AN: Well this chapter took a little longer to get up than i planned because i was out for lunch and am very depressed because i think it was the last episode of Bones tonight... stupid tennis. Anyway sorry to everyone who wanted Bones and Booth to fall into bed together in the last chapter but as much as i wanted to i couldn't do that, it would have been wrong. Thanks again to everyone for the reviews and to those of you who are wondering just which state Bones and Booth won't be visiting i'll give you a hint they will be definitely visiting SA because well i'm from SA :) so keep guessing. I'm going to go eat my cadbury creme egg because they are by far the best easter eggs ever... although i'm a little disturbed to see them in the shop so early... well happy reading and keep reviewing because there's plenty more to come.
Oh and for anyone who isn't Australian and might not know what cricket is it's a sport where two batsmen have balls bowled at them and hit them with a bat to gain runs by running between the two wickets. Matches can go for upto 5 days with each team getting two innnings and beginning each innnings with 10wickets in hand when someone gets out they lose a wicket, when they get to 10 the innnings end and the other team bats. That's about as much as i can say about cricket coz i'm not a huge sports watcher (i prefer to play) and most of my cricket experience comes from time spent hooking up with my ex while the cricket played in the background (he's a cricket nut). So i'm going to stop babbling and let you get on with the story.
Chapter 6
"Hurry up Bones, we're going to be late" Booth called into the bathroom from where he sat perched on the end of his bed.
"The Sydney Harbour Bridge has been around for almost eighty years Booth, I think it can wait an extra twenty minutes for us to get there." Brennan yelled back from the bathroom where she was attempting to dress in the miniscule space allowed without getting her clothes wet.
"I'm sure it can, but our booking won't, so hurry it up in there. What could you possibly be doing that it's taking you almost an hour to get ready anyway?" Booth added as an afterthought flicking through the channels on the tv finally settling on a sport game, though he could not quite figure out the odd sport that was being played, which according to the television was called cricket. He didn't have to spend too long pondering it though, as his partner finally emerged fully dressed from the bathroom only a slight dampness to her auburn locks and Booth was forced to look away as he imagined the steamy water droplets dripping from her hair and down her naked breasts. That he reminded himself was far more inappropriate than kissing her and she would probably frown upon it if she knew.
Booth couldn't help but stare at his partner, inappropriate thoughts rolling through his head until she began moving towards the centre of the room bringing him back to reality. He shot off the bed in one excited motion flicked the tv off and grabbed his bags.
"Let's get this show on the road" He said ushering his partner from the room.
"I don't know what that means" she told him hastily grabbing her own belongings. They wouldn't be back in the hotel room again, after the bridge climb they were planning on heading out of Sydney having decided that there was too little time to spend it all holed up in the city. Instead they were going to head up to Queensland where Booth assured his partner that they would have plenty of fun and she had agreed reluctantly knowing that it was the only way to get Booth to agree to her own version of fun.
"Booth?" Brennan had asked cautiously as they approached the bridge "Is that what we're going to climb? It doesn't look very safe" She said voicing her fears.
"Aaw, c'mon Bones, plenty of people do this and the only people who have ever died are the ones who jumped off so unless you're planning to jump you'll be fine" Brennan laughed involuntarily at his comment.
"I'm not planning to jump" Brennan told him bluntly eliciting a small grin from her partner, though she wasn't sure why.
"That's good. And if you get scared, remember I have your back" Booth was true to his word and followed a few steps behind Brennan for the entire climb, though he wasn't entirely focussed on the task at hand, instead he found himself once again ogling his very attractive partner. He chastised himself inwardly, he was in Australia and so far he had not looked at a single woman, at least not any that rivalled the beauty of his unusual partner.
When the group finally paused at the top of the bridge Brennan exclaimed breathily that the view was breathtaking and Booth had to agree that it was indeed magical. He was thousands of miles from home, on vacation with his very attractive partner for the next three weeks and he was sure that things couldn't get a whole lot better as he stared happily into his partner's green eyes framed by the Sydney skyline.
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"God, all this terrain is the same" Brennan complained.
"It is not Bones, it's pretty and we've seen tropical terrain, ocean, and farm land." Brennan was cranky Booth noted, it seemed that she did not enjoy long car journeys.
"Bones, just take in the beauty, we're in Australia remember" Booth pushed.
"I suppose it is kind of nice" she admitted "But it's not really any different to home" She added looking out the windshield as the sun drifted below the horizon bathing the highway in a purplish glow.
"It is different Bones; we're not working. Relax. I know it's a stretch but stop thinking science, don't think about how the pretty colours are created just enjoy it. What do you feel?" Booth soothed.
"Now you're starting to sound like Sweets" She teased her crankiness dissipating.
"Could we not talk about Sweets? Isn't it enough we have to put up with him in DC?"
"Okay, I get it. No Sweets jokes, changing the subject." Brennan agreed before the pair fell into silence while a dodgy country song played softly through the car and Booth wished not for the first time that they were able to get more stations in the middle of nowhere countryside that they were driving through "Booth?" Brennan asked after a long time "What exactly does one do at a theme park?"
"Excuse me?" Booth asked confused turning away from the road for a moment to decide whether his partner was serious. One look at her face told her she was.
"Well, I was under the impression that this Dreamworld and Movieworld were theme parks of a sort and since I've never been to one I wanted to know what one does there" Brennan confirmed Booth's suspicions, the next few days he decided were going to be lots of fun; for once he would be educating Bones rather than her speaking squint to him.
Bones is about to get a very big shock...