Opposites Attract
Special Agent Seeley Booth sat outside of Dr. Lance Sweet's office with his hand over his face. He could not believe what just happened in his and Dr. Temperance Brennan's last session. His emotions got the best of him and he blew up in Sweets office.
I cannot believe I said that aloud!
Booth recalled the conversation only minutes earlier…
Booth and Brennan sat with two dry erase boards and skeptical looks on their faces. Brennan looked towards Booth and gave him an awkward smile. Booth rolled his eyes and turned back to Sweets.
"Okay you two. I am done with the list of words. You may now reveal your answers to each other." Sweets smiled and leaned forward pressing his fingertips together.
Booth and Brennan hesitated at first, but slowly turned their boards around. They were both shocked to find most of their answers opposite of each other.
"Just as I thought." Sweets leaned back in his chair with his hand in the air.
"Okay Sweets, what gives? What was this dumb exercise for?" Booth furrowed his eyebrows and frowned.
"Dr. Sweets, I am also at a loss here. Why did you chose those words and what do you mean by, just as I thought?" Brennan leaned forward.
"I knew that a majority of your answers would be different." Sweets spoke confidently as he looked at a silent FBI Agent.
"So, you knew the outcome, but you still did the experiment. Are you now psychic Dr. Sweets?" Brennan said sarcastically.
Sweets frowned and still looked at Booth, who said nothing.
"What do you think, Dr. Brennan?" Sweets raised one eyebrow.
Brennan sat and thought for a moment.
"I think it goes back to when you said Booth and I complement each other." Brennan said as if she finally understood something in these, usually, meaningless sessions.
"Hmm, interesting. What about you Agent Booth?" Sweets lifted himself towards the partners sitting on the couch.
"I think this was useless." Booth grumbled.
"Why is that?" Sweets questioned.
"Are you trying to prove that Bones and are opposites, so that we can't work together anymore?" Booth seemed very agitated.
"Opposites attract." Sweets smiled and watched the look on Brennan's face. He could tell she was processing what was going on.
"Okay? And?" Booth set his whiteboard down on the couch.
"What do you think of that statement Agent Booth?"
Booth sat for a moment and then leaned back and smiled.
"I think you watched too much MTV as a kid and are basing the session on a cartoon cat who danced with a girl you could never get." Booth smirked.
"Agent Booth-"
"Because you are twelve." Booth finished quickly.
Brennan was sitting there quietly and spoke up.
"So, Sweets you are saying that because Booth and I complement each other, we should also attract each other?" Brennan looked confused.
"One possible answer." Sweets looked at the mood change between the two of them and became excited.
"He is implying something else Bones." Booth said through his teeth.
"Oh, so seeing opposite too? That is why we are good partners. We see things that the other one might not." Brennan smiled, satisfied with her answer.
Sweets and Booth had their eyes locked in a battle unnoticed by Brennan.
Don't go there Sweets. Booth's eyes said to the young doctor.
Sweets sighed and shook his head. "That is another good answer."
Booth didn't know why he was so worked up about this, but he stood up and bumped the coffee table in the process.
"No Bones. He means love! He thinks we should be in love with each other." The words came pouring out of his mouth before he could stop them.
The three of them sat in shock as Booth's words rung through the air.
Brennan felt something down in the pit of her stomach and became scared. She needed to think this new information out.
"I…I…I got to leave." Brennan stood and ran out of Sweets office.
Booth was furious as he left the session. He had to go after her.
Booth sat outside the office and cooled down for a moment.
What just happened in there?
He sat and thought about how opposites really could attract.
Brennan sat in her car with her head pounding.
Love! What was Booth thinking? Brennan looked around to see if Booth had followed her.
She sat wondering about Booth's statement and thinking about how opposites really do attract.