“Sweetie!” Angela squealed, dragging me into my office and closing the door. Oh boy. “Oh. My. Gawd! Tell me everything!!!!”
How did she know? I tried to act innocent even though I already knew it was futile. “About what?”
Angela gave me the mother lode of all eye rolls. “Oh come on!” When I didn’t respond, she launched into a tirade. “The last time I see you, It’s almost nine, and you’re going somewhere with Booth. I called your cell like. A trillion times, but it was off. Then you didn’t answer your home phone. Next thing I know, you walk in this morning, with Booth. You look hot, you smell like sex, and you have the Glow. SO, TELL ME EVERYTHING!” she squealed.
I focused on one thing. “What’s ‘the glow’ and why do you say it like it’s capitalized?” I really was confused. What was she talking about? The fact that she said in a high pitched scream didn’t help my cognitive skills, either.
“Oh, you know! The happiness is radiating off you like heat. You look flushed. That would only happen to you if you had finally DONE IT with Booth.”
“That glow!” I said laughing. She squirmed in anticipation. “OK.” I said. “I have to talk fast, because there’s a lot to say, and not that much time to say it in.”
Angela’s glee could not be contained. “YAY!” she screamed like a two year old. I shushed her, took a deep breath, and looked over at Booth through the glass walls of my office. Then, I sat Angela down, and finally told my story.
Booth-Pov
While my counterpart was being interviewed by Angela, I was accosted by her counterpart. Hodgins wrapped his arm around me. “Dude!” he exclaimed. “I can’t believe it! You got into Brennan’s pants!” How rude he was being! I could knock his teeth out, but Hodgins bluntness was really one of the reasons I liked him. Usually.
Could you be more subtle! I did not get into her pants!” Hodgins shrugged; he put some beetles into a jar. I shivered. Zach walked in.
“Are those the beetles for our race?” he asked Hodgins. Oh great. Just what I needed. More squints. “Wait.” Zach paused, “what’s this about pants?” Oh god.
I shot Hodgins a look of pure evil through my eyes. I tried to silently communicate, “If you tell him, I will shoot your balls off,” but it was futile. Hodgins ignored me, as usual.
“Well, Booth managed to get Brenna in bed.” Zach looked confused.
“If Dr. Brennan was so tired, I’m sure she would get into her bed relatively easily.” He sounded confused too.
“No, dude. Booth. Had. Sex. With. Dr. Brennan.” He talked slowly, as if explaining to a two year old. In a way, he was. This was so embarrassing. While Zach blushed and stuttered, I took matters into my own hands.
“Yes, we did. And I would really love it if you kept that to yourself. However, I will say this. Bones and I are dating.” I looked over at Zach. “Close your mouth, you’ll catch flies.” Zach closed his mouth.
“Actually, that’s not pos...” I walked away before I could actually be tempted to take out my gun. I approached the door to Bones’ office just as she and Angela exited, hand in hand. They looked ecstatic and giddy.
“Hey, Bones.” I reached over and kissed her on the lips. She froze; public displays of affection were not something she was comfortable with. Just as I was beginning to regret my brash action, she melted. Angela joined us in a group hug. Corny, but true. Her normally high voice had reached supersonic.
“I just want to let you both know I’m so happy for you, but” she paused “you put me through hell waiting so long!” aaggghhh. Good old Angela. This day would be awkward, but we could get through it, just as we did everything else. As a team.
6 months later
Bones-Pov
I was bent over an examination table, looking at the skull of an unidentified female, approximately 17 years of age. I was sure I had catalogued everything important, so I was about to hand it off to Angela for facial reconstruction. Then, strong hands encircled my face and covered my eyes. “Guess who?” a deep voice asked. I laughed and, in answer, turned around and kissed Booth square on the mouth. “I missed you too.” He chuckled, “How’re you holding up with these bones, Bones?”
“Good, now that you’re here.” I turned back to the table. “By the way, I could barely get dressed this morning. I have more clothes at your place than mine!” It was true. There was absolutely nothing to wear in my own closet. In fact, know that I thought about it, my place was barely lived in. I spent all my time at Booth’s.
“You know,” he said, “I wouldn’t have minded if you came in naked.”
“I’m sure you wouldn’t have, but others, namely Zach and Cam, would’ve gone into cardiac arrest and died.”
“Yeah,” Booth shot back, “but think about Marty the janitor. He’s had a thing for you for ages!”
“Oh shut up!” I slapped him, “he has not, he’s just dedicated to his job.”
Booth smiled, “You just keep telling yourself that.” Then he was serious, “I have something to ask you.”
I was hesitant. “Ok, what?” Booth got down on one knee and withdrew a black box from his jacket pocket. I gasped. Oh my god. He didn’t- he isn’t…. Booth opened the box. Inside was a silver dolphin on a delicate chain.
“Bones. Tempe. Will you……… move in with me?” Oh. Wow. This was a huge step. I was panicking. Ok, stop. Good, now rationalize. I had more belongings at Booth’s place than mine. I also spent more time there on account that it was only five minutes away from the Jeffersonian. Besides, at Booth’s place, it felt cozy and lived in. Upon further reflection, my apartment was rather cold and impersonal. So I made the rational decision.
“Yes!” Booth swept me up and kissed me again. Then, Angela swooped in.
“You said yes!” he hugged me. Then, she turned and hugged Booth. “I knew it! I mean, you two are, like, destined for each other!” Booth and I stood there, stunned by Angela’s explosive enthusiasm. I recovered quickly; after all, it wasn’t that much of a surprise. It was Angela; duh she knew Booth was going to ask. “So,” she said impatiently to Booth, “are you going to put it on her or what?” Oh yeah. I had forgotten about the necklace.
Booth looked kind of embarrassed to be doing this in front of Angela, (she would tell everybody) but he picked up the necklace and slid it around my neck. As I felt the weight of the dolphin and smelled Booth’s yummy scent, for the first time in my life I felt content and complete. I was happy.
