Chapter 11- Catch Me if you Can

Booth gathered their things, packing everything into his backpack, and swung it onto his back and looked around for his partner, he realized she was nowhere to be seen. "Bones?" He called, looking around. The sun had risen to its brightest yet for the day, and the clouds were here and there in the sky, making for a beautiful day as the warmth of the morning began to seep through his sweatshirt. "Bones, where did you go?" He called.

"I'm over here." She replied, her voice clear, coming from behind a set of trees that he knew he'd find a clearing behind as he shifted the backpack on his back and followed after the sound of her voice.

"Are you ready to get going?" He asked, stepping around the corner, he saw that her back was turned to him, her hair had been pulled up into a ponytail and wisps of auburn-brown hair floated gently on the summer breeze. She turned around, and he was immediately taken aback by her steely blue eyes staring directly into his, and he almost gasped at the beauty before him.

"Are you okay?" Immediately catching the dazed look in his eye, she watched him shake his head subtly, and she smiled.

"Huh? Oh… yeah… yeah, I'm fine… just… you know, I haven't had any coffee yet or anything, and I was awake all night, so… you know… bad mix." He said with a tender smile that sent her lips turning up into a grin of her own.

"You know…" She said, walking toward him, her stride sure and full of vigor, her smile infectious. "Caffeine addiction is probably one of the most common addictions outside of nicotine, and it can really do a number on your central nervous system." She said as she stopped beside him, looking up into his eyes.

"I can think of a few other addictions that are bad for my central nervous system." He said, raising his eyebrows, he listened to her giggle as she shook her head and tried to get past him, he grabbed her hand and pulled her to him, letting her land in his arms as he wrapped his around her and looked down at her. "I was talking about you."

"I know what you were talking about." She whispered shyly, letting him rest his forehead on hers while he watched her eyes sparkle. "Where are we going now?" She shrugged.

"You'll see." He said, kissing her solidly on the lips, and grabbing her hand as he turned and walked back toward the path with her.

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The climb down was fairly quiet, quicker than the trip up the mountain since they could now see where they were going. They listened to the sound of the birds chirping in the early morning air, and could feel the warmth of the summer air around them. Booth let Brennan lead, when suddenly she stopped. He almost ran into her, putting his hands out to stabilize himself, her hand went directly over his mouth when he opened it to ask her why she had stopped so suddenly. He gave her an awkward glance and followed her finger as she pointed into the woods. Booth's eyes widened at the site, a doe and a fawn munching on bits of grass several yards to the left. She moved her hand from his mouth to his hand, giving it a soft squeeze as he stepped forward and bent down toward her ear.

"Thank you." He whispered, watching her head turn toward him, she captured his lips with hers and smiled against his mouth when he pulled her closer to him. As she pulled herself into him, she tried to stabilize herself, and ended up stepping on a stick, sending the deer running off into the woods. "You scared them." He mumbled against her lips.

"Shh…" She whispered, slipping her tongue over his bottom lip, he groaned as she practically hung from him, pulling him in for a deeper kiss. She could feel his hands exploring her hips and her waist over her clothes, his breath ragged with lack of breath. He pulled from the kiss delicately, ensuring she wasn't going to pull him into her for more, and they looked into one another's eyes for a moment. "This feels weird." She whispered.

"Does it?"

"Not bad weird."

"How can weird be good?"

"It's different weird…" She explained. "I don't know."

"Oh, you know." He chuckled and let his lips settle on hers again.

"I like you." She whispered, pulling from the embrace, she left a peck on his cheek before releasing her hands from behind his head, she started back down the trail.

"You're nothing but a tease." He joked with her as he stayed where she had stopped him.

"Sure I am." She said, looking up at him with a sly grin.

"I'm just trying to prove Newton's second law of motion…" She said, watching his eyebrow raise as she stopped and looked at him, the smile on her face growing to a full grown grin.

"And what is that, Squinty McGee?"

"Huh?"

"What's the second law?" he asked, stopping right behind her.

"Acceleration… Is… directly proportional to force." She whispered, taking a step toward him.

"Oh yeah?" He asked, stepping toward her, he gasped when she grabbed his belt buckle suddenly and pulled him toward her with force, slamming their bodies together, she kept her hand on the belt buckle, her fingertips touching his skin as he let out a slight gasp.

"Yeah." She said, her voice teasing, her eyes a smoky blue like he had never seen before.

"Bones?" He whispered, out of breath.

"What?" She asked, leaning forward to touch his lips with hers, coming within a breath of them.

"Just prove your law already." He said, swallowing hard as he resisted her lips.

She licked her lips slightly, the tip of her tongue grazing his as he licked his own lips to taste hers, his hands at his side for a moment. "Booth?"

"Huh?"

"You can't catch me…" She said, as suddenly she turned and broke free, running as quickly as she could down the path and the mountain, laughing.

It took him a moment, and he realized she had taken off, and when he recovered, he shouted for her. "Hey! That's not fair!" He exclaimed, watching her bounce from rock to rock down the mountain, laughing the entire way, as he made his way after her as quickly as he could, and laughing the entire time.