Disclaimer: STILL don't Bones…nope…on the top of my Christmas list.

AN: I was shopping with my aunt this weekend and as I was browsing through the bathing suits I came up with this idea, so I wrote it on my hand…just like the corn maze chapter.

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Title: Shopping

Seeley Booth skimmed through the folded dress shirts in the store, casually tossing the too small/too large ones aside until he found two that were his size. Tucking them under his arm, he caught sight of some familiar auburn locks disappearing around the corner of the men's department. He cocked an eyebrow and followed his partner from a distance.

Temperance headed towards the women's section, her hand lazily hanging onto her purse strap. She passed the shirts, skirts, and pants only to stop at the bathing suit section. Booth, knowing Brennan, guessed that she would go for a navy blue one piece.

As she skimmed through the suits, she hummed Hot Blooded. He couldn't help but smile. Every now and then she would pull out a suit and look at it, only to put it back on the rack.

After a few minutes, she pulled out a black bikini and studied it. She sighed, checked the price tag, and carried it towards the dressing rooms. Booth gulped at the thought of seeing his partner in a small, close fitting bikini. He shook his head. Partners, he told himself, we're partners. Nothing more. But his mind kept reminding him that it was something more. It always had been.

He took a ragged breath and made his way over to the fitting rooms. Sitting down in one of the chairs, he kept trying to shake the image of a soaking wet Brennan from his mind. Almost ten minutes passed before she exited the changing area, the bikini still in her hands.

Temperance glanced at Booth and did a double take.

"BOOTH?" she asked, wide-eyed. "What are you doing here?"

He flashed her a charm smile as he stood up. "Shopping, Bones. Why else would I be here?"

She narrowed her eyes and pointed a finger at him. "Have you been stalking me again?"

Booth chuckled. "I wouldn't call it that. More like…checking in on you."

Brennan shook her head. "Seeley Booth, you are impossible!"

He laughed. "Thank you, Bones. So," he gestured to the bikini in her hands, "what's that?"

She blushed noticeably and tucked the clothing item under her arm. "Uh…nothing, really. Just, you know, my old one needed replacing…" Trailing off, she looked up at him. "Why?"

A mischievous smile adorned his lips as he answered her. "Well, I was wondering if you wanted to head to the community pool this afternoon?"

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