I don't in anyway own Bones
(Booth's POV)
I had been spending most of my time lying on this beach. Not really doing anything, just lying. Some people might say that this amazing waste of time was wasteful, but that's because they'd never done it. Anyway Gordon Gordon had told me on more then one occasion that a certain amount of idleness made life that much better. As I lay there on one of Bahama's many golden beaches I basked in idleness. It had been a month since I had left DC. One glorious month from when I swapped corpses for tropical drinks. One month since I swapped the temperate climates for a more tropical one. One month since I had seen my partner. Two months ago that would have left a pit in my stomach, but ever since my epiphany on my boat I realized Bones wasn't really worth it. Oh she was an amazing women, but all the conflict! She always had to dissect everything into facts. No emotions for her! Nope, everything had to be factual. So I left all that behind in favor of finding Safina. A smile tugged at my lips as I thought of Safina. She was always the coolest girl I had ever known. When I was a kid she was always the one that dragged me along in her adventures. She was the one that had started my annoying habits of being to protective and rushing into high danger situations. I probably would have tried to find her earlier if it wasn't for the fact she lived in the Caribbean. That wouldn't be a problem if I hadn't turned my back on my rich background. You can't really go to the Bahamas every year on a FBI salary. But now that Gordon had got me over that particular hurdle everything was going pretty well. Suddenly a frown came to my face. This would have worked much better if she hadn't moved. That did throw a wrench in the operation. It was a bit of a bummer to come to Eluthera (that's one of the islands) and find her gone. Well it was nice to visit the house and catch up with everyone. I should probably be leaving soon. I only had five months to find her now. Suddenly a shadow fell over me. I couldn't help be a little flattered. That had to be the third girl to come up to me asking for a drink. I might have taken up on their offer if it hadn't been cradle robbing. I knew the rule for this kind of thing. You divide your age in half and add seven. If you're an odd age you round up. If their younger then that number that is not a healthy relationship to try. Even though I was flattered I was mostly annoyed. I decided to try shock value to get this one away. I said without opening eyes, "Sure I'll have sex with you." All I heard was indignant sputtering. I smirked that sure shocked her. Then it was my turn to be shocked. "I will not have sex with you Booth. No matter how much you want to. I happen to be in a relationship right now." I opened my eyes. "Bones?!"
(Bone's POV)
We had been in the Caribbean for a week now. It was quite beautiful. The ocean was green, the beaches were golden, and the temperature was pleasant. Sully was trying to find a steady source of income and I was left to just wander around soaking in the tropical sun. I was wandering down one of the beaches looking at some of the ridiculously expensive summerhouses. Really, how could someone afford such a blatant waste of money? They were, admittedly beautiful, but how rich did you have to be to own of those!
As I looked on a particularly ostentatious one I was stopped in my tracks. Was that Booth?! Why yes that was Booth! What was he doing here! Sully specifically picked Eluthera because it wasn't one of the more visited islands. A traitorous voice suggested, "He came for you." For some reason that thought warmed my stomach. I quickly squashed the thought and feeling. As I pondered this odd reaction I decided I'd worry about it later. I quickly walked towards his still body. What was he doing? Nothing, what's the point of that? As my shadow fell on him his peaceful facial expression changed. He looked annoyed. Was he annoyed to see me? For some reason that thought made my stomach twinge. I quickly ratified that thought. He couldn't be annoyed to see me he hadn't even seen who it was yet. Suddenly his annoyed expression cleared and he opened his mouth, "Sure I'll have sex with you." Well that wasn't what expected. That statement temporarily stopped my extensive vocabulary. I couldn't do anything but sputter. Then the chauvinistic pig smirked. He smirked! My outrage jumpstarted my vocabulary. I gathered all my indignation and said matter-of-factly, "I will not have sex with you Booth. No matter how much you want to. I happen to be in a relationship right now." Ha! That shut him up. He opened his eyes and exclaimed in shock, "Bones!?" I was about to reply when he interrupted me. "Damn it Bones you ruined my system! I was about to get some!"
(Booth's POV)
After Bone's shocked me I decided I'd have some fun of my own. "Damn it Bones you ruined my system! I was about to get some!"
Bones was so shocked she actually said, "Get some what?"
If I wasn't such a good actor I would have laughed right then and ruined the entire thing. So I answered as matter-of-factly as possible. "Some sex Bones."
Bones blushed and sputtered, "I know what you meant Booth. It's just you usually aren't so blunt about sex."
By then I had concocted a plan that would blow her mind. "Yeah well that's before I came back to the Caribbean. It's always had a way to loosen me up. That and all the ridiculously hot and young girls here."
Bones couldn't seem to form words, "Isn't that called crib-robbing?" she finally managed to get out.
"No Bones, it's called cradle-robbing and that's why I hadn't done anything yet. Only two girls had come over to ask for a drink."
"How does that change anything?"
"I wait for the third one so it wouldn't be so bad. The first one is to open up the possibility, the second is to make it a bit better, and the third is when you can go."
Bones actually looked remotely interested now. Maybe she thought to add this to her anthropological facts to be used in other arguments. "How does this not go against your religion?"
"God is all knowing and forgiving. He knows that three is the most tempting number. Well now that you've ruined the system I guess I'll be going." I almost blew it when I saw her mouth 'three is the most tempting number' like she was trying to remember it.
"How does my appearance effect your search for release of hormone?"
I got up and walked towards my house. "Because Bones now that I've talked to you all the girls watching have assumed I'm going with you and since your following me that doesn't really dissuade them form their thoughts does it." That made her stop. Suddenly I couldn't keep it in any longer I lost it. I burst into to laughter and fell onto the ground.
Bones looked sincerely worried for me as she rushed to my side and asked what was wrong.
I managed to gasp out, "Did you actually believe that shit." Before I collapsed back into my laughter.
Her eyes widened in comprehension, "You mean that was all fake?"
"Yep"
Bones got up and kicked me in the stomach. "That was mean."
"Ouch. Well you shouldn't be so gullible."
"You know I have very little real world experience. Then why'd you say that?"
"Say what?"
"That you'd have sex with me?"
"Oh, you really the third to come up to me. I thought you were asking me for a drink too. So I went for the shock value."
"Oh, so you were trying to make me go away by being obscenely blunt."
"When you say it like that. Why use obscenely. You talk about sex much more bluntly then I."
"Yes, but I'm not asking you to perform the actual copulation. I'm just speaking about the process and how each individual can make it better for the other."
I smirked, "Yep much blunter."
Bones looked confused, "You seem much more comfortable with the subject then you did just a month ago."
"Well Bones that's because this is the new Seely Booth. By the way Bones, where's Sully."
Bones seemed thrown by the change of conversation, "Ah, his parking his um your boat."
"Cool why don't you'll come swing by my place for dinner."
"Alright."
"Cool. See you in a few hours Bones."
(Bones POV)
"You saw him on the beach?" Sully asked. He seemed a little apprehensive.
"Yes. I was wandering around looking at the sights when I saw him just lying there. He invited us to dinner."
"Why are we getting dressed?"
"Because we're going to see a friend for dinner. I thought this was the normal behavior for such an event." I said this apprehensively because I could be wrong. I wasn't really sure about the proper etiquette for seeing a friend randomly in a tropical paradise. Sully got rid of my fears with his next words.
"Your
right. So were do we go?"
I stopped. "I'm not really sure.
He just said we would have dinner at 'his place'"
"He didn't even directions?" Sully asked annoyed. "That's just like him."
I was about to protest. Usually Booth was very good with details when we heard a shout. We turned around and we saw Booth coming at us. "I'm sorry. I just realized I didn't give Bones directions." He stopped, "Why are ya'll dressed up?"
I suddenly felt self conscious, "I thought dressing up was the proper procedure in this kind of situation."
"Oh no that's cool. It's just that now Melinda is going to get on to me. Come on let's go. My house is just five minutes form here so hurry up. Anyway Melinda told me that I dress up, but I told her that ya'll were friends so it'd be cool. I'm glad I'm leaving tomorrow or I'd never hear the end of it."
I was a bit confused by what Booth was saying and by the look on Sully's face so was he. Who was Melinda? I did however catch the end of that sentence. "You're leaving tomorrow and who's Melinda?"
Booth stopped and looked at me confused. Then he suddenly looked embarrassed. "Oh that's right. Ya'll don't know. Melinda is my housekeeper and I'm leaving tomorrow to look for Safina, my childhood sweetheart. I only stayed here for a month so I could catch up with everyone."
This conversation was only becoming more confusing. "What do you mean catch up with everyone?" I decided since I was already asking I could ask some of the questions that were really bugging me. "Anyway Booth, how can you have a house here and why are you here if your looking for your childhood sweetheart. Shouldn't you be in Pittsburgh?"
Booth just smirked. That smirk was starting to annoy me. It's like he knew something and I had no idea. "Well yeah I'd be looking for her in Pittsburgh if she lived in Pittsburgh. She lived here."
"Then how is she your childhood sweetheart?"
"I saw her every summer when we visited here."
"Visited where."
"Visited here," he gestured around him, "You know our summer home."
I finally noticed my surroundings. It was the ostentatious house I had been looking at when I saw Booth. "This is your house!"
Booth just smirked, "Yep."
Oh I really did not like that smirk.
(Booth's POV)
Shocking Bones was becoming my favorite past time. We had just finished a tour of the house and we had seated for dinner. "So Bones like my house?"
Bones seemed to collect herself before she answered. "It is a very nice abode, but it does raise some questions."
I raised an eyebrow, "Like what?"
"Your hatred of wealthy people is now much odder then it was."
"Yes I just recently allowed myself to accept my wealthy roots thanks to Gordon."
Bones seemed skeptical, "Your therapist made it ok for you to spend your vast amounts of money?"
I laughed, "No Bones. I took your advice and talked to Gordon about my dislike of wealth and he showed how logically I was being an idiot. So I took his words to heart and I can't argue with the results." Bones was about to open her mouth, probably to argue about psychiatry, so I interrupted her. "So Sully how's my boat doing?"
Sully looked a bit shock to be included and Bones looked vaguely insulted about being insulted. "Um, it's holding out pretty well. Actually I've got a question. I didn't notice till Tempe showed it to me. Why is your boat called 'Temperance'?"
I burst into laughter. Now both Bones and Sully looked insulted. "Oh gosh. I forgot about that! Oh god you must have thought I had unrequited feelings for Bones so I named my boat for her." When both Bones and Sully nodded I burst into laughter again. "It's actually a pretty funny story. Well it won't seem so for you cause you weren't there. Anyway my dad had just bought the boat and he was having fantasies about he'd be sailing around the world in all kinds of weather. So he was looking for a word that would convey how awesome his boat would be. He looked in the dictionary and saw Temperance. He immediately painted it on his boat. When my mom saw it she started laughing. When my dad asked what was wrong she asked him if he knew what it meant. He admitted he didn't read the definition cause he was so excited, but he was sure it was awesome definition. My mom took great pleasure in telling his "awesome" boat meant very controlled. You should seen his face!"
Both Sully and Bones looked a bit sheepish after I was done with my story. Bones summed it up, "Oh."
"Well, it was great seeing ya'll, but I've got to get ready for my trip tomorrow. So this is good bye again."
I got up and escorted them to the door and said good bye. As they left I thought about what were the chances of seeing them. Well I'm sure I won't see them again.
Booth went to bed not knowing how wrong he was.
