Catherine Cabanela · @MoxieGirl44
12th Sep 2012 from Twitlonger
#Bones "I don't need a ring on my finger to be committed to you, Booth," she'd said two months into the pregnancy. "Neither a piece of paper nor a name change will alter who I want to spend all of my days and nights with for as long as I live. A baby doesn't change that either, Booth. I would want to be with you even without her … and that is why we are together with her. I need you to know that," she had said and tilted her head to the side, a crease in the shape of an upside down 'V' appearing over the bridge of her nose. "You—you do know that, Booth, right?" Then she's raised her beautifully-shaped eye brows apprehensively.
"Of course, I do, Bones. And I have loved you for years. Years," he said, shaking his head slowly while gazing into her eyes, his knuckle tilting her chin up toward him. "Way—way before this happened," he said, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth. "But I am so glad that this did happen, because you know what?"
She'd shrugged with one shoulder.
"Nothing would make me happier than making a baby with you, Bones. But it's just frosting, that's all. Icing on the cake of our relationship," he's said kissing her on her slowly smiling lips.
"Our relationship is not a cake, Booth. A relationship is intangible, therefore you cannot put frosting on it," she'd countered. "But I believe I know what you mean …"
Excerpt from Chasing Cars: A S7 Finale Retrospective Story http://bit.ly/K8MW4k