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The sun was hot overhead so Booth and Brennan were enjoying their stay on the beach under a wide umbrella planted in the sand. Two blankets spread around the pole kept them nice and comfortable and Booth found the day to be perfect. His attention grabbed by a passing sail boat, he was reminded about Sully's attempt to take Brennan away from the Jeffersonian and him.

Brennan's eyes closed, Booth looked at her and assumed she was asleep. His thoughts still on the past, he smiled and spoke very softly. "I didn't want you to go you know . . . not really. Sully . . . Sully loved you and I thought you loved him and when you asked me if you should go, I thought I was giving you the advice you needed, but I didn't want you to go."

Her eyes now open and staring at her surprised husband, Brennan frowned as the last of his words were spoken. "If you wanted me to stay then why didn't you tell me that?"

Caught in his moment of sentimental honesty, Booth blushed and looked away. "I thought you wanted to go, but you were afraid to make the decision. I wanted you to make the decision that was right for you . . . I didn't want you to be afraid to try new things. Your world was so small at that time . . . I mean yeah you were a famous anthropologist and your first book was a hit and your second book was just starting to be a best seller, but . . . your world was still so small. Angela told me that Sully's world was big . . . bigger than mine and she wanted you to experience that and I . . . I thought maybe she was right."

Irritated with his reasoning, Brennan sat up, pulled her legs up and hugged her knees. "I wasn't afraid to go with Sully, Booth. I liked him. I really did, but his plans . . . even though they sounded romantic, they weren't. He wanted me to give up my work, my friends . . . my life and go live with him on a boat. He meant well and I know he liked me, but where was the compromise? He wanted me to give up everything with no thought of the future. I'm not like that. I've worked very hard to get where I am today and that took planning and sacrifice. I couldn't go with him. You and Angela were wrong. What Sully was offering would not have made me happy and I knew that even if you didn't."

The tone of her voice telling him that she was not happy with him, Booth sighed and turned to look at her. "I was trying to be your friend. I didn't know if you would be happy going with Sully or not, but I didn't want you to have regrets . . . still, I was very happy that you didn't go." Placing his arm around her shoulders, Booth kissed her cheek. "I really hated Sully for a while there. That bastard was trying to steal my friend and partner from me and I wanted to . . . I don't know what I wanted to do, but man . . . I was so happy to see that guy sail away alone. You there on the dock waving at him . . . I knew you were going to be sad, but damn I was so happy."

Turning her head, Brennan placed her hand on the small of his back and leaned over to kiss him. His kiss a little more passionate than the cheek kiss, Brennan allowed him move her so that she was lying on the blanket looking up into his eager face. "I'm glad we're still friends, Booth. Aren't you?"

His lips hovering over hers, Booth smiled. "It's the glue that keeps us going, Bones." His lips now pressed against hers, Booth decided that they were talking too much. Their kisses increasing in passion, Booth finally stopped and looked around. "Okay, I think we need to go back to our hotel room. It's getting a little too hot out here."

Amused, Brennan sat up and grabbed her sarong and sandals. "Yes, we should go back to our room." Standing, she waited for her husband to place his flip-flops on and grab their blankets. "I told you this would be a good place to take a vacation."

Following her back to their hotel, Booth kept his eyes on his wife's swaying hips as she walked in front of him. "Oh yeah, Bones. You were absolutely right."

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I just watched 'The Boneless Bride in the River' and this popped into my head. Hope you liked it.