at me you meant." She stood there with her arms crossed and anger flowing through her body. Booth, trying to control his emotions, spoke,
"Bones. I said all of those things because I wanted to hurt you like how the letter hurt me. I was so shocked when I read this and so angry. I immediately came to the lab and just started yelling. I didn't even realized what I said until I had a moment to cool down. I need you to believe me. I didn't mean anything I said. Your words mean everything to me. You're not cold and rational. I was so unhappy with Hannah and I couldn't move on." That last part caught her off guard. She looked at him with wide eyes and spoke,
"You couldn't move on?" He nodded "I never wanted you to." They looked into each others eyes for a while, not daring to say a word. Booth was the first to speak,
"So... what happens now?" Tears welled up in her eyes,
"You just broke up with Hannah and I'm still very hurt over your words, even though you said you didn't mean them. We can't do this right now Booth. We both need time to get into the right place so we don't mess things up." Booth understood her logic and agreed with her. She saw him nod as she made her way to the door. Before opening it she turned towards him,
"We need some time Booth." He nodded,
"Time and space?" Her asked nervously. She looked into his eyes and spoke,
"No. Just time." He sighed in relief in his head. He nodded and they both spoke their goodbyes. He closed the door behind her and leaned up against it. The talk didn't end how he wanted it to but he was so happy that things were going to get better for them.
Brennan walked up to the door and knocked softly. She hoped she wasn't disturbing Angela and Hodgins' night but she knew in the back of her mind Angela would be thrilled to speak to her. She stood there nervous and waited to hear the soft click of the lot and the door being opened. Hogins stood there in shock,
"Dr B. please come in." She nodded and walked into the house, "Angie is upstairs." Brennan nodded once more,
"How is she?" Hodgins shrugged,
"She's Okay. She's a bit upset with herself but other than that she's good." Brennan nodded. She followed him up the stairs to the bedroom. Hodgins left her at the closed door so the friends can speak privately. Brennan took a deep breath and knocked. Hearing a soft "hodgins why are you knocking?" Brennan chuckled to herself and made her way into the room. Angela was surprised to see her best friend standing there.
"Hi Angela." Brennan said softly.
"Bren. Hi. Please sit." Brennan hesitantly made her way to the bed and took a seat across from her friend,
"I hope I'm not bothering you." Angela shook her head quickly,
"You're not bothering me at all! How are you?" Brennan looked at her hands in her lap and shrugged,
"I'm Okay. I'm here to talk to you." Angela nodded and braced herself. Brennan took a deep breath and spoke, "Angela, What you did was wrong. I know you meant well, you always do but this was taking it way too far. I know you want me to be happy but you have to let me do it myself. You have to stop getting in the middle of my happiness." Tears spilled over Angela's eyes when hearing her friends words.
"I'm so sorry Bren. I never meant to hurt you." Echoing Booth's words. Brennan sighed and spoke,
"I know your sorry." Acceptance wasn't in Brennan's mind at the moment but she didn't doubt she would get there soon. She hated what Angela said next,
"I'm so sorry. Will you accept my apology?" Brennan took a deep breath and spoke,
"In time I will. I cannot say that I accept your apology right now because I do not believe I do. For years you've been trying to get Booth and I together. Your little stunts you've played with us were harmless but this one was too much. How did you even come up with this idea? You're my best friend, you should have known that I would never do that to Booth." Brennan was trying to control her anger. Angela hung her head in shame,
"I don't even remember why I did it in all honesty. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I didn't expect Booth to react that way. I'm sorry I provoked it." All Brennan could do was nod. The pair sat for a few moments in silence before Brennan got up to go home. She felt a lot better but not 100%. She said her goodbyes and was about to leave when Angela stopped her,
"Are we Okay Bren?" she asked fearfully. Brennan sighed,
"We will be." Brennan left after that and went straight home.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! There is probably one or two more chapters in this story! See ya on the flipside guys. -J.A.