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Chapter Nine: Announcement

(Brennan POV)

I took my time getting ready to go to the Founding Fathers. I don't know why. I was ecstatic to tell everybody, but another part of me wanted to keep this a secret for just a little longer, for it to just be between Bones and me. Bones, on the other hand, seemed to just want to get it over with, though every time he came in to check if I was ready, all he did was distract me by kissing my neck and putting his arms all over me, until I finally had to kick him out until I was able to finish.

I chose a dark blue blouse that contrasted my eyes perfectly and and a pair of my favorite skinny jeans, as well as a black pair of high heeled boots. I also put on my mother's earrings that just brushed my cheeks when I turned my head, and after I applied some light makeup, I was ready to go.

When I walked out of my room, Bones was sitting on the couch, dressed in a green t shirt and a pair of ripped jeans, his 'casual' wear. His hair was slightly gelled and he looked so good, that it made me think twice about going out tonight, but one look at the clock told me that we had exactly fifteen minutes to get there or Angela would most likely be calling to see what was taking us so long, so quickly I grabbed my jacket and his and pulled him out the door behind me.

When we got to the Founding Fathers, Angela and Hodgins were already there, talking and sharing a plate of fries, with a beer in both their hands.

"Hey, you two." I greeted, hugging both of them. "What's up?"

"Hi Sweetie!" Angela practically squealed, squeezing me hard.

"Ange!" I gasped. "I...need...air!"

Angela let me go immediately and smiled apologetically. "Sorry, Sweetie. Just a little excited to see you, I guess."

"Why? You just saw me a couple of days ago and we talked on the phone for two hours last night about nothing." I said, confused by why she seemed so excited to see me now. Did Bones tell her about us already?

"Hey, Bren. Hey, Dr. B. How are you guys?" Hodgins said, shaking Bones' hand.

"I don't know about Brennan, but I'm doing quite well." Bones said, calling over a waiter, "One Bud Light and one Coke, please?" He ordered, then looked at me, "I'll drive tonight." I nodded, smiling at him and instantly got a smile from Angela and a strange look from Hodgins.

"You're gonna let him drive?" Hodgins asked, pointing to Bones. "Okay, what's going on here?"

Bones and I looked at each other, suppressing smiles, then back at him. "Nothing." we said in unison as the waiter served us our drinks.

Hodgins kept eying us suspiciously until I told him to knock it off.

After about fifteen minutes, their boss, and my ex, Sully came bustling in. "Sorry I'm late." he said, sitting down and flagging down the waiter for a beer. "But Michelle's friends just refused to leave, so I had to kick them out, which led to a fight, which led to Michelle locking herself in her room, and me staying there an extra fifteen minutes, making sure she didn't sneak out the window." Sully sighed. "Why didn't anybody ever tell me that it was going to be this hard to take care of a teenage girl?"

"Well, I don't think anybody ever realized that you would ever willingly adopt one or have any children at all, and nobody can tell the future so it would be really pointless to-"

"Bones," I said, nudging him in the ribs, "the question was rhetorical."

Bones blushed slightly. "Oh." he said. "I see. You weren't really expecting an answer."

Sully nodded, smiling, as he took a sip of his beer.

"So," he said, "what's the big news that has us all here tonight?" he asked.

I smiled at Sully. "What? We can't have a nice night out with our friends on the town without there being some sort of big news?"

Sully smiled widely. "We, Temperance? As far as I remember, you were the one who invited me here."

My smile widened. He'd caught my we like I thought he would. "Well, Timothy, actually, Bones and I do have something to tell you all."

"Don't call me Timothy. And really? What might that be?" He asked, with interest.

"Well, as you know, Booth and I have been partners for the FBI for about five years now, and at first we couldn't stand each other, but we grew to be very close friends, best friends even, and just recently, I told Booth that I wanted us to be more..."

I paused, for dramatic effect, causing Bones to smile at me and Angela, Hodgins, and Sully to lean in. "And?" they said in unison.

"You wanna take this, Bones?" I asked.

Bones nodded and looked at our friends. "I accepted."

There was a moment of silence before all three of them smile at us.

"Finally!" they all said in unison (at this point, it was kind of creepy) and got up to shake our hands and, in Angela's case, squeeze the air from our lungs in bone-shattering hugs.

I was relieved to hear that they were all happy for us, and I think Bones was, too, even though they'd been urging us to get together for years now and it was certain that they would be.

I looked over at Bones, who was smiling and conversing with Sully and Hodgins about some new findings on a recent case, then I turned to Angela, who was still smiling widely.

"I told you so." she said, when I looked at her. "I knew he loved you back."

I rolled my eyes at her but I didn't argue, because I knew it was true. Bones did love me. And I hoped he'd love me for the next thirty or forty or fifty years to come.

There. Three pages of update, or so my OpenOffice tells me. I think that makes up partially for my absence. I will continue to update my chapters more frequently from now on and I'm very sorry for the delay. Please REVIEW!