Chapter 12: Bonding over Bears

Booth walked around the room lighting the rest of the candles. The table was set and dinner was served. He had even set out a bottle of sparkling grape juice to enhance the mood. This had to work; he could not take another day of her foul mood. Ever since Cam's call she had been almost unbearable. They had not had sex, everything he did seemed wrong, and she kept it so cold in the apartment that he spent most of his time under a blanket, his icy hand reach out every now and then to flip the channel.

He heard the door open and sighed with relief. If this did not put the spark back in their stressed out relationship, he was going to give up. From the small area in the kitchen he could see her, but she was unable to see him. She stomped around, her face set in a scowl. Now was the time to draw her attention to the set up that he had created if there was going to be any hope of saving the evening.

" Hey Bones, how are you feeling." She turned at the sound of his voice, stopping in her tracks to eye the creation before her. She could smell food cooking, wonderful scents that assaulted her nose, making her stomach rumble. She had a weakness for his cooking, it always seemed to right whatever wrong she was dealing with as of late.

" Something smells delicious" her eyes widened as he appeared before her, dressed in lounge pants and his favorite t-shirt.

" I thought you might like some time to unwind before dinner so if you wanted to grab a shower I left you some scented oils in the bathroom. Also I left a present for you on the bed. It was just something I found while I was out earlier today." For the first time in what felt like weeks she smiled.

" Thank you." She said, her face taking on a softer more relaxed expression.

"Anytime Beautiful." Booth said right in her ear with a smile. His plan was working perfectly, all he had to do was keep this up and the last two weeks would be mere memory. Brennan just smiled as she headed for their bedroom, kicking her heels of along the way.

It was not even twenty minutes later that she re-appeared, this time with tears in her cerulean eyes. She was clad in her satin robe; damp hair billowing down her back as the scent of jasmine followed her. In her hands she was clutching a little teddy bear with a cartoon skeleton on its tiny shirt.

" I found him at the store when I was picking up the oils. I thought he could be the first thing we buy for the baby. Hey now Princess, why are you crying?" Booth wrapped her in his arms crushing the stuffed animal between them.

" This is so sweet." She sniffed. It was hard to compartmentalize her emotions when they were so plentiful and changed so frequently, yet there was a part of her that was tired of hiding them. She wanted to feel the wonder and excitement that came from sharing the joy of parenthood. It was beginning to dawn on her that sharing her life with this man only made it more full. She may have been slow on the draw, but still it was better late than never.

Booth released her, cupping her face in his hands and forcing her to meet his warm chocolate eyes. " You deserve this and much more," he whispered as he leaned in to kiss her, the table of food forgotten as he pick her up and carried her to their bedroom.

A/N: Yeah I know it was fluffy and short, but I needed a chapter to sort of wrap up the Cam incident so I could advance the story, and I thought they needed a little sappiness at this point in their lives.

Love,

Delia