Every Moment
Seeley Booth thought that this particular evening would never happen. He had played out the different scenarios in his mind from the day he laid eyes on her. Temperance Brennan was the most beautiful, intense and successful woman he had ever known. The day he walked in and saw her in that lecture hall, was the day he knew she was the one. It was then that he started planning the "perfect date."
Last week, Temperance Brennan finally gave in. She told him she wanted to give it a chance. This happened at Daisy and Sweets wedding reception. They had just finished a slow dance. Seeley Booth had promised himself he would not put himself in this position again. The position of holding the woman he loves in his arms. But when she asked, he couldn't say no. He held her so close that he could feel her heart beating and he could tell it was beating just as rapidly as his own. At the end of the dance, she looked into his eyes and the tears began to stream down her face. He went after her and found her outside on the bench by a fountain. He didn't say anything. He just sat next to her and that is when she said it. "If it's not too late Seeley, I want to give "us" a chance." He looked at her with tears in his eyes and said "when it comes to you Temperance Brennan, it is never too late." He took her in his arms and he kissed her gently. She tried to deepen the kiss but he insisted that they wait. They could hear the music from where they were and they spent the rest of the night dancing and talking. Temperance told Seeley she didn't know if she could promise him forever. Seeley told her he would settle for one day at a time.
Now…he was going to take her on their first date. It had taken almost six years to get here and he wanted everything to be perfect. He wanted to show her how much she meant to him without making her want to turn tail and run. He had always known what he wanted to do and he had spent the past week planning out the places he wanted to take her. The past week had been crazy for both of them. This was the third time the date was supposed to happen but cases kept getting in the way. This worried them both because they were running out of time. Seeley had made a commitment to go train soldiers in Florida. This was a commitment he could not get out of. They both wanted their final weeks together to count. Temperance had turned down a chance to go to Indonesia when she realized that she couldn't be away from Seeley that long. This was the moment when she finally admitted to herself that she was in love.
Seeley told Temperance that he would pick her up at noon. She asked him why he wanted to start the date so early. His response "I need time to woo you Bones." Her response "I don't know what that means." His only response was "good…now wear something comfortable because we are going to be out a long time." He refused to elaborate past that and it was driving Temperance Brennan crazy. Seeley knew it and that fact alone only made him love her more.
It was now 11am and Seeley was starting to sweat bullets. The time had come and suddenly he started to ask himself "what the hell are you doing? What if you screw this whole thing up?" Then he reminded himself"You are the gambler Seeley Booth. Don't you forget it!" He was ready to go…ready to woo Temperance Brennan. The first "moment" of the date would begin soon. He just sat and waited for the limousine to arrive.