A/N – This is chapter 5 – Thanks to all of you that have reviewed, you keep us going. Hopefully this chapter will be cute, containing fluff and hopefully if all goes well, funny. Hope you like it.

Summary for the chapter - Booth and Brennan go shopping in New York. Some shops just make you wonder.

Chapter 5 - Oh, It's New York!

Walking through Central Park Booth and Brennan laughed and playfully joked as they both pointed out, mostly Booth, places they remember seeing in films. Brennan stopped in her tracks as she noticed an area that she recognised. Booth looked at the amused look on her face with curiosity.

"What you looking at?" he asked wondering what was making his partners face glow, she was happy.

"Um, it's nothing." She said not wanting to let Booth into her hidden secret.

"When you say it's nothing, Bones, it always is. Please tell me?" The intonation in his voice changed so that he now sounded like his five year old son as he pleaded with her.

"If you're that DESPERATE to know Booth then I'll tell you, but first I need you to answer this question. Okay?" She said smiling at the fact that Parker resembled his father so much; no wonder she couldn't say no to either of them, especially Booth and his symmetrical features.

"Okay, shoot." Booth said, his voice deep and bellowing.

"What? Where Booth? I don't have a gun Booth so I can't shoot." She said her voice changing from slight panic to anger as she made her way through the sentence.

"Sorry Bones, I didn't mean shoot as in," he indicated a gun being fired with his arms; "I meant go ahead ask your question."

"Fine. Have you ever watched Friends Booth?" She questioned, hoping that he would answer no, so that she could not go into this conversation.

"Yes, once or twice. Why?" He replied

"Have you seen the episode where Phoebe teaches Rachel how to run, like you did when you were a child, like you have no inhibitions, running free." She stopped and smiled, reliving that part once again. "Rachel takes this into account and runs straight into a horse." She laughs as she tells Booth laughing to her self at the smile that has spread over his face.

"Yes I have seen it Bones. This area looks like were it was filmed, I see." He had a surprised smile on his face; the infamous Dr. Temperance Brennan watched sitcoms. He would have never imagined.

"Booth, why do you look surprised? I do watch television you know. I did have one

once, before I took a baseball bat to it." She giggled recalling the look on Pete's face.

"I'm surprised that you are into sitcoms, I gathered that you wouldn't watch them as they have no real anthropological meaning. Any other's you watch Bones?"

"No, only Sex in the City. I have every episode of both Friends and Sex and the City. It's my guilty pleasure." She smiled. She couldn't quite believe the look of absolute shock on Booths face. She had loved both programmes since the very beginning. She had also spoken to Sarah Jessica Parker and Jennifer Aniston at an event her publicist had made her go to. However this was something Booth wasn't going to find out. She looked at Booth who was still stood still. She put her hand on his back, to guide him forward towards a familiar shop.

"Bones, I can't come in here." He whined

"You can't or you won't Booth." She said standing in front of the big pink sign. Flashing him, her own version of his charm smile. "Come on Booth, It's only lingerie."

"Yes Bones, whatever you say." He said looking uncomfortable.

"Come on we haven't got all day. Anyway, would you everyone to know that Special Agent Seeley Booth was scared of a few pairs of panties. Anyway you don't want to be on of those men that stand outside looking uncomfortable and out of place whilst their better halves shop do you." She stopped and looked him straight in the eyes, opening her eyes, an innocent expression on her face, "Anyway Booth ill need your help deciding what looks better." She flashed him a flirtatious smile and walked into the building heading straight to the lingerie section. Booth followed unsure what to think of her parting comments. He walked into the women store not knowing where to go. His hesitance at the door had meant that he had lost sight of his partner, he looked around like a lost puppy, women seamed to be coming from every direction, surely waiting outside would have been better than this. He took one last look before turning towards the door. As he did so his eyes caught sight of his partner who was standing at the top of the escalator, she looked radiant, her beauty standing out amongst the sea of women that filtered through the shop. His uncomfortably disappeared as his eyes met his partner and he began his accent upward on the escalator. As he reached her he smiled.

"Get a bit lost there Seeley." She whispered as they walked into the mountain of lingerie his hand placed firmly on the small of her back, staking claim to her, so that no man approached her. She walked confidently towards the section that Booth could only describe as the 'Saucy Stuff,' slightly embarrassed to be going there with her, but also glad that this was the line that she preferred.

"What do you think of these Booth?" she asked holding up a pair of red laced French knickers.

Booth not sure where to put himself, "Umm… yeah, they're nice, I mean I would expect them to look great on you" He paused "not that I'm imagining you wearing them."

Bones smiled at her partner's discomfort.

"What I'm trying to say is that they, they are very, they are very red."

"I see red. Is that good, Booth?" She smiled a seductive smile at him.

"Yes, um I like red, red is good, it's a bright colour unlike black. Blacks a good colour to though. Not that you should get black. I like black, but um" he stuttered god he was rammebeling "there not that there for me to like. Reds good. Get red. Do you like red?" As he continued speaking his cheeks were turning the exact same colour as the underwear that were still being held in-front of him. As he had continued his head had twisted one hand into his top and the other imbedded into his hair.

She looked at her partner the new light that seemed to hover over him in the last few months was getting brighter and the fact that she was seeing her partner in this new light was making her nervous but also excited.

She interrupted his ramble, and saved him from his ever growing embarrassment.

"I like red, Booth. Red's good. I'm going to try these on. Are you coming?"

At these words his cheeks changed from red to maroon red, verging on a dangerous for his health colour. This shop was not good for him; he would rather be struck by lightening than having these adoring stares from the women in the shop. One woman seemed to be approaching Booth with a lace thong. He looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights, he looked towards the changing room that Temperance had just entered, and he walked as quickly as possible as he could manage without looking rude.

It was a life or death situation. He was caught between death by embarrassment if the women with the thong caught up with him, or the death that would be insured if he walked into the safe haven that he would feel in his partner's dressing room. He decided that he would rather die by Temperance's hands, having possible seeing her in her panties once again, than be caught by the woman that still followed him.

Brennan now stood in her deliciously red under garments, admiring and contemplating in front of the mirror. Her hands were placed on her hips. She was unsure whether this ensemble complimented her shape. As she continued debating with her self a sharp hiss came from the other side of the door.

"Bones let me in. Please Temperance." Booth's voice sounded both worried and anxious.

She opened the door slowly, it was all it took, once the lock had been unbolted Booth pushed the door open and slipped inside. She looked at him in shock. She had no intention of letting him in just yet, she was still standing in her underwear. Both of their cheeks blushed the red of the panties that she was wearing and all either of them could think was, 'Thank God it's not a thong.'

Booth looks away putting his hand over his eyes as he had previously done when they were in Aurora searching for Angela's 'Boyfriend for three weeks.' Temperance had also turned around.

"Booth what are you doing in here?" She questioned hoping that he could not see her embarrassment.

Booth was now peeking around the door "She's gone." He said relieved closing the door still with his back turned to his partner.

"Who's gone?" she asked

"I was being hounded Bones and not in a good way, can we please get out of here now?"

She pointed down at what she was wearing, "What like this? Okay then." She said making her way to the door.

"No Bones, No." He pleaded trying to stop her.

"Why not Booth? Does it not look good?" She questioned.

He answered without thinking. "No, you look incredible sexy in it Temperance." She stopped dead in her tracks at his statement. She was shocked, that was not the answer that she was expecting, she hoped for him to stutter as when he did he looked incredibly cute.

"Thank you Booth." She smiled sweetly at him. Both of them were willing themselves to calm down. He pointed at the door.

"I'll just go and wait outside whilst you get change. Don't be long mind, that women might come back and if she does I am coming right back in." He squeezed past her and opened the door. He smiled as he left. This trip was turning out to be incredible productive.

The reaction that the underwear provoked in Booth, simple gave her the answer whether to buy them or not so three minutes later she emerged, looking contented in the situation she had found herself in. Thing might now be getting somewhere.

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Apologies if the New York bits are to geographically incorrect, I remember some places clearly but others not so. Am so sorry about the lateness of the update shame on me. Hope you like it. Reviews would be nice.