Hi! Ok, first of all, PLEASE REREAD THE LAST CHAPTER! I redid a lot of it, including some of the names, so some of this might not make sense.
Second of all, I hope you enjoy this. Please read my other stories too!
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Okay I give up, Christine thought in the middle of a 3rd period history lesson she was totally not paying attention to. I, Christine Angela Booth, am completely in love with Michael Staccato Vincent Hodgins. And I have been for a long time. If she really thought back, she had loved him since like 6th grade. But of course she hadn't realized it. She had let her feelings be toyed around with. She fell into lust with other guys, and didn't pay any attention to him. Now that she saw it, the attraction had been there for years. And it had been slowly surfacing in the last few months. But she wouldn't let it. Why am I so damn stubborn!
Now that she had admitted it, she couldn't think of anything else. Slow down Christine. You just realized you love him, and now you can't get your mind off him! Get a grip of yourself!
Math class was a blur. In science they did something that involved microscopes. In PE, they might have played football. She doesn't remember. The only thing she remembers is lunch, and that's because she was sitting next to him, talking about some party next weekend. Well that's what she thinks they talked about. He said most of the stuff. She spent most of the time staring at him, realizing how amazing he is. He was even more perfect than Alex. Michael. Even his name sounded perfect now.
What is going on?
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There was defiantly something off about her. There had been for the past week. Michael thought back to their talk in the car. That was way too awkward for the normal us. I should've noticed it! But, as always, he got lost in her deep blue eyes.
And lunch? Something had happened to her. She was not her usual talkative and cheery self. She didn't even seem to be paying much attention to him. But the there was plenty of eye contact.
So does she like me? Is it too soon to assume? It had only been a day but she seemed like she was on another planet.
What is going on?
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"Hey Christine." Michael said after school, when meeting her in their usual spot to walk home.
"Hey." She replied, almost shyly. She was never shy around Michael. They were extremely open to each other.
Just then, Alex walked by. "Hey Christine. I'll see you tomorrow in math. Bye."
She just said a weak "bye" before turning her attention back to Michael.
Did she just ignore Alex, to pay attention to me?
"Crissy, what's up? You haven't at all been yourself for this past week."
"What? I'm fine." She lied. Why am I such a bad liar?!
"No your not. Please tell me, what's going on?" They stopped walking and he looked deeply into her eyes.
"I'm fine. I'm just think about... A lotta stuff." She replied, quickly looking away.
"Christine, I'm your best friend. We've been through everything since we were born. You can tell me anything. What's bothering you?"
"Nothing!" She paused. Here goes nothing. "How interested are you in Kaitlyn?"
"What? Oh um... I like her. I think she's really pretty and stuff." He replied, not thinking about his answer. Did I just say that? Idiot! She's gonna think she has no chance now, and she's gonna friend zone herself!
"Oh." She said, almost sadly. Damn it!
"Why?" Maybe I still have a chance.
"Because..." She took a deep breath "I like you. I really, really like you. Like I am in love with you. I have been for a really long time. I just haven't noticed it until recently. And I don't really care of you know or if you like me back, I just wanna tell you that I love you." She exhaled. Where the hell did that come from? I've never had the courage to tell another guy that I liked him. Just Michael. And I didn't even plan to! What just happened?
Michael has similar thoughts going through his head. She loves me. SHE LOVES ME! Oh my gosh. Oh my god. She loves me back. Oh my god! What just happened? What do I do? What do I say?
After a while of silence, Michael spoke. "I lied."
"What?" She was confused. What did he lie about?
"I never liked Kaitlyn. I love you. And I have loved you for years. And I always knew it. I am so in love with you Christine."
"Really?"
"Yea. So I guess I should still ask. Do you want to be my girlfriend, Christine?"
"I would love to, Michael."
The two of them walked home slowly together, hand in hand, both giddy with happiness.
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"You seem to be thinking a lot lately. What's new?" Brennan asked her daughter later in the evening. She was making dinner while Christine sat silently at the counter, staring into space.
"I'm just thinking of what an amazing life we have. I'm so ... Happy." She said, dreamily.
Brennan stopped. She remembered the first time she felt like that. It was when she met Booth. They were best friends and partners. "Okay, tell me everything. What happened?"
"Why do you think something happened? I can't just reflect on my happy life?"
"Something has to make you realize how happy you are. Something has to happen. The first time I felt like that, I had just met your dad. And everything in my life just seemed to fit into place. Now tell me, what made you think of that?"
"Well..." Christine wondered whether or not she should tell her mom about something like that, "Michael and I... We're... Together. Like. We're dating." She said very hesitantly.
"Oh! That's great!" Brennan tried to process that. Her daughter and her "nephew" were dating. "Oh just wait until Angela finds out. She's been planning your wedding since we found out it I was having a girl."
"Yea. That'll be interesting!" She laughed.
"If he your first boyfriend or are there others you haven't told us about? I won't be mad." Brennan asked sincerely.
"As far as dad knows, he's my first. But really, there have been others. No one that has affected me like Michael has." She was always honest with her mom.
"Oh ok." She laughed.
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Michael was in more of a daze then usual. He was dating Christine Booth. And she loved him, just like he loved her. It was a dream come true. They were more than just best friends now. She was his girlfriend. And I'm her boyfriend. I love saying that. She wasn't his first girlfriend, and he wasn't her first boyfriend, but this seemed so different then the others. They were really meant for each other. He could not focus on anything else. They had known each other all their lives, but now they had moved to another level.
Michael was so distracted with the thought of Christine, that he didn't pay attention to his homework, and he didn't see his dad walk into the room. "Those math problems exciting?" Hodgins asked, seeing his son staring into space with a goofy grin on his face.
Michael sat up. "What, uh no." He picked up his pencil and tried to do a problem.
"What's on your mind?" Hodgins asked.
"Nothing, just life."
Hodgins understood. "Oh so a girl. Who?"
"How do you know it's a, I mean, what makes you think it's a girl?"
"Son, you're tongue tied and cant focus. I know it's a girl. Now stop beating around the bush and just tell me!"
"Fine." Michael was close to his dad, so he gave in. "Christine."
"Yea, I've realized you like her." Hodgins wasn't surprised. "What are you gonna do about it?"
"I already did something. She's my girlfriend. As of" he looked at the clock, which said 6:24, "like 3 and a half hours ago."
This surprised Hodgins. He knew his son had had girlfriends, but Christine, she was family. "OH! That's awesome dude!" He high fived his son. "Your mom is gonna freak."
"I'm gonna freak at what?" Angela asked. That was all she had heard when walking by.
"Uh..." Michael looked at his dad, as if asking Do I tell her? "I uh…"
"Just tell her." Hodgins said.
Michael paused. "I'm dating Christine." He said with a smile on his face.
Angela stood shocked for a second. "OH MY GOD! That's awesome!" She quickly gave her son a hug. "I knew you two would get together someday! I gotta call Brennan!" she ran off to call her best friend.
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The Booth family was having dinner, when the phone rang.
"Hello?" Brennan said.
"OH MY GOSH SWEETIE DID CHRISTINE TELL YOU ITS FINALLY HAPPENING IM SO EXCITED!" Angela exclaimed into the phone.
"Angela, calm down. Yes, she told me and its great." Brennan said.
"Okay sweetie, that's all I wanted to say. And to start getting the wedding planned! Bye!" she hung up.
Brennan walked back to the table. "What did Angela say?" Booth asked.
"Oh nothing." Brennan replied, knowing that Booth would get over protective of Christine when he found out.
"She seemed really excited."
"Yea."
"Bones, why was she excited?"
Brennan looked at Christine. "Can I tell him, or do you want to?"
Christine understood what she was talking about. "Oh! I'll tell him." She faced her father. "Daddy… Please don't go all protective of me when I say this, because I'm 14 now. Im not a baby."
"Christine…" Booth said confused.
"I'm dating Michael." She said quickly.
Booth looked shocked. "But… you're 14! I thought we decided no dating until 16!"
"Daddy…"
"Fine. If you're happy baby, I'm happy. But if he hurts you… he will get hurt."
"Thank you Daddy." That was easier than I thought!
I'm so happy!
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What do ya think? You like? I enjoyed writing this. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I don't know when the next chapter will be up, sorry. Please review and read my other stories!