It's About Time. By TempestJo (Oneshot)

Brennan checked her email for the hundredth time in the last five minutes.... Still nothing.

She wanted to scream.

The agony of not knowing was driving her insane.

Her agent had said she'd email when she decided if the new book would go to publishing.

The book in which she had encased all her hopes and fears.

Her autobiography. Her final move.

Her love letter to Booth.

A beep sounded, and she searched her screen for the source...

An instant message. From him.

Did you hear yet?

No.

Are you biting your nails?

No.

Do you want to go have sex to release the tension?

She stared open mouthed at the screen....

Just kidding. Did you get the results from the tox screne yet?

You spelled that wrong.

Sue me. Did you?

Yes. Negative.

I had a dream last night.

????Ok????

You were in it.

What did I do?

Lots

I don't understand.

It was a very good dream.

Did I say anything?

Did you ever...

What? What did I say?

It wasn't so much what you said as what you did.

What did I do?

Oh, btw, got a phone call from your publisher.

WHAT?

Yeah. You mention me in your new transcript?

Maybe.

HAH. So, in this dream I had....

last night?

Yes. You were wearing your wonderwoman undies.

How did you know that I have wonderwoman undies?

You were wearing them last week when you used my dryer.

You said you wouldn't look!!!

Yeah, about that...

What?

I always look.

WHAT???????

So do you.

I do not!

I've seen you in the mirror.

Ok. Well, that's different.

How?

It just is.

thats logical. NOT.

Seeley Booth don't you tell me what's logical.

I love you.

She sat, frozen in her chair, staring at the words she'd wanted to hear for so long.

Bones?

In an atta-girl way.

No.

No?

No. I love you. I'm sorry.

Why?

Why what?

Why are you sorry?

I can't hide it anymore.

She picked up her favourite mug and threw it across the room, shattering a replica of a priceless Ming vase.

Bones?

WHY THE HELL WERE YOU HIDING IT????

What?

YOU'RE SORRY!!! YOU JERK!!!!! How long have you loved me and not told me??

Whoa! Years. Why am I a jerk?

YEARS?????? YEARS????? I don't believe this! I have to go throw something.

Are you mad?

MAD? If I had waited months I would be mad. If I had waited a year I'd be really mad. I'M FURIOUS!!!!!! I just broke the mummy case. I do SO have good aim.

Waited.....What? I'm coming over there.

FINE!

She shoved back from the desk and started throwing everything she could get her hands on.

"Years." She yelled. "YEARS!" She stomped around the room looking for things to destroy.

Angela stuck her head in the door. "Are you ok?"

"I'M FINE!" Brennan shrieked.

"Ok." Angela said, backing away. "You're right, you are fine."



Booth walked into the lab, suprised to see a small cluster of lab workers standing to one side of the room, far away from Brennan's office, where the sound of breaking glass could be heard.

His mouth dropped open.

She really was breaking things.

He warily walked into the office and stood still, watching her pace.

She looked at him, and grabbed a glass ornament off the shelf, throwing it at the opposite wall with a force that startled him.

"Bones?"

"YEARS! YEARS!!!! You almost DIED. TWICE! TWICE!!! You never told me!" She yelled.

He shut the door behind him and locked it, and then closed the blinds. "Bones..."

A plastic skull hurtled through the air. "YEARS!!!! YOU. MADE. ME. WAIT. YEARS!!!"

A gleam sparked in his eye, and his heart shuddered in relief. He walked around the desk standing right in front of her, and grabbed her wrists. "Does that mean that you like me?"

She glared up at him. "Like you? LIKE YOU?" She twisted her wrists free and attacked him, ripping the buttons off his shirt as she pushed him back against the desk.. She grabbed his head and brought his lips to hers, years of self-control having been finally broken.

He kissed her back, she WAS like Iceland.... And she'd finally blown. And he didn't know if all the kings horses and all the kings men were going to be able to put her office back together again...

And then she climbed onto his lap and reached for his fly..

And his heart took over.



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Liked this one a lot, such a playful frolic! And the last few lines were deliciously naughtily fabulous! Well done.

Ah yet another gem! I particularly loved this bit:

You said you wouldn't look!!!

Yeah, about that...

What?

I always look.

Just the whole text/dialog bit was amazingly fun and Brennan's melt down? I'm guessing she loved him back more than a year, in fact I'd say it goes back quite, quite a ways give the breakage. Too funny, loved it.

RM

Fabulous job yet again Tempst. I'm gonna say it yet again, you are SO good!