Sabbaticals - 28 weeks
After the busy day on Tuesday, there were only a handful of things to accomplish on Wednesday. Brennan walked into living room after breakfast and found Booth and Parker whispering to each other. "Parker and I have a little bit of shopping to do, but you can't go with us." She nodded. "Ah, I see. Well, I think Parker and I also have a little bit of shopping to do without you." It took Parker a few seconds to understand, but then he nodded his head. "Yeah. Bones and I also need to do some shopping."
Brennan had an idea. "Cam had asked if we could get together for a meal while I'm home. Why don't I see if she's available today and I can spend time with her while you do your shopping?" Cam was excited to hear from her and they arranged to meet at noon at the diner. When Booth and Parker dropped her off, he parked the car so he could go in and say hi to his old friend. Cam was happy to see Booth and his son and there were hugs all around. "We're going to leave you ladies to your lunch, because we have some very important shopping to do." Cam offered to drop Brennan off at Booth's apartment after lunch.
Brennan hadn't taken her seat yet, so he put an arm around her and gave her a long kiss. Cam was pleased to see them so happy. "Ooohhhh. You two." Parker poked her with his elbow and rolled his eyes. "They do that all the time." Cam smiled and ruffled his curls. "Well, I'm happy to see it. They belong together Parker." He nodded his head in agreement and his father grabbed his hand and led him out the door.
The two ladies enjoyed their lunch and got caught up with their lives over the past seven months. Cam knew that the two had finally gotten together, but she didn't know how, so Brennan told her about the chain of events. She heard tales of the work they were doing in Maluku, and what it was like living in the jungle. Cam talked about the changes at the Jeffersonian while their key people were away, and how happy she would be when they returned. Cam dropped her off at Booth's place after lunch and Brennan caught up on some emails while she waited for her boys to return home.
Booth and Parker arrived back to the apartment triumphant, with several bags each. Brennan asked if they had gotten lunch, and they said that they'd eaten in the food court at the mall. "Whenever you're ready Parker - I have a couple of shops in mind for us to visit." Parker was raring to go back out in the snow and the crowds. Booth said he would be fine - there was a hockey game on, and he would be a couch potato for the next few hours.
While driving to the shops, Parker kept telling her how much she was going to like what his dad bought for her. And what he bought for her too. She smiled at him, knowing that she would love whatever the two boys got for her. "I've got some ideas about what your dad might like. Do you have anything in mind?" They had a lively discussion about possible gifts that would tickle his fancy.
She took him to a shopping area on 14th Street with a collection of small, independent shops. Parker enjoyed visiting the different shops and they eventually headed home satisfied with the gifts they found. When they got home, Booth was still watching his game, so Brennan and Parker went into the bedroom and wrapped the gifts for Booth. They came out with the brightly wrapped packages and put them around the base of the tree.
When the hockey game ended, Booth and Parker took over the bedroom for their wrapping session, and Brennan went into the kitchen to make something she knew the boys would love - her famous mac & cheese.
The boys came out of the bedroom with their wrapped gifts and put them under the tree. Booth walked into the kitchen and came up behind her to look over her shoulder. "Are you making what I think you're making?" She looked back over her shoulder. "Well, if you're thinking I'm making mac & cheese, then you would be correct." He grabbed the spoon out of her hand, laid it on the counter, turned her around and kissed her soundly. "I guess you do love us." She gave him a look. "Of course, I love you both. You don't need mac & cheese to confirm that." She gave him a quick kiss. "Will you check on the garlic bread in the oven?" He put together a salad while she finished off the mac & cheese, and the three of them enjoyed their special dinner.
Parker was going back to his mother's house the next morning and staying with her for the next day and a half - returning to them in the evening on Christmas Eve. After they finished clearing the table and washing the dishes, Booth had a sudden idea. "Let's go out on the town! See the lights, go ice skating. What do you think?" Parker started jumping up and down with excitement. Brennan was a little less enthused about the ice skating. "Do you remember the last time I went ice skating?" He leered at her. "Of course I remember. It was an opportunity to manhandle you without getting slapped." That made her laugh, and Parker pipped up. "What does 'manhandle' mean?" Booth stared over at him. "I'll tell you when you're older." Parker accepted the explanation and ran to the closet to start pulling out coats, hats, gloves and scarves for all of them.
Booth looked over to Brennan. "You'll be fine. This time I can hold you more closely than the last time and you also have Parker to help keep you upright. We'll have fun Bones." She went over to him, gave him a quick kiss, and looked sternly at him. "I'll hold you responsible for any falls." He grabbed her around the waist and kissed her cheek. "I got ya Bones."
They all jumped in the car and Booth drove them all over the district for the next couple of hours. They found a lot of fantastic light displays, and at some of them, parked the car and walked around to see them up close. It had started to snow again - this time it was just light flakes re-coating areas that had been cleared from the previous snowfall.
Finally, he drove them to the parking lot at the Jeffersonian. Brennan had a puzzled look on her face, but they didn't walk up to the building, instead headed to the park just east of the building. Brennan had occasionally visited this park during the summer, but was surprised to find an ice rink right in the middle of the small park. The rink was surrounded by snow covered trees and lights strung all around the round rink. "I didn't know there was an ice rink here." Booth walked them up to the pavilion to rent skates for her. "I'm guessing you only come out here during the warmer months?" She nodded. "Yes, that's true. In the summer it's a large fountain. This is lovely, Booth."
They had a really great time on the ice, weaving around a lot of families also enjoying the beautiful night. Parker started out insisting that he help by taking one of her hands to get her used to the ice. But he eventually took off ahead of them to show off his skating skills. Booth stayed with her, arm in arm the whole time. It was nice to glide around in the fresh air together and she occasionally leaned her head against his shoulder. At one point, she looked up at him. "This is very romantic Booth." He smiled, kissed her temple, and pulled her tighter to him.
When they finally convinced Parker to leave the ice, they went into the pavilion. Brennan and Parker found a table by the windows and Booth went to return her skates. When he returned, he had hot chocolate and cookies for everyone. It was the perfect ending to a perfect three days for the new little family. Parker was falling asleep in the car as they drove home, and Booth took him right into his room when they got up to the apartment.
He felt a little more accomplished that he was able to get him into his pajamas this time after letting him sleep in his clothes the previous night. He then realized that this was his first night of the three in his pjs, since they had slept all night on the sofa the first night. Once Parker was sleeping soundly, he returned to Bones, who was sitting on the sofa with a glass of wine, and one waiting for him. They spent an hour drinking wine, cuddling, and kissing. Eventually, they convened to the bedroom and had a very vigorous, if mostly silent, lovemaking session. As they pulled on their nightclothes, he smiled across at her and winked. "Tomorrow night, we can be as loud as we want and sleep naked." She laughed. "I can't wait."
Sabbaticals - 29 weeks
After dropping Parker off at his mother's house Thursday morning, they went out to do the last of their shopping. They had picked up a couple of things in Paris, but they still had gifts to buy for Parker and some of their family members. Booth had spoken with Rebecca about what gifts Parker was getting from Santa, and he told her he would pay her half the cost since she had already purchased and wrapped everything. They discussed what Parker still had on his wish list and it gave Booth some ideas for their shopping trip.
That afternoon, they sat on the living room floor of his apartment and wrapped the last of the gifts. Parker's gifts went under the tree, and the rest would go to Brennan's apartment for the extended family they would see on Christmas Day.
Late in the afternoon, it was just starting to get dark. Brennan was sitting on a chair in the living room checking her email on her laptop when she noticed out of the corner of her eye that Booth was going around to all of the windows and closing the curtains. Then she heard Christmas music playing at a very low volume on his stereo. They had been playing a lot of the holiday music, but with the volume so low it seemed like he was setting a mood. She wondered what he was up to, but when she looked up again, he had disappeared. A few minutes later he walked out of the bedroom with his arms full. He had several comforters, several blankets, several pillows. She put her hand over her mouth to hide her chuckle as he kept dropping items and bending down to pick them up, only to drop a couple more.
She finally took pity on him. "You need some help there Booth?" He looked up and smiled at her. "Nah, I'm good." She closed the laptop, set it on the table, and sat back to see what he was up to. He went over to the front of the tree and laid down one of the comforters. A second one went on top, and then a third. He arranged bed pillows at the end, and set the blankets next to the bed he had created on the floor.
She got up and sauntered over to him and decided to try out a sultry voice. "Is that for me?" He was sitting on the floor and looked up at her with a smirk on his face. "It's for us. We're all alone. We can make as much noise as we want." He raised one eyebrow. "We can try new things…" She leaned down and kissed the top of his head. "Would you like me to turn off the lamps so we just have the lights from the tree?" He leaned back on his elbows and gazed lovingly at her. "That would be a very romantic thing to do, Bones." As she walked away, she turned back to him for a second. "I'm learning." He groaned and felt himself go instantly hard.
She came back to the bed on the floor and Booth was now standing. "Let's get naked - that's why I pulled all the curtains. I thought it might be fun to turn the apartment into our own little private nudist colony for the rest of the evening." She ran her hands up under his shirt and began massaging his chest. "Mmmmmm. I like that idea. We haven't really been able to explore each other's bodies except in bed." She batted her eyelashes. "Can we chase each other around the apartment naked?" He grabbed her and pulled her to him so she could feel how ready he was. "We can do anything we want. Anything your little heart desires Bones." And he kissed her senseless.
She quickly dispensed with his clothes and he did the same for her. She took his hand and motioned for him to lie down on the bed he had made. "I want to learn your body, Booth. I love the how the lights from the tree make your skin glow. I want to know everything about your body, as if I knew I was going blind next week and needed to memorize it."
She started with his neck and ran little kisses down to his clavicle. She kissed and then licked his Adam's Apple. She started massaging his upper chest while she kissed it all over. When she got to his nipple, she flicked it over and over with her tongue, while her fingers squeezed the other one - and he began moaning. She started cataloguing the scars on his torso. Of course, she was aware of several of them, most particularly the one from Pam Nunan's bullet. She kissed that scar and ran her tongue all around it. She almost wanted to worship that small piece of his chest because it was the spot that almost took him from her, but, by healing, brought him back to her.
As she found new scars, she asked him about them and he told her the stories. She sat back on her heels and studied his torso. For some men, the scars might look ugly, or make him look like a tough guy. But on Booth, they were beautiful. Most of them had faded over the years, and his well defined musculature wove the imperfections into the natural shadows on his body.
She brought her mouth back down to his abdomen and her tongue started to trace the well developed lines in his "six pack". It tickled him and he started to wiggle, but she put her hands on his hips, raised her head to smile at him, and continued her southern trajectory.
She purposely ignored the elephant in the room - or, more specifically, the elephant trunk standing at attention before her - and moved over to his left hip. She began to lick all along that ridge that she had come to love. The one (along with the matching one on the other side) that drew her eyes every time, right to the "trunk" she was currently trying to avoid. She heard him groaning and lifted her face slightly. "Don't worry, I'll get there. I just have a couple more places to inspect first." He let his head drop back down to the pillow. He couldn't complain, because the things she was doing to him were making that trunk stand taller and taller by the second.
After licking down the matching ridge on the right hip, she moved down to his scrotum. She sucked one of his balls into her mouth and his moans began again. Her tongue ran all around it and then her lips released it and gently suctioned it back in and out several more times. She looked up and saw his eyes closed and a huge grin on his face, so she gave the other one the same treatment.
She moved down to his thighs, deciding to leave the "elephant trunk" for last. She wished she had some massage oil, but decided that would have to wait for another day. She inspected, massaged, and kissed down his left leg - all the way to the toes. And then reversed the process all the way up his right leg. When she started up the right leg, he breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that she was headed toward giving him the relief he had been craving for the last 20 minutes.
When she finally reached her favorite spot on his body, she was kneeling between his outstretched legs. She sat up so she could see his face and spoke in a pouty voice. "You know, I only got to memorize your front - I want to memorize your back too." The look on his face was the look of a man about to begin begging. She laughed and ran her hands up and down the sides of his naked hips. "But I think I have a situation to resolve on your front first." He turned his mouth into a frown/pout and nodded his head slowly. She mimicked him with the frown/pout and the head nodding, until she could hold it in no longer and broke out in a laugh. "Oh Booth." As her head began its descent, she looked back up to his face and saw that it had changed to a look of pure anticipatory joy.
She took her time and eventually managed to resolve his situation, and then had him turn over and began the memorization of the back of her lover, paying particular attention to his perfect ass and his muscular back. He then took over and did some memorization of his own on her body. He finished off by handling her situation, giving her several intense orgasms. He grabbed one of the nearby blankets and covered them, and they drifted - half awake and half asleep for the next hour. The softly playing Christmas music and the glow from the tree created a dream-like quality for the two, tangled together under the blanket.
Brennan sat up and decided she was ready for another round. Booth smiled up at her. "You want more?" She smiled and nodded, and then stood up. "Only if you can catch me!" and started running toward the kitchen. Booth leapt to his feet. "Oh, you want to play that game?" He chased her a couple of times around the apartment, and finally caught her around the waist. She was laughing and trying to get away. "No fair! You have longer legs!"
He turned her around and lifted her up over his shoulder in a fireman's carry and began to look around the apartment trying to decide where he wanted to take her. He spotted the blank wall next to the bedroom door and cackled as he headed over there. Brennan wasn't sure where they were going or what he had in mind, but she trusted he would make it worth her while.
He got to the spot and pushed her off his shoulder so her back was hard against the wall. As he let her slowly descend, he grabbed both of her legs and wrapped them around his waist. "Ah! We're going to reminisce about Paris." His mouth captured hers and he set fire to their bodies with the things his tongue was doing. "You bet we are Bones." He lifted her a little higher so his mouth could capture one of her breasts and he licked, sucked, and flicked the nipple, eliciting loud gasps. He moved over to the other one, and by the time he was finished, her whole body was vibrating.
He crushed her body against the wall and began to slowly lower her down until he impaled her. She let out a loud, "Oh Booth!" He began to pound into her over and over again until they both felt the wall shaking. His face was buried in her neck and her head was thrown back against the shaking wall, with her hands holding onto his shoulders for dear life. She felt her orgasm coming and just started repeating his name. "Booth! Booth! Booth! On my God, Booth!" When he felt her go over the edge, he let go and they both felt him pulse and pulse and pulse inside of her.
He locked his knees to keep them both from falling, pressed his forearms on the wall, and used his body to sandwich her against the wall until they could get their bearings. After a couple of minutes, he buried his nose in her hair. "Mmmmmm. At least this time I don't have to run out to the elevator to rescue our packages." That made her laugh out loud and he almost dropped her, but caught her at the last minute and eased her down until she was standing on her own. Both of her arms reached up to wrap around his neck and bring his lips down to hers.
When their lips separated, she pressed her forehead to his. "That was nice." She looked up at the wall behind her. "But I was beginning to worry about that wall - it would have been really bad if we had crashed through it." He waggled his eyebrows at her. "So, are you trying to say something about my virility Bones?….." She smacked his shoulder and walked toward the living room. She peeked back to make sure he was watching and started wiggling her butt as she walked.
They sat back in front of the tree and spent the next hour or so talking about their trip so far, as well as plans for the rest of their time together. She sat in front of him between his legs, with her back pressed up against him. He had his arms around her and they occasionally shared little kisses or kisses on each other's necks. Booth leaned over and kissed her cheek. "I have to pee. Be right back."
After he disappeared into the bathroom, she realized she was hungry. She got up and walked into the kitchen. When he came back and saw she was gone, he saw a light coming from the kitchen. When he got to the doorway, he realized it was the light from inside the fridge. Bones was standing in front of it with her head inside scanning the shelves for something to eat. Booth felt his cock immediately harden at the sight of that perfect ass up in the air as she bent down into the fridge. "What are you looking for?" She turned her head to look at him, but went right back to her search. "Snacks." He walked up behind her and grabbed her hips, pulling her ass against his erection. He leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. "You can't stick that beautiful ass in the air in front of me and not expect an extreme reaction."
She remained bent down and looked back at him again. "Oh yeah? And what did you have in mind?" He started kissing up and down her neck. "What's your view on 'doggy style'?" She pushed her ass even harder against him. "Mmmmmm. It can be very stimulating. Very satisfying due to the deeper penetration." He lifted his head and looked around, spotting the kitchen table just a few feet away. "You up for it?" She finally pulled her head from the fridge, stood up, and smiled at him. "Anytime." He slammed the fridge door. "Food will still be there later."
He picked her up and carried her to the table. She shook her head. "Do you need to carry me everywhere Booth?" He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. "Always." He got her to the table, used one arm to swipe the napkins and papers onto the floor, and deposited her on top. "You're an animal Booth. Rowwrrrr." She leaned over and bit him on the neck. He had a surprised look on his face. "Oh, so we're going to play rough?" She smirked. "You know I like it rough."
He picked her up and turned her over so she was on her hands and knees and brought his hands around her sides and started kneading her breasts. He moved her hair to the side and started kissing the back of her neck and shoulder while he rubbed his erection against her gorgeous ass. He moved one hand to check to see if she was ready and found her absolutely dripping. She brought her head down toward the tabletop to lie it on her arms and let him guide her ass where he needed it to get the best angle.
He plunged into her and had to grab her hips to prevent her from flying off the table. He leaned down against her back and they both started laughing hysterically. He finally lifted his head and started kissing down her spine. "Oh, Bones. I guess we're not very good at this." She turned to look back at him lovingly. "Practice makes perfect Booth." He smiled back at her and reached both of his hands out to grasp hers and link their fingers together. The first couple of thrusts were slow, but he quickly picked up the pace and soon was slamming in and out of her. With every thrust, she would slide forward and their linked hands would pull her back. Because of the rear entry and the angle, he was reaching deeper into her than he had ever been. It was incredibly erotic, and it spurred them both on so that their movements were just on the edge of violent.
They were both louder than they had ever been before. She later told him that at the end of every thrust, she felt a mini orgasm because he was hitting her g-spot. He was shocked at his own stamina, and she had three full orgasms before he finally reached his own and practically screamed out her name as he collapsed on top of her. He could tell that his legs were not going to hold him, so he let go of her hands and stretched his arms to the other side of the table so he could grasp the edge to keep them both on the table.
When he finally felt capable, he climbed up on the table to join her. He sat down and she sat up next to him with her legs across his thighs and leaning her body into his side. "Is your table strong enough to hold both of us?" He looked around at it. "No idea. But I guess we'll find out. If it isn't, we'll have another tale to tell when we're old and grey." He motioned his head in the direction of the bedroom. "Just like we almost had a story about that wall." She smiled at him. "I love you Booth."
When they finally got some food out of the fridge and took it back to their bed in front of the tree, they started talking about their successful, if clumsy, sex on the table. She liked the deep penetration and the g-spot stimulation. And while she missed being able to see his face, she had closed her eyes and it became all about just feeling. Booth also liked the deep penetration, and he loved watching his penis entering her beneath that perfect ass. He said it was very erotic. Booth suggested maybe they needed to watch some porn to get some tips. Brennan had a funny look on her face. "Okay, let's see where it is." She started digging through the gifts under the tree and found the one she wanted. "Here Booth - you can open it early." He looked askance at her. "Did you buy me porn for Christmas?" She chuckled. "Just open it."
"Wait. I thought we agreed that we were just going to have one gift each - the gifts we brought with us from overseas?" She shrugged her shoulders. "Just a little extra gift I bought for you here." He reached under the tree and grabbed a package. He smirked at her. "Well, then you need to open the one I bought for you here too." She laughed at him. "I guess neither of us are doing very well following our rules."
He insisted she open hers first. It was a flat box, and it turned out to be a beautiful, soft cashmere scarf. "Parker spotted it and said you would love it - and I agreed." She held it up to her cheek, loving the feel of it on her skin. "I love it Booth. Thank you." She leaned over and kissed him.
Now it was her time to smirk. "Okay - now mine. You'll understand when you open it." As he was ripping the paper off, he could feel that it was a book. When he saw what it was, he laughed. "Kama Sutra?" She smiled. "I thought we might have fun with it." He started thumbing through it. "Oh, I think we will have a LOT of fun with it." He smiled brightly at her. "When did you buy this?" She blushed slightly. "Well, I had to be very careful. When Parker and I were shopping, I spotted it and knew I wanted to give it to you. He was occupied looking at gifts about 20 feet away, so I slipped it into the basket I was carrying, underneath my other purchases. When I went to check out, I made sure he was behind me and handed it to the cashier and indicated that he was right there. She gave me a thumbs up and quickly pulled out tissue paper, wrapped it, and taped it. I wouldn't have bought it if I didn't think I could keep it from him.
He leaned over and kissed her. "You're a good mom, Bones." Her eyes started to tear up. He kissed her again and held up the book. "Don't cry Bones - we have new positions to study!"
They studied a few of them that night, and the one they tried was very successful.