This is the conclusion to my first fanfic. I hope you enjoy it. Please review with questions, comments, and critique.

"Booth! Wait!" Brennan shouted after him. She was now full-out running to catch up with him. She managed to grab his arm and force him to stop and look at her. "Bones, I can't-" he wasn't sure how to explain it to her, "The dream I had, while I was in the coma, It was so real. Three full years. I got to know what it was like to love you, and what it was like to have a family with you. I can't go back to a platonic relationship. I can't go back to just partners. Three years, Tempe. We were married with a daughter named Joy. But know, my joy is gone." He turned back around and left, leaving her standing there, tears freely falling from her eyes.

"Angela?" Brennan said, entering her friend's office. Angela turned to see Brennan, her makeup streaked down her cheeks, eyes puffy and red. "Sweetie, what happened?" Angela asked, concern dripping from each word.

"Booth walked into my office and told me we couldn't be partners anymore. He said it was because he finally knows what it is like to have a family with me. In his dream we were married with a daughter named Joy." Her voice was hollow, absolutely no emotion. She looked at Angela, "Then he left." She sat down on Angela's couch and looked at the floor. Angela stood and left, headed for the FBI.

Booth leaned back in the chair behind his desk. He couldn't focus on anything at all. He had tried doing desk work, to no avail. He let his mind wander before a voice interrupted him

"She is in love with you, you know." He looked over to see Angela standing in his doorway. Her tone was cold, eyes completely frozen over. "She never left the hospital. She refused. She wanted to make sure she was there when you woke up. She wanted to tell you herself. You never gave her a chance. You had no right to explode in her face the way you did. She now thinks that you don't ever want to see her again. You better fix this, because she's already been abandoned too many times." Angela stalked out of his office, leaving him awe-struck.

. . .

Brennan wandered out of Angela's office and entered her own. She sat behind her desk and tried to continue writing a chapter for her next book, but she couldn't concentrate. She tried to take a step back from the situation, tried to rationalize it in some way. She had never dealt with a problem she couldn't fully compartmentalize. She couldn't even figure out how long she had been sitting in Angela's office before coming over here. She began to get lost in her thoughts before a knock on her door pulled her out of her reverie. She had locked the door so that no one would disturb her, but when she looked up she saw Angela standing at the door.

"Where did you go, Angela?"

"I talked to Booth. I made sure he knew what he had done," she replied very succinctly, "I don't know if he'll change his mind about your partnership or not, but, knowing Booth, he should be here any minute to talk to you." She headed over to her office to finish the paperwork she was doing before Brennan interrupted.

Dr. Brennan had mixed feelings about this. She knew how much she loved him being her partner, and she knew that she was in love with him. What she didn't know is if he was really in love with her, or if he was in love with the Temperance Brennan from his dream. She was still standing at her door when Booth approached her. "Bones, I-I know that I just stormed out of here after yelling at you, and I know that you're probably not ready to forgive me. But what I didn't know then is that you felt the same way. Angela said that you were in love with me. And I have to know if that's true. I have to know if we can be together. Because that's what I want more than anything else. I love you, and I need to know that you love me too."

Brennan tried to form a response. She couldn't think of exactly what to say. She wanted to work with him, and she wanted to be with him. But her voice wouldn't form the necessary words. She did the only thing she knew would get her point across. She put her hand on his neck and pulled his lips to hers, kissing him as deeply as she could. He wrapped his arms around her, happy to finally have the real Temperance Brennan.

Camille Saroyan exited her office, headed to the lab platform. She walked up the steps and began putting a pair of gloves on. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Booth and Brennan kissing in the doorway to Brennan's office. "Finally." she said to herself before turning her attention to the human body on the lab table.

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