Disclaimer: I do not own Bones but I am borrowing the characters because I'm going through withdrawal and am going crazy without the show so boredom at work resulted in this story. Hope you enjoy.
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Missing Him
After a day full of shopping and pampering Temperance now sat in a limo with her friends on their way to the gala. It had been such a busy day that she didn't have a chance to think about Booth since she left her office. Now as she sat with her friends she missed him more then before. 'He should sitting next to me right now' she thought to herself as she looked down at her dress. She fell in love with it the moment she put it on. It was a sleeveless satin A-line dress with beaded straps and a beaded empire waist in a beautiful marine color. She almost didn't want to take it off when she had to leave the store. After dress shopping her and Angela spent three hours at the spa getting massages, manicures, pedicures and their hair and make-up done before heading back to Temperance's apartment to slip into their dresses and be picked up by the limo and the rest of the group.
"So Jack why did you wait till today to tell us about this gala?" Zach asked pulling Temperance out of her thoughts.
"Um yeah about that… Um I got the invites around the time Booth shipped out and meant to tell Angela but with everything going on at that time it slipped my mind but I did RSVP right after I opened the invite." Jack said shyly.
"So you just remembered this morning?" Angela questioned her fiancé.
"Um not really… They kind of called me this morning to ask how many guests I was bringing." Jack said blushing.
"Oh dear god. So you're telling us that if you hadn't gotten that phone call this morning that you would have missed your own gala? That's sad Jack. Truly sad." Cam said laughing causing everyone else to laugh.
"Well when you put it that way yeah I guess I would have missed it." Jack said fixing his bow tie with a goofy grin on his face causing everyone else to laugh harder.
"So Jack how come you're friend isn't here with us?" Angela asked curious about Jacks mystery friend.
"Well he's coming from the other direction and won't be able to get there till around 8." Jack said simply with a secretive smile on his face.
"What's that smile all about mister?" Angela whispered in Jacks ear.
"You'll see." Jack whispered back.
"What are you hiding Jack Hodgins? If you don't tell me I'll… I'll… I'll with hold sex for the next month." Angela whispered darkly causing Jack to laugh loudly.
"Sure honey what ever you say. We both know you wont last long but I'm sure you'll forget entirely about that threat later." Jack said with a laugh and a knowing smile.
"Fine be that way!" Angela huffed.
"What was that all about Ang?" Temperance asked her friend quietly.
"Jacks hiding something and he wont even give me a hint. He said I'll see later and that I'd forget about my little threat." Angela whined.
"And what threat was that?" Temperance inquired.
"I threatened to with hold sex for a month." She said bluntly causing Temperance to burst out laughing.
"Well I'm glad to see you laughing again but why are you laughing at my threat? Jack did the same thing." Angela said darkly causing Temperance to laugh harder.
"Oh God!" She laughed. "We know you too well!" She said still laughing. "Angela we know you wouldn't be able to last three days let alone an entire month. Think about it. You know I'm right." Temperance said with a knowing smile.
"I guess your right." Angela mumbled blushing.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you." Tempe teased.
"Your Right! Okay Your Right! You and Jack are both right. I wouldn't be able to go an entire month with out sex. Okay are you happy now! Your Right!" Angela ranted turning bright red causing everyone but Temperance to laugh at her outburst.
"I'm quite happy thank you." Tempe said calmly causing everyone else to laugh even harder. For the first time in two months Temperance Brennan was truly happy. The people who knew her best and loved her for her were surrounded her. As soon as that thought pass through her head she felt a pang of sadness. Sadness over the void her partner left behind. She didn't realize when he told her that he was going to Iraq that he meant so much to her. She never noticed how many hours in a week they spent together. She never knew she would miss him this much. 'Is this what love is truly about? Waking up in the morning and the first thing you think about is that person and that person is the last thing you think about before going to sleep at night. Is love missing that person so much you think your heart is going to break with each thought. Maybe I'm in love with Booth.' Temperance thought to herself.
Noticing her friends change in behavior Angela asked "Tempe is everything okay?"
"He should be here." She stated softly.
"I know sweetie he should be here." Angela said hugging her friend.
"What's up with Dr. B?" Jack asked his fiancé.
"She misses him." She answered softly.
"Don't we all." He said missing his friend too.
"We'll be there in a few minutes sir." Came the voice of the driver over the intercom.
"Thank you Ivan" Jack responded. "So is everyone ready?" Jack asked his friends. No sooner then the words had left his mouth Temperance, Angela and Cam had their compact mirrors out and were checking their hair and make up. At the sight of this he let out a small laugh but his small laugh turned into hysterics as he watched Zach who was sitting next to Cam. Zach was pantomiming what the girls were doing. First he opened his imaginary purse and pulled out his imaginary compact mirror. As he opened the imaginary mirror he saw Jack watching him laughing so he winked at him extravagantly the proceeded to put on imaginary lipstick. Jack was almost on the floor laughing at the young doctors antics when Zach couldn't keep up the charade any longer and laugh along with his friend.
Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I have more written and as soon as I get it all typed up I will post it.
This is a link to the dress Temperance is wearing to the gala. I thought it was pretty. me some love