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Chapter 24

"Geez Bones!" Booth hissed while trying avoid Angela's stern look. "You don't have to make it sound like a forbid you to say anything.

"You said, that what happens at our house, between us, should stay that way." Bones said matter of factly. "I think you were worried about what Angela and Jack would think of you."

"Well sort of, I don't want people to think, the thing, was worse than it was. Or unwarranted." Booth said carefully. "But your kind of making it sound worse than it was."

"But I didn't say anything." she said. "How can I make something sound worse when I'm not saying anything at all."

Ang exchanged glances with Jack, who's eyes were dancing with glee. "The build's the best." he whispered. "Like good book."

"What was that there Jack?" Booth asked. "Did I hear you talking about the build of a good story?"

"No! It was nothing." Jack said holding up his hands. "I was just saying, that, the build of a... LASAGNE, is the most important part. You know the assembly, the sauces..."

"Yeah right." Booth said.

"Don't yell at him Booth." Ang said. "When did you suddenly get so aggressive?"

"Me aggressive?" Booth asked. "I'm not aggressive. Well not unless I need to be."

"When would you need to be?" Ang asked crossing her arms.

"Oh geez." he said. "See Bones?"

"What did I do this time?" she asked innocently. "I didn't say you were aggressive. Although I have seen you be quite aggressive. It actually makes me very sexually stimulated."

"Bones! We're in the kitchen!" he said, appalled as usual at her candour. "Someone else's kitchen."

"Feel free..." Jack said with a giant smile.

Booth ignored him and faced Angela who was his biggest problem at this moment. "I need to be aggressive when I'm at work Ang. That's all I was referring to." Booth said.

"Oh." Ang said. "Then what WERE you talking about?"

"I was explaining to Bones, that the WAY she said nothing, said a LOT and it said the wrong thing."

"I don't understand."Bones said.

"Neither do I." Ang said.

"Neither do I anymore." Booth said rubbing his temples. "You people confuse the hell out of me."

"Can I guess what happened?" Jack asked eagerly, changing the subject. "Come on! I know I can get it."
Booth glared at Jack with annoyance.

"We're not playing Clue honey." Ang said patiently.

"There was no murder." Booth said. "But there can be..."

Ang narrowed her eyes at him once more."I'm serious here. I wanna know why you spanked my friend."

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Lance turned the TV down.

"Hey I was watching that." Parker said.

"Shhh." Lance whispered. "Listen. This is more interesting. I think they're fighting."

"What about?" Parker whispered back.

"I dunno yet." Lance said.

"What're they sayin?" Parker asked.

Lance rolled his eyes. "Shhh and we'll be able to hear."

Both boys hid near the doorway so they were in a better position to get an earful.

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"Ok, were gonna have to tell them now." Booth said shuffling uncomfortably on the stool he was perched on. Ang was being like a dog with a bone and he knew she wouldn't give up. He could just imagine the very literal version that Bones would impart when badgered by Angela in private.

"So I'm allowed to speak now?" Bones asked.

Booth looked into her eyes very carefully. Was that a twinkle? Did he just see a twinkle in her eye cos he could swear that she was enjoying his discomfort just a little more than was necessary. "You are ALWAYS allowed to speak Bones." he said.

"Unless I want to speak about what happens in our home." she said with a smirk.

"Tell. Them." Booth said. "But tell them, ALL of it."

Jack watched the two like he was watching a tennis match. His eyes wide and his head bouncing from one person to the next. Now they were finally going to find out.

"Stop." Ang said raising her hand to halt Bones. The room next door had gone totally quiet, which with those two meant they were either getting into something or they were listening.

"Oh Common Ang honey!" Jack said impatiently.

"Shhh." She said putting a finger to her mouth. She got up and walked over towards the entrance in the living room. "Little pitchers have big ears." She mouthed. She pointed to the doorway between the kitchen and the living room. Sidling around the cabinets she inched her way around so the kids wouldn't see her.

The others all watched with amusement to see the reaction.

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"They're not saying anythin now." Parker said quietly.

"No they're not." Lance said curiously. He was about to poke his head around the corner to see if the adults had left the room when Angela did a star jump into the doorway.

"Rarrrrr!" she growled before collapsing into a fit of giggles as both boys screamed with fright.

"Thought you two were watching TV." she said with her hand on her hip as they both recovered.

"We. Um. Were." Lance panted.

"We were just gonna get a drink." Parker lied. Ang leaned into the fridge and grabbed two bottles of water and passed them to the guilty looking boys.

"Thanks Angela." Parker said.

"Thanks Ang." Lance said.

"Back to the TV." She sternly. "I'll just close this door so we don't disturb you."

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"Now." You were about to say..." Jack said to Bones.

"OH. Yes. Booth went with Parker to the supermarket this morning while we had Skye over visiting." Bones started.

"Yeah and..."Jack said.

"Don't push her honey. She's telling it." Ang said.

"I, promised Booth, that I wouldn't leave the kids alone in the living room."

"You didn't did you hon?" Ang asked with a wince even though it was clear that she had.

Bones looked at Booth and gave him a sympathetic smile. She knew she had done wrong. "Yes. I went into my office and EVEN though they promised ME they wouldn't, they went upstairs."

"Uh oh." Ang said.

"Double uh oh." Jack said. "Two hormonally charged teenagers upstairs in a bedroom alone."

"So did the Preacher turn up?" Ang asked.

"Yes and no." Bones said. "He did turn up apparently just as Booth and Parker got back from the store but Parker saw him first and ran inside to alert Lance and Skye. They got downstairs in time, so he didn't catch them."

The rest of the story was pretty clear.

"So you did spank her for real?" Ang asked turning to Booth.

Booth didn't know if she was still pissed at him or not. Her expression was blank. "Look Ang, this really isn't anyone else's business, but you have to know that I would never really hurt Bones."

"But it did hurt Booth." Bones said. "You said that was the point. It was supposed to hurt."

"You actually put her over your knee and spanked her?" Jack asked incredulously.

"Yes Jack, we've established that."Booth said.

"You did kind of deserve it hon. The whole undermining thing...out of control."Ang said. "I did try to warn you that it would come back to bite you in the butt. Although I had no idea how literally that would be."

"See.." Booth said with relief. "Someone gets it."

"I got it." Bones said. "After."

"You know she knows karate right?" Jack asked. The look he gave Booth was one of unadulterated admiration.

"Yes." Booth said. "I know about the karate, which Bones didn't use. Tell them why Bones."

"I don't want to." she said.

Ang had to smile, this was about as close to a childish pout that she'd ever seen her friend wear.

"But I want you to." Booth said. "Go on Bones... you just told them I turned you over my knee, you're too shy to tell them the rest?"

"I don't get shy." Bones said.

"Ok, then tell them." Booth urged.

"He made me say it." Bones said.

"He made you ask for a spanking?" Ang asked.

"No. I told him I didn't want one but apparently that doesn't matter very much. I didn't stay in the corner either." Her tone was so matter of fact that it made them all smile.

"You made her stand in the corner?" Ang asked., More with amusement this time.

"I tried." Booth said. "I only have one pair of hands and they were both full with those two." he said pointing to the other room.

Ang smiled. There wasn't a court that would convict this poor man, she thought. "Then what was it he made you say?" Now she was just curious.

"He made me say..." Bones glared at Booth.

"Come on Temp! How bad can it be?" Jack said.

"He made me say that I was wrong."

"Ouch!" Ang said.

Jack smirked. "WOW!"

Booth tried hard to hide his smile. He knew that having to admit that she was wrong, had got to her more than anything else could.