A/N: So while Aubrey was enjoying his bachelor party, his bride to be sat at home with the cat and watched television, right? No way! Read on to find out what happened at Jessica's combination wedding shower and bachelorette party.
By the way, this takes place simultaneously with the bachelor party, but we decided it was easier to put the parties in two separate chapters. Enjoy!
By 12:40, the living room had been rearranged, with chairs added to create a circle for when Jessica opened her gifts. The dining room table had been moved closer as a staging area for gifts and a card box Daisy had made was ready for envelopes.
Turning to her new purchase, Jessica spoke. "Alexa, play my bridal shower mix."
'Bridal Shower Mix' now playing on Amazon.'
Justin's Timberlake's 'Can't Stop the Rhythm' began to play in the background. Daisy looked at her friend. "Where's Baby Love…or Chapel of Love, Jessica?"
"They're coming." The redhead giggled softly as she admired her new Amazon Echo Dot. "I love this thing. I got it from Amazon with my income tax return money yesterday."
"Food is on the counter, and there's room for the other dishes." Brennan's hands rested on her hips as she surveyed the room. Glancing into the kitchen, the matron of honor saw Andie hard at work. "Ms. Roberts, how are the non-alcoholic beverages coming along?"
"Just finished them, Dr. B." The nurse carried a punch bowl out to the center island where another one was waiting, along with large ladles and plastic cups. "Does the guest of honor want to try one first?"
"Oh, I do…I want to try both." Jessica walked over and saw one bowl labeled 'Blackberry and Sage' and the other one, 'Rosemary and Citrus'. Pouring two small cups, she sampled both and smiled. "These are so good, Andie. Thanks for thinking of them."
"Well, let's be honest, Jessica. With the exception of your sister-in-law, Agent Shaw, and Angela, we're all probably getting drunk later tonight. Might as well keep ourselves proper until then."
Jessica walked over to Daisy who was setting up the goodie bags for the shower guests. "Can I help with anything, Daisy?"
Daisy looked at her friend. "No, but you can keep me company while I finish here."
"I can do that." Jessica sat down next to her friend. "So, how did yesterday's therapy appointment go...if I'm not being nosy?"
"Very good. We talked about the divorce and some other things. Dr. Greene...Susan...thinks I may be able to begin once a week sessions soon."
"That's good." Jessica watched her friend fidget nervously and knew something was up. "Daisy, I've resisted asking until now, but are you alright? You've been smiling and having fun, but you've also been quiet, too, and I don't think it's because of Rani coming to the shower today."
The brunette exhaled as she picked up the bags and put them in each chair for the guests. "I found out before Angela and I had left this morning that I was outbid on that house I looked at down the street. Someone offered $700,000 and I can't top that."
"I'm really sorry, Daisy. That sucks. I was keeping my fingers crossed that you and I could be neighbors. Did you see any other houses that you liked?"
"There were a few nice places in DC and Alexandria...just not like this one. I loved the layout of this house, the large backyard for Lance, and the commute would be the same to the NFL as it was from the condo. It did need some fixing up, but the important stuff was in good shape." The anthropologist exhaled softly. "Oh well…I'll find something eventually. It's not like Lance and I will be homeless. Hodgins and Angela said we could stay in their guest house as long as we needed to."
"You're going to find your house, Daisy. If you still haven't by the time I get back from my honeymoon, I'm going to help you find your dream house." Jessica saw her friend smile, but had a vibe that something else was wrong. "Dais, what else?"
Daisy sighed, obviously reluctant to explain. "Jessica, this is your day…"
"But you're my best friend besides Aubrey." Jessica took her friend's hand and made her sit down next to her. "Spill. Is it Beau?"
Daisy nodded, avoiding her friend's gaze. "Yeah. He had six dozen roses, lilies, and several other bouquets delivered to the house yesterday morning before I left for therapy, with a message that he was picking me up at 7:00 for dinner at Bistro Cacao."
Jessica let out a low whistle. "Bistro Cacao? Very fancy and expensive. What did you do?"
"Angela helped me gather all the flowers and we took them to Petal Share, a charity here in town that donates the flowers to nursing homes and hospice centers." Daisy sighed. "Then, after my appointment, I sent a text to Beau stating I was turning down his invitation. I got no response, but this morning, right after I got the the phone call about the house, I got a delivery from Ralston's Jewelers...a pearl necklace."
"Wow...he's pulling out all the stops, isn't he?"
"Yes, he is. Susan said to keep doing what I was doing...you know, returning the gifts and all, but if he persists she said I should consider having my lawyer send him a letter threatening to get a restraining order. However, I don't want to do that. Beau is many things, but he's never been violent, except on the football field, and he's such a wonderful father to Lance."
"So what are you going to do?"
Daisy sipped her water. "Angela and I returned the necklace to Ralston's. I sent another message asking him to please stop sending me gifts. His response was that he wasn't giving up easily on our marriage, and there was still one more surprise coming. To make matters worse, he doesn't have an attorney yet and keeps dodging calls from my attorney's office to set up a meeting to prepare a separation agreement."
"I think Virginia is like Maryland, where you have to live apart for a year to be able to file a no-fault divorce. At least it was that way when my dad divorced my mom, although he was able to waive the waiting period. Does your attorney have a plan?"
Daisy gulped. "Yeah. Since Beau is refusing to meet with us, I had to file for a 'fault' divorce under grounds of desertion, because he left me to live down in Smithfield for a month."
Jessica gasped. "Daisy, do you want to do that? That's pretty harsh."
"No, but I don't have a choice." Daisy inhaled sharply. "If I go with no-fault, as you said, we'd have to live apart for one year before I could've even filed. If Beau would meet me halfway, I would have been willing to do just that, but he is determined to fight this. I just don't understand why he wants to stay married. We obviously want different things, and if we'd stayed together, we would eventually make each other miserable."
"I'm so sorry, Daisy. I know you wanted to work things out civilly for Lance's sake."
"I'm sorry, too. I want to stay friends with him and I want him to stay in Lance's life, but his refusal to acknowledge our issues is just making things worse. My lawyer recommended keeping him away from Lance, but I can't do that...at least not yet." The brunette leaned back and felt her phone buzz. Picking it up, she read the message and sighed. "Beau just got served. The process server saw him arrive back at his parents' house but when Beau refused to answer the door, he attached them to the front door and left."
Jessica rubbed her friend's shoulder. "Is there anything I can do?"
"Just be there for me and make sure to tell me if I'm pushing too much of my drama on you." Daisy wiped her face again and tried to smile. "Okay, enough of my drama. Today is your day, Jessica, and we're going to party. I'm going to forget about my stuff for a while and just help you celebrate with lots of alcohol, junk food, and fun."
The women laughed as they heard the doorbell. Daisy walked over to get it and stopped when she saw who was waiting. Taking a deep breath, the anthropologist opened the door. "Hi, Rani."
The woman glared angrily at Daisy. "Why the hell are you here?"
"Jessica invited me." Daisy knew she had to make amends with Rani, but today wasn't going to be the best time. Maintaining politeness, she stepped out of the way and opened the door. "Come on in. You're the first one here."
"Just stay away from me, Daisy. I don't need your drama, and Oliver certainly doesn't, either. Jessica must have been crazy to invite you. Hopefully, she realizes that being your friend is a mistake." The scientist stepped through and put on a smile for the other women. "Hello, everyone."
As a shaken Daisy was about to shut the door, she saw a heavily pregnant Nadia, her daughters, and Gail walk up to the door. "Hi there. Do you need help with anything?"
"We're good.," Gail said, holding up a bowl of her potato salad while the twins carried in gifts and food. "My nieces are our mules, today."
For the next hour, the rest of the guests arrived, including a late arriving Mitzi, holding a box. "Sorry I'm late. There was an emergency on my floor."
"It's just nice you're here, Mitzi." Jessica greeted her friend with a hug. "There's plenty of food and drinks over there. Help yourself."
The ladies ate and then played a couple of games, including 'Who Knows Jessica & Aubrey Best.' There was lively trash talk from the guests as Jessica sat down and enjoyed her wine spritzer while Brennan asked the questions.
"Last question, ladies. What was the first show that Aubrey and Ms. Warren had binged watched together?"
"Oh, I remember this one.," Angela said as she wrote it down.
"So do I. She was getting frustrated with waiting for Aubrey to make a move.," Daisy cracked to everyone's chuckles.
"As do I. After all, she insinuated that I was old for not knowing the slang of the show.," Cam said drolly as she wrote down her answer.
Recalling that day, Jessica grimaced. "Dr. Saroyan, I'm so sorry…"
Cam chuckled. "It's okay, Jessica. Flossing the street sweeper was enough punishment for you."
The votes tallied, the winner turned out to be a tie between Nadia and Daisy, who each got a prize of a gift card, Nadia's for Target and Daisy for Saoirse Finn. The games now done, Brennan started the next event.
"Now, Ms. Warren will open her presents."
Everyone brought their gifts over onto the table in front of the couch, where the guest of honor sat. Taking the first one, she looked at the tag. "This is from Daisy…"
Opening the box, she moved the tissue paper and hooted before holding up a Food Saver vacuum system. "Daisy, this is awesome."
"I know Aubrey usually doesn't leave leftovers, but I love mine. It comes in handy with a two and a half year old boy."
"I would imagine so. Thanks, Daisy." Jessica put the machine and bags back as Brennan noted the gift. "Okay…this is from…Dr. Saroyan and Arastoo."
Pulling the top off the box, she squealed. "Cool...it's the fondue maker Aubrey wanted from Bed, Bath, & Beyond." Lifting the item out to pass around and show everyone, Jessica saw two bags and pulled them out. "Oh, there are white chocolate and dark chocolate squares already in here. Thanks, Dr. Saroyan…this may come in handy on the honeymoon."
"Arastoo and I thought a gift involving food would be appropriate.," Cam remarked as the other guests chuckled in agreement.
"Open mine next…open mine next…please," Angela said while rubbing her breast. "I have to feed my son in a few minutes."
"Okay…" Jessica opened the box and pushed the tissue paper aside. "Oh wow…Angela…"
Brennan nodded in agreement. "Ms. Warren, those are lovely."
Jessica pulled up three articles of lingerie, a black lace eyelash gartered teddy with matching black stockings, a sheer royal blue baby doll nightie, and a see-through purple baby doll with matching panties. "These are so beautiful..."
"I wanted your honeymoon to be a memorable one.," Angela replied with a smile.
"Oh, it will be…," Jessica cracked to everyone's laughter before accepting another gift. "From Andie and Wendell…oh so cool, it's a R2D2 popcorn maker…"
"Look inside R2D2's helmet, Jessica." Andie sipped her spritzer and waited.
"Okay…wow…Andie…" Jessica pulled out a violet gartered corset and matching panties. "This is like the set that you bought for Valentine's Day."
The oncology nurse smirked. "Yes, it is, and if Aubrey appreciates it like Wendell did, you'll have an amazing honeymoon."
"Here's my gift, Cher." Caroline handed Jessica a gift bag.
"Thank you. Let's see what we have." Jessica moved the tissue paper and her mouth dropped. "Ms. Julian…wow…"
"Don't keep us in suspense, Jessica.," Genny chuckled.
The bride pulled out a package of body paints, a jar of Kama Sutra bath salts, a set of warming massage oils in chocolate cherry, vanilla, and passion fruit, and a Kama Sutra Intimate Getaway Kit. Opening the kit, she pulled out a miniature bottle of warming oil, lubricant, bath salts, body powder, and a feather tickler.
"Caroline...you naughty girl…," Angela joked.
"She's taking my boy on a honeymoon. They might as well have fun on it.," the prosecutor sassed back.
Jessica accepted a card from Brennan. "So, this was dropped off for Aubrey at work yesterday. I don't recognize the handwriting…"
Daisy studied it carefully. "That looks like Beau's handwriting. He got you a gift? That was nice of him to do that."
"It is..." Jessica opened the envelope and card. 'To an amazing couple who I'm proud to call friends. I will continue to do so with my wife and son by my side…'" There was a moment of awkward silence before she continued. "'Enjoy with my best wishes...Beau and family.'"
Jessica picked up the card. "Wow...a $500.00 gift card to Pixler's Pig Out Palace. Aubrey will enjoy this immensely, especially with their new Santa Maria style barbecue promotion."
After opening several more gifts ranging from a new set of bathroom towels to appliances and various household items, Brennan handed Jessica one more. "There will be another gift from Booth and myself, but this is from me."
"You didn't have to get me anything, Dr. B…" Jessica opened the gift and her mouth dropped as she pulled out the green silk and black lace baby doll. "Dr. B…I can't believe you bought this. It was so expensive at Coup de Foudre…"
"I know...it was $297.00…" A few whistles went out before the forensic anthropologist continued, "...but I saw how you looked at it before putting it back. I've heard Aubrey mention that green is his favorite color for you, and every bride should be beautiful on her honeymoon."
Jessica held the lingerie up to herself to show everyone before hugging her matron of honor. "Dr. B, it's so beautiful. Thank you so much."
"You're welcome."
Jessica gingerly put the lingerie back in the box. "Everyone, thank you for the wonderful gifts. Once Aubrey sees these, especially the lingerie, he's going to thank you, too."
Everyone laughed as Brennan looked at her watch and turned to the guests. "That concludes the gift portion of today's celebration. We have another hour left for conversation and fun before the bridal shower concludes for the day."
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By 4:00, the last of the bridal shower guests had begun trickling out. Daisy was picking up plates when she saw Rani give her the stink eye before leaving. She stared at the woman until she was interrupted by Jessica.
"Daisy, she's probably still a little upset about what happened with you two at Founding Fathers and also worried about Oliver, so don't worry about it, alright?"
"I'm sorry if me being here upset her, Jessica. I want to apologize for slapping her and being a bitchy stalker drama queen, but she blocked me on Facebook and I didn't think today was appropriate for that sort of thing."
After cleaning up the living room, Jessica, Daisy, and the other bachelorette party attendees set out their air mattresses and sleeping paraphenalia except Nadia and Genny, who were sharing the downstairs bedroom, and Angela who was sharing the den with Jeffrey. Soon after that chore was complete, Brennan brought out a box and set it on the dining room table before rounding up the troops.
"Angela, Nadia, and Genny have volunteered to be designated drivers for our dinner at Founding Fathers. So, please pick your preferred transport and we will be leaving in ten minutes to make our 5:30 reservations. However, before we do, please open the wrapped package in your bridal shower gift bags."
The bachelorette party guests did that and each pulled out t-shirts emblazoned with 'Team Bride Jessica' in blue cursive letters.
"Dr. B, these are so cool!," Daisy exclaimed.
Brennan removed her sweater to reveal a t-shirt with Maid of Honor Future Ms. Aubrey. "Notice the use of Ms. instead of Mrs., Miss Warren, while acknowledging your future marital status."
Jessica smiled, touched that her mentor had gone so far to make her day special. "I like it, Dr. B, but it seems I'm the only one without a shirt…."
"Oh no, you're not." Andie grabbed a bag hidden behind the umbrella stand. Digging in, she pulled out a t shirt with 'Future Ms. Aubrey: Jessica W. in green letters along with a BRIDE sparkly headband. "Jessica, here you go…"
The redhead backed away. "No….come on…we're going to be out in public...",
"Sorry, Jessica, but we must announce your presence to the world." Angela chuckled as Jessica removed her sweater and put on her new shirt. Next, on threat from Andie and Daisy putting it on for her, the intern put her headband on.
Nadia and a few others held up their phones to take a picture. "Say Cheese, Jessica…"
"Nadia!" Doing as requested, she relaxed. "What are you doing?"
"Sending this to Aaron to show Aubrey." Nadia chuckled before fitting her 'Sister of Future Ms. Aubrey' over her pregnant belly. "I am ready."
When all the guests put on their uniforms, Brennan opened the door. "To dinner."
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At 8:15, everyone returned to 1297 Janus Street. Seeing all the women, Skinner ran upstairs to the quiet comfort of his owners' bedroom.
"Looks like your cat will be hiding all night.," Andie said.
"Yeah, he gets spooked around a lot of people." Jessica took off her coat and directed everyone else to hang them up in her office by the kitchen. When everyone was back, Brennan brought the group together in the living room.
"Now we get to the party portion of our celebration of Ms. Warren and Aubrey's upcoming marriage. Everyone, in that box on the dining room table, there are tote bags with your name on them with party favors and other surprises for you. You can now help yourselves."
The party attendees each found their individual bag and opened them. Brennan saw everyone, including the bride, was enjoying their gifts and she was happy with the positive response.
"Bren, these are so cool!," Angela squealed, holding up her fanny pack with BRIDE SQUAD on it as she cradled Jeffrey.
"Love the sunglasses, Dr. B.," Andie exclaimed as she put hers on.
Cam unzipped a small pouch to reveal a pair of foldable flip flops. "Oh, these are adorable."
"Yes, those sandals are not good for your feet, but Booth thought they would be fun." Brennan smiled. "How are the other party favors?"
"Dr. B, I love my socks!," Jessica squealed as she held up her socks with BRIDE sewn into the bottom of the garment.
"Mine has…'Bride Squad' on them.," Daisy said.
"Cool!" Genny pulled a wine tumbler out of her bag. "Dr. Brennan, when I'm no longer pregnant, I plan on enjoying a lovely glass of Chardonnay in this tumbler. For tonight, though, I'll enjoy more of that amazing Blueberry Sage spritzer in it."
"Dr. Brennan, where did you get these made?," Mitzi asked as she admired her items.
"Nadia suggested someone local who could make them for me as a rush order. I felt they would be useful." Brennan laughed happily. "If you look inside your bag, there is also a recipe for Dr. Wells' liquid veisalgia elixir, also known as "Hate". I've also prepared a batch of it and it's in the refrigerator for our use tomorrow, as well as a couple other favors."
"Cool!," Jessica squealed as she pulled a bag of pasta and a small tube out of her bag. "We also got bachelorette party chapstick and dick pasta from Venice! Dr. B, you're awesome!"
Happy that her efforts were successful, Brennan rubbed Jessica's shoulder. "I'm glad you like them, Ms. Warren. Now, for our evening, we have movies to view that will go along with our theme of female friendship and bonding. We also have a 'Truth or Dare' game we'll play later with cards that were previously handed out to our guests, myself, and Ms. Warren, completed, and given to me yesterday. I've shuffled them and put random cards in each guest's gift bag."
Brennan pointed to the bottles of wine and beer on ice in a tub on the center island. "We have copious amounts of alcohol and several DVDs as well as snacks. Ms. Warren, choose our first movie. After we put on our pajamas and watch the first film, we'll play our game."
"Sounds like fun…" Jessica walked over and examined her choices. "Steel Magnolias...Thelma and Louise...Ghost...Dirty Dancing…"
She picked up the DVD. "I've never seen Dirty Dancing."
"You've never seen Dirty Dancing?," Genny exclaimed. "Oh, we are so watching that now. You need to experience the beauty that was Patrick Swayze."
Taking control, Brennan walked up to everyone. "Pajamas on, ladies...and we must be vigilant. Slumber parties are notorious for boys crashing and attempting...sordid undergarment raids…Booth has hinted at a possible invasion of our evening."
"If Hodgins tries that, he's getting my old pregnancy granny panties.," Angela chimed back to everyone's laughter.
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Halfway through the movie, all the women sighed as they watched Baby and Johnny dance to Solomon Burke's Cry To Me. Jessica watched in fascination. "That is so…hot..."
"I know, Jessica…," Angela said as she breastfed her son. "Brennan, has the Big Guy done hot stuff like that for you?"
"He has...not, but he is very romantic in many other ways." Brennan sipped her Merlot from her Matron of Honor tumbler. "Frankly, we should be asking Ms. Warren these pointed questions."
"You're right...we should. After the movie when we play 'Truth or Dare'.," Angela smirked.
"Angela, we play according to the game rules. However, I'm sure we will all learn a great deal about the men in our lives tonight. Like in Las Vegas, everything that is done there will remain here."
"I'll ask now.," Genny said with a smirk. "Jessica, does the Boss do fun, romantic stuff like this?"
Jessica thought about all the fun and kinky things she and Aubrey did with sex, including clever uses of food and cosplay. She also thought about all the romantic stuff he had done as they made love. "He's never initiated lovemaking with a dance, but Aubrey is very creative in many ways."
"We need deets, Jessica!," Daisy chimed in before drinking more wine.
"Aubrey is private, but...I can honestly say I've never faked an orgasm with him...and I'm never bored with our sex life."
"Never been bored with Hodgins either. We had a slow start after he was first paralyzed, but...we've become very creative as well. It's how we got this little guy here."
The ladies laughed until Andie shushed them before stuffing Fritos in her mouth. "Hey, they're doing it! Shush!"
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At 10:00, the ladies were all sitting in a circle in the living room as Caroline rolled Hodgins' 20 sided Dungeons and Dragons dice she'd borrowed for the evening. "Ten...that's you, Agent Shaw."
"Shit…" Genny looked at her card and made a decision. "Dare…" Scratching off her card, she groaned. "No way! Damn it, I'm three months pregnant!"
"Come on Genny...what's your dare?," Jessica chuckled before sucking down another Jello shot.
"It says…'Twerk with the bride…,'" Genny groaned. "Whose is this?"
"Mine." A buzzed Andie raised her hand before sucking down her wine out of her party tumbler. "Go on, woman."
"I'm pregnant!"
"Yeah...so's Nadia. Angela just had that beautiful boy last weekend and she did a sexy dance for us. Let's go!," Cam slurred before loudly belching.
"Damn, Cam...you could do a symphony today!," Angela chuckled. "I never thought being sober at a bachelorette party would be so much fun."
"I have the best song." Mitzi grabbed her phone and pressed play. 'Booty' by Jennifer Lopez began to play. Seeing the snickers, the nurse shrugged. "Stevie Bear likes it when I twerk to this song."
Everyone in the room started to laugh. "Oh, I'm so getting Bower for that!," Genny chuckled before standing behind Jessica and beginning the dance to everyone's cheers as Brennan recorded on her phone. When the chorus came, everyone chanted along, including Caroline.
'Big big booty...you've got a big, big, booty!'
"Work it, Genny!," Angela cheered.
When the song was over, everyone lay on the floor and laughed before Genny rolled the dice. "Seven...Dr. B...you're up."
Looking at her card, a drunk Brennan saw her 'Truth' option was already scratched. "Time for a dare...oh my, this should be rather...interesting for my former neighbors…"
"What did you get, Bren?," Angela asked as she heard a snicker from Daisy. "Daisy, what did you put on this for a dare?"
"You'll see...sorry, Dr. B."
"It's quite...all...right, Daisy." Brennan stood up, pulled off her pajama pants, leaving her in only her bachelorette party shirt. Putting on her boots from earlier this evening, Brennan walked to the front door. "A dare is a dare…"
"Dr. B what are you doing?," Jessica asked in her buzzed haze.
"Says that I need to run outside around the house with no pants on..." Brennan chuckled. "I'm inebriated enough that I am willing to do that. Here we go…" Brennan opened the door and ran outside, followed by several shocked party goers.
"OMG...I didn't think Dr. B would get my card when I wrote that!," Daisy squealed as they watched the forensic anthropologist running around the large dwelling through the windows. Seeing her come around, they held the door open as Brennan ran back inside.
"It is cold out there!," Brennan chuckled as she ran back inside and quickly put her pajama pants back on. "That was fun! I need another Jello shot and a glass of wine."
The next twenty minutes the women continued to play and then Cam rolled a 4. "That's you, Jessica. You've done the Dare already. Now it's time for Truth."
Jessica used her quarter and scratched off her Truth square, which revealed 'TELL EVERYONE WHEN & WHERE WAS THE MOST PUBLIC PLACE YOU HAD SEX WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER/HUSBAND/GROOM.'
"Shit…" Jessica read out loud her question and saw her attendees looking at her with anticipation. "Well…"
"Come on, Bride...I know that you and Aubrey are quite active.," Angela commented, sipping her spritzer.
"With the way he eats, no way the Boss works all that food off with just exercising at home.," Genny chuckled.
"Your brother and I have found that making love has helped me maintain healthy weight for my pregnancy.," Nadia chimed in to everyone's chuckles.
"Nadia! I don't need to know that about my brother!" Jessica covered her face. "No...no pictures...yuck."
"Quit stalling, Jessica.," Cam said. "You were part of the Q & A about me and Arastoo at my bachelorette party...and I'm your boss."
Andie pointed at her friend. "Jessica, you've never shied away from bragging about Aubrey always giving you orgasms and how...imaginative he is. Don't start now."
Jessica winced. "Andie, I don't mind bragging about that, but Aubrey's really private about the things we do."
"As is Booth, Ms. Warren. I do believe in his manta of 'What's ours is ours', but I'm also proud to discuss my husband's...talent when it comes to lovemaking...as part of 'girl talk'."
Desperate, Jessica turned to Genny. "You work with Aubrey…you really want to hear this?"
The agent chuckled. "Yes, I do. I've seen the boss come to work with a smile that tops the ones he has when he snags one of the morning's long john donuts."
"Jessica, when Aubrey stops at the lab when you're working, I've seen him look at you like he wants to drag you into the nearest supply closet.," Angela giggled, pausing when she saw the redhead's cheeks flush. "Oh my God...you two did it at the lab, didn't you?"
"Whew...you go girl!," Andie cheered.
"You people know that there are security cameras, right?," Cam scolded.
"Yeah, but it's still a fun place to do it in. Who hasn't done it at the lab?" She looked around and saw a buzzed Andie smile. "See Cam, even Wendell and Andie have done it there."
Cam sighed before drinking her wine. "Why do I bother?"
"Because you'll do it with Arastoo there someday if you two haven't yet. I recommend the Cleopatra bed in the storage room." Angela smiled back at the bride. "I bet they did it there during the Halloween Gala last October. Remember, Cam? We saw her drag him out of the dining hall like a woman on a mission after Aubrey made that bully Gerald pee himself before tripping over Karen's costume tail."
"Angela...please…" Cam nodded her head towards Mitzi, who chuckled.
"It's fine, Dr. Saroyan. My Stevie Bear and I can put anything he did with her to shame."
"It would explain your and Aubrey's disheveled appearance when you two returned to the table after being gone for a while." Brennan smirked, causing everyone to burst out laughing, including the blushing bride-to-be.
"Details, Jessica! Details!," Daisy chanted before everyone else joined in.
Knowing she lost, Jessica shook her head and confessed. "Fine...yes, we did it at the Gala...and later on that night when we got home...twice." Smiling, she finished her thought. "Superman earned every scratch I gave him on his back that night."
The attendees cheered until Genny got a mischievous smile. "Where at the Gala?,"
"No, not telling that part. That's between Aubrey and me." Jessica read her phone message and her eyes grew large again. Quickly hiding the screen from everyone else, she got up. "I have to pee."
"Someone got something mushy from Aubrey." Andie chuckled. "Wendell is sending me drunk messages so Aubrey is probably sloshed, too."
"Or it's a dick pic. Show us the message, Jessica." Angela led a few of the guests towards the redhead, who quickly ran away.
"No…no way…." Running into the bathroom, Jessica locked it and laughed.
"You're no fun, Jessica!," Angela yelled through the door.
Chuckling, Jessica leaned up to it. "I know, but I love you, Angela…"
"Yeah, yeah, we love you, too. Hurry up and look at Aubrey's sex message so we can finish the game and watch another movie."
"Okay." Jessica opened up the message and laughed at the pictures of Aubrey's erection. "Oh Superman, you're so drunk...but you're so cute at the same time. I must reciprocate in the name of drunken love."
Using the mirror as a guide, a buzzed Jessica lifted up her shirt and pulled her pants down around her legs. Aiming her camera, she snickered as she took a picture of her naked butt before taking a second one of her breasts. Hitting send, she locked her phone before opening the door to her guests.
"Alright, ladies...I'm ready for more bachelorette party debauchery."
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Two hours later, the women watched 'Ghost' and were transfixed by Patrick Swayze once again. Brennan watched the love scene of the actor and Demi Moore closely and in her drunken stupor and couldn't hold back. "Mr. Swayze has quite the impressive acromion and physique..."
"OMG...so hot…" Angela fanned herself.
Jessica watched in fascination. No one was hotter at foreplay than her FBI agent, but these two made pottery absolutely sizzle and she would never hear Unchained Melody the same ever again. Grabbing her phone, she searched Amazon Prime. "I need this song…"
"Only that man can make messy clay sexy...oohh!," Caroline exclaimed before drinking her wine. Hearing the chuckles, she turned to the group. "Am I wrong?"
"No, Ms. Julian...you are totally correct.," Mitzi said as she contemplated what she could do with Steve tomorrow night.
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At 2:30 in the morning, the ladies were over halfway through The Wedding Singer as they passed around gummy penises, brownies, and vegetarian nachos. They were also playing a drinking game that got everyone liquored up quite efficiently. Suddenly, one of the characters mentioned the magic word of the game...wedding.
"Okay, everyone...take a shot.," Daisy yelled.
As Genny, Nadia, and Angela shot back some of the leftover non-alcoholic spritzer, Andie passed around the Jose Cuervo. As the bottle made the rounds, everyone did a shot, including the bride, who was lying on her air mattress and giggling. "Dr. B, this is the best...sl...slumber party...ever!"
"I'm...glad...Jessica...whew...I feel a little..tipsy…"
"You're wasted, Dr. B, just like at your bar party before the motorcycle skank tried to fight you.," Daisy slurred,holding out her shot glass. "More, bartender. I have...a divorce...to celebrate...and my best...friend's...wedding..."
"To divorce and weddings…may Daisy...have a suck...success...shit...happy divorce and...my other best friend have a happy wedding." A wobby Andie held up her wine tumbler and sipped before laughing. "They said 'wedding'...another shot!"
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After another game of Truth or Dare, a pillow fight, and swapping men stories, the living room was strewn with empty brownie tins, empty wine bottles, feathers, and empty plastic bags that held gummy penis candies. Most of the attendees were already asleep and Jessica, Dr. Brennan, along with Angela and Andie were ready to join them.
"Will Ms. Julian...be mad about her bra in the morning?," Jessica slurred.
"Hey, she fell asleep first." Angela got up. "Okay, ladies, it's almost 4:00. Cam has finally passed out, so perhaps you all should get some sleep, too, especially with as much alcohol as you've had. It's about time for me to feed Jeffrey and then I'm going to crash for a few hours. Night..."
"Good idea. Good night, Angela.," Brennan sang as her friend walked into the den.
"Night ladies...tired...sleepy…," Andie muttered before falling asleep.
"Good night, Ms. Roberts." Brennan turned to her intern, who was lying on her side with a smile on her face. "Ms. Warren...you seem very happy. However, I sense it's more from the copious amounts of alcohol we've all consumed this evening."
Jessica smiled. "Aubrey sent me a good night message earlier...said he missed me. I love him so much, Dr. B. I never thought I would be in a serious relationship...not to mention getting married. It's a little scary, but...I'm also really excited for Friday."
"I'm glad. I think you and Aubrey will be very happy together and I hope he's enjoyed his bachelor party as much as you've enjoyed your gathering this evening...or this morning I should say."
Jessica, now very sleepy, had her head on the pillow. "Dr. B...hopefully we find your stuff outside in the morning. That last round of Truth or Dare got pretty rowdy, didn't it?"
Brennan pulled the blanket over her. "It did, but my undergarments will be fine."
Jessica was almost asleep. "Dr B…this has been the best slumber party ever."
"Thank you, Ms. Warren…," Brennan muttered as she fell asleep.
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At 7:00, Nadia and Genny emerged from the bedroom and took in the chaos of the open area. "Genny...I think I would enjoy sleeping in."
"Yeah, once we have the babies, it'll be a luxury. How often do we get to do that now?"
"Never…looks like no one is dead…" Nadia looked around as she heard a snort. "Ah, Jessie is sleeping peacefully. Going back to bed."
Genny yawned as she followed. "Right behind you."
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At 11:30, it was drizzling rain outside as Booth and Aubrey arrived back at the Mighty Hut. "You don't think they'll be mad we arrived back early, do you Booth?"
"It's thirty minutes, Aubrey. I'm sure they won't care. Bones is an early riser anyway. I'm sure the ladies are up, drinking coffee, and telling stories about us."
"If you're sure."
"Of course I am, Aubrey. Now, let's go inside. It's going to start pouring rain soon."
Aubrey unlocked the front door and both were surprised at the darkness of the room. Not getting the expected yelling from the ladies, they walked in through the front door. They didn't get far before they stopped in their tracks and surveyed the scene.
"Wow...looks like the girls had fun." Booth picked up a feather. "I think they had a pillow fight."
Walking by Cam as she farted loudly in her sleep, the two men chuckled quietly. "Some things never change…," Booth muttered with a smile before Caroline did the same thing. "Damn..."
Aubrey picked up four empty wine bottles and an empty Jose Cuervo bottle before stepping around Daisy, Mitzi, and Andie on the floor to find his fiancee. "Jess…"
Jessica's response was to snort loudly before turning over. Chuckling quietly, Booth couldn't stop himself. "Who needs an alarm when you have that to wake you up in the morning."
"Shut up, Booth." Aubrey heard his friend snicker as he gently shook his fiancee once again. "Jess...wake up…"
"Leave me alone, Aubrey...not in the mood…," Jessica mumbled.
"Does she say that often?," Booth whispered while making his way to his wife, snickering as Aubrey merely responded with his right middle finger. "Hey, you can count to one."
"Fuck you, Booth." He shook her one more time. "Jess, it's me, Aubrey. I'm home…it's time to wake up."
"Wanna sleep…," Jessica mumbled before pulling the covers over her head as Booth walked over and pulled the curtains open, only to be greeted with several moans.
"Who turned on the light? Turn them off, damn it!," Andie barked before putting a pillow over her head.
Booth walked around the room, stepping around all the ladies. "Come on, ladies...time to wake up. It's noon…come on, Bones…"
"I have not had enough REM sleep, Booth, and my head hurts. Go away...and take the noise with you.," Brennan replied.
"Up...come on...wakey wakey, eggs and bakey...come on…" Booth moved the covers only to drop them back. "Bones!" He harshly whispered in his wife's ear. "Where the hell are your pants? Where is your underwear?"
"The second time I ran outside, they got in the way, so I took them off in the backyard...but I had my shirt on, Booth."
"You ran outside...in front of our old neighbors naked?" Booth grew more mortified as he realized something. "Wait...the second time you ran outside? Why the...what were you thinking?"
"I had to do the dare since I had already did Truth. I had my underwear on for the first time so I wasn't naked. Ms. Warren and Ms. Roberts also ran outside after we...why did you two do that again?"
"Dr. Saroyan's Dare card said that Jessica and I had to go outside topless.," Andie muttered from under her pillow.
"You were running around outside naked?" Aubrey groaned. "Did anyone see you?"
"Jessica and I had pants on, Aubrey and it was 3:00 in the morning. Only Mitzi ran outside naked after several shots."
"Stevie Bear double dog dared me in a text message.," Mitzi grumbled. "You don't turn down a double dog dare from your husband…"
"Then Dr. Saroyan started that farting contest with Ms. Julian.," Andie mumbled in the pillow.
"Need Dr. Wells' hate juice…" Cam lifted her head, her hair standing in all directions. "...now."
"Dare card? Farting contest? Never mind, I don't want to know…" Shaking his head, Booth turned to wake up Caroline, only to be greeted with her eyes boring up at him.
"Seeley Booth, if you and your scrawny partner know what's good for you, you'll shut that curtain and make us some coffee post haste." Booth and Aubrey looked at each other until they were startled by a powerful voice. "Chop chop, boys! I need my coffee!"
For the next hour, Booth and Aubrey passed out hate juice to the hungover attendees. As Booth also made coffee for everyone, Angela, Genny, and Nadia emerged from their rooms alert and smiling.
"That was the best night's sleep I've had in months." Angela nuzzled her baby. "I may have to party like that more often."
"Yeah, it was." Genny yawned as she sat up at the counter. "Coffee, please. I get one cup a day or Hunter has to deal with me."
Nadia sat down next to Gail, whose head was on the counter on her arms, her blonde hair sticking up. "I feel like shit…Jessie...no more bachelorette parties."
"Okay…" Jessica laid her head down on the center island as well.
Aubrey put a tall glass of hate juice in front of Jessica. "Come on, Honey, drink up."
"No….it's yucky….leave me alone..."
"Yeah it's yucky, but you're also hungover, Jessica and I won't leave you alone until you finish all of this." Aubrey pushed it closer and watched his fiancee drink it down. "Good girl..."
"Bite me, Aubrey."
"I love you, too, Jessica." Aubrey took the glass as Jessica put her head back on the table.
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Two hours later, the party attendees had left and Jessica had almost recovered. "Thanks for cleaning up, Superman. Sorry I was snarky earlier."
Wiping down the counter, he tossed the towel in the trash. "It's okay and you're welcome, Jess. Looks like you ladies had a good night."
"We did." The redhead smiled happily. "I'm sorry you found Ms. Julian's bra frozen in the freezer. I think Daisy did that...things get a little fuzzy after midnight. Did Dr. B find her pants and underwear outside?"
Aubrey nodded. "Booth did, by the back door."
Jessica grimaced. "Are you mad that I ran outside topless?"
Aubrey shook his head. "Mortified, yes, but no, I'm not mad. You were drunk and playing a game. Are you mad about strippers showing up at my bachelor party?"
"No. It's not your fault Beau hired them behind your back." Jessica combed her hair back and rubbed her face. "Thanks for the dick pic by the way. It was quite impressive. How drunk were you when you took it?"
Aubrey groaned as he remembered what he did several hours earlier. "About...eight shots in. How drunk were you when you sent me your butt and boob shots?"
"A few shots in." Jessica anticipated Aubrey's next question. "No, nobody saw the picture but me. Although it didn't keep Angela from trying. Did you show anyone the pictures I sent you?"
"No, of course not! That's just for us, Jessica. I would never do that." Aubrey kissed his fiancee. "Hmmmm, an interesting bouquet of hate juice...wine, nachos, popcorn...Jose Cuervo…"
Jessica grimaced. "Sorry...I haven't brushed my teeth yet. We also had Stoli and cherry jello shots." Jessica took his hand. "I'm sorry Beau left your party early. It must have been awkward for him being around everyone, especially Oliver."
"Yeah, it was, but it didn't hurt me too much. The strippers were bad enough, but then he said my bachelor party was lame even though everyone was having fun. I think Beau will come around, Jess. Daisy's decision to get a divorce is a sound one. They want different things and they can't just stay together for Lance, no matter how many gifts he buys Daisy. It's not fair to either one of them."
"I hope so. Daisy said it was still okay to invite Beau to the wedding. She said she would just avoid him all night." The intern sighed softly. "The tasting room up in Washington is quite large, but she's going to be miserable."
"Well, they'll figure it out, Jess. We're going to have more important things to worry about Friday night than our guests."
Giving him an impish smile, Jessica chuckled. "Oh really...like what?"
Aubrey began snooping around the gifts and spotted blue lace. Pulling out the blue babydoll nightie and panties Jessica got from Angela, he lifted it out with a smile and held it against himself. "Like wearing this for me?"
"Aubrey, get out of there!" Jessica took her lingerie and shoved it back into the bag. "These are supposed to be a surprise for the honeymoon!"
"Fine…" Aubrey admired the fondue maker from Cam and Arastoo. "This is so cool! We can have chocolate fondue...while naked in front of the fireplace...or just naked, and I can lick some off your very beautiful body…"
"That's a very interesting idea." Jessica smiled as her fiance continued to check out all the gifts.
Aubrey found Caroline's gift and pulled the items out. "Oooh, naughty stuff. We're so taking this stuff with us on our honeymoon. Who got you all this?"
"Ms. Julian. She wanted us to have a fun honeymoon." Jessica chuckled at Aubrey's red face before taking his hand and sitting down with him on the couch. "Aubrey, the next few days are going to be nuts."
"I'm working long days Monday through Wednesday since we're taking Thursday and Friday off to go up north for our wedding."
"We also have to make sure everything is finalized. I have my final fitting tomorrow and Daisy is coming over to help make up reception gift bags for the guests. What about your suit?"
"Booth got the call from Saul on the way here. I can head down there tomorrow or Tuesday during my lunch hour. I think you're going to like my suit, Jess. I'm going to look quite handsome in it."
Jessica leaned back against her fiance. "I can't wait...you're going to love me in my dress, too."
"Jessica Warren, you'd be gorgeous in a gunny sack. I'd marry you anyway I could."
The redhead sighed. "I'm glad we're not going to the courthouse, Aubrey. I like having a small wedding with our family and friends. Informal and fun. I'm just afraid something is going to go wrong between now and Friday."
"Jessica...nothing is going to go wrong. Everything is on schedule. All the rooms are reserved at the inn. Jack told me yesterday that the tent arrived before they came down for my bachelor party. A couple of their workers are going to help make pizza and other stuff for our reception. Hodgins is stoked to play bartender for a while there."
"Jack said he and Curly have discussed creating a wine together one of these days. I could see it, too. They're two of a kind."
"Trust me...our wedding is going to be fine. Now, let's enjoy these last few moments of peace and quiet before chaos reigns the next few days."
Skinner jumped up on Jessica's lap and laid down. "Yes, let's do that."