A/N: OK, I know, it's been ages since I updated last time. The story is now finished. There's 19 chapters. Now, I would like to present chapter 15. Hope, at least one person would like it.

A/N 2: Sorry, this part wasn't betaed. All mistakes are mine.

Chapter 15

Booth woke up in the morning, feeling nice warm radiating from the body which lied right beside him. Slowly, he opened is eyes, giving them time to get use to the light. After a few seconds, he noticed Bones' hair in front of his face. She was so calm in her sleep, just like the events from past few weeks had never happened. He hoped, that at least she was dreaming about something nice, not another nightmare. She'd been through so much, she didn't deserve to see that again. She should rest, forget...

Booth lied like that for a while, inhaling the scent of her hair and the warm of her body, contemplating her beauty. Then he kissed the top of her head and gently took his hand away from her waist, in the same time going out from the bed, wanting to make breakfast. He remembered what the doctor had told him about her meals. Bones needed vitamins for her wounds to heal properly, but she needed to gain her weight as well, because that few days in the basement had a big influence on her body's weight. Alas, when he opened the fridge, he noticed that there's nothing apart from a light and a few eggs. 'I can't make a proper meal from that' he thought and decided to go for a little walk to the closest grocery shop. Before he left, he checked if Bones' still asleep and then he was gone.

Brennan woke up fifteen minutes later, feeling good rested. It's been ages since she'd been sleeping that good like last night. Maybe it was because of Booth's presence or maybe because he told him what'd lied on her heart. She didn't know what it was, but it worked.

Quickly, she got up and dressed up, happily noticing that wound on her back started to heal and without being afraid that they could open, she could move her hands. Only a few more days and she wouldn't even need bandages. But now, she changed them, at least the ones, she could do alone, brushed her teeth and hair, noticing that most of the bruises on her face had disappeared. At least the visible wounds were healing, because the wounds on her soul would never be completely healed... But healing of the wound mean one thing - being able to work again - and now, that was the best thing for her. Maybe she would forget about everything what had happened. Her work always was something that kept her focused. She hoped that now it would be the same.

Lost in her mind she came to the kitchen and after a few seconds she was making a coffee for her and Booth, waiting for him to change bandages on her back. But time was passing by, but Booth didn't come. She started being anxious. He used to wake up before or with her. And she remembered that last night he slept with her. Quickly, Bones checked Parker's bedroom. Empty. Now, she was terrified. Since her kidnapping, she wasn't alone. There was always someone with her. Booth, Angela, Cam... always somebody. Never alone. She came back to the living room, sat on the couch, putting her legs under her chin, repeating in mind.
"Calm down. Nothing will happen. Moore is dead! It will be alright..." But her mind was giving her new pictures again and again. "He's dead, but he wasn't the only one..." She started trembling, not being able to control her body. It was when an awful thought appeared in her head. "Maybe Booth isn't able to look at me. What if he can't stand my presence... after everything I've told him yesterday..."

Lost in her mind, she didn't hear the sound of opening door, not even Booth's voice. She was took out of her daze, when she felt Booth's arms around her small figure. She jumped in place, startled.

"Shhh, it's me, Booth." he hugged her and Bones clang to him, trying to calm down. And when eventually, she was successful, Booth gently pushed her away, still touching her arms.

"Bones, what's happened?" he asked with care.

"I... nothing." Brennan answered, feeling that she started blushing. Now, she realized, how irrational she was.

"You were sitting on the couch, shaking and crying. Yeah, that was nothing!" he said, testing her .Last night, she trusted him, she opened up, telling him everything what'd lied on her heart. But that, didn't have to mean that she would do the same thing now.

"Booth..." she started. Bones knew that she should tell him. He was with her all the time, he deserved on that. It was he, who's been woken up by her nightmares every night, he changed her bandages, he... She should be honest with him, he deserved that.

"When I woke up, you weren't there. I made a coffee and was waiting for you. But it was unusually quiet. I checked Parker's bedroom, but it was empty. I panicked." Now, she was blushing even more. Deep, in her soul, she was fighting with herself. She didn't know if she should tell him what she'd been thinking when he was gone. Maybe she should keep it for herself, she wondered. But didn't know why, she whispered.

"Then, an awful mind came to my mind... That maybe after everything tat you've heard yesterday, that maybe, after everything I have told you, that maybe you..." she didn't finished, because Booth silenced her by putting his finger on her lips.

"Don't even dare to say that. Don't even dare to think like that! That what happened, it wasn't your fault and never, I mean never think like that. Understood?"

She nodded and Booth took his finger and gently, using top of his palm, he dried the rest of tears from Temperance's cheeks. Their eyes met and the whole world around them didn't exist anymore. Their heads come closer and closer, they were just inches apart, when Booth took his head away.

"I... I'm sorry... I shouldn't..." he murmured, couldn't say logic sentence. He mentally kicked is ass. 'How I could do something like that. I almost kissed her. What the hell I've been thinking. After everything she's been through...' He shouted at himself in his mind.

"Thanks to heaven, knocking to the door interrupted that strange situation and Booth quickly got up to open, thanking his god.

"Hi, Booth." said the brunette, standing in the threshold.

"Hi, Angela." Bones and Booth greeted in the same time.

The artist came in.

"Ange, could you help me with my bandages? Then, we can go." asked Brenn.

"Yeah, sure." her friend answered and both disappeared in the bedroom, closing the door. Booth was left, shocked. Shocked because of the immediate change in Bones' behavior. In a few seconds, he remembered that Bones and Angela were supposed to go for a walk.

"It'll be good for her to go out." he thought, sitting on the couch, still shouting at himself for his behavior. How he could be that stupid?

TBC