Ok, so I hope I haven't totally lost any of you yet. That would be really sad considering it was only my first chapter. Well, for everyone I HAVEN'T put asleep, here is Chapter 2.
Booth realized that Brennen wasn't in a good mood but he didn't really see what was wrong with her. I mean, yah it was marriage, but they could always have it annulled as soon as they got out. But is that what he wanted? He suddenly felt himself wishing that Bones would agree. He couldn't explain it exactly, but it reminded him of the feeling he had every time he looked over at his son, Parker: contentedness and admiration. There was something else that he began to recognize as well. Something that he hadn't felt since Parker's mom.
He walked over to where she sat, head in her hands, and placed his hand gently on her shoulder. "Bones, we won't do anything you want to do. But, trust me, if we did go through with it, it wouldn't leave this room." He turned his head as he whispered to himself "unless you want it to". Brennen hadn't heard that last remark but she knew that Booth had suddenly changed. He wasn't joking and he wasn't laughing at her. He was serious. But serious about what? She asked herself. Does he really want to go through with this?
Temperance Brennen doesn't believe in marriage. She had said it enough that everyone around her was aware of it. Then why did her stomache tell her she was happy? It was reacting the same as it had the first time she saw an actual skeleton back in school. She looked around the room. People were frantic. They didn't want to be locked in any more than she did. Maybe this wasn't that bad. She had made a lot of sacrifices before in the name of science. She tried everything that came in her path. Why not this?
Booth could tell that his partner was thinking. She had the same look on her face that she did when she realized she couldn't get any information out of the bones of the prostitute a few months before. She was thinking, contemplating, examining. Then she looked up. He moved a little closer, waiting patiently for the verdict.
Ok folks. I have to go to my next class now so enjoy what's here and please review! See you next time!