“Where did あなた go?” Brennan asked Booth as they climbed into the lift. “You’re not normally this late.” She had been waiting for him in his office for a while. She hadn’t spoken to him since he left the lab.
“Oh, just taking care of some personal stuff.” Booth tried to keep his mind off of what was in his left pocket.
“Oh.” Brennan frowned.
“I’ll tell you, promise. Just not here.” Booth looked around suspiciously.
“Hey guys.” Sweets jumped up from his シート, 座席 as Booth and Brennan walked into the room. He stood in the way of the door, not letting them past, as if waiting for something.
“What?” Booth asked after two seconds. Sweets sighed.
“Would あなた mind waiting outside for a moment, Agent Booth?”
Booth frowned. “Why?”
“Because I would like to talk privately with Dr. Brennan.” Booth looked at Brennan, then at Sweets. He sighed heavily as he received a pleading look from Brennan, and then from Sweets. He shrugged at Brennan went outside, just to lean on the door and peak through every now and then.
“Why do あなた want to speak to me privately?” Brennan asked once Booth had left. Sweets raised his eyebrows and offered her to take a seat.
“Well, I have become aware of the conversation that あなた had with deputy director Hacker.” Brennan frowned at him.
“Whatever Angela ever tells あなた isn’t true. She mostly makes it all up.” She repeated for the fifth time.
Sweets paused. “I know, but it wasn’t Angela who told me. I work for the FBI, Dr. Brennan. I’m going to find out.”
Brennan sighed and looked at him. “So, why are あなた telling me this without Booth?”
“Because Booth doesn’t know about it.” Sweets 発言しました obviously. But then he paused. “Does he?”
“No, of course not.” She was quick to answer. Sweets raised his eyebrows again. “What? He doesn’t.”
Sweets quickly remembered something. “We’re friends, right?” Brennan’s brow furrowed.
“Ok, whatever. So, あなた have finally come to terms with your feeling towards Agent Booth?”
Brennan shifted and looked towards the door. Booth was peaking in and saw her pleading face. “Are あなた going to leave Booth out there all day? We should just make an appointment for me.”
“Yes, we should.” Sweets agreed. Booth knocked.
“Can I come in yet?” he called.
“Yes.” Brennan 発言しました quickly.
“No!” Sweets shouted, but it was too late, and Booth ignored him. He sat down on the sofa and made himself comfortable.
“You weren’t talking about me, were you?” he 発言しました happily.
“Why would you-“
“You kept on looking at me, Sweets.”
“That’s right, I did…”
They stayed in silence, Sweets obviously waiting for Brennan to say something. Booth looked at Sweets and then at Brennan.
“Oh, look, a call.” Booth jumped up and got out his phone. “Gotta get this. Murder.” He 発言しました the word murder as if it were self explanatory. Brennan looked at him quizzically but he shook his head. He put his phone to his ear. “Yeah… uh-huh… ok. Got it.” He put it down. “Sorry, gotta go. C’mon Bones.”
Brennan shrugged and stood up happily. “Some other time, maybe.”
Sweets opened his mouth to answer, but they had already gone.
*
The 次 night Booth and Brennan were having ディナー at the diner, celebrating the closing of a quick case. Both Hodgins and Cam had made excuses not to come, and Angela was finally able to let Booth and Brennan have privacy. But Booth still couldn’t help looking out of the window suspiciously every now and then.
“I know, how can someone think they can get away with that?”
“It’s ludicrous.” Brennan laughed, but then she thought harder. “ Though he wasn’t very smart.”
“No, he was not.” Booth agreed, and happily got another piece of pie from the waitress.
“Booth.” Brennan said, leaning in. Booth leant in too, a bit confused.
“Yeah?”
“We’ve been together for a month-“
Booth was surprised. “Ok.” He 発言しました cautiously.
“-and I’ve realized that…” Booth waited. “…it is traditional to give a gift.”
“Oh.” Booth raised his eyebrows. He hadn’t been expecting a gift. He watched Brennan as she reached into her bag to bring out a small red package.
“I wrapped it.” She pointed out.
“I see…” Booth 発言しました as he opened it, looking up at her to see her face. She seemed calm enough. “Hey! A beepy card thing!” Brennan frowned at his choice of words, but then smiled too. “Great! I’m sure that I had one of these… but I ロスト it.”
“I realized that.” Brennan admitted.
“Look. Seeley Joseph Booth, FBI. Ha!” he paused. “Now I feel bad about not getting あなた anything…” he could feel himself shriveling away from the ring in his left pocket. He wasn’t sure why he bought it when he had… he had just realized that there wasn’t really anyone else he would rather spend the rest of his life with… もっと見る like he was reminded of it. He had always known, really. But now he knew how Frodo felt.
“Don’t worry about it. I have everything I could want.” She 発言しました truthfully, eating another fry.
“Yes, I know.” Booth murmured, remembering her apartment full of stuff, trying to forget about what he had in his pocket. “Except…” he paused “a TV.” He chickened out.
Brennan pulled a face. “But I don’t want a TV… I’m happy 読書 a book, listening to music… and spending time with you.” She added. Booth smiled in response and took her hand. But he didn’t say anything, または do anything. He wouldn’t do it at the diner, that would be too cheesy.
“You’re quiet. Are あなた upset about not getting me anything?” Brennan 発言しました once they were outside. She put her arm through his and Booth pulled her towards him, grateful.
“No. I mean yes… but no.”
“Oh.” Brennan’s sulked. Booth squeezed her arm again.
“Hey…” he soothed her. “Thanks for your gift. I’ll try not to lose this one.” He joked.
Brennan frowned at him. ”Most of your ロスト things are in my washing machine.”
“Really?” Booth was surprised. Really? “I honestly only just found out that あなた had one. So that’s where all my clothes go…”
“Yes. The other 日 I realized that I didn’t own any ludicrous socks.” Booth looked at her, astonished. “What? It’s not my fault that あなた leave your clothes lying all over the place. Most of the time the washing machine is the only place for me to hide them from Angela.”
“I don’t seem to have any of your clothes at my place…” Booth noted.
“That’s because I am much neater than あなた are… it’s true! Don’t laugh at me, Booth!”
“Sorry. I’m sorry!” he laughed again.
“Now you’re making me smile too.” Brennan hit him playfully.
“And that’s a bad thing?” Booth laughed. Brennan smiled at him and kissed him gently on the cheek.
Brennan sighed. “Do あなた remember the circus? I was picking your clothes up then and I still am.”
“That was fun… except for the knives… please never make me do that again…”
“I thought that was the best part.”
“Of course あなた would. あなた like putting your life in danger.”
“My life wasn’t in danger… it didn’t feel like it, anyway. I trust you, Booth.”
“Thanks. Now I need to trust me and forget about あなた loosing an eye in a freak accident.” Brennan shrugged. Booth mock-shrugged. Brennan laughed. Then, suddenly, she pushed Booth sharply away from her.
“I told you, the fractures in the mandible were consistent with years of-“
“Hi, guys!”
Booth understood Brennan’s reaction.
“Hey Angela, Hodgins.” He 発言しました politely. He also tried not to ignore Hodgins hiding slightly behind Angela and pretending he had a call, but he couldn’t help but stare. Brennan hit him.
“We were just coming to meet you.” Angela said.
“That’s seems unlikely.” Booth commented, watching at Hodgins.
“Really? That’s nice. But we were just leaving.”
“Oh, Ok. See あなた at work!” Angela 発言しました nervously.
Once they were out of earshot, Booth whispered to Brennan “do あなた think that was a bit… weird?”
“Why?” Brennan asked.
“Well, Angela seemed もっと見る than happy to leave us… do あなた think she and Hodgins are on a… あなた know… a date?”
“I think she would have told me…”
“You haven’t told her.”
“But that’s not my fault.” Brennan defended herself. She stopped. “Are we on a date?”
Booth stopped too, but he was confused によって the question. “Well, I dunno… Do あなた want this to be a date?” he took a step towards her.
“It’s just, if this is a date, technically we’ve been dating for five years.”
“No, those dates didn’t count. Those dates didn’t end like this…”
He decided to forget about what he had in his pocket for now.Not now. Not yet.
“Oh, just taking care of some personal stuff.” Booth tried to keep his mind off of what was in his left pocket.
“Oh.” Brennan frowned.
“I’ll tell you, promise. Just not here.” Booth looked around suspiciously.
“Hey guys.” Sweets jumped up from his シート, 座席 as Booth and Brennan walked into the room. He stood in the way of the door, not letting them past, as if waiting for something.
“What?” Booth asked after two seconds. Sweets sighed.
“Would あなた mind waiting outside for a moment, Agent Booth?”
Booth frowned. “Why?”
“Because I would like to talk privately with Dr. Brennan.” Booth looked at Brennan, then at Sweets. He sighed heavily as he received a pleading look from Brennan, and then from Sweets. He shrugged at Brennan went outside, just to lean on the door and peak through every now and then.
“Why do あなた want to speak to me privately?” Brennan asked once Booth had left. Sweets raised his eyebrows and offered her to take a seat.
“Well, I have become aware of the conversation that あなた had with deputy director Hacker.” Brennan frowned at him.
“Whatever Angela ever tells あなた isn’t true. She mostly makes it all up.” She repeated for the fifth time.
Sweets paused. “I know, but it wasn’t Angela who told me. I work for the FBI, Dr. Brennan. I’m going to find out.”
Brennan sighed and looked at him. “So, why are あなた telling me this without Booth?”
“Because Booth doesn’t know about it.” Sweets 発言しました obviously. But then he paused. “Does he?”
“No, of course not.” She was quick to answer. Sweets raised his eyebrows again. “What? He doesn’t.”
Sweets quickly remembered something. “We’re friends, right?” Brennan’s brow furrowed.
“Ok, whatever. So, あなた have finally come to terms with your feeling towards Agent Booth?”
Brennan shifted and looked towards the door. Booth was peaking in and saw her pleading face. “Are あなた going to leave Booth out there all day? We should just make an appointment for me.”
“Yes, we should.” Sweets agreed. Booth knocked.
“Can I come in yet?” he called.
“Yes.” Brennan 発言しました quickly.
“No!” Sweets shouted, but it was too late, and Booth ignored him. He sat down on the sofa and made himself comfortable.
“You weren’t talking about me, were you?” he 発言しました happily.
“Why would you-“
“You kept on looking at me, Sweets.”
“That’s right, I did…”
They stayed in silence, Sweets obviously waiting for Brennan to say something. Booth looked at Sweets and then at Brennan.
“Oh, look, a call.” Booth jumped up and got out his phone. “Gotta get this. Murder.” He 発言しました the word murder as if it were self explanatory. Brennan looked at him quizzically but he shook his head. He put his phone to his ear. “Yeah… uh-huh… ok. Got it.” He put it down. “Sorry, gotta go. C’mon Bones.”
Brennan shrugged and stood up happily. “Some other time, maybe.”
Sweets opened his mouth to answer, but they had already gone.
*
The 次 night Booth and Brennan were having ディナー at the diner, celebrating the closing of a quick case. Both Hodgins and Cam had made excuses not to come, and Angela was finally able to let Booth and Brennan have privacy. But Booth still couldn’t help looking out of the window suspiciously every now and then.
“I know, how can someone think they can get away with that?”
“It’s ludicrous.” Brennan laughed, but then she thought harder. “ Though he wasn’t very smart.”
“No, he was not.” Booth agreed, and happily got another piece of pie from the waitress.
“Booth.” Brennan said, leaning in. Booth leant in too, a bit confused.
“Yeah?”
“We’ve been together for a month-“
Booth was surprised. “Ok.” He 発言しました cautiously.
“-and I’ve realized that…” Booth waited. “…it is traditional to give a gift.”
“Oh.” Booth raised his eyebrows. He hadn’t been expecting a gift. He watched Brennan as she reached into her bag to bring out a small red package.
“I wrapped it.” She pointed out.
“I see…” Booth 発言しました as he opened it, looking up at her to see her face. She seemed calm enough. “Hey! A beepy card thing!” Brennan frowned at his choice of words, but then smiled too. “Great! I’m sure that I had one of these… but I ロスト it.”
“I realized that.” Brennan admitted.
“Look. Seeley Joseph Booth, FBI. Ha!” he paused. “Now I feel bad about not getting あなた anything…” he could feel himself shriveling away from the ring in his left pocket. He wasn’t sure why he bought it when he had… he had just realized that there wasn’t really anyone else he would rather spend the rest of his life with… もっと見る like he was reminded of it. He had always known, really. But now he knew how Frodo felt.
“Don’t worry about it. I have everything I could want.” She 発言しました truthfully, eating another fry.
“Yes, I know.” Booth murmured, remembering her apartment full of stuff, trying to forget about what he had in his pocket. “Except…” he paused “a TV.” He chickened out.
Brennan pulled a face. “But I don’t want a TV… I’m happy 読書 a book, listening to music… and spending time with you.” She added. Booth smiled in response and took her hand. But he didn’t say anything, または do anything. He wouldn’t do it at the diner, that would be too cheesy.
“You’re quiet. Are あなた upset about not getting me anything?” Brennan 発言しました once they were outside. She put her arm through his and Booth pulled her towards him, grateful.
“No. I mean yes… but no.”
“Oh.” Brennan’s sulked. Booth squeezed her arm again.
“Hey…” he soothed her. “Thanks for your gift. I’ll try not to lose this one.” He joked.
Brennan frowned at him. ”Most of your ロスト things are in my washing machine.”
“Really?” Booth was surprised. Really? “I honestly only just found out that あなた had one. So that’s where all my clothes go…”
“Yes. The other 日 I realized that I didn’t own any ludicrous socks.” Booth looked at her, astonished. “What? It’s not my fault that あなた leave your clothes lying all over the place. Most of the time the washing machine is the only place for me to hide them from Angela.”
“I don’t seem to have any of your clothes at my place…” Booth noted.
“That’s because I am much neater than あなた are… it’s true! Don’t laugh at me, Booth!”
“Sorry. I’m sorry!” he laughed again.
“Now you’re making me smile too.” Brennan hit him playfully.
“And that’s a bad thing?” Booth laughed. Brennan smiled at him and kissed him gently on the cheek.
Brennan sighed. “Do あなた remember the circus? I was picking your clothes up then and I still am.”
“That was fun… except for the knives… please never make me do that again…”
“I thought that was the best part.”
“Of course あなた would. あなた like putting your life in danger.”
“My life wasn’t in danger… it didn’t feel like it, anyway. I trust you, Booth.”
“Thanks. Now I need to trust me and forget about あなた loosing an eye in a freak accident.” Brennan shrugged. Booth mock-shrugged. Brennan laughed. Then, suddenly, she pushed Booth sharply away from her.
“I told you, the fractures in the mandible were consistent with years of-“
“Hi, guys!”
Booth understood Brennan’s reaction.
“Hey Angela, Hodgins.” He 発言しました politely. He also tried not to ignore Hodgins hiding slightly behind Angela and pretending he had a call, but he couldn’t help but stare. Brennan hit him.
“We were just coming to meet you.” Angela said.
“That’s seems unlikely.” Booth commented, watching at Hodgins.
“Really? That’s nice. But we were just leaving.”
“Oh, Ok. See あなた at work!” Angela 発言しました nervously.
Once they were out of earshot, Booth whispered to Brennan “do あなた think that was a bit… weird?”
“Why?” Brennan asked.
“Well, Angela seemed もっと見る than happy to leave us… do あなた think she and Hodgins are on a… あなた know… a date?”
“I think she would have told me…”
“You haven’t told her.”
“But that’s not my fault.” Brennan defended herself. She stopped. “Are we on a date?”
Booth stopped too, but he was confused によって the question. “Well, I dunno… Do あなた want this to be a date?” he took a step towards her.
“It’s just, if this is a date, technically we’ve been dating for five years.”
“No, those dates didn’t count. Those dates didn’t end like this…”
He decided to forget about what he had in his pocket for now.Not now. Not yet.