Here is finally the next chapter... I know I promised it yesterday but we had some people come over and it kind of turned into a party. Then this morning I was to hung over to type. So I sat down tonight and I wouldn't allow myself to get online until I finished a chapter. I don't think this chapter is very good...they seem to continue to get worse but I guess I will have to see what you guys think...please let me know!!! Thanks for reading and your reviews!

Chapter 10

"Brennan." She answered her phone with frustration on her voice. She was finally kissing Booth and someone had to interrupt.

"Hi Sweetie, how's it going?"

"It's going great Ange but can I call you back later?"

"Ohhhh, I see what you are saying. You and hottie FBI guy want to go do the deed!"

"I don't know what that means. But I have got to go. I will talk to you later." With that being said she hung up the phone and turned back to Booth "That was Angela."

"Yeah, I got that." He said with a smile.

"So, are you hungry? I do have burgers that are ready."

Just then a grumble came from his stomach. "I guess that answers that question." He said with a laugh.

Bones went into the kitchen to grab the food she had placed in the warmer as Booth went to the table "You need any help Bones?"

"Nope, I got it." She said as she walked back in with their plates; each had a burger and fries.

"Burgers and fries? Wasn't that what we ate at that little café we found in Jersey? I am surprised you remember that Bones."

"Why?"

"Because you are you. Places and times don't have a meaning or a purpose. They are just places and times."

"Booth, one thing you don't realize is that I am a different person now then I was then. Back then I was young; just out of college. I only had 2 doctorates. I didn't believe in love. I spent all that time blocking out my past and trying to forget about it. I pushed people away. Then I met you and I…." She stopped and looked down at her hands.

Booth stepped towards her and placed a finger under her chin, lifting her eyes to meet his. "And you what Temperance?"

"And I started to believe that maybe love did exist. Maybe it wasn't just some chemical reaction. But then afterward, I never saw you again and I never thought I would. No one ever compared to those three days I spent with you twelve years ago. After a while you just give up Booth. It wasn't until I realized it was you that I thought maybe there was such thing as love. That's why I had to get away. Everything I have built myself into, the walls around me somehow shatter at the thought of you holding me."

"Temperance." Booth said as he pulled her into his arms "I haven't met anything who has made me feel like you did. I would have found you. I looked for you but I couldn't find anyone who knew anything about a Sarah. I didn't even know a last name or where you were from. Why did you lie to me about your name anyway?" He pulled back to look at her.

"You know me, sex is just a release. That is all I thought it would be. I didn't want you to know anything about the real me."

"But the things you told me I know for a fact were real."

"That's the crazy thing; I found it easy to talk to you. You are the only one I have ever opened up to, especially not knowing you for longer than I did. But then it was too late to tell you I liked about my name. I just assumed that you had fun and that's all it was. It didn't mean anything to you."

"It didn't mean anything? That weekend meant more to me then any other time in my life except when Parker was born." He said with a smile.

"Really?"

"Of course."

"It meant a lot to me too. I just wish I would have known it was you sooner. It seems like we have wasted so much time."

"That's why we can't lose anymore." He leaned down and trapped her lips with his own.

This time they were separated by the sound of her stomach growling and they broke apart with a giggle. "It's time to eat." He said with a grin.

They were seated at the table and Booth poured them each a glass of wine. They began eating their burgers.

Temperance bypassed the fries on her plate and nibbled off of Booth's. "Bones, you have your own fries, stop eating mine."

She laughed "But yours are so much better than mine." She took another one.

"Okay, I will just eat yours then!" He grabbed some off of her plate and started to moan as he began eating them. "Oh my gosh, these are the best fries I have ever had."

Bones rolled her eyes. "I will stick with yours." She smiled. "Booth"

"Yeah Bones?"

"Angela asked if we were going to do the deed. What did she mean?"

Booth was taking a sip of his wine when she said that and he spit it out over the table.

"What? Booth? Are you okay?"

He choked "Yeah Bones, I'm fine."

"Okay, so what does it mean?"

Booth face turned red as he looked at her "It means sex Bones, she asked if we were going to have sex."

"Oh, okay. Nothing to get uptight about Booth. Are we going to?"

"Are we going to what?"

"Have sex? I mean it's not like we have never done it before."

"How about we take things slow, when it happens it happens. And believe me, it will happen." He gave her his charm smile.

"Thank you Booth. I agree, we should take this slow."

"Of course Bones." He pulled her into a hug. After what seemed like an eternity he leaned back "What do we do now?"

"Go to the living room and I will finish here. I will be in there in a minute."

"I can help you clear the table."

"No, go to the living room now, I can handle this."

Booth heard the determination in her voice and knew he shouldn't fight her on this "Okay Bones, don't keep me waiting to long."

Bones quickly cleared the table and went to join him in the living room. She went to the stereo and put some music on. She then turned to Booth "May I have this dance?" She smiled up at him.

"It would be my pleasure."

They began to dance. Booth pulled her closer as she snuggled up to him. Song after song played as they slowly swayed to the music. Both of them were filled with thoughts of the past and the future.

Brennan's thoughts went from the night they danced together for hours to the night they spent in Washington and they had danced at that bar. She thought about how his arms felt so right around her then just like they did now and she didn't know how she had fought this for so long. Looking back she signs were so clear she had just chosen not to see them.

Booth's thoughts were filled with similar thoughts. He mostly thought about how far they had come and how he knew from the moment he saw her that she was the one for her. He began to think about what the future would hold. He didn't know if she would ever marry him or have a baby with him but as long as he had her he would be happy. She was the part that completed him. It felt good to finally be whole again.

The room was filled with a comfortable silence. Only the music could be heard. As they danced the couple held on to each other as tight as they could, both hushing the quiet fear within them that they would wake up and this was only a dream.

But it wasn't a dream and each was thankful.

After an hour of just holding each other Brennan reached up to kiss Booth gently on the lips.

He smiled down at her. "What was that for?" He whispered.

"Because I can. I can finally kiss you when I want to and I plan on doing that a lot."

"Well don't let me stop you."

Her lips crashing into his again and this time passion consumed them. Brennan pushed Booth onto the couch and quickly found herself straddling him. A fever consumed them and they couldn't get enough either.

Booth panted "I thought we were going slow."

"We…..are…." Brennan moaned in-between kisses "We've waited……twelve……years….that's pretty…..slow."

"You don't have to tell me twice." Booth picked her up and began walking towards the bedroom.

Just as the reached the door her phone began to ring again. "Dammit." She cursed.

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