I have gotten several comments saying that this story is really ooc. Though it is different from the show, I feel as if I have stayed within character as much as I can regarding the storyline. I have watched the three seasons multiple times and have noticed that whenever a case affects Booth he is often seen with tears in his eyes before switching scenes. For me, having him show the emotion just seems like something he would do. Everyone has a breaking point, and even for those who hide it most of the time, like Booth, have things in their past that could push them over the edge. I also think that because of their closeness Bones would be the one person whom he would open up to. So ya…I know I am rambling but just wanted to clarify where I was coming from with the characters. By the amount of people reading my story I assume people are enjoying it…comment please!!
I spent the night at his house again that night, got up with him and went to the FBI field office to get his boxes of paperwork before we went to the Jeffersonian. I left him in my office while I went up the balcony to use the phone.
I had spent the night thinking about his proposal to live together. I fell in love with the idea and that scared me. Since Pete I had not lived with anyone and that did not turn out well so I was worried what would happen if Booth and I did in fact move in together. It would be a huge step to go from Partners to more than that. In a way I think we were already more than that, it is just that moving together would make it official.
Angela said we were practically a couple; we had keys to each others homes, we kept clothes and a toothbrush at each others homes, we were each others emergency contacts…to her that made us a couple. Sweets said that our partnership was a replacement for a romantic relationship, meals together, finishing each others sentences, having each others backs…to him that made us a couple. When Jack and Angela got engaged even my dad came back because he thought it was Booth and I going to get married. Were we just now realizing that we were in fact more than partners or was it just the extra emotion this week?
Either way I decided it was time for me to buy a house and a small piece of property as a surprise to him. He had after all said we should get a house in the country along the river so we could go visit Andy. I would be working there quite a bit with the bridge project anyway. Having a home out there would be more practical than traveling back and forth everyday.
Was I really ready to turn my world upside down and have a typical relationship? Booth is a family man. He believes in marriage and monogamy, he is a father and wants to have more kids. Being in an official relationship would be a stretch more me. Though the more I thought about it, and after the week we spent together the idea sounds more and more appealing.
"I want to buy a house... Yes… Near the river… No I want a larger home, at least three bedrooms and an office… No it is not just for me… We will come down tomorrow to look at it but it sounds perfect." I said after getting off the phone with the real estate agent. She found a four bedroom, two story ranch home right on the river.
When I went back to my office Booth was twirling his pen in his fingers and once again avoiding his paperwork. "You need to clear your schedule tomorrow. I need your advice." I told him sitting down at my desk.
"Advice on what?" He asked me as he stopped twirling his pen and putting it down on top of his stack.
"I will tell you when you get that box finished."
"Bones…" He whined adding at least three extra o's to my name.
"Just do it." I said as I started working on my next chapter.
Okay so I know this is a short short chapter, but I have been busy and wanted to give somewhat of an update...will have more tomorrow!