Author's Note: I want to apologize to my readers for keeping you hanging for so long. That was not my intention, but apparently, the evil computer virus people had other ideas. But I have subdued the evil viruses and taken my computer back from the brink of certain cyber death. A bit of advice from me to you – don't ever let your virus protection lapse for even 10 seconds. And now, back to our story.


Booth had settled into the pullout couch and he had to admit that it wasn't as bad as he'd thought. Although his eyes were closed he felt on edge. The clackity-clack of Bones typing away on her laptop in the semidarkness of the room was a constant reminder that he was over here trying to make himself sleep and she was over there not being over here with him. He shifted his weight in an attempt to distract himself from the way the soft light from her laptop and the small bedside light illuminated her face – not that he could see it unless he closed his eyes only as far as a squint. The double meaning of squinting at his squint wasn't lost on him and he let out a chuckle that was much more audible than he'd intended.

"Booth, I can turn this off if this is keeping you up." Brennan glanced up and looked across the room, her partner looking far more attractive to her than she wanted to admit.

"Nope, just trying to get comfy." He was lying, but she didn't need to know that. He grabbed the pillow and punched it a few times before tucking it back underneath his head.

She turned her attention back to her computer satisfied that Booth just needed some time to adjust to the accommodations. The late dinner had given her more energy and so she'd opted to rework the latest chapter in her new book rather than pretend that she was actually tired.

The sounds of typing started to lull Booth into a sleepy state and he might have actually fallen asleep if it hadn't been for a rather loud thump against the wall.

Thump.

Thump.

Thumpity-thump.

Booth inwardly cursed.

"Did you hear that?" Brennan had heard Booth shifting around, and even if he had been sound asleep, his sniper training would have honed right in on the sound.

"Unfortunately, yes." Why in the hell couldn't she just pretend that she hadn't heard it? Why bring up what was clearly going on in the room next door?

Thumpity, thumpity, thump, thump, thump.

"I don't know why hotels don't move the beds a little further from the walls." She pursed her lips together as she contemplated whether people really considered how thin the walls were in hotels.

Thump.

Thump.

Thumpity.

Thumpity.

Thump.

Thump, thump, thump.

Booth supposed that he should be grateful that their room wasn't underneath the lovers next door. He pulled the pillow over his head to try and drown out some of the noise which was now being peppered with a variety of exclamations.

"It sounds like they should be almost done." Brennan couldn't help the smirk on her face at the discomfiture of her partner.

As if on cue the noise next door ceased.

"Thank God," Booth gritted out. He didn't need any help whatsoever to think about sex. Being in the same time zone with Bones was often enough in and of itself, but being in the same room with her while he could hear someone else getting it on in the next room was just a little too much.

"They seemed to echo your sentiments." She was just being a little cheeky now, but she found it hard not to be considering the circumstances. Despite needing to focus on a key piece of evidence that Kathy was trying to explain to Andy, she found that Kathy was far more interested in Andy's attributes and she couldn't really concentrate anymore. And if she gave any credence at all to psychology, which she didn't, she might have realized that her subconscious was working overtime.

"Peace and quiet from here on out." Booth gave an inward sigh of relief as he heard Bones click her laptop shut and turn out the small light next to her bed. With her asleep maybe it wouldn't be nearly as hard to fall asleep in the same room.

"The endorphins and drop in norepinephrine should cause them to sleep." Brennan hoped that she could get some sleep herself. The reminder of the biological benefits of satisfying her needs was giving her an irrational fixation on her partner. Well maybe it wasn't all that irrational – he was an attractive, well structured man and he was trying to sleep just across the room.

Leave it to Bones to get all squinty about sex – he only hoped that his vast knowledge of every stat that the Phillies had would come in handy. Thank God for the Phillies.

As soon as Brennan had her eyes closed and she was nearly on the verge of sleep, they snapped right back open.

Thump.

Thump.

Thumpity.

Thumpity.

"Shit." It wasn't bad enough that he had to share a room with his sexy partner that was completely off limits, he had to end up right next door to the Energizer Bunny on his honeymoon.

"Apparently, they have a lot of stamina." She certainly couldn't begrudge the couple; Charlie had explained that the young newlywed couple in that room was on their honeymoon.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump

Thumpity.

Thumpity.

Thumpity.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

"Short fuse maybe." Stamina my ass. Booth had kept a woman happier a lot longer than this amateur seemed to be able to. Clearly he either hadn't done the deed very many times or he was a selfish bastard that didn't have a clue that a woman needed a little more warming up than he was affording his partner if the play by play coming through the wall was any indication.

Thump.

Thump.

Thumpity, thumpity, thumpity, thump.

"Young men do reach their sexual peak in their teens and early twenties." It was a scientific fact and now that she was in her thirties she was beginning to appreciate the biological imperative herself

Thump, thump, thump.

"Well I this couple is doomed if he can't slow things down a little." Booth couldn't believe that he was critiquing the technique of the couple next door, especially with Bones – it must be the sleep deprivation kicking in that was clouding his judgment.

"Perhaps by the time he gets worn out she'll finally get her release." She found it oddly refreshing that Booth wasn't shying away from a discussion about sex. She considered that maybe it was just when the lights were on that he seemed to have an issue with it.

An unintelligible string of words emanated through the wall and then nothing.

"He seems to be done for the moment." Booth snorted out a laugh as he relished in what he hoped was finally silence for the rest of the night from next door.

Since he seemed intent on the discussion, Brennan offered up some of her own observations. "Woman have found ways for self satisfaction...'

He cut her off. "No, we are not going there. I do not need to hear that. Ok?" Booth just couldn't think about all the ways Bones could be satisfied that didn't include him right then.

If she had a retort it died with another sound from next door.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

Thumpity, thumpity, thump.

Thump.

Thump.

Booth snorted out a laugh.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Thumpity-thump.

Thumpity-thump.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump.

Brennan started to giggle.

Thumpa.

Thumpa.

Thumpa.

Thumpa.

Thumpa,thumpa, thumpa, thumpa.

Thumpity-thumpa.

Thumpity-thumpa.

Thumpa.

Thumpa.

Thumpa.

Thumpa.

Thumpa.

That seemed to do it as an unmistakable affirmative yell came through the wall loud and clear, but by then, both Booth and Brennan were laughing so hard that they hardly noticed when it finally fell completely silent next door.