Life, Love, And All The Stuff In Between Chapter 25: Let's Have Dinner, a bones fanfic

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"Bones, what's wrong?" Booth asked as he sprinted into her office and saw her sitting at her desk, head in hands.

"Nothing." She said.

"Nothing? Then what's so urgent?"

Brennan sighed and stood up suddenly. "I need to talk about. . .about what you told me last night. That you hoped I knew you. . .loved me."

Booth adverted his eyes to his feet and nodded his head slowly. "I'm sorry, Bones. I know that was sort of. . .sudden of me." He brought his eyes up to look at her expression, which was surprisingly calm. "But I can't say that I didn't mean it."

Brennan walked closer to him and stood directly in front of him, she stared at his face. Had she made the right decision? Things were normally very easy for her to think through and make a logical decision about, but should she really be able to make such a quick decision about something as serious as this? Yes. She decided, she knew what she wanted.

"Bones, say something, please. I understand if you don't feel the same way about me, you don't have to love me, I won't ask that of you." Booth spoke as he brought his hand up to place it under her chin.

Brennan smiled and opened her mouth just as Hodgins walked in the door.

"Dr. Brennan, I've found. . ." Hodgins halted in mid sentence and stared at the scene in front of him. "If I've interrupted something I can come back later."

Brennan shook her head. "No, Dr. Hodgins. What is it?"

"Right, I found traces of silver embedded inside the femur of your limbo body, that would account for the discoloration."

Brennan nodded. "Thank you, Dr. Hodgins. I will come see in a moment, after I finish speaking to Booth."

Hodgins nodded and gave one last curious glance before exiting the office and walking back towards the forensic platform.

Booth raised his eyebrows as Brennan collected her thoughts and turned back to him. "Let's go out to eat tonight, some place nice. We can talk there. For now I think we both need to get back to work."

Booth nodded and gave her a small smile. "Sure thing, I'll be at your place at six."

Booth brought his hand up then back down, apparently thinking twice about what he was about to do. He turned and left, Brennan watched his retreating form 'til she could see him no more then made her way out of her office.

"Dr. Brennan! Dr. Brennan!"

Brennan turned to look at who was calling her name and was surprised to see the man that she'd met at the doctor's office two days ago coming towards her. He stopped in front of her and smiled politely.

"I got the job, Dr. Brennan. They gave me a job categorizing the artifacts in the paleontology department. I can't tell you how thankful I am towards you for putting in a good word about me. My wife and child will be well cared for because of your generosity."

Brennan smiled at the man. "You're very welcome."

"I hope you don't mind me asking, but, do you know what you're expecting? Leonie begged me to ask you if I ever saw you again."

Brennan smiled. "A girl, she's due in October."

John grinned. "We're expecting a boy, he's also due in October."

Brennan nodded. "Congratulations."

"Thank you, Dr. Brennan." John held out his hand and shook Brennan's. "I'm afraid I must be going, Leonie is expecting me."

Brennan nodded her head and smiled again as John excited the building, a skip in his step.

Nine hours later Brennan stood in front of her mirror staring over her appearance. She'd put on a loose, flowing, sky blue dress that hung down to just below her knees. She didn't look ugly, but her stomach was blindingly obvious which made her think that she looked over weight. She sighed as someone knocked on the door, she'd have to go as is.

Booth let himself into her apartment just as Brennan came out of her bedroom, fully dressed and purse in hand. Booth stopped and eyed his partner.

"Wow, Bones you look beautiful!"

Brennan squirmed slightly and didn't attempt to fight the little, appreciative smile that formed on her face.

"Thank you, Booth. You look handsome yourself." It was only polite to give a compliment in return, but the fact that he did look quite stunning in his casual button up shirt and dressy jacket helped her to give said compliment.

"Where exactly are we going?" Booth inquired as Brennan grabbed a coat and excited the apartment.

"I know this nice restaurant near the border of Virginia, it's French and Leonie says the escargot is very authentically prepared."

Booth quirked an eyebrow. "Leonie from the doctor's office?"

"Yes." Brennan said as they reached Booth's car. "Her husband acquired a job at the Jeffersonian and stopped to talk to me today. I figured John or Leonie one would know something of European cuisine, so I called and Leonie answered. She's been to a lot of restaurants in D.C. and Virginia, mostly when she used to visit from Germany, so she gave me a few options but I thought French sounded appetizing."

Booth nodded. "Sounds good to me, but I refuse to eat snail."