A/N: sorry this took a while we had a tornado. So my internet was down for a while! Hm still haven't figured out who Alex is huh? Well don't worry we're almost there!
"Dinner ready yet?"
Brennan asked walking in the dining room. She was impressed with all he had done. The table was set for the two of them, and a delicious looking dinner lay in wait. Booth walked into the dining room with a smile and a bottle of wine.
"You say something Bones?"
"I asked if dinner was ready yet?"
"Yeah it is." Said Booth staring at Brennan.
They had light conversation over their meal. "Booth this is amazing."
He stared softly across the table at her in response. He could only hope those lies she'd told him weren't very serious ones. Boy did he have another thing coming.
After dinner Booth helped her wash up the dishes, and clean up a bit so she wouldn't have any work to do after he left. He was sure she was quite tired from her trip. Now they awkwardly stood in her living room. Then the phone rang.
"Hold on a second." She told him. So he sat down on the couch while she picked the phone up next to it.
"Hey." She answered in greeting her caller.
Booth noticed. He also knew his Bones always answered the phone with 'Brennan' unless it was him. Aside from that it was 10 pm. Who calls so late? He knew it wasn't Angela because her and Hodgins were visiting her Dad out of town.
Then thoughts started swimming in his head. What if Bones was seeing somebody else? In Seattle.
"Hey Alex can you hold on a minute? My partner was over for dinner. So give me a minute to say bye to him."
Whoa she's kicking me out? How nice of her. So Booth looked at her,and she saw the hurt in his eyes. So she did the best she could for now. She walked over to him and took his hand in hers. Then she surprised him.
She wrapped her arms around his waist. He reciprocated her intimate embrace. She whispered in his ear. "I missed you while I was away. I do need to take this call though. I'm really tired."
She pulled back and looked at him when he instinctively nodded.
"It's alright Bones, I understand."
She captured his lips in a gentle kiss. He deepened her kiss. He knew in that moment just how addictive a kiss by Temperance Brennan was. He pulled away from her reluctantly. So she walked him to the door.
"Thanks for dinner Booth. I'll see you for lunch tomorrow?"
"You're welcome. Yeah, lunch tomorrow."
He leaned in and kissed her briefly once more before disappearing down the corridor. Once he left she went in closed and locked the door. Then briskly walked to retrieve the phone from the coffee table.
"Alex you still there?"
"Yep. What took you?"
"Just seeing Booth out."
"Oh I had a favor to ask."
" okay. By the tone of your voice I'd say you're nervous about asking it."
"You always know." Alex said with a laugh which made her smile brightly.
"Anyway I'm coming to D.C."
"For those papers?"
"Yeah, and I kind of missed you, too. Could I stay with you?"
She was appalled by the question. "What? You shouldn't even ask of course you can!"
"Great! I'll be in around noon tomorrow. Can you pick me up from the airport?"
I have work and lunch with Booth that I don't want to miss, but I'll send Angela."
"Okay thanks. Love you."
You too. See you tomorrow afternoon."
Once Brennan got off the phone and after the excitement had worn off her next dilemma arose. In the morning she'd have to tell Booth about Alex…. Which meant she needed to talk to Angela first.