Hello! I'm writing from under a palm tree... I'm currently in vacations, feeling a sunburn in my freckled face and red hair. Not really amusing.
Also, I'm really sorry that I didn't update sooner, it was one entire week without internet, that's why there were no updates nor replies to the reviews. But I assure you all that reviewed that all your words mean a lot to me, knowing that you're liking the story so far makes me proud, but there's still a lot to come, and I do really hope you readers enjoy it.
A while later the night found the two partners walking under the falling rain, dripping water from their hairs and arms. Their feet strolled the miles of empty road further on, searching for a nearby sight of human life.
"I can't believe I actually followed her…" He said under his breath.
"Are you complaining Agent Booth? Do you have a better option for our current situation? Because if you do, please go ahead and share it, I'm impatient to know." Sarcasm was all over her voice.
"Bones, please don't start. This is not entirely my fault."
"And is it mine?"
"Well, you were the one that wanted to work this case, not me. This wasn't even our assignment. But no… the Doctor was overexcited, yet by another mysterious skeleton, and had to come running to the site to see with her own eyes, and I had to follow!"
To the sound of his loud voice she stopped in her tracks, moved by the outrage of his statement.
"Bones, we came from the end of the world, heading towards nothing at all, we're stuck in the middle of nowhere, soaking wet and the last thing I want to do is argue with you!" He finally declared, breathing heavily, trying his best to even his breathing, which always seemed to accelerate whenever they were arguing.
"We don't argue. We only share different perspectives and points of view towards our interests. It's not like we're screaming in each other's faces."
She couldn't believe it. Once again they were throwing nonsense words at each other. It seemed that besides their work it was the next best thing both could do together. It was always the same, is started low and hushed only to have their voices running wild near the end. Always the same pattern, only the place changed. Currently in what appeared to be a deserted and vast area of woods.
"We might as well be."
"You didn't have to come along, I never asked you to." The fire in her eyes was burning bright with anger. She didn't want to be accused of interfering with one's free will, and it hurt that this accusation came from her own partner.
When she tried to move past him, anger fueling her paces, he took hold of her arm and brought her to face his defense.
"You didn't even have to ask. You know I would follow you to the end of the world."
It was all sincerity in his words and his eyes.
Even behind the heavy curtain of rain, she could feel his eyes and the tenderness that always remained there, whenever he looked intently, like now, at her.
The previous feeling was washed away with the downpour, leaving a warm sensation lingering in her chest, and under his intense gaze, she was glad that the rain was blurring both their visions, for her cheeks had turned a faint color of red.
He started walking again, turning his back to her and she simply stood rooted to the road watching him leave, a sensation she knew too well.
And suddenly his face turned and she could see his warm eyes looking over his shoulder searching for her, smiling brightly.
"Come on lazy Bones, we have a lot to walk…"
She couldn't help but smile at his childish behavior; it seemed that, really, the rain was the least of their problems.
It was not after a long hour of walking in the rain that they finally saw a small sign of what seemed to be a resting place at the side of the road.
"There's a hotel down the road, maybe we could stay there for the night, just until this infernal rain stops."
"A hotel? At the side of the road? Isn't that supposed to be a motel? I know that sometimes there are these motels where people go to have se…"
"Sure Bones!" – He interrupter her abruptly. "But this seems like a homey, cozy small hotel. Nothing out of ordinary in that, just to sleep." He added more or what anxiously, and even she could sense the agitation in his voice.
Leaving it behind both crossed a few more steps and found themselves at the front door of a very modest village hotel.
He, unconsciously, placed his hand in her lower back, urging her to step forward and enter the building. The difference of temperature made her shiver next to his body. Sure, inside was warm and welcoming.
They walked to the reception, being greeted by a young woman, with hair red and neatly falling in curly waves and the softest of hazel eyes behind red frames. A tired smile was placed in her features when she finally addressed the couple in front of her.
"Welcome… Oh my! You two are soaking wet, I believe you want a room too…"
"Yes, please. We were just passing by in the way back to our original hotel in town, but unfortunately we had an accident half way there. We need a room to sleep, just for tonight."
All the while he was observing the interaction between the two women, and now was being called into reality, to say that he was amazed by her direct explaining of their situation was nothing compared to the shock he felt running in his veins when she clearly stated that they needed a room. Singular?
"Certainly, Mrs. …" The receptionist added.
"Doctor. Dr. Brennan and this here is my partner, Special Agent Seeley Booth." She said pointing a trembling hand towards him.
"Dr. Brennan as in, the forensic anthropologist who writes those amazing novels about murderers and that hunk of a man, an agent himself?" The receptionist was now watching him closely under the frame of her red glasses.
"Erm… Yes that one exactly." She felt slightly embarrassed at the implied connection between the two agents. Or at least it rested in her psyche, how both agents were so similar to one another, at least one of them was quite real, and currently shivering next to her.
The girl disappeared behind the desk, searching for a key.
"I'm so sorry, this is the only spare room in the building, it is quite small but I hope that it will serve you well Dr. Brennan. It seems that the rain attracted many costumers."
"It's ok; we're here to sleep…" He smiled directly at the younger woman. "Not to have sex..." He said in a whisper, trying hard to reassure himself in the strange circumstance he was living.
"To have sex?" The doctor's eyes widened dramatically looking at her partner, who was also staring back with a disbelieving face.
"Seriously Bones? From all the things I've said, that's the one you heard?"
"I can't help it. I have a very good and selective hearing." She finally said, holding the key that the girl extended to her, disappearing in the direction of the stairs.
"Have a pleasant night, Sir." The girl said, smiling broadly with a new vigor.
"Yes… yes, I will. Definitely." He added, annoyed at their sleeping arrangements.
Still leaning on the reception desk after filling the necessary papers, he let himself think how he would possibly be able to spend an entire night in the same room with her. The anthropologist that was tiredly climbing the steps of a much worn staircase, looking behind to see if he was following.
"Goodnight." He smiled politely and headed towards the stairs and a very long night.
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