A/N: Thanks for everyone's patience with me. I have had some health issues plus finishing the tail end of covering for a colleague who was off for several weeks. Soon I hope to be back updating like I was in the past. Enjoy...

PS: Angela in this is doing what I felt she should have done at the beginning of the season when Booth was being threatened by Pelant and was shutting out Brennan. Thought I would throw that out there.

Disclaimer: I don't own Bones but being the middle of a DB and TJT sandwich could be fun.

Looking panic stricken, Hannah looked to Booth. "Seeley! These people have violated me saying they were you. This is so humiliating. What are you going to do about it?"

Booth sat as if he had to think about it for a moment, then he looked at her. "Nothing. As Pops would say, you've done shit in your nest."

"Seeley, why did you do this?"

"Isn't it obvious?" To the slight shake of her head left and right, plus the red face of the man standing next to her, he continued. "No, okay, well, we have a story to tell you"

"Agent Booth, can I get a robe here?" Hacker asked. "I deserve a little dignity for my cooperation"

"Can we, Booth? If I have to look at Hacker in lingerie much longer I think I will be traumatized for life." Hodgins asked.

When he nodded, Angela tossed a hotel room robe to the FBI man, who quickly put it on. "I am going to take this very uncomfortable underwear off now. Excuse me"

"No, Andrew. You're going to take your cough syrup like Hannah or I will call Sam right now" Brennan said

Hacker's eyes bulged out before he moved back to stand at the wall trying to adjust himself for comfort with little success.

When Booth saw the guilty were silent, he continued. "Now where was I? Oh yeah, my motivation. The same one that Bones had, that everyone else here had. Your little scheme didn't work, Hannah. If you were a man I would have kicked your ass"

"What about me?" Hacker asked petulantly

"Like I said, sir, if either of your two were men" Snickers filled the room for a moment. "Where do we start? Bones, we should start at the beginning, don't you think?"

"Yes, it's important to give the entire picture, Booth"

"Okay, let's see...here we go kids"

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Booth walked out of the Hoover to enjoy the beautiful day. He was meeting Hannah shortly but wanted to grab a cup of coffee from the nearby cart. As he got closer to his destination, he was surprised to see his girlfriend talking to his boss. What surprised him more was that Hacker was silent and Hannah seemed to be doing all the talking. His antenna went up and he decided to investigate. Glad for their location, he snuck behind the bushes and was rewarded as he heard them crystal clear.

"I'm telling you, it's going to work"

"And I'm telling you that I haven't been able to get close to her. You promised me I would have her in bed by now"

"Trust me, Hacker. I have a plan that can't fail"

"Care to tell me what this great plan is, Hannah?"

"Later when we're not surrounded by people. For now, just know your part for tonight. It's foolproof"

"This shit better work or else those inside scoops you're getting will end, do you hear me?"

"Hacker, don't screw with me. If you try to fuck me over I promise you that I'll take you down by telling Temperance about your less than honorable intentions. I'm her best friend, remember?"

"Screw you, Burley"

Booth had heard enough. Hannah and his boss were up to something, but what? He needed to find out, but he had to play it cool until then. When he saw a good time, he came into sight for his girlfriend to see.

On and off during the day, he debated on whether to tell Bones what he heard. He had no proof, but telling her would be betraying his girlfriend. He also knew that if he waited that it may be too late. He hurt Bones enough and he owed it to his best friend to help her, no matter who was in his life.

Making his decision, he went to call Bones. Surprised that the phone went to voice mail, he left a quick message. "Bones it's me. Listen I have to talk to you about something. Please call me back as soon as possible"

After waiting thirty minutes, he tried again but got the voice mail again. After leaving another message, emailing her, and texting, he went to work on his paperwork. An hour went by and still no word. Getting impatient, he got up to leave for the Jeffersonian but when he got to the elevators, he was stopped by Hacker.

"Agent Booth, I need to give my press conference in thirty minutes. I need you to brief me on the case"

"Sir, I have an emergency"

"Does it involve your girlfriend, son or grandfather?"

"No"

"I know it can't be Temperance because I just talked to her, so it will have to wait. Come with me, Agent Booth"

"Asshat" Booth muttered

Hacker turned around. "Did you say something, Agent Booth?"

"No sir, just going through the notes in my head"

"Good"

A short time later, he was on his way out when Agent Shaw cornered him. "I'm sorry to interrupt you, sir, but Assistant Director Hacker wanted me to have you meet him in the conference room"

"Why?"

"He wants to plan a strategy for your latest case. Doctor Sweets I think is already there"

Knowing that leaving was not an option, he followed Agent Shaw.

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"Agent Booth, I kept you at the Hoover because we had important things to work on"

Booth nodded. "Yes, sir I understand. For some reason, I don't think it was a grand scheme on your part, but it pissed me off"

Suddenly, Brennan spoke up. "We never spoke until that night. You lied to Booth, Andrew. You were just trying to be mean"

"But Temperance-"

"My name is Doctor Temperance Brennan. You may refer to me as Doctor Brennan"

"But—"

"Shut up, sir" Booth interjected. He looked to everyone. "May I now continue?"

When he got silence in response, Booth opened his mouth, but closed it suddenly as he turned to his partner. "Bones, why don't you take this part?"

"Of course Booth. I was there so I am better to explain it"

Brennan turned to Hannah and Hacker. "I will start with before I met up with Hannah"

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Unbeknownst to Booth, Brennan never got her messages because her cell phone was dead. By a coincidence, the internet and email access at the Jeffersonian was also down for an upgrade. Brennan was engrossed in her remains that she did not note the time until she happened to look up and see it was 8:20.

"Oh, I need to leave"

Gingerly, she replaced the remains in the container and put them back. When done, she washed up and headed out without checking her office voice mail. Knowing the traffic, she would make it on time to meet Hannah, but barely.

One hour later, Brennan was sitting in her Prius outside Founding Fathers purging herself with never ending tears. After she was dry, she then looked at her phone and saw there was no screen. After hitting the power button with no response, she found her power charger and plugged it in. Knowing that her phone needed a few minutes to boot, she decided to go back to work. She needed to be alone.

When she reached the parking garage, she heard her phone ring and saw it was Angela. She was tempted to ignore the call, but didn't. "Hi Angela. This isn't a good time"

"Sweetie, where are you? Are you still with Desert Barbie?"

"No, I'm at the Jeffersonian. I am pulling to the garage now"

"Thank God. I'm here too. I guess Booth has been leaving messages for you and he called me in a panic. He couldn't get through at Founding Fathers"

"My phone was dead. Angela I am not in the mood to talk"

"Sweetie, just saying that tells me you're upset. My office. Five minutes"

Knowing better than to argue, Brennan acquiesced. "Fine. I'll be there shortly"

She parked her car in her spot. She looked to her phone and was stunned to see she missed five calls by Booth and there were three texts asking her to call him immediately. She felt fresh tears forming, so she quickly threw per phone in her bag. After arming the Prius, she walked into the entrance and went in with her badge for access. She kept it together until she got to Angela's office. Seeing her in pajama pants, a UT-Austin shirt, and hoodie was all it took for her to fall apart.

"Sweetie, what's wrong?"

Brennan sat down with Angela on her couch and told her everything. After she was done, Angela got indignant.

"Bren, something is not right. Hannah is messing with you"

"But, Angela, she's my friend"

"No, Bren, she's a bitch. She's lying. Booth may not be my favorite person right now for shacking up with that blonde twit, but there is no way he would have Hannah ask that of you. No way in hell"

"But Angela—"

"Don't but Angela me. Use that anthropological mind of yours. A man who has a history of being almost prudish about sex asking his girlfriend of only a couple of months to talk to the woman he's really in love with about participating in a sex act involving the three of them?"

"He's not in love with me, Angela"

"Bull, Brennan. Now think for a moment"

Brennan thought about the situation. Booth was always very private about sexual intercourse and had distain for people who would do role play and other things that he called 'crappy sex'. She had to concede that for something so intimate to have his girlfriend ask her that would be out of character, but she also knew that things had been strained since that night outside the Hoover.

"For the sake of argument, we'll say Hannah is lying, Angela. But why?"

What she was about to say would hurt, but Angela knew she had to throw it out there. "I think Booth told her about what you said to him and suspects he still has feelings for you. All of this really pissed her off and she wanted to eliminate a rival"

"How could he do that? I trusted him"

Angela took her friend's hands in her own. "Bren, Booth is on my shit list right now and I've made no bones about that, no pun intended."

"Angela! You can't make bones from feces"

"No, Sweetie….never mind. It means that I've been vocal about my opinion about that relationship, but I've attempted to be nice to Hannah and Booth for your sake. I hate to say this, but Booth did the right thing"

"It's like Maggie Shilling all over again" Brennan said remembering how betrayed she felt about Booth revealing her history with her parents at the trial.

"Sweetie look at me!" When Brennan continued to cry, Angela yelled louder. "Temperance Joy Brennan look at me now!"

Stunned, Brennan turned to her friend. When Angela saw she had her full attention, she continued. "Honey, while part of me thinks he should have kept it to himself, the other part of me realizes that if that happened to Hodgins and he didn't tell me I would so kick his ass, especially if I was hanging with the skank"

"But Angela, Hodgins never dated anyone else seriously after you two broke up"

"Bren, that doesn't matter. What does matter is that she could have limited her time with you or stopped being your friend. Instead, she chose to be cruel by being nice to your face and then used your feelings by telling a lie that would cut to the bone and destroy your friendship with Booth"

"But, she was my friend, Angela"

"She is not your friend. Friends do not do that with each other. Girlfriends do not do that with their boyfriend's best friends unless they feel threatened and boy does she if she pulled something like this"

"What do I do, Angela?"

"Go find Booth. There's no way he would go along with this. He's been going frantic trying to find you for hours. Maybe there's something else going on or somehow he found out about this and is trying to warn you. Sweetie, he loves you and not just as a friend"

"But—"

"But nothing. If what I suspect is true, he's trying to warn you about something and if it's about Hannah, he betrayed his girlfriend for you"

"But Booth says they are as serious as a heart attack"

"Yeah, but heart attacks kill. So do conniving, insecure bitches who do not play by the rules. Brennan, go to Booth and talk to him. I guarantee if you do Hannah will not get away with this"

Brennan realized that her friend was right, but there was a problem. "But what if Hannah is home?"

Angela smiled. "Let's find out shall we?"

She got up, motioning Brennan to follow her to the Angelatron. After booting up, she opened several programs, including her cell tower program.

"Well, her last call was on Capitol Street"

"That's where her office is. NBC Washington office" Brennan watched her friend hacking into a system and was mortified when she saw where.

"Angela! That is the security system to NBC News!"

"Just the computers. As I suspected, Hannah Burley logged in at 21:35 and has not logged off yet" Angela pushed a few more buttons. "The tabs she has opened on her computer show different news outlets and three about you and your parents. Wow, she has done her research"

Angela turned to Brennan. "She's at work Sweetie and the little that I know of her is that she's a workaholic so get your ass to Booth's before she decides to go home. If I don't hear from you that you're at home, I will text you when she logs off."

Brennan grabbed her messenger bag and began to rush out of Angela's office. Before she made it to the door, she ran back and hugged her friend. "Thanks Angela for your illegal hacking and your friendship"

"You're welcome. Now get out of here before Desert Barbie gets in the way!"

Brennan ran out the door. When she got to her vehicle, she started it and rushed over to Booth's, driving as fast as she dared over the speed limit.