A/N: Howdy! Inspiration has fallen upon me, wealth has yet to fall upon me, or whatever. More importantly: next chap is up! Really? Dúh! Okay. This is all very exciting and very much like the show in only one way: it makes you squirm seeing that nothing actually happens. Not meanness just foreplay... so to speak.

Disclaimer: I wish I owned a digital camera, an Airbus A380, an Audi R8, a blue laptop, Temperance Brennan, a plane ticket to Atlanta (CNN Centre Yay!), my own bookstore, Seeley Booth, my own set of Play-Doh, a DVD-recorder, Angela Montenegro, Christmas, My own car, My drivers license, The actual other 4 DVD's of Third Watch but I guess I don't...

Chapter 3: Beautiful, Intelligent & Successful

Booth arrived at his apartment building at 7:58 AM. He quickly got out of the car and gathered Brennan's stuff from the trunk. He was careful opening the passenger door because Brennan was leaning against the window. He gently grabbed her shoulder to keep her upright and removed her seatbelt.

As he carried her up the stairs he couldn't help to think that he was lucky to have 'his Bones' in his life. If she had been any less socially awkward she would have already been living together with someone or married to some successful museum director. Truth was, it was hard not to like Brennan but even harder to stick with her if you weren't on her good side.

Booth rang his doorbell knowing that Parker would open up for him. After about half a minute his son opened the door still in his pyjamas. "Dr. Bones!" Parker screeched excitedly.

"Shh!" Booth whispered nodding to the load in his arms and ushering past Parker. He walked straight to his bedroom and parker followed suit. As Parker pulled back the covers Booth gently laid Brennan down on the bed. "Come on bub. Go get dressed so I can bring you to school."

"Daddy will Dr. Bones be here when I get back?" Parker asked. Booth sighed Temperance Brennan had both of the Booth boys wrapped around her finger. "I'll make sure she's here when you get back. Now go change." Parker nodded and left the room quickly.

Booth took off his coat and put down Brennan's belongings. He was unsure of what to do next. He was certain he should take of her shoes off; he only doubted that he'd stay alive if he took anything else off. He closed his eyes briefly throwing in a couple of Hail Mary's before taking off her shoes and socks. He gathered an old t-shirt and some sweatpants and place them on the bed beside her sleeping form.

He decided that he should wake her up. "Bones." He said, moving his hand gently over her cheek. He smiled as her eyelids opened slowly, not quite awake.

"Hey Bones, I got some clothes for you to sleep in. I've gotta go bring Parker to school so I'll be back in about fifteen minutes, okay?" Booth said moving a strand of hair out of her face.

Brennan just looked at him confused trying to find something to say, when nothing came she just nodded sitting up a bit. Booth smiled grabbing the clothes and placing them on her lap. "You feeling okay Bones?" He asked.

Brennan bit her lip and stared to her lap, then her eyes shot up to meet Booth's gaze. "Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just exhausted." She said rubbing her eyes.

"I know Bones. You just get some more and I'll be back to feed you." He told her, gently kissing her forehead. He already regretted what he just said.

Brennan was suddenly awake, she didn't know if it was the kiss or the chauvinistic comment but it was enough for her to open her mouth. "Feeding me?" She asked enraged. "I am perfectly capable of handling my own nutrition. I am an adult independent woman-"A finger against her lips halted her rant.

His face was once again inches away from hers. His finger on her lips wasn't stopping her from speaking, his famous charm smile was. "Easy there Bones, didn't mean to open the feminist road for ya. I'm just saying you need to eat some breakfast when I come back." He whispered lowering his index finger to tilt up her chin.

They were so close that her soft breaths warmed his face. "Why am I such a wuss? Why can't I just tell her how I feel? Well, maybe because she's the most beautiful, intelligent and successful woman I have ever met. That's intimidating to say the least. But no excuse of course. She deserves to know how I feel about her and how I look at her everyday. I did promise her not to lie and I still break my promise every second of every day."

Those thoughts ran through his mind every time they got themselves in a situation like this. And every single time he came out of his thoughts undecided and then the moment would pass. He was getting tired of this. He was getting tired of himself.

Booth snapped out of his thoughts. Her intense gaze still penetrated his. This was his chance. Not ever had he come back to reality with his conclusion. He suddenly smiled as he continued to caress the bottom of her chin with his finger. Booth moved the little bit he needed toward her to let her know his intention. He saw her acknowledge the opportunity and move forward. His heart was thumping out of his chest. "Dr. Bones! You're awake!" Parker squealed.

Brennan broke their gaze immediately and stared at the little boy in surprise. This was the first time that Booth didn't fully appreciate his son. "Hi Parker." Brennan said sitting up further, a little farther from Booth. "Are you still tired Dr. Bones?" Parker asked plopping down on the bed at Brennan's feet.

She smiled and signalled Parker to move over to her lap. The boy didn't waste a second and crawled onto her lap wrapping his small arms around her waist. "I'm fine now Parker, don't worry about it! Shouldn't you be getting to school?"

Suddenly she looked at Booth a little irritated. "It is very irresponsible to compromise the education of your son. You shouldn't-" She ranted.

"Bones!" Booth yelled waving his hands in front of her face. "We are going now. Parker will not be late and certainly his education will not be compromised." Booth said in a much softer voice. He loved the way that she cared about his son as if he was her own.

Brennan sighed. "Okay. Just… Parker's education is important." She mumbled.

Booth just smiled at her and got up to his feet. "Come on Parker. Say goodbye to Bones."

"Goodbye Dr. Bones! Don't let the bedbugs bite." Parker told Brennan giving her a kiss on the cheek and hopping off of the bed.

Booth saw her moving to say that she didn't know what that meant and shook his head, telling her to leave it.

"I'll be back in 20. Now get changed and go to sleep." He told her kissing her cheek on the exact spot where Parker had kissed her. Only there was nothing chaste about it and it certainly didn't qualify as a peck.

Brennan just smiled at him. As he left the room, all she could do was wonder why her skin felt like it was on fire.

A/N: Hot Blooded anyone? I know what I'm gonna do! Go to sleep. I'm exhausted.

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XX Kacey