This is my first multi-chapter fic (unless it's rubbish) and I thought I'd give it a go. R&R so I can improve it. They might be OOC but I don't know. Please R&R and leave your comments as they would be appreciated.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bones or anything to do with them :( If I did, there'd be plenty more B/B action ;) Although 5x04 was PRETTY awesome :)
Somehow they had got here. They had both been through disaster and upset throughout their lives, but they always managed to face things together. As a team. As partners. But now, suddenly, everything changed. Nothing was how it was, not that either minded. Neither knew just how much the other needed them. And neither knew how much they were loved by each other. He would spend nights looking through photos of his family, friends and her. She would spend her nights working, trying desperately to get rid of this irrational feeling which was inside her. She couldn't live like this for much longer, and neither could he.
They both knew something was changing. They first felt it after Kenton. Then there was New Orleans and her mother. That was just the start. The Gravedigger, her father and brother, not to mention the iconic image of the two of them at the altar at Hodgin's and Angela's wedding, Pam Nunan and her father. There were other simple things too such as ice skating, her birthday speech which she said to him and the touches which gave both of them goose bumps. When he got taken by the Gravedigger, they thought nothing else could go wrong. They thought one more thing like that, and they would have to do something, they had to say something. They both believed that Booth's tumour was the catalyst which spurred their feelings for each other. That if it never happened, they could have carried on how they were. However both of them still felt that kiss, but neither knew that that was in fact the catalyst which allowed the feelings to become clearer, they just didn't recognise it in time.
When he awoke from his tumour, he was confused to say the least. He had been living this dream in which he had a beautiful wife who was going to have their baby. He was with the woman he had been dreaming about for the past few years. However three words would hurt her more than he knew, regardless of how it all ends up. She would go to Guatamala and do what she does best. Then she would return, thinking her feelings for him would disappear, but the first time she sees him, that hug, brings those feelings right up to the surface and suddenly she can't think anymore. She needs him, more than he will ever know.
It was a Friday when Angela Montenegro decided to get the pair together. She knew Booth loved Brennan and would no doubt go along with the plan, even if he wasn't informed about it until it was about to happen. And she knew that Brennan would either pretend not to understand and go along with it, because Angela knew how she felt, or she would go along with it because she would genuinely believe that this was an actual thing to do. Either way, this was going to happen. Angela was fed up with watching them dance around their feelings and was going to get them to admit it, if it killed her.
"Bren?" Angela called from the platform, as Brennan was returning from a lunch with Booth. She had a smile plastered over her face and Booth's hand was taking up its normal position, the small of her back.
"Yes?" Brennan replied.
"Can I have a word? In your office? Alone? Please?"
"Yes. Sure." Brennan replied, anxious to know what was going on. "Booth, I'll see you tonight. Wong Foos?"
"Sure Bones. See you then" Booth replied, walking out of the Jeffersonian with an identical smile to Brennan's.
"Sweetie. You need to tell him. He needs to know" Angela told Brennan, once they were both in her office.
"Tell who what Ange?"
"Booth..... and how you feel about him" Angela said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the World. Which it was.
"Booth and I are just partners, and that's all we'll ever be" Brennan replied, quickly and defensively.
"Sure sweetie....... Course you are........ It's not liked he's ever risked a bullet for you or anything...... But, before you interrupt, he needs to know. And if it helps, which I'm sure it will, he feels exactly the same. Now, I'm going to walk out of your office and do some work. And you are going to sit here and think about how you feel. But if you aren't out of here by 6pm tonight, then I'm afraid tradition is going to come into play. Don't say a word until I'm out of here and then ring up Booth and talk to him. Please sweetie." With that Angela walked out of Brennan's office, leaving Brennan both speechless and shocked. She walked over to her sofa, lay down and closed her eyes. She had a lot to think about.
Angela had just left Brennan's office. All she needed to do now was hope that Brennan didn't leave until after 6pm. She whipped her phone out and called Booth.
"Booth" he answered, without looking at caller ID.
"Hey Booth. It's Angela."
"Oh hey. Is Bones OK? What's up?"
"Hmmmm funny that the first thing you think of is whether Brennan's OK or not. Is this some kind of repressed feelings? Anyways, I've got a plan, seeing as though it is obvious you are in love with my best friend. You were before the surgery and you are after."
"No Ange, I'm not. We work together, it would be stupid. And plus even if I did, Bone's doesn't feel the same does she?" Booth asked, mainly to find out if she did. Well, he was fairly certain she didn't, but that didn't stop him hoping.
"What do you think Booth? She was distraught when she thought you were dead. She cried every night Booth. I waited outside her door every night, until I was sure she was asleep. But after a week, she didn't come home. She turned up to work and then left. I'm still not sure where she went. She trusts you; she knows you won't hurt her. You're her best friend Booth and she still wants more. She loves you. Anyways, all you've got to do is go along with whatever I say when you come to pick Brennan up at 6:30pm tonight. Before you object or interrogate me about what it is, believe me when I say, you will love it. Now I'm going to hang up and will see you later. Bye Booth" With that, Angela hung up, smiling.
Booth put his head in his hands, dreading what Angela was going to do. At least he knew about it. He was willing to bet that Bone's had no idea. Sighing, he went back to the pile of paperwork he had on his desk, desperate for a case where he could go out with Bones, anything to pass the time until he could leave work.
Brennan was still laid down on her sofa, eyes closed, thoughts running around her head. Yes she loved Booth, but did he feel the same? No. Sighing, she got up and went to Limbo, forgetting everything Angela said about leaving before 6pm.