(Set after the season 1 episode "The Man in the Wall")

Chapter One- Two Tickets to Jamaica

Temperance arrives home after leaving Wong Foo's. She felt a little tipsy after consuming the rest of Booth's cocktail after he left. He was contemplating going to Jamaica with Tessa, but after many words with Angela, Tessa backed out of the holiday.

Tempe flopped down onto the lounge, she had no idea to why she had consumed Booth's cocktail, but she somehow felt depressed and she didn't know why. Maybe it was because she was jealous of Tessa being with Booth, her partner, whom everyone at the lab said they had 'Unresolved Sexual Tension", she had even admitted it at one point. In her mind she kept denying that she had any feelings for her FBI counterpart, admitting to it would be breaking all of her rules and crossing all of the lines she had put down, she was a very independent, private person, she didn't need a male sexual partner. But somewhere deep down in her head there lived a voice that told her to snap out of this denial and call Booth and confront him with her feelings. This time she followed the little voice's advice, picked up her cell, and hit speed dial.

Suddenly a cell phone shrilled on the other side of her front door, confused and curious, she walked to the door and opened it only to find Booth standing there. The sudden aroma of alcohol overwhelmed her and she knew he was drunk.

"Booth? What are you doing here? Are you drunk? Why are you drunk?"

"Hey Bones, surprise" he said followed by a drunken chuckle

Tempe opened the door wider to let him in; he staggered in, swaying all over the place in the process.

"You're drunk Booth, why are you drunk, what happened?"

"Tessa broke up with me" he said, leaning against the kitchen bench with his hand to his forehead, almost falling over

"Oh Booth, I'm sorry" said Tempe, coming over to him, she put her hands on his chest and then on each side of his face. Booth leaned forward and hugged her, she hugged him back. Although the smell of alcohol on his breath was almost unbearable, she still hugged him, here was a friend in need of another friend's hug and shoulder, and she was completely there for him.

"It's going to be ok Booth" she whispered in his ear. Her mouth lingered near his ear and without thinking she kissed the side of his head.

Booth pulled back for a moment from their embrace and looked down at her, Tempe could tell the alcohol was wearing off.

"Do you want an aspirin?" she asked him.

"Thanks" was all he said, holding his face in his hands, then he spoke again, "sorry for just turning up here unannounced"

"Don't apologise Booth, its fine"

"You rang me before, why were you ringing me?"

Woops, sprung, she thought.

"I was just checking to see if you were ok, I wanted to talk to you, a chat, that's all"

Good cover Tempe; she grabbed a glass and started filling it with water from the tap.

"We must have telepathy or something"

"Yeah" her voice trailed off as she stood there staring back at Booth, he looking back at her, then Booth spoke, snapping her out of her trance

"You ok Bones?" he asked

She realised what she was doing.

"yeah, yeah I'm fine" suddenly realises the glass was overflowing with water, she turns the tap off and hands it to Booth and gets an aspirin tablet from the bathroom and puts it on the counter for him.

"You sure you're ok?" he asked her again. He sensed a bit of awkwardness.

"Will you stop asking if I'm ok Booth, I'm fine, just fix yourself up" she takes a stool from under the counter near Booth, moves it to the end of the counter and sits down. Booth takes a stool and sits down as well.

"Sorry to intrude but, I was wondering if I could stay here tonight, I don't really want to run into Tessa right now, she'll be coming by my place to collect her things"

"You know you're not intruding Booth, you're always welcome here"

He placed a hand on top of hers on the counter

"Thanks" he said with a smile.

Tempe smiled back

"It's ok" she said quietly, so quiet she wondered if she even said it at all.

"There is something else" he said suddenly.

Tempe couldn't tell if this something was bad or good

Booth pulled two airplane tickets out of his shirt pocket and placed them on the counter. Tempe looked at them then back up at him. She picked up one of the tickets and read it.

"Jamaica, these are your tickets to Jamaica"

"Yeah, since Tessa and I are no more, I can't use them, and then I thought of what you told me, that you always take a vacation"

Tempe stared at him for a moment

"You're giving them to me?"

"Yeah, go on, treat yourself, take Angela and she can show you all the great drinking spots"

"I… I don't know what to say Booth"

"Take them, they're no good to me" he said, pushing them her way

"Thankyou" she tells him with a smile, she puts her hand on top of his and squeezes it.

"You're welcome" smiling back at her, their eyes meet; he looks away and pulls his hand away from hers.

"I'm going to hit the hay" he says suddenly, standing up. "Where's the spare room?"

"Um I… I don't have one"

"You don't have a spare room? Where do your guests sleep?"

"I rarely have anyone stay, but when they do they sleep on the couch"

"Oh" sounding kind of disappointed, he looks at the couch, "that's ok, I'll sleep on the couch then" going over it he lays down on it to test it out, "its not that awful" he says jokingly.

"Booth…" she started saying, but couldn't finish, her voice just trails off.

"Yeah?" sitting up, he looks at her

"You don't have to sleep on the couch"

"No its fine, where else am I going to sleep?"

Ok she couldn't deny liking him any longer.

"Next to me", she was secretly in love with him

There was a look of surprise on Booth's face, but then a small smile came to his lips as Temperance approached him holding out her hand for his, he took it and she pulled him up to his feet, their eyes met, then she leaned up and kissed him.