Hey Guys, so I decided to condense the scenes in chronological order, so even though THIS IS THE NEW CHAPTER, I'm putting it first because it predates the earlier one, Heartbreak in the Hoover Building. I will probably be doing this again, because i don't have all the scenes typed up yet, so don't be surprised if the new chapters are put before older ones. Again, these are JUST SCENES, a series of one-shots that tie in together to make a story, they just need filler, which I am not good at. So anyone looking to partner up with me please let me know, I want to turn these babies into an actual story. So, peruse this one and let me know what you guys think.
So, for a little background on this, Booth comes back with Hannah. Of course, Brennan is heartbroken and doesn't seem to want to hang out with Booth, because of the pain. However, Brennan soon meets this good looking, successful economics professor, Grant Wylde (portrayed by Bailey Chase), who is originally from Austin, TX, but moved to Washington, DC to advance his career. Eventually, they become serious and Booth, still not completely over Brennan (although he won't admit that to himself), displays classic signs of jealousy (sorta like Sully 2.0). Then, Grant asks Brennan to move back to Texas with him and Brennan, thinking she has lost Booth forever, agrees to go. Oh and for those who are curious, Brennan has secured a job in Austin, heading up the Anthropology Department at the University of Texas at Austin.
This scene picks up right after a session with Sweets, in which he has determined them incapable of working together.
NO COPYRIGHT INTENDED! the characters and story lines of Bones belong to FOX, not me. Except for Grant, Grant is mine. So, (drumroll please) on with the scene
[Booth seemed annoyed, no scratch that he was annoyed, really annoyed. Bones didn't even know this guy, hadn't even seen him before she accepts an invitation to dinner from him and at a crime scene none-the-less. This guy, Dr. Grant Wylde, professor of economic theory at Georgetown University, seriously, what kind of name was Grant. Might as well name a kid "permit" or "allow". This was a bad idea. He can feel it in his uh…bones.]
[He sees that the blinds are drawn in her office and the door is closed; thinking that she's probably indecent at the moment, he decides to knock gently on the door to make its ok for him to come in]
[Knock, knock]
"Hey ah, hey Bones. Its me can I, uh, come in for a second. There's something I have to talk to you about."
"Uh, sure Booth" (she says through the door) "just a second…Okay you can come in now."
(He has his eyes to the ground as he's entering the office as to make sure he doesn't see anything he shouldn't)
"Kay, Bones, there's something we really need to…Mary Mother of God!" (He said when he had finally lifted his eyes from the floor)
[There she was in the center of the room, donned in a black, short-sleeved, shirred v-neck dress that fit to her body perfectly and stopped mid thigh, showing off just the right amount of her long, thin, delicate legs. It contrasted her soft, porcelain skin. Her mocha-colored hair fell down in waves, framing her face perfectly. And that was the word that came to his mind as he looked at her, "perfect"]
"What" (Brennan said, surprised by his outburst)"…you don't like it?"
"Uh, no, no Bones, you look…"(he looks at her with a lustful and intimidated look; he clears his throat) "um fetching."
(She walks over to where he's standing in order to grab her clutch from her desk; they're standing mere inches apart when she turn around and says)
"You know, if, if you want to buy this dress for Hannah, I can tell you where I got it" (she says timidly)
[He's still caught in a stare, looking at her cerulean blue eyes when he hears the sentence that she uttered.]
"Uh, look…I"
[Suddenly Cam, comes in to the office, unaware the tense moment that was transpiring there]
"Oh thank god I caught you before you did something stupid!"
"What! No, we, we weren't…No. Uh…"
"Um, I was taking about Dr. Wylde. What did you think I meant?" (Cam says with a mischievous grin)
"Nothing" (Booth says embarrassed)
"Cam, what about Dr. Wylde?"
"There's something you should know."
[Once they are all gathered in Cam's office, Cam pulls up a video]
"It seems that Dr. Wylde has had some shady acquaintances in the past."
[Cam streams the video; it's of Grant giving a speech at Georgetown at a campaign rally for city councilman, Avery Carter]
"So what," (Brennan says with a touch of annoyance) "you don't want me going out with him because he's a Republican?"
"Hey, wait a second" (Booth says as recognition dawns across his features) "isn't Councilman Carter that one who got busted for taking incentives from the chemical companies in exchange for looking the other way when they dumped into the Potomac?"
"Yep, he's in jail now. Bastard only got three years." (Cam says with a feeling that justice was not properly served)
"So! I don't see what this has to with Grant."
"Grant was Carter's chief economic advisor. He might have known about it. Actually, he was being investigated by the police until they dropped the charges against him." (Cam informs her friend with a sympathetically warning tone)
"Well, there you go. Just because Grant knew a corrupt politician doesn't mean that he himself was corrupt. The police must have had some reason to drop the charges."
"Just because the police didn't find anything doesn't mean he's clean, Bones."
"You know, this really isn't any of your business" (she says to Booth) "or yours" (this time directed at Cam). "Do I tell either of you who you can or can't date!" (She looks at Booth when she says that)
[Brennan turns to walk away when all of a sudden Booth pipes up]
"We just…we don't want you to walk into something without being prepared, Bones. We just...we want you to be safe."
"No. There's a difference between wanting me to be safe and not trusting me to make my own decisions. You don't think I can take care of myself, you never have, either of you!"
[She makes it to the door before turning her head toward Booth and giving a curt]
"Don't wait up!"
[She storms of in a beautiful frenzy; what right did they have to police her private life. As much as she had wanted to, did she say a word when Booth had brought home his fake Barbie doll skank of a girlfriend?]
[Back in Cam's office, Cam and Booth are left speechless]
"Well, I tried. And you know what, she's right. She's a big girl; she'll handle herself."
"I don't have a good feeling about this guy, Cam. There's something…off about him."
[Cam sighs]
"Seeley, I'm pretty sure that the only thing you find off about this guy is that Brennan's going out on a date with him right now and not with you."
[Cam walks off into the main forensics area; leaving Booth to ponder what she just said]
[Later at the classy French bistro that Grant was treating Brennan to for the night]
[Grant could sense something was on Brennan's mind. He'd been itching to ask her all evening, but didn't want it to get in the way of them having a good time. But, apparently this thing, whatever she was thinking about was bothering her so, he decided to finally ask]
"Penny for your thoughts."
"What…"(Brennan said shocked out of her silent reverie) "oh, sorry what did you say?"
"I said "penny for your thoughts"."
"That's absurd; you can't buy someone's thoughts."
"It's an expression" (Grant says with an endearing laugh). "It's just a more colorful way of asking what you're thinking about."
"Oh" (she says with a nervous laugh) "sorry. It's nothing, really."
"Well, for nothing you are certainly focusing on it a lot, you were distant all through the appetizer."
"I'm sorry it's just…my friends can be such 'budinskis' when they want to be."
"Hm…I didn't know you knew that phrase."
"I looked it up on urban dictionary."
(Grant heartily laughs) "Well, how are your friends 'budinskis' might I ask?"
"They…"(Brennan started unsure of whether to tell him the extent of Booth and Cam's distrust. She sighs) "looked into your past. They found out that you were involved with Councilman Avery Carter. I'm sorry" (she says at Grant's subtly annoyed expression)
"No, its okay, its not your fault. And you know, they have reason to be suspicious, but I can honestly tell you that those charges were unfounded."
"Good. I never thought that they were based on any real fact, but could you just explain to me so I can put them at ease."
"Surely, so…when Avery and I first met, I was a grad student at NYU where he was also a political philosophy major. We became good friends and…when I moved to DC a few years later, he asked me if I would like to get involved in his campaign for city councilman. Me being new to the city and thankful that I already had a friend here gladly accepted."
"Avery gave me a job as his chief economic adviser and financial planner, however, when SOCMA (that's Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates for anyone who's wondering) lobbyists came a knocking, I was cast to the wayside. I advised Avery against getting in bed with them, but he was just too eager to get in good with the corporate world in order to advance his career. Well, you can imagine his surprise and my lack of such when the police came to our doors. The charges against me were dropped because they knew I wasn't guilty of anything, I thought Avery had taken my advise and stayed away from those corporate sharks. It was more so just to show the public that they were looking into all possible avenues, which I totally understand, but it doesn't mean that it doesn't come back to bite me in the ass every now and then."
"I knew you weren't guilty of anything. I just needed to hear it from you."
"Well I'm glad because you know if I had been guilty, I would have been jailed and I wouldn't have met you."
"I'm glad too" (Brennan says with a flirtatious smile)
[He leans in and kisses her and she reciprocates, except there is this burning feeling in the back of her mind that even though Grant is innocent, she still shouldn't be here with him]