Epilogue Three
A/N: The last installment! Hope you enjoy it! :D
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Temperance Brennan stood in the shared bedroom of her and Special Agent Seeley Booth, looking in her delicates drawer where she hid the box she found, ironically hidden, in the freezer the night before. She thought it was an odd place to hide such a box until she opened it, then she realized that she hadn't opened the freezer door in months, ever since she tried to give up ice cream; it was the perfect place to hide such a box.
Booth was in the shower, so she opened the box trying to decide whether to confront him about it or not, and when to do so if she was going to. It was beautiful. Simple, elegant, silver, not to big, not to small; it would look great on her finger. But was she ready. She'd been asking herself that question for a while lately; was she ready to move forward with this…relationship. Telling him she loved him was the biggest thing she'd ever had to get used to. She surprised herself, not to mention everyone else as well, when she mentioned them moving in together, but this? It has been a six months since they moved in together and a year and a half since they started dating; was that long enough. She could hear Angela's voice in her head, "Sweetie, forget those numbers! Six! You remember that one? You have been partners with this man for six years; been through deaths, murders, crimes, kidnappings, court dates, and family issues with this man for six years."
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The hot water was just water Seeley Booth needed, the last few days, the case that they had been working on had been tiring to say the least. Last night's little 'family' get together with Angela, Hodgins, Parker, Cam and Sweets had be a great 'get away' of sorts. They had Thai for those that wanted it and pizza mostly for Parker; then after Parker's bedtime the drinks came out. It was fun seeing the team loosen up and relax together.
He stepped out of the shower and the image from the night before when Bones looked at Parker and told him that he could take his bath in the morning if he went to bed right then entered his mind when he saw Park's towel on the floor of the bathroom. He smiled at how motherly Brennan had become and how hard she tried, when she really didn't have to try that hard, to create a bond with Parker. Parker loved her almost as much as he did; only she couldn't wrap that smart head around that idea.
Booth wrapped his towel around his middle and started for the sink to brush his teeth. Reaching for his toothbrush, he knocked the toothpaste off the counter into the trashcan. "Ugh," was all he said while his face scrunched up in disgust at what he'd have to reach into to get the paste. His fingers wrapped around the tube, and as he moved his hand back, there was a knock at the door startling him and his hand slipped, turning the trash can over. "I'll be right out babe." And then to himself, "God, I'm such a klutz this morning!" Putting the trash back into the wastebasket his eyes found a pink and white object. After the initial shock he laid it on the counter and cleaned up the mess he'd made.
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She really needed to get her shower; she had limbo cases that she had to close. What was taking him so long? she wondered. Knocking on the door she received an idea of how much longer he'd be in there.
Sitting on the bed, the door opened. She smiled at the image of the man before him; wrapped in a towel with a few water droplets slowly making their way down his well formed torso. Her eyes found his face and saw the slight up lift at the corner of his mouth and the confused look on his face.
Taking a step in her direction he took his right hand out from behind his back, "When were you going to tell me about this?" the object found in the trashcan now in his hands.
She looked at the object, looked away and then smiled up at him, reaching her hand to the drawer beside her, "When you asked me about this." The small box with a diamond inside, in her hand.
"Where'd you find that?" he started for the object. Then he remembered her going in the kitchen to get the alcohol the night before from the freezer.
She smiled and took one small step toward him. "How long have you had this?"
He took one small step toward her and met her with the same question, "How long have you needed to take this?"
She smiled brightly at him; he returned the gesture as they closed the distance between then. Looking in to his eyes she spoke, "Congratulations Special Agent Seeley Booth."
"For what Dr. Temperance Brennan? Getting engaged? Or having a baby?"
She grinned and opened the box in her hand, gave him a sly look and took the ring out. She tossed the box back on the bed, grabbed the object, whose result was long gone, in his hand and replaced it with the ring. Holding out her left hand she looked deep into his eyes, "Both."
His smile reached his ears as he slipped the ring on her finger and kissed her. He turned her in his arms and saw their reflection in the mirror. Her head on his shoulder, his arms wrapped around her slim figure and their hands intertwined on her stomach lovingly caressing where she'd be filling out soon, the sun hitting the diamond making it shine.
THE END
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A/N: This is the last chapter, after I review all of the reviews I will put one (or all three depending on your responses) to the story "The Morning After." Thank you for reading and reviewing! Please continue to do so on my other stories!
