Disclaimer: I do not own Bones
For the sake of this story, the last part of season five did not happen! Angela and Hodgins are married though.
"Come on sweetie it will be fun," Angela urged her best friend. "It will be a fun filled night filled with dancing and drinking, and getting away from work for you- kids for me." She saw the look in Brennan's face saying absolutely not, so she tried begging as her final resort, "please Brennan, you need this; I need this. Come on!"
"Angela," Brennan countered, "I really don't have the time to go 'bar hopping' with you tonight."
Angela groaned, knowing there was going to be no changing her friends mind. "Fine, but can you at least watch the kids while I take Hodgins out for a nice romantic dinner?" She asked, making sure to put on her best pleading face for her friend.
Brennan groaned, knowing that she could not say no. "Fine," she said after a few seconds of mock deliberation.
Angela smiled, "good, we'll drop off Jayna and Aiden at 7."
Brennan nodded and turned back to the documents she was working on, "7 is fine."
Angela sighed and pulled the documents from her friend's hands, "Bren, sweetie, has it ever occurred to you that your life might just be passing you by."
Brennan looked up at her friend in annoyance, "what do you mean by that Ange?" she asked, confused.
Angela sighed, "Brennan, don't take this the wrong way, but you are not getting any younger. It is about time you saddle up and tie yourself down to a man," Angela looked at her with a gleam in her eye, "Booth for example would be perfect for you-"
Brennan groaned when she figured out what Angela was doing- or trying to do. She got up, retrieved her stolen documents from Angela's possession and walked out of her office saying, "I'll be expecting you at 7."
Watching her leave, Angela shook her head in disdain, "what are we going to do with you sweetie?" she mumbled to herself.
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7 rolled around and Brennan hesitantly walked to her door when she hear someone pounding on it. She knew what to expect, but that still didn't stop it from shocking her every time.
"Auntie Tempe," the little girl squealed, almost identical to her mother, as Brennan opened the door to let the Hodgins family in her apartment. She jumped into her arms and Brennan quickly reacted to ensure she would not fall.
"Hello Jayna, how are you doing?" Brennan asked, awkwardly- she still wasn't that good with kids.
Fortunately, it really didn't matter to the children, all they cared about was that Aunt Tempe was cool and funny, "good. Guess what Tempe," Jayna whispered loudly into Brennan's ear, "mommy and daddy are going out on a date tonight."
Brennan smiled and patted the five year old on her head as she went to take Aiden from Angela's arms.
"Ok, his bottles are in this compartment, and there should be plenty of diapers in this zipper. Also, he has been teething, so he might want something to chew on later. His gummy is in the pocket next to the extra change of clothes I packed just in case," Angela told Brennan hectically.
Brennan laughed, "Ange, calm down. I have taken care of the before, I know how to handle them. Besides, how difficult could a five year old and a 1 year old be?"
Angela sighed and rolled her eyes, "you don't even want to know." She bent down and gave Jayna a hug and kiss and then placed a kiss on Aiden's forehead.
Can you say bye to mommy?" Angela cooed, and smiled when Aiden smiled and gurgled in response. "Thanks for doing this Bren, I really appreciate it. I mean, having a girls night out would be better, but it has been a while since Hodgins and I have done something romantic together."
"It's no problem Ange," Brennan told her friend.
Angela smiled and turned to leave the apartment, "make sure Aiden doesn't walk or talk before I get back ok," she called back.
Brennan laughed, "no promises."
As Angela shut the door behind her, Brennan put the diaper bag down on her table and placed Aiden in the playpen Angela had bought her for times like these when the kids were at her apartment. She turned to Jayna who was patiently waiting on the couch and asked, "so what do you want to do?"
"Watch Tinkerbell," Jayna instantly replied.
Brennan looked at the girl with a confused expression on her face, "what is Tinkerbell?" she asked.
Jayna laughed at her Auntie Tempe's confusedness and responded, "a fairy silly." She pulled out a DVD with a fairy on the front of it and handed it to Brennan for her to put it on. Brennan sighed as she put the movie on and settled next to Jayna on the couch; this was going to be a long night.
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A few hours later, both of the kids was sleeping and Brennan was patiently waiting for Angela to come and retrieve them. She looked down at her watch, 12:27. It wasn't like Angela to be out this late without informing her she was going to be gone this long; especially since it was supposed to be just a nice dinner with Hodgins.
Soon, Brennan found herself drifting off to sleep on the couch. She was awoken by the sound of her cell phone ringing. She looked at her clock which read 1:13.
"Brennan," Brennan answered her phone groggily. She awoke quickly when she heard Hodgin's panicked voice on the other end of the line. "Hodgins calm down, what happened?" she asked.
"Angela was shot. They took her to the hospital and- and," he trailed off.
"what?" Brennan demanded loudly, waking up Jayna who was sleeping beside her in the process.
"She did not make it," Hodgins choked out before he burst into tears.
Another story that is on my mind, so I figured I should just stop thinking it and actually write it. I hope someone will actually read this, and enjoy it. Let me know if I should continue with a review.
