In answer to one of the reviews I received: Yes, Sweets does seem to be more mature in this story. I always felt that Brennan treated Sweets like he was a "Kid", because Booth did. In other words, Booth, is a bad influence on Brennan. Without Booths immediate influence on Brennan she treats Sweets with respect and he acts like a mature adult with several degrees to back up his title of Doctor. Age does not influence Brennan's interaction with her interns.

REVELATIONS

Chapter 3

Sunday morning: 2 A.M. Dr. Jack Hodgins Estate

Temperance Brennan tossed and turned in her bed. Her mind just wouldn't shut off so that she could sleep. She tried to reason out why she was so afraid of getting into a serious relationship with Booth. She knew she needed to get over this crippling fear. She didn't want to be alone anymore. She wanted Booth and she wanted a child that would love her and never leave her.

She was thinking so much that she was developing a headache. If she concentrated on the sounds of the house she could hear the sound of Booth's gentle snoring next door. Without thinking about it she sat up and grabbed her robe and went to Booth's room and gently knocked on the door. She waited a minute but didn't hear anything. As quietly as she could she turned the knob of his bedroom door and opened it then went in. Before closing the door she looked up and down the hallway to make sure no one had awakened to check on the noise. Once again she carefully closed the door.

She turned and walked over to the bed. Booth slept on the other side of the large queen size bed. Very quietly and carefully she pulled the covers up and after removing her nightgown she crawled into bed beside him. She could feel the heat radiating from his body. He was lying on his stomach and had his head turned the other way.

As soon as he felt the bed move Booth woke up. Without having to look he knew who was lying next to him. He would know her scent anywhere. He turned towards her.

"What's the matter? Can't sleep?" He dared not presume that she wanted him to make love to her. Her mind didn't work like other adults. In some ways she was like a child. She often took things at their face value.

"No, I can't. My mind won't shut off." She rolled over on her stomach and bunched the pillow under her chest and looked at him with what he sometimes described as her impish smile. "I thought maybe we could partake in some therapeutic sex so that my mind would relax and I could rest."

Booth rolled over so that he was on his side and looking down at her. He lightly ran his hand down her back. "You know Temperance, for me, with you, it is more than recreational sex. I would be making love to you. Are you giving yourself to me Temperance?"

Bones was quiet for a long time. She looked up into his eyes, turned over, sat up and let the sheet fall from her breasts. "Yes. I think that I love you just as much as you love me."

He reached for her head and pulled her into his embrace and a gentle kiss. Before going any further he pulled back and said "That is impossible." For the first time, Seeley Jefferson Booth was able to make love to the woman that he saw as his soul mate and the love of his life. Bones was the woman that he wanted to grow old with and to have children with. For the next hour they made love and in the end Bones fell asleep in his arms. She felt tired and at peace with her decision. She didn't analyze what they had done; she was too tired for that. She felt warm and safe in his arms and at that moment just before she fell asleep she knew that Booth would not let anything happen to her if there was any way that he could prevent it. She would remember these thoughts in the coming weeks.

The next morning everyone else was up and having breakfast in the dining room by 9 am. The cook had set up the food in a buffet style so that everyone could get what they wanted. When Angela was almost done she looked at her watch. "Has anyone seen Brennan or Booth?"

Cam looked up from her coffee. "I believe our Dr. Brennan paid Booth a late night visit. I don't know if she stayed because I fell asleep."

Angela had a big grin on her face. "Finally."

Brennan came into the dining room and grabbed a cup of coffee and a plate of scrambled eggs and a couple chunks of melon then sat down. "Good morning everyone."

"Well you're awfully cheerful this morning. Did you have a good 8 hours of sleep last night?" Angela said, emphasizing the 8 hours, while still smiling at her friend.

"I didn't get 8 hours of sleep because Booth and I were engaging in sex for the first time but I can't talk about it right now because he is going to church and is going let me go along with him for the first time. He told me I have to be good though and not ask any questions until the ceremony is over." Brennan quickly ate her food and drank her coffee. She ran upstairs to brush her teeth and grab her purse.

In another five minutes Booth came downstairs and grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down. "Good morning everyone."

"You look surprisingly refreshed this morning." Hodgins said.

Booth looked at them over the rim of his coffee. "She told you?" It was more of a statement then a question.

"You know it buddy." Jack said then busted out laughing. "Was it everything you dreamt it would be?"

"Yes, all that and more." Booth said as he got up and left the dining room. He stopped at the stairs and looked up at Brennan's room. "Let's go Bones. Chop! Chop!"

"We're barbequing ribs this afternoon so make sure you're back by 3." Jack shouted at Booth.

Brennan came running down the stairs with her purse and a small note pad that she was shoving into her purse as she came down the stairs. "Why are you in such a hurry? We have 30 minutes before the ceremony starts."

"Number 1, it's called the Mass. Number 2, if you're late everyone looks your way as you come into the church. What's the notepad for?"

"You said I couldn't ask questions during the Mass so I thought I would write them down and ask you later."

They reached Booth's SUV, he unlocked it and opened the door for her. When she was in he ran to the other side and jumped in, started the engine and stepped on the gas.

All during the Mass Brennan took notes. She watched everything Booth did and imitated him. She saw no logic in it but she did it anyway. By the end of the Mass a small question came into her mind that she dismissed immediately. The question that came to her, unbidden, was 'How could so many people be wrong'.

When Booth got up to leave she reached out and put her hand on his arm. When he looked at her she said "Can we sit here for a few minutes?"

In answer Booth sat down again and patiently waited for the questions to start. To his surprise though she just sat still and said nothing. After 20 minutes the priest came back in, without his vestments, to retrieve something from the chair he used at the altar.

"Wait here Booth." Brennan then approached the priest. Booth watched them as they sat down on the opposite side. They talked for the next 15 minutes. He saw Brennan take out something from her purse and give it to the priest. He guessed that it was her business card. In another minute Brennan got up and returned to Booth.

"If you're ready we can go now." Brennan said.

Booth got up and they returned to his SUV. When he started up the engine and pulled out onto the road he asked her "What was that all about?"

"I told the priest who I was and that I didn't believe that there is a God. I asked if he knew of someone that I could talk to that had an IQ equal or above my own. If he could find one then I wanted to discuss with them the possibility that there is a God. I told him that today I questioned my belief that there is no God. I said that I asked myself how could so many people be wrong?"

Booth, to say the least, was shocked. "If I had known that it was that easy I would have brought you with me a long time ago."

"Yes you should have."

Booth didn't get mad at what she said because he knew that it was just Brennan's way of stating a fact. That's all it was to her, there was nothing malicious behind what she said, it was just the truth.

They were back at Hodgins house by 2 in the afternoon and found Hodgins just starting to fire up the barbeque.

"So what are you heathens up to besides waiting for lunch?" Booth said as he grabbed a beer for himself and one for Brennan. When Brennan saw him getting a beer for her she went over to the fridge where he was standing.

"None for me Booth I think I'll have a Diet Coke instead. It's too hot for beer for me." Brennan grabbed a Diet Coke out of the fridge and went to join Cam and Angela.

Brennan knew that Angela could hardly wait to see her in private. Angela pulled Brennan down to the chair beside her. "Well?" Angela asked.

"Well what?"

"You know what I'm talking about. Was it positive?" Angela asked in a low voice.

"Positive, but I don't want to say anything until I see my Doctor tomorrow." Brennan said in a low voice. She could see Cam's breathing was slowed way down which meant she was sleeping so she felt safe in talking about her secret with Angela. Brennan got up and said in a louder voice "I'm going to go and change, I'll be back in a few minutes."

"You mind if I tag along?" Angela asked Brennan.

"Yes, we can talk while I change."

Hodgins looked at Booth. "I wish I was a fly on her wall right now."

"I hope she doesn't tell her exactly what it was like last night or Angela is going to come down and bow down before me."

"I believe Angela is very satisfied. She won't be going to worship at anyone else's temple anytime soon."

"Let's go to my room and listen." Booth said. Unfortunately for the men Cam was awake and heard them.

"Don't you dare." Cam said as she stepped up behind Booth.

"The men were just going to my room with me so we could talk while I change into my play clothes." Booth said with a grin.

"Please don't even try to insult my intelligence."

Booth just smiled at the other men and went upstairs to change his clothes.

In Brennan's room Angela was waiting for her to come out of the bathroom. She came out with her bathing suit on. It was a deep blue, one piece suit that curved high on the hip. Brennan had very defined hips that she knew would make it easier to have children.

"Well, tell me how it was last night? Was it everything that you dreamed about?"

"I've never dreamt of having sex with Booth, Angela." Brennan saw the disappointed look on her face.

"I've never dreamt of having sex with Booth but I have day dreamed of it sometimes." Brennan had the biggest grin on her face, that Angela had ever seen, as Brennan sat down next to her on the bed. Angela was practically squealing as she grabbed Brennan and hugged her.

"I am so happy for you both. Why you were so reluctant to take this final step is beyond me."

"Well to tell you the truth, for the first time, I didn't really think about it before I went to his bedroom."

Brennan spent the next 15 minutes telling Angela all about her night and her morning results of the pregnancy test strip. By the time they came back down Booth was already down and in his swimming trunks. When the ladies came down Booth took a good look at Brennan and gave a loud wolf whistle. Brennan took off her floor length robe and turned around so they could get a good view of the merchandise. Jack, who was standing at the BBQ looked at Booth and said, "You better jump in the pool man before it's too late."

Booth tore his eyes from Brennan and looked at himself. He quickly tore off his t-shirt and jumped in the pool. After swimming a couple of lapse he popped up by the side. "Come on in people the water is nice."

Everyone threw off their sandals and whatever they were wearing over their swim suits or trunks and jumped into the pool. Since both Jack and Booth were physically stronger than Sweets it was no problem for them to pull him down. The women came over and ganged up on the men in order to pull them off of Sweets. Since Booth was bigger it took both Cam and Brennan to take him down while Angela had her hands full with Jack.

For the next 30 minutes they all played in the pool. It finally ended when Jack got out of the pool to check on the ribs. "Okay kiddies it's time to eat." He stuck his head in the door and called out to the Butler.

"Yes Dr. Hodgins." The butler said when he arrived outside.

"The ribs are ready John, would you have the rest of the food brought out please."

"Yes sir."

By the time the rest were out of the pool and ready to eat the rest of the food had been brought out and placed on the outside table. For the next 30 minutes they enjoyed their meal. Even Brennan was having some ribs. She rarely ate meat ever since she saw the instruments that were used to kill animals to be slaughtered.

By 5:30 that night they were all dressed in their regular clothes and gathering their things in order to leave. Cam was the first one to come downstairs with her overnight suitcase.

"Goodbye Jack, thanks for the quiet weekend. I have to get back and see if I still have a home or if a tornado went through it. You know teenagers."

"Ah yes, the good old days, when Mom and Dad had to do damage control. Good by Cam, see you tomorrow morning." Hodgins said as Cam left. Angela had stopped in at Brennan's room to talk with her while she packed.

"Angela, I wanted to ask if you would go with me to a book signing engagement downtown on Friday night after work." Brennan said as she finished packing her bag.

"Where downtown?"

"The Walden Book Store at the Capitol Mall."

"Isn't that the area where you had the run in with the Salvadoran gang leader? You know Booth isn't going to like you going down there."

"I know, that is why I am not going to tell him. Besides I have to go, it's in my contract that I have to make a certain number of appearances and my Editor is going to send a body guard to stay with me while I'm there."

"Okay, I'll go with you but I think we should at least tell Jack."

"No you can't because he'll tell Booth."

"Okay but I think I should at least tell him before we leave Friday night."

"Okay that is acceptable. I don't want you getting in trouble with him." Brennan and Angela went downstairs. Brennan stopped at Booth's door and knocked a couple of times. Booth opened his door. He had his overnight case and suit with him.

"Everybody leaving now?" Booth asked as he closed his door.

"Yes, Cam left already and I have to go home because I have a doctor appointment tomorrow morning at 8 AM. So I won't be available, if you need me, until probably 9." Booth looked at Angela. She took the hint.

"I'll see you downstairs." Angela said as she left.

"Why are you going to the Doctor? Did I hurt you last night?" Brennan could see he was really worried about her.

"No, of course not, I had this appointment set for the past 2 weeks."

"You scared me for a second. I know I'm a little bigger than most guys."

"Your fear is illogical. If you think about it I am sure that you would come to the conclusion that if a baby can pass through a woman's vagina then she would be able to take any size man." She gave him a kiss then turned to leave.

They said their goodbyes to Jack and Angela and left. As they arrived at their own vehicles Booth went over to Brennan before she could get into her little sports car. "Are you sure you don't want to come over to my place tonight or me come over to yours?"

"No, I think I need to get a full night's sleep tonight. Good night Booth, if we don't have a case tomorrow morning I'll meet you at the diner for lunch at 1 o'clock, okay?"

"Okay, good bye." He gave her a kiss then loaded up in his own car and they both left.

TBC…