Title: Surprise
Disclaimer: Bones isn't mine. Nothing related is. Please don't sue me.
A/N: I really don't know how I feel about this chapter. I debated for quite a while about posting it but I decided it's really up to you guys to tell me what you think of it. Enjoy.
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As he lit the candles, Booth looked around the apartment to make sure everything was ready. The spaghetti with (meatless) meatballs was done and keeping warm in the oven. His special homemade breadsticks were wrapped in a napkin in a basket on the table. The salad sat next to it with her favorite raspberry vinaigrette dressing. He had even made a three layer cake that looked so delicious he could barely resist cutting into it. And to top it all off, a dozen daffodils sat in the middle of the table, backlit by the many candles he had dispersed throughout the apartment.
With a low chuckle, he realized that this was probably the most romantic gesture he had ever made and he had chosen to do it for a woman who probably wouldn't recognize how much it meant. Then again, he had never cared about any woman this much so how much did that really matter?
With the last candle lit, he straightened his tie and walked to the door to wait for her arrival.
After only a minute or two, he heard the click of her boots walking down the hallway and then her key turning in the lock. As soon as she walked in the door, he swept behind her, covering her eyes with his hand before she could see anything.
All this, only to be met not with a kiss, but with a sharp elbow to the abdomen. Before he knew it, he was on his back, the cool wood of the floor a hard presence beneath him, and her heel digging into his chest, her arms raised in a defensive position and a look of surprise on her face. She realized her mistake and stepped back from him to allow him to get up. But he remained on the floor, a grimace of pain on his face.
"Happy birthday, Bones."
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A/N: Pleeeeeease review. I'm desperate to know what you think of this one. Also, I'm going to be out of town for about five days and I don't know if I'm going to have internet access. If I do, I will be posting more stuff, if not, you'll have lots of new chapters when I get back. I would really like some new material to work on so please leave a prompt, song, word, anything that might inspire a story. I'd love to work off something other than the ideas that come to me in the middle of the night. Whew okay I'm done now. Review por favor.