The Marriage

By Meekerprincess9778

Author's note: Thank you again for all who are enjoying this story. It makes me want to post every day.

Ch 7

Brennan was sitting on the edge of Seeley's bed. Well, that is not accurate anymore. She was sitting on the edge of their bed. She knew it was late, but took the chance to call Angela anyway. She was stunned, but not too stunned to squeal. Brennan needed a lot of support. She was going from me a crazy man's foster daughter to being an army man's wife. It was a shock to her. She knew when she looked into Booth's eyes, it would be okay. She got off the phone with Angela, after some encouragement. Booth walked in and sat on the bed next to her.

"Bones, um do you want me to sleep on the couch? I can get my stuff and sleep down there…. It wouldn't be any problem….."He wasn't even looking her in the eyes. Suddenly the floor seemed very interesting.

"Do you not want to sleep next to me?"Brennan was fearful of the answer. However, she always found it best to be direct.

"Of course, I want to sleep next to you; I just don't want you to feel uncomfortable. I have only kissed you a couple of times. I just don't want to make you feel like you have to do anything you don't want to do."He looked up into her eyes this time. She smiled at him.

"Do you think you could make me do anything I did not want to do? You saw me with Jared and Rebecca. Are you really up for a fight?" She laughed at him.

"After all that has happened today, you are joking around with me?" Booth laughed.

"I told you that I can be quite humorous. Where is the bathroom? I would like to change for bed, brush my teeth, and stuff like that."She started picking up things out of a few boxes. He showed her to the bathroom and went back to the bedroom. He started looking around the room at all of these boxes, wondering how they were going to fit in this space. He changed into a pair of shorts, he still left his t-shirt on. Before he knew it, his beautiful bride to be came back in, wearing a light blue nightgown. It was frilly and lacey and suddenly he felt like he couldn't breathe again.

"Bones, you have to change. You can't be wearing that kind of stuff around the house. You can't go down to breakfast and have Jared see you wearing that. His eyes would pop out of his head."

"I am not downstairs. I am going to sleep. This is what I sleep in." There were still things that this genius was clueless about.

"If you don't change, I am going to tear that off of you and you will not get any sleep. I don't want to be that way with you, Bones. That's not how it should be. Let me find you something." He handed her one of his Flyers t-shirts. "Maybe put on a pair of shorts and this. That would be better."

"What do you normally sleep in?" She was curious now.

"Normally, at home, I sleep in just my boxers. However, tonight I will be wearing these shorts and this t-shirt." Man she is driving me crazy, he thought. She nodded and went back to the bathroom.

The shirt was way too long on her. Her shorts were very short and you couldn't even see them. They both stared at the bed for a minute. Finally, she broke the stalemate. "Do you prefer the right or left side?"

"If you don't mind, I would prefer to be closer to the wall."

"Okay, get in first."

They both were fidgeting with the sheets and the blankets. They played with the pillows. It just wasn't working. "Booth, can you turn this way?" She had him lay on his back. She then turned into him. "Wait, sit up a minute." He sat up and she took his shirt off of him. Once again, he was having a hard time reminding himself to breathe. She tenderly nudged him to lie back down and cuddled up to him on his bare chest. He held her. He finally breathed again.

"I can't thank you enough for this. I mean, I never thought anyone would ever…. No one has ever really cared that much about me since my parents disappeared. It's almost overwhelming."She started trembling.

He held her tighter. "You have nothing to worry about anymore. It is you and me against the world. Bones, I promise you, you will never be alone again. "They held each other all night and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, they were still holding each other close. Booth was trapped between the wall and Brennan. He woke up next to her. It felt so good, but he had a normal morning male problem. He didn't want to think he was forcing anything on her. She had gone through too much; he wanted to make sure she did not feel any pressure. He gently touched her cheek.

"Good morning, beautiful; time to wake up."

"Good morning, Booth." She smiled at him. Suddenly they started making out. It was almost frantic. They were kissing and holding each other. Then, Booth shifted, and Brennan accidentally copped a feel. It was not intentional. Booth knew this. In fact, he was embarrassed by the whole situation. His cheeks turned bright red. "There is nothing to be embarrassed about, Booth. You are a healthy man it is more than normal for you to…"

"Hey, hey….. Let's not talk about it, okay?"He could not believe that she was just so open.

"Booth, you still want to marry me, correct?" Brennan seemed nervous.

"Yes, of course."

"Well, I assume you will want to be with me sexually, eventually. I don't see where the big deal is. I mean, I am a virgin, and maybe I am acting incorrectly. But, I feel the human form is a beautiful thing. You in particular, are a perfect example of that. You have absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about."

"No, Bones, you are beautiful. I'm a guy. Guys are not beautiful."

"Have you never seen the statue of David?"

"No, Bones, I am not really big on statues."

"Well, he is usually described as the perfect male specimen, and beautiful, by the way. I think you look better than that."

Hank knocked on the door. "Come on you, two, breakfast!"

They got up. Brennan grabbed the hairbrush for her hair. Booth snuck in one more kiss.

"Good morning, Jared, Hank," Brennan said.

"Yeah, it must be for you two," Jared smirked.

Booth knocked his little brother upside the head.

"And I was going to ask you to be my best man. Can't have the best man making crude remarks to my future bride."Booth was leering at Jared.

"I am sorry, Tempe. But come on, they are sleeping in the same room. They are going to get married….." Jared got cut off.

"That's enough! I raised you better than to be talking like that. That is none of your business. So stop talking about it." Hank put an end to that. "I figure after breakfast we can go and get your marriage license. Tempe, do you have your birth certificate?"

"Yes. I keep it in one of my books. I made sure I brought it with me." Pancakes and bacon were being passed around the table. Once again, Brennan was surprised at the amount of food they were consuming. She had one pancake and no bacon. She was wondering if she was going to finish what she had, the pancakes were huge. "After that, we should hit the books again, Jared. I would hate for you to not be up to par with the other students in our class."

Booth smiled. She was still thinking about someone other than herself. Even though her world was torn apart, she thought about his brother.

"Okay, okay, I get it." Jared understood that his life now involved a lot of studying with his new sister in law.

"No more asking for kisses," Booth added.

"We have to call Father Donnelly and see when he can get you two hitched." Hank said with a smile. "They need that information when you get your license."

"Father Donnelly?" Brennan had a worried face.

The Booth men looked at her. Booth spoke up. "Father Donnelly is our priest. I don't know if you started attending a church since you have been here. It was wrong for us to assume…."

"I don't believe in God. But if you are Catholic, I know it is important to your faith that you be married in a church. I don't mind. I can even follow along if he is going to be speaking in Latin."

"If you don't believe in God, how do you know about our faith?" Booth was very curious.

"Anthropology studies cultures. I know all about just about every religion there is. I know all about Judaism, but it doesn't mean I follow that faith either. I believe in science and logic. It hasn't steered me wrong yet."Booth smiled at her. She didn't have to believe what he did. She seemed to respect his beliefs, but still held her own. Another reason he admired his soon bride to be.

"If I didn't have to study a religion I didn't believe in, I sure as heck wouldn't!" Jared laughed.

"This is another area where we must agree to disagree, Jared. Go ahead and call Father Donnelly. I promise if he asks me about my beliefs, I will be nothing but respectful." Brennan said flatly.

Hank called the priest. Everything was set for this Saturday. Booth and Brennan would be married in three days.