Relax, you tell yourself. It's just Bones. It's just a kiss. It doesn't even mean anything. It's just Bones.
That's the problem, of course. It's Bones. It's your partner who's carefully explaining that you need to kiss her. She's the one who's offering you a piece of gum.
You have a few questions, of course. Is this really the only thing she could do? How is she being so nonchalant about this? And who the hell actually says puckish? Of course, your mouth stopped working properly the second you realized that she wasn't joking, so you keep all your thoughts to yourself.
Caroline just walked in. This isn't real, is it? This is just your subconscious finding a new way to screw with you. Well congratulations subconscious, it worked. You just really want to wake up now. There is no way you're going to let this be how you first kiss Temperance Brennan.
You quickly learn that it's too late for you to have any say in the matter, because she's grabbing your lapels and pressing her mouth against yours. And you can't help it. You respond. And when you feel her begin to really kiss you, you temporarily forget about the fact that this is against her will and that you have a puckish prosecutor watching your every move.
You're kissing Bones.
When you break apart, you're too busy catching your breath to question the fact that she just compared kissing you to kissing her brother. Not that that thought isn't a bit disturbing. Caroline leaves the room, shocked, and you find yourself stuttering something about talking to the forensic guys.
Smooth, Booth. Really.
As you walk out, you realize there's something sticking to the roof of your mouth. For a second, you're confused. You were sure you said no to the gum…
And it hits you. You did. Which means that…
Wow.
"Thanks for the gum," you tell her. Then you pop it back into the mouth, sure that you'll be remembering that… gum for a long time.