I'm not sure how long this will wind up being.

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It all Began with a Question

Chapter 2:

The Answer Begins

Booth and Brennan just stood there staring at each other for a few moments, neither knowing what to say.

Finally he said, "I don't know what that was. All I do know is I've wanted to do that for the longest time."

She said, "And I've wanted you to do that for the longest time. Ever since we kissed under the mistletoe I've wanted to feel your lips on mine and feel how that felt again. I was almost hoping that Caroline would find something to blackmail me with."

Both laughed and started to trace her face with his fingers and leaned in to kiss her again.

She responded to him eagerly and this time the kisses lasted a little longer until they pulled apart breathlessly.

Booth said, "I think I'm starting to figure out what that first kiss was. It's a beginning of a new chapter for us. I don't think either of us knows what that was but I for one would like to figure it out and take it from there."

Brennan said, "Me too. I think we're ready finally to take things in a new direction. Or else we were going to spontaneously combust and that probably is not a good idea. What if we were on a crime scene? We'd mess everything up, it would ne a good thing."

Booth laughed, she was showing her too often hidden sense of humor and then said, "Let's take things a little slowly. Okay, you can make the argument that 4 years and a grand total of three kisses, two of them tonight and the first one being as a result of blackmail is taking it slowly, but I think what has happened led us to this moment. This isa brand new beginning."

Brennan kissed him softly and then said, "We can take all the time in the world now that we know we both have feelings for each other. To be honest, I wasn't sure that you did until you kissed me like that."

Booth said, "I thought it was pretty obvious but maybe we were both blind to what was right in front of us for so long. I had hoped you wanted to be more than friends but I wasn't sure until you responded to my kiss."

Brennan said, "Even the mistletoe kiss was pretty hot. But I don't think we were ready yet. The two years that have transpired since have put us through a lot and then I think your surgery was the turning point."

Booth said, "One of the nurses who was in the room they were prepping me was on duty the day after I woke up and she said to me that the way I was looking for you and how we looked at each other when you walked in, she was extremely surprised to see we weren't married. "

Brennan said, "I think that was the moment it hit me like a ton of bricks that this just best friends partners thing wouldn't fly. Our journey has taken us to tonight and now we're going to start a new journey together."

Booth said, "While I would like to keep this to ourselves at least at first, we can tell our close friends. Do me a favor and tell Angela when I'm out of the building please? Her squeal might burst my eardrums."

Brennan said, "I better tell her, she has been watching us like a hawk and she'll guess pretty quickly."

They smiled at each other and finally he said, "It's getting late and we have an early appointment with Sweets tomorrow. Would you like to do lunch afterwards?"

She said, "Yes."

He leaned down and kissed her again. This could get habit forming he thought to himself.

As they deepened the kiss, he realized that it was starting to get dangerous. It wasn't time for that. First base was enough for now.

He pulled apart from her and said, "I better go things are starting to get a little hot in here."

She said "It is definitely getting hot in here and I agree it's a little too hot for now. See you in the morning at Dr. Sweets' office."

He brushed her lips gently with his one more time and then said, "Sweet dreams." And he was off.

As she closed her door behind him, she thought, "I will have my sweet dreams of you tonight but for the first time I know they can come true."

He fairly danced to his car he was so happy. He had finally taken the chance and kissed her and instead of running screaming she had responded to him.

He returned to his apartment and checked his messages saw there were none and then went to take a shower.

He was quite worked up and turned on the cold water tap.

His last thought before stepping in was, "Cold showers for awhile, but soon . It will be soon"

Please read/review. Booth is going to need some cold showers because we have awhile to go before we get to the smut. But it will be worth it in the end.