A/N: So my muse kicked in and I was able to finish this chapter. It's pretty much a sum up of season 3 focusing on the B&B relationship. Hope you all enjoy. And I have no idea when the next chapter will be ready :) Sorry.
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Season 3
Year three of Booth and Brennan's partnership brought upheaval and turmoil. A new brand of serial killer was on the prowl and no body was safe. This, combined with their new partners therapy, Brennan's father being on trial and near death experiences, Booth and Bones' life turned a complete one-eighty.
All the talk about 'Pony Play' led to a discussion about breaking the laws of physics. Brennan, as literal as she is, concluded that it was impossible for two beings to inhabit the same space. Yes, that is true, but to Booth that wasn't the concept he was getting at. He reasoned with her that it may not be physically possible, but it was mentally and emotionally possible when two people are so in love that it can happen. Brennan may not have understood it completely, but maybe one day it would happen to her and realisation will dawn on her.
Wonder Woman, Diana Princess of Themyscira, 'beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, swifter than Hermes, and stronger than Hercules'. Yes, Brennan decided to dress up for Halloween. She definitely looked the part. Who knew that Wonder Woman was afraid of snakes? Booth didn't. Sure, he looked like a squint at the start of the night, but by the end he looked like Clark Kent. He was Brennan's Superman that night. He saved her life, but, as she put it, it was a very bad date.
High School was a different experience for everyone. For Booth finding a humiliating story to tell Bones was rather difficult. For Temperance, the school geek, those experiences helped to shape her into the person she is today. She didn't want to be Brainy Smurf, she wanted to be Smurfette. Booth was able to set her straight, by telling her that "Smurfette was stupid and shallow who only had her looks…you're better than that, you have your looks and a whole lot more." She couldn't argue with that logic.
Peru is in Africa, right? Spending Christmas on an anthropological dig weren't the best plans Brennan could have made. She did, however, want her father to have the best Christmas possible while he was in jail. Getting Caroline Julian to help was like pulling teeth, there was always a catch with that woman. Organising a conjugal trailer for the family was no easy task, so she needed to be compensated, right? So, apparently, feeling 'puckish' and blackmailing is the only way to get Booth and Brennan to kiss under the mistletoe. Five steamboats was the required, she got a whole flotilla. Although, why would kissing your totally hot partner be likened to kissing your brother? Booth knew the value of spending time with family at Christmas, so he organised a tree for Bones and lit it up outside the window of the trailer. He saw the look of gratitude and shock on his partners face, it was worth the time and money spent, and even Parker enjoyed the moment.
'Phalanges, phalanges, dancing phalanges.' Temperance 'I'm never having children' Brennan is good with babies. Booth thought so when the pair had to take custody of little Andy, whose mother was murdered. Although elephants aren't purple, Brennan and Booth grew attached to the little guy, so much so that when his rightful guardians were found, Brennan still paid for all his impending medical costs for his disability.
Max Keenan's trial was a test for the partners and the team. While Brennan was on the defence her team was made to stand against her on the prosecution. They had to do what they had to do. Booth, as the arresting officer, had a hard time dealing with the fact he had to go against his partner, and best friend. Brennan didn't make it easy for him as she went so far as putting the idea in the jury's heads that she could have killed the Deputy-Director of the FBI. Because of this, Booth enlisted the help of Dr. Sweets to support with their partnership, to help get them back on track and work better together. They weren't to know that Sweets would later psychologically experiment on them.
Booth had no idea Bones was telling the truth when she said she could sing. That was until the night of karaoke at the Checker Box. She was letting herself go and throwing her all into the performance, that was until Pam Nunan, aka Booth's stalker, showed up with a gun. She wanted Booth to look at her the way he looks at Temperance. Pam wanted to kill her. If it wasn't for Booth stepping in front of Brennan and taking the bullet, she would have killed her, but instead Bones shot her. The whole team was shocked, and Brennan was trying desperately to keep him conscious.
Then came Booth's funeral. Brennan did not want to go. She refused. Angela wouldn't give up. So she went. Found out he wasn't dead. Knocked out the guy attacking Booth. Proceeded to punch Booth's lights out.
The Gormagon cannibalistic serial killer was a constant part of the whole team's lives that year. Every which way they turned he seemed to pop up. He even managed to infiltrate into their lab by recruiting one of their own. Brennan took Zack's betrayal the hardest. She was his mentor. She felt as if she never gave Zack anything physical like all the others had and felt guilty. Booth pointed out that she gave him something great; a family. Brennan was still dealing with the aftermath of Booth's sudden 'resurrection' when this whole mess was thrust upon her. So, when she found out Sweets had played on her emotions with the whole 'death' incident, she was not happy at all, and threatened him if he ever did it again.
One thing they learned, though, was that they were the centre of this 'family' and the centre must hold.