We have reached the end! This is the epilogue, which is why it's not very long. Please don't beg me for more, because knowing me, I'll relent and give it to you. ;) Thank you to all the people who have reviewed, and even just read. I hope you've enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it, and I hope to hear from some of you again sometime. - Jess
Disclaimer: Still not mine. sigh
Epilogue
Booth was waiting outside the courtroom. He had been for the last ten minutes, and was starting to get slightly worried.
Brennan was running through the parking lot of the courthouse, her auburn hair flying. She was running late, ten minutes late, to be exact.
Booth let out a sigh of relief as she came hurrying up the grand hallway of the courthouse. "Bones! What the hell were you doing?"
"Sorry, Booth, but Zack had some results he needed me to look over, and Ange got the face for our victim, and Jack found some sort of - dirt - in the victim's clothes that he wanted to show me." She apologised as she came to a stop beside him, breathing heavily.
"Did you run here?" he asked curiously.
"From the car. Why?"
"Well, you've never run to a court trial before."
"Before, I had you to harass me out of the lab. And this is a very important court trial."
"See, you need me. And before you start denying it, you should start thanking me."
"Why?"
"Because the trial doesn't actually start for another ten minutes. I knew you'd be late without my 'harassing.'" He grinned at her, that 'charm smile' that made her stomach flutter.
"Thanks. So I can sit and get my breath back?" Without waiting for an answer, she headed to a line of plastic chairs set outside the big doors that led to the courtroom.
Booth sat next to her. "Are you ready for this?"
She nodded. "I have to be. I'm their strongest witness. None of the others got pregnant."
She glanced over at a few women sitting on the opposite side of the doors. "It's so horrible. There were seven other girls, whom we know of, and they were all younger than I was. I am ready. I want to put this bastard away for good."
"You will. You all will. And I will be sitting up the front, being very proud of you, and wanting to shoot that scum between the eyes."
She smiled. "I'm surprised you didn't. Although you did get a good shot in his leg."
"What? He was resisting arrest!" He grinned.
She smiled at him. "Does the pain ever end, Booth? Because it just seems to keep going. Nothing stops it."
He laid his hand over hers warmly. "I don't know if there is a miracle prevention yet, but last I heard, they had come up with a cure."
"What? If you say drugs, I'll hit you."
He chuckled, "No, not drugs. Love."
She looked at him thoughtfully. "Love. I can see how that would work. Know where I can get some?"
She smiled at him again, but the look in his eyes made her freeze. He was telling her something.
The look in her eyes made his heart stop. At first they had shown surprise, then fear. But now they showed something else he couldn't describe.
She leant forward, just a fraction, not wanting to make a fool of herself.
His heart soared when he saw her lean forward slightly, her blue eyes locked on his. He bent towards her, holding his breath.
They started to get closer, moving so slowly you could barely see it.
Just as their lips met, a call rang out through the corridor. "Court will start in one minute. Witnesses are to enter now."
They pulled away from each other, suddenly shy.
"We had better go in." Brennan said softly.
Booth nodded. She turned towards the doors, but he grabbed her hand. "Maybe we can…"
She smiled at him. "I have to do some research tonight, but you can help me if you like."
"What work is it?" They started towards the doors.
As they crossed the threshold, she said, "A cure."
Well, there you are. The end. The real one. Hope you had fun, and don't forget to review on your way out!