Bonesology End of Summer Pop-Up Fan Fic Challenge.

(Takes place shortly after "The Hole in the Heart")

A/N: I'll try to keep these light and Fun

Prompt: Shopping for a bathing suit

I don't own Bones.

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"Oh my God!" Booth thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head. "No . . . no, no, no, no, you can't wear that in public . . . you'll be arrested for indecency or . . . inciting a riot or . . . no absolutely not."

Surprised and angry, Brennan crossed her arms against her breasts and glared at her boyfriend. "What do you mean no? You can't tell me what to wear. This is my body not yours."

He knew he'd made a mistake as soon as the works had poured from his mouth and now she was going to dig her heels in. Oh God. "I know it's your body, believe me I know . . . I just meant that that swim suit is smaller than a postage stamp in all the wrong places." Frustrated, he saw her slowly shake head.

"Just because I'm living with you now doesn't mean you can dictate how I dress, Booth." She had tried the suit on for fun to see how Booth would react. She had forgot about his prudish ways and now he was backing her into a proverbial corner. She hadn't really wanted to buy the suit, but he was forcing her to do it out of principal. "If I wish to wear this at the beach then you have no say in the matter."

His mind furiously trying to find a way to make her find another suit, Booth realized that he wasn't going to win. He never won these things. "Fine, buy the damn thing and wear it. I won't care." Except he would. He was just afraid he was going to end up in jail at the end of the day. There was no way he would tolerate strange men ogling his Bones. Just no way.

Furious that their trip to buy bathing suits was turning into an argument, Brennan jerked her head up and down. "Fine, I will." Turning on her heels, she stalked back into the dressing room and glared at the bathing suit she really wanted hanging on the hook. I know he's prudish. I know that. Why did I do that? Resigned that she had to save face, she changed back into her jeans and blouse and held both swim suits in her hand. I'll buy both. I'll punish Booth for one day and then I'll wear the one I like.

After she left the dressing room, Brennan was surprised to find Booth gone. Not sure if they were bickering or if they were having a full blown argument, Brennan looked around the shop for her boyfriend. Spying him in the men's wear section, she walked over to where he was standing.

A young female sales clerk held up a swim suit and smiled at her customer. "This one would show off your well-developed physique. You obviously work out."

"I do alright." Booth was flattered that the clerk had noticed that he worked out, but the bathing suit she was holding up had less material than the underwear he was wearing under his jeans. "I . . ." A snort behind him and Booth turned to see Brennan grinning at him.

"I can't imagine that suit would be suitable." Brennan knew there was no way he would wear a bathing suit like that and she found it amusing that the clerk was trying to sell it to him. "It would expose more of your body in public than you're used to. You are a prude when it comes to exposure of the human body."

Already irritated with his girlfriend and her fierce independence, Booth saw the skimpy bathing suit in her hand and felt like two could play that game. Turning back to face the clerk, Booth smiled. "I'll try it on."

Shocked, Brennan saw Booth take the swim suit from the clerk and enter the dressing room. After a while he left the room and stood before them. "So what do you think?" Booth felt a little exposed in the suit and he had no intention of buying it.

"I think that style of suit is wrong for you, Booth." His firm rectus abdominus, he external oblique, his serratus anterior were firmly on display and that was fine, but combined with his gluteus medius and his rectus femoris and he presented a fine example of an alpha male . . . her alpha male and she did not relish strange women staring at him or any part of him. "I . . . I think you look better in the suits you normally wear." His suits usually went down past his knees and that was what she wanted him to continue to wear.

Aware that he really did have a great body, he saw Brennan staring at his thighs and knew that she wasn't happy with his suit. Well, if she's going to wear those small patches she's calling a suit then this one if fine for me. "No, this is a good suit. I think I'll buy it."

Stunned that he would wear such a small suit Brennan felt her temper rise. "Fine, wear what you want, but I think it's a mistake."

He'd only wore the suit because she'd ridiculed him, but now he knew he had to buy it. He couldn't let her get away with calling him a prude. Damn it! Holding out the suit to the clerk, Booth smiled. "I'm ready to check out."

Reluctantly, Brennan followed Booth to the front desk and after he made his purchase she bought her suits. The next time I buy a bathing suit, it will be by myself.

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Once they were back at their hotel room, Brennan entered the bathroom to change into her bathing suit and Booth changed in the bedroom. Angry that he had bought a suit he didn't like, Booth threw his shirt and jeans on the bed along with his boxers, pulled the sales tag off of the suit and slipped it on. Turning to face the mirror, he actually like the way it showed off his stomach, but he wasn't crazy about his thighs. He worked on them, but they never filled out like he wanted them to. His trainer had told him that he was imagining things, but he'd seen some of the other guys and they just looked better. Still his body was pretty hot over all.

The bathroom door opened and closed and Booth turned to face Brennan in her new suit. Only it wasn't the suit she had worn in the shop. This one was a two piece navy swim suit that had more material and yet somehow looked sexier. "Wow, I love that suit. It makes your eyes sparkle and well . . . you're beautiful."

A faint rosy blush on her cheeks, Brennan slowly turned around so he could see the rest of the suit. "I really liked this suit better, but when you told me I couldn't buy the other one . . . well, you know I don't like people to tell me what to do."

Embarrassed that he'd over reacted and put her on the spot, Booth did the only thing he could do. "I'm sorry, Bones . . . it's just that you're so beautiful and I was afraid that so many guys were going to be coming on to you and I'd get bent out of shape . . . you know me . . . I would and then well . . . I really am sorry. You have the right to wear what you want . . . of course you do."

Relieved that they were no longer fighting over her bathing suit, Brennan stepped closer and placed her hands on his neck. "I may have over reacted too . . . you aren't really going to wear this swimming suit are you?" Brennan was also afraid that her boyfriend was going to get too much attention and that made her anxious. After all he really was a fine specimen of an alpha male . . . her alpha male.

"Well, I have that old suit I brought just in case I couldn't find a new one I like." Booth smiled when he saw the look of relief on his girlfriend's face. So I'm not the only jealous shit in this relationship. Thank God.

Brennan stepped back and over to the dresser. Removing the Hawaiian print bathing suit from one of the drawers, Brennan handed it to him. "Thank you."

After he took the suit from her, he moved towards the bathroom. "I'll change and we can go to the beach."

"Wait, you don't have to leave the room to change." Brennan admired the way his gluteus maximus looked in the suit and she felt a little aroused. "We are in a relationship and I have seen you nude."

Slowly turning, Booth looked at Brennan and shook his head. "If I change in here, we may not make it to the beach."

"Then we won't make it to the beach." Brennan hadn't really wanted to go on vacation, but now that she had, she planned to enjoy herself. "At least not today."

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