Hey all, I'm back again! And after watching that 100th episode, I'm pumped! I'll tell you, the way Brennan said "I know," at the end? Gosh, that damn near broke my heart. My theory as of right now for how the show is going to go is that Booth is going to try to leave. Why, you ask? Because, it's Brennan who wants it to still work! She's the one who wanted to still work with him and I think Booth is just going to get tired of it and try to leave. Yes, I know, he'd be another person leaving her, but I think that's what ultimately is going to have to spur her to action and make our favorite non-couple, a couple! Also, did anyone else notice that when Sweet's specifically asked if they had slept together, Brennan didn't answer and deflected? I realized it like the 8th time I watched it lol.

Anyways, this is a story I've been thinking about/working on for a while and it's somewhat dark, so you're forewarned but I think avid B&B fans should enjoy this.

Summary: Booth is dead and Brennan is a wreck. Desperate to know everything about the man she loved, she ferrets out his father, and discovers something greater than she could have ever asked for. Post 100th.

Disclaimer: I in no way shape or form own Bones. But if I did, that 100th episode would have gone a litttttttle differently. At least the end. You know what I mean BB faithful ;).

Brennan couldn't believe it. She wouldn't believe it. There was no way he was gone. She knew she had pushed him away, but she didn't want this. The tears came in waves and she could do nothing to stop them.

She shouldn't have come, she knew that, as she wouldn't have for the last, but this was all too sudden. Knowing how he had felt, how everything had been going it just didn't seem possible. This was his second funeral in 2 years, but this time, she knew it was real. It was open casket, and she would know the truth as soon as she stepped up to pay her respects to the man that she really did love. Had loved now. She thought back to her last night they had spent together.

Booth was unnaturally quiet. He had been somewhat reserved since their discussion outside of Sweet's office, however he had, for the most part, acted as if nothing had happened. She had played along and things were seemingly back to normal with them.

But this was their first time back at the diner together, and she was concerned as to what was going through his mind.

"Are you okay, Booth?"

He looked up from his plate quickly and then looked back down again. "Yeah, Bones, I'm fine. Just thinking about some things."

She took a bite of her salad before prodding further. "Like what?"

"Just stuff, you know Bones?" Her look told him she wouldn't back down and so he sighed before continuing. "I've just been considering the possibilities of what could happen if you know, something happened. To me, that is. I mean, what would happen to Parker. And to," He looked up and was startled to find tears glistening in her eyes.

"Me?" She finished softly.

"I—yeah Bones," He knew he would have reached over and held her hand if things were normal, but as it was, things were not normal and he decided not to tread on ground that was fast disappearing. "Just… I want you to promise me two things."

She stared on as an indicator for him to continue and he continued.

"Promise, you'll look after Parker if anything does happen to me. I know he has Rebecca and Super dude over there but, I want him to remember a part of me and my life too. And second," His look became determined ,"I want you to promise me you'll find happiness. That you'll find something and hopefully someone that you really will love in thirty, or forty or even fifty years." He barely managed to choke out the parts and moved to leave.

"Booth, what are you saying? Why are you saying this? What's wrong?" Her tone became demanding and Booth just smiled softly.

"Goodbye, Bones."

That had been the last time she saw him before she received the call in the middle of the night that set her on the roller coaster ride that left her standing in front of his casket.

'All because he just had to play the hero.' Brennan thought bitterly.

But that was who he had been. And this was how he would have wanted it, him dying saving a young girl from what probably would have been a rape. Stabbed in the heart, they had told her. His body had been found the next night. She shuddered of the thought of his body laying so exposed in that alleyway for so long.

As she placed the rose on his chest, her eyes slowly up to his face, where she felt her heart twist, but her brain pause. His mandible was more pronounced, wasn't it? As she moved closer to inspect it, a powerful looking man, whom she assumed was FBI, grabbed her arm and led her away.

"Ma'am, that is a federal agent. Please do not desecrate the body."

She glared at him, irked that he wouldn't let her finish her examination. Something there had not been right and she had to make sure.

"I am not desecrating the body. I'm simply inspecting it due to an anomaly I believe I saw," She turned to head back towards the coffin before two sets of arms grabbed her. "Get your hands off of me!"

She tried to struggle, but they were too strong together. "Booth! Booth, stop them! Please, you have to be alive! Stop them!" Turning hysterical, the truth began to sink in that her knight in shining armor was truly gone. "Booth!"

Sobs wracked her body as the two men led her outside and as she glanced for the last time at the coffin on the platform, she whispered the name of the man she had loved more than anyone once more.

"Booth…"

Let me know what you think. Yeah, Brennan's got quite the eye doesn't she? ;) Stay tuned!