I got up early the next day and dressed in a pair of slim black jeans and a red flannel button up shirt. I slipped on my black converse high tops and secured a knife around my ankle before pulling my pant legs over the shoes.
"Damn Resa, you're going to work like that?" Jack asked skeptically as I came down the stairs two at a time.
"Yeah why?"
"Nothing it's just, you look hot." he said smirking.
"Thanks."
We took seperate vehicles as no one knew I was staying with him. I had threatened him that if he told anyone I was Zack's sister I'd beat the crap out of him, he believed me. I walked into the building, a good ten minutes ahead of him, he drove slow, and made my way to Dr. Brennan's office where I knew she'd be.
She introduced me to everyone, aside from the mysterious Agent Booth and they all greeted me pleasantly. Jack was a bit nervous but played it off well and she left to meet the agent outside for a case.
About an hour later a body came in shortly followed by Dr. Brennan and my jaw dropped at the man walking by her side. I suppose I was wrong in assuming I'd never see him again and now I just hoped he wouldn't piece together why I was at the prison institution yesterday.
(Booth's P.O.V.)
I walked into the lab with Bones as usual but I wasn't expecting to see the beautiful woman I'd bumped into yesterday. She was slim and tan with long black hair and bright blue eyes. She looked different now though. Her long hair was pulled up into a high pony tail and she was wearing a pair of small brown glasses low on her nose. She saw me and I could tell that she was just as surprised as I was.
"Booth this is Dr. Theresa Hartley, my new assistant." Bones said to me gesturing to the woman. "Dr. Hartley this is special agent Booth."
(Resa's P.O.V.)
So this was the elusive Agent Booth. I had to admit I wouldn't mind working with him everyday. I shook his hand with a smile and told him to call me Resa, as I did with everyone else, but Dr. Brennan refused. We all turned our attention back to the work at hand. Angela was working on a facial reconstruction while Jack analyzed samples. I was currently trying to identify the specific knife used to kill the victim.
I had been working all day, searching through multipule databases with poor catelogging. It was nearly six at night and I had finally found what I was looking for.
"Yahtzee!" I yelled in the all too quiet lab, probably scaring everyone to death. "Sorry." I said.
"You found it?" Agent Booth asked as he and Dr. Brennan made their way over to my little work station.
"Your guy's a diver." I said turning my screen so that they could see better. "I give you the Special Beta titanium dive knife DK-A. Five inch blade, four millimeters thick. Flat tip, hooked can opener like opening on one side, smooth to serated on the other, narrow hilt." I said proudly.
"Nice job newbie." Booth said.
"Good work." Dr. Brennan agreed.
They left to catch the bad guy and Jack walked up behind me. Angela had long since gone home and it was just us.
"Impressive Reese's Cup." he said, using my all but forgotten nickname.
"Thanks."
"No I mean it, Brennan doesn't give out compliments easily."
"That was one hellacious database, it wasn't even remotely categorized."
"Yeah that sucks. What do ya say we head home?"
"Sounds good to me. You guys work your asses off, but it is satisfying."
"That it is."
"How about I pick up some chinese?"
"God how did I ever live without you?" he asked hugging me.
"I honestly have no idea."
We both laughed and headed out to the garage. We left and I stopped for beer first, to celebrate my first day. I was waiting on the food when I felt a presence behind me. I turned to see Agent Booth.
"It seems you've already found the best chinese resturant in town." he said smiling.
"It would seem so."
The man gave me my food and I payed him.
"That's a lot of food for one person." Booth pointed out.
"That's because it's for two."
"Boyfriend?" he asked with a strange expression that I could almost swear was jealousy.
"Not exactly. See ya around."
I walked away as he muttered a goodbye and made my way back to Jack's.
(Booth's P.O.V.)
What was this girl doing to me? I found myself wanting to follow her, just to see who she was meeting. I'll admit I was Jealous. I wanted to know her, the real her not the professional facade she wore. I could tell she wasn't really the lab type, she was no squint but I wasn't exactly sure what she really was. I was also curious as to why she was at the prison institution yesterday, and who she was seeing. It was supposed to be a secure facility for patients who weren't allowed visitors, yet she got in. There was something up with her, something she wasn't telling us, and I was going to find out what it was.
(Resa's P.O.V.)
"Chow time Jack-in-the-box." I said walking through the door, using my payback nickname for him.
Zack was the only one whose wasn't utterly cheesy, he was Zack Attack, his nickname was actually cool. I sat down on the couch and put the food and beer on the coffee table.
"Finally, what took so long?" he asked like he hadn't eaten in a week.
"Ran into agent Booth."
"At the resturant?"
"Yup, said this was a lot of food for one person, I told him it was for two, he'd know I was lying."
"What'd he say?"
"Asked if it was a boyfriend, I said not exactly. I get the feeling that he knows, or at least knows I'm hiding something. He's not stupid, he'll piece it together, especially after yesterday."
"What happened yesterday?"
"Bumped into him after seeing Zack."
"Well that's not good. What are you gonna do?"
"Act normal and wait for him to figure it out."
