Wow! This story has sooo much dust over it! Has it really been THAT long? Well, then I guess I better get cracking then. Enjoy!

Chapter Twelve: Confusion

Over the next few days, whenever one of the blonde witches attepted to throw a spell at Brennan, it seemed either Booth or Hodgins showed up and got in the way or the spell was deflected somehow, confusing the girls to end. They, of course, figured out that the wizard boys had placed protection spells over Brennan, but they were still confused as to how, even after they used the counter spells to dissipate the protection, the vampire girl was still immune to their spells.

"There must be something we can do to get to her." Tessa said, searching her mind for some sort of answer as she sat in the back of the library with her friends, waiting for it to close so they could get to Brennan.

"We can't do anything as long as Seeley and that weird buggy kid is always hanging around her. We gotta figure out some way to get rid of them." Rebecca said, flipping absentmindedly through a fashion magazine.

"It wouldn't make any difference. We can't even get to her when she"s alone. I gotta wonder what kind of protection spells they put on her that we can't break. It must be something powerful." Hannah said, playing absently with her wand, making a flower appear before them in the carpet before making it burn to the floor in a burst of flames, careful to avoid burning the carpet.

Rebecca and Tessa nodded, knowing that what Hannah said was true.

Temperance Brennan was invincible.

Suddenly Rebecca's eyes popped open and she sat up straight. "Hey!" she exclaimed suddenly.

Tessa and Hannah looked at her. "What?" they asked in unison.

"Did either of you notice that little necklace with that stupid little gold medal on it on her before Angela got suspended?"

Both girls shook their head, while Rebecca grinned evilly, knowing exactly how to get to the 'invincible' Temperance Brennan.

The Previous Day...

"Hey, Bones!" Booth said, as he walked into the school and immediately saw his girlfriend by her locker. He walked over and kissed her, discreetly.

"Hey, Booth." she greeted, emptying most of her books into the locker and taking out the ones for her first two classes.

Booth just stood there, smiling goofily at her, as he watched her switch her books. After a few moments of ignoring him, Brennan turned to him, placing her hand on her hip as she scowled at him. "Okay, why are you grinning at me like that?"

"Like what?" Booth said, still grinning.

"Like the cat that ate the cardinal." Brennan retorted, imitating his grin, horribly.

Booth gave her a disgusted look. "First of all, it's the bird that ate the canary, not the cardinal, though that was pretty close. And second of all...I do NOT look like that!"

Brennan chuckled. "Yes, you do. But don't worry. It's very appealing. In a childish way, I guess."

"You mean cute? I am not cute." he said, crossing his arm and pouting like a petulant child.

Brennan giggled again. "Yes, apparently you are. So, now, are you going to tell me why you were grinning at me like a fool or to you need a time-out?"

Booth rolled his eyes, ignoring her comment. "I guess you're just so beautiful I couldn't take my eyes off of you." he responded sarcastically.

"My beauty has nothing to do with you grinning, Booth." Brennan replied, obliviously missing the sarcasm in his voice.

"Of course not, Bones." He sighed. "Close your eyes and turn around."

"What? Why?" Brennan asked, her eyes widening.

"Because I have a surprise for you, which requires you to close your eyes so that you don't see it."

"But, why do I have to-"

"Jeez, Bones! Could you please just do it?"

"Okay, okay! Don't get so testy." Brennan said, turning around and closing her eyes.

Booth felt a sudden surge of guilt. "Sorry, Bones. I didn't get much sleep last night, so I'm a bit cranky. Forgive me?"

"Maybe...It depends how much I like this surprise of yours." Brennan replied, teasingly.

Booth chuckled, before pulling a necklace from his pocket and placing it at her neck. "Hold your hair up for me, Bones?" he asked, his warm breath sending shivers down Brennan's spine.

Brennan was about to ask why, but decided against her, instead pulling up her hair as he fastened something around her neck.

"You can open your eyes again, Bones." Booth said, stepping back a little so Brennan could turn around without bumping into him.

Brennan looked down at the little medallion that was now hanging around her neck. "What's this?" she asked, fingering the medallion.

"It's my St. Christopher medal. Pops gave it to me when I made communion. It's for protection." Booth explained, smiling.

"Protection? How?" Brennan asked, marveling at the medallion in the special mirror in her locker.

"Pops put a spell on it. It will protect you from all harm. Not even Dark Magic can break the spell." Booth stated proudly.

"Booth, I couldn't-"

"Don't even worry about it. I duplicated the medallion. The spell on mine isn't so effective, but you need the magic more than I do."

"Wait. You gave me the original?" Brennan asked, surprised.

Booth nodded. "Of course."

"Why? This is yours. I'm certain it must be very important to you."

"It is, but you're more important that that medallion. If anything ever happened to you, I don't know what I'd do." Booth said, honestly, taking her hand in his.

"Then could you promise me something?" Brennan asked.

Booth nodded. "Anything."

"One day-someday soon- we won't have to hide our relationship anymore. We can let everybody, our classmates, our families, everybody, now that we're together. That we're in love. Can you promise me that?"

Booth nodded firmly. "I want nothing more in this entire world than to show everybody how much I truly love you, Bones. I promise, one day, everybody will know, and they'll either have to accept it, or get out of our way, because nothing, and I mean nothing, is ever gonna tear us apart."

Brennan smiled and leaned up to place a small peck on his cheek. "i love you, Booth." she said, in his ear.

"I love you, too." Booth replied just as the bell rang, signaling that they had two minutes to make it to their classes. "I'll see you later. Okay?" Brennan nodded and reluctantly let go of his hand, turning in the direction of her first class, a smile permanently etched on her face as she absently played with the medallion around her neck.

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