AN: Well here we go... took longer than i planned because i've been watching Bones dvd's. Yay! lol i just noticed that all the lab coats have the names embroidered on them, it's cute. Anyway... for those of you who have been asking about Challenge Hill, yes it is a real place. It's in the Adelaide Hills, near Crafers and mostly it's used for school groups and scouts type stuff. I haven't been there for years, last time was for school and it's been one of my favourite places in Adelaide since. I'm not sure if some of the stuff is really made for adults... especially the mouse trap it was a bit cramped when i was in there and they are both way taller than me so it would be pretty squishy.
SannieXD: I'm glad you're enjoying the story, thanks.
mumrulz: hmm Bones has never been good at offering up bits of herself so i thought it would be more realistic.
Chapter 20
They didn't reach Victoria until the next day and spent much of the day exploring the coastline and some of Australia's most spectacular scenery. Every now and then one of them would request that the car be stopped in order to make the short walk to one of the many attractions along the Great Ocean Road, where they would photograph the landscape and each other and attempt to photograph themselves with varying degrees of success. In that manner they made it to the Twelve Apostles by sunset before heading onto Lorne for the night.
"Bones, what happens when we get back home?" Booth asked that night, Brennan was lying next to him her laptop open on her lap insisting that she get at least a little work done before they get home. Booth had just finished writing his journal, deliberately omitting a few details that he was sure would make Sweets blush and considered including just for that reason.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, does this keep going?" Booth said gesturing between them "Do we tell our friends that we're together now, are we together now? Do we pretend nothing happened?" Booth asked suddenly panicked.
"Seeley Booth, I love you and that is not going to change when we go back home. I certainly hope this will keep going, I've got used to being around you, I'm going to miss not being around you all the time" Brennan admitted "As for all the other stuff, it doesn't matter much to me, but I think Angela would have us both killed if we didn't tell her"
Booth sighed in relief and planted a soft kiss on his partner's lips "I hope you don't have a lot left to do Bones" he said gesturing to her laptop.
"Nope, I'm done" she decided after a moment, saving her work and pushing the top down before placing it onto the nightstand.
"That's what I thought you'd say" Booth replied already nipping at her collarbone playfully.
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Brennan was disappointed when they were barely able to spend any time in Melbourne, making it just on time to check into the ferry terminal for their overnight trip to Tasmania. Booth reminded her that it was because of her that they were so late in the first place, as she kept telling him to stop so they could walk around the coast and look at the scenery.
By the time their car was safely loaded onto the ferry had abandoned her argument when Booth reminded her that there wasn't a whole lot they had wanted to do in Melbourne anyway, a point she had to concede. After all Tasmania was the place she most wanted to visit in the whole of Australia, she had been invited to help identify and authenticate bones at Port Arthur almost two years earlier but had been forced to decline due to her father's trial. She was anxious to see the place that had thought so highly of her skills.
The Spirit of Tasmania wasn't a large vessel but it was quite a short trip and neither Booth nor Brennan were particularly concerned with size.
"Oh look Bones, there's a cinema on here and there's a movie starting in a couple of hours" Booth enthused when they entered their suite.
"Any you want to go?" Brennan assumed.
"Yep"
"Yeah okay, but we have to eat first" she stipulated dropping her bag and laptop onto the bed.
Ten minutes later they headed down a deck and made their way to the rear of the ferry where according to Brennan there was a nice restaurant. She had quickly pulled on the little black dress that she had thrown into her luggage at the last minute, and Booth was not disappointed. The material seemed to hug her curvy figure in just the right places and he found that he didn't care if they ate or got to the movie; his only thought was ripping the dress back off of his lover and making love to her.
Brennan smirked as she dragged him out of the room, enjoying the affect she could have on him. It was nice to be taken out to dinner Brennan thought, without the pressure of a first date and without the expectation of sex, though she didn't doubt that was how the evening would end. Although their dinner was overpriced and appeared in strange arrangements and tiny portions Brennan was sure she could get used to eating dinner with Booth, somewhere other than the diner.
"You know Bones, you should really try to be a little less beautiful" Booth told her as their dessert was brought out to the table.
"Excuse me?" she asked confused, sure she had misheard him.
"You're the envy of every woman in this room, haven't you seen them all glaring at you" Booth asked "And trust me when I say this, every man in this room wants to whisk you away and see what's underneath that dress, because they're sure it must be just as good as the dress indicates" he continued, his voice barely above a whisper and his eyes travelling over each part of her body visible to him as he spoke
"So are you" Brennan pointed out laughing.
"Yeah, but I already know what's underneath" he retorted as she took a mouthful of her tiny chocolate mousse.
Booth was pleased to see Get Smart playing when they got to the cinema, after being forced to sit through Mamma Mia in Queensland. They took seats at the back of the almost empty cinema Booth's arm immediately wrapping around Brennan's shoulder comfortably.
"You know I can't remember the last time I was in a cinema" Brennan whispered a few minutes later.
"Surely it wasn't so long ago that you can't remember that a cinema is supposed to be a quiet place" Booth replied jokingly.
"Nope not that long ago"
A few minutes later another question came "Booth, what is this movie about?"
"Just watch, you'll pick it up" Booth replied turning back to the movie, though the majority of his attention remained on her. The feel of her warm body through his thin shirt and the way her muscles flexed just a little under his touch.
"Booth, I really don't understand" she complained a few minutes later.
"Oh Bones, just shut up" Booth commanded gently and to ensure his order was followed he pressed his lips forcefully to hers in the darkened cinema. As Anne Hathaway flounced across the screen wearing nothing but her underwear Booth slid his hand up Brennan's bare thigh and under her tiny dress. If she was surprised by his intimate touch she didn't show it, instead she leant closer, craving more and his other hand came up to rest on her breast while her hands caressed his thighs, carefully avoiding the one place he yearned for her touch. As Maxwell Smart dropped from an airplane, having forgotten his parachute Brennan climbed onto Booth's lap turning her back on the screen. If Booth had believed Brennan could keep quiet he would have taken her right there. Brennan's loud and exuberant love making were one of the many things he loved about her, but at that moment he wished she was able to keep just a little quieter.
"Booth? I can be quiet you know" she whispered as the movie continued in the background unbeknownst to them.
AN: Sorry there was so little Victoria, but everyone always goes to melbourne and sydney i thought i would focus on the lesser known areas. Grr... I'm watching the news and am so sick of hearing about the damn alcopop taxes... it's the worst idea ever. The more they up the price of alcopops to prevent binge drinking the more likely people are going to buy straight alcohol and mix it themselves and that's going to be worse... Aah stupid government.