The room was laid out accordingly with cream silk covering the chairs and a purple trail leading to the front. It wasn't supposed to be a massive gathering. Just family and a few close friends. Booth was standing in front of the desk. Clearly nervous. Hodgins was more worried about losing the rings. Parker wouldn't stop tapping his feet on the floor and Sweets was ushering in everyone. Carlie and Cam were trying to keep Will and Michael from pulling off their clip-on ties. Katy wouldn't stop running towards the exit to look for her mom. Parker caught up with her and let her play with his spare tie.
Booth saw their family that had managed to attend. Hank, Jared, Padme on his side and Russ, Amy and the girls on Brennan's. Zach had been invited but he had to be accompanied by a physiatrist and he was sitting at the back. Booth nodded to him and Zach nodded back. Wendell was sitting with his new girlfriend having not managed to resolve anything with Carlie, having forgotten everything they had been through in June. Fisher and his latest conquest, Clark and Nora, Finn and Genny (having found some common ground.) were all seated either side of each other. Some of the FBI was there including Director Cullen, who Booth had a better relationship with than Hacker- due to personal reasons. Max was with Brennan as was Angela. Billy had also arrived to wish them luck (and to threaten Booth with a repeat of the head shaving business if he hurt Brennan) and to attend the bachelor party, resulting in Hodgins with a tattoo on his back of a nutcracker for some reason.
"Worried Cher?" Caroline asked Booth seeing him bounce up and down. She was conducting the ceremony.
"Me? No I'm fine. You look nice." Booth said.
"Your judgement serves you well Seeley. Just do me a favor and try not to mess it up."
"I won't." he smiled.
The light music started and everyone stood up. Angela came around the corner in a lavender halter neck with her hair flowing out and her reasonably large bump poking out (despite the fact she was about the same in gestation as Brennan) since she was carrying two babies rather than one this time around . She walked towards the front smiling despite feeling like an elephant with her slightly swollen feet. But she still looked as beautiful as ever and Cam had to restrain Michael from making a break for it to run to her.
Once Angela had got to the front and stood on the left side of the altar Max turned the corner with Brennan who had her hair pinned and curled and she was wearing a one shoulder cream satin dress that flowed over her protruding abdomen. She looked stunning, like a Greek Goddess. She was glowing and looked happy. Booth couldn't help but smile at her. Max let her hand go and handed it to Booth. Caroline indicated everyone to sit down.
"Dearly beloved. We are here today to witness the marriage between these two people. I've known them for a very long time and I cannot imagine two people more perfect for one another (cough by Angela). So now we are now settled…" she glanced over to Katy on Parker's lap sucking on the spare tie. "… we shall now hear the vows. Over to you Cherie." she said to Brennan.
Angela handed her a sheet of paper and Brennan read from it. "Booth. I know when we started working together; we weren't on the best of terms. But during those first few cases, we gained a trust and you told me personal things because you said 'I feel like this is going somewhere.' Then you saved my life despite your own injuries and you continued to do so. I realised that I was in love with you there and then. However I was still impervious and I didn't know how to be in a relationship. Over the next six years you taught me how to be in one. We made a family. I never cared for any man until I met you and I can't imagine my life without you. I love you Booth. Always have and always will."
She stopped and Booth looked at her and smiled softly. "And now it's your turn Seeley." Hodgins went to hand him a sheet but Booth put his hand up to say no.
"Ok, um. Bones. When we met, I was in a bad place. I was almost broke because of the gambling. I couldn't see my son as much as I wanted to. And I was still not over the things I had seen in the Army. But we you came along and we kissed in the rain behind that pool hall and you left in the taxi, I knew I needed to change. It took a slap over the face to make me change. Over the years I did. I knew I would never stop saving you and you formed a bond with Parker and treated him like your own. We did have our ups and downs but when a friend died, we realised that life was too short for wasting time dancing around each other. As a result we gained a beautiful daughter and we gained a family. I'm never going to let you go. I love you Bones."
They smiled and Brennan wrapped her hands around his nick and pulled him in for a tender kiss. Caroline coughed and they broke.
"Thank you both for that but now you repeat after me: I, Temperance Brennan, take thee, Seeley Joseph Booth, to be my lawful wedded husband. To have and to hold, from this day forward until death do us part."
"I, Temperance Brennan, take thee, Seeley Joseph Booth, to be my courageous wedded husband. To have and to hold, from this day forward until death do us part."
"Now you: I, Seeley Joseph Booth, take thee, Temperance Brennan, to be my lawful wedded wife. To have and to hold, from this day forward until death do us part."
"I, Seeley Joseph Booth, take thee, Temperance Brennan, to be my beautiful wedded wife. To have and to hold, from this day forward until death do us part."
Caroline turned to Hodgins, who looked as though he was going to cry (Sweets had already lost it, as had Fisher). "Do you have the rings?" Hodgins handed her the rings that were placed on a cushion. "Now place these rings on as a symbol of your love for one another." They both slid the rings on each other's fingers. "Now, by the powers invested in me by the District of Columbia, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride."
The smiled and kissed passionately and they felt a kick between them. Clearly the little girl was just as happy as the newly married couple.
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Dinner had gone as smoothly as the wedding. Now it was time for the reception. Everyone had started mingling and Wendell's girlfriend had gone missing. Sweets was talking to someone called Lisa and Booth was dancing with Katy. Brennan and Angela had decided to take the weight off their pregnant feet.
Wendell came in with a face like thunder and Booth walked over to him to check he was okay. Wendell shook his head and Booth asked him to hold on a moment. Booth walked over to the pregnant pair. "Bones I'm going to talk to Wendell, something has upset him. The car will be here in a minute so you better be ready, Mrs Booth."
Brennan stood up "That's Brennan-Booth to you Mr Booth." she kissed him and Booth left.
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Brennan went up to fetch her bag for her honeymoon at their beach house in New Hampshire. She opened her hotel room door and found her stuff ready. She went over to the bed and she heard the door close and she turned around to find a man standing there.