A/N: I am so sorry this update took so long! I went ok holiday and after I got back it took me 6 weeks at work to get everything back to normal and had no time to contemplate writing!

I hope this was worth the wait!

When she woke up Brennan was panicked to realise she was alone on the couch and for a moment believed her conversation with Booth had all been a dream, that was until she breathed in the scent of fresh coffee in the air and heard the sizzling of a frying pan from the kitchen. As she rounded the corner to see what Booth was up to she heard him humming a slightly off key version of 'Hot Blooded' and smiled,

"If my refrigerator blows up again because of that song, I will not be impressed" Looking round at her twinkling eyes Booth smiled,

"Sorry did I wake you?"

"No I think the smell of French toast may of though I am rather hungry" She looked at her phone that sat on the table "It is 2pm after all"

"Yeah I know I cannot believe we slept so late, I thought we could do with some food, but I'm hardly dressed to go out. You keep things in really weird places by the way?"

"What do you mean?"

"Egg whisk's go in cutlery draws not in with the mixing bowls"

"I don't see why, I only use the egg whisk when I'm using a mixing bowl"

Booth chuckled as he served up their food and sat down opposite her at the table.

"By the way Bones, I've been thinking, if we are taking things slowly then I need to Woo you, so we need to go on dates"

"It is not necessary Booth, I already know you are a good man and I already love you, you do not need to impress me!"

"I'm not trying to impress you Bones, I'm showing that I love you! So tomorrow night I am taking you out for Italian, no arguments"

"Ok but I am going shopping for maternity clothes with Angela tomorrow in the day"

"Perfect" He said taking a large bite of toast "You can spend the day shopping and in the evening we go out. Oh I forgot to say about it last night, how can Angela say she is the size of a whale already? She's only what 4 months gone?"

"15 weeks and four days, but none of her regular clothes fit anymore and in turn she believes she is the size of a whale. That's why we are going shopping tomorrow"

Booth looked confused but decided to let it go over his head remembering Rebecca's hormonal rants and rages during her pregnancy with Parker.

"I'm not even going to debate that one. I hadn't even noticed she'd started to show that much if I'm honest."

"She has been wearing loose fitting gypsy shirts for that last few weeks, because of her petite frame her curves are actually very pronounced. Her breast's have developed quite noticeably."

Booth choked on his coffee, spraying some of the liquid across the table.

"You've been looking at Angela's breast's?"

"Angela was wearing a front clasping bra at the lab last week and the clasp snapped, as Hodgin's was out with you at the time collecting evidence she asked me to fix it for her with a safety pin"

The embarrassed flush slowly died from Booth's cheeks as he understood the situation and his composure returned. They finished their late breakfast in silence and neither spoke until they were stacking their plates into the dish washer, Booth tentatively straightened up.

"Well I guess Hannah should have left by now, it's not like she had a lot of stuff, so I really should get back to mine and shower, I'm starting to smell like that hobo we have to keep chasing away from the dumpsters behind the Hoover!"

Brennan chuckled at the analogy.

"Ok, erm I know we are seeing each other tomorrow but would you like to see me this evening, we could go to The Founding Fathers, you know like we used to."

Booth felt a twinge of guilt at her use of the words 'used to' but knew she was right, his relationship with Hannah had affected their partnership and he knew he had to make up for that.

"Of course Bones" he gave her a fully fledged charm smile "I'd love to, I'll meet you there at eight?"

Both suddenly became very shy as they stood in the kitchen. Booth scuffing at the lino floor with the toe of his sock,

"So... erm... I'll see you later" Brennan nodded.

"Yes, of course" they stood for a second before slowly shuffling toward the door. Standing in the hallway the awkwardness in the air was thick, neither was sure how to say goodbye, neither wanting to push the line to quickly or to far quickly. Finally Brennan leant forward and placed a feather light kiss on his left cheek, a simple gesture with a world of meaning.

"I love you Booth!"

"I love you too Bones" and with one last meaningful glance he left the apartment.

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The following day as they browsed the mall Brennan recited to Angela a carefully edited version of the previous day's events.

"So hang on let me get this straight, Hannah left Booth because he never told her about Pam Noonan. Wow ok that's really... I guess the word I'm looking for is sad" She trailed off as something in the rack caught her eye "Oh my god, Bren, this is so the cutest thing I've ever seen" She held up a white onesie with beach balls and a smiling suns all over the front of it.

"I thought the point of this trip was to find clothing for you?"

"Yea I know Bren, but look this is just so cute" She threw the onesie into her basket and continued through the store towards the maternity wear section.

"Anyway Sweetie I really need to know, what are you doing about that business on Friday night, I'm really worried about you"

"Booth is taking me to see Sweet's on Monday, he says my first step towards getting over this is for Sweets to apologise for his actions"

"I agree, I still don't see why he did it to you, it was wrong, I really don't see why you forgave him for doing that to you"

"I did it because if I didn't Booth would question my actions and would find out what Sweets did" Angela stopped dead in her tracks and Brennan cringed at her verbal mistake.

"What do you mean what he did?"

"I would rather not discuss it here Angela, I will tell you at some point, but not now. Please don't make me" Seeing the desperation in her friends eyes Angela relented.

"Ok Sweetie, but I'm not going to forget this conversation!"

Up next B&B confront Sweets...