Hey guys! YellowShadess here with a new story! Its surrounds a few misunderstandings between Booth and Brennan. Its pretty AU. Set between 6x01 and 6x09. I hope you enjoy it!
"Angela! How could you do that!"
"Because sweetie. I knew you wouldn't tell him yourself. You just needed a little push."
"But Ang I don't think Booth is going to appreciate a letter "professing my love to him" just laying on his office desk. I would talk to him in person about this; I would never do that so why did you?" Brennan asked with her hands on her hips. The pair stood in Angela's office discussing last nights festivities and what Angela had just done. Angela rolled her eyes,
"You are never going to tell him. He's going to run off with Baghdad Barbie and he will never know how you feel." Brennan shook her head
"He is happy with her. He does not need to know my feelings for him. He's happy and thats all I care about."
"But sweetie-" a loud roar boomed through the lab. Brennan and Angela peaked out of the office to see what the commotion was about.
"BONES! WHERE ARE YOU?" Brennan went out of the office and found his partner standing with his hands on his hips. Angela walked out behind her and stood in her office door.
"Booth. Whats wrong?" He looked at her with wide angry eyes,
"Really? Whats wrong? Well, first I ran out of coffee, then I was late to work and oh yeah, my partner decided to leave a letter on my desk professing her love for me!" He held up a crumpled piece of paper to her face. She gaped at it and spoke,
"Booth. You don't understand-" He cut her off abruptly,
"I don't understand?! No Bones. I do understand. I understand that you don't know what love truly is. I mean really? A letter? You didn't even have the decency to talk to me face to face. God no! You did what you always do and make everything cold and rational. It's all printed all nice on crisp white paper just saying that you love me. Whats the matter Bones? Was I not worth your letterhead? Let me tell you something. I am happy with Hannah. She is the best thing that has happened to me in a while. And now this? Where was this last year in front of the Hoover huh? You know what? never mind about that. I'm just here to tell you that this letter means nothing to me. I am happy and your words mean nothing. So I hope you're happy." He crumpled up the letter into a ball and stormed out of the lab, leaving Brennan standing in the middle of the lab with her mouth gaped open and tears in her eyes. She looked around and saw that everyone in the area had stopped working and were all fixated on her.
"Sweetie?" Angela asked quietly. She had joined next to Hodgins who came out of his office when he started to hear the yelling. Brennan whipped her head around and looked at Angela and Hodgins,
"What did I tell you Angela?" She ran into her office, grabbed her stuff and quickly made her way out of the lab.
"Okay people. Back to work and NO GOSSIP." Cam bellowed out from on top of the platform. She walked towards Angela and Hodgins with wide eyes,
"Oh my god." Cam said. Hodgins nodded and spoke,
"That was intense. I don't think I ever saw Booth rip into Dr. B like that." A sob emitted from Angela. She hugged her stomach and put a hand over her mouth. Hodgins saw his wife's distress and went to her side, "Baby, whats wrong?" She shook her head,
"It's my fault. Bren and I were hanging out last night when she admitted her feelings about Booth to me. I told her se should tell him but she refused. So I decided to give her a nudge. I wrote what she said down and wrote him the letter. I left it on his desk earlier this morning." Both Cam and Hodgins sighed,
"Angie, why would you do that?" Hodgins asked calmly but with a bit of edge in his voice,
"Because she deserves to be happy. She deserves everything she dreams about and I was trying to give that to her. I didn't think he would react like that though." Hodgins hugged his hormonal wife and soothed her. Cam rubbed her forehead and spoke,
"Where is Dr. Brennan right now?" Hodgins shrugged,
"She ran out of here right after Booth left. She didn't say where she was going but I can't imagine she's be back today." Cam nodded and spoke once more,
"Okay. I'm going to see about getting in touch with Brennan. Angela calm down and relax. Hodgins take care of her. I'll let you know if I talk to her." Cam left the couple to themselves and went to her office. She dialed Brennan's phone number but was sent straight to voicemail. Damn, she turned her phone off. She tried her house number was got nothing as well. She tried Booth but was sent to voicemail after 2 rings. She sent Brennan a text message and email requesting her to call the lab so they all know she's fine. Cam didn't have high hopes for that though. The group decided to get back to work and let the partners cool off.
Two hours later...
Booth carefully walked into the lab. It had been a few hours since he blew up on his partner and he wanted to talk to her. He walked in and saw that everyone was staring at him. He picked up the pace to her office when he saw that the door was closed and the lights were off. He made his way to Cam's office and knocked lightly,
"Hey Cam? Where's Bones?" He asked softly. She looked up at him with annoyed confusion in her eyes,
"Are you really going to stand there and ask me where Dr. Brennan is?" He nodded hesitantly. She shook her head in anger. "I don't know Booth. After your little chat where you ripped her apart she took her stuff and left. I can't reach her anywhere." Both exhaled deeply,
"I-I'm sorry." He said while looking at his shoes. She looked at him
"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to. You should be out there searching for your devastated partner and making things right." He was about to leave when she stopped him,
"Before you go running all over DC looking for her I think you should go talk to Angela. I think she will give you some insight you'll want to hear." She turned back to her work as Booth made his way to the artists office. He saw Angela sitting on her couch with her hands on her round belly, admiring her unborn child. She didn't notice his presence until he cleared his throat. She looked up at him with tear streaks down her face. She wiped the tears away and looked at him with disgust,
"What Booth? You here to rip into me too?" He sighed and spoke,
"No. I know I messed up big time. Cam told me that Bones isn't here so I was going to go find her. She also told me to come here before I left; something about some important insight?" A sob came from the artists mouth and startled Booth. She controlled her emotions and spoke,
"Bren didn't write the letter I did." Booth looked at her with wide eyes,
"What? Why would you do that?" He couldn't believe it,
"Because she needs to be happy and you deserve to know how she feels. She told me last night that she is in love with you. She told me about how she turned you down last year and how she regrets it everyday. I knew she would never tell you because she really believes that you're happy with Hannah so I wrote the letter and put it on your desk this morning. I didnt expect you to react like that though Booth what the hell was that?" She asked with her arms crossed against her chest. He shrugged his shoulders and dropped to the couch,
"I don't even know Ange. When I saw the letter I was so hurt. I didn't think Bones would ever do that to me. She always talked to me about her problems and what she feels but since we came back from our trips I felt us grow apart and when I saw this I saw red because this showed me that she didnt care anymore. Clearly thats not the case though is it?" He looked angrily at Angela,
"I'm sorry. I just want her to be happy and I know that both of you would be so happy if you just dropped this bullshit and get together. I really messed up on this one and I am very sorry." She sat next to him and sighed, He sat back on the couch and spoke,
"How was she?" Angela shook her head and took a deep breath,
"She looked... mortified. You attacked her character Booth, you attacked her feelings in front of the entire lab. She looked like she was holding back her tears when she bolted from here. I don't know where she is." She knew his next question. He nodded and rubbed his face. He really messed up now. He needed to fix things.
I hope you enjoyed this. I will post chapter 2 soon. -J.A.
