AN: WOW! Last night's episode BLEW my mind! NO WAY I could post after that! I had to let that settle! Whew! Ok! Sorry to keep you all waiting after that very HOT cliffy! Hmm… Liam in a towel… Sorry! Anywho! I'm glad you all liked Boothy's dream! Let's see if our very Special Agents get into it!

Chapter 10 The Sweetheart in the Secret Gatherings

Apartment of Dr. Temperance Brennan

Saturday 9:50am

Previously:

Booth stands in front of Brennan's door, gathering the courage to knock. He held a bouquet of daffodils in his hand, hoping it would serve as a piece offering after last night.

Booth knocks his familiar knock on Brennan's door. He held the bouquet in front of him and put on his inherited Booth charm smile.

He heard the deadbolt turn and he shifted his weight nervously.

"Hey Booth."

Booth's expression changed significantly as he stares eye to eye with Blake holding a box of baby diapers in nothing but a towel.

"Blake."

Blake smiles brightly back. "C'mon in. She actually just got your text. She'll be out in a minute," Blake says, leaving the door open for Booth as he walks further into the apartment.

"Thanks," Booth muttered as he took a step inside to what was practically his second home for years.

"Hey man, watch your step," Blake said cautiously as he sets the box of diapers down. "Temperance went a little baby crazy for Angela's party next week. If you think this is bad, wait till you see her bedroom!" Booth clenched fist his suppressing his urge knock Blake out. Taking a deep breath, he looked around Brennan's apartment seeing Blake was right. Baby stuff everywhere!

Jeez! Did Bones buy the entire store? I'm mean how much does a baby really need? She's got blankets, bottles, stuffed animals (all in realistic color might I add! No purple elephants) Oh… my… God… Booth's mouth falls open as he sees the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. Tha… that's… Booth's eyes glazed over and he wouldn't be surprised if a little drool left his mouth.

"She's beautiful isn't she?" Blake says smiling in a worshipping manner.

There, before the two men, rests a one hundred and three inch plasma tv on Brennan's wall.

"Whe.. when… did she… ..." Booth realizes he's talking in tongues and decides to just stop talking altogether.

Blake laughs and claps Booth on the shoulder. "That, my friend, she bought and installed a few days before she got back from Indonesia. Apparently seven months on a primitive island will make you buy the most beautiful thing ever created."

She remembered… Bones got this for me and I haven't even been here since we got back… how is that possible? We've been home for 5 months now.

Both the men just stare in awe of the tv before them.

"Hey man, I don't know if you like hockey but the Flyers are on, if you wanted to catch a bit of last night's game before you left…" Blake said as he made his way over to the sofa.

The Flyers? On… on this? Ok, calm down Seeley! Whew! Ok…ok… No! I don't care! I feel like Parker on Christmas morning!

"Yeah, I catch hockey here and there," Booth says in a calm tone.

They go and sit, both on the edge of their seats. In no time at all the men are quietly yelling and throwing their fist in the air as they watch excitedly. The game pauses for a commercial and they both sit still in an awkward silence.

Is this guy still in a towel?

"So a murder today huh? Must be exciting," Blake says laughing on the inside. This is great!

"Yeah, if the uh, idea of murder excites you," Booth says quickly standing up from the couch as he begins to look around Brennan's apartment, obviously not in the mood for small talk.

Blake stands up as well, following Booth's lead. This guy REALLY doesn't like me Blake thinks to himself, smiling at the situation.

"Look, Booth. I'm really not a bad guy. Me and Temperance, we're taking things slow. You have really nothing to worry about. I'll take care of her," Blake says with a hidden meaning.

Booth walks up to Blake, mere inches from his face. "And if you do hurt her Blake, don't think for a minute, I won't take care of you," Booth says as his dangerous black eyes intensely bore into Blake's sky blue ones. Blake smiles annoyingly back at Booth, not intimidated for a minute.

Both men hear Brennan coming out of her room, but not moving an inch. They each kept eye contact. Blake pats Booth on the shoulder. "Relax Booth," he says still smiling, "I would never hurt her," Instantly his smile fades and his face mimics Booth's as he leans in closer towards Booth's ear. "I'm not you," he whispers. Booth stands still with the tick of his jaw evident, practically vibrating with the itching feeling to knock this guy on his ass. "By the way, nice daffodils man. Really. Nice touch," Blake says taking a step back and clapping Booth on the shoulder. With that, Blake walks toward Brennan and gives her a kiss on the lips. "I gotta go Babe. I'll see you later?"

"Yes, I would like that," Brennan says smiling. Blake starts to remove his towel and Booth immediately looks away.

What the hell?

Booth see's Blake at the corner of his eye noticing him in swim trunks, as he reaches over to throw on a fitted graphic tee.

"Look Babe, Booth got ya daffodils. Your favorite right?" Blake says smiling. He walks toward the door and gives a little salute to Booth as he leaves.

Brennan grabs the bouquet and heads toward the kitchen. "Thank you Booth," Brennan says in a small voice not looking at him.

Booth, still standing in place, tries to calm down telling himself if he went after Blake right now and killed him, he'd never see Bones and Parker again… And Hannah, he reminds himself. Damn it! Who is this guy?

"Booth? Are you ready?" Brennan asks, grabbing her bag.

"Uh, yeah…" Booth says still staring at the door. "Yeah, let's go."

Special Agent Seeley Booth's SUV:

Saturday 10:18am

Booth was growing antsy with the silence in the car. It had only been twenty minutes into the two and a half hour drive and Brennan hadn't said a word. Brennan's phone rang, breaking the silence and Booth relaxed just a bit, glad that there was a distraction.

"Brennan."

"Bones!" exclaims Parker on the other end.

"Hey Sweetheart," Brennan says instantly smiling.

"Dad's with ya huh?" Parker laughs.

"Wha… How did you know?"

"The Sweetheart was a dead giveaway Bones!"

Brennan laughed, "Excellent reasoning Sweetheart, you are very smart."

Booth grips the steering wheel. If she says Sweetheart one more time, I'm going to drive us off this bridge. Booth thinks to himself assuming its Blake on the phone.

"So, mom was saying that if you were free tomorrow we could hangout around lunchtime. Are ya free?" Parker asks in a hopeful tone.

"Well, of course I'm free. Our independence in this country was established quite some time ago," Brennan says in her matter of fact tone.

Parker laughs, "No Bones, I mean are you busy."

"Ohhhh! No I am not," Brennan says automatically, knowing she'll have to change her plans a little to spend time with Parker.

"Awesome! And guess what Bones? It's my week and I have the perfect idea of what we could do! It's a surprise though, so don't even try to guess!"

"But you literally just said 'Guess what?'

Booth rolls his eyes, but smiled at the same time. My Bones is one of a kind.

"It's just a saying Bones! Anywho! I'm super excited! It's been two whole weeks! I didn't even get to tell you about dissecting frogs! It was so gross, but totally cool! 'Specially 'cause one of them peed on the girl in my class, and she screamed! " Parker laughed and Brennan couldn't help the giggle that escaped her mouth.

"Well how about we meet at the diner around 1 and we'll eat and plan our day there."

Booth grips the steering wheel tighter feeling betrayed that Brennan would take another man to their place. Booth swallows thickly. I take Hannah there… feeling like a hypocrite. He looks over to Brennan seeing how happy she is. Her eyes are sparkling her radiant blue, and he felt sad he wasn't the one make her feel that way.

"That sounds satisfactory Bones! Hey, I gotta go! I'll see ya tomorrow! I miss you!"

"I miss you too Sweetheart. See you tomorrow." Brennan ends the call and sits back further into her seat taking a deep relaxed breath, feeling completely content. Thinking back to 3 months ago, Brennan was thrilled when Rebecca had stopped by her office one afternoon.

"Parker misses you Temperance."

"I find that I miss him as well. Our time together has been almost nonexistent since Hannah moved in with Booth."

Rebecca rolled her eyes thinking Seeley was a complete idiot. "Well, I was thinking. Maybe sometimes on my weekends with Parker, you could take him for a few hours while I run errands. I mean only if you want to-"

"No! I'd… I'd really enjoy that," Brennan says quickly, thinking Rebecca would change her mind in the seconds after her proposal.

"Great! Parker, he talks about you all the time. I hate seeing the look on his face when he comes back from Seeley's disappointed that he hasn't seen you."

"Yes… we all used to spend quite some time together…" Brennan says sadly.

"I'm sorry Temperance," Rebecca says with sadness in her voice.

"Why? I rarely see you, so that decreases the likelihood that you've done anything to be regretful over," Brennan states in her blunt way.

Rebecca laughs, "Right… So how about this weekend?"

"That sounds… amazing," Brennan says obviously touched by Rebecca's willingness to share her time with Parker. "Thank you."

Brennan was very grateful for Rebecca's proposal. She was so used to spending her weekends with the Booth boys begging her to leave the lab to come and join them. But all that stopped when Hannah arrived. Now, she and Parker had their own time and they spent that time alternating activities in which the other has never done. They always had a great time learning from one another, and Brennan observed that Parker was an excellent teacher.

"So… hot date, there Bones?"

Brennan smiles a big smile, still in thought, "You could say that..."

For some reason, Brennan's mind wanders to last Saturday and her smile fades. Booth notices and frowns too.

"Whatcha thinking about Bones?"

Brennan looks up from her thoughts and stares sadly into Booth's eyes. "I was wondering what you were doing last Saturday."

"Last Saturday?" Booth asks. He tries to think back to last weekend... Saturday… Saturday… Oh! I was proposing to Hannah and getting rejected… again! Shit does Bones know? He quickly looks at her only to read nothing but sadness in her face.

"Nothing really…" Booth lied. "How about you?"

AN: Ok folks! There you have it! I'm thinking the next two chapters will be flashbacks to a very big Saturday for Brennan. I know this is nothing compared to last night's episode, because, let's face it! That was the best episode of the series! Congrats to HH & Co! Ok! You know what to do! Hit that button below and give it to me straight!

Goddess of the River: Thank you for going and leaving me your thoughts on the chapters! I really appreciate your time! Also! I'm so glad you like our dreamy Liam! LOL! I tried to make him likeable!

Nikiwi: Sorry for the cliffy! And sorry for making you wait! But sometimes… sometimes cliffhangers are a must! LOL! So don't hate me too much ;)

SouthunLady: Lucky for Booth, he didn't say anything aloud while he was dreaming!

BostonLegalGirl: Unbalanced? UNBALANCED? Dude… it is so on!