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Summary: A take on what Bones and Booth were thinking during 'Two Bodies in a Lab' and more…
Author's Note: Bones's thoughts are italized and Booth's thoughts are in bold.
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Dr. Temperance Brennan sat at her computer. Angela had convinced Brennan to try online dating, and it seemed like she had found someone she liked.
Firsttimer34551: It's been two weeks of typing; I think we're ready to have a meal, if only to give our fingers a rest.
Temperance paused for a minute. Was she really ready to meet this person? Sure, he was good looking, and funny, and talking to him for the past two weeks had been going great, but actually meeting would make this real.
Doc206: I'm enjoying the anonymity.
It was true. As long as this was just an online relationship, she was free to date other people. Other people, of course being a gorgeous FBI agent by the name of Seeley Booth. Yes, she had finally admitted to herself that the warm, fuzzy feelings she had for her partner were not simply because she was with him so often.
Brennan was interrupted from her thoughts when her boss,. Dr. Goodman, came into her office, announcing that there were new bones for her to look at. She agreed to meet David for dinner before signing off.
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Brennan and her team were examining the bones when Booth entered the platform, along with another FBI agent she didn't recognize. Brennan felt her knees go a little weak, as they always did whenever she saw Booth.
'Get control of yourself, Bones. He's never going to feel the same way about you, so you're just going to need to reign in your feelings because you're going to have to be working side-by-side with him almost everyday, and you have to be able concentrate.'
"So, you're dating online?" It's Bones, she's not supposed to be dating online. She's supposed to be dating me. God, being in love sucks.
Booth introduced the team to the agent with him, Jamie Kenton. Brennan didn't like the look of him from the very beginning, but she decided to swallow her misgivings and not cause a problem.
"So, what if your computer date's a psycho?" He's just not going to let this drop, is he?
"Only about a billion people date online." Not helping Angela. I'm supposed to make Bones think her date is going to turn out to be a psycho killer and then she'll run into my arms. Haha, that's funny Booth. That's going to happen.
"Yeah, I have." Great, Hodgins dates online. Maybe I should be worried about my date.
"You know, whatever happened to seeing someone across a crowded room, eyes meeting, that old black magic gets you in its spell?" Yes, Booth, I know what that magic feels like. I feel it every time I look at you. But there's no way I can let him know that.
"There's no such thing as magic."
"Oh, there's magic." There's definitely magic.
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Bones retreated to her office, deciding to try and cram more paperwork in before she was dragged off to a crime scene her hunky FBI agent. A knock on the door disrupted her from her work, and she looked up to see Booth leaning in her doorway.
"So, this online dating thing…" His voice had suddenly taken a more serious tone. It was obvious that he was worried about this.
"Don't wory Booth, I've checked the guy ourt. No criminal record, no much as even a parking ticket. He's safe."
"I just don't want you to get hurt, Bones. You know I'd do anything to protect you."
"I know. And thanks Booth, that means a lot to me." She didn't know what inspired this seriously protective streak in Booth, but she'd take any form of affection she could get. Booth was always protective, this was just a new way of showing it.
"Well, we better get headed to the warehouse. We're meeting everyone else down there."