Okay, this is the carry on from my last one. I think the story gets better as it goes on, but thats 4 u guys to decide. Hope you's like it. Please comment.
Chapter 5
Booth stood in the ring with the horse. At this, chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo started to buck even more. Booth turned and asked Sam, “Is this saddle special to anyone?”
“Nope. It’s a piece of junk.” Was his answer.
A smile cunning came across Booths face. “Perfect.”
Then he held it away from his body and dropped it. It landed with a thud. Instantly, chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo stoped and stood still. He watched like a hawk as Booth held his hands as if surrendering and stepped over the saddle. He walked slowly towards the horse, which stood still and ready to bolt. Brennan was stunned. Her tim, trái tim was beating fast. She didn’t want to watch in case the horse turned crazy and hurt Booth, but she couldn’t turn away. What happened tiếp theo made her think twice about doubting Booth’s skills towards horses.
“Hey, Starling.”He đã đưa ý kiến in a calm voice, still taking small steps towards the horse. “Look, I’m not going to hurt you. Chill out like a good horse.” Booth stoped walking and held out his hand. He moved his fingers and called the horse. His voice was commanding, calm and convincing at the same time. “Come here, Starling.”
The others watched in amazement the black horse took a step phía trước, chuyển tiếp then another, and ended up coming to Booth.
Brennan mouth hit the ground. ‘How did he do that’ she thought ‘that’s so amazing.’
Booth held out a hand and chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo started sniffing it. With the other hand, he stroked his neck. Then he took a step back, picked up the bridle, and put it on, without a single problem.
Booth turned to the others and led the horse over.
“That Was, AMAZING!” đã đưa ý kiến Tony taking a small break between each word.
“How did bạn do that? The stupid thing won’t let me near it let alone put a cương ngựa, dây cương, bridle on it!” chim giẻ cùi, jay seemed a bit annoyed, probably because he couldn’t do it to hiển thị off to Brennan.
“Wow.” Was all Sam could say. “That horse has taken a liking to you, Booth. Are bạn going to ride him?”
“Is he trained?”
“Yes.” they all đã đưa ý kiến at the same time.
“Then I’ll ride him.”
With that he took of the bridle, and walked out of the corral. The three ranchers headed back to the house, they were going to meet in the vựa, chuồng trại, barn in an giờ for the riding lesson. Brennan stayed. She stood staring at Booth. He started walking towards her, then he saw the expression her face held, and laughed.
“I never thought I’d see the ngày when bạn were speechless.”
“How did bạn do that?” her voice was hardly coming out.
“It’s easy when bạn know what to do around horses.”
They stared walking up to the barn. There was silence for a moment. Then booth asked a câu hỏi which broke Brennans thinking.
“So, do bạn still think I suck at horse riding?” he smiling at her.
“I never đã đưa ý kiến that.”
“So bạn think I rock?”
“I didn’t say that either.”
“Just admit it.”
“No!” Brennan was trying to be angry, but she couldn’t resist that smile. It made her feel special. After all, he didn’t do it to everyone. The smile on her face got bigger. So did his.
“You admit it!”
“No, I didn’t!”
“Yes bạn did!”
“No, I didn’t!”
“Yes bạn did!”
They continued playing around and laughing like that until Brennan playfully shoved Booth.
“Oh, bạn wanna play like that do you?” He said, his voice playfully serious. Then he took a step towards her. “Come here.”
She knew what was in store. “No, no, Booth, no! Oh my gosh, what’s that!” She pointed behind him. He turned quickly, but then realized his mistake and turned back to find she had started to run off.
“No, bạn don’t.” He muttered.
He caught up to her in a few paces, grabbed her bởi the waist, picked her up, flicked her over his shoulder and started spinning in circles.
“You’re going to make me sick!” Brennan tried to sound serious, but she couldn’t stop laughing.
“Then don’t be sick on me.”
“Trust me, I’ll aim for your back.”
“It’s worth it.”
He eventually stopped spinning, but he didn’t put her down. Instead he started back to the barn.
“Booth, bạn can put me down now.” There was still cheer in her voice. She didn’t want to be put down. She loved the feeling of being near Booth. Brennan normally didn’t feel this way. They were never this playful back home. But here, they were both relaxed and happy. She knew that would fade away once they started work tomorrow.
“I Know.” Booth replied, but he didn’t.
‘Make the most of it. It’s not happening tomorrow.’ đã đưa ý kiến a little voice inside Brennan’s head.
The same thoughts went through booth’s head.
‘Have fun today because tomorrow’s work.’ He thought.
Booth carried her all the way to their cabins. Then he pulled her down. Even when Brennan was on the ground, her arms were still wrapped around his neck, and his hands were on her waist. For a moment, the world around them didn’t exist. They looked into each other’s eyes. Booth wondered if Brennan could feel his tim, trái tim beat, because, if she could, it would be a dead give away to how nervous he was. Brennan felt the same. All she wanted to do was to rest her head against his muscular chest and relax. Suddenly, she remembered what stopped her. They were partners, and right now, they were meant to be working. She quickly pulled away and looked at the ground shyly.
“Doesn’t your shoulder hurt?” she asked feeling kind of guilty.
Booth understood why she suddenly changed and didn’t make a fuss. He knew Bones was right and didn’t argue.
“No. You’re not heavy at all.” He smiled at her. “See bạn in an hour.”
He smiled at her then he walked away. Brennan felt like she was on drugs. She felt dizzy and happy. Not from being spun around a gazillion times, but because of Booth. He had mucked around with her, he never dose. What surprised her thêm was that she liked it. And she felt a new feeling. An odd feeling.
Stupidity!
‘Why did bạn just let him walk away!’ part of her brain screamed at her.
‘Don’t worry, bạn did the right thing.’ The other part of her brain comforted.
‘No, bạn didn’t! bạn two have something! And at the perfect moment to share it bạn let him walk away!’
‘They’re partners, it’s not right.’ At that comment, Brennan but in on the conversation of the two little people in her head.
‘Who says it’s not right!’ She broke in on her own mental conversation. At that moment, there was a knock on her lều, cabin door. She opened it and there was Laura. Brennan invited her in, made a coffee for each of them, and sat down to have a conversation and get to know her better. Brennan liked her too. Laura was about Brennan’s age, she married Sam when she was 18 and they’ve live happily ever since.
“What about you?”she asked.
“Oh, I’m not married.”Brennan answered.
“Boyfriend?”
“Nope.” Brennan had a sip of her coffee.
“What about that hunky FBI Agent, Booth?” she đã đưa ý kiến with a grin on her face.
“Please, you’re just as bad as Angela.” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến “No, Booths just my partner.” There was a tinge of disappointment to her voice. Did she want thêm of him?
Laura took a sip of her drink. “He likes bạn though.”
“What?”
“He likes you.”
“No he doesn’t. To him, I’m just his partner. That’s all. Besides, there’s no logical proof, even if bạn were right.”
“But there is. Before I met Sam, I was training to be a psychologist. Trust me, there’s proof.”
“Like what? His body language?” there was disbelief in Brennan’s voice.
“Yes, exactly. Every time he talks to you, he turns his body to bạn and his pupils dilate and get bigger. All of which are subconscious things your body does when bạn like someone. So, whether he knows it hoặc not, he has a completely logical crush.” She emphasized the word ‘Logical’ because she knew that would get it through Brennan’s head.
Brennan was speechless for a moment. That was big because she always had something to say.
“And what’s more, bạn like him back.” The most satisfied grin came across her face. It was like having a psychological version of Angela.
Another knock on her door broke her thought.
“Bones! Come on. It’s time to see how well bạn ride!”
“Coming!”
She đã đưa ý kiến goodbye to Laura and went off to her lesson.
Chapter 6
Booth and Brennan went to the ring where Tony and chim giẻ cùi, jay stood holding Dawn and watching as Sam tried to get chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo to stop bucking, resulting in him being chased out of the ring. Booth walked up to help.
“Are bạn sure bạn want this one?” Sam asked with a glimmer of hope that Booth might change his mind, “I mean, he an aggressive animal. Only Genevieve can get on him.”
“Yes I want his one, and who’s Genevieve?”
“That’s our daughter, you’ll meet her at bữa tối, bữa ăn tối time.”
“Okay. Here, give me the saddle.” In a few minutes, Booth had saddled up Starling, who had been washed. Now that he wasn’t covered in dirt, Booth could see the ngựa white markings on its four legs that ran up to its knees.
“Okay, Pretty Boy, let’s see how bạn are to ride.” With that he buckled on his mũ bảo hiểm and got up. Booth was surprised how high up he was. chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo must be taller then he looks, he thought. Sam opened the gate and Booth walked chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo out of the yard.
“Jay and Tony will take your lesson.”
“I don’t need to be taught, I just need to get to know the horse.”
“Good, bạn know where the ring is, just up the hill.”“Yep. So, when are we meeting the sheriff? Tomorrow?”Booth asked.
“Yep, chim giẻ cùi, jay will take bạn on the trail into town. Now off bạn go.” Sam đã đưa ý kiến as he pointed up the hill. Booth moved chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo into a trot and headed towards the arena. He was disappointed to see that Bones was already up and had been told how to walk, stop and steer. He had wanted to laugh at her if she had trouble getting up.
“Tell me bạn had trouble.” He asked with a smile as he walked up besides her. Maybe he could still laugh at her after all.
“No she got up first attempt.” đã đưa ý kiến Tony with a satisfied smile.
Brennan gave him a ‘Huh!’ smile. Then she noticed Booth was sitting on a taller horse.
“How come bạn get a bigger horse?”
“Because I can ride better than you.” he gave her a ‘Huh!’ smile.
Brennan was about to protest when chim giẻ cùi, jay cut her off.
“Sure about that?” he asked in disbelief. Booth was sure chim giẻ cùi, jay didn’t like him. From the moment he laid eyes on Booth, he ignored him and only helped Brennan.
“How high’s that jump?” he pointed to a sturdy looking jump in the centre of the ring.
“1 metre 20.” Answered Tony from under his hat.
“Is this horse trained?” Booth asked pointing to Starling.
“Yeah, he was one of the best competitive ngựa I’ve ever seen until he got abused bởi his last owner. Even went to the Olympics! Best in hiển thị at vượt qua, cross country, hiển thị jumping...”
Before he could finish, Booth tightened his reins and gave chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo a kick sending them cantering towards the jump.
Chapter 7
Brennan nearly had a tim, trái tim attack. Was he serious? Tony picked up his cell ready to call an ambulance. They all watched, their breath held.
Booth and chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo neared the jump and hurtled over it without a problem. Relief flowed through Brennan and Tony, chim giẻ cùi, jay on the other hand was annoyed. Booth rode back up to them.
“I know, I know. I’ll remember bạn little people when I’m a big star.” Booth joked.
Brennan smiled. “That was great!”
“No, that was cool!” Tony đã đưa ý kiến with commendation.
“No, that was stupid!” all eyes turned to Jay. He looked angry.
“Why, Booth can control a horse and he’s not stupid.” Brennan answered. bởi now, all had Mất tích their smiles because of their Jays sudden scold.
“He could have fallen off and hurt himself.”
This time it was Tony who stood up for Booth, “Jay, even I’m convinced he knows how to control a horse.”
“Yeah but he’s riding chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo who is wild!” he pointed a finger at the Black horse Booth rode, “Sam shouldn’t of let bạn ride that horse, bạn make a stupid pair.”
As if knowing chim giẻ cùi, jay was yelling at Booth, chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo beared his teeth and nearly head butted Jay, he would of if it weren’t for Booth pulling back on the reins.
“If that horse is stupid, I’m a pine nut.” đã đưa ý kiến Tony, “Don’t bạn remember the time he let himself out of his stall and let out the other horses? He led them off the ranch onto the meadow. chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo only trusted Genevieve to get close to them.”
“Who’s Genevieve?” Brennan asked Booth quietly.
“You’ll meet her at bữa tối, bữa ăn tối time.” He whispered back.
“Yes, I do.” His temper cooled down a bit. “But that was still stupid! And the last thing this ranch needs is a city slicker waltzing around performing dangerous stunts.”
chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo snorted loudly. chim giẻ cùi, jay got a fright and jumped back quickly.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be gone when we finish the case.” He turned towards the gate, “Come on Bones.” Brennan gave Dawn a gentle kick and followed Booth out of the ring.
“That was mean Jay!” Tony đã đưa ý kiến once they were alone.
“No it wasn’t!”
“Yes, it was! Just because he’s a better rider than bạn doesn’t mean he’s a bad person, in fact, I like him. I like them both, so don’t chase them away just because you’re jealous.”
“It’s got nothing to do with the riding.”
“Then what?” Tony’s face was annoyed.
“It’s none of your business.” Then he walked away.
Tony knew better than to fight. Instead he decided to see if he could catch up to his new friends. At least, he hoped they were his new friends. He caught up to them just as they got to the gate of the ranch.
“Hey, Booth! Dr Brennan!” he yelled as he pulled his white horse to a stop tiếp theo to them. “I have a map of the trails in the forest for you.”
“Thanks.” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến appreciatively. Booth nodded and took the map from him. Tony smiled back, happy to help.
“Do bạn want to come?” Brennan asked.
“Where?”
“To talk to the sheriff and go look at the body.” She replied.
“Errrr...”
“Don’t worry, bạn can wait outside with me.” Booth đã đưa ý kiến reassuringly.
“Okay then. Follow me. I know a short cut.” They Tony set off at a trot towards the forest. Booth and Brennan went to follow him, but their ngựa wouldn’t move. When they looked, chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo and Dawn were sniffing and nuzzling each other.
“Starling!” đã đưa ý kiến Booth giving him a kick.
“Dawn!” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến doing the same thing. But the two didn’t move. Instead they moved closer to each other, causing Booth and Brennan’s legs to touch, making them both suddenly very self conscious and aware of each other. Booth tim, trái tim started to thump hard. He was nervous again. Why was that? He wondered. But it didn’t make the feeling go away.
Brennan’s eyes wandered to Booths and her tim, trái tim skipped a beat as he did the same thing. She knew if she didn’t say something quick she would turn pink. Why had Laura filled her head with the idea Booth liked her! It made being with him harder to do without thinking of him as thêm than a partner.
“Ummm, sorry.” She blurted out the first thing that came to mind, “I should have noticed them getting closer.”
“No, I’m sorry. I should have thêm control over him.”
“Hey! Are bạn two coming hoặc what?!” yelled Tony from a distance.
At that Booth leant over and grabbed further down the reins and pulled, yanking Starlings head away from Dawn whether he liked it hoặc not. Then he gave him a kick and sent him off in the right direction. Brennan Followed behind.
2 hours later, they were on their way back after Brennan had looked at the body and decided it wasn’t a murder, when Tony said,
“Hey, do bạn want to see something cool?”
“Okay.” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến at the same time as Booth.
Tony lead them down a trail and into a clearing where a water fall that flowed into a Blue lake and a river flowed.
“Wow!” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến with a huge smile. “This is amazing!”
“Cool!” đã đưa ý kiến Booth.
“I know, it’s great. And the best part, the ranch owns all this land, so we can do whatever we want.”
“They own all this?!” Brennan said.
“Yep. The Bosses ain’t poor. It’s kind of good because as stable hands, me and chim giẻ cùi, jay need new stuff all the time. Plus they’re really nice, reasonable people.” Tony said.
“Yeah.” Booth was looking at the water fall, “Do bạn guys swim here?”
“All the time. We’ll take bạn both some time.”
“I’m not complaining.” Brennan said.
“For once.” Booth teased.
Brennan gave him evils, then turned Dawn towards the water where she slid off and sat down on the lush grass. Booth went to follow, but Tony grabbed Starlings reins to stop him. And with a huge smile on your face said,
“You like her.” He asked in a loudish whisper.
“Who?” Booth asked, guessing what was coming.
“Your partner. It explains everything.”
“What!? No I don’t!” He was yelling in a whisper, “Bones and I are just partners, get your story straight. And you’d better let go of the reins before bạn get bitten.” He tried to change the subject. He failed.
“Fine. I’ll just tell Laura she was wrong.” Tony let go of the reins and went to ride away, but Booth grabbed his reins and stopped him.
“Hang on, Laura đã đưa ý kiến that? As in, the Laura who works on the ranch Laura? What does she know?”
“A lot. She can read body language really good. She studied at University. ” Tony đã đưa ý kiến satisfyingly.
Booth didn’t say anything. He was trying to register and reason how it could be wrong.
“She đã đưa ý kiến whether bạn know it hoặc not, bạn like her.”
Booth let go. He plonked down in his saddle and tried to think.
“Look, dude, just ask her out. It’s easy.” Tony đã đưa ý kiến and rode away, leaving Booth confused.
“Hang on, wait come back!” But Tony was way off heading towards Bones who was happily sitting at the bottom of the đồi núi, hill tiếp theo to the water. He wasn’t about to go speeding down the đồi núi, hill to catch up, he’d look like a desperate, Lời khuyên needing 10 năm old on his first date. Even though he felt like one. Booth gave chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo a kick and rode down to tham gia them.
They sat for about an giờ talking. At some point, Booth wandered off and climbed a few rocks till he was at the top. There he sat for a while, sneaking the occasional look at Brennan. She lay on her back looking at the clouds in the sky. Eventually, she was all he looked at. She was still stretched out on the grass. Her hands were behind her head and her legs were crossed at her ankles. She looked pretty in the sunlight. His thoughts were about her too. Feelings boiled inside him. Was Tony mucking with him, hoặc was he serious? Should he listen to a seventeen năm old?
Brennan wasn’t listening to Tony talking. She was thinking about what Laura had said. What if Booth really did like her? What would happen then? At that thought her tim, trái tim started to beat faster. What would happen then? She started to go pale. Was it fear, hoặc was it just that the thought of her partner as thêm than a partner, making her overly nervous with happiness. Either one, Tony noticed.
“Are bạn okay?” he asked alarmed.
She sat up. “I think so. Can we go back.” She asked weakly.
“Yeah, sure.” He stood up.
Booth notice her sudden change and headed down.
“What’s wrong?” he asked as he walked towards his partner. “You look sick, are bạn okay?”
Typical. Booth was worried about her. It was kind of sweet, Brennan thought.
“I’m fine, were just going back.” She was about to turn away when Booth put a hand on her arm and turned her back. She looked at him, his eyes held hers.
“Bones, bạn look like you’re going to puke.”
“Really, I’m fine. It’s just...” ‘Just what?’ She thought, ‘Just that I secretly adore you. Just that the site of bạn makes me nervous. Just that if bạn weren’t my partner, you’d be my boyfriend. Just what!?’
“Look, just, were going back now.” She quickly walked over to Dawn and climbed up. “Are bạn coming?” it wasn’t really a question; it was thêm of a command.
Booth smiled. She was fine. Tony led the way back to the ranch. When they got back, they untacked their ngựa and went back to their cabins. Then they headed off to diner. Brennan was eager to meet Genevieve, who ever she was, and then hopefully go to bed. She’d had a long ngày and wanted it to be over with.
Chapter 5
Booth stood in the ring with the horse. At this, chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo started to buck even more. Booth turned and asked Sam, “Is this saddle special to anyone?”
“Nope. It’s a piece of junk.” Was his answer.
A smile cunning came across Booths face. “Perfect.”
Then he held it away from his body and dropped it. It landed with a thud. Instantly, chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo stoped and stood still. He watched like a hawk as Booth held his hands as if surrendering and stepped over the saddle. He walked slowly towards the horse, which stood still and ready to bolt. Brennan was stunned. Her tim, trái tim was beating fast. She didn’t want to watch in case the horse turned crazy and hurt Booth, but she couldn’t turn away. What happened tiếp theo made her think twice about doubting Booth’s skills towards horses.
“Hey, Starling.”He đã đưa ý kiến in a calm voice, still taking small steps towards the horse. “Look, I’m not going to hurt you. Chill out like a good horse.” Booth stoped walking and held out his hand. He moved his fingers and called the horse. His voice was commanding, calm and convincing at the same time. “Come here, Starling.”
The others watched in amazement the black horse took a step phía trước, chuyển tiếp then another, and ended up coming to Booth.
Brennan mouth hit the ground. ‘How did he do that’ she thought ‘that’s so amazing.’
Booth held out a hand and chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo started sniffing it. With the other hand, he stroked his neck. Then he took a step back, picked up the bridle, and put it on, without a single problem.
Booth turned to the others and led the horse over.
“That Was, AMAZING!” đã đưa ý kiến Tony taking a small break between each word.
“How did bạn do that? The stupid thing won’t let me near it let alone put a cương ngựa, dây cương, bridle on it!” chim giẻ cùi, jay seemed a bit annoyed, probably because he couldn’t do it to hiển thị off to Brennan.
“Wow.” Was all Sam could say. “That horse has taken a liking to you, Booth. Are bạn going to ride him?”
“Is he trained?”
“Yes.” they all đã đưa ý kiến at the same time.
“Then I’ll ride him.”
With that he took of the bridle, and walked out of the corral. The three ranchers headed back to the house, they were going to meet in the vựa, chuồng trại, barn in an giờ for the riding lesson. Brennan stayed. She stood staring at Booth. He started walking towards her, then he saw the expression her face held, and laughed.
“I never thought I’d see the ngày when bạn were speechless.”
“How did bạn do that?” her voice was hardly coming out.
“It’s easy when bạn know what to do around horses.”
They stared walking up to the barn. There was silence for a moment. Then booth asked a câu hỏi which broke Brennans thinking.
“So, do bạn still think I suck at horse riding?” he smiling at her.
“I never đã đưa ý kiến that.”
“So bạn think I rock?”
“I didn’t say that either.”
“Just admit it.”
“No!” Brennan was trying to be angry, but she couldn’t resist that smile. It made her feel special. After all, he didn’t do it to everyone. The smile on her face got bigger. So did his.
“You admit it!”
“No, I didn’t!”
“Yes bạn did!”
“No, I didn’t!”
“Yes bạn did!”
They continued playing around and laughing like that until Brennan playfully shoved Booth.
“Oh, bạn wanna play like that do you?” He said, his voice playfully serious. Then he took a step towards her. “Come here.”
She knew what was in store. “No, no, Booth, no! Oh my gosh, what’s that!” She pointed behind him. He turned quickly, but then realized his mistake and turned back to find she had started to run off.
“No, bạn don’t.” He muttered.
He caught up to her in a few paces, grabbed her bởi the waist, picked her up, flicked her over his shoulder and started spinning in circles.
“You’re going to make me sick!” Brennan tried to sound serious, but she couldn’t stop laughing.
“Then don’t be sick on me.”
“Trust me, I’ll aim for your back.”
“It’s worth it.”
He eventually stopped spinning, but he didn’t put her down. Instead he started back to the barn.
“Booth, bạn can put me down now.” There was still cheer in her voice. She didn’t want to be put down. She loved the feeling of being near Booth. Brennan normally didn’t feel this way. They were never this playful back home. But here, they were both relaxed and happy. She knew that would fade away once they started work tomorrow.
“I Know.” Booth replied, but he didn’t.
‘Make the most of it. It’s not happening tomorrow.’ đã đưa ý kiến a little voice inside Brennan’s head.
The same thoughts went through booth’s head.
‘Have fun today because tomorrow’s work.’ He thought.
Booth carried her all the way to their cabins. Then he pulled her down. Even when Brennan was on the ground, her arms were still wrapped around his neck, and his hands were on her waist. For a moment, the world around them didn’t exist. They looked into each other’s eyes. Booth wondered if Brennan could feel his tim, trái tim beat, because, if she could, it would be a dead give away to how nervous he was. Brennan felt the same. All she wanted to do was to rest her head against his muscular chest and relax. Suddenly, she remembered what stopped her. They were partners, and right now, they were meant to be working. She quickly pulled away and looked at the ground shyly.
“Doesn’t your shoulder hurt?” she asked feeling kind of guilty.
Booth understood why she suddenly changed and didn’t make a fuss. He knew Bones was right and didn’t argue.
“No. You’re not heavy at all.” He smiled at her. “See bạn in an hour.”
He smiled at her then he walked away. Brennan felt like she was on drugs. She felt dizzy and happy. Not from being spun around a gazillion times, but because of Booth. He had mucked around with her, he never dose. What surprised her thêm was that she liked it. And she felt a new feeling. An odd feeling.
Stupidity!
‘Why did bạn just let him walk away!’ part of her brain screamed at her.
‘Don’t worry, bạn did the right thing.’ The other part of her brain comforted.
‘No, bạn didn’t! bạn two have something! And at the perfect moment to share it bạn let him walk away!’
‘They’re partners, it’s not right.’ At that comment, Brennan but in on the conversation of the two little people in her head.
‘Who says it’s not right!’ She broke in on her own mental conversation. At that moment, there was a knock on her lều, cabin door. She opened it and there was Laura. Brennan invited her in, made a coffee for each of them, and sat down to have a conversation and get to know her better. Brennan liked her too. Laura was about Brennan’s age, she married Sam when she was 18 and they’ve live happily ever since.
“What about you?”she asked.
“Oh, I’m not married.”Brennan answered.
“Boyfriend?”
“Nope.” Brennan had a sip of her coffee.
“What about that hunky FBI Agent, Booth?” she đã đưa ý kiến with a grin on her face.
“Please, you’re just as bad as Angela.” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến “No, Booths just my partner.” There was a tinge of disappointment to her voice. Did she want thêm of him?
Laura took a sip of her drink. “He likes bạn though.”
“What?”
“He likes you.”
“No he doesn’t. To him, I’m just his partner. That’s all. Besides, there’s no logical proof, even if bạn were right.”
“But there is. Before I met Sam, I was training to be a psychologist. Trust me, there’s proof.”
“Like what? His body language?” there was disbelief in Brennan’s voice.
“Yes, exactly. Every time he talks to you, he turns his body to bạn and his pupils dilate and get bigger. All of which are subconscious things your body does when bạn like someone. So, whether he knows it hoặc not, he has a completely logical crush.” She emphasized the word ‘Logical’ because she knew that would get it through Brennan’s head.
Brennan was speechless for a moment. That was big because she always had something to say.
“And what’s more, bạn like him back.” The most satisfied grin came across her face. It was like having a psychological version of Angela.
Another knock on her door broke her thought.
“Bones! Come on. It’s time to see how well bạn ride!”
“Coming!”
She đã đưa ý kiến goodbye to Laura and went off to her lesson.
Chapter 6
Booth and Brennan went to the ring where Tony and chim giẻ cùi, jay stood holding Dawn and watching as Sam tried to get chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo to stop bucking, resulting in him being chased out of the ring. Booth walked up to help.
“Are bạn sure bạn want this one?” Sam asked with a glimmer of hope that Booth might change his mind, “I mean, he an aggressive animal. Only Genevieve can get on him.”
“Yes I want his one, and who’s Genevieve?”
“That’s our daughter, you’ll meet her at bữa tối, bữa ăn tối time.”
“Okay. Here, give me the saddle.” In a few minutes, Booth had saddled up Starling, who had been washed. Now that he wasn’t covered in dirt, Booth could see the ngựa white markings on its four legs that ran up to its knees.
“Okay, Pretty Boy, let’s see how bạn are to ride.” With that he buckled on his mũ bảo hiểm and got up. Booth was surprised how high up he was. chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo must be taller then he looks, he thought. Sam opened the gate and Booth walked chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo out of the yard.
“Jay and Tony will take your lesson.”
“I don’t need to be taught, I just need to get to know the horse.”
“Good, bạn know where the ring is, just up the hill.”“Yep. So, when are we meeting the sheriff? Tomorrow?”Booth asked.
“Yep, chim giẻ cùi, jay will take bạn on the trail into town. Now off bạn go.” Sam đã đưa ý kiến as he pointed up the hill. Booth moved chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo into a trot and headed towards the arena. He was disappointed to see that Bones was already up and had been told how to walk, stop and steer. He had wanted to laugh at her if she had trouble getting up.
“Tell me bạn had trouble.” He asked with a smile as he walked up besides her. Maybe he could still laugh at her after all.
“No she got up first attempt.” đã đưa ý kiến Tony with a satisfied smile.
Brennan gave him a ‘Huh!’ smile. Then she noticed Booth was sitting on a taller horse.
“How come bạn get a bigger horse?”
“Because I can ride better than you.” he gave her a ‘Huh!’ smile.
Brennan was about to protest when chim giẻ cùi, jay cut her off.
“Sure about that?” he asked in disbelief. Booth was sure chim giẻ cùi, jay didn’t like him. From the moment he laid eyes on Booth, he ignored him and only helped Brennan.
“How high’s that jump?” he pointed to a sturdy looking jump in the centre of the ring.
“1 metre 20.” Answered Tony from under his hat.
“Is this horse trained?” Booth asked pointing to Starling.
“Yeah, he was one of the best competitive ngựa I’ve ever seen until he got abused bởi his last owner. Even went to the Olympics! Best in hiển thị at vượt qua, cross country, hiển thị jumping...”
Before he could finish, Booth tightened his reins and gave chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo a kick sending them cantering towards the jump.
Chapter 7
Brennan nearly had a tim, trái tim attack. Was he serious? Tony picked up his cell ready to call an ambulance. They all watched, their breath held.
Booth and chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo neared the jump and hurtled over it without a problem. Relief flowed through Brennan and Tony, chim giẻ cùi, jay on the other hand was annoyed. Booth rode back up to them.
“I know, I know. I’ll remember bạn little people when I’m a big star.” Booth joked.
Brennan smiled. “That was great!”
“No, that was cool!” Tony đã đưa ý kiến with commendation.
“No, that was stupid!” all eyes turned to Jay. He looked angry.
“Why, Booth can control a horse and he’s not stupid.” Brennan answered. bởi now, all had Mất tích their smiles because of their Jays sudden scold.
“He could have fallen off and hurt himself.”
This time it was Tony who stood up for Booth, “Jay, even I’m convinced he knows how to control a horse.”
“Yeah but he’s riding chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo who is wild!” he pointed a finger at the Black horse Booth rode, “Sam shouldn’t of let bạn ride that horse, bạn make a stupid pair.”
As if knowing chim giẻ cùi, jay was yelling at Booth, chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo beared his teeth and nearly head butted Jay, he would of if it weren’t for Booth pulling back on the reins.
“If that horse is stupid, I’m a pine nut.” đã đưa ý kiến Tony, “Don’t bạn remember the time he let himself out of his stall and let out the other horses? He led them off the ranch onto the meadow. chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo only trusted Genevieve to get close to them.”
“Who’s Genevieve?” Brennan asked Booth quietly.
“You’ll meet her at bữa tối, bữa ăn tối time.” He whispered back.
“Yes, I do.” His temper cooled down a bit. “But that was still stupid! And the last thing this ranch needs is a city slicker waltzing around performing dangerous stunts.”
chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo snorted loudly. chim giẻ cùi, jay got a fright and jumped back quickly.
“Don’t worry, we’ll be gone when we finish the case.” He turned towards the gate, “Come on Bones.” Brennan gave Dawn a gentle kick and followed Booth out of the ring.
“That was mean Jay!” Tony đã đưa ý kiến once they were alone.
“No it wasn’t!”
“Yes, it was! Just because he’s a better rider than bạn doesn’t mean he’s a bad person, in fact, I like him. I like them both, so don’t chase them away just because you’re jealous.”
“It’s got nothing to do with the riding.”
“Then what?” Tony’s face was annoyed.
“It’s none of your business.” Then he walked away.
Tony knew better than to fight. Instead he decided to see if he could catch up to his new friends. At least, he hoped they were his new friends. He caught up to them just as they got to the gate of the ranch.
“Hey, Booth! Dr Brennan!” he yelled as he pulled his white horse to a stop tiếp theo to them. “I have a map of the trails in the forest for you.”
“Thanks.” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến appreciatively. Booth nodded and took the map from him. Tony smiled back, happy to help.
“Do bạn want to come?” Brennan asked.
“Where?”
“To talk to the sheriff and go look at the body.” She replied.
“Errrr...”
“Don’t worry, bạn can wait outside with me.” Booth đã đưa ý kiến reassuringly.
“Okay then. Follow me. I know a short cut.” They Tony set off at a trot towards the forest. Booth and Brennan went to follow him, but their ngựa wouldn’t move. When they looked, chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo and Dawn were sniffing and nuzzling each other.
“Starling!” đã đưa ý kiến Booth giving him a kick.
“Dawn!” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến doing the same thing. But the two didn’t move. Instead they moved closer to each other, causing Booth and Brennan’s legs to touch, making them both suddenly very self conscious and aware of each other. Booth tim, trái tim started to thump hard. He was nervous again. Why was that? He wondered. But it didn’t make the feeling go away.
Brennan’s eyes wandered to Booths and her tim, trái tim skipped a beat as he did the same thing. She knew if she didn’t say something quick she would turn pink. Why had Laura filled her head with the idea Booth liked her! It made being with him harder to do without thinking of him as thêm than a partner.
“Ummm, sorry.” She blurted out the first thing that came to mind, “I should have noticed them getting closer.”
“No, I’m sorry. I should have thêm control over him.”
“Hey! Are bạn two coming hoặc what?!” yelled Tony from a distance.
At that Booth leant over and grabbed further down the reins and pulled, yanking Starlings head away from Dawn whether he liked it hoặc not. Then he gave him a kick and sent him off in the right direction. Brennan Followed behind.
2 hours later, they were on their way back after Brennan had looked at the body and decided it wasn’t a murder, when Tony said,
“Hey, do bạn want to see something cool?”
“Okay.” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến at the same time as Booth.
Tony lead them down a trail and into a clearing where a water fall that flowed into a Blue lake and a river flowed.
“Wow!” Brennan đã đưa ý kiến with a huge smile. “This is amazing!”
“Cool!” đã đưa ý kiến Booth.
“I know, it’s great. And the best part, the ranch owns all this land, so we can do whatever we want.”
“They own all this?!” Brennan said.
“Yep. The Bosses ain’t poor. It’s kind of good because as stable hands, me and chim giẻ cùi, jay need new stuff all the time. Plus they’re really nice, reasonable people.” Tony said.
“Yeah.” Booth was looking at the water fall, “Do bạn guys swim here?”
“All the time. We’ll take bạn both some time.”
“I’m not complaining.” Brennan said.
“For once.” Booth teased.
Brennan gave him evils, then turned Dawn towards the water where she slid off and sat down on the lush grass. Booth went to follow, but Tony grabbed Starlings reins to stop him. And with a huge smile on your face said,
“You like her.” He asked in a loudish whisper.
“Who?” Booth asked, guessing what was coming.
“Your partner. It explains everything.”
“What!? No I don’t!” He was yelling in a whisper, “Bones and I are just partners, get your story straight. And you’d better let go of the reins before bạn get bitten.” He tried to change the subject. He failed.
“Fine. I’ll just tell Laura she was wrong.” Tony let go of the reins and went to ride away, but Booth grabbed his reins and stopped him.
“Hang on, Laura đã đưa ý kiến that? As in, the Laura who works on the ranch Laura? What does she know?”
“A lot. She can read body language really good. She studied at University. ” Tony đã đưa ý kiến satisfyingly.
Booth didn’t say anything. He was trying to register and reason how it could be wrong.
“She đã đưa ý kiến whether bạn know it hoặc not, bạn like her.”
Booth let go. He plonked down in his saddle and tried to think.
“Look, dude, just ask her out. It’s easy.” Tony đã đưa ý kiến and rode away, leaving Booth confused.
“Hang on, wait come back!” But Tony was way off heading towards Bones who was happily sitting at the bottom of the đồi núi, hill tiếp theo to the water. He wasn’t about to go speeding down the đồi núi, hill to catch up, he’d look like a desperate, Lời khuyên needing 10 năm old on his first date. Even though he felt like one. Booth gave chim sáo đậu, chim chích chòe, sáo a kick and rode down to tham gia them.
They sat for about an giờ talking. At some point, Booth wandered off and climbed a few rocks till he was at the top. There he sat for a while, sneaking the occasional look at Brennan. She lay on her back looking at the clouds in the sky. Eventually, she was all he looked at. She was still stretched out on the grass. Her hands were behind her head and her legs were crossed at her ankles. She looked pretty in the sunlight. His thoughts were about her too. Feelings boiled inside him. Was Tony mucking with him, hoặc was he serious? Should he listen to a seventeen năm old?
Brennan wasn’t listening to Tony talking. She was thinking about what Laura had said. What if Booth really did like her? What would happen then? At that thought her tim, trái tim started to beat faster. What would happen then? She started to go pale. Was it fear, hoặc was it just that the thought of her partner as thêm than a partner, making her overly nervous with happiness. Either one, Tony noticed.
“Are bạn okay?” he asked alarmed.
She sat up. “I think so. Can we go back.” She asked weakly.
“Yeah, sure.” He stood up.
Booth notice her sudden change and headed down.
“What’s wrong?” he asked as he walked towards his partner. “You look sick, are bạn okay?”
Typical. Booth was worried about her. It was kind of sweet, Brennan thought.
“I’m fine, were just going back.” She was about to turn away when Booth put a hand on her arm and turned her back. She looked at him, his eyes held hers.
“Bones, bạn look like you’re going to puke.”
“Really, I’m fine. It’s just...” ‘Just what?’ She thought, ‘Just that I secretly adore you. Just that the site of bạn makes me nervous. Just that if bạn weren’t my partner, you’d be my boyfriend. Just what!?’
“Look, just, were going back now.” She quickly walked over to Dawn and climbed up. “Are bạn coming?” it wasn’t really a question; it was thêm of a command.
Booth smiled. She was fine. Tony led the way back to the ranch. When they got back, they untacked their ngựa and went back to their cabins. Then they headed off to diner. Brennan was eager to meet Genevieve, who ever she was, and then hopefully go to bed. She’d had a long ngày and wanted it to be over with.
