A/N: Here we go! Finally chapter will be up tomorrow! Thanks for the reviews!

She had just finished talking to another donor and turned to head back to her table. After over an hour's worth of stupid questions, she needed a break. She looked over at the dance floor and saw Booth dancing with Cam. Her stomach did flip flops as she tried to ignore the feeling of jealousy within. 'Why was he dancing with her?' she thought to herself. She tried to turn away, but she couldn't. Cam was laughing at something, she didn't know what. She did however notice that Booth wasn't really laughing back. That made her feel better.

"Don't worry." She heard a voice in hear ear say.

"What?" she turned and saw Angela next to her.

"Don't worry about Booth. He is just dancing with her to save face. He just finished dancing with me. He said that when it came time to dance with you, then it wouldn't look so obvious." Angela said.

She exhaled, not realizing that she was holding her breath. "Oh." She said. "That makes logical sense."

"And if it makes you feel better, when we were dancing he talked about you the entire time." Angela said, grinning. "That man is head over heels in love with you."

"Ange, keep your voice down." She said, looking around.

"Sweetie, let's go outside for a moment." Angela replied. "We really need to talk about this."

She followed Angela out into the lobby where they proceeded to sit down on a plush velvet couch.

"You need to tell people." Angela said.

"Ange.." she started.

"No, Bren, you know you can't keep it hidden forever." Angela said. "And hiding it makes it look dishonest."

"Angela, I'm not trying to be dishonest. But at the same time there are a lot of factors to consider.." she trailed off.

"No there isn't!" Angela said. "Do you love him?"

"Ange, what?" she said, startled.

"Do you love him?" she asked again. "Because if you do, then the rest of this shouldn't matter."

"It shouldn't but it does." She replied. "Look Ange, I don't want to talk about this. Seeley and I will figure it out."

Angela started giggling.

"What?" she asked.

"Sorry, sweetie." Angela said. "I have just never heard you call Booth, Seeley before. It sounds weird."

"Thanks Ange." She said, rolling her eyes. "Now can we just go back inside?"

"Yes, we can." Angela said. "But you two need to be more discreet. From the way you've been staring at each other, it's a wonder everyone doesn't know."

They headed back to their table where Cam, Zach, Hodgins and Cullen were sitting.

"I hope you don't mind." Cullen said, as they sat down. "But we decided to join you."

"I don't mind at all." She said, taking a sip of her wine. "Where's Laura?"

"Dancing with Agent Booth." Cullen said, pointing to the dance floor.

She sat and watched Booth twirl Laura around the floor. When the song was over, they headed back to the table.

"Thanks for the dance Agent Booth." Laura said, as she sat down next to her husband.

"Anytime." Booth said, flashing a smile and sitting down. She saw him turn to her as if he was going to ask her something, when a cellphone starting ringing.

"Who would bring a cellphone to a ball?" Cam asked.

She reached into her purse to grab her cellphone at the exact time as Booth was grabbing his.

"Booth."

"Brennan."

It was Booth's cellphone ringing and she saw his eyes light up as he walked away from the table. 'It must be Parker.' She thought to herself as she tucked her cellphone back into her purse.

"Sweetie, you brought your cellphone?" Angela asked.

"Yes." She said. "What if there was an emergency or a body or something?"

"Oh god." Angela replied. "Please don't tell me you have latex gloves in your purse."

She blushed slightly. "It's good to be prepared." She stated. "Besides I am with Booth. The fact that we haven't seen a body yet tonight is highly irregular." Everyone started laughing.

She saw Booth heading back to the table. "Hey guys." He said. "Parker wants to say goodnight." He held the phone out while Angela, Hodgins and Zach all said goodnight into the phone.

"What?" Booth said. "Yeah, she is here. Hold on." He turned and handed the phone to her. "He wants to say goodnight to you."

She took the phone and held it against her ear.

"Dr. Bones?" she heard Parker say.

"Yes." She replied.

"I'm staying up to watch the ball drop!" Parker said, excitedly.

"Wow, that's neat." She said.

"And I wanted to tell you goodnight and I miss you Dr. Bones!" Parker said.

"Well, I miss you too Parker." She replied, unaware of the looks she received from around the table.

"Are you going to kiss Daddy and tell him you love him?" Parker asked.

"What?" she sputtered.

"Mommy says that at New Year's you tell people that you love them and you kiss them." Parker said. "So are you going to?"

"Oh, well, I.." she replied.

"You have to Dr. Bones!" Parker said. "It's the rules!"

She paused for a moment. "You know what Parker?" she said.

"What?" he replied.

"I think I will." She said, feeling her cheeks colour again. "Now let me give you back to your dad."

"K." Parker said. "I love you Dr. Bones!"

"Ahh…I love you too Parker." She replied. She handed the phone back to Booth and immediately took a big drink of wine.

After an awkward moment, the chatter began at the table again. Booth finished talking to Parker and turned to her. "What rules?" he asked.

"What?" she replied, pretending to look confused.

"Parker said you were going to follow some rules or something. I wasn't sure what he meant." Booth said.

"Umm…nothing." She replied.

"Really?" he said, looking skeptical. "You know I am going to find out."

"Well you won't find out from me!" she replied, knowing fully well she would tell him later. 'Or at least show him later.' She thought to herself.

"Come on." He pleaded.

"No!" she exclaimed, crossing her arms.

"Hmmm, I could sit here and question you." He said. "But I have a better idea. Would you like to dance?" He stood up and held out his hand.

"Sure." She replied, trying sound as if it was an everyday occurrence and failing. She forced herself not to look at Angela as she took his hand and headed to the dance floor. A song started and they began to dance.

'The very thought of you

And I forget to do

The little ordinary things

Everyone ought to do.'

She felt his arm pull her closer and she had the urge to rest her head against his shoulder. Instead, she stared straight ahead, not looking at him for fear that she would kiss him if she did.

"I've wanted to do this all night." He breathed into her ear.

"Me too." She replied. She tilted her head and stared into his eyes. All of the sudden everything and everyone fell away. She could only see and feel him. They twirled around the dance floor, blissfully unaware of the other couples dancing.

'I see your face in every flower

You're eyes in stars above.

It's just the thought of you.

The very thought of you.

My love.'

As they danced, she wondered how everyone didn't know. She felt sure that it emanated from every pore in her body that she loved him.

"Let me tell you." He said, breaking his gaze. "Dancing with Cam wasn't this much fun. I saw you watching us, you know. And then Angela dragged you somewhere. What was that about?"

"None of your business." She replied, as he spun her away from him and then pulled her back.

"You looked jealous." He said, smiling.

"I wasn't jea…" she stopped. The truth is that she was. "Well, you didn't let me in on the plan!" she said, frowning at him.

"Okay, enough arguing." He said. "Let's just dance." He spun her again and pulled her back and dipped her as the song came to an end. He had such a funny look on his face that she couldn't stop laughing.

"What's so funny?" he said, neither of them realizing that the song was over and they were still holding on to each other.

"You, trying to be all suave. It's funny." She replied.

He pulled away from her and let go.

"Thanks for the dance." She said.

"You're welcome, Temperance." He replied.

Her body gave a little shiver as he said her name. She turned and headed back to the table where everyone was watching.