Call me Kansas
Disclaimer: I don't own any of this.
Ok I know it's been ages since I updated and I'm sorry! I will try and update quicker.
You know those days when it's unbearably hot? When you wish it would rain just so you could stand in it and cool down. When your clothes stick to you and you feel lazy and tiered. Then someone gives you an ice cold drink and all you can do is drink it all. You can't get enough of it. That's what the kiss was like.
Lily wasn't sure who started it but as soon as Cole's lips were on her own, her heart jumped in her chest and her mind went blank. She kissed him back putting both hands on either side of his neck while one of his arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her against him with no room between them. His other hand, which had been propped against the wall behind her, was now in her hair near the back of her neck.
It was like they were making up for lost time. So long without each other, months' worth of pain, longing glances and feelings poured into one kiss. Lily's back hit the wall behind her but she didn't notice.
It was only a loud shout from downstairs that broke them apart but even then they only moved a centimetre away from each other. Both of them were panting slightly and Lily's nearly shuddered when she felt Cole's breath on her mouth.
Then everything hit her and Lily's hands left Cole's neck to cover her own face. "Oh no! Oh no, oh no, oh no! Shit!"
"Kansas?"
Lily looked up to see Cole still standing in front of her, with his arms still around her.
"I have a boyfriend!" she said, half to Cole and half to herself. "I have a boyfriend! I have a boyfriend!" she repeated.
Cole sighed and said, "Will you please stop saying that?"
Lily looked at him and pushed him away slightly. They now stood a few feet apart and Lily rubbed her face before saying, "That was wrong. That shouldn't have happened!"
"Are you sure about that Kansas?" Cole asked.
Lily frowned and replied, "Cole, we have a crazy person after us. We found a skeleton at an ice rink. Now we are at a place that has memories of our relationship. Our emotions are running high but still! That shouldn't have happened."
Cole sighed and turned around. He sat down on the side of Lily's bed and looked down at his hands. Silence filled the room as neither of them spoke for a few minutes.
"What are you going to tell Ryan?" Cole asked suddenly.
"That you're still in love with me and he can get lost?" he couldn't help but think.
Lily sighed and replied, "I guess I'll have to tell him the truth. I don't like lying to him." Lily groaned and said, "That'll be a fun conversation."
Cole smirked slightly and looked at her. She caught his eye from where she was standing at the window and they looked at each other. "That meant nothing Kansas?" he asked, "That kiss was just our emotions and stress getting the better of us?"
Lily hesitated for a moment and then nodded, "Of course it was. Don't you think so? I mean, it's not like we need this," she gestured towards between the two of them, "to complicate things more. We're in a stressful situation Cole and we needed comfort. Something familiar. That's all."
"Sure that's it," a sarcastic voice in her head said.
Cole started at her. Her hair was a mess-probably because he had been running his hand threw it just a few minutes ago- and her lips were slight swollen from their kiss. She looked amazing and all he wanted to do was kiss her again. But when he saw her worried eyes he sighed. She was stressed and worried and he didn't want to do anything to upset her more.
So he just smiled slightly and replied, "Ya, Kansas, I understand." He stood up and said, "I'm sorry."
Lily shrugged and said, "Its fine…I think we both had a part in that kiss anyway." Cole nodded but before he could responded, the door opened and James looked in. "Hey, Mom wants us downstairs."
Cole and Lily nodded and James turned and walked back down the stairs. Cole and Lily looked at each other for a moment before Cole said, "We better…"
Lily nodded and walked quickly towards the door. Cole walked after her and they walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. The other Booths were in the kitchen as well. Lily smiled slightly.
"What's going on?" she asked as Cole came to stand beside her. Brennan glanced at Booth and then looked at Cole and Lily. "There was another body found," she said simply.
Lily closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them to see Cole with a frown on his face. "We're going back to D.C aren't we?" he asked them.
"It'll be safer if we're around more agents," Booth said, "And there are plenty of agents in D.C."
"Yup, that's a good idea," James said dryly, "Let's go back to the city where there's a crazy person after Cole and Lily."
"Shut it James," Booth said, "We're going back to D.C. because we think its best." #
Cole smiled slightly. Even in times like these, his family was still the same. Smart remarks and retorts that never meant to hurt feelings. It was familiar somehow, almost comforting. Then he saw the worried expression on Lily's face and he remembered what was going on.
"When are we going back?" Lily asked. "Tomorrow," Brennan said, "You'll have time to pack so don't worry about that."
"Alright, if you think it's best," Lily said.
-The next day-
Being back in D.C. felt good to Lily. She felt safer here, especially in the Booth house. She liked living in the Booth house and she felt Brennan need another girl with all the men in the house with her. But Lily was pretty sure Brennan had all of them wrapped around her finger anyway. After putting her things back in her room, Lily walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. James was sitting at the kitchen island and Michael was watching TV in the living room.
"What are you watching?" she asked Michael as she sat down beside him.
"Spongebob," he said simply and James snorted from his place in the kitchen. Michael stuck his tongue out at James and then hopped off the couch when he heard the doorbell ring.
Lily heard him open the door and then close it again quickly. Michael walked back into the sitting room and said, "Lily, Ryan is at the door."
Lily frowned and said, "And you just shut the door in his face?"
"Yup!" Michael said as he sat back down.
Lily sighed and hurried towards the door that Ryan was now knocking on. She hesitated for a moment before opening the door.
"Hey Ryan," she said as she stepped outside and onto the porch.
"Hey Lily," he said hugging her, "You're back early."
Lily nodded as he let go of her and replied, "Yes, Booth and Brennan thought it was best." Lily looked at Ryan who was just standing there, smiling at her and she knew she had to tell him about her and Cole's kiss.
-Cole-
Cole walked into the living room to see Michael leaning over the back of the couch and looking out the front window. "What are you doing?" he asked as he looked out the window with his brother.
"Lily and Ryan are arguing," he said simply. Cole looked out the window at the porch to see Lily and Ryan standing there.
Lily was talking while she was holding onto his arm. Ryan frowned and shook his head. He took his arm out the Lily's grasp and he said something before walking away. Lily sighed and rubbed and a hand over her face before she walked back into the house.
Cole and Michael quickly sat back down on the couch and put their eyes back to the TV. Lily didn't even go into the sitting room; walked straight upstairs.
Cole looked at Michael, who merely shrugged, and then Cole stood up and went upstairs. Cole walked into Lily's room to see her sitting at her desk, in a daze. "What did Ryan say?"
Lily looked at him when she heard this. He didn't even have to ask if she told him about the kiss. Lily sighed and replied, "He listened as I explained it to him. I think he understands the circumstances and he said he needed to think about it."
There was a pause and then Cole said, "That's it?"
Lily frowned at him and replied, "What do you mean 'That's it'?"
Cole frowned now and he said, "The guy just found out that his girlfriend kissed her ex and he just 'needs to think about it'."
Lily sighed and replied, "You know Ryan isn't exactly an emotional person so just leave it Cole, ok?"
Cole sighed and shrugged, "Ok, Kansas. I'm sorry." With that he turned and walked out the door.
-Later-
It was after dinner in the Booth house and while Booth and Brennan were in their study working on the case, Lily was downstairs in the living room with the Booth boys, watching TV. The movie Spiderman was on and they were all watching it. James smiled slightly.
"Hey Mickey," James said, "Do you think Spongebob could beat Spiderman?"
Lily sighed, used to those kinds of questions from her brothers. Michael thought for a moment and then said, "Depends. If it was underwater then yes but I'm not sure if it was above water."
"What if Spiderman had a diving mask on and an oxygen tank? Then could he beat him underwater?"
"I think Spongebob is a pacifist."
"You never know. He could have a black belt hidden in that pineapple house of his."
"Ok this is officially one of the weirdest conversations I've ever heard," Lily said, "…and can't Spongebob just bounce attacks off him anyway. I mean he is a sponge."
"Well really, I think he would absorb them and then send them back to Spiderman."
Just then the phone rang and Cole got up to answer it. "Hello?" he said as he put the phone to his ear.
"Cole? It's Ryan."
There was a silence between the two boys for a few moments and then Cole cleared his throat and said, "Ok. I'll just get Lily for you."
"Cole?" Ryan's voice stopped Cole from turning back to Lily and he said, "Yes?"
"Lily said that the, um, kiss was because of emotions running high and hormones and all that. That's right isn't it?"
Cole paused for a moment and then he said, "Yes, that's right. It was a stupid moment and it shouldn't have happened. Sorry, man."
Ryan sighed and said, "Its ok. Can you get Lily for me now?"
"Ya, hold on," Cole said, before tearing the phone away from him and calling Lily. He let the phone rest in his hand by his side until Lily came in and then he gave it to her before walking out of the kitchen and upstairs.
Lily took the phone and put it up to her ear. "Hello?" she said.
"Hey Lily," Ryan said, "It's me."
Lily sighed and replied, "Hey. Have you thought about what I said?"
Ryan said, "Yes…and I'm not as angry anymore. In fact I think we need to talk about it more."
Lily frowned at this. He wasn't showing much emotion again but that was nothing unusual. He seemed calm about it. "Ok, sounds like a good idea," she said quietly.
"Ok so I'll talk to you later. Maybe we can go out for dinner or something?"
"Sounds good!" she said.
They hung up after saying goodbye and Lily stood in the kitchen for a moment. Didn't he care at all that she had kissed her ex? She didn't want him to get all possessive about her, defiantly not but he could show a little bit of concern.
When they were together Cole was never that jealous unless a guy made a pass at her. He trusted her and sometime she didn't even realize that a guy was flirting with her, not that it happened that often. Cole would simply walk up, throw an arm around her shoulder and say, "Hey," to the guy and that seemed to say it all. Do guys have this secret language that seemed send a message with one word? Then the guy would back off and he went from flirty to just friendly in a second. When the guy left, she remembered looking up at him and he would look at her, bending down to give her a kiss.
She remembered with a small smile on her face about how she would shake her head at his jealousy and he would just shrug and everything was back to normal.
Then Lily snapped her thoughts away from Cole and rubbed a hand over her face. Ryan wasn't Cole and she should be comparing them.
-The Booths-
Cole's three brothers looked at he climbed the stairs and then Michael said, "Why does What's his Face have to mess every thing up?"
Parker and James looked at each other and then Parker turned to his youngest brother and said, "Ryan isn't messing anything up. Don't be so hard on him Michael."
Michael gave them both a weird look and then turned back to the TV. James and Parker looked at each other again.
Ryan wasn't their favourite person but that didn't mean he was a bad guy. But he was caught between Cole and Lily and the relationship between them. He was an obstacle between them and sooner or later one of them was going to push him aside to be with the other.
There was a good chance that Ryan was the one to come out the worst in all this and because of that Parker and James felt slightly sorry for him.