Re: Wounded And Scarred by Saraluvzbonz - Romance rated K+

by CheeseBK on Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:24 pm

Posted 05/01/2008 09:40:54 AM by CheeseBK

uh, great, just great!!!! i love it

by CheeseBK on Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:25 pm

Posted 06/01/2008 03:36:49 AM by saraluvzbonz

AN: Thanks for the reviews ToZiKa and CheeseBK. Here's the last chapter.

Brennan woke by habit at 6:30 the next morning. She felt comfortable and warm, and she hadn't felt this rested in a long time. Then she opened her eyes and wondered why she had fallen asleep in her living room. Someone stirred next to her, and everything came rushing back.

Cuddling closer to Booth and kissed his cheek softly, she said softly, "Wake up sleepy-head."

Booth woke in a panic. "I can't believe we fell asleep on your couch," he practically shouted. "We aren't late for our meeting, are we?"

"Calm down, Booth," she replied, "we have an hour."

"Oh," he said, in relief. "Then I have time for this." And he dipped his head and caught her lips in a soft kiss.

After kissing him eagerly for a bit, she pulled back saying, "I need to hop in the shower if I'm going to be on time for our meeting."

Booth stood up and stretched before jamming his feet into his shoes and pulling on his suit coat. She couldn't help but stare. Even in a rumpled suit with half squashed hair he was irresistibly good looking.

"See you there, Bones?" he asked, breaking her reverie.

"I wouldn't miss it," she replied, kissing him again before he exited her apartment.

She dressed with extra care that morning. She needed to look good and very professional. Every few minutes a silly smile appeared on her face as she thought of her partner or the previous day. Then the happy thought was chased away by her worries about their meeting and her mouth would settle into a frown.

At precisely 7:30, a file in hand, Booth knocked on his boss' door. When he heard Cullen's call of 'come in,' he opened the door and waited for Brennan to enter. He followed her into the office and stood to her left in front of the desk.

He smiled at her. His right hand reached for her left while his other hand offered a file to the deputy director. Cullen reached for the file, noticing the position of their hands, but choosing not to comment on it yet.

He glanced through the file briefly before commenting, "This was not urgent enough for to call a meeting during my prep hour."

"Yes sir," Booth agreed.

"Then I assume there's another reason for the meeting," Cullen said.

"Yes sir," Booth replied, raising their clasped hands.

Cullen raised an eyebrow and Booth elaborated, "We've decided to date, sir."

He fixed the couple with a serious gaze and then suddenly laughed loudly.

Brennan was so surprised that she almost jumped out of her skin. Then she looked at Booth with a confused expression. He shrugged slightly, indicating that he didn't know what was funny either.

"I can't believe it took you so long," Cullen said.

They both stared at him in surprise.

"Oh, come on," he scoffed, "everyone's been taking bets for months about how long it would take you to get together. How you feel about each other was totally obvious to everyone, except apparently you two."

Brennan grimaced a bit at hearing Cullen express the sentiment she'd expressed to her partner yesterday.

"So, when did this happen?" he asked.

"We talked about it over dinner last night and agreed it was a logical course of action," Brennan answered.

Both Cullen and Booth looked at her a bit oddly.

"Only you, Bones," Booth said, shaking his head incredulously. "I took her to a nice restaurant sir, then dancing and then to the diner for dessert. You're pretty much the first person we've told."

"Booth," she interjected, "technically, he's the third person. Sam and Celia were the first two."

He rolled his eyes at her. "We met them at the dance club last night and invited them to the diner for pie," Booth explained to his boss.

"So, you've already had time to think about how you'd handle this," Brennan put in, changing the subject. She hoped that he would answer the question she was dying to know the answer to, but was too afraid to ask.

"FBI regulations prohibit partners from dating," Cullen said. "But you, Dr. Brennan, are not FBI, so the application of the rule is unclear. As you both have always behaved professionally and there are no regulations covering this specific situation, I see no reason to split you up. But I won't hesitate to do so if this affects your work or if I hear of unprofessional behavior while you're working."

Brennan let out a breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding. She suppressed the desire to do a little dance which would not be professional, and instead smiled widely at him and said, "Thank you, sir."

Cullen heard the bickering begin the moment they were out of his office and shook his head.

"Bones, you didn't need to correct me in there," Booth hissed. "When you do that, you make me look bad in front of my boss."

"But he wasn't the first person we told," she argued back.

"Yes, and that's why I qualified the statement with 'pretty much,'" he retorted. "Sam and Celia don't know anybody that we work with, so they were irrelevant to the conversation."

"We don't know them well enough to know whether or not they know anybody else we know," Brennan pointed out logically.

In frustration, he tossed his hands in the air. "Just go examine a skeleton or something, please," he begged.

"I have a couple of files for you," she said, hoping he would come back to the Jeffersonian with her.

"Uh… are you planning on telling Angela soon?" he asked.

"When I get in," she replied. "I don't think I could hide my happiness from her."

At that statement Booth's frustration melted and he smiled the special smile he reserved just for her.

"Thanks, but I have paperwork to do," he answered her question. "Plus I don't want to be too close when you tell Angela. Her squeal would probably make me deaf for the rest of the day."

She glared at him and defended her friend. "Ange isn't that bad."

"Not when your ears are used to it," Booth muttered. Then in a louder tone, he said, "How about we do lunch?"

Brennan agreed and then headed for her car.

She sat in her office and waited impatiently for Angela to arrive. Half an hour later, she darted out of her office.

"Do you have a minute?" the anthropologist asked the artist casually.

Angela eyed her friend and replied with a smile, "For you, sweetie? Always."

When they were both seated on the couch in Brennan's office, the artist asked, "So, what's up?"

Brennan looked a bit unsure about where to start and then broke into a happy smile at the thought of her partner, no partner and boyfriend.

"I… Booth…" she began, but couldn't find the right words.

"Please tell me you finally hooked up with your FBI hunk," Angela begged.

"Not exactly, hooked up, but we went on a date," the anthropologist replied, finally managing to put together a complete (and coherent) sentence.

"You did? I don't believe it," the artists said, clearly in shock.

Brennan nodded, "We really did. And the news gets better. Cullen isn't going to split us up."

"Details, sweetie. I need details," Angela practically begged.

So Brennan summarized the events of the day before, beginning with him dragging her to lunch and ending with them falling asleep on her couch. Throughout the story Angela sighed and made comments about how romantic Booth was.

When she finished her recital, the artist said, "I can't believe you invited another couple on your date."

Before Brennan could reply, she continued dreamily, "It's almost as good as falling in love myself."

Meanwhile, the anthropologist was frowning. "I think Booth will want to wait to, you know…"

Angela looked surprised. "Of course he will; he's a romantic. Why are you frowning? Most women would die to have what you've got."

"It's just that we've already waited so long," she said.

"You remember when we talked about the stages of relationships when Booth was with Tessa?" the artist asked her friend.

She nodded.

"Well, there are stages to physical intimacy too," Angela replied. "You and Booth have gone through most of them even though you weren't romantic. He just wants to do things right, and that means going through them in the right order."

"Oh," Brennan replied, in a thoughtful tone.

"So, how about the two of us go to lunch and you can give me more details?" Angela asked with a suggestive wink.

"Sorry, Angela," Booth said from the doorway, "but Bones and I already have plans."

"You don't look very sorry," she teased, as her friend grabbed her coat and purse. She watched them as they walked down the hall away from her, hoping to catch them holding hands or kissing. To her disappointment, nothing happened.

'I'll have to get them to go on a double date with Hodgins and me," Angela thought.

Then she headed to her office, closed the door and let out the squeal she'd been holding in.

AN: I am planning to write a sequel which will include Celia and Sam. I have almost all of the details of that story worked out (although only the first half of the of the first chapter written). However, it's going to be one of those stories that I finish before I start posting, so it will be at least several weeks before it will get posted.

by CheeseBK on Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:25 pm

Posted 06/01/2008 05:00:40 AM by BGWBscienceteacher

Loved this chapter, great way to end it.

by CheeseBK on Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:26 pm

Posted 06/01/2008 06:18:23 AM by CheeseBK

oh this was just awesome.... loved it, you did a great job!

by CheeseBK on Wed Jun 04, 2008 5:26 pm

Posted 06/01/2008 07:31:48 AM by ToZiKa

I loved this story and I'm happy that you will post a sequel.

by saraluvzbonz on Mon Dec 01, 2008 4:21 am

I know it's been forever, but the sequel is finally here. It's called Voyeur and I'll be posting the first chapter in just a minute.

:-)