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Chapter 8
Booth walked into Sid's and took a seat at the bar placing his keys and cell phone on the table.
"Dinner not go well?" Sid asked.
"Nope. Not great. I need a drink."
"The Bone Lady didn't want to eat with you?"
"She was already eating with someone else. I went to her place and some guy, who was hardly clothed, answered. I don't know why this upsets me so much. We are just partners; she can do whatever she wants with whoever she wants." Booth took the shot that Sid had poured him "I need another."
"Yeah right G-Man. The two of you have wanted each other since you met."
"Obviously that is one-sided." Booth said as he took another shot and tilted his class up for another.
"Slow down there man."
About that time Cam came up beside him and took a seat. "Hey Seeley."
He turned to her "Camille."
"What's wrong?" She said as she nodded towards his empty glass.
"Nothing."
"Seeley, I don't believe that for a minute. I know you to well to know when something is wrong."
"It's nothing Camille, don't worry about it." He said as he attempted to smile.
"Oh I see, this has to do with another woman." She said with a grin "Do I perhaps know the woman?"
"What makes you say it's about a woman?"
"Because the only time you drink scotch is when you are having woman problems. This wouldn't be about Dr. Brennan by chance would it?"
"Why would you think it had anything to do with her? We are just partners. We have a professional relationship and nothing more."
"Seeley don't think that I believe you for a minute. I am not blind. Even when we were dating I knew you wanted her, you just couldn't have her at the time. Anyone with eyes could see that."
"Then why can't she?" He asked in a very sad voice.
"Well, if I remember correctly, you went off about how work relationships never work and how you shouldn't cross that line. So don't blame her for this Seeley. I know she is just doing what she thinks you want."
"But that isn't what I want."
"Well have you told her that?"
"It's too late. She is with some guy name Roger."
"I'm sorry if you missed your chance Seeley. If you have another one make sure you don't let it go." She said with a smile.
"Thanks Camille."
"Anytime. Now I have to get going. Are you going to be okay?"
"Yeah. I will."
She smiled at him as she walked off and took the hand of the man who was waiting at the door for her.
Brennan got the wine and arrived back at her house. She was greeted by Maggie and Roger all dressed to the nines and about to leave.
"Have fun tonight sweetie." Maggie winked at her.
"I will try." She laughed.
"Well we better get going. We have reservations at Luigi's at 8." Roger said as he looked at his watch. "Oh and Tempe?"
"Yes?"
"Some man came by. He said he worked with you. I asked his name but he just said never mind and left. I'm sorry; I don't know what it was about."
"Must have been my partner. I will call him, thanks."
"Well we need to get going. Don't do anything I wouldn't do." Maggie hugged Temperance. "And thanks, we will be back later, we will call before we come by though. Don't want to interrupt anything." She said with a smile.
"Okay, thanks guys. Have a great night."
The couple turned to leave and Brennan went to the table to put the wine on some ice. She then put the made sure everything was still ready in the kitchen. Everything for hamburgers and French fries were ready and she would put them on to cook when they started listening to music. She wanted everything to be perfect.
She went to change into the dress she had picked out with Angela and after making sure each of her hairs was in the correct place and her lip stick was on straight she picked up her phone.
The phone was answered on the 2nd ring in the familiar manner and butterflies encased her stomach. This is just Booth, nothing to be worried about.
"Booth."
"Hey Booth, it's me."
"Oh, hi Bones."
"Well I was thinking, do you want to meet me in the park by my house, I have something I want to talk to you about."
"What about your night, aren't you busy?"
"Oh no, it's really important. Please Booth?" She said with a whimper and he knew she was using puppy dog eyes even if he couldn't see them.
"Okay, are you sure? I don't want to interrupt anything."
"For the third time Booth, I am not busy."
"Okay, okay. I will meet you there in 20 minutes."
"Great." She hung up her phone and adjusted her dress; making sure nothing was falling out.
Once she was sure everything was exactly how she wanted it she headed off for the park. By the time she got there he should be arriving.
Booth's stomach was in knots What is this about? She is going to tell me she has been seeing some guy and is leaving town with him. Surely not, she didn't leave with Sully. Maybe she is just going to tell me she is seeing someone. She told me with Sully because she thought she should share with me. I just thought it was going to be different. Prepare yourself for heartache.
Booth took off towards the park for what he thought would be the worst night in his life.
He arrived about five minutes early and stepped out of his car. He saw her sitting on a park bench and he could see she was biting her lower lip. Bones only does that when she is nervous. That can't be a good sign. And she is all dressed up, probably just wanted to explain what I saw and that is why she didn't want me to go by her place. Roger is there waiting for her to get back. That must be it.
"Hi Bones."
She looked up into the chocolate eyes that greeted her "Hey."
"Look Bones, I know why you called me here and….."
She cut him off "You do?"
"Of course I do. It's obvious. I don't know why I didn't see it a long time ago. When I went by your apartment I saw…."
She once again cut him off "You saw?"
"Yeah."
"I'm sorry Booth, I didn't want you to see that. Since you already know, can we just take a walk? I don't want to talk about it just yet."
"Sure." She must be leaving or something if she doesn't want to tell me, usually Bones is straight to the point.
They turned and started walking across the park. After about 10 minutes of walking in silence they reached Bone's apartment.
"Let's go inside." She said as she headed up the stairs.
She doesn't want to break my heart in public. Or worse yet, what if she is taking me up to meet him. I can't go up there. "Bones, I can't go up there, I can't do this. This isn't the way I wanted it to be."
"You mean you don't want this?" Her voice cracked as she realized what he was saying.
"How could I want this Bones? You mean so much to me. I don't want to lose you as a partner; I don't want to lose what we have now."
"Oh, okay. Well I am sorry I bothered you then. I just thought you felt the same."
"Feel the same? How could I feel the same? You mean more to me then anything in the world. I know I blew my chance and now you have Roger or whatever his name is but I can't go up there for you to break my heart. I love you Temperance and I know I made a mistake by drawing a line between us. I know I waited to long to cross it and I know that I messed up. But please don't ask me up there to meet the guy. I already met him once and I can't face it again."
"What are you talking about Booth?"
"I am talking about Roger, I met him. I know you are pretty serious if you called him 'honey' and I am so sorry I missed my chance. I can act like I am happy for you but I can't go up there and meet the guy again. Just please tell me you aren't leaving."
"Roger? Me and Roger?" Brennan broke out into a fit of giggles.
"What?" Booth asked suddenly confused as to what was so funny.
"Booth, Roger is married to a friend of mine of college. They are just visiting for the weekend. You came by when I was at the store. She called him 'honey' not me. Would I ever call anyone honey?"
"Well no but, what about the candles and everything on the table. Are you having a romantic dinner with someone tonight?"
"I was hoping to."
"See, I knew there had to be someone and I just made a fool out of myself and…."
"BOOTH!"
"Huh?"
"You are rambling."
"Oh, sorry. Well who was the dinner going to be with?"
"Well I was hoping it was going to be with you." She said as she looked down, frightened to meet his eyes. "If you want to."
He took his finger and lifted her chin so that her eyes met his. He had a goofy grin on his face as he said "I would love nothing more."
"Booth, there is something else I should tell you. I hoped the night would tell you but I think I should tell you before we go upstairs."
"What would that be?"
She didn't know a better way to tell him so with that she leaned forward and captured his lips with hers. Their kiss set fireworks off inside of them and Booth's eyes grew large as a sudden realization dawned on him. One kiss was all it took and he knew.
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