Disclaimer: Guess what? I'm dating the owner of FOX and as a birthday present he gave me the rights to Bones!!! …Ok, so maybe it was a dream. I still don't own Bones.

AN: This idea came to me when I was at the horse barn, so I quick got a pen and wrote it on my hand. :P

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Title: The Maze

"We're lost." Temperance stated, glaring at Booth.

"We are not lost!" he retorted, turning the map upside down and back again.

She sat down and sighed. "Yes, we are!"

He sat down next to her, tossing the map aside. "Well, at least we'll never run out of food." Booth joked, gesturing to all the cornstalks surrounding them.

Earlier that day, Seeley had sauntered into her office, smiling broadly. He saw Brennan working on her computer, so he walked over and sat down in the chair opposite of her desk.

"Bones, you know what today is?" he asked her, placing his feet on her desk.

"Saturday?" she asked, pushing his feet off.

"Exactly! And it's not a time to be working! It's a time to have fun!"

Brennan rolled her eyes. "Yeah, ok, Booth. You go have fun." She said, turning back to her computer.

Booth sighed. "No, Bones, you're coming with me."

She moaned in protest, but clicked out of her program. Brennan would never reject an offer to hang out with Booth, but she'd never admit it.

"So where are we going, anyway?" she asked, collecting her things.

"A corn maze!" he replied, trying hard to conceal his laughter.

She stared at him. "Seriously?"

Booth flashed her a charm smile. "C'mon! It'll be lots of fun."

Sighing again, she muttered, "I'm going to regret this."

A now she was, as she sat in the hot sun next to her partner, hopelessly lost in a corn maze…yes, a corn maze.

This is ridiculous, Temperance thought. But then she caught a glimpse of her partner, glistening with sweat. It was then that she realized how much she needed and wanted him. Every time he's held her, comforted her, and wiped away her tears, she's never noticed how much she loved him. But just sitting here with him, both enjoying the silence, all her emotions finally crashing down on her. She finally came to the conclusion that—

"Bones?" Booth asked her, waving a hand in front of her face. "You okay there? It looked like you were spacing out…big time."

"No…no, I was just…thinking." She answered, smiling at him.

He shrugged. "Ok." Standing up, he offered his hand to help her up. "Now. How about we get out of this wretched thing?"

Chuckling, she took his hand and stood up next to him. As they continued on, Brennan just couldn't shake that feeling that she'd experienced back behind them. She kept her eyes on the ground, following the sound of Booth's footsteps.

As her mind wandered, she realized that she no longer heard the crunch crunch of his shoes. Her head snapped up, and she realized that he was no longer in front of her.

Frozen in place, Temperance looked around, frantically.

"Booth?" she called out quietly, then louder. She continued forwards, turning this way and that.

She was starting to panic. It was stupid, really. She kept telling herself that it was a corn maze, and that everything was going to be fine. But the thought of being alone was overwhelming.

Brennan thought she heard quick footsteps in the distance off to her left, so she ran towards them.

"BOOTH?!" she called again, pushing her way through the corn towards the sound.

"Bones?" came the reply. Quickening her stride, she still headed towards his voice, tears streaming down her face.

Soon, she ran into him, literally, and she fell into his arms, sobbing.

"Woah…Bones. Are you alright?" he asked, automatically returning her embrace.

"Booth…" she whispered. "I was alone…all alone…"

"Hey, hey, it's ok. I'm here. I'll never leave you alone again. I promise." He reassured her, stroking her hair absentmindedly.

After she had cried for a few minutes, she calmed down, and actually chuckled a bit.

"I'm sorry, Booth. You must think I'm a complete sissy for panicking."

He turned her face so he could look her in the eyes. "No way, Bones. You're the strongest person I know. To tell you the truth, I was a little scared, too."

"Really?"

"Really. I thought something had happened to you." He shook his head. "I could never live with myself if that was true."

Temperance looked him in the eye, and blushed. "You know, when we were sitting down back there, I realized something. I…" she trailed off.

"You what?" he asked, almost whispering.

"I…I love you." She blurted, quickly regretting making herself vulnerable, and looked down at the ground.

Booth stared at her for a second, then offered a soft charm smile.

"I love you, too, Tempe." He said quietly, caressing her cheek.

She looked up at him, eyes glistening with tears and love. Pushing a strand of her auburn hair behind her ear, Booth leaned down and placed a kiss on her lips.

At first it was sweet and innocent, then, as the seconds dragged on, it became more passionate.

Brennan broke away, in desperate need of air, but Booth kept going. He kissed a line down her jaw and onto her neck. She moaned slightly, locking her arms around his neck and running her hands through his hair.

Their lips finally met again, and before they pulled apart, he placed a light kiss on her lips.

Gasping for air, they heard a little kid yelling, "MOMMY! MOMMY I FOUND THE EXIT, IT'S OVER HERE!"

They looked at each other, and smiled. While holding hands, they began to walk in the opposite direction.

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Sorry if that's confusing…it makes sense to me…although it is 10 o'clock at night.

I'm not really sure if Booth would really take Brennan to a corn maze, let alone she accepts, but hey. It's fanfic, right?

Please review! Tell me if this sucks…I really appreciate it. (Ok, that sounds weird.)