It had been one sentence that had set them off. One, innocent sentence and the senior forensic anthropologist of the Jeffersonian Medico-Legal Lab along with her FBI partner went into hysterics.
"I think we've missed something," Angela said as she, Cam, Hodgins, and Zach's new replacement stared at Brennan and Booth. The fact that the water was making a bigger puddle didn't register in anyone's mind. Nor did the fact that the container was about to burst.
"Clearly," Cam said.
"Hey...hey, Booth," Brennan said in between laughs. "Do you want a towel?" Booth doubled over once more.
"You know Bones, the more you think about it, it wasn't that funny," Booth said as his breathing returned to normal. Brennan raised one of her eyebrows.
"Yeah, actually, it was," she said.
"You were the one who barged in," Booth said. "Where'd you find the spare key anyway?"
"You really ought to think of a better hiding spot than underneath the greeting mat, Booth," Brennan said, smiling at her partner. "And anyway, you were the one who stood up."
"I stood up because you yelled at me," Booth said. "And my hiding spot is perfectly fine, thank you."
"You could've argued just fine sitting down, Seeley," Brennan teased. "And if the hiding spot was perfectly fine, then why did I find it?"
"In the heat of the moment, one does not think about not standing up, Temperance," Booth argued. "And you found it because it's meant to be found, otherwise I wouldn't be able to find it."
"You make no sense whatsoever," Brennan said.
"I make no sense? Who was the one who randomly decided to burst into my bathroom and make fun of my beer hat? Oh, right, that was you," Booth said.
"I made fun of the beer hat because it was ridiculous," Brennan said. "Who wears a beer hat in the bathtub?"
"I explained this once already Bones. Warm bath equals warm beer. Warm bath and beer hat equals cold beer. Which one would you rather have?" Booth asked.
"If it saved me from looking somewhat normal, I'd take the warm beer," Brennan said. "Or, I could've just waited until I was out of the bath."
"Think about this the next time you want to take a nice, relaxing bath in the comfort of your own bathtub, Bones," Booth said. "You'll want cold beer."
"I generally drink wine when I take relaxing baths Booth," Brennan said. "And why would I want to think about you drinking beer in the tub while I was in the tub?"
"Bones!" Booth said.
"What?" she asked.
"Does someone want to fill us in here?" Cam asked. The partners stopped and looked at the rest of the team.
"Well-," Booth began. But at that time, the container full of water decided to burst open and spray the unfortunate individual who was in front of it. That unfortunate individual was Booth.
"Aww man, this was my expensive suit!" Booth complained. He wiped the water from his eyes and ran a hand through his now soaked hair.
"And the temperature was…one hundred degrees Celsius. The blast wasn't strong enough to knock someone down and disorient them," Hodgins said. Booth turned to glare at the entomologist.
"Which means that Henry Smith didn't take Holland Jenson to the plant to kill her," said Kevin Smalls, Zach's replacement.
"Okay people, thank you," Booth said, thoroughly irritated with the Squint Squad. He turned to walk off of the platform. When he reached the doors to the lab, he heard his partner yell out.
"Do you want a towel?"
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I have to say that scene is without a doubt one of my favorites, if not my favorite. Oh so cute…and funny.