Chapter 21: Moving In

A couple of weeks passed and they settled into a small routine.

Booth would meet her at the lab,

Bring her coffee,

Meet and have lunch at this little diner on the corner,

Then back to the lab til quitting time.

And this morning was no different.

He walked in smiling, coffee in hand, and saw Brennan facing the far wall and talking on the phone in what Booth could only guess to be Chinese. He smiled and quietly placed the coffees on the table then slowly snuck up behind her covering her eyes.

She jumped and nearly dropped the phone. "Shit. ...No not you. I'm sorry, I have to call you back." She apologized in English and hung up turning around to face him. "Hi."

"Hey." He smiled kissing her. "...You speak Chinese?"

"Cantonese." She corrected. "It's different."

He laughed. "Sorry. My bad."

"That was sarcasm. Are you being sarcastic with me?" She smiled.

"No. I would never." Again sarcastic.

"Liar." She laughed kissing him again and leaning back in her chair. "So how's the apartment hunt going?"

He sighed. "It's not. None of the places are even close to what I need."

"You know you don't have to stay in that hotel while you're looking. I have a bed that I'm willing to share. It's very… very comfortable." She smiled kissing him.

He shook his head. "I don't know. Wouldn't that take all the mystery out of it?"

She shrugged with a smile. "So you'll sleep in the guest room." He couldn't help but laugh at that. "Seriously though, I insist."

He nodded. "Well if you insist."

She laughed smacking his chest lightly and kissing him again.

8:30 pm. There was a knock on Brennan's door.

"There's someone here." Booth said kissing her.

"You think it's food?"

He shrugged. "I'll go check." He went to get out of the tub and Brennan shook her head.

"I've got it." She grabbed her robe tying it and making her way to the door as another knock rang through the apartment.

"Coming!" She called grabbing her wallet off the hall table.

She pulled the door open and her eyes widened in surprise. "...You're not Chinese."

"Neither are you. ...Hello Tempe."

"What are you doing here Sully?" She asked angrily crossing her arms and dropping her wallet on the table.

"Saying hello." He said smiling.

"That's not funny. You're supposed to be in the Caribbean or Bahamas or Jamaica. Or where ever the Hell you ran off to."

"I missed DC so I came back. I thought I'd surprise you. So... surprise."

"Bones who is it?" Booth asked walking out with a towel around his waist and both heads whipped around in his direction. "...Oh. ...Sully... I'm gonna... put on some pants." Booth said backing out of the room.

"So… Booth, huh?"

Brennan slowly turned to face him. "You were gone, Tim, so don't you DARE give me crap about moving on."

"I wanted to call. On Christmas... New Years...your birthday. ...but I didn't know what to say. I didn't even know if you would take my calls."

"Because you didn't even try." She closed the door and locked it then headed back to the bedroom.

She pulled Booth into an intense, desperate, kiss.

After a moment he pulled away surprised.

"Wow. What was that for?"

She shook her head. "Just... Don't hurt me. OK?"

"I wouldn't dare." He kissed her seriously. "Besides I know you could beat me up."

She couldn't help but laugh lightly. "I would too. I'd kick your ass." She kissed him and there was another knock on the door.

Brennan sighed and went to answer it again. "I swear if that's him again…"

"Want me to get it?"

"No I got it." She kissed him and headed to the door. This time it was Chinese.

"How much?" She asked grabbing her wallet.

"You're all set. Some guy paid for it. Told me to hand you this." He said handing her an envelope then their bag of food.

"...Thanks." Brennan said tipping him nicely then closing the door.

"Food?" Booth asked curiously stepping out of the bedroom.

"Yeah." She said sticking the envelope in her bag and heading to the kitchen.

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A/N: coming to the conclusion that A.) I'm really that predictable or B.) Caroline you are a mind reader and we would get along very nicely. Lol Because I wrote this chapter back in September when I was itching for BONES to start back up.

Hope you enjoyed it. R&R your honest opinions.