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Booth did not leave the lab and return to his office back at the FBI Building. Instead, he doubled back to Bones' office. He managed to read another 5 chapters before he knew he had better leave. It was lucky for him that he was a speed reader and he figured if he could sneak into Bones' office a few more times he could finish reading the manuscript.
Things had really been heating up in the book. McCully and Tyler had gone out to dinner after their long hours spent out in the field and in the lab. They didn't go anywhere up scale, just a small Italian restaurant on the other side of town. They drank wine and talked for a few hours. Tyler was dropping McCully off at her house when she invited him up for another drink. He agreed and after several bottles of wine they wound up in bed together.
Surprised was not the word Booth would have chosen to describe what he was feeling after he had read the steamy bedroom scene. He was so shocked that he accidentally read the section over again without even realizing it. Bones' characters in the story usually just had relationships with old friends or the occasional man she met while working a case, but never her partner, especially with a man portrayed as Booth.
Did this mean something? Was Bones in love with him? Did she want to have sex with him? Booth was so confused. He set the manuscript back onto the desk and stood to leave.
He had to make tonight extra special. Maybe if he got Bones all liquored up she would talk to him; really talk to him. What would he do if Bones really did care about him? Would he kiss her or just take it slow. He hadn't really thought of being with Bones before. Sure, he had feelings for her; feelings he kept bottled up inside. But sometimes, when he was with a woman, he secretly wished she were Bones. Bones was his partner, his best friend, one of his only friends.
He and Cam had broken up a while back. They had been having problems ever since he helped rescue Bones and Hodgins. Cam had seen the way he and Bones had clung to each other, the way they let their professional relations slip out the window and simply held each other for the longest time. Although things between them had begun to heat up when they were in Las Vegas on that case. They had easily fell into the role of boyfriend/girlfriend and even played the parts well. Booth had loved the way he was free to touch her and be with her all hours of the day. He loved sleeping beside of her at night and seeing her when she first woke up in the morning.
He had spent all of his time protecting her and making sure no harm came to her. He had threatened the leader of a Mexican gang when he put a hit out on her. He had come to rescue her when his FBI buddy had tried to kill her. He remembered how much pain he had been in but how good it felt to have her safe in his arms again.
And then he remembered how scared he had been when the Gravedigger had taken her. He couldn't help but think that she was dead when he first heard the Gravedigger's voice on his cell phone.
Why had the Gravedigger called him? Taking Hodgins had been an accident but why didn't he call Hodgins' family?
Brennan was filling out some paperwork on the platform when Angela appeared beside of her. "So," she said, smiling down at her best friend.
"What?" Brennan, signing her name on the form for what seemed like the hundredth time.
"Sooo," Angela started out, "what's up with you and Booth?"
"Nothing is 'up' with us," Brennan replied, her index and middle finger on each of her hands to emphasize the word 'up'.
"But you're going on a date."
"It's not a date."
"Sure it is. You're going to eat, watch a movie together, alone, in the dark. How is that not a date?"
"You and Hodgins are spending way too much time together; his paranoia is beginning to rub off on you." Brennan stood, gathered the forms, and placed them in a folder that was sitting on the desk she was at.
"Brennan, let me recap for you. You and Booth have been planning this little get together for a while now. He is bring Chinese food to your place, you are going to eat it, watch some movies, and probably consume so alcohol. How is that not a date?"
"It just isn't," she replied. "It's me and Booth so it's not a date."
"Then what is it?"
"It's a meeting of two friends who simply wish to engage in conversation over dinner and a movie," she explained, walking back over to where the skeleton lie.
"That's the definition of a date!"
"You're making that up."
"So! You and Booth are meant to be together! I've even come up with some possibilities of what your children will look like," she replied off-handedly.
"First of all, you have way too much time on your hands; second of all, that's a bit creepy; third of all, I'm not having children; and last but certainly not least, Booth and I are not sleeping together!"
Angela smiled; Brennan could be really funny some of the time. "Sweetie, live a little," she said, taking her friend's hands in hers. "When Booth comes over tonight, wear you pajamas; you know, short shorts and a tank top. Also, when the movie starts, snuggle close to him so that if he wants to hold you then he'll know it's alight." Angela sighed, "And just have fun."
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