Chapter 4

Temperance felt ridiculous, she was standing in the library bathroom staring at her reflection. She was in a pair of dark blue jeans, kitten heels with simple black bows on the toes and a girly top. The red blouse had delicate ruffles around the neckline that the sales women had said 'accents your mangos', she'd been perplexed as to what her 'mango's' were until the very flirty male assistant had called over the counter 'excellent rack Honey '. She had eventually managed to braid the front section of her hair back while the rest of her hair hung loosely around her shoulders. Abigail at the service desk had helped her apply mascara and a light dusting of blush to her cheeks.

Although she didn't mind her reflection, she felt completely out of place. No science emblem on her, or scientific slogan stamped across her t-shirt.

Her phone chimed and after reading the text from Booth who said he was lost in the prehistoric section, made her way out of the bathroom. She fidgeted with the hem of her blouse as she walked straight to the section he was lost in.

'Wow…' Booth said when she rounded the corner. He was sitting on the floor looking like a lost child

'That bad?' she looked down at her fidgeting hands

'No!...you look great' he jumped to his feet and grinned

'Sure?'

'Yes' he smiled

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'Oh my god…she looks hot'

'Where have those boobs been hiding?'

'Wow, she's really pretty once you get the science geek off her'

'Eh, I'm still hotter'

The comments reached Temperance's ears as she stood nervously next to Booth. They actually made her smile a bit. He was talking animatedly with a fellow basket baller.

'Hey Bone geek' she felt a tap on the shoulder and turned, one of the cheerleaders was standing there, 'You um actually look really pretty' she smiled shyly.

'Thanks' Temperance smiled back, she heard Stacy's scoff from over in the corner but she ignored it.

'Yeah, you look really nice Temperance' said the host, Angela.

'You know my name?' Temperance blinked

'Of course, your my enemy' she laughed 'you are always beating me in science…I'm in the other class'

'Oh, I feel sorry for you, Mr Rent is a terrible science teacher'

'Right!' Angela laughed, 'Hey come get a drink'' she wrapped her arm around Temperance's and led her off in the direction of the kitchen. Booth smiled, it was good that Temperance was starting to open up to other people. He'd been slowly pulling down the bricks that made up her secluded wall, and he liked what he was finding.

BONES/BONES/

Temperance drained her second cup of fruit punch and giggled as Angela explained her science project.

'You girls having fun?' Booths voice came around the corner

'Yeah' Temperance smiled 'are you?'

'Ah a bit…but you know what would make it better?'

'What?' Angela chuckled

'A dance with you two fine ladies' Booth smiled holding his hands out

'Oh how smooth' Angela laughed, her happy nature was so vibrant it was rubbing off on Temperance. They both grabbed one of his hands and followed him to the music and the other dancing teenagers.

The loud music bored into Temperance's ears as she copied the other kids around her, she laughed as Booth exhibited a series of clearly super lame dance moves and Angela skipped around singing to the music.

BONES/BONES/

'Oh good…you just in time for spin the bottle' Stacy smiled as the three dancers stumbled in to the lounge room laughing.

'No thanks' Booth said smiling

'I'm good' Angela chuckled, still holding onto Temperance's arm who just shook her head vigorously.

'But come on…you have to play' Stacy clasped her hands and elbows together and Temperance noticed how this action pressed her bust together.

'Nope, we're good' Booth wrapped his arms around each of the girls' waists and led them out of the room, back in the direction of the music.

BONES/BONES/

It was her third party, and Temperance was starting to enjoy and understand them. She had spent the last two with Booth and Angela, dancing and laughing. This party was one of Booths friends from his last school, so to her relief this meant no Stacy. At the last one Stacy had basically begged Booth to kiss her, which of course he down right refused to. Temperance wasn't sure way this made her happy, but Angela had said it was because she liked Booth. She'd replied 'of course I don't' and was confused when Angela just laughed.

Tonight she was wearing a tight fitting pair of jeans, a cream blouse that discreetly showed off her cleavage and black Cuban heel boots. She had let Angela do her make-up, she had gone to her place before hand and Booth had picked them both up from there. She had a small line of eyeliner that added to the effect of the mascara, making her eyes look even more beautiful as darker lashes framed them. Her lips were slightly redder then normal, Angela had attacked her with her 'Russian red' lipstick but she'd managed to wipe most of it off. Temperance had borrowed a necklace with a pendent and earrings from Angela.

Angela was looking stunning as ever, red wrap around dress and black t-strap heels. She'd whipped her hair up into a carefree bun and her red lips just screamed perfection. Temperance's hair hung around her shoulders, waves slightly bouncing as she walked. She'd spent a lot of time with Angela in the last few weeks, they had become very close and she loved having such fun relationships. They chatted about science and school and laughed about jokes that other teenagers wouldn't understand. Temperance loved Angela's art works, they were so detailed and structurally correct.

'Temperance?' Booth called from around the corner

'Here' she chimed

'Have you seen Angela anywhere?' he asked looking around the room

'Actually no…I came to get a drink of water. Maybe she's upstairs still looking at the art works in the hallway'

'Cool, want to come find her? He held out his hand

'Sure' she took it and they walked out of the dining room where one of the team's players was seeing how many marshmallows he could fit in his mouth.

'Booth?' she asked as they reached the stairs

'Yeah'

'Why do you look out for Angela so much?' they started climbing the stairs, she'd dropped his hand to safely hold the rail.

'We grew up together, it just seems natural…' They rounded the corner and found an empty hallway 'Alright' She smiled, they heard voices laughing from the room up ahead. Booth pushed it open and found a small group of teenagers sitting in a circle laughing as a girl and guy kissed across from each other.

'Temperance! Booth!' Angela chuckled from the floor 'come join us'

'What are you doing?' Temperance asked in her scientific voice

'Spin the bottle, just come in and sit down'

Booth chuckled as Temperance walked in and took the nearest spot next to Angela. Booth paused for a moment then sat down across from Temperance, next to a guy named Jack.

'Ok so the rules are, when the bottle lands on you, you have to kiss the person who spun it…however' Angela chuckled 'we've made it a bit more interesting. You have to role the dice as well'

'What does that do' Temperance asked matter-of-factly

'Well numbers one through to four is the amount of time you have to kiss for. So one equals ten seconds, two twenty and so on…'

'What about five and six?' Booth interjected, wondering slightly why he had sat down.

'Well if you roll five, you either get to choose two other people to kiss or how long you get to kiss the other person for, a minute being the maximum amount'

'Right…and if I roll a six?' Booth asked looking at Temperance

'Three minutes in heaven' Jack Hodgens' laughed, pointing to the door that led to the wardrobe.

'Got it' Temperance smiled.

'Ok, so Kate just got kissed by David so now she gets to spin the bottle' a pretty blonde girl giggled and lent forward, spinning the empty soda bottle which spun around to Hodgens. He smiled and grabbed the dice, rolling a 2. They lent forward and kissed, while another guy in a red shirt counted out loud. Booth noticed a small crestfallen expression on Angela's face…

'Nice kiss' Hodgens smiled, 'my turn' he chuckled, spinning the bottle so that it landed on Booth

'Um…' they booth said at once

'Go on Booth' Temperance laughed. Booth picked up the dice and prayed in his mind to get a 5.

He rolled and closed his eyes

'Yes!' Hodgens said 'a five, dude, pick someone else for me to kiss! No offense but your not my cup of tea'

'Mine either' Booth smirked in relief. He scanned the faces, not even considering Temperance for Hodgens, and then notice Angela blushing when he met her gaze.

'Angela?' he said not entirely sure he was reading her body language right. But when she smiled he knew he'd picked right.

'Excellent' Jack smiled which made her blush even more, he sat up on his knees and shuffled forward as she leant forward. He put a hand on her cheek and kissed her sweetly. Temperance watched, both finding this game odd and also invigorating.

After a few more spinds of the bottle, Angela ended up in the wardrobe with Hodgens. Booth chuckled as he caught Temperance's eye.

Angela came out looking slightly flushed, with a hint of a mark on her neck, followed by an extremely happy looking Hodgens.

Angela's spin landed on Booth. To her surprise Temperance felt upset, she didn't want her beautiful friend kissing Booth… even when he rolled a one, she thought ten seconds was way too long.

Booth sort of smiled then just pressed his lips to hers, not moving them.

'Oh great kiss' Hodgens said sarcastically

'Shut up Jack' Angela said sitting back 'your spin Booth'. He gently spun the bottle and it pointed between Angela and Temperance.

'That's clearly pointed at Temperance' Angela said immediately and gave her a pat on the back. Then picked up the dice and gave it to her. Temperance glanced at Booth who looked like he was trying to hid a smile. She tipped the dice onto the carpet and looked in shock as six small dots stared up at her.

'Ha!' Angela laughed 'Go on' she said. Booth looked at Temperance then sort of shrugged his shoulders. She returned the gesture and stood up, following him to the door. He opened it and said 'After you' to which the rest laughed.

Once inside the very dark cupboard Temperance said after a short while of silence 'You don't have to kiss me'

'Oh…' Booth sounded a little downcast

'Look we'll be out of here in a few minutes and you can re-spin and kiss the pretty blonde again' Temperance said hugging her torso in the black cupboard

'I don't want to kiss her…I want to kiss you' He said bravely

'Really?' She looked up and could just make out his face in the dark

'Yeah…I like you Temperance' she felt his hand on her left arm

'But I can't kiss…I've never had any training in the field and only have limited information on the subject'

She heard him chuckle

'What?'

'You are so science minded, always analysing and hippo thirsting, just go with your natural instincts'

'Hypothesising' she corrected him as he moved forward

'Yeah, that one' he chuckled, leaning down, his hands cupped her cheeks and he gently pressed his lips to hers. After a moment he started to move them against hers. She started to copy him as his left hand wound its way into the back of her hair and his other hand moved to the small of her back. She placed a hand on his waist and the other on his back, holding him close to her. After a while she jumped slightly as she felt his tongue nudge her bottom lip, he went to pull away but she lent forward, keeping their lips together. He smiled.

She could hear the laughter of the teenagers outside the door but she didn't care, her breath caught as he slid his tongue into her mouth. She pressed herself closer to him and thought she heard the softest of growls. Booths lips left hers and trailed to her neck where he sucked and teased her skin, she dipped her head and re-caught his lips with hers. For her first kiss she had picked up the skill very very quickly.

'Get a room' they heard Angela bang on the door laughing, Temperance grabbed the handle so they couldn't open it behind her. She slipped her tongue past her teeth and slid it into his mouth as he had done to her; he let out a tiny groan.

'Open up, I want to show Angela what three minutes is like with a real man' Jack joked

Booth broke away and let out a held breath. And whispered

'Wow, incredible Temperance'

'Ditto' she giggled

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