Look, another chapter! I am speedygonzalis (I know, it's not a word) this week. Oh my God, a draw! The AFL final was a DRAW! Oh, well, hopefully the Saints smash the Pies next weekend.

Enjoy!

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"The waiting is getting on my nerves…."

"Is it, now?" he cocked his head to the side and grinned.

"Yes," Tempe swallowed, "it really is. Ever since Monday."

Nodding but not replying, Booth concentrated on her face as he twirled a strand of hair around his finger.

"You never answered my question," Tempe reminded him. "Are you still a tease?"

"Hmm…. I don't know. You tell me," he said, toying with her.

"How on earth could I know that? That's something you decide," she said, moving around to get in a more comfortable position. "It's not something I can tell just by looking at you."

"Good point. Maybe, I'll just have to show you," Booth whispered as he brushed her fringe aside and pressed his lips softly to her forehead.

"Wh-what do you mean?" Tempe stuttered.

"Well," Booth started, moving the both of them so he was hovering just above her. Lacing their fingers together, Booth continued, "Just think about it. If I were a tease, would I do this?"

Lowering his head, Booth presses kisses, first on her hand, and then up her arm; goose bumps appearing as his feather-light touch travelled along her pale skin.

"I-I don't know. I'm not a tease, so I don't have any first-hand knowledge to go by," Tempe unsuccessfully tried to steady her breathing.

"How about this?" he asked seductively, moving her hair away from her neck, peppering small kisses down and across her collarbone.

"You are a tease, Seeley Booth," she complained. "You are still making me wait, and all – all this – is just teasing me further."

Moving from her neck to her jaw line and kissing his way up to her ear, he whispered against her skin, "did you ever stop and think, Temperance, that maybe the wait will be worth it?" Travelling up the other side of her jaw, Booth smiled at the sound of her uneven breathing and rise and fall of her chest.

"I guess I didn't think of that, no," Tempe admitted, closing her eyes as his lips brushed the corner of hers. And then the other corner.

He was so close when he spoke, that his lips grazed hers, "have you come to a conclusion yet? Have you decided whether or not I'm a tease?"

Her hot breath mingled with his, she replied, "I guess it depends on what you do next."

Booth's lips finally met with hers, though it was hesitant at first, with the meeting of their lips came fireworks. Feeling her sigh beneath him was all Booth needed. His lips pressed harder against hers and his free hand found its way underneath Tempe's hair. There was no air space between them now, as they held each other as close as they could. Their linked hands moved up next to their head, resting against the pillow. As mouths opened and legs tangled and hair got mussed up, things heightened and became more heated. For Tempe, everything seemed upside and back to front. When air became a necessity and they briefly broke apart, she discovered it was not oxygen she needed, but Booth himself; his presence, his touch, his kiss.

"I made up my mind," she whispered hoarsely against his ever-moving lips.

"About what?" he replied, his lips grazing her jaw with light kisses.

Sighing and pulling his mouth back to hers for a moment, she said briefly, "you're not a tease."

"Glad you think so," he murmured, a smirk growing on his face. "Told you so."

The sound of hurried footsteps up the stairs made them jump apart, though they kept their fingers entwined on the pillow. Holding her breath, Tempe exhaled when the steps faded as, Russ presumably, walked down the other end of the hall to the study.

"That was close," Booth whispered, hearing his own heartbeat in his ears from the nervousness of wondering what would happen if Russ and Max found out what they'd just been doing.

"Yeah," Tempe whispered back, rubbing her thumb back and forth along the side of Booth's hand. "This is nice."

Nodding his agreement, Booth kissed her on the cheek and said, "I could get used to this."

"Me too, Booth, me too. Though on Monday I am leaving for school camp and I'll be gone for two weeks," she sighed.

"That's a shame."

Laying there for quite a while in silence, Booth came up with an idea, "how about, when you get back from camp, I'll meet you there and walk you back home; do a little catching up?"

"I'd like that, very much," Tempe replied, pressing a sweet kiss to his lips.

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"I should probably get going," Booth said getting to his feet and bringing her up with him. "And I'm not going to be able to see you until you get back from camp, 'cause I'm going away with Pops and Jared for the weekend."

"I'll miss you," Tempe mumbled into his chest.

At her inaudible statement, Booth asked, "What was that?"

"I said 'I'll miss you'," she repeated, lifting her chest to look at him.

"I will too."

Walking him out to the front yard, Tempe shut the front door behind them.

"Bye," he whispered, wrapping his arms around her waist, as hers went around his shoulders, and he captured her lips in the last kiss they would share for over two weeks.

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"Tempe," Max called from the living room when she reentered the house. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"

Following along the hall to the living room, she said, "yeah, Dad?"

"Your friend, Seeley," he began, "is he more than a friend?"

Blushing a little, she replied, not bothering to lie, "he could be."

"Tempe, I'm only saying this because it's in your best interest, but I think he may be a little too old for you."

Fuming, she replied, "he's not even three years older. I'm almost an adult, Dad, you can't control me forever. I saw it the moment I introduced you to him, you didn't like him. But you're not going to like any boy I bring home, simply due to the fact that they're a boy. I'm going to fix myself some dinner and do some homework. Goodnight."

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There you go, another chapter. I hate to leave the chapter on a bad note, but yeah, it had to happen.

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Em xXxXxxx