One Night (Continued)

OK, due to my little surprise the end of my last chapter, I decided to forewarn you: this is real. Brennan and Booth have been dating now for THREE months. They told the lab after 2, so it was their little secret for two months.

P.S. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT BOOTH HAS A KID! WOW!

I was around nine thirty and Tempe was sitting in the lab with Angela, talking with her, both of them guessing what Booth had in mind for his and Tempe's anniversary.

"He might have rented a room in a suite for the weekend," Said Angela raising her eyebrows and smiling.

"I don't know, that doesn't sound like Booth to me. He's not the 'rent a hotel room in town just for the three month anniversary' kind of guy Angela." Said Tempe trying not to make Angela feel bad.

"Oh, I guess you're right, he never did seem to be the romantic type to me either, maybe he's been saving all of the romance just for you." Said Angela trying to make a joke.

"Excuse me ladies, sorry to interrupt this extremely interesting conversation," Said a male voice who Tempe recognized immediately as Booth's, "But I was just wondering if I could borrow a certain someone for a certain anniversary."

"Sure," Angela said, "So I guess I'll see you two on Monday then."

"Maybe, Maybe not." Said Booth, "It just depends on what kind of anniversary I give her, doesn't it?"

"OK then, I guess I'll see you two on Tuesday, maybe even Wednesday!" said Angela smiling even more now.

Then they both left and drove away in Booth's car.

"So, what were you thinking that we could tonight?" Said Brennan, curious to see if it was a secret.

"Well, I was thinking that we could go to dinner at that new Italian restaurant that you like so much." Said Booth, hoping that she would like that.

"That sounds great," Said Tempe, hoping that he had more planned than dinner.

"And after that, I thought that you might like to go for a walk with me down to the park for dessert." Said Booth, hoping she liked the other plans that he had made for them.

"That sounds like a great idea, Booth." Tempe said smiling, happy to hear that he had planned something else.

"Great. Well, we better get going it's already 8 and my reservations are for 9." Booth said as they pulled into her apartment parking lot, knowing that she would want to change out of her work clothes for dinner.

"Great just drop me off here so I can change and I'll be right out." Said Tempe. "I'll be out in about 10 minutes."

"Oh, wait I have something for you," Said Booth as he got out of the car, walked around to the trunk and pulled out a long, beautiful, blue dress out of a clothes hanging bag in the trunk. It was strapless and curvy and had a slit along the right side that went up to the mid-thigh. The full length of the dress looked as if it went down to right above the ankle. It also had a detailed pattern sewn in a lighter blue thread that resembled an ivy vine that was crawling up the dress. The pattern was thick and full of ivy at the bottom, but became thinner at the top where the ivy began to disappear. "I thought you might like to wear this tonight, maybe if you didn't have anything else you wanted to wear."

"Oh, Booth, it's beautiful," She said as she felt the silky fabric of the dress and admired the detail that was on the fabric and thought of how much effort was put into making this dress. "I'm speechless. I don't quite know what to say."

"You don't have to say anything, just go see if it fits, I hope I got the right size." He said, knowing that he was lying. He had gone up to Angela a week ago and asked her what size dress Brennan wore. He told her not to say anything to Tempe, she said she wouldn't.

When Booth saw Brennan walk out of the apartment building 20 minutes later, he looked as if his eyes were going to pop out of his eyes.

"Wow, you look great. I see that you also did your hair. It looks great too." He said as brushed his fingers against her brown hair that she had pulled back into a perfect bun on the back of her head. She had no loose strands anywhere, except two curled strands of hair hang down in the front and frame her face, since she didn't have any bangs.

"Thank you, for the compliment, and the dress. It is a perfect fit. I still can't believe that you got the exact size dress that I wear." She said running her hands down the sides of the dress underneath the long coat she was wearing over it.

"Well, I guess I have a good eye." He said, bragging.

"Dinner was great." Said Tempe,

"Good, I'm glad you liked it. Lets make it to the park before our dessert gets cold," Said Booth, trying to not stall. "I want to see if you will like this." Just then, they came to a screened in gazebo at the park that had candles and china plates with strawberry shortcake on them sitting on the table decorated with a picnic blanket.

"How did you know that strawberry shortcake is my favorite dessert?" she said remembering that Angela is the only person she had told that to.

"You told me, remember?" he said, hoping she wouldn't guess that he had talked to Angela about this to.

"No, I didn't, I've only told Angela and-" she said realizing something. "You talked to angel about this, didn't you?" she said, smiling as she reached across the table and pushed his shoulder.

"Hey," he said.

"You deserved it." She said laughing at him, as he got upset because she pushed his shoulder. They were just sitting there, eating and laughing until she yawned, she tried not to, but she couldn't help it.

"You tired?" he said, hoping that she wasn't too tired; he still had to give her something special.

"No, just a little." She said, she was tired, she just didn't want to tell him that.

"You want me to take you home?" He offered. He didn't want her to go, but he thought that he'd be nice.

"No, I want to stay for a little while longer. But if you'll excuse me, I have to use the bathroom. I'll be right back." She said. She wanted to splash some water on her face to keep herself awake. She also wanted to fix her make up after ruining it with water.

"OK" he said. While she was in the bathroom, he slipped a very small package into the pocket of her coat that she had left there.

About an hour after she fixed her make up, they both left in Booth's car and were now at Tempe's apartment, standing on the front step. Then they kissed goodnight and she stepped inside the screen door as he opened it for her to keep warm.

"Thank you for the wonderful anniversary dinner, Booth. Although, there is one thing that I wanted to ask you about. What is this package that you left in my pocket?" she asked from inside the door.

"You'll find out." Was all that he said about it. "See you tomorrow." And then he got back into the car and drove off, waving goodbye. He was still smiling.

After Tempe had changed into her pajamas and washed her face, she sat down and stared at the package. It was a small square box, wrapped in brown paper and was tied with string on the string was a tag that said 'don't open box inside 'till I leave. As she took off the string and paper, she noticed that there was a box wrapped in pink paper and a letter in there also. She unfolded the letter and read it:

Dear Temperance,

I know that I love you and I hope that you love me to, so I am giving you this gift today and hope that you will accept it and keep it forever. I love you, temperance, and I always will. As I said before, please don't open this gift until I leave. See you tomorrow.

With Love,

Seely Booth

As Tempe looked at the small wrapped box more closely, she noticed that it was shaped like a jewelry box that earrings would come in. She looked at the clock that read ten fifty-seven. She figured that he just didn't want to be here when she opened it. She didn't know why, she didn't see a reason. She started to open the wrapping and saw that she was right; it was a jewelry box. She started to become curious, he didn't have to get her jewelry for their anniversary. It was only three months. As she opened the box itself, she saw the diamond sparkle. When it was opened all the way, she gasped and put her hand over her mouth and started to cry. It wasn't a sad cry, but a very happy cry. She had to call Angela now!

"Hello?"

"Angela, it's Tempe, I have to talk to you!"

"What is it, what's wrong"

"Nothing, everything's fine. Better than fine. Absolutely wonderful!"

"What happened? What's so wonderful?

"Booth!"

"What about Booth?"

"Angela, he proposed!"

"Oh my God! Tell me everything!"

"OK, OK, this is what happened…"

Tempe told Angela everything that happened, how it happened, when it happened, where it happened. They stayed on the phone until one o'clock when they both fell asleep.