I'm baaaaaccckkk!! I'm not totally sure if this is a good thing but I have brought an offering of a story. Of B&B of course. How could it be anything but.
Anyway I am back from my two week trip in Europe with my class of seeing churches and fortresses and churches. Did I mention the fortresses? Actually they weren't all that bad. I did like them It was just after seeing the tenth one I got bored. :) The shopping was amazing though!! I am surprised I didn't go broke! lol
I promised you a story didn't I? This one I had started before I left. I have edited it since then and have added a second chapter to it that still needs to be edited. So, here it is... What if Booth asked Brennan to marry her? Of course many others have done this before me. But I haven't yet! lol
Disclaimer: Sigh, again not mine. Although, if it was mine. I definitely wouldn't show SIX episodes in TWO WEEKS!!!! I mean seriously the two weeks I am off of the continent and they decide to show SIX!!! Ah well I will just watch them online. This time I will actually be able to watch them on GLOBAL as they finally have a website that will allow me to watch them!! FOX won't let me because I am Canadian.
So sorry about the rant and the delay here's the story!!
"Bones, marry me."
It was a nice Saturday afternoon and the sun was shining through the living room of Brennan's apartment. They were sitting on her couch. He noticed how the sun picked out the red highlights in her hair and the question- more like statement- had popped out.
She had been laughing at something he had said. He wasn't even quite sure what that was anymore. He was too absorbed in watching the beautiful smile drop off of her face.
"What?" She didn't look angry. Just slightly confused.
He cursed silently. He should have phrased it differently. He knew better than to just dump the question on her. He should have lead up to it in their conversation. It was just that… she had never looked as beautiful as she had in that moment. She always looked beautiful.
"I mean, what if we were to get married? You know, in holy matrimony, with a priest, a chapel, and a couple of rings. How about it?"
There was a pause.
"Booth, you know I'm an atheist."
"Look, it wouldn't have to be in a chapel. It could be at city hall for all I care. I'm just wondering what your thoughts on the idea of us getting married."
"No."
"What? Why not?"
"Booth you already know my viewpoints on matrimony. Besides you know from the domestic cases that we've worked on that marriages are often messy and tangled. Also fifty percent of marriages end in divorce."
He already knew this fact. He had been waiting for her to say it.
They sat together in silence.
She was looking at him. He was looking at his hands in his lap.
Avoiding meeting her eyes.
She wished that she hadn't said that. She wished she hadn't said that stupid fact about marriages ending. She knew that he wanted to get married. The fact that he wanted to marry her had surprised her. So she had got defensive and words just came spewing out. She couldn't stop them. She wished they could go back to the times before he had asked her. She just didn't want to get married.
He still wouldn't meet her eyes.
She had opened her mouth to say something, she wasn't sure what, when he broke the silence.
"What if it doesn't have to end?"
"What?"
"What if our marriage doesn't end and we spend the rest of our lives together?"
She was stunned. She hadn't thought of it that way before. Whenever the thought crossed her mind she always saw it ending. Not that she wanted it to end mind you, but she just couldn't help it. She didn't want to be hurt by that pain of someone leaving her. Again.
But then again, it was Booth. He didn't leave her. Even when she 'frustrated the hell out of him' as she had been told many times.
She realized that she hadn't answered his question. He was still looking at her for a response. She wanted to tell him something. She just wasn't sure what it was.
"Look, you don't have to say anything right now. Just think about it. Maybe twice considering that genius brain of yours." He gave her a crooked grin. "Just call me when you know."
He got up from the couch they had been sitting on. He leaned down, took her hands and kissed her.
"I hope that doesn't influence your decision."
He mind was still processing his previous questions, so all he got was an automatic response.
"Oh no, it won't. I am very good at-"
"-compartmentalizing. I know." He gave her one last smile. One that didn't quite reach his eyes.
In his eyes she saw doubt and worry. And something else. She knew she had seen it before. She just couldn't identify it at the moment.
As the apartment door shut behind him, she wondered what he saw in her eyes.
She realized that she was holding something in her hands. He had left it there when he had kissed her.
It was a ring.
Because of my huge delay at the beginning I won't even ask you to review!!! How's THAT for a deal huh? Although if you take it a certain way I could be saying "I___ ask you to review." Sure that's improper grammar but I am still asking you in a way to review. Even though I said I wouldn't.
If you can make sense of this whole mess then you should review!!! :D Or just tell me that you couldn't through the review button...
Just so you know I'm not high (although it sounds like it I'm not) I am just really, REALLY hyper. And excited for those reviews!!
AND for being back in Canada!!! WWWWOOOOOOO!!!!
