Booth laced his fingers with Brennen's, he was smiling at the fact that she allowed him to and she too was smiling. "Uh, Sully" Booth still had issues saying the name even though this Sully and his Bones' ex-Sully were two very different people. "Do you like mac and cheese cause Bones makes the best mac and cheese ever!" Sully could tell Booth was embarrassed but she nodded her head anyway. Sully motioned that she was going to go to the bathroom and backed up slowly, maybe the old lady in the grocery store was all the pair needed. Booth made sure that Sully was around the corner before turning back to Bones.
"Booth, why did you kiss me?" Brennen asked not meeting his eyes. Booth put one finger under her chin to make her meet his eyes.
"Because Bones, I love you." Brennen's eyes flashed and she looked down again.
"You already told me that, in an atta girl kinda way." It sounded like she was going to cry and that made Booth want to cry.
"No Bones, not in an atta girl kinda way, I. Love. You."
"Booth...." Brennen started.
"Bones look I just wanted. I couldn't live without you knowing it anymore." Brennen smiled.
"Booth if you ever shut up I was going to say, I love you too." Booth felt his heart leap out of his chest he wanted to scream it from the rooftops. Booth was just about to kiss Brennen again when he heard Sully's odd shuffle he guessed he had enough time and quickly kissed her and then went to retrieve the pot he was originally going to get. As Sully rounded the corner Brennen saw Sully struggling to pull her sweatshirt over the splint that Cam had put on. As Brennen went over to help Sully quickly pulled the sleeve over the splint but not before she saw the scars that were on her arm. Booth had already pointed out the faded scar that was on her cheek and Brennen was afraid of what this child had been through.
"Hey Bones which size pot do you want?" Booth yelled from the kitchen and Brennen smiled warmly at Sully who returned the smile and walked back into the kitchen. Booth had both sides of the cabinet open and Brennen crawled underneath his arms so her back was pressed against his chest. Booth looked around and saw Sully fiddling with her splint, she probably had an itch he remembered when he had a cast and how itchy it got. His memory was shattered by Brennen's lips pressed against his and his response was to automatically move his lips against his. This time they were interrupted by Sully's whistle and when he looked at her she shrugged and pointed at the door. Booth smiled shook his head and jogged to the door. Brennen looked down and then glanced up at Sully who rubbed her top lip demonstrating that Brennen should do the same. Brennen pointed at the door trying to get Sully to tell her who was at the door. She didn't have to because all of a sudden Angela, Hodgins and Cam came bustling by Booth. Cam made her way over to Brennen to tell her that she had she had scheduled a appointment the next day so Sully could get a real cast. Both Booth and Brennen had their arms crossed over their chests in defensive gestures and Angela made eye contact with Sully who nodded and turned her attention back to the conversation going on in the kitchen.
"Hey Bren, Sweetie we're gonna head out now we just wanted to stop by and check on Sully but seeing how she's doing fine we're gonna go." Angela tugged on Hodgins' hand, Cam had already left and it was just Booth, Brennen, Angela, Hodgins and Sully gathered in Brennen's living room. It was nine thirty by the time the crowd had cleared and when Brennen left to go close the door behind her friends as she walked back she heard two rumbling noises.
"Is that you two?" Brennen smiled with her hands on her hips. Booth jumped up and stood behind her placing his hands over hers and his chin on her shoulders.
"Mmmm...yes how long does it take to make mac and cheese?"
"Half an hour maybe? Can you two last that long?" Booth sighed and leaned on the back of the chair Sully was sitting in and laughed.
"I dunno Sully? Do you think we can last that long?" Booth looked down at the teenager sitting in the chair the look she gave him was full of love, sadness, but most of all hope. She smiled, she really did have a wonderful smile and nodded.
"Okay Bones we'll wait." He gave her the charm smile and took a spot on the couch across from Sully. He flipped on the TV that he had begged Brennen to buy. He found a sports channel and it was preseason training for the Boston Red Sox, Booth saw Sully's eyes light up as she recognized something familiar. They watched the game in silence with Booth occasionally yelling at the umpire and Sully shaking her head smiling.