"Please sweetie?" Angela pleaded Brennan. "Its one meal, one night. Booth'll be there." She waggled her eyebrows suggestively but got an eye roll in return.

"I'm not sure Ange." In reality Brennan wanted to go, but the night it was on, was Booth and hers one month anniversary and she wasn't sure if he wanted to do anything. They still hadn't told anyone, well apart from Parker and to Brennan's insistence. She didn't want to get in-between Booth and his son and Booth respected her so much more for that simple act. "I have a lot of work to – wait. Did you say Booth was going to be there?" Brennan suddenly felt angry. Had he forgotten?

"Well I haven't asked him yet, but I'm sure he'll be there." Angela suddenly felt more excited at Brennan's outburst and secretly wondered if her best friend had realised her feelings for Booth yet. "Please sweetie?"

"I'll talk to Booth and see how much paperwork we have OK?"

"Thanks sweetie." Angela leaned in and hugged Brennan. "Love you." She declared walking out of Brennan's office and bumping into Angela.

"Hey Ange."

"Hey Booth. What are you doing tomorrow night?"

"Tomorrow night?" 'Well I was planning on taking Bones out for our one month anniversary. Why?' "Not too sure yet. I've a lot of paperwork. Why?"

"Well we, as in the team, are going out for a meal and we want you to come. Bren says she might come but she has to see how much paperwork you have to do first. Anyway I'll talk to you later. See you."

"Bye Ange" Booth said distractedly. Did that mean that she had remembered? Booth let a grin take over his face as he walked into his partners office. "Bones, have you talked to Angela?"

"Yeah Booth. I said I'd see how much paperwork we have to do." Booth closed her door and walked over to her.

"Hey baby." He whispered. "You remembered." Booth decided that she had remembered and therefore it was a statement.

"I did. What do you think?"

"If you want to. I hadn't planned anything special other than a quiet night in with a bunch of films but I'm sure that can wait. We should really go seeing as this has been a hard case."

"Yeah I think we should. But as long as I get to go home with you afterwards."

"I don't know Bones. There might be a hot waitress that I just can't resist." He said, wiggling his eyebrows.

"She wouldn't take you." Brennan murmured over his lips.

"Which is why I'm even more grateful to you for staying with me." Booth whispered as he gently brushed his lips over hers. It was a simple kiss and as the way things were with them, they hadn't slept together yet. They'd only just reached third base. Brennan was normally one for diving head first, but Booth had insisted they took things slow as there was a lot more at stake than with a normal relationship.

"I'll see you later?" Brennan asked.

"I've got a meeting until late. Tomorrow OK?"

"Yeah. Course it is."

"Ring you later?"

"You better."

"Bye Bones."

"Bye Booth." Brennan couldn't stop herself watching him as he walked out of her office. She couldn't stop the smile across her face either. She couldn't remember the last time she was this happy.

Brennan didn't see Booth the next day until he came to pick her up. She answered the door wearing a simple black dress which ended just at the start of her thigh. It was complemented with a gold waist belt which hugged her curves and black earrings. She wore simple gold pumps with a gold clutch bag.

"Bones. Wow... you look.... you look gorgeous baby."

"Thanks Booth." She took a moment to look at him. A simple white dress shirt with dark blue jeans. "You look good too." Brennan said. Booth smiled and kissed her.

"I haven't done that for days. I missed you."

"Booth, you saw me yesterday."

"I still missed you."

"Good. Because I missed you too. I missed falling asleep in your arms and waking up in them too."

"You ready?"

"Yeah. Just let me get my keys." Taking the keys of the counter, she laced her fingers with Booths and locked the door.

"Where are we going?"

"Some new Italian place I think Angela said. It's just opened up. It's a couple of blocks from here."

"You wanna walk Bones?" Booth asked, hoping she'd say yes. It was a nice night and some alone time would be good before they had to spend the night pretending their relationship hadn't happened.

"Yeah. Sounds good." Brennan said, trying not to show her enthusiasm too much. As much as she loved her team, she hated having to hide her relationship with Booth. They had agreed not to tell anyone for a while, to get used to the idea of being together. As they walked down the stairs Booth started to talk about Parker.

"Bones I was thinking, if you wanted to, maybe you could spend next weekend with me and Parker. I know you spent a couple of hours last weekend but he really enjoyed spending it with you and I'd love for you to stay the entire weekend with us." Booth was incredibly nervous about asking, not wanting to push her too far, but knowing he had to push her a bit.

"I don't want to intrude on your time with your son."

"Bones please?"

"OK." Brennan needed little persuasion as she really enjoyed spending time with Booth's son.

"How are Hayley and Emma?"

"Good. Hayley's a lot better. I babysat them about a month and a half ago."

"Yeah? How was it?"

"Much better than I expected. Amy called me and asked. She said the girls really wanted to see me and asked if I could watch them for the night. They were very well behaved."

"Baby?"

"Yeah?"

"We're nearly there. Do you want to tell them tonight or wait a bit longer?"

"Wait a bit. Unless you want to tell them."

"I'm OK. I'll wait for you."

"Thank you." They could see the restaurant a couple of doors up. Brennan gave Booth a kiss. "I'm going to miss doing that tonight."

"You can do it all night long when you get back. I'm not going to complain." Brennan reluctantly let go of Booth's hand but felt it go on her back. She smiled and together they walked to the restaurant.

"..... and safety." Angela said, making the other two sat at the table, Hodgins and Cam, start laughing.

"Hey Booth. Hello Dr Brennan." Cam said, inbetween bought of giggles. "How are you?"

"I'm good thanks Cam." Brennan replied.

"Same." Booth said. Jack moved up so Booth and Brennan could sit next to each other. Their booth was near the back, away from other tables. "So what were you guys laughing at?"

"Angela." Hodgins said. Booth looked at Brennan as he felt something in his hand. He saw her smiling at him and subtly looked at his hand. She had linked her fingers with his and then placed their hands on his leg. They were sat close enough together for no-one to realise what was happening unless they looked under the table.

"What did she say?" Booth asked, giving Brennan's hand a quick squeeze and getting one in return.

"Why did Santa have to shut down his workshop?" Angela asked. She received two blank looks from Booth and Brennan and another bought of giggles from Cam and Hodgins. "Elf and safety." Booth laughed and then looked at Brennan and saw that she hadn't got it.

"I'll explain later." He said in the tender, loving tone which was reserved for Brennan and Parker only. Brennan nodded and held on tighter to his hand.

Dinner was fairly uneventful. They just talked about work, family, anything. They had just desert, of which Brennan had spent the entire meal stealing Booths. Nobody noticed anything as they realised that she often stole his food and let it slide. They had been holding hands for the entire meal, both scared and amazed at how much they needed physical contact with each other.

"These past 3 years working with you" Cam started to make a speech, "have been eventful to say the least. I remember thinking that I would be the boss, but Dr Brennan here soon had me figured out." Everyone laughed at this and looked at Brennan who simply shrugged. "The equipment here is amazing but the people are moreso. The dedication to each other and your work is incredible and I feel truly honoured to be part of your team." Cam raised her glass and the others followed. Just then the door opened to reveal Sweets.

"Whats he doing here?" Brennan whispered in Booth's ear, purposefully getting as close as she could.

"I've no idea Bones." Booth whispered back. "Sweets whats up?" Booth asked.

"I just wanted to remind Dr Brennan that we have a private session tomorrow and that we will follow up on how she feels abandoned and how she wants to –" Sweets was cut off as Brennan had got up of the table and hit him.

"You dare. You dare." She growled and then stormed out. Sweets looked around the table and saw 4 angry faces glaring back at him.

"No right Sweets. No right!!" Booth yelled at him. "We were having a nice meal, a nice time until you came along. What the hell did you think you were doing announcing her business to everyone. Patient confidentiality mean anything to you? I'm going to find Bones. You better hope you haven't upset her Sweets or this will be going higher."

"Agent Booth do you feel angry that Dr Brennan didn't tell you about our sessions?" Sweets asked , hoping to get a response. A response he got.

"No I don't feel angry about that. Bones knows if she wants to talk to me she can. She knows I won't judge her. I'm angry because... Wait? Why am I here? I'm going to find Bones. Sweets you better be gone when we get back." Booth stormed out of the Diner, looking for Brennan.

"What did I do?" Sweets asked innocently. He received an almost growling sound from Angela so he left.

Booth found Brennan sat down, knees up to her face, body wrecked with sobs, sat down the alley.

"Hey baby." Booth whispered as he sat down next to her, wrapping his arms around her.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I should've told you about the sessions. It's not that I couldn't talk to you, it's that I didn't want you to think I was an idiot and change your mind about me."

"Bones I'm not mad. It's OK to have sessions with Sweets if you want them. But I do want you to know that you can tell me anything. Anything Bones. I'm not going to judge you. I just want to be here for you. As for changing my mind about you? That's never going to happen Bones."

"You can't promise forever."

"When it comes to you I can. I promise you forever if you want it Bones." Booth held her closer, hoping he was providing some comfort for the embarrassment he knew she felt.

"Can we go back in?" Brennan asked after five minutes. "Will he have gone?"

"Yeah baby. He'll have gone. Come on. Up you get." Booth helped her up and put his arm around her shoulders. "I'm keeping it her Bones. We aren't ready to tell them yet, but they'll understand why its here." Booth said referring to his arm across her shoulders holding her tightly.

"Do I look OK?" Brennan asked before they reached the door.

"You look beautiful." Booth said, kissing her on the forehead. Together they walked back into the Diner. To their friends, to their family.