I am super sorry for the length of time between the original posting and the updates. With school and tests and everything I haven't been in the mood to write, but now that school is winding down I am proud to say that I got my creativity back. So here we go again.
Chapter 2
Angela was in work early the next morning. Brennan had demanded, well not demanded, but asked nicely that she get faces for the two victims from limbo that Zach was working on. She was in the lab by seven and finished by eight. As she emerged from her office she noticed that the lab was silent. 'Brennan should be here by now,' she thought to herself. She crossed the lab to find Brennan's office empty. With a shrug she headed to relax and get something from the vending machine. However something caught her eye. There, in plain sight on the table, lay a Scrabble board game. That and the random Thai food containers strewn about made her think to her favorite couple. Analyzing the words on the board she started to get excited and immediately dialed Hodgins.
"What?" he answered groggily after five rings.
"Hodgins! I got to the lab and there's this game of Scrabble with these words and I think they did it!" She managed to get the whole thing into one sentence.
"Ange, unless by they you mean the government and by did it you mean they covered up another alien landing, I want to go back to bed."
"Jack, Booth and Bren. It was them. They left behind their trademark, Thai food. There's a Scrabble game here with words like love, desire…wait I'll send you a picture." She took a quick picture and sent it to Hodgins. "See!"
"Babe, do you know the odds of getting those letters? Have the boy genius do it. It won't happen. I don't even think there are enough letters in a standard game to get words like that. They played you."
"I don't know Jack. I think it's real."
"Whatever. You owe me coffee. See you in a little bit." Angela scoffed at the phone before returning it to her pocket. Something happened here last night and she was going to find out what.
The sound of a car alarm in the distance awoke Booth the next morning. He had slept soundly and for the first time in a long time he felt totally refreshed. He quickly made his bed and threw on a pair of lounge pants to make some coffee. He headed down the hall and found Brennan asleep on the couch, covered in his Flyers blanket. They had a long and tedious argument over who got the bed. Finally Brennan, as stubborn as she was, plopped herself on the couch and made it home. Booth smiled at the woman of his dreams. This was going to be interesting, but whatever happened, it was going to work out. He just knew it. He was tempted to lean in and kiss her, but figured it wasn't the kind of awakening she was used to.
He headed into the kitchen to start a pot of coffee when he heard the front door open and close. 'Damn,' he thought. 'Did she leave?' He looked at the couch and surely enough it was empty. He moved toward the door to see if she was walking down the street when he felt himself get turned around and forced into the wall.
"Good morning to you too Bones," he laughed as he placed his left hand in her hair. "Sleep well?"
"As a matter of fact I did. You have a very comfortable couch."
"Thank you. So, I was wondering if you would like to go to dinner with me tonight?"
She pretended to think about it before agreeing. "Okay."
"Great, I'll pick you up at seven." He leaned in to give her a kiss before heading to shower.
"Booth," called Brennan, this time worry in her voice. "We never cleaned up last night…"
"Oh Bones, you're the only one that ever goes to work before nine. We'll be there soon and clean it up. It will remain our sexy little secret." He tacked on a charm smile to totally alleviate her worry.
