Chapter 10: First Date

Dr. Brennan was ready to go after about twenty minutes of primping with Angela's help. The dress looked stunning on her, and they decided to test it out on Hodgins. Angela called her husband in and all that he could say was wow. He tried not to stare too much since Angela was standing right next to him. Dr. Brennan just smiled and put her lab coat on to conceal her dress and to stop Hodgins from staring. She left her office and went up onto the forensic platform to do some last minute work before Booth arrived. Five minutes later Booth arrived to see Temperance working. He walked up to the forensic platform sliding his access card. Booth walked closely behind Brennan who was pretending she didn't notice he was there and he whispered in her ear.

"I have a surprise for you."

"What kind of surprise?"

She turned to face him while taking off her gloves giving him her full attention.

"We can work together and still be a couple. Hacker gave in when I told him that you wouldn't work with anyone else and I wouldn't work with anyone else. If the FBI wouldn't allow us to work together then we would stop working for the FBI. He told me in our situation he'll let it slide because he wants you to be happy."

"Really Booth we don't have to hide anymore."

"Nope, no more hiding, but we do have to tell Sweets. I thought we would do that tonight. I pushed our reservation to seven thirty. So why don't you take off that lab coat and we can go to his office."

They left the forensic platform and headed towards her office. Dr. Brennan slowly took off her lab coat with her back facing Booth. Booth could tell the dress was a form fitting dress that hugged every curve of her body. He prepared himself as she began to face him. Booth's knees buckled when he saw her. His mouth agape in amazement; he kept scanning her up and down at the black dress with plunging neckline that showed off her cleavage. She smiled and walked towards him noticing the entire squint squad staring into her office. She gave Booth the most passionate they had ever experienced with each other. She put her hands in his hair while Booth was pulling her closer to his body with his one good arm. They were interrupted by cheers from the squint squad. They broke apart and smiled at each other in humiliation from the cheers.

"You look, beautiful, gorgeous, stunning, I don't know if there is a word to explain how amazing you look right now."

"Why thank you…And I think any of those would suffice. I love you Seeley."

"I love you too Temperance, so should we head out and surprise Sweets with our news."

"Let me just grab my keys and jacket and we can go."

"You don't need your keys; I have our transportation taken care of."

"Ok…ANGELA WILL YOU DRIVE MY CAR BACK HOME."

Dr. Brennan yelled through her office. Angela gave her thumbs up. Dr. Brennan went to put her jacket on but Booth already had it in his hands and he helped her into it. They left the office and Booth placed his hand on the small of her back, but she grabbed his hand and allowed him to put his arm around her waist as they walked outside the Jeffersonian. The squint squad following not far behind, curious to see what kind of transportation Booth had arranged. When they made it outside Brennan noticed the white stretch limo waiting for them. They entered the limo to awe's from the squint squad. They were in shock at how romantic Booth could be; they had never seen this side of Booth. They were dropped off at the Hoover building first and they made their way up to Sweets' office. They entered as they always would have, walking briskly to the couch. But instead of sitting far apart they sat closer together; her hand on his knee and his arm around her waist. Sweets blinked a couple times thinking was he hallucinating. Then he finally spoke to the giddy couple who couldn't stop smiling.

"Are you two trying to tell me something?"

"Sweets you're the psychologist. Why don't you tell us?"

"Well Booth I think you and Dr. Brennan have finally admitted your love for each other."

"Well Sweets I don't want you to think, I want you to know what is going on."

Booth reached into his jacket and pulled out the rectangular large box that contained the necklace, earrings, and bracelet. He handed the box to Bones who just stared at it only shedding a single tear to show her affection. Dr. Brennan opened the box and gasped at what she saw before her. She never thought Booth would go to such lengths to make this the perfect first date of her life. She now knew why she and Angela didn't buy any jewelry earlier that day as well. She completely forgot Sweets was in the room and she kissed Booth romantically to thank him for the wonderful gift.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, Dr. Brennan, Booth, seriously you throw this bombshell on me and now this. One thing at a time please; I can't process all of this quite yet."

"I think we should explain it to him Booth."

"I got shot in Afghanistan…"

"And even though I can't explain it I felt him get shot; I thought I lost him…"

"So she e-mailed Angela in a state of panic…"

"And Angela told me she knew what I was feeling, but wasn't going to tell me over an e-mail."

"Later at the airport I ran into Angela and Hodgins…"

"And they told Booth I was worried sick about him."

"I wanted to surprise her so I told the Army not to inform her on my condition."

"I still don't appreciate that."

"I know and I'm sorry, I won't do that again. At least I won't do that intentionally."

"Well anyways back in Indonesia Angela told me that I loved Booth…"

"And that's when you realized that you did love me."

"Yes and I sprinted back to my tent to tell Booth in an e-mail…"

"What she didn't know was that I was in her tent…"

"And I ran in so fast I didn't even notice you…"

"At least not until you fell in my lap in complete shock."

"I slapped him for laughing at me and started confessing about how I felt about him…"

"And you finally said that I was the one and only person you ever loved."

"Wow! Why can't either of you do something the simple way."

They replied in unison in Sweets' question.

"Because we have never done anything the simple way."

"Well Bones we better get going or we're going to miss our reservation."

They stood up and Booth tried to put the necklace around her neck. He couldn't and asked Sweets to help out. Sweets stood and put the necklace and bracelet on Dr. Brennan while she put the earrings on. She thanked sweets for helping her put the jewelry on and kissed Booth again as Sweets became uncomfortable again. They left Sweets' office and went back into the limo to head towards the French restaurant. They made it in time to make their reservation. They were seated and he couldn't stop staring at how beautiful she looked. They sat in an admiring silence until they ordered their food. They talked about marriage again, money, Parker, and the possibility of having children.

"Do you still want to have a baby?"

"Yes I do want to have a baby, but I don't want to be inseminated. I want to have your baby the right way; I want our child to be conceived out of love."

"I love you and I can't wait until we get to have a baby together."

"Booth are you telling me that you want to have a baby as soon as possible; even if that means having a baby before marriage."

"Yes that is what I'm saying; if it's alright with you I would like to start trying for a baby when I'm released from my doctor."

"I love you too, and I don't want to wait either. So as soon as you're cleared by your doctor I want to start trying for a baby too."

They both smiled in delight and finished their meals. Booth paid the bill and they headed home to Brennan's apartment in the white limo. Dr. Brennan thought the date was over, but it wasn't. When they entered the apartment they could smell the aroma of vanilla and cinnamon fill the apartment. The apartment was dimly lit, and Booth could hear the theme to Titanic coming from her TV. They went to their bedroom and changed into something a bit more comfortable. Booth watch Bones as she removed her little black dress and was surprised to see that her nightgown was actually one of his oversized Army t-shirts. Then she put on some short cloth shorts. Dr. Brennan ended up helping Booth change. He stayed in his tight white boxers and put on a black FBI shirt. They shared another romantic moment of holding each other before they went to watch Titanic. They watched the movie closely sitting next to each other. Tears came to Dr. Brennan's eyes by the end of the movie. She was holding onto Booth for dear life, never wanting to let him go. Knowing that was there and warm comforted her. Booth kissed the top of her head and held her closer comforting her. When the movie ended Booth ignoring the pain in his shoulder picked up Bones and carried her back to their bedroom. He laid her on the bed, and then he joined her on the other side. Bones snuggled close to him and finally fell asleep on his warm bare chest listening to his heart beat.