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Angela walked into the Jeffersonian holding a large bowl of punch. "Hey everyone! I have refreshments!"
Dr. Brennan looked up from the body she was examining. "What's the occasion, Ange?"
"None whatsoever. It was left over from a barbecue some friends of mine were having." She said, as she sat it down on an empty examination table.
"I'll go get some cups!" Zach said, and left to find them.
Hodgins laughed. "Alright! I say we all take a break." He said as he looked away from his microscope. He stood and walked over to Temperance. "Why don't you take a break too, Brennan?"
"I don't need a break." She said, closely examining the victims scull.
"Yes you do, sweetie." Angela chimed in. "You never take breaks. The punch is yummy! Or so I heard."
Temperance looked up from the body and sighed. "Fine. Fifteen minutes."
Angela smiled, "That's my girl!"
Just then, Zach returned with four plastic cups. "Found them!" He said, and handed one to each 'squint'.
Each took turns using the ladle to fill their cups. Hodgins held up his cup, and grinned. "It's the next best thing to getting drunk! Might as well take what we can get!" He smirked. "To….Finding justice!" He said, holding his cup in the air.
"To justice." They all agreed, and tapped their cups to his.
Temperance took a sip and smiled. "It's good, Ange."
"Told you sweetie."
An Hour Later…"Wow there's like, things on the ceiling." Hodgins said, laying on his back in the middle of the lab.
"Are you sure this stuff wasn't…spiked?" Temperance asked, trying to stay sitting upright in her chair.
Zach started to laugh uncontrollably. "It was spiked. We're obviously drunk."
"I didn't spike it, I promise." Angela said, less drunk than the others.
Temperance filled her cup once more. "I don't think it's spiked…I think there's something in the air."
"It's so spiked." Hodgins said with a smirk. "And I like it."
"Huh? No…I don't think so…" Temperance laid down on the floor a couple feet from Hodgins, and Zach followed.
Angela looked at them. "Oh God…you guys are so drunk…I didn't know it was spiked, I swear."
Just then, the glass doors opened, and Agent Booth came jogging up the steps, swiping his card before entering the lab. He stopped in his tracks when he saw the three squints laying on the floor.
"Uh…am I missing something?" He said, raising one eyebrow.
Angela looked at him and sighed. "They're drunk. I brought in punch that I didn't know was spiked.
"Wonderful." He said, trying to hold in his laughter.
Temperance looked up at Booth and laughed. She stood and then fell backwards, straight onto her butt. She sat there in fits of laughter, tears streaming down her face. "This is fun! So…cultural. You know, in ancient African tribes…."
"Oh shut up." Hodgins said, rolling onto his side.
Zach sat up, and belched rather loudly. A grin came to his face. "I feel like going to a bar and dancing with a girl."
"Dude, you're hopeless." Hodgins said, before pushing Zach over, making him roll halfway down the lab stairs.
"Hey!" He said, finally managing to gain his bearings.
Booth watched the whole scene, and leaned against the exam table containing the punch "This is almost too good to be true!" He said, finally allowing himself to laugh.
"Booth!" Temperance said, finally successfully standing up. She went over to him and hugged him. "It's so good to see you!" She leaned on him so she wouldn't fall over. "Want some?" She said, dipping her cup into the punch, not even bothering with the punch ladle.
"No thanks Bones…you are…wasted." He smirked.
"I don't know what that…" She hiccuped. "Means." She finished, and once again fell to the floor.
"Ok…time to go lay on your couch where you can sleep and wake up with a lovely hangover!" He said, in a sing song voice. "Come on Bones." He said, bending down to scoop her up into his arms. He carried her down the steps. "Take care of the others Ange! Last thing they need is to be caught in the act."
"You got it." She said, and tended to the others.
Booth carried Brennan into her office, and laid her on the couch.
"Woohoo!" She said, excitedly. "Like a rollercoaster!"
"Bones…time to go to sleep." He said, before dimming the lights.
"Hey!" She said, sitting up. "We have biological urges! We should have sex!"
"You know Bones, as much as I'd like to take you up on that offer, I don't think it would be appropriate, especially considering the circumstances."
"What if I was sober?" She asked, laying back down as he covered her with a blanket.
"If you were sober you wouldn't be asking me this." He said, and smiled. "Goodnight Bones."
"Booth wait!" She said, as he was leaving.
"Yeah?"
"I love you!"
He stood still, and a smile came to his face. She was so wasted. Yet, somehow, he believed her.
"We'll talk tomorrow, Bones. Get some sleep." He said, and left her office, closing the door quietly behind him.
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