I Know (BB, fluff, K)..by Luli27 Posted 20/09/2007

luli27

Well, here's another of my one shots. This is about the shortest fic I've ever written. Though, Puppet and Sany don't believe I can write a short fic; this is pretty short right guys?
Well, here's the fic, it's a bit in the future and pure BB fluff.

Disclaimer: I just realized I haven't said this before, I know most of you have to know it already but as a lawyer, shame on me for fogetting: These characters and situations are not mine.

I know

“Wow, I still can’t believe it,” Bones said as she saw Angela and Hodgins dance around the dance floor. They were both wearing huge grins.

“Bones,” Booth said. “You keep saying that, but it’s their first year anniversary, I’d have thought you were used to it by now.” He said as he turned, from watching the happy couple dance, to look at Bones.

“I know,” Bones said as she put her elbow on the table and her chin on her fist. “It’s just that every now and then it hits me again. Angela is married and she looks happy.”

“She is happy,” Booth said, as he sat back in his chair, with his beer, and smirked at her. “See, Bones, marriage is not the end of happiness.”

“I guess,” Bones conceded. “You know, back when Angela was thinking about marrying Jack, she asked me if I regretted letting Sully sail away.”

The topic came out of the blue, and took Booth aback, it took him a few seconds before he could answer, “And what did you say?” He finally asked.

“I said that I’d made a decision and regrets were useless” she answered.

“That sounds like you,” Booth said, with a grin.

Bones looked at him, with that face that meant she wasn’t sure whether he was making fun of her or not, and Booth just smiled at her. After a few moments, she decided to ignore him and went on, “Later I told her that whenever a relationship seemed to be more than casual, I got . . .”

“Scared,” he finished for her when she trailed off, even as he wondered what had prompted this type of discussion. Normally, Bones was not one that liked to talk about emotions.

“Yes,” she said as she looked up at him. “And she told me that even though she’d like to say no, I was missing a lot by not letting anyone close.”

“She’s right,” Booth said, when she stopped talking and seemed to stare off into space.
“There’s a lot that you can’t experience if you’re always running from love.”

“Yes,” she nodded. “And intellectually I know that, it’s just that my flight impulse is deeply ingrained. And yet, seeing Angela so happy after what they’d been through,” she paused and shook her head. “I don’t know, I guess I’ve just been thinking, or maybe rethinking, some things.”

Booth wasn’t sure he liked the sound of that. “So, you regret letting Sully leave now?” He asked and was surprised at how normal and relaxed his voice sounded, when inside he was anything but.

“What?” Bones asked surprised, as her eyes jerked up to his from where she’d been studying the intricate pattern on the silverware.

“You said you’d been rethinking some things,” Booth explained, waving his hand. “I just thought . . .”

“Oh, no,. not that. That was the right decision and I have no regrets about it.” She said firmly.

“Good, good,” Booth nodded, and felt himself relax again. “And you don’t think the reason you didn’t go with him was because you were afraid of getting in too deep?” He couldn’t help but ask.

She took her time answering. Her head tilted, as she studied the far off wall and really thought about it. “No, well, yes, part of it must have been, not wanting to get in too deep, but I don’t think that was the biggest part. I mean, Dr Wyatt was right, I didn’t, or don’t for that matter, feel capable of just sailing around without purpose. I like my life here, I enjoy it too much and find it too rewarding to just up and leave it like that. And frankly, someone that really knew me should have known that.” She paused and because this was Booth, she said what she had just realized in the last few months. “Plus, the fact that he could just up and leave like that, just leave a job that he’s trained for, for years, well, it didn’t inspire much trust in his staying power, you know?” She paused to take a sip of her wine and finished, “I’ve had too many people leave me, to be able to feel comfortable being with someone that finds it so easy to leave everything behind. I just wouldn’t have felt safe with him.”

She paused again and then opened her mouth to say something but changed her mind at the last minute and, with a half laugh, closed it again as she turned her head to look at the dance floor. But Booth knew her too well and was too inquisitive to leave it at that, “What?”

“What, what?” she asked.

“You were going to say something, what was it?” He asked again.

She hesitated another minute, and then with a chuckle, gave in because she knew he wouldn’t give up. “It just, God, this is going to sound like something you or Angela would say and it’s way too romantic but, I guess it just didn’t feel right.”

Booth stared at her for a minute before he burst out laughing, “You’re right, that sounds like something I’d say. Guess, you’ve been around me too long, because I never thought I’d hear you say something like that.”

Bones just looked at him, while he shook his head and took another sip of beer. A few years back, she’d have been offended if someone had laughed at something she’d said, but now, she just enjoyed watching Booth laugh. After another few minutes of silence, she said what had been on her mind for a while now. “You stayed.”

“What?” He asked as he turned back to look at her.

She raised her eyes to his and answered, “You stayed.” She repeated. “Since practically the moment we met you’ve been here, for the good times and the bad times, and the times in between. You’re always here; whether it’s just to share dinner or to help me deal with the truth about my parents or to hold me if I’m scared or to laugh with me if I’m happy, you’re always here. Even when I pushed you away, you were still here.”

“There’s no place I’d rather be,” he answered simply, keeping his eyes on hers. “And I’m not going anywhere, even if you start pushing me away again,” though she hadn’t really done that since around the time he flew to New Orleans to help her with her amnesia.

“I know,” she said in the tone of voice that said she was one hundred percent sure of the fact. “And I find it amazing, not only that you have stayed, but that I’ve stayed too. Because it occurred to me, that while I’ve cut short every other relationship that seemed to be more than casual, our relationship is anything but casual and I haven’t tried to end it.”

“I know,” it was his turn to say. They then stared into each other’s eyes and the room seemed to disappear from their universe and the only thing they saw was each other and everything they’d been through together.

“Booth, just when did you and I become us?” She asked after what seemed an eternity of looking into his eyes, as she leaned towards him.

“I’m not sure, Bones,” he answered, as he too, leaned closer to her and, the look in his eyes told her that he understood her meaning. “But I think it was somewhere between the time I picked you up from the airport when you came back from Guatemala and when we left the cemetery after Cleo Eller’s funeral.”

“Yeah, that’s about what I thought,” Bones nodded her agreement without taking her eyes from Booth’s. “You know, if you were to take a sabbatical and asked me to go with you, I’d go with you.”

The smile that comment brought was small, but it lit up his eyes, “I know. But I’d never ask you to take more than a couple of weeks off for a vacation.”

“I know,” she answered with a radiant smile of her own. “And that’s why I’d go.”

Just then a waiter came by their table and asked if they wanted anything else.

“No, not yet,” Booth answered looking directly into Bones’s eyes.

“No, not at the moment,” she answered and they both knew that their answers also referred to something more personal.

“You know the thing about moments?” Booth asked as the waiter walked away, no doubt thinking that they were rude, as neither had even turned to look at him. “They tend to have a very short lifespan.”

“Yes, I know,” she answered with a grin. “And I have a feeling that this moment,” her emphasis made clear that she was referring not to that particular moment in time, but more to the phase of their relationship. “is about to end.”

“And a much better one is about to begin,” he nodded his agreement with her prediction, letting her know that they were on the same page. Both knew that it was important to verbalize what they’d communicated through their eyes. “You’re going to let me know when it’s over, right?”

She nodded as she brought her glass of wine to her lips for another sip, “Yes, you’ll be the first to know. But then, you always are, aren’t you?”

“Yes, that I am,” he said with a satisfied smirk as he sat back in his chair, and with a wink in her direction, he finally took his eyes from hers and turned towards the dance floor. He saw that Zack was trying to dance hip hop, and was not having much success at it and couldn’t help but laugh out loud at a particularly innovative step.

Bones smiled at the sound of his laughter and turned to see what had caused it. At the sight of Zack she chuckled also. And as they lost themselves in their friend’s celebration, they both knew that a new chapter in their relationship was about to begin. Surprisingly enough, both were looking forward to the change without the fears they had been sure they would feel if they ever took that step. In their place, they only felt exhilaration, excitement and hope.

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So, what do you think? Please, let me know!!!!!

gimmeagun

Posted 20/09/2007 06:24:41 PM

that was so good luli!!! the dialog is EXACTLY something they would say. the writing was amazing and just the whole damn thing was amazing! i love how they understand what they other one says without really saying it.

great job!!!

fanofbones

Posted 20/09/2007 06:27:00 PM

What do I feel? What do I feel? Well, I feel...
that this fuckin one-shot should be turned into a 20 chapter smutfest.....
that's what I feel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was sweet and oh god....I wanted to see their eyes....the fire and sparks must have caused smoke...damn girl...for a lawyer...you're a great fic writer.....
could you possibly be blackmailed or coerced into contining this??????????????????

fab

luli27

Posted 20/09/2007 06:55:16 PM

thank you, guys. You're so sweet!!!!! I really appreciate it. And fab, I'd keep your suggestion in mind, but I am lawyer and smut is very hard for me. Besides I alredy have two multifics going on right now. Maybe when I'm closer to the end of those, I'll come back to this. I extended Breaking Point when it was supposed to have ended because of reviews like yours and gimmeagun, so you never know. I am sucesptible to flattery more than coercion. And yours and gimmeagun have been great with it!!
Thank you so much!!!

CheeseBK

Posted 21/09/2007 03:48:26 AM

i loved it too...

flyersfan35

Posted 21/09/2007 07:19:06 AM

OMG!!! Luli, that was so damn sweet!!! I loved it! That was such a well written, fluffy one shot!! Oh, and I'm with fab, I'd love for you to continue, and let us know how they make out when they do finally go for it!!

Fabulous, luli!! You rock, girl!!

luli27

Posted 04/10/2007 04:44:51 PM

bumping it!!

DBAngelfan

Posted 05/10/2007 02:08:28 AM

great work

Bella Loony

Posted 05/10/2007 12:44:01 AM

Okay Luli, so are you a writer, because that was THEM! Holy crap! Every word of it so true, you could see them grasping the fact that they are a duo and not being scared about it! Wow that one was awesome! I love your cadence! Great job, you rock!!

DDBL

luli27

Posted 05/10/2007 09:06:10 PM

thank you DBAngelfan and Loony. And no, I'm not a writer for the show, though I would love to be one. And thank you, I do think this is my favorite story. I wrote it because I would love to see something like that on the show. Hopefully we'll get something similar soon.

he is a wee little
puppet man

Posted 07/12/2007 08:51:11 PM

bumping cuz i am in a bumping mood!

and for jb!

A2BOREANAZ

Posted 08/12/2007 08:00:08 PM

lulu....that was so wonderful....and i like it as a one shot...i dont think i would continue it.....so sweet and fluffy.....i so can hear both of them saying those words.....great and wonderful

A2BOREANAZ
Posted 08/12/2007 08:00:08 PM

lulu....that was so wonderful....and i like it as a one shot...i dont think i would continue it.....so sweet and fluffy.....i so can hear both of them saying those words.....great and wonderful

luli27

Posted 08/12/2007 10:15:28 PM

thank you, a2b! I'm glad you like it. I think that might be my fave story!! It is a one shot, but Men is sorta of a continuation. It's set a few days after this and the convo and it is reference in a few places. thank you again!

saraluvzbonz

Posted 09/12/2007 03:13:01 AM

Wow, luli, you managed for them to have a whole relationship conversation that would really only make sense to them. Anybody that overheard wouldn't have a clue, and yet it's just the kind of conversation they'd have. Amazing.