Ok this is first attempt at a fanfic, so please let me know what you think. Reviews would be appreciated. I know it is after Christmas but I had this started before Christmas but then got sidetracked so it would up being after Christmas that I am able to get it up onto the site.

Everyone knew the holidays were hard for her Temperance thought as she sat her desk pretending to be working. So what was their fascination with them trying to get her involved in their Christmas "stuff"? She continued typing away on her keyboard and said "Why me" without fully realizing that she had spoken out loud until a familiar voice answered back.

"Why not you Bones?" Booth asked as he leaned casually against her doorframe with a smirk on his face. She had jumped slightly when he spoke.

"Booth don't you know how to knock?" she said hoping he hadn't noticed her reaction to hearing his voice. It wasn't very often when he could sneak up on her like that. She looked up at last and his smirk turned into a grin meaning he had noticed after all.

"A little jumpy today huh Bones."

"What do you want, Booth?" she snapped angrily.

Booth just sighed and bent his head down and shook it, then looked back up at her.

"I thought you were going to be nicer to me?"

Brennan sighed as she looked from her computer screen back up to Booth's face.

"You're right of course I should. Now what do you want Booth?" Brennan spoke as she tried to fight the grin that she was trying so hard to hide, so she just looked back at her computer.

He laughed out loud at what she said and then she let the grin go not being able to contain any longer.

"Too much to hope for huh Bones. Well I guess I will have to keep trying to win you over with my charm smile you like so much."

"Booth did you come by just to annoy me or was there a reason that you stopped by?"

"What!?! I can't stop by to see my favorite forensic anthropologist and her squints to say hi" he asked as he moved into her office and sat in the chair directly across from her desk.

She looked over at him at this point knowing he wanted something but she didn't know what. She was going to ask when someone knocked on her door. Before she could say come in the door swung open and you could hear the chipper voice of one Angela Montenegro.

"Hey sweetie! What are you going to do for lunch? Oh hey Booth! How are you?"

Booth gave her one of his patented charm smiles as well and then answered her.

"I am great, Angela. And how is my favorite forensic artist today?"

"Uh huh! What do you want, Booth?"

Brennan just grinned and looked back at Booth.

"See I am not the only one who wants to know what you want." Brennan said.

Angela could tell he was up to something, but what was it and why didn't she know anything about it. She concluded it had to deal with Brennan and vowed to herself to find out later.

"Oh no not you too! I just came by to say hi to my favorite people. Is there something wrong with that?"

"First of all, since when do you come by just to say hi, and secondly no there isn't anything wrong with it as long as there isn't an ulterior motive behind it" Angela said pointedly looking from Booth to Brennan and back to Booth again.

He just sat there with both of them staring at him. 'This isn't how I planned to spend the day' he thought to himself.

Booth just sat there with both Bones and Angela staring at him finally he had had enough. He just shook his head and decided a change of subject is what was needed so that's exactly what he did.

"So Angela, the place looks really good, it's very festive. Did you do it all by yourself or did you have help?"

He was hoping his talking of all the Christmas decorations would lighten the mood. And he was right he was immediately awarded with a bright smile from Angela.

"Why yes it does look good if I do say so myself. I did do most of it myself but there were a few other people in some of the other departments that helped me also. So are you coming to our Christmas gala this Friday night?"

"What Christmas party? I didn't know you were having a Christmas party too, but since you asked so politely then yes I would love to come!"

Angela just beamed because she knew that between the both of them there was no way that Brennan could say no. Try as she might she would not be spending the night working or at home by herself when she could be out with them and if she couldn't do it then her knight in shining FBI standard issue body armor could and would get her to go with them.

"Great now all we have to do is convince Bren to come along to! I have been trying to all week but she keeps telling me no, maybe you can convince her to go!"

"Hello?! Quit talking about me as if I am not here I am still sitting here. This is MY office after all or did you both forget that too!"

Brennan was fuming. How could they just sit there and talk as if she wasn't even in the room. It was just plain rude.

"I'll see what I can do Ange!"

"Thanks a lot Booth. See ya later sweetie."

With a flick of her hair she was out and shutting the door behind her to go and bother the boys. She was pretty sure they were racing beetles again, after all it had been a slow week for them.

"So what do you say Bones, want to go to a party with all of us or just sit in your office brooding all night long?

She looked up from her computer long enough to see Booth give her one of those damn charm smiles.

"Don't you give me that look Booth and don't call me Bones!

"What!? It's a term of endearment Bones."

"No it's a term of annoyance and you know it!"

Booth tried looking at her all innocent like but she was having none of it.

"Oh come on Bones, It'll be fun. I promise. You would just be brooding over some bones or that book of yours otherwise, besides this only happens once a year and you can look at bones and work on your book everyday."

She thought about it for a moment he did have a point but she wasn't going to let him know that.

"I like working. What is wrong with that?"

"Not a thing, I like working too, but I also like to go out to parties and have fun. So what do you say Bones. Don't you want to hang out with all your friends at this little shindig?"

"Oh, here we go with the guilt trip. Why me? Why can't you bother Cam or somebody else with this?"

Booth just rolled his eyes at her. He just wanted her to have a little fun once in a while.

"Now why when we are talking about you would you want to bring Cam into this?"

"Well you two are seeing each other, correct?"

"Now that depends on who you ask. And what does that have to do with you going to the party with your friends? It is a Christmas party not a couple party, we can all go as one big happy family of friends. That's what the season is all about, friends and family."

He had risen from his chair without her knowing it and lifted her face with his finger on her chin and the last word.

"So what do you say Bones would you like to party hearty with your friends or not?"

"I don't know what that means."

"Bones come on it'll be fun."

"I... uh... well I ... but I don't even have anything to wear to a Christmas party."

Booth walked over to the door and opened it and leaned halfway out with his hand holding the doorframe securely.

"ANGELA!"

He barely heard her answer him back. She came to the edge of the platform and waited.

"Bones doesn't have the appropriate attire for a Christmas party. Would you like to take her shopping after work today and help her with that minor detail?"

Angela squealed with delight. He did it!! She was so happy this was going to be the best chrisms party ever. Booth looked back at Bones; she just sighed and put her head in her hands on her desk.