Chapter 4
They walked down the strip to the Neal Diamond concert. They purchased their tickets and got there just before the show began.
"Wow this is great. Vegas makes everything so much more exciting."
"Yep. I never took you for a fan of Vegas Bones. I guess because I never saw you as I am seeing you now."
"What do you mean?"
"Well you know…carefree…not worrying about work. And you look…."
"What's wrong with how I look?"
"Nothing, you look amazing! I like this side of you. I like this side of you a lot."
"Booth…the show is starting." Brennan quickly looked up to the stage. What he was about to say scared her and she didn't want to face it yet.
Way to go Booth…scare her off. Maybe she doesn't really think about you that way. Or maybe it is just to quick. I don't want to scare her but I can tell she isn't ready for this. I know when to back down. I will be with Temperance Brennan one day. Until then, I will settle for just being close to her.
They look up on stage and Neal begins to sing his heart out.
"Hey Bones I will be right back."
Booth disappears to go put his surprise in order.
What if she doesn't like this? What if it upsets her. No….she wanted to come so I think she will like it. I hope she likes it. She means so much to me.
Where is he going? What is he going to do. He is such a great guy, I am just to scared to go any further. I can't lose him as a partner. So that's that. Just friends. Best friends.
"Where did you go?"
"Huh, oh… I just stepped outside for a minute."
"Something about the huge grin on your face tells me not to believe you."
"Shhh…." Came from the seats in front of them.
"Sorry!" They both replied at the same time.
They looked at each other and smiled then turned to finish watching the show.
About 20 minutes later Neal made an announcement. "This is to a very special lady…. A Temperance Brennan. Temperance Brennan are you here tonight?"
"Booth what did you do?"
"I don't know what you are talking about Bones."
"Temperance?"
"She is right here."
"Ahhh….Temperance….will you come up here please?"
"What? NO Sorry….BOOTH! What did you do?"
"Ahh come on Bones…just go up there. I had nothing to do with this!"
"Yea! Everyone….lets have a round of applause for Temperance Brennan!"
The crowd goes wild and starts whistling at her. Booth just sits there and laughts. She is going to kick my a$$ for this one!
"Temperance….do you know why you are up here?"
"No… I have no idea…."
"Well…someone thinks you are pretty special and wanted me to sing a song to you."
She looks down at Booth with a smile on her face.
Neal begins to sing. He sings the song My Baby Loves Me to Temperance and tears come to her eyes. Booth hopes that they are good tears but somehow he can see that they are.
One the song is over she goes back down to Booth.
"One more round of applause for Temperance Brennan everyone!"
"Booth why did you do that?"
"Because you mean a lot to me."
"Well…thanks…." He wipes a stray tear from her eye with his thumb.
"You want to get out of here?"
"Let's go!"
"So what would you like to do now?"
"Um, excuse me….Sir…Ma'am….would you like to have your picture taken?"
"Yeah…that would be great!" Okay I was a little to excited about that
"You really want to take one Bones? Well yeah…why not?"
"Okay…we would love one."
They get their picture made. When Booth puts his arm around Tempe's shoulders he feels a shiver go down her spine. "Are you cold?" "Uh yeah a little."
"Okay…well lets go back to the hotel and get a drink."
"Sounds good to me."
They get back to the hotel and go to the lounge. They both order a drink preparing for the night ahead of them and wondering what will it bring?
The next morning Temperance wakes up to the sun on her face. She realizes that she has an armed snaked around her waist and rolls over to stare up at Booth.
Wow….what happened last night? It must have been pretty good to end of in bed with Booth….but why can't I remember? Last thing I remember was getting a drink at the lounge down stairs and…wait…what is that? She looks down at her hand and screams.