It was the day before the wedding that Angela had come storming into Tempe's office in a hurry. As she pushed the door open she was out of breath and waved a piece of paper in her face, yelling something about Barbie. Tempe stood staring at her as if she had finally lost her mind as Booth got up from his chair and grabbed the paper from her hand. On the paper was a sketch Angela had drawn, a woman was Caucasian with blonde hair and blue eyes. Her lips were full and red as her face gave that of exactly what Angela had said, a child's toy.
"It took me a long time, I'm sorry, but this was the best I could do." Angela said after getting her breath. "I don't think its right she looks just like Barbie."
"That's because it is." Booth said picking up his phone and dialed a few numbers. "You did good Ange."
Tempe looked over to Angela confused; she grabbed the picture and looked at the sketch. Angela gave a small shrug and turned to leave when Booth stopped her, congratulated her again then took Tempe by the arm and headed towards the door.
"Where are we going?" she asked as they got in the car and pulled out of the parking lot.
"To FBI Headquarters." He answered.
"Why? Who is that girl in the picture?"
"Just who Angela said, Barbie."
"Booth, she was just joking around."
"No, she was right. Her name is Barbra Johnson, A.K.A. Barbie. She's married to Kenneth Johnson, A.K.A. Ken."
"How do you know this?" she asked confused, not understanding.
"She was a special case given to us about a week ago. Her husband had called saying she had disappeared. She was heavily pregnant."
"Why is she so special?"
"She's the daughter of some old retired movie star, news spread like crazy about her disappearance, saying the husband had her killed and how it wasn't his baby. The poor mother, Barbie's mother died two days ago and we were told that if anything was found we were to bring it to Cullen."
"So if this is her…" she trialed off.
"If this is her, we're going to have to be careful undercover and watch out, nobody is safe with this creep roaming the streets."
After arriving at the FBI building, they rushed to the interrogation room, where Kenneth Johnson sat talking with his lawyer and another agent. Once Booth and Tempe walked in, the agent, known as Agent Murray, got up and left. Tempe took a seat on one of the chairs next to Booth as the interrogation started. Questions that were similar to the ones asked to James Scott were asked and answers were given.
Barbie and Ken had gotten into a fight. She had left upset taking the keys with her. The next morning she never showed up. Her mother had been very worried and had died because of it, she had worried herself to death, or so Ken believed. The unborn child was to be a female, little Stacey. Tempe had already studied the fetus's skull and determined it was a female near due date. After the questioning was done Ken was excused from the room, but warned not to leave town, with a promise Ken Johnson got up and left the room, his lawyer behind him the whole way. After that they made their way to Cullen's office to go over a few of the things learned and spoke on how the case was going. They had promised the wedding would take place on the next day at noon and hoped he would attend. Cullen promised he would be there with the fake marriage license. After leaving the building they headed home to go over any last minute arrangements that had forgotten to be made and prepared for a day that would change their relationship forever. However the case with the Barbie and the other women was far from over.
The next morning Tempe woke up alone in her bed as Booth woke up on the couch for the last time. They had promised that after getting married they would share the bed so being married would be a much easier task, no matter how odd it would seem for them to sleep next to each other. As Tempe got up she headed to the shower, and then headed out to the living room to find Booth drinking a cup of coffee.
"Bathroom's all yours." She said walking over to the cabinet for a cup.
"Coffee's all yours." He said looking up to her and giving her a smile, one she returned. "Drink as much as you can because that's it, if Angela catches you drinking this while thinking you're pregnant she'll keep a good eye on you."
"Thank you." She said remembering that she would have to cut down on coffee when she was around her friends. Booth nodded and headed towards the bathroom.
An hour later Tempe stood in a small room with Angela and Cam; they had worked on getting her perfect for the wedding. After a long discussion with Booth she had come to realize she had seen the love between him and Temperance and had known long ago it would never last with Booth and her; that he would only be happy with Temperance. She had then made amends with her and asked if she could help in anyway, oddly enough Tempe had agreed and allowed Cam to be one of her bride's maids, while Ange became her maid of honor.
In another small room down the hall, Booth was helping Parker with his bow tie as Hodgins and Zach got ready as well. Parker smiled brightly in the mirror, excited her was getting a new mother, but even more excited at the fact that it was Dr. Brennan. Zach and Hodgins talked on and on about how cool it was that Booth and Brennan were finally getting married and how awesome it was that they were going to have a baby. Parker had listened in, smiling every now and again; every time his new little brother or sister was mentioned.
Finally the moment came to enter the small garden that the wedding was to take place at and Parker walked down the isle carrying the rings as Zach and Cam walked down smiling to everyone they passed. Friends and family filled the twenty-something chairs on both sides, even though Tempe only knew Rebecca and a few of the agents. After Cam and Zach, Hodgins and Angela followed and Angela went to the left as Hodgins took his place behind Booth on the right. Soon the music started and everybody stood as Tempe walked down the isle alone. Her dress had looked even lovelier than it had the day in the store and Booth had never thought she was more breath-taking, but suddenly scolded himself for thinking like that about his partner during their 'Fake' wedding.
As she made her way to his side they took each others hands and they went over their vows, however, they failed to notice that one lone agent made their way to the middle section to sit next to Cullen.
"Did you get the license?" he whispered hoping they would have it. He was one of the only four agents who knew the truth behind the undercover case.
"Yes, sir, but there has been a problem." He whispered.
"What is it, Brookes?"
"The priest giving the vows is a real priest and the marriage license is real. There was a mix up in communications and well…" he trailed off hoping Cullen would understand what had happened.
"You mean to tell me, that these two are really getting married?" he asked growing upset.
"Yes sir, I'm sorry."
"Don't apologize to me, once Dr. Brennan fins out you're a dead man, she will kill you."
"Sir, this could be for the best, if they find out they are actually married, they may be forced to act like it." Brookes said trying to cover his ass.
"I'll let them know in private after the reception party." Cullen said looking over to his wife, who was oblivious to the conversation and the actual case all together.
"Thank you, sir."
"I'm only doing this so you can get a head start on running. Once they find out it won't be pretty." He said half joking, half serious.
The time had come, as the bride and groom kissed. Booth leaned in and gave Tempe a gentle kiss on the lips as she returned it. The rest of the day was spent opening up wedding gifts, dancing and partying. Oddly Tempe and Booth lost themselves in the excitement of the day and were occasionally caught kissing in the corner or dancing on the dance floor as if it truly was the happiest day of their life. As Cullen prepared to leave he made his way over to where Booth and Tempe sat eating cake and talking with Parker.
"Mr. and Mrs. Booth, my congratulations to the both of you." He said smiling.
"Thank you." Tempe said smiling as Parker sat on her lap.
"I wish to have a moment with the two of you, alone."
"Sure," Booth said picking Parker off of Tempe's lap. "Hey, buddy, why don't you go find your mother while your new mommy and I talk to daddy's boss, ok?"
"Ok." Parker said getting up and running out onto the dance floor.
"Is something wrong?" Tempe asked confused.
"Yes, there has been a slight problem in communications; one of the agents has had a mistake when it came to retrieving the marriage license."
"What sort of problem?" Booth asked not liking where the conversation was headed.
"It turns out, you two are, by law, actually married." He said letting the knowledge sink in.
"You're kidding? Right?" Tempe asked hoping it was some awful prank.
"I'm sorry, but no. Agent Brookes told me earlier, everything is official and will be that way until a divorce is filled." He said, and then quickly added, "Which will be done after this case is finished."
Tempe sat there looking at her ring, knowing full well she was actually married now. she began to wonder if she really was pregnant, and if they had lied to her about that as well, but knew she wasn't and pushed that aside.
"I apologize and hope this doesn't ruin you're day. Good-bye." He said turning to leave.
"We're really married?" Tempe asked nobody in particular.
"Yup." Booth said looking over to her.
"Who's Agent Brookes?" she asked out of nowhere, her voice filled with anger.
"Why?" Booth asked curiously.
"Because I'm going to kill him." She said standing up, but her anger was cut short by Parker running to her side and asking if she'd dance with him. She nodded and knew it would be best to deal with all this later, when she was alone with Booth and they could try and work it out. But she knew there was nothing to work out. They would stay married until the case was done with, and nobody knew how long that would be.
As Booth and her danced with Parker, they began to wonder what would happen in the future with this case and how long it would be before the women in her lab could have the justice they deserved, and that thought is the only thing that allowed her to continue on with the charade.
Well? I hope that was longer? Please tell me what you all think and how it's going. Thank you all for your reviews and please keep them coming, I love you all.
