A/N: Disclaimer Repeat - I do not own any part of Bones. This is just for fun. ;)
The Push in the Partnership
Chapter 13
Booth watched the door long after she left. He kept going over what she said over and over again in his mind. He should have stopped her, he realized. But he was too struck by her words to do anything but ask her to call him when she got home.
He finally made his way over to his couch and sank down into his favorite spot to await said call. A short time later, his phone began to sing the ringtone assigned to his partner, and he snatched up the phone from its place next to him on the couch. "You made it home already, Bones?," he asked as he answered the call.
"Yes. I just got in and I knew you would be expecting my call before you went to bed," she told him, and he could hear the smile she wore as she talked.
He grinned into the empty room. "You know, you could have stayed here. Then we could have taken you home to change in the morning."
A faint laugh sounded through the phone. "I know. But I don't think I should have stayed tonight as Parker is there. I would much rather spend the night with you when it's just the two of us." She heard the swift intake of his breath, and she smiled, deciding to take her attempt at coquettishness a step further. "Is Parker only staying the weekend?"
He laughed. "Yeah. I'm going to take him out to lunch Sunday after church and then drop him off at Rebecca's. Why?," he asked.
"Would you like to have dinner with me Sunday?"
He smiled. Was she asking him on a date? God, he hoped so! "I would love to, Bones. Do you want to meet somewhere?"
"No, I want to cook for you. Can you come by here at 6?"
"That sounds great. I'll be there. Do you want me to bring anything?"
"Just you. And a change of clothes for work on Monday," she replied before ending the call.