Hey guys thanks for the reviews and yeah sorry for the short chapter I didn't realize it was that short. By the way the title is from the song I was listening to at the time and I couldn't think of anything else.

The game and the kiss

The drive there had seemed to have taken hours, when it was really only twenty minutes. Every now and then Booth would stare at his partner and wonder what she was thinking and if he could do anything. Unable to think of something he could say that would make her feel less stressed he reached over and grabbed her hand. She looked at him, mouth open, as if she was going to yell at him but she didn't. They just stayed like that for the rest of the ride. Brennan had been thinking about how to not break down and how'd she be able to keep up the wall she had built, when Booth grabbed her hand. She felt like electricity had just run through her, and then she felt a little calmer and a lot less likely to going in there and beating up this boyfriend. He was the main suspect as the girl had appeared to have been beaten. They had also been unable to find him up to this point. So yes with all the stress, not to mention her own feelings she was ready to literally kick this guy's ass.

They stood outside of the room that Alex Marino was in for a few seconds before Brennan got impatient and walked through the door, Booth hot on her heels. "Bones, Hey I get to say when we go in!" But his words were lost as she asked "did you have fun beating an innocent girl to death?" Alex backed away from her and looked at Booth. "I didn't kill her, I would never even hurt her" as he said this tears started running down his face "I loved Ashley I was going to marry her." Brennan looked to Booth "if you didn't kill her why did you tell the police that you were the last one to talk to her, and then take off so we couldn't find you?" "I wasn't running away I went off to look for her, I had to find her I couldn't live with myself if I didn't even find her after what I did." He took the edge of his shirt and wiped at his now tear stricken face.



Bones didn't believe the tears as did what he was saying. "I think he's lying Booth" she looked up to Booth and she could see he was thinking about something. "What do you mean 'after what I did to her?" Alex stopped wiping his eyes and looked at Booth. "I didn't play the game right... I didn't answer the question." At this Brennan looked at the man as if he were crazy "What are you talking about, what game?" "His game; he took her, and then he called me. He said he was going to ask me some questions. The rules where that if you hung up she died and if I answered 5 questions wrong she died. With each question that I got wrong he would hurt her. 10 questions right and he'd let her go. Somehow he knew who we were; he asked me things she didn't know. I failed her I didn't want her to find out what I did and I didn't think he'd really kill her."

By now he was sobbing hard, and at some point Booth and Brennan had caught each other's eyes. She looked scared, hell she looked more than scared but only for a moment. She quickly put back up the wall, after thoughts of this being the same situation with the grave digger swarmed her head. She after all had to stay focused on stopping this killer, and she would not let them get to her head. After that Booth asked "Where were you when this phone call took place?" "I was at home in our apartment." "Did the voice sound familiar to you?" "No, I had no idea who it was." "Do you know of anyone who would want her dead?" "No, no one."

As the questions continued Bones stayed silent, in fact she didn't say anything until they were back in the car. "Bones I think I should take you to stay with Hodgins and Angela until this is all over." Booth said as he put the car in drive. She looked at him amazed "I'm fine Booth I can take care of myself, besides I'm not going to barge into their house just because you worry too much."



"Fine then Bones then you can stay with me, and I know you can take care of yourself but I'm worried about you being alone through this. I just don't think I can deal if something else where to happen to you, I couldn't take it. That is why I worry so much." Booth stopped there wondering if he had said too much. It was true everything he said, but he didn't want her to figure out his true feelings and how deep they go for her. He came to realize these feelings when she was buried alive. He had been more of a wreck than anyone had seen. A few times, he had gone into her office and broken down.

Now he would do anything he could if it meant keeping her out of harm's way.

Brennan was shocked with everything he had said. Those were words she'd never thought she'd hear from him. The look on his face and everything he had said made her realize that she couldn't refuse his offer. Not only because he was determined to take care of her, but also the realization that she didn't want to go home alone. "I guess I have no choice then, can I at least grab some things?" "Sure, I was on the way to your house anyway."

He was glad that she didn't put up a fight, he thought if she had he would have ended up carrying her over his shoulder against her will, and he had a feeling that wasn't the best way to tell her how much he really cared for her.

After they had stopped to let her get some clothes, Booth brought her to his house. They wouldn't be going back to the lab tonight. There was no new evidence, and nothing that would help them find the killer.

When they got to Booth's apartment he put new sheets on his guest bed and tried tidying up it a little. Parker had been over and had somehow made a mess of everything.



As he was doing that Brennan was looking around his apartment. She had been there before but had never really stopped to look at the pictures on his mantel. There were a few of parker, holding a soccer ball, riding a bike, what she thought to be his first day of school. There was one of him and what must have been his friends on a camping trip along time ago, and there was one on the end that caught her eye. It was of her and Booth; Angela had taken the picture last year. In it they were both smiling, just having finished their latest case. They were looking right at each other, their noses almost touching. She was sure that Angela had snapped this picture just as Booth had said something to make her laugh, by the way she was looking at him. She wondered why she didn't have this picture of them, but then remembered she did, just a slightly different one that was taken at the same time, probably before this one. In that one however they were looking at the camera, and not into each other's eyes.

She shivered at how close she had been to him, when just then he called out to her "you're welcome to whatever's in the fridge it isn't much but I think there's some left over Thai." "Thanks, but I'm not that hungry." She said as he came back into the living room. "Hey are you alright you don't look good" he said as he walked over to her "maybe you should eat something, or at least lie down". She looked at him, his eyes held concern and something else that she couldn't place. She had been shaking slightly, and she knew she was pale. She had been working so hard lately and with all the talk about this game she had started to wonder if maybe It was the grave digger again, back at work.

"I'm fine I just need some sleep" again she looked up at him. They were so close now like in the picture only their faces grief stricken. As he looked at her he knew she wasn't all right he could see it plain as day, and that's what scared him the most.

After looking at each other, taking in the other's gaze for so long, Booth grabbed her arms lightly, and pulled her close. He couldn't stand to see her like this. After another few minutes she pulled back a little 

and looked up at him. He thought she would question him but as soon as he began to say something she kissed him.

It was slow at first, Booth still in shock, but once he had realized what had happened he started to respond. She felt his tongue find its way to her mouth and moaned as it did. She didn't know why she had kissed him but it had felt like the right thing to do. Now she was sure it was right. He had at some point tangled his hand in her hair as the other one held her closer. Both of her hands were around his neck. The kiss went on for a while before both pulled back grasping for air.

They looked at each other for a while felling the same way, relieved and wanting more. In fact Booth had thought if the kiss had gone on any longer he would have to back her into the wall. She was still trying to figure out why she had kissed him and why it had felt so good, so right. She knew she wanted more as she tasted her lips which still had his taste on them. Booth was the first to speak after the shock finally wore off.

"Bones, what just happened?"

Ok hope this one was long enough. Sorry for the late post but I got home later than I thought. Hope you all like it even though I left It sort of cliffhanger ess. Let me know what you think, I'll probably have the new post up sometime tomorrow. Oh and as I was typing this I realized it was kinda like that game show on fox "Moment of truth" which is weird because I don't watch that show. Anyway LOL comments are appreciated.