"Bones we should go on vacation." Booth said storming into my office and breaking me from my concentration on the latest chapter I was working on.
"What are you talking about Booth?" I asked saving my work and closing the laptop.
"We as in us, all of us…we need a vacation." He had to be joking. I loved the idea but I couldn't believe it.
"We cant all go on vacation at the same time Booth that is impractical." I could see something in his eyes, something he wasn't telling me.
"I already talked to Cam and Cullen and they agreed. Something about it being a good idea. We are going on a cruise. We fly out tomorrow night." Yup, flying out tomorrow…something is definitely up.
"What?" I wish he would just tell me what was going on but if he didn't I knew there had to be a reason behind it.
"Yes Bones. I am sure Angela will be calling you shortly to go shopping. I thought it only fair to give you warning." Oh Boy…Angela is going to flip…. She has been trying to get me to go on vacation with her for the last five years.
"Telling me we fly out tomorrow night is not warning Booth." I said smiling at him and putting my laptop in its case. If what he said was true I could expect Angela's call in under five minutes and I would not be back to the lab until after our vacation. I had to gather my things before I was kidnapped.
"Your welcome." He said softly, I could see the relief in his eyes when I agreed to go. I put my hand on his arm as he was walking out.
"We are in danger again aren't we?" I asked him. He didn't say anything and just nodded. "We are going to have a tail of FBI agents when we go to the mall aren't we?" Once again he nodded silently. "You aren't going with us though?"
"No Bones. I will meet up with you at Sid's tonight and we will go over details. Don't let them know until then. I wasn't even suppose to tell you."
"Thanks Booth." I told him honestly as I heard my phone start ringing in my pocket.
I had a meeting with Cullen earlier that day and he said we need to take a vacation, to get lost, out of the country lost and sooner than later. It was rumored that there were hits out on all of us and the safest thing for us to do was to disappear. No one could know until right before to keep us safe. I did not want to scare them all and I did not want her to say staying to solve the issue is the best option because to me safety is the only option. I was glad at how easily she agreed to go and was not surprised one bit at how quickly she caught onto the concern I held. She was beginning to read me like a book and I was not sure if I was liking it or not but it sure came in handy at times.
I made the reservations myself for all of us. I got four suites all together. One for Bones and I, one for Jack and Angela, one for Cam and one for Sweets. The entire floor surrounding us was going to have different FBI Agents and their families. It was difficult to pull off but with the help of Cullen I was able to make it work. Carnival Cruises had to bump a few people off of the cruise we were going on and upgrade them to another ship but we made it work. And we made it so no one could make reservations after ours so we would know for sure we would be safe.
After talking to Bones I left and went by the mall and picked up a few swim trunks, board shorts and t-shirts. Luckily it was late spring so they were not hard to come by. I called Rebecca and her and Parker are also going out of town but she refused to go on the cruise with us so I stationed FBI agents all around them to ensure their safety. It was going to be a stressful vacation but having Bones with me and getting her away from danger made the stress of it all worth it.
"Angela calm down. Yes I will go with you and Cam but you need to stop shrieking in my ear."
That was the extent of our conversation…her shrieking and me saying I would go shopping… which caused more shrieking. We took one of Hodgins SUV's to the mall and by the time we finished shopping, five hours later we could barely fit ourselves into it.
It took a lot for me to get excited but after shopping I was just that. We all met for dinner at Sid's that night. Booth had Sid close the place so it was just us and that was when he told us about the hit. The FBI wouldn't just drop everything and send us on vacation if there was not an actual threat on our safety.
After a heated argument from Angela and Jack about them sharing a room everyone once again was excited and instead of going home to sleep we arranged to fly out to San Diego that night. Booth was adamant that he stay with me while I went home to pack.
"Booth I can do it myself." I kept repeating. I felt like a broken record by the time we arrived at Dulles Airport. He refused to let me carry my bags, which I had three of and so he was loaded down with five bags as we walked through the doors to the airport. He checked us in while I stood by tapping my foot in amusement and irritation. We were the first to arrive but it didn't take long before I heard Angela. The four of them had come in together.
It took us about ten minutes to get from check-in to being boarded onto the plane thanks to Booth and his waving around of his badge. Total miss use of his authority but I didn't care. I was too excited to go on the cruise. It was like a family vacation and as weird as that seems it is truly what it is.