The Marriage
By Meekerprincess9778
Ch14
They were alone in Booth's truck, driving to the Hodgins' estate. It was eerily quiet. Booth had asked her if she was okay.
"Yes. I am just angry with my brother. He comes back into my life and expects me to leave you to go with him. I can't trust him. I know I can trust you. I love you, Booth."
"I love you, Bones."Booth felt better that she had opened up to him. He put the radio on. "Hot Blooded" came on. They started singing along, and making fools of themselves.
When the song was over, Brennan confessed something to Booth. "I like that I can be silly in front of you. For the past couple of years, I really couldn't be silly."
"Well, get used to it. We are going to be responsible, but we will have fun being responsible. You are allowed to be silly sometimes. You don't have to guard your emotions around me."
They pulled up to the estate. The reception was quite bigger than the wedding. For some unknown reason, Jared and Angela talked her into letting the school come. Almost like a "meet Brennan" party/reception. Everyone still knew Booth. Jared was still in his brother's shadow in a lot of ways. It was another reason why Jared was more arrogant. He was always trying to be better than his brother.
The dj introduced them. They had started dancing to Bon Jovi's "Bed of Roses". The photographer took pictures. He led her, and he led her well. Booth could really dance. For just one minute, Brennan had actually forgotten about the past two years. For once, it actually felt good to be alive.
The dj then started playing dinner music so they could all begin eating. Brennan had never seen so much food in all of her life. They were all served, head table first. Everyone was enjoying their food. Then, he saw her again. Rebecca had walked up to the head table, in a white gown. It was a gown, but it was very low cut in the chest and high up on the thigh. Compared to Brennan, Rebecca looked like a bride trying to have her first affair. Everyone had wondered what was going on. Everyone knew Booth definitely was not marrying her. Not to mention, she had two black eyes. No amount of makeup was covering those raccoon eyes. Before she could even do anything, Cam went up to her and basically spilled a whole bottle of red wine down her white gown. The Hodgins' staff gasped and apologized and escorted her away. Nothing more was said. Brennan liked having a friend in Cam. Cam obviously respected Booth and Brennan's relationship. Cam didn't lose a friend, but gained one in Brennan.
You could still see the photographer here and there capturing moments. It was time for cake. Brennan had been forewarned about what happens at a lot of weddings. She knew the bride and groom usually demolished cake on each other. What everyone didn't know, was what Booth had planned on doing. He had asked Jared to be right beside him, with a towel. He told Jared that he thought Brennan was going to get him for sure. To Jared's surprise, Booth and Brennan gave each other a small bite of cake, with no smashing into each other's faces. Booth then turned to Jared, and smashed the rest of his piece of cake right into Jared's face. The photographer got the best pictures of all of the happenings.
Then, it was time for everyone to dance. Brennan was introduced to so many people; it would be hard to keep them all straight when she got to school. She had smiled so much, her cheeks hurt.
She took a break with Angela in one of the bathrooms that were marked private for her use. Angela could see the party was almost getting to be too much for Brennan.
"So, are you excited about tonight?"Angela teased her friend.
"Yes. I am a little nervous. But I trust him more than anyone, Angela. "Brennan was talking while Angela touched up her makeup a little bit.
"It will be fine. Although, when you get back, I want to hear all about it." They both giggled. Angela could tell her friend was ready to go back out. She just needed a little encouragement.
A slow song was playing and her brother asked her to dance. She had really just calmed down. But how could she say no?
"I was talking to Hank for a while. He says you have been happy with them."Russ said, casually.
"I am happy, Russ; for the first time since mom and dad left."Brennan countered. Instead of dancing, she felt like she was playing chess.
"Is this about my teenage sister getting a free reign to have sex? You know when I was your age, I slept around a little. Are you sure you want to sleep with him for the rest of your life, though?"Russ was asking.
Brennan was angry."Russ, I will have you know that I am a virgin. I have fought hard to stay that way. I was in group homes where there were boys trying to force themselves on me in the middle of the night. I have been in foster homes where I had to not only look out for the boys, but the foster fathers. I have worked damn hard to keep my virginity. So how dare you? Booth has never acted like those monsters. The most we have done is kiss and hold each other all night, with clothes on. So, no, this is not about a free reign to have sex. This is about love. Please excuse me. I have other people to talk to." She walked away from him in the middle of a song, in a hurry.
Booth was dancing with Claire. He could tell that Bones' brother said something stupid, but he wasn't sure if now was the right time to talk about it. Teddy got up and asked her to dance. She accepted.
"So, that's your brother, huh?"Teddy asked her. Brennan nodded.
"The funny thing about family is, if they weren't your family, you'd never be around these people."He got her to laugh and smile. Booth was very grateful to Teddy.
Everyone danced and talked. Brennan had noticed that Jared had danced with a lot of girls, especially slow. Apparently, now that the older Booth is off the market, all of the girls were in "mourning". Jared didn't mind consoling them at all.
The photographer took plenty of pictures of Booth and Brennan dancing with their friends and family. Aunt Ruth and Aunt Frannie were almost always on the dance floor. Brennan had to laugh when Jared got a very pretty girl to slow dance with Zach. She also noticed how much Angela and Hodgins had slow danced, even though Angela swore it didn't mean anything.
It was time to end the party/reception. Aunt Ruth had paid for the photographer. "I'm sorry, did you want this made out to you or in a studio's name?"
"No, just make it out to me, Max Keenan."