Disclaimer: I do not own anything to do with Bones (even the box sets I borrowed from a friend!) I can't even watch it on TV as I don't have SkyOne :(
A/N: This is just a one-shot of something that was on my mind last night (while supposed to be revising for exams next week :p woops) I have absolutely no idea whether anyone has come up with a ship name for Bone's characters so I made one up for the purposes of this fic. It's slightly AU I suppose but not completely. I could definitely see Angela doing this in her spare time! Anyway, enough rabbiting, hope you enjoy the story.
"Hey Angela." Brennan asked her best friend as she walked into the artist's office. "Who or what are Kandy Shippers?"
"Hello to you to Sweetie! I'm good thanks for asking. How about yourself?"
Brennan smiled, "I'm sorry. How are you today?"
"I'm great! Now what was it you were asking me?"
Brennan passed her the piece of paper in her hand. "I've been given some of the fanmail by my publicist and lots of them keep mentioning things about Kandy and ships. What have sweets and boats got to do with me or my books?"
Angela burst out laughing, but stopped once she saw the look on her friend's face. Brennan had her infamous 'I-don't-know-what-that-means' face which made Angela more sympathetic. "Sweetie, they're not talking about boats, it's ships."
"But they are the same thing!" Brennan protested.
"No Sweetie, they don't mean the sailing kind. They mean relation-ships."
Brennan was still confused. "I just don't get what that has to do with the book." She paused. "And where do the sweets come into this?"
"Who are the main characters in your books?"
"You know who they are Angela! Kathy and Andy."
Angela smiled. "I know Sweetie, but I'm trying to explain how this all fits together." Brennan smiled back at her, motioning for her to continue. "Now sometimes fans of a book or TV show, who think a couple of the characters should become romantically involved, will give the couple a name together, combining the names of the two characters'. In this case, they have taken Kathy and Andy and produced Kandy."
Recognition passed over the doctor's face. "I think I understand. So these people think that Kathy and Andy should become romantically involved?"
"Oh yeah!" Angela laughed. "You should read the fanfics these people write!" Before Brennan could open her mouth, Angela had interrupted her. "I know! I know! You don't know what that means. We really need to introduce you to the world!" She received a playful blow to the arm by her best friend.
"So what do people write in these fanfrics?" Brennan asked innocently.
"Sweetie it's fanfic not fanfric. It's short for fanfiction. It's where people take the characters that you have made in you book or on a TV show and write their own stories with them." Once Angela could see that the doctor had processed this information, she decided to bring up a page on her computer of some example stories. "See look, the stories can range from new cases that the characters solve to them starting a family together." An evil glint appeared in her eye. "Some people even write pure smut!"
"Smut?"
"Oh Sweetie, please tell me you know what smut is?" Brennan shook her head. "For a doctor you can be very naïve at times. Smut scenes are basically very graphic sex scenes."
Brennan stared at her friend. "You mean people actually read this stuff?"
Angela nodded. "Of course. Haven't you ever read a raunchy romance novel?"
"But that's what they were written for. Kathy and Andy don't think about each other like that." Angela noticed that her friend didn't deny it, but chose not to comment.
"Are you sure about that Sweetie?" She leant closer to Brennan. "Considering how alike you and Booth are to Kathy and Andy it wouldn't surprise me if something was felt."
"Angela!" Brennan scolded the artist. "There is nothing going on between me and Booth, nor will there ever be." She added before she was interrupted.
Angela stared at her friend. "Uh huh." Suddenly she turned and looked upwards. "Ooh, are those pigs flying up there?" Sensing another comment from Brennan, she clarified, "It means that the chances of what you just said being true are the same as the chances of pigs flying." She paused. "It's obvious to everyone but you how you both feel about each other. I just want you to be happy for once in your life." Brennan smiled at her.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome." The evil glint was back. "Now, why don't you read some of these stories, and knowing who they were originally based on even if you would never admit it, think about what could happen. Some of these people have great ideas. I'll even let you in on a secret." She whispered in her ear. "After reading some of these things, Jack and I have had some amazing nights."
Brennan blushed, knowing what she was implying. "You know, even though you are my best friend, there are just some things which I really do not need to know."
Angela laughed, "Why ever not? I would demand details from you!"
"But there are no details to tell, and even if there were I certainly wouldn't be telling you."
"That's what you think."
Well what did you think? I apologise for the lack of Booth, but I thought that this was more of a girl-chat rather than a partner-chat. Please review :D Maybe if enough people review I may be tempted to add to it and include Booth. Now how's that for an incentive?