Booth walked into the lab of the Jeffersonian intent on taking Bones to lunch. He could not seem to wipe the stupid grin off his face. He hadn't been this happy in a long time. If he were truly honest with himself he had never been this happy before. He finally made it to her office only to find the lights out. He shrugged thinking of her bending over a lab table on the platform.

He walked right over to the platform swiping his card and hurrying up the stairs.

"Hey, Booth." Angela said. She had been keeping Hodgins company while he worked on his latest experiment.

"Hey, Ange. You seen Bones?" Booth asked glancing around the platform not seeing her beautiful figure anywhere.

"She went to lunch. She said she had to do something. She seemed pretty distracted this morning. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that would you?" Angela was looking at him with those all to seeing eyes of hers.

"No." Booth answered quickly." No, of course not. I just…I just thought that we would get lunch or something…but since she's not her…" Booth looked really confused. Angela was drinking in every expression trying to make since of what was going on between her best friend and Booth.

"Would you like me to tell her you stopped by?"

"No! I mean no. It's fine I will just talk to her later. Yea, later. Bye guys." Booth turned without another word and walked out.

Angela and Hodgins were looking at each other trying to make since out of what had just happened. Then a knowing smile graced Angela's face.

"Do you think?" Hodgins asked reading the expression on his loves face.

"I do. I sure hope I'm right." Angela smiled slightly preparing to grill Brennan when she got back.

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'Maybe she's avoiding me. I did kinda drop the whole love thing in out of the blue.' Booth had never felt this vulnerable in his life. His happiness was completely dependent on what was going through a certain emotionally scared anthropologists head. 'Please don't run, Bones. Please.' With that last thought he drove back to his office and buried himself in the paperwork he had been putting off.

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"Sweetie," Angela started walking into Brennan's office. "what is up with you and a certain FBI agent?"

"What do you mean?" Brennan didn't see how Angela could have found out.

"Well, we had a very nervous looking Booth stop by to pick you up for lunch. He seemed surprised you weren't here. By the way, I didn't just tell you he was here." Angela was searching her best friends face for a clue that would answer at least some of the million questions buzzing around in her head.

"Yes you did. You just told me he came by." Brennan looked confused.

"I know, but I wasn't supposed to tell you. So, if he asks I didn't tell you he was by, ok?"

"Alright. I didn't know he was going to come by." Brennan felt awful that he had come by for nothing.

"So, what is going on with you?" Angela was expecting her to tell her 'nothing' as always. If she heard them use the word partners again she thought she might scream, but much to her surprise she heard Brennan say…

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you 'don't know'?" Angela couldn't keep the hope out of her voice.

"Will you keep it a secret?"

"Of course. You know you can trust me."

"He told me he loved me." Brennan had a scared little smile on her face as she actually uttered the words out loud for the first time.

"OH MY GOD!! When?"

"This morning."

"What did you say back? Wait when did you see him this morning?" Angela didn't need to hear the answer to figure that one out. "You spent the night with him?"

Brennan couldn't bring herself to lie to her best friend so instead she managed a slight nod. At this point Angela would have emitted a squeal that would have brought the whole lab into the office if Brennan's hand had not been clamped over her mouth.

"Well, Sweetie, what did you say back?" Angela asked as soon as she got herself under control.

"Nothing." Brennan seemed to find the floor of her office very fascinating because she was staring right at it while talking to Angela.

"What do you mean you said nothing? Sweetie, you have to tell him how you feel."

"I don't know how I feel."

"Yes, you do. You just have to let yourself admit it. He loves you. Don't throw that away." With that Angela gave her friend a hug and left intent on keeping what to her was a very big secret.