OMG, I am so sorry for the mix up! I'd accidently clicked on the chapter five doc instead of this one... Hehehe, oops. My apologies,
Ari
I'd unconsciously known that it would happen at some stage. The rest of us knew it too, even Booth and Brennan, although, they tried to hide it. We neve agreed on how it would happen; only that it would. Of all the scenarios posed to me, I never saw it happening the way it did.
Almost crushed by a semi, and in a coma for nine months. Typical Booth. It was also typical of him to say the most important thing he would ever say to his partner within moments of waking up.
The doctors had approached Brennan about disconnecting life-support, and letting Booth go, She refused. I remember what she said to me the night after she woke up.
"He's going to make, Cam," She had said. "If I survived, he'll survive. He promised."
For as long as I'd known the woman, there was only one other time I'd seen her so vulnerable, and that was when we were first told of Booth's fake death. If he died now, with her in such a critical condition, I knew that it'd mean her down fall.
Seeing them in the hospital was such a strong contrast to seeing them now. Booth's arm was wrapped around Brennan's shoulders, and her hand was on his just, gently giving him support as he walked out of the hospital.
It was a miracle that he was walking again, and it was in no small part thanks to Brennan. Every day she would stop by his rehab, and he would push himself harder, knowing that once he made it through the pain, he'd be back with her, being the dynamic duo we had all come to love.
All us squints were there. We cheered Booth on, but knew that he was focused on his partner. As they climbed down the stairs and stumbled over to the car, I finally heard Brennan reveal the truth.
"I love you, Booth, and I knew that you wouldn't leave me," She said, kissing his cheek. It seemed like such a simple gesture, but it meant the word to the partners. Her eventually had come, and with it came hope for the future.
If only we could all have the love that was shared between those two. Maybe one day we will.
The End.