Disclaimer: I own nothing that appears in this story and that is only going to change if Savage & Hyneman or Brennan & Booth are elected as president in 2012.
A/N: Its been awhile, but I unfortunately got a bit held up by school work, and my other story ideas. Forewarning there is only one chapter left, but don't worry I have plans to write stories for the other holidays.
Dr. Temperance Brennan was sitting naked on the floor, her back pressed up against the closed door, and her head banging repeatedly against it. The thoughts that were running through her mind were not helping her situation at all and despite her current efforts she was having no success in banishing them. Between her head banging and Booth's renewed pounding on her door Dr. Brennan was developing a headache.
After Dr. Brennan had realized she was exposing herself to Booth her natural instincts had kicked in and embarrassingly enough she had cried out before slamming her door in the startled agents face. Within seconds Booth had started to pound on Brennan's door out of his concern for her wellbeing. Unknowing that Brennan was trying to come up with a rational course of action. With a sigh she banged her head one final time against the door before calling out "Booth I'm fine just let me have a few minutes a peace for the moment." Without waiting for his answer Bones assumed the meditation position.
Finding herself clothed and in her office Temperance Brennan assumed she must be dreaming as she went to sit behind her desk and laid her head down upon it. She felt utterly exhausted mentally from all the stress she had been under since the dreams had started.
"Dr. Brennan I would never have expected you to get embarrassed around Agent Booth. You've always been so in control of your emotions, especially around him. For you to actually act like a regular person around him…I'm very impressed by the progress you have made.
Lifting her head off of the desk Dr. Brennan could only gape and glare at what appeared to be Dr. Sweets reclining on her couch. "Sweets…what the hell are you doing in my dreams?"
"Technically I'm not here Dr. Brennan. Likely some aspect of your subconscious is trying to tell you something, and I was the logical choice for delivering that message." Sitting upright on the couch Sweets set the file he was holding down on the table before standing up.
"Great so I'm talking to myself. Crap Angela was right I have been working to hard, and I'm starting to lose my mind. I must be losing it if I'm actually considering listening to all that psycho mumbo jumbo from you Sweets! Why can't things ever be easy for me anymore? Things were so much simpler before Booth came into my life. I was able to keep my emotions completely separate from my sexual relationships, and I'd have sooner been having erotic dreams about Zach as opposed to some two bit FBI agent!" By now Brennan was screaming loudly out of frustration. The months of dealing with this finally had her at the breaking point.
"Now see this is exactly why I'm here because well I'm obviously needed. So let's take a look at what your file says about you…shall we Dr. Temperance Brennan?" With a quick snap of his fingers the room they were in changed completely.
It was still an office of some kind, yet Sweets now sat behind a large desk with an open file before him. Dr Brennan now found herself seated in a comfortable chair in front of the desk, yet for some strange reason she found herself unable to rise from it. Somehow from where she was seated Dr. Brennan was still able to read the cover of the file and was perplexed as to why it said 'Dr. Temperance Brennan'.
"Now this is just getting ridiculous, why in the world are we in my old high school advisors office, why are you sitting at his desk, AND WHY THE HELL DO YOU HAVE A FILE WITH MY NAME ON IT!!!"
"Dr. Brennan please calm down and everything will be explained in due time. Now according to your file you have been in love with special agent Booth for quite awhile now. It says you first started thinking of Booth as something more than a partner back when he helped clear your name during that awful New Orleans debacle. Very understandable since you were quite emotionally vulnerable at the time and witnessed first hand the lengths he was willing to go to for you."
"What! Hold on a minute that's not the least bit true. Sure I was grateful that Booth helped me out, but that was it nothing more."
"Oh contraire my dear doctor your subconscious began to have some very interesting thoughts regarding Booths. Alongside some rather enjoyable dreams, even if you didn't remember them when you woke up. Though considering how you've always compartmentalized everything, it is to be expected." Turning to the next page in the folder Sweets got a rather surprised look on his face. "Now this is something I hadn't expected. You were openly fantasizing about Booth before you even started dating agent Sully. Talk about your long term crush…hold on…you did it that many times a day…while fantasizing about the guy!" Sweets face was bright red by this point as was Dr. Brennan's.
By this point she was beginning to see why they were having this discussion in her old high school advisor's office. The longer this embarrassment went on the more she felt like a teenager who had been caught doing something wrong. She was a grown adult and yet here she was blushing at the thought of how often she had taken care of herself while thinking of Booth. 'Fuck I shouldn't be thinking about him right now. Not his chiseled abs, or his handsome face, or his…no stop that right now Temperance. Crap I think I'm drooling.' Wiping a hand across her mouth she was disappoint when it came back wet.
While Dr. Brennan had been lost in her thoughts about agent Booth, Dr. Sweets had continued pursuing her file. "To be quite honest Dr. Brennan if you don't take advantage of this opportunity you have here then your likely going to regret it for the rest of your life."
"Huh…what was that Sweets? I wasn't paying any attention." This was quite true since Temperance's thoughts had once again drifted back to Booth and the mental image of him naked in the bathtub.
Sighing heavily Dr. Sweets rolled his eyes as he slowly massages his temples. Dealing with Dr. Brennan was frustrating at the best of times. "Ok, seems this will need to be explained in a more simplified manner. As your college Dr. Montenegro would say 'Sweetie you have it really bad for Booth, and he has it equally bad for you. So for once in your life do something impulsive. Or I will tie you naked to your bed, and lock Booth in the room with you until the two of you consummate your relationship. 'Now do you understand?"
"Ok, Ok, I get it. You don't need to threaten me Sweets. Wait a minute…why in the world am I threatening myself! AAARRRGGGGHHH!!! THIS IS GETTING CONFUSING! FINE! FINE I'LL DO IT ALRIGHT!!!" By this point Dr. Brennan was about ready to tear her hair out, though before she could she suddenly found herself back at her apartment with Booth still pounding on her door. Getting to her feet Dr. Brennan opened the door seeing her still embarrassed partner on the other side. Without saying a word she grabbed Booth by his jacket and yanked him into the apartment and into her kiss before kicking the door shut.
Several Hours Later
Booth was lying on his back in Bones' bed. The forensic anthropologist was lying on his chest with an arm draped loosely across his chest and the other behind the agent's neck. Booth had an arm wrapped around Bones' shoulders and was unconsciously stroking her hair gently as he was lost in his thoughts. Deciding to take a chance on getting an answer he opened his mouth, but before he could say anything Dr. Brennan beat him to it.
"Booth I've been in love with you for a long time now. I've just never been able to get up the nerve to tell you before now. It took awhile for me to admit to myself how truly important you are in my life, and I don't know what I would do if you weren't in it."
Booth gently turned Bones' around so she was looking at him and was shocked to find her crying. Feeling a stab of pain in his heart he felt sorry for her and guilty since he had rarely allowed himself to remember that she was a flesh and blood person with emotions and not simply a cold and emotionless person. Leaning down he gently and lightly kissed her on the lips for several seconds before slowly pulling away. "Temperance…I love you. I…I just didn't want to ruin what we had from the fear of losing you. I was willing to deny my feelings and keep you by my side as my partner rather then run the risk of losing you if you didn't feel the same way about me. But I promise you that I'll never leave you, and that I'll always protect you."
Dr. Brennan was still crying, but it had changed. No long was she scared of driving Booth away; he felt the same about her and was willing to stay with her unlike so many others. "Booth…that's the first time you've ever called me by name."
"It seemed appropriate at the time, though if you want I can still call you Bones."
"No, it's alright Seeley, call me whatever you want in private. We'll just need to remember to keep up the song and dance around the others." Looking over at her bedroom clock Dr. Brennan was surprised to see it was a minute to midnight. Chuckling softly at the irony of the situation she briefly wondered if maybe…perhaps she was wrong about the existence of Santa Claus though that was something to analyze in the morning. As the clock flipped over to midnight Dr. Brennan repositioned herself so she could kiss Booth. "Merry Christmas Seeley Booth."
Well that's the story I hope you enjoyed it. Though don't worry there is still the epilogue coming up which will prove entertaining. So please let me know what you thought of this, and remember reviews make authors happy, and happy authors are productive authors.