A tag for Thrusday's episode, which was great. I absolutely loved Brennan in that episode. Well it's just my take on it, read and enjoy. I still don't own it.

Moments

There are moments in every relationship that are undeniably romantic. They both know that they have those moments. Their first year they worked together it was easy to say that they were just partners, but every year after that they changed the definition of just partners.

In that first year, they were more often than not a moment where their friendship developed. He taught her about how to have friends outside of the lab, what the world was like with regular people. She it made so that he could work with the lab, that he was at least partially comfortable walking into an atmosphere that he would never have entered otherwise. They became friends; she was comfortable with having him look into her parent's disappearance, and he want to do it for her. When they found her mother, he wanted to be there for her, and she was grateful for his presence.

In the second year, their relationship those moments were a sign of the strength of their relationship. There was always flirting between the two of them but that second year sometimes it had more meaning and sometimes it was because they didn't know how to interact otherwise. But in that year, they became best friends, ones that relied on each other and told each other everything.

The third year was rocky. They had another serial killer, one that was crazier than the last. The case tested them pulling at their relationship and making it stronger. The moments became more frequent as a result, if they saw anyone acting as if they were acting, they would have said that they were a couple, but they didn't see it in themselves. And then he was shot and killed the moments replayed themselves over and over in her head, she couldn't get away from them, no matter how long she looked bones. She couldn't keep reliving those moments and at the same time, they were the moments that she never wanted to forget. Then he was alive, but Zach was gone. She was hurt but he was there for her and the moment was sad but it was a moment.

In their fourth year as partners, they claimed that they were nothing more than partners, but they knew that there was more behind those moments. They had moments nearly daily as the year went by. The evidence was there that they were more than just partners was there, and yet for a couple so dedicated to following the evidence, they seemed to miss all the signs. Then they had a moment that they couldn't go back from as he was wheeled into surgery. However that moment was lost when he woke from a coma and wasn't sure if she was his wife or his partner. His confusion spoke of how close they truly were, but instead it seemed to driver her away, at least temporarily.

They were back now in their fifth year together. It seemed like the world was trying to intervene, ruining the moments. There was clown that caused her to panic when he said, "I love you," and so he put a qualifier on it. He didn't remember that he wore goofy socks, flashy ties, and cocky belt buckles, but eventually they came back and everything seemed to be normal between them. That was until his boss' boss asked her out. He wanted to be bothered by it, he was at first, but he wanted her to be happy so he was trying to come to grips with it.

That was until his boss told him to try hard-boiled eggs. He knew that she was sometime socially inept at times, he never thought that she would do it to hurt him, but it hurt nonetheless. Therefore, he went and asked her about it. She tried to explain that it "popped out" saying that he must of told tons of people that story. He couldn't believe that she had missed the moments, so when he looked at her she realized suddenly that he'd told her that because it was them and not anyone else. He wanted her to know what they had, without saying the three little words that scared her so bad the last time. So instead he said, "What goes on between us, it should be just ours." Then Hodgins came in and he could only hope that she got the point.

Later that week they stood in the exhibit that was her crowning moment. It was one of their biggest moments in their relationship. She told him a secret: that she hates speaking at these things. The statement took him aback; it wasn't like her to share things like that. But he encouraged her right away telling her that she changed history. She didn't want him to forget his importance and told him that he did it every day and for once, he told her what he was thinking: that he couldn't do it without her. They stepped closer to each other closing the distance between them, thinking maybe that this moment would end the way all the other ones should have.

He asked about his boss and she surprised him, "I guess what goes on between us… that should just be ours. Isn't that what you said?" It was her way of apologizing and telling him that what was between them was more important than anything she had with his boss. They were standing there and anyone watching would have held their breath waiting for what everyone knows is going to happen one day.

Instead, their friends came in interrupting the moment, breaking the magic. Their friends went back up the stairs and they looked at each other. Both knowing that without the interruption they would have gone farther than they ever have before. Instead of moving apart, she straightened the already straight bow tie he was wearing and he fixed her perfect hair. They looked at each other knowing that they'd missed the moment. But were reassured by the fact that there would always be more moments and one day the moment would end the way they want it to.

I hope you liked it.

Babyrose