I wasn't like Angela. I thought it would be more romantic. Booth would treat Brennan to a romantic evening…
Although we weren't there, we both knew the Jeffersonian Medico-Legal laboratory was silent. It was unnaturally so, even for a Saturday night, but even Dr Temperance Brennan was not working that night. Angela and I were watching the aforementioned doctor as she sat at a table across the restaurant from us.
It wasn't like we were stalking her or anything. I was just taking my girlfriend out for dinner on a Saturday night. Neither of us knew that Dr B was going to be there.
She looked up at that moment, and we thought she'd seen us, but as it were, her date had just arrived. He sat down across from her, and when he turned to call a waiter, I heard Angela gasp.
Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth were on a date, at a fancy restaurant, wearing fancy clothes. What's more they seemed to be flirting.
"Hey, Bones, sorry I'm late," Booth said, and Brennan smiled, shaking her head.
"It isn't your fault, Booth," She replied. "Cullen has set you an extreme amount of paperwork to complete." Booth laughed.
"Yeah," He said, and opened their menus. There was silence for a moment before Booth spoke again. 'Let me guess, you'll have the…"
There was a crash from the kitchen, and I turned to see what was going on, so I missed what it was that Booth said. By the time I looked back, both partners were laughing softly, their eyes alight with love. Well, I knew it was love, and so did Angela.
Dinner continued in the same fashion, Booth and Brennan joked and flirted non-stop, and neither seemed uncomfortable with the formal setting of the dinner. Once they'd finished their food, and a generous helping of desert, Booth stood, and walked around the table to stand beside Brennan.
"Bones, may I have this dance?" He asked, extending his hand. She looked unsure at first, before shrugging and taking the hand. The moved away from their table, and Booth placed one hand on Brennan's waist, Brennan placed one of her hands on Booth's shoulder, and their remaining hands joined.
By now, most of the diners were watching the couple. Brennan had her head lent on Booth's chest, and they were swaying to an imaginary tune.
One of the waiters had a brilliant idea. He grabbed his guitar from the kitchen (why he had guitar in there in the first place was beyond me), and he started serenading the dancing partners, who seemed unaware that they were the focus of every patron in the restaurant.
"I love you, Bones." We all heard Booth declare. I watched as he brought his lips to hers, and the restaurant broke out into cheers. The partners remained unaware…
I felt Angela tense up beside me, and I wrapped an arm around her shoulder. The man who had walked into the room was silent, letting us come to terms with what we had just been told.
"I'll keep you informed," he said, and I nodded. I saw the others doing the same. My eyes met with Zack's across the room. His eyes were filled with pain.
To Be Continued