One more to go after this one and I would like to end it on a big bang...Suggestions? To everyone who has left a review and/or a suggestion, you guys have been fantastic.

9. Slip of the tongue

Booth stood by the bar sipping a scotch as he watched his girlfriend mingle with investors at the annual Jeffersonian gala. She was breathtaking in a slinky black gown with a slit in the skirt cut up to her thigh and an open back that was barely there. Since she had given birth to Christine, she had gained curves in all of the right places and most days it took all that he had to keep his hands off of her.

Sensing that she was being watched, Bones turned and leveled her gaze with his, then her lips curled into a slow, sultry smile and he knew that he had been caught. A faint blush colored his cheeks and he just shrugged his shoulders, letting her know that he couldn't help it. She gave him a wink and said something to the silver haired gentleman who smiled politely and nodded his head.

Booth's eyes grew wide in surprise as they made their way to him. Not one for public displays of affection, he was further surprised when his Bones slid her arm around his waist and gave him an affectionate squeeze.

"Mr. Winslow, this is my fiancé, Special Agent Seeley Booth." Booth choked on his drink when he heard the words tumble out of her mouth. He arched an eyebrow in question and she just shrugged with a smile. Mr. Winslow, missing the wordless conversation grabbed Booth's outreached hand shook it heartily.

"I see that my congratulations are in order. When is the wedding?" Booth glanced at Bones' red face and laughed.

"We…uh…haven't set a date yet, but soon." Booth recovered smoothly. "Before Temperance here has a chance to change her mind." Mr. Winslow chuckled. Bones gave Booth a feral smile that both challenged and made him weak in the knees.

"Oh that would never happen." Booth snorted as she said the same words she had spoken on that first night, so many years ago. The benefactor looked to one and then the other, finally sensing the undercurrent between the pair.

"Congratulations again. You are a very lucky man Agent Booth." He said as he turned to walk away. Caught up in their own bubble, neither Booth nor Bones noticed his absence. Booth pulled her into a light embrace and lifted her chin with his finger to meet his gaze.

"Fiancé huh? When did this change occur?" He couldn't help but ask, wanting to know if it had been a slip of the tongue or if she had really meant it.

"As soon as you say yes." Booth spun her around before dropping a kiss on her lips, drawing the attention of several onlookers.

"I thought you would never ask." Bones placed her hand on the back of his head and brought his mouth down against her own where she kissed him passionately, not caring about their audience or the sounds of applause.

"Well, Booth, you are the one who said that everything happens eventually." He couldn't have agreed more as he leaned down to kiss her again.