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Author's Note: OMG! There's really 15 reviews when I woke up this morning! I was so happy, it's like Christmas morning when you get to see your presents under the tree! I want to thank all of those reviewers! And of course, my beta, once again. Hmm...how about 20 reviews before the next update? (you can see my evil grin again) Another note is on the bottom, since I don't want to spoil the story for you guys who still haven't read. Now, enjoy!
Chapter 10
When it was about 4 in the afternoon, Brennan and Booth decided to go. Neither of them was big on being in any kind of party. They went over to House, said goodbye to the newly-wed, and congratulated them again.
"Remember what I said, Seeley." House winked at Booth, leaving Brennan confused.
"Remember what?" Brennan asked Booth.
"Nothing." Booth answered, walking out of the ballroom, followed by Brennan.
"Booth, when's our flight?" Brennan asked while they were in the elevator.
"It's 10 pm. We have about a couple hours left. What do you want to do?" Booth asked, pressing the floor 3 button.
"I think working on my novel is a great idea." Brennan suggested.
"How about me?" Booth asked.
"You can watch some TV."
"I'm hurt, Bones." Booth said disappointedly. "How about going to that carnival that we heard about? Huh?"
Brennan considered for a while, and finally agreed on it.
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They took a cab to get there, and told the cab to be back at about 7 pm, so they could go back to the hotel, check out, and go to the airport to catch their flight.
"It looks fun." Booth said when they got out of the cab. "When was your last time, being in the carnival, I mean."
Brennan bit her lower lip. "That time we went together to find Russ." She whispered, sounding vulnerable. Temperance Brennan was strong all the time with the exception of the mention of family.
"Bones, I'm so sorry to bring this up." Booth said with guilt.
Brennan shook his head, telling him it doesn't matter.
"What do you want to do first? We have about a few hours."
"I want to have some cotton candy." Brennan said, started to walk away without Booth.
"Bones, wait up!" Booth yelled behind her. It's not a good idea to get separated in the carnival. He ran after Brennan.
When he finally caught up with Brennan, he caught her shoulder. Brennan reacted, wanted to twist Booth's arm…but she stopped herself when she recognized Booth. "Booth, you scared me."
"Bones, no running in the carnival. I don't want us to get lost. And please don't attack people that touch you." Booth said, massaging his wrist.
"You shouldn't have put your hand on my shoulder than." Brennan told Booth. "You want a cotton candy?"
"Sure. I will pay for it." Booth said, while trying to find his money.
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Each of them was holding a cotton candy in their hands, walking around the carnival. There were carousels and bumper cars, where the screaming was coming from. There were also a lot of booths around; each had different things, like knocking down stuffed animals with balls. Booth saw a booth with guns where one had to shoot bottles to get prizes.
"One buck for one try! One dollar for one try. The grand prize is that big stuffed bear!" The booth owner yelled at top of his lungs. So far, that booth seemed to be the most successful, apparently nobody had gotten the big prize yet. All the couples that passed Booth and Brennan were holding stuff animals smaller than their fist.
"Bones, let's go try that one. It looks fun." Booth said. He caught Brennan's hand, and walked toward the booth. Brennan had reluctantly let him, her hand was struggling in his, but Booth had a firm grip on hers.
"Booth, I can walk on my own. I don't need a guide to walk over there." Brennan complained.
"I don't want us to get separated." Booth explained, stilling holding Brennan's hand.
Booth took out a dollar from his wallet, and gave it to the booth owner. The owner handed him a gun. "You have to knock all those bottles down in order to get a grand prize. Knocking one down gets you a key chain. Knocking two down gets you a mini stuff animal. Knocking three down gets you a small one. Knocking four down gets you a medium size. Knocking five down get you a big one." The owner explained the rules.
Booth nodded. "Bones, hold the cotton candy for me. I am going to try this." He handed it to Brennan. "Don't steal any of mine." He added.
"Like I am going to steal yours." Brennan muttered.
Booth held the gun and started to inspect it for a while. Without notice, he fired all 6 shots at 6 different targets, and didn't miss any of them. The owner dropped his jaw, surprised. He didn't expect anyone to get all the bottles. Booth handed the gun back to the owner, waiting to get the grand prize.
When the owner handed the grand prize to Booth, everybody that was watching it started to clap.
"Miss, you are lucky to have a boyfriend like this. Every lady that came across this booth had wanted to have this prize." The owner told Brennan.
"I am not his girlfriend." Brennan clarified the misunderstanding.
"Bones, you can have this thing." Booth said, trying to give the bear to Brennan.
"I am not holding this thing all over the carnival!" Brennan exclaimed.
"I am not either. I want my cotton candy back." Booth said.
"You should have considered the consequences before you go and play the game." Brennan pointed out.
"Bones, how about me holding the cotton candy, while you hold the bear?" Booth asked.
"How about vice versa?"
"Did you see any guys around here carry a bear like this?"
"No."
"Because it's a woman's privilege. So, Bones, this is going to be your birthday present." Booth quickly stole the cotton candy out of Brennan's hands, and then shoved the bear to Brennan.
"Hey! It's not even my birthday yet!" Brennan protested.
"When you want some cotton candy, just tell me about it."
"Booth, how am I supposed to put it on the plane?"
"Use your hands?"
"What about my luggage?"
"I will take care of it." Booth said simply.
Brennan sighed. Why did Booth has to win this things?
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They walked around the carnival for a while, just like this. Brennan was using both of her hands, clutching the bear, while Booth walked beside her, eating cotton candy.
"Booth, I want to eat my cotton candy." Brennan said suddenly.
Booth nodded, and tore part of the candy off of the cotton candy. "Just open your mouth." He instructed.
"For what?"
"So I can put it in your mouth? And you can eat it?" Booth suggested sarcastically.
"I can do it myself." Brennan replied stubbornly.
"Bones, you are holding the bear with two of your hands. Plus, if you touch the cotton candy, you are just going to make the bear dirty. So, just let me help you this time." Booth explained patiently.
Brennan sighed. She knew she didn't have another choice. She nodded, and opened her mouth, letting Booth feed her the cotton candy.
- - - - - - -"How about going on to the Ferris wheel?" Booth asked. "We can sit down for a while; also you can put the bear down. Bet you are tired of holding that bear."
"If you didn't win it in the first place, I wouldn't be tired." Brennan complained. Booth chose to ignore the comment.
They walked near the wheel and got inside a small compartment. They sat opposite of each other, but not much space was left, since the compartment was really small. The compartment started to rise slowly and soon they were able to see the carnival from the air.
"It's beautiful." Brennan admitted, looking out of the window.
"Aren't you glad we decided to take a little break?" Booth asked. Brennan turned back to him and nodded.
Booth looked at Brennan, who was now holding her own cotton candy. Her nose had some pink stuff on it, probably from the candy.
"Err…Bones? You got something on your nose."
Brennan put her hands over her nose automatically, trying to get it off. "Is it gone yet?" Brennan asked.
"No, it's still there. Let me help you with that." Booth said, and leaned close to Brennan, used his hand to take that piece of candy away from her nose. He held it close for Brennan to see, and then put it in his mouth.
"That's my cotton candy." Brennan protested.
"Well, I helped you to take it off, so it can be my reward." Booth said.
Brennan shook her head. "But it belongs to me."
"And it belongs to me now." Booth said, licking his lips.
"Booth, this is not…"
"Bones, just let it go. What do you want me to do? Throw up and get it back out?"
Brennan shot Booth a look, telling him that the joke wasn't funny.
They were now at the top of the wheel. When looking out of the window, you could see the whole city of Princeton.
"It's really beautiful." Brennan said again.
When Brennan didn't hear an answer, she turned back to Booth, who appeared to be deep in thoughts. Brennan leaned in closer to Booth. "Hello? Anyone there?"
The next thing Brennan knew, Booth leaned in, closed the gap between them, and kissed her on the mouth.
OMG! Can you believe they finally kissed? After like 10 chapters! What's going to happen? OMG! Then write a review, tell me what you think and hope that I have at least 20 reviews, so I will update again! Thanks!
Author's Note: This is really the last chapter that House is going to take part in, I mean, as in he talks with Booth and Brennan. I hope that all of you have enjoyed reading the House part, and if I made him too out of character, I want to apologize here (I just don't really think House would talk to Booth like this, giving him advice, he usually bullies people to do what he want them to do...or maybe it's just me) I would also want to point out that the whole carnival, I made it all up, I never been to one in my whole life (yeah, really sad, isn't it?), so I don't really know how it works, but I hope I got it right. Remember, 20 REVIEWS BEFORE NEXT UPDATE! THANKS!