A/N 29 Jan 2007: Reposted this becouse BonesDBchippie pointed out a couple of mistakes. Nothing has changed.
Angela Montenegro rolled over in her bed, lifted her head slightly to punch down her pillow and the glared over at the clock--11:56 PM. She let out a growl and dropped her head back down. "This is ridiculous," she grumbled to herself. She had been laying in bed for the past hour, but sleep still hadn't come to claim her. She shifted again, turning to her back and staring up at the ceiling. Angela pulled the covers up and tried to settle her mind. She let it drift back and smiled when her thoughts came to rest on Hodgins. She couldn't help the smile that graced her lips when she remembered on Tuesday his pet stinkbugs had gotten mad at him. "Poor guy," she said around a giggle. At least it wasn't a skunk. She shook her head and continued to reflect on her week. Monday had Booth coming in with a new case, and Angela couldn't get the look up happiness that crossed Brennan's face. A happy sigh escaped through her lips. They so belong together, she thought.
Angela rolled back to her side and looked at the blurring red numbers of her clock--11:57 PM. Her mind then settled on some lame joke that Booth had told after a group meeting on Wednesday. It had earned him a lot of boos and hisses, but Angela secretively thought it was funny. Dwarves, she thought and then snickered as the joke came back to her. Brennan had accused him that it was a stupid joke the first time he said it, and Angela couldn't help but to wonder when he had told her. I can bet it wasn't over a romantic dinner, she huffed.
Zack had come to see her on Thursday asking for her help. The young doctor wanted to ask a girl from another department out but couldn't find the courage. The artist had walked him through what to say and then later, had gone out with him to pick out a new outfit once the girl had said yes. The kid is growing up, she thought happily. She enjoyed watching Zack grow and mature over the past few months. "He's going to go far," she said a loud.
Angela looked at the clock and growled again as she flipped back over to her back--11:58 PM. Hodgins had come by her office today 'just to say hi'. She couldn't deny any more that she really liked him. She reached up and touched her fingers to her mouth, her smile growing wider as she remembered the kisses that they had shared. When the Gravedigger took him, Angela felt her heart stop, then sink, then break in two completely. She had thought she had lost him that day…Brennan too. She shook her head, and forced her thoughts to better times. Like in her office today when Hodgins had come in and stood behind her as she looked over some pictures. She knew that he had entered, knew he had stopped close behind her, but chose to ignore him. That was until he reached out and touched her arm. Angela shivered at the thought.
She looked at the clock one last time--11:59PM, then turned away from it. Thoughts of Hodgins keeping her company until sleep came.
TBC...