Hello once again! This is the most I've updated ever on a story within weeks! Now I dont know if it will continue like this but I hope you will still love it when I do post! Im not sure how long this story will be but I'll figure it out as I write it.
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Brennan awoke slowly to a warm blanket over her and a tapping on her shoulder. Slowly she opened her eyes and realized it was Booth hovering over her.
"Wakey wakey, Bones." He said slowly. He shifted so more of his weight was supported by his elbows. Brennan brought up her hand to rub her eyes.
"What time is it, Booth?" She grumbled.
He ran his finger along her forehead, swiping a strand of hair from her face, "It's about noon, Bones. But can you blame us?" He chuckled lightly, "I'm sure your neighbors will be issuing a complaint soon." He leaned down and softly pecked her lips.
She sighed and looked up at his face. Last night they were just partners until he came over and they stopped that ridiculous dance they were in for years. They took their leap and the center will hold.
"Just so you know, I still meant what I said Booth, last night," She moved her hand up from its place on his shoulder to his face, "I do love you." A huge smile broke out across his face before he leaned down to plant a passionate kiss on her lips.
"I will never tire from hearing you say that," His eyes drooped slightly, "I love you too, Bones."
Brennan reached up to kiss him, which he gladly gave into, but then he remembered his plans.
"Mmm, Bones. I would love to do this all day and all night again, but we should go out. You know, on a date." He propositioned with a smile and pecked her on the lips.
"A date? Why? We have known each other for years, Booth. I'm sure there's nothing crucial that you haven't told me." Brennan shrugged with a small smile.
"Well…" Booth joked but Brennan's brow began to knit together, "No! Bones, I'm kidding!" He laughed and kissed her softly, "I just want us to go out, you and me, a nice dinner, a little wine. No holding back how we feel, then we can come back and do this all we want." He smoothed a strand of hair out of her face.
"You just want to romance me even more." Brennan rolled her eyes.
"Is it working?" He chuckled.
"Yes. You have convinced me that we need to leave this nice warm bed… with soft sheets… and us being naked…" She rolled them softly so she was on top, trailing kisses down his neck to his chest.
"Mmm a very interesting point, Bones. Besides, it won't be dark for a few hours. I don't see the harm in having one more round before we get ready." Booth groaned softly as her tongue trailed down his sternum.
"Now you are talking Booth. But I don't think we need to talk now." She whispered as Booth pulled her back up to his lips.
~B&B~
"How much more time do you need, Bones?" Booth asked. He had to run home for some nice clothes and a suit for tomorrow before he high-tailed it back to Brennan's to get ready. Now he stood leaning against the wall next to her bathroom, fixing the cuffs of his shirt and jacket.
"I'm almost done, Booth. Probably two minutes." Her voice came through the door. He sighed contentedly as he let his mind wander to the event that brought him here. Coming over late because he couldn't hold back how he felt, Bones excepting and giving the same back, the hours of love making, now waiting for her to get ready so they can dine out at a nice restaurant they haven't been to before… as a couple. Hmm, Bones is my girlfriend. Girl…friend. Or well partner. She has always been my partner, now there's just a new facet to that definition. I can hug her, kiss her, make love to her, and be with her as long as possible.
Brennan exited the bathroom to find Booth staring off with the most content look on his face that she ever saw.
"What is with the facial expression, Booth?" Brennan asked, moving to stand next to him. He looked over, eyes almost glassed over, and pulled her against him.
"You, Bones. You have made me this happy, this- content." His hands slid over the material of her dress on her back before pecking her lips in a quick kiss, "You look absolutely beautiful by the way." He flashed his half smile for her.
"And you look very handsome yourself Booth." She returned with her own smile. He released her and stuck out his arm, she looped hers through, and they left the apartment for the D.C. night.
~B&B~
The drive was only ten or fifteen minutes. A nice bistro tucked away just from the bustling nightlife of downtown. They entered and moved to their table, Booth pulled out her seat before moving to sit in his. Their waiter had arrived and they ordered a bottle of wine and their dinners before settled in to some relaxed conversation. Not a worry in the world.
"So how do you think everyone will react to this?" Brennan asked curiously, running her finger around the rim of her wine glass. Booth took a thoughtful sip from his before answering.
"Honestly?" He turned to look at her with a smirk before continuing, "I think they will freak out. Angela will pass out, Cam and Hodgins' jaws will hit the floor, Sweets would probably smack himself. Oh and your father will kill me." He added on the end.
"You don't really think that will happen do you?" She asked, a little concerned now.
"Not to a dramatic extent. But they will be surprised and not-surprised I guess." Booth shrugged.
"I don't know what that means."
"It means Bones that everyone always expected us to get together, but they never knew when. They always though they did. But this time they won't." He smiled at her again.
"I feel very satisfied that we will knock their pants off." She gave a smug smile.
"Socks, baby. Knock their socks off, and we definitely will somehow. But that is another discussion for later." He reached over and pulled her towards him more. She sighed but then realized what he slipped by her.
"Did you just call me baby?" She narrowed her eyes playfully.
"Yes. I was trying it out. Baby." He narrowed his eyes back before he let out a small laugh, "I love this side of you, Bones. Makes me fall even more in love with you." He sighed in amazement, sweeping his hand over her shoulder.
"I've never found anyone that I would feel comfortable trying it out with. But even to some degree, I didn't know I could either. And you too, Booth. I love this completely relaxed… playful way about you too." She leaned in and lightly kissed him.
"Only because of you, Bones." He kissed her back and reached for his wine glass. Their food arrived shortly and they ate, letting their talking flow here and there before they finished eating and paid their bill. Soon they were walking back to the SUV hand in hand, making their way back to her apartment for the night.
Brennan unlocked her door letting them both in. She moved to place her keys down as Booth removed his jacket and placing it on the coat rack before coming over and removing hers. He slid it down her arms, placed it next to his, and returned to his spot behind her. He slowly moved her hair away from her neck before softly placing his lips at her nape, trailing small kisses up and down her neck, letting his hands trail down her arms and then encircling her waist. Brennan leaned back into his hold, enjoying the sensations running through her body. She turned in his arms, running her hands up his chest to hang around his neck, her lips finding his. The kiss began slowly, both just enjoying the feel of one another before Brennan released him, took his hands, and led him back to the bedroom. Once the door closed they were back in each other's arms, Brennan slowly unbuttoned his shirt and pulled it down his arms to fall to the floor. Booth gently tugged her forward, reaching his hands around to unzip her dress. He slowly slid it down her smooth body and it fell to the floor. She stepped out of it and her shoes and began working his belt from his pants. He helped her out, slid them off, and removing his shoes and socks with it. He slipped his arms back around her, pulling her to him, sighing at the no-barrier contact. They stood like that for a few moments, almost like the guy hugs they used to share but more intimate now.
"I will never tire of this, Bones. This new feeling of having you with me and no clothes in sight." He chuckled lightly.
"Me neither, Booth. Show me how you will never get used to it." She whispered. He walked her back until they both stretched out on the bed with him on top. Booth still couldn't believe that she was finally in his arms, after years of restraint and longing glances, she was his and he was hers. They were partners in every way, at work and in life, the parts in sum of the whole.
"I will show you as long as you let me, Bones." He whispered softly against her lips. Her arms wrapped around his shoulders in response, sliding up and down his back in gentle caresses. Booth sighed and lowered his lips to hers, the kiss remaining slow. They had their passionate rounds, their laughs, but now it was about love. Booth ran his fingers through her hair as he left a trail of warm kisses down the column of her neck. Brennan let out a sigh of contention, he could do that for a lifetime and it would never get old. He moved back up towards her jaw slowly, hands massaging her soft curves.
"Are you ready, baby?" He asked, nothing but love and care reflecting in his chocolate eyes.
"I will always be ready, Booth." She whispered, leaning up to catch his lips as he joined them as one. They broke apart with gasps at their close connection, laying there for a minute to relish in the feel of him inside her."Booth, please." Brennan urged, lifting her hips. He let out a breath before he began a gentle rocking motion. Brennan's eyes closed at the pleasure, her back arcing off the bed to be closer to him. Booth tried to breathe evenly, keep the pace slow, enjoy just the two of them, no one or nothing mattered. His hands tunneled into her hair, foreheads resting together as they rode out the rhythm, her hands trailed up and down his spine slowly.
"I love you so much, Bones." Booth whispered looking down into pools of deep blue.
"I love you too, Booth." She whispered back, brushing her lips against his jaw. His pace increased a little, before she completely hugged him to her, both reaching closer to the edge.
"Together, baby." He groaned as pleasure began to coil tightly in his stomach.
"Always." She breathed out before they both rocked over the edge, taking the other with them.
"Yes!" Brennan cried out, nails lightly digging into his shoulders.
"God, Bones!" Booth shouted, his breathing labored against the side of her neck. He rolled on his side, keeping Brennan in his arms. After calming down from their respective highs they maneuvered into their favorite position, Booth on his back with Brennan pulled into his side.
"We have work tomorrow don't we, Bones?" Booth sighed, too content to open his eyes.
"Yes. We can't skip work or everyone one will get suspicious." Brennan mumbled into his chest.
"Oh god how are we gunna keep this from the squints?" Booth groaned, knowing that if anyone caught wind, he will never here the end of it. He ran a hand down his face before joining Brennan's on his abdomen.
"Oh now you are concerned? You didn't seem too worried when Angela called me and you insisted on trying to make me moan on the phone." Brennan taunted poking him lightly in the ribs.
"Haha but you enjoyed it and I enjoyed it, so it's a win win." He chuckled, the sound vibrating against her cheek.
"So what do you want to do about tomorrow?" Brennan tilted her head up to look at him.
"What we always do. Nothing has really changed, Bones. The only thing that changes is that we are fully partners who kiss and of course, everything that goes with it. But our jobs are still the same. I will still protect you as much as I always do in the field, we will eat our meals together either all or some of them, and do paperwork together. It's our off time that changes, babe." He rubbed her shoulder softly with the hand wrapped around her.
"Ok. So when we go to the lab just act… normal? Can we say that? Well at least we will always keep our work professional, so I do understand what you are saying." She nodded.
"Ha, yeah I don't think we fit normal but yeah, we keep it professional. What is ours, is ours." Booth murmured letting sleep take him away.
"What is ours… is… ours." Brennan whispered before gently falling asleep.
~B&B~
The alarm woke them from their pleasant sleep. They must have moved during the night because now Booth was wrapped around Brennan. She wiped a hand across her face, today they go back to work, to murders and justice. But it was okay, because the center will definitely hold. Brennan tried to get up but Booth simply grunted and pulled her even closer against him.
"Boooooth. Get up. We have work today." She whined.
"No. I wanna stay in bed with you again." He mumbled into her hair.
"We can do that tonight. But I have to go to the lab and I'm sure you have to go in to the FBI as well." With a small growl, he opened his eyes to see her looking back at him.
With a sigh, he blinked slowly, "Hmm I can wake up to that every day." He smiled before untangling himself from the sheets and her. "I'll start the coffee and you shower." He dropped a kiss on the top of her head and ambled nakedly to the kitchen. Brennan laughed before going for a shower. When she came out of the bathroom in a robe, Booth was sitting at her island with his own cup and hers sitting next to him. She moved to sit next to him before he pulled her in between his legs.
"Morning, Bones." He smiled.
"Morning, Booth." She kissed him before taking her seat and sipping her coffee, "You can shower now. I'm going to get dressed."
"Ok." With another kiss, he made his way back. About thirty minutes later, they were in the SUV heading to drop off Brennan at the lab before he headed in to the Hoover.
"So when do you think we should tell them?" Brennan asked, glancing over at him from her case notes.
"I dunno. Definitely not yet. Maybe just, let the chips fall where they may. If they find out, they find out. If they don't, we can talk about that later." Booth reached over and squeezed her hand. He pulled into a parking space and they headed towards the Jeffersonian. Brennan reached out and grabbed his hand, reveling in the warm feeling spreading through her fingers. They sadly broke apart before the entrance to the lab. Cam seemed to be shouting at someone.
"I don't care if the experiment was conclusive, you can't just mix chemicals and not expect something to go wrong!" Cam was standing on the platform, hands on her hips, lecturing none other than Hodgins.
"But it worked! We were able to discern-"
"No. You almost lit yourself on fire. So no more experiments for two weeks without prior approval." Cam shook her head with finality.
"But mom!" Hodgins whined.
"Go play with bugs, Dr. Hodgins." Cam turned on her heel and moved towards her office, a smirk briefly showing on her face.
Hodgins shoulders slumped before he saw the new figures enter the lab, "Hey Booth! Dr. B! Are you feeling better?"
"Yes, Dr. Hodgins. I feel exceptionally better than the day before." Brennan nodded, making her way to her office. Booth bit down on his cheek to keep from smiling but stopped when he saw Angela already waiting for Brennan.
"Hey, Bones I'm going to say hi to Cam real quick." He called out, turning the other way.
"Ok, Booth." She walked in and pulled on her lab coat before sitting at her desk across from Angela, "Morning, Ange." She smiled.
"Hey, Bren. You feeling better?" Angela drew out, not sure whether to be suspicious or just genuinely concerned for her best friend.
"Yes. It must have been something I ate." Brennan shrugged, turning on her computer.
"Uh huh. So why was Booth out sick yesterday too?" Angela's eyes narrowed, finally deciding on suspicion.
"Because we shared the same Thai food the night before. He called me after you did with the same symptoms." Brennan spared a glance at Angela.
"Mm hm. Well glad you're back Sweetie." Angela smiled before getting up and exiting her office. Brennan let out a small breath of relief. Their little secret almost revealed. Booth came in and told her he was leaving and disappeared out of the lab, the real goodbye visible on his face. Since they had no case at the moment, Brennan decided to work in limbo for the day, she was backed up with files anyway. She stayed there working for hours, Angela and Cam occasionally checking on her to make sure she was okay. By the time noon rolled around, she had finished reports for a Civil War soldier who died in the Battle of Gettysburg, and a Native American woman who died in childbirth. She sat back on her stool, bracing her hands on the examination table, stretching her arms and neck, and thinking back to the past couple of days; Booth coming over to say he loved her, she said she loved him back, then all the memories of them making love. But it was a time for working so with a sigh, she glances back down to the table to begin packing the bones away into their box and placing them on the shelf. She began gathering he files and notes when footsteps sounded on the stairs.
"Bones. Its lunchtime. Let's go to the diner." He strode over to the table with a smile on his face, happy to see her. It was hard enough working on paperwork at the Hoover when all he can think about was how much their lives changed in just two days. Two of some of the greatest days ever. And they were together.
"Okay. I just have to take these files up to my office and we can go." Brennan said with a small smile. Booth just returned it back before leaning down for a small kiss. They walked to her office quietly, just enjoying the company before she got her jacket and they strode out of the lab, his hand at her lower back as usual. Cam and Hodgins came to stand next to Angela as she stared at the partners from the platform.
"What's with the pensive face babe?" Hodgins asked, leaning an arm on the rail.
"I feel like something has changed. I don't know what yet. But it's odd. Didn't you guys notice that they weren't bickering or even talking? They were almost polite to each other." Angela furrowed her brow and crossed her arms, totally at a loss for the change between her best friend and her partner.
"Maybe it's just a quiet day. We haven't had a break from cases for almost two months straight. They're probably just relaxing after that especially difficult case." Cam shrugged, resting her forearms on the railings also.
"Hmm I don't know, I just don't. They were both sick yesterday from bad Thai food and now they're just quiet. Its making me confused." Angela chewed at her lip.
"Well don't think about it too hard, Ange. You can ask Brennan some other time. Maybe over dinner or something. But don't keep making that face, you'll get wrinkle lines." Hodgins chuckled before moving back over to his microscope. Cam left for office with a chuckle.
"You better watch it Hodgins or I will give you lines you will remember!" Angela yelled after him.
~B&B~
They walked into the diner and took their usual table. He ordered his usual burger and fries and she got her salad.
"So how was the lab?" Booth asked, trying to hide his smirk. No one said anything at the office, but he's pretty sure the betting pool got much deeper because he couldn't help the smile that was plastered on his face the whole day.
"Angela cornered me right as I entered the lab." She groaned, stealing a fry off the plate.
"I figured she would. What did she say?" Booth wiped his hands on his napkin and leaned towards the table.
"She asked why we were both out of work on the same day but I explained that we ate the same food and both didn't feel well because of it. She gave me a suspicious glare before letting me get to work." Brennan smiled, satisfied that she was able to get past her best friend.
"Wow. Then your acting has improved." Booth chuckled, teasing her a little.
"Very funny, Booth. I did a great job when we went undercover as circus performers." Brennan pointed out.
"Yeah, you were. Except for the whole sex thing." He shrugged.
"It was very ingenious at the time since we were not romantically involved at the time," Brennan defended, but caught the look on Booth's face, "Oh. You were implying we should have actually had sexual intercourse instead." Brennan smiled slowly. Booth nodded slowly a lusty smile appearing on his face. He began to lean across the table to kiss her-
"Hey what are you guys doing here?" Sweets chimed as he strode over to their table. The very observant psychologist missing the heated moment.
Booth cleared his throat quickly before speaking, "Having lunch here as always Sweets." He sarcastically answered, leaning back away from Brennan.
"Sweets you know we always come here. It's very uncommon to find us at another restaurant." Brennan looked up at him quickly before returning to her plate.
"Whoa, did I come in at a bad moment?" Sweets held up his hands in defense. Tell me about Sweets, Booth grumbled in his head.
"No. We were just having an important discussion." Brennan answered.
"Oh what-"
"Order for Sweets!" Someone yelled from the counter.
"I gotta go but maybe you guys should come back for a session to catch up?" Sweets suggested.
"Maybe later." Booth said.
"Okay. See ya." He waved and left.
"That was way too close. Baby duck would be spouting out theories like a mad scientist if he found out." Booth said quietly.
"Then we should refrain from public displays of affection while we are still keeping our relationship a secret." Brennan sipped at her water.
"Which reminds me. When do you think we should tell everyone we're together?" Booth asked, wanting to know himself.
"I'm not sure. We could gather everyone and tell them all at once. Or maybe tell one person at a time. Or even choose a public or private event and reveal it then." Brennan thought quickly.
"Hmm. Well if we do it publicly, I wanna tell Cullen first so I know we won't get fired. But I'm sure he will be fine about it." Booth shrugged, pretty sure Cullen thought they were already together by their second case together.
"Are there any events coming up where our friends and coworkers will be gathered at?" Brennan furrowed her brow, coming up blank.
"Hmm, I think… I think there's… No. Its three months away." Booth tried.
"I believe we should just wait a while and then tell others when we feel like it." Brennan sighed.
"Okay," He smiled at her, "But I will tell Cullen and ask him to keep it quiet."
"If it lets us keep working together then that is fine." Brennan agreed, setting her fork down.
"He will. I bet he just doesn't wanna hear it from the water cooler." Booth waved it off. He paid for the check and they left for the lab. The silence was comfortable in the car, it always has been, but now it was fully relaxed as well.
"So do you wanna go out tonight?" Booth asked, stealing a glance at her.
"Sure. To dinner?" Brennan looked over at him.
"Of course. Do you wanna do something else?" Booth cocked an eyebrow, giving her a half smile.
"Well maybe we can do something else." Brennan flirted with a smile. Booth quickly drove back to the Jeffersonian, eager to get their workday over with.
A/N: Haha! Hoped you enjoyed and cant wait to see what you think! ~AB