"I don't see why I couldn't pick my own name." Brennan huffed. They were sitting in the car they had been given and Booth was looking at the map Cullen had provided. They were told that they were staying close to Washington but they had been driving for three hours now.
"God Bones get over it!"
"I didn't even want to leave in the first place, the least I could have gotten was the opportunity to pick my own name…"
"Bones it doesn't matter. I don't like mine either." She looked at him.
"Yeah you don't look like a David really."
"I can see you as an Emily though." He laughed. "What did you say your second name is again?"
"Boreanaz." She sighed. "I don't think I'm even pronouncing it correctly!"
"Emily Boreanaz. It's not too bad. You could have gotten worse."
"Like David Deschanel?" she grinned.
"Yeah like David Deschanel." They both laughed.
Two hours later Brennan woke up, she had fallen asleep. Against the car door.
"Are we there yet?" she yawned.
"Yeah I think so yeah." He still had the map on his lap. "Yes here we are! Welcome to Rosedale Bones."
"I've never heard of it." She said looking out the window.
"I think that's the point. Its way out of the way so there's less chance of you being recognised."
"Right." She looked back out at all the houses. They were all the same. Big and white, with large gardens. "Which one are we going to?"
"Number twelve." He said reading something from the file.
"There!" she pointed it out. The large Victorian house took his breath away. It was surrounded by a massive garden. He turned off the car and stepped out.
"Wow."
"Yes it is quite gorgeous isn't it?"
"Look at this garden. Parker would have loved it." He sighed. Then he felt a hand on his arm.
"I'm sorry Booth."
"I know." He fished in the file and pulled out a key. "You do the honours?"
"Ok." She opened the door and stepped in. he followed her. He saw the gorgeous front hall. It was so open and well lit.
"Booth this place is gorgeous!" She said after they had taken a quick look around.
"Yes it is." The truth was that he was hiding just how excited he was about it. The house had three bedrooms all with en-suite, an office and a large store room upstairs. Two living rooms one large and one small, a huge kitchen come dining room and a sunroom. It was gorgeous. It was exactly the type of home he had imagined settling down in sometime in the future. And technically now he had it. He had it with Brennan. And to him that felt right somehow.
"Well Bones what's the verdict?"
"If it weren't under these circumstances I can see myself really liking this house." She smiled. They went through the hall to the larger of the two living rooms.
"I can't believe we have a piano and the whole lot." Booth said sitting at the instrument.
"You play?" she asked, sitting on of the white leather couch.
"A bit." He began playing a tune she didn't know. She couldn't believe how good he was. She would have never guessed that he played. After a minute he finished.
"Booth I had no idea."
"What else did you think the keyboard in my living room was for?" he smiled
"What was that called? I don't think I know it."
"You wouldn't know it. I wrote it. It's called Joy." He blushed slightly but he didn't notice.
"I like it." She smiled. "Play something else." She said. He laughed and turned back to the piano. She couldn't believe just how good he was. As she listened to him she realised that there was probably a lot she didn't know about him, things that she may come to know now that she was 'living' with him.