this story kinda just came to me after watching an episode the other day…..go figure
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The Need For Calculations Chapter 1
Dr. Temperance Brennan sat in the lab, wondering where a certain squint of hers was. This was the eighth day Zach hadn't shown up for work, and he hadn't ever missed one day. Everyday he had called in sick and left a short voicemail that he would be out today. After, Dr. Brennan would try several times to call him back, but always found that his phone was off.
Suddenly, Temperance heard the beep that meant someone had entered the lab. She turned to see Zach walking towards her. But it was not the clean, neat Zach that she knew, no this Zach had bags under his eyes, bedraggled hair, and wore a wrinkled green polo with wrinkled tan pants. Temperance gasped as he walked towards her, tired and bedraggled.
"Oh my Gosh, Zach, are you ok? What happened?" she exclaimed.
Ignoring her question, he said, "Nothing. Booth said we have a case."
"Uh, I'll be right back." said Temperance, kind of scared that her youngest squint looked so, so….out.
She left the lab and found a 6-month pregnant Angela drawing over by the skull of their newest body. Angela and Hodgins had gotten married about a year ago, and Hodgins couldn't have been happier with Angela and a baby on the way. She walked up to her and said, "Have you seen Zach?"
"Yeah, he just walked into the lab." Angela said, not looking up from the drawing pad that was positioned on her growing belly.
"No, I mean, have you SEEN him? He looks like he hasn't slept in weeks!" exclaimed Temperance.
Just then, Zach walked out of the lab and Angela gasped, "Oh my God. Hey Zach, come here a sec!"
Zach lumbered over, slowly. When he was over, Angela said, "Zach, what happened? Look at you; you look like you haven't slept at all in the past week! What's the matter? Did something happen in your family? Zach?"
"I'm fine. And Dr. Brennan?"
"Yes?' she replied.
"Um, I'm going to need to be out of here by 7 every night. Is that all right?"
"Of course , Zach."
Right when Zach was starting to walk away, Hodgins showed up. "I got the results on that dirt sample. Its bisodi- Oh hey Zach!" Zach turned around the face him and Zach gasped. "Woah, man, what happened to you?"
"Nothing. I'm fine." Seeing their skeptical looks, he added, "I'm serious, guys. I'm fine."
The rest of the day went without comment. They solved the case and found the killer. Later that night, Angela was at Temperance's with Booth and Hodgins, and they decided to call Zach to talk to him.
They dialed the number to his apartment, and a very frazzled sounding Zach answered. "Hello?"
"Zach it's us. We need to talk."
"Guys, I'm fine. I have to go. Good bye." he said, hanging up.
"He is definitely not fine." said Booth.
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About 2 weeks past, with Zach looking a little better. Still, he had dark circles under his eyes and the team would occasionally find him asleep by a computer or slumped over in a chair. They would let him sleep, because they all knew, that for some strange reason, Zach wasn't getting sleep at home.
One day, the team was assembled in the lab, Booth on his phone, Angela sketching, Hodgins and Bones running tests. The lab door beeped, signaling someone coming in. They all turned and looked and saw Zach standing in the doorway with a baby seat in his hand and a diaper bag over his shoulder. He swallowed hard and confronted the surprised gazes of his team, "Um, the babysitter has the flu, and I had nowhere else to bring him, so um, yeah."
"I think we need to have a little story time." said Booth, as Bones fainted on top of Hodgins.
I know it was short, but I just want to know what you thought…..so please review and tell me if I should continue!
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