Amanda3271 thought it might be interesting to see how Booth reacted to Christine's first date.

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A little nervous, Bryan Cox stood outside the front door of the Booth/Brennan household and ran his hand through his short red hair. He had met Christine's parents once at the high school football homecoming game, but that had just been a quick introduction and a stare from Christine's father that had left the teenager's blood run cold.

Determined to show no fear, Bryan ran his hand through his hair one more time and knocked on the door. After a few short seconds the door was opened by Christine's little brother, Hank. "Hey man, is Christine ready? Tell her I'm here."

Amused that Christine's boyfriend thought it was going to be that easy, Hank smirked and stepped aside. "Sorry, Bryan, you have to come in and meet the folks. They're old school."

His plan to avoid the parents thwarted, Bryan looked at his watch, shook his head and stepped into the house. "I told Christine to be ready by 6:30. The movie starts at 7:15."

"Dad thought Christine might get cold dressed the way she was and made her change her clothes." Hank laughed and pointed towards the living room. The last half hour had been a test of wills between his father and his sister. She had wanted to wear her new blouse, but their father had taken one look at it and turned pale. The shirt was a shear white color and displayed her frilly black bra underneath rather prominently. Hank had been sure their father was going to have a stroke until their mother intervened.

Alarmed at the escalating words being used between her loved ones, Brennan had finally stepped in between her husband and her daughter and pulled Christine down the hallway to her bedroom to make sure she changed her blouse. Hank was sure that his mother had thought his father was overreacting, but wanted an end to the war of words.

Since Booth threatened to cancel Christine's first date if she didn't do what he said, Brennan probably knew it was a battle Christine would not win. When Booth wore his stubborn look, no one won and Brennan wanted a pleasant evening with her husband. She'd had a very busy week and she wanted to relax and not have a petulant husband on her hands.

"You can wait for her in the living room." Hank walked past Bryan and passed by his father who was sitting on the couch watching a football game. "Dad . . . Bryan . . . Bryan . . . Assistant Deputy Director Seeley Booth of the FBI and formally a sniper with the United States Army Rangers." With that he walked over to a chair near the picture window and sat down. Hank was hoping to be entertained in the next few minutes and he wasn't disappointed.

His television remote in his hand, Booth turned down the volume of the game and turned to stare at Bryan. "So Bryan, where are you and Christine going on your first date?" He actually already knew the answer to that question, but this was his opening into the conversation.

The cold look on Booth's face made Bryan want to squirm, but he straightened his back instead and answered the question. "We're going to the movies, Sir . . . Escape from Red Claws . . . it's an action movie."

"Escape from Red Claws?" Booth had just seen that movie a week ago with his kids and found it weird that Christine had agreed to see it again since it had turned out to be very boring and totally predictable. "She hated that movie the first time she saw it."

Surprised, Bryan frowned at Booth. "She saw it? She promised not to see it until we could go see it together."

Realizing that he had stepped into something he shouldn't have, Booth shrugged his shoulders. "It was my son's turn to pick the movie on family night and he chose that movie. She didn't make the choice."

Since he hadn't seen the movie, Bryan was determined to see it anyway. "Well, I guess she'll just have to see it again. She promised me she'd wait and I'm going to hold her to it."

A slight smirk on his face, Booth shook his head. "If that's how you show a girl a good time, then good luck to you. She's going to find out that you knew she'd seen it already sooner or later and that you didn't care if she was bored or not. Not exactly the best way to keep a girlfriend especially with someone like Christine. She doesn't forget stuff like that. She's like her mother and never forgets anything."

Hank leaned forward and placed his elbows on his knees. The look of uncertainty on Bryan's face was just too good to miss.

"Um well, maybe we can see something else." Bryan felt liked he was the wronged party, but this was his first date out with Christine and he didn't want to screw it up. "But Christine should have waited . . . "

"I should have waited for what?" Christine entered the room wearing a light pink blouse which Booth approved of.

Turning to face his date, Bryan shrugged his shoulders. "Your Dad said that you've already seen 'Escape from Red Claws' and you thought it was boring."

Her eyes hooded, Christine glanced at her father and noticed the innocent look he had on his face. "That doesn't mean we can't see it again if you want to see it Bryan. It's not too bad."

"But it is bad?" Bryan decided that he might not want to see the movie if everyone kept saying how boring and bad it is. "We can see something else . . . I think you wanted to see 'Fifty Shades of Gray VI'. . . ."

"Whoa." Booth stood up and shook his head. "You cannot see that movie. You're sixteen and it's rated R. No way you're going to see that movie. The damn thing should be rated X from what Aubrey told me. He said it even made him blush and he's a grown man for God's sake."

"Dad. . . ." Christine didn't finish the sentence as her mother intervened. "Christine, you may not see that movie. It is not age appropriate. Your Aunt Angela says there are graphic sex scenes that made her uncomfortable and you know that if she was uncomfortable then they were pornographic and not artistic in the least."

Her cheeks hot, Christine glared at her mother. "Mom alright . . . We'll go see the remake of 'Mulan' . . . This is just a date for goodness sake to the movies. It's not like I'm going to have sex tonight . . . "

"Christine!" Booth took a deep breath and lowered his voice. "I expect to see you home by ten. Not a minute later or Bryan here might find out just how damn good I was at my job in the Army."

Appalled that he was now the center of an enraged Booth's attention, Bryan held up his hands to placate the man. "Sir, we're just going to the movies and then we're going to get pizza. We'll be back by ten."

His anger with his daughter spilling over the young man who was trying to date her, Booth glared at Bryan and jerked his head up and down. "I expect you to be a gentleman with my daughter at all times."

"Dad!" Christine was outraged that Bryan was being bullied. "We're leaving now. We're going the movies and we're going to look for a movie rated X and we're going to stay out until midnight."

Brennan stepped between the warring factions and laughed. "You will do no such thing Christine. Go on your date and be back by ten."

Her mother's smile cause Christine to pause. Chuckling, the young woman shook her head and kissed her mother's cheek. "We'll be back at ten and we'll probably see Rick Danger's new movie 'Bullet'."

Her arm now across her daughter's shoulders, Brennan escorted her and Bryan to the door. "If you need any help for anything, please call me. It won't be a problem. I hope you enjoy your date and don't worry about your father. You know he's been nervous all week about this first right of passage. You know what he's like."

Christine hugged her mother and released her. "Yes, I know." Before she left she called out to her father, "Bye Dad, I love you."

"I love you too, Sweetheart." Booth picked up his television remote and turned the volume back up. "Hank go order us some pizza and make sure my pizza has meat on it this time."

As his son moved down the hallway to the kitchen to look at menus, Brennan entered the living room and sat down on the couch next to her husband. "Well that went better than I thought it would."

Booth nodded his head. "You played your role pretty good there Bones. Just the right amount of good cop against my bad cop. Christine will be home at ten and that Bryan won't try any shit with our little girl."

"My acting has greatly improved, Booth." Brennan missed her days of going undercover with her husband. "It's too bad that we can't be Buck and Wanda anymore."

His voice lowered, Booth pulled her into his embrace. "Who says we can't. Maybe Buck is going to be searching for his Wanda tonight after the kids are in bed."

Amused, Brennan squeezed his hip and laughed. "Well, I look forward to that. Yes, indeed."

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