A/N: Nothing really much happens in this chapter so it's pretty boring but it leads up to the next chapter which should be better. Being English some of our words are different from the American, i've tried to keep it American but some may have slipped having been trained hard not to use American words for GCSE English so if you notice any feel free to point them out and they can be changed.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Fox has it all.

While finishing off her pie Brennan was busy working out a plan. Normally she was a very straightforward person and if this had been anyone but Booth she wouldn't of had to think up a plan, but Booth was different, Booth had drawn a line and she knew that it was a line he regretted making, but Booth never goes back on his word, until now. At this quite ominous thought she couldn't help but smile to herself, she was staring to see why Angela meddled in other peoples business so much, scheming was actually really fun.

Booth had noticed the smile, she was up to something, but then again so was he, so he couldn't complain. He had been going over their last conversation in his head trying to figure out the best way to proceed. He hoped that he hadn't been too subtle and that she had gotten the message, he hadn't wanted to let go of her hand, it felt like it made the perfect fit – her hand in his – but he knew Bones well enough to know that she often needed space and that that was probably one of those times. Booth had no time to dwell on that though because he was making a plan. Brennan could be very stubborn sometimes and he had made it his mission to change her mind about one thing, him.

'You finished?' he asked as their bill arrived. It was the first time either of them had spoken in almost twenty minutes. She was still playing around with the bit of food left on her plate, she had been so busy concentrating on her thoughts that it had taken her a few seconds to realize he had spoken to her and even then she wasn't sure of what he had actually said.

'Sorry?' she looked up and was met by Booth confused gaze, but the depth of his chocolate brown eyes made her heart melt.

'I said are you finished with your pie?' he was aware she hadn't been quite with it and avoided rolling his eyes at the fact he had been made to repeat the question even though it was exactly what she would have done.

'Oh right...' she looked down at her plate, it didn't look anything like a pie any more, '...um, yeah sure.' she knew that the plan would have to start as soon as he paid the bill, he always paid the bill now, she had stopped arguing after a month and resigned to just slipping the money into his jacket pocket when he went to the restroom. Booth placed the money in the tray with the bill and turned to his partner, he helped into her coat and as they left the diner he placed his hand onto the small of her back opening the door with the other.

As they reached his car Brennan knew that it was now or never and decided to 'take the plunge' – an expression she still couldn't understand the point of even though Booth spent the best part of a quarter of an hour trying to explain it to her last week.

'Hey Booth?' her voice was a little shaky from nerves, which he picked up on almost immediately. She noticed the new look of concern in his eyes and knew that he had picked up on her nervousness, she'd forgotten he was specifically trained to notice those sorts of things, she tried to hide it with a delicate smile.

'Yeah Bones?' he said trying to predict what was coming next and if it was going to affect his plans.

'You said that I should maybe watch television once in while, right?' She hoped that she was looking more nonchalant than she felt.

'Um, yeah Bones why?' He was pretty sure he was liking where this was going, but he tried not to get his hopes up, you never knew with Bones, one minute she's going one way and then the next she's going in the opposite direction, it could be really hard to keep up sometimes .

'Well, since I don't actually have a working television, I was hoping that you might let me watch yours for a bit, you know if you don't have any plans.' There, that was it, she had said it, all she had to do now was wait for the answer and she was half way there, which was a good thing too as she was pretty sure she felt her knees buckle slightly.

Yup, Booth defiantly liked where she was going, and although this seemed like a strange request from Bones there was no way he could turn her down, even if he was shattered.

'Sure Bones, I was only planning on watching television anyway, and besides it would be nice to have some company.' She mentally sighed with relief, at least the first part was over the only problem was, that just happened to be the east part. What came next, on the other hand might need a little bit more strategy.

It turned out that Booth hadn't needed to put as much thought into the beginning of his plan after all, she seemed to be doing most of the work, inviting herself to his house. All he had to do now was get them there and make sure that he managed to stay awake long enough to talk to her. There where some questions he had for her and there was no way she was going to back out of answering them like she usually does, not while she was sitting on his couch watching his television. A grin spread across his face as he opened the SUV's heavy door for her,

'I'll teach you some good old American culture if I have to stay up all night and play you re-runs of 'The Simpsons'' he shut the door and climbed in the drivers side knowing that tonight was going to change their relationship forever, but then his smile faded as he realized it might not be for the better.

As she sat in the passengers side of Booths FBI grade SUV she couldn't help but smile as she realized that in ten minutes she would be at Booth's making herself at home on his couch watching his television, but with him by her side there was no certainty that she would be paying any attention to the TV.

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