AN: Well we're nearing the end not too many chapters left but Booth and Bones have still got some fun to have yet... Keep reviewing we're almost there :)
Chapter 19
"Aaw, Bones, you know I can't resist that" Booth whined as Brennan slipped into the shower with him the next morning and rubbed her naked body against his.
"If you keep doing that we're going to be late" he told her, feeling his body already reacting to her presence.
"That was the plan" she whispered, her hand encircling him.
Booth had convinced Brennan when they were deciding on their itinerary that if she got to visit all her little cultural places then she had to go to the Woodhouse Activity Centre with him where they would take on Challenge Hill. That it seemed was not Temperance Brennan's plan, not that Booth would usually disagree with her alternative, but they did after all have a lot of driving to do that afternoon and therefore couldn't be late to challenge hill.
Booth tried to hold his partner at arm's length "If you're good now then I'll get you a present later" Booth patronised "But you have to let me finish my shower so we can get out of here"
"How about I help?" she compromised.
"Fine" Booth agreed sighing; there was no other way they would get out of the hotel room that morning. Brennan grinned victoriously before taking up the bar of soap and rubbing it first over Booth and then over herself while Booth watched on helplessly, suddenly wondering if skipping Challenge Hill wasn't such a bad idea.
Eventually they made it out of the hotel though, Booth dressed casually in jeans and a t-shirt that proclaimed him to be 'bad to the bone' while Brennan was in a pair of shorts and singlet, much to Booth's dismay.
"You really are going to be the death of me" Booth commented quietly as they headed out of the hotel.
"I don't know what that means" Brennan stated following him to the car.
"I know Bones, I know"
Challenge Hill turned out to be more fun than Brennan had expected. When they arrived Brennan headed immediately for the large slightly dangerous wooden structure to her left only to be steered away by Booth.
"We do that last" he explained leading her towards a wall made entirely of logs that as far as they could figure they were supposed to climb over in order to get to the next obstacle.
"Ladies first" Booth offered, regretting it almost immediately when Brennan sauntered in front of him and he was presented with the delicious view of her long shapely legs and backside while she climbed the wall above him. It was three obstacles later; after the fireman's pole, rock climbing wall and rope walk that Booth finally remembered he was now allowed to touch Doctor Temperance Brennan whenever he wanted to. He turned her easily around and claimed her lips with his pulling her close his hands resting on her waist before he pulled away as abruptly as he had begun.
"Wow Booth, what was that for?" She asked grinning and leaning slightly against him as they continued to walk towards the next obstacle, a wall which had both tyres and ropes attached to it.
"You looked really good and I wanted everyone to know that you are now officially unavailable" Booth replied.
"Am I?" Brennan asked.
"Yep"
"I don't mind the sound of that" she decided, beginning her ascent of the wall. A few minutes later they found themselves crawling through the tiny tin enclosed maze called the Mouse Trap, which Booth was sure was only big enough for a mouse as he bumped his hips and shoulders at every turn, barely managing to manoeuvre himself out of the tiny space. The FBI needed one of those he thought to himself, it would be a great way to train agents to pursue suspects in air vents, not that he spent a lot of time pursuing suspects through air vents but even so. They climbed over the cargo net and slid down a slide and Brennan tried her luck climbing down the tiny chimney before the pair came to a lake. There were several offered methods to cross the lake beginning with the simplest, a solid bridge and ending with three ropes placed strategically across the river so that one had to grasp the second rope before letting go of the first and so on. Booth confidently picked that one while Brennan stopped to watch before deciding to take the next hardest option two ropes one to stand on the other to hold on to which spanned the width of the water. Booth fell in on his first try causing Brennan to laugh hysterically while she watched on as he climbed out of the water soaking wet and grasped her tightly in a bear hug before she had a chance to run away. On his second attempt he made it as far as the third rope but lost his footing when he reached for the bank and after his third attempt he gave up and headed to the other side via the usual bridge to watch his partner. She made it to the opposite bank on her first attempt causing Booth to scowl moodily until she slipped on the vertical cargo net ten minutes later.
They traversed a series of logs and chains before finally making it to the most complicated and biggest of the obstacles, and also the final one. It was a series of ladders, bridges and tyres strung together with nails and rope. They crossed the obstacle without too much difficulty despite Brennan deciding half way through to nip lovingly at her partner's shoulder causing him to jump away from her and almost lose his footing, before turning back to see her smiling cheekily.
The day continued in a similar manner as they headed south towards Victoria, Booth occasionally feeling a hand resting on his thigh or hand while he drove, though Brennan's eyes remained resolutely on her book.
"I think you were right about these books" Brennan gestured when she completed the sixth and penultimate in the series.
"It offers an interesting social commentary on morals and values. I think what J K Rowling is trying to say is for the most part very valid; choices are not always easy, life isn't always easy but the right choice is always the one that is for the goodness of others and that loyalty is one of your greatest assets but can also be your downfall"
Booth had known Brennan would like the books, he knew that she saw herself in them, as Harry, not as Hermione. Harry the orphaned boy, the one who never knew a family, who was alone until he came to Hogwarts. Just as Temperance had been alone until she entered the Jeffersonian Institute.
"And Booth, I'm nothing like Hermione, no one is that smart, it's not realistic" Brennan protested Booth's earlier comment about the similarity between them.
"No Bones, you two are the same. You are both intelligent and resourceful, you can do anything you put your mind to but you choose to help people" Booth explained lovingly.
"Thanks Booth" she accepted, though Booth suspected she didn't entirely believe him. She set the book onto her lap and absently stared out the window enjoying the sight of the ocean in the distance.