CHAPTER TWO

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There was this magical moment between them. None of them understood what it would lead to, but in this moment the world around them stood still. Booth tightened his hold of Temperance as he realized she had stopped moving and begun sinking. She didn't protest, neither did Booth.

"Oh come on guys, kiss!" Angela's voice brought Temperance out of her trance and she suddenly realized what she was doing.

"See something you like, Bones?" Booth taunted.

"Yes… I mean… no, or…yes…" Temperance was confused. What the hell was she supposed to answer to that? A yes, would be too embarrassing, but a no, wouldn't be nice, and far from the truth for that matter.

Suddenly she realized Booth's arm was still holding her. "Booth… I uh… This is a bit awkward."

Booth wanted to tell her it couldn't feel any better, but kept quiet. Instead he gave her a brief smile, before letting go of her.

Temperance felt empty without him close. She was shocked to realized how happy his light touch made her feel, how safe and warm she felt around him, it was amazing.

With a frown, she started to swim away from him. Booth smiled and followed. With only a little effort he slid up behind her, grinning at her as he swam past her.

Temperance wasn't going to let him win and tried to speed up. When they reached the edge, they were both breathing heavily.

"So you think you're faster than me?" Temperance said. "Just because you won this time, doesn't prove anything," she tried to sound serious, but couldn't help but smile.

"Oh yeah?" Booth playfully splashed water into Bones face. She narrowed her eyes, glaring at him.

"Uh oh!" Booth tried to swim away from her, but Temperance caught up with him, sneaked her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. Booth laughed, trying to avoid getting under the surface of the water.

They heard someone else laugh, and realized this gave Angela something more to tease them about. But Right now Temperance didn't care, Angela had been right, this was funny!

The wrestling continued for a long time, and both Booth and Temperance was laughing the whole time. After a while they were exhausted and headed for the end of the pool the kids used to be, there they could actually stand.

For the moment Temperance had forgotten about her friend. She looked at Booth.

"How come we never did this before?" Booth asked.

"I don't know, I really enjoyed this Booth."

"I can see that, I've never seen you smile like that."

"I do smile," Temperance protested.

Booth laughed, stepping closer to her. "Maybe we should spend a little time with Angela huh?"

"Yes we should."

But none of them moved.

"Hey Bones… you look, nice…" Booth suddenly said. "No not nice… you look… uh… stunning."

Temperance blushed. "Thanks," she mumbled.

"Hey," Booth whispered. He let his hand touch her face, brushing a piece of her wet hair away. Temperance looked up at him. Their eyes met.

"Booth I…"

"Shhh," Booth cut her off. His fingers continued playing with her hair. Temperance closed her eyes. Booth's fingers running down her cheek made her eyes open quickly; she stared at him, but couldn't bring herself to move away from his touch. She opened her mouth to speak, but closed it again without saying a word. Booth smiled at her, his hand left her face, disappearing under the surface of the water. Temperance felt it on her stomach. The light caress made her shiver. His arm sneaked around her waist, pulling her a bit closer. Temperance could hardly breathe as her body pressed against his. She swallowed, looking up at him; this time she wasn't surprised to see the same passion burning in his eyes...

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