~Parker's Plan~

AN: Hey guys I'm back wow what a long week! Well here's the next installment hope you enjoy because the big one is up next. I'll need at least 10 reviews for the next chapter. Hope everyone has a good holiday tomorrow (if you're from the US). Enjoy

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After the drive to the Jeffersonian Booth was so anxious that he ran to Hodgins' office, knocked loudly and barged in.

"Woah! Hey man." Hodgins said hesitantly for Booth looked like he wanted to hurt him (or kill him for that matter).

"Ok Hodgins I'm going to go against my own rules and ask for guy advice"

"Okay…" he replied hesitantly "What do you need?"

"Well I got this letter" he held it up "from an admirer" he visibly shuddered at the memory of the last time he had an admirer (more like a stalker) "and she wants me to meet her at the Lincoln Memorial, should I go?"

"Let's see the note."

"Ok fine" he shoves the note at him and starts pacing nervously.

Hodgins reads the note and thinks 'Wow Angie good job'

When he finished he looked up at Booth and says:

"Well I think you should go, you never know."

"Really what about Bones?"

"What about her?"

"How would she feel?"

"I think she would want you to go, she wants you to be happy man."

"Yeah I know but she doesn't know that I am happy, with her."

I don't think he remembered that Hodgins was there when he said that because that was something he normally kept a secret: his personal life.

Hodgins almost passed out from that comment 'he basically just admitted he loved her, oh Angie's going to have a field day!'

"Ok man how about you go tonight and if you don't like her you can go back to right now, but just give her, this person a chance."

"Alright Hodgins thanks for your help"

"Sure man but you can't go like that, we have to go shopping."

"Ugh! Why? I have plenty of clothes to wear. I am also not going shopping with a man who is obviously totally into it!"

"No discussions we are going and I am not that enthused!" he replied with obviousness

"Fine but I get to drive"

"But you don't know where to go."

"Sure the mall right?"

"Not exactly…" he hedged

"What do you mean 'not exactly'?" his temper was rising

"Well we're going to a really… upscale place."

"Why you know I can't afford that."

"That's why I'm buying."

"NO Hodgins I won't let you do that" he pleaded

"Too lat I already made up my mind on this and I am not changing it." He said with a very stubborn look on his face.

Booth finally gave in after about 5 minutes of staring and said

"Fine but I don't like it"

"Good now let's get going I'm driving."

Booth followed pouting in his wake.

Hodgins pulled into the parking lot and when Booth saw where they were shopping his eyes went really wide and his jaw dropped to the point where Hodgins thought he would unhinge it.

"Hodgins were shopping at 'Mark Shale'!?"

Yup, I told you I meant upscale" he said with a large grin on his face.

Booth continued to look shocked while Hodgins parked his Mini Cooper.

They went into the store and Hodgins was greeted by the store manager.

"Hey Jack, is he here?"

"Yup Russ it's Booth alright" he said with a wink and a warning glare.

"Russ?! I had no idea that you owned a store like this!"

"Yeah, so how's my sister?"

"She's doing great, how about Max is he here?"

"Yeah he'll be here in a bit he's just out doing errands. So shall we get started?"

"What…oh yeah. I have a date tonight."

"Yeah I know, Jack told me."

At Booth's questioning look he said

"He called right before you came." 'Man am I a good liar'

"Oh, ok let's get started."

While Booth was trying on some suits Russ talked to Hodgins:

"Does he know?"

"About…"

Russ gave him the look of obviousness and it clicked:

"No and you can't tell him and neither can Max."

"Why?"

"He won't go, because of his line and he'll also deny any feelings for her at all. Although I do think he's ready to tell her because he was telling me why he shouldn't go earlier and it was all like 'What would Bones think' and he even said he had feelings for her, although I don't think he remembered that I was in the room."

"Really, wow that's interesting because if he didn't say something to someone soon I was thinking about giving him a little push. Glad someone finally did something."

"Yeah."

"What about the survey though?"

"He doesn't know it was for this."

"Ok so it's agreed no telling him."

"Good"

Just then Booth called them over and asked them what they thought of the suit he had on: white.

"No definitely not, try this one" said Russ 'wow Booth does not look good in white'

"Ok" when he emerged in the beige suit they suggested both Hodgins and Russ shouted

"Buy it"

"Really?"

"Yeah dude you'll make any woman want to jump you!" said Hodgins

As Booth was looking at himself he imagined his Bones on his arm in a blue dress and decided to go with it.

As Hodgins was paying Max came into the store.

"Hey Booth."

"Oh hey Max, how's it going?"

"Pretty good, hope you have a good time tonight? He said with a wink

"Thanks I will" 'That's odd Max would never say anything like that unless… nah can't be, well I'll have to find out for myself."

"See you around."

"Bye"

He walked with Hodgins to his car and they drove back to his apartment, which Hodgins had never been to.

He thought 'Wow what a nice place he has here' he decided to voice his thoughts and said

"What a nice place you have here Booth you should invite me over more often."

"Well if tonight goes well that just might be possible in the near future, not for the money of course. You've kinda grown on me there man." He said it with such sincerity that he thought he was going to cry.

"Thanks man that means a lot to me."

Booth just nodded.

It was about 6:00 and Booth was just about to sit down and relax when Hodgins pulled him up again and told him to get into the shower.

He did so reluctantly and then got dressed in his new suit and a tie with little skeletons on it with matching socks to go with it.

Just then he started to panic when he realized he didn't have any shoes to go with his suit.

"Hodgins I don't have any…"

"Shoes to go with that suit? Look in the bag."

Booth opened the bag and took the chestnut color Moreschi shoes out of the bag. Shoes in hand he asked

"How did you…"

"Just guessed, you're a size 11 right?"

"Yeah but I never told you that, how did you know?"

"Your other shoes dude, never doubt me, I want to help. Plus those shoes are top of the line."

"Yeah I can tell" he said with wide eyes "I want to thank you Hodgins…"

"For what?"

"Everything, from listening to my problem and giving guy advice, buying me all these things from the clothes to the shoes and being one of the only people I can trust besides Bones. It means a lot.

"No problem man, I wanted to help and I'd do it all again in a second. I consider you a friend Booth, and someone I can trust. A part of my family, and any part of my family and anyone who can get Brennan out of her shell like that, is worth anything and everything to me. Everyone on the team is my family and that's all I need, I don't need this money."

By then Booth was verging on tears "Thanks Hodgins you don't know how much this means to me either."

Then the two of them hugged (but only briefly, for it's not very manly.)

After they calmed down from all the emotion that was just shared, Booth finished getting ready and then relaxed a bit.

At about 7:30 Hodgins woke Booth from the little nap he was taking and said

"Booth it's time to go man. You should get going or you'll be late. I called a cab for you and he should be coming any minute."

"Alright Hodgins and thanks again."

"No problem man, just have fun and good luck."

"Thanks."

He got outside and waited for his cab to arrive. Then he made his way over to the Lincoln Memorial.

AN2: Hodgins and Booth don't have enough moments on the show so I decided to give them a little friendship in this story, hope it wasn't too awful (please tell me your thoughts) and sappy. Well please review tell me ALL your thoughts good, bad and ugly.

TTYL

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