MONOGAMY

The scene opens with Booth and Bones driving in the car.

Brennan: "I get it now Booth."

Booth: "Why I drive all the time?"

Brennan gives him a quirky look.

Brennan: "Monogamy. I get it now."

This time Booth provides the quirky look, adding a hand gesture for her to continue.

Brennan: "I used to think that it was impossible for homogenous species to be monogamous."

Booth: "And now you no longer think it is impossible, ergo, that makes monogamy possible? Aren't you going to give me some statistical analysis of its possibility?"

Brennan: "Probability. You mean statistical analysis of its probability."

Booth gives her a side-eyed look of minor annoyance, followed by his playful grin.

Booth: "See if you can focus on sharing this epiphany of yours, Bones. And there's a coffee in it for you if you can do it without using any math."

Brennan: "When we were in Florida I engaged in coitus with Walter Sherman."

Booth didn't know what feelings were registering first; his disappointment from hearing Brennan state that she had sex with someone other than him, or his fascination with her amazing level of honesty. Brennen doesn't notice Booth's emotional confusion and continues with her explanation.

Brennan: "During our copulating I was not overly invigorated. And I am usually quite invigorated. This time I actually think I fell asleep."

Booth could only hope Brennan didn't notice the look of extreme satisfaction registering on his face.

Brennan: "It wasn't entirely due to his lack of prowess. I was quite tired from our trip and the case."

Booth: "What I'm getting here Bones is that on a scale of 1 to 10, Sherman is a limp 3. How does monogamy figure into any of this?"

Brennan: "When I woke up in the morning and saw him, naked, in the bed next to me I became very uncomfortable."

Booth: "Lousy sex can do that Bones."

Brennan: "I've had lousy sex before Booth. Premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, excessive sweating, flatulence. This was different."

Booth: "Flatulence, really? You, or the guy? No, no, never mind. How was this time different? Explain that, and only that."

Brennan: "It wasn't a physical discomfort. It was more like personal conflict."

Booth: "So monogamy is a product of conflict? I'm not following you Bones."

Brennan: "Because it was a new experience for me as well, I had to think about it considerably and factor in many variables. After careful contemplation I was able to conclude that when you love one person and have sex with someone else, you feel conflicted. Because to be with anyone other than the person who you are in love with just doesn't feel right. When you are in a loving and committed relationship personal integrity requires that you make love with only the person you love. Ergo, monogamy."

Booth looks at Brennan with a warm smile and a glimmer in his eyes. He agrees with her by softly repeating:

Booth: "Ergo."

Brennan: "I know a nice, quiet, romantic place where we can, er-go. Get it, ergo and er-go."

Booth loves that Brennan enjoys her own jokes so much. Booth takes out his cell phone and calls the lab. Hodgens answers.

Booth: "Hey Hodgens, Bones has a new theory that we are going to check out. We'll be a little late."

Hodgens is speaking, but Booth hangs up. He turns on his siren and does a U-turn.

Brennan: "Really Booth, only a little late? I hope I'm not going to be disappointed."

Booth: "Never happen. But maybe you need to answer that flatulence question now."

Booth and Brennan are on their way to sex, love and commitment.