Thanks to everyone who put the story on their favorites or alerts list and to those who reviewed… Here's your reaction from Hodgins as requested by 'DorothyOz'… hope you like… let me know what you think…
I will still try to update as often as I can but I make no promises because now I have 1 day off a week which I normally need for my online courses that I'm taking this semester every other day I'm out all day in classes or at my job so I'm really not getting much time to write because when I do it's normally I have an assignment for class I'm writing (I'm taking 5 writing intensive courses... each normally has like a 4-8 page paper due a week...) I will not abandon this but reactions might be a little further apart... Sorry...
This one takes place directly after the one for Angela.
Hodgins
When Booth left Brennan's office he saw Hodgins up on the platform. He decided to head up onto the platform to see what he was up to and avoid Hacker longer. He swiped himself up onto the platform. Hodgins looked up at the beep and saw Booth.
"Hey, man," Hodgins said, looking back to the items he was hold and mixing. "Congratulations, by the way."
"Huh?" Booth questioned. Hodgins laughed a little at his confusion, but figured he'd be confused too if their positions were swapped.
"I ran into Ange as she was bouncing out of Dr. B.'s office."
"Ah," Booth said, understanding now that Angela told him of the engagement. He smiled wide. "Thanks." Hodgins turned away from the containers and looked at Booth. He looked like he wanted to ask something. "I'm in a good mood, Bug Man. Only Hacker can ruin it today. Just talk."
"Ok. I was gonna ask Ange later, cause she's probably dragged it out of you two, but I really don't want to have to wait to get a chance to ask her."
"Just ask already."
"Ok. I got to know… I mean the first time I proposed to Ange, well that went downhill, didn't go any better the second time, the third time wasn't a proposal, but that time she said yes, and you—"
"Hodgins…" Booth warned, now wondering if he had to amend his statement before of only Hacker being able to ruin his good mood today.
"Right," Hodgins said, realizing that he got off track. "So, how did you get the queen of rationality and marriage is an archaic institution to say yes the first time you asked… unless this isn't the first time you've asked and—" he was cut off by Booth's laughter. "What?" he asked confused about what was so funny.
"You have no idea how many wrong assumptions you just made. First," Booth said raising his pointer, "and don't tell her I said so because she would deny it anyway, but she hasn't been completely rational in a long time. Second," he said raising another finger. "She had given up her archaic institution for a needing to have a good reason a while ago. Third." He raised a third finger. "I had told her a long time ago I wasn't asking that she would." Booth had a wide grin on his face as Hodgins' eyes bulged.
"You mean… She… But… How… Dude…" Hodgins wasn't exactly sure what he was trying to ask. Booth chuckled.
"Yep, I told her. I called it."
"I'm sorry, man, but I got to ask. How did she ask? I just can't imagine a way of her asking."
"She baked a ring for me into the apple pie." Hodgins looked to Booth's hand and noticed that there was no glint of metal on his hand.
"You're not wearing the ring?" Hodgins asked confused.
"Um… no…" Booth said rubbing the back of his neck, looking slightly embarrassed. "Her idea didn't exactly go as planned…" Booth trailed off. Hodgins just looked at him waiting for him to explain. "She kinda forgot I tend to inhale my pies."
"Dude! You ate the ring!" Hodgins started laughing.
"Shut up, Hodgins," Booth told him.
"Dude…" Hodgins was shaking his head with a smile on his face.
"Not one word," Booth warned him.
"You finally get her to propose and you eat the ring." Hodgins couldn't help but start laughing again.
"I do have my gun with me…" Booth warned.
"Dude… did the ring at least taste good?" Booth just glared.
"Yeah, laugh it up, Bug Man. At least I won't be afraid of my father-in-law."
"I would be if I were you."
"Nah. He knows Bones could kick his ass if he does something to piss her off and he really doesn't want to piss her off. I don't have to worry about any horrible tattoos of my father-in-law's face on my arm."
"Not cool, man, bringing that up. I am terrified every time he shows up that I'll wake up in the desert or another alleyway with a third. I don't even want to know where and of what he would make it. His face was bad enough."
"Fine, then knock it off about me swallowing the ring and go back to your little mixing thing and I won't have to shoot you."
"Oh! Crap!" Hodgins exclaimed turning around quickly, having forgot about his little experiment that he was conducting out of boredom.
After he turned around, he saw that he wasn't going to be able to pick up the containers quick enough and quickly ducked.
"What the—" Booth started to say when there was an explosion with blue glob flying toward him and hitting him in the face and chest.
All through the lab the alarms could be heard along with Booth.
"HODGINS!" Maybe a squint could piss him off today too.
So that was Hodgins... let me know what you think... hope you enjoyed... I'll try to update as much as possible...
