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10 Dates - Chapter 7:

The rest of the afternoon and evening Temperance managed to change her mind about the bet about a hundred times. What had made her agree to it? Not only one date but TEN dates…with Booth!

One moment she was freaking out, cursing herself for saying yes. She kept imagining one disaster date after the other, their partnership being ruined and nothing ever being as it used to be between them. She almost ran out the door, ready to fly to some country far far away, just to avoid going on these dates.

She realised too that Booth hadn't even won the bet yet. It didn't matter much though, as she knew he would. Despite the fight they'd had, she did trust Booth's gut feeling, she always had.

If she admitted it to herself, she would know that she really didn't want him to loose the bet. Deep down she was excited about these dates.

The next morning Temperance went to work early. She hadn't been able to sleep much anyway and decided to work on her novel before everyone else arrived at work. She loved the quiet hours in the morning. Everything was so peaceful, the only sounds coming from the trees blowing in the wind outside her open window.

She was suddenly startled by the sound of her phone ringing. Looking at the time on her computer screen she saw it was only 7.30am. Who would be calling her at this time?

"Temperance Brennan", She answered using her professional voice.

"Why so serious, Bones", She heard on the other end of the line, and couldn't help smile at her partners greeting. He sounded cheery and happy and his mood rubbed off on her making her laugh gently.

"Booth," She replied, laughter still evident in her voice, "I thought it would be some old Japanese professor calling at this hour. I couldn't exactly pick up my phone answering 'good morning sunshine'"

"Well, aren't you glad it was me calling then?", Booth asked with that cocky tone in his voice he always used when he knew he was absolutely right.

Temperance felt a blush creep up her body at his words. She had been very pleased to hear his voice. She always was.

"Bones? Are you there?" Booth asked after several moments of silence.

"Yes, Booth, I'm here" She answered, her voice tinged with just a tiny bit of saddnes. She hated herself for it. She didn't want to feel sad every time she realised what an affect Booth had on her. She wanted it to make her feel overjoyed. Maybe it would have, if it didn't frighten her so much.

"Bones, are you ok?" Booth asked gently, sensing her draw back from him.

"Yes, of course I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" Temperance answered, with a little too much enthusiasm.

Booth sighed to himself. Maybe now wasn't the best time to force her to open up. There was plenty time for that later. Taking a deep breath, Booth decided to get back to the point of his phone call.

"Hey, Bones, I have good news" He said cheerfully.

He could almost hear her straighten up at his words, waiting for him to continue.

When he didn't Temperance rolled her eyes at him and asked:

"Booth, am I supposed to read your mind or are you going to tell me what your good news are?" Her voice sounded more relaxed again and at his end, Booths smile widened.

"The stepfather did it" Booth said, with that cocky 'I'm-so-pleased-with-myself'-tone back again.

"How is that good news, Booth?", Temperance asked confused, "I mean, it's great that we've solved the case, but a stepfather murdering his daughter and dumping her in a park doesn't sound that good to me"

"Bones!", Booth chuckled, "I won the bet!"

Temperance's eyes widened. How could she forget? No. No. She thought. I can't do this. She quickly slammed the phone down, grabbed her jacket and ran out.

Booth stared at the phone in utter disbelief. Not again, he thought to himself. He shook his head and sighed. This was going to be a lot harder than he'd thought.