The Woman in the Kitchen Chapter 7

A/N I hope you guys like this chapter!! ((Saja Sa-jaw))

"Hello Dr. Saroyan."

"Hi," Cam looked at the résumé for the woman's name. "Saja."

"Have you had time to look over my résumé?" Saja asked Cam.

"I have, now it says here that you're 24, shouldn't you still be in school?" Cam asked the young woman.

"About that, I skipped two grades, grade 8 and grade 10," Saja explained.

"Oh, so you're quite smart then?"

"I would say so," she smiled.

"All right, and you got good marks, one last question, why did you want to work at the Jeffersonian?" Cam asked with a smile, this was exactly the person she wanted to work here.

"Dr. Saroyan, that's like asking a child why she wants candy, I've always wanted to work here, ever since I went to a collage and they told us about the Jeffersonian. I was in grade three then," Saja explained again. "It's the place I've wanted to work for years. I used to wish I was away from my family and old enough to work here."

"That's a good enough answer. All right, you're hired. Actually, you've been hired for the last two weeks, I just wanted to talk with you first. Here's your temporary nametag and you'll be sharing an office with Dr. Hodgins," Cam handed the woman a name tag that had Saja's high school picture on it.

"Thank you Dr. Saroyan," she smiled. "Where should I begin? Even if it's something small…"

"Actually, we have a place for you on a case that I have to take myself off of because I have another case that got called in today," Cam said. "They're on the examining platform right now, I'll bring you over to meet everybody," Cam got up from her chair.

"No, it's all right Dr. Saroyan, I can find my way over there, I've studied maps of the Jeffersonian, I know all about it," Saja stated as she got up. "Thank you though, and thank you so much for this opportunity."

"You're welcome," Cam said and she followed Saja to the office door. She watched Saja walk to the examining platform without any help from anybody.

Cam decided that it would be best to follow her, just in case somebody, mainly Dr. Brennan, didn't believe that she had hired the woman.

It was a good thing she followed her too.

She watched the scene unravel for a moment.

"Who are you?" Temperance asked Saja as soon as she saw her.

"My name is Saja Kesuan, I was hired today," Saja swiped her security card and then walked up the steps.

"I never heard about anybody getting hired," Temperance said, not taking her eyes off the woman. She was scanning her and all her friends knew it.

"And I'm sorry about that," Saja said calmly, mostly without emotion, maybe a little sarcasm.

"Uh oh," Hodgins whispered to Angela. "This could get messy."

"You're telling me," Angela whispered back.

Cam watched the girl with amazement. The only person she knew who would stand up to Brennan was Cam herself.

She decided to stop it before anything else happened. She swiped her own security card and walked up onto the platform. "I hired her, everybody this is Saja Kesuan, she's from Canada, British Columbia actually."

Saja blushed. She always got embarrassed when people talked about her. She took her hat off and her long blonde hair fell around her shoulders. She pulled it up into a ponytail faster than anybody could think.

Zach was amazed. This woman was beautiful; she had a perfectly curvy body and long lean legs. She looked as though she worked out every night. Her eyes were dark brown and she wore only a little make-up, but Zach didn't even think she needed it. She had light blonde streaks throughout her hair as well as a nearly red copper colour in it.

"How old are you Ms. Kesuan?" Temperance asked.

"Doctor Kesuan actually. I'm 24," she smiled.

"24?" Angela asked out loud, shocked beyond belief.

"Yes, I skipped grade 8 and 10, therefore I was able to start collage at 16 instead of 18 and I finished medical school in seven years, and I studied cosmetics on the side, as well I finished my anthropology courses with my medical courses. I worked in BC for a year before getting bored of the little country life and moving to DC," Saja explained, for what felt like the millionth time in her life. She noticed Zach staring at her and looked over at him. "Yes? Is there something wrong?"

"What? No. Perfect," Zach stuttered before getting back to work. Saja shrugged then went over to the table and looked at the remains. She was used to the 'look but don't touch' rule.

"Aren't you going to get a pair of gloves?" Hodgins asked.

"What? Oh, I'm sorry, I'm used to not being allowed to touch the remains unless absolutely necessary," Saja looked at the table where she saw a box of latex gloves. She went over and pulled a pair out and pulled them on.

Then she went back to looking at the remains. "It looks like cerebral… no, wait… what's this," she looked closely. There was a tiny knick in one of the rib bones. "Erm… I didn't get your names, I'm very sorry."

"Zach Addy," Zach piped up right away and Hodgins and Angela looked at each other, Hodgins wiggled his eyebrows and Angela laughed.

"Hello," Saja nodded to Zach.

"Angela Montenegro," Angela smiled. "I'm the resident artist."

Saja smiled at this woman, for some reason, she knew that she'd like her at some point.

"I'm Hodgins," Hodgins said.

"That is a different name," Saja remarked, she felt eyes on her back and turned again in time to see Zach staring at her once more. "Is there something wrong with me?" she asked Angela.

Angela shook her head. "He's just got a case of the love birds."

"The what's?" Saja asked, she was pretty good at keeping up with the slang language, even though she didn't use it, and this was one thing she had never heard of.

"Never mind," Angela laughed. As Saja turned around, Angela leaned in to Hodgins and whispered, "They're perfect for each other."

"I know," Hodgins whispered back.

"I'm guessing you are Dr. Brennan?" Saja sounded a little bit excited.

"Yes," Tempe looked over at Angela who shrugged in return.

"I've read both of your books, they are amazing, I really love how you stick with the facts," Saja beamed, she seemed happy just to be in the same room as Temperance.

"Thank you," Tempe smiled. This was a little bit awkward.

Saja seemed to have sensed that and she backed right off. "Oh, I'm sorry if I offended you or something."

"No, Dr. Kesuan, I'm just a little overwhelmed. You're 24 you say?" Tempe asked, she could not get over that.

"Yes, I turn 25 in a month though," Saja smiled. "Is there something wrong with my age?"

"It just seems odd, we have Zach working here, but he's the youngest," Temperance told the young woman.

"Ah, you find it odd to be working with somebody who is much younger than you, but is still a doctor and who's an anthropologist like you? I've been called many things when I skipped grade 8 Dr. Brennan, whiz kid, miss perfect, but I never gave up and I was determined to show all those people that I was just as good as they were, and more. I was teased in my later grades because of my age, and how I spoke, so I didn't have many friends until collage," Saja said. "I am just as good at things as Hodgins here, or Zach. I can get all my work done, and you can go home and sleep at night, knowing that I will do my best."

All the people on the platform looked at Saja with shock that she had stood up to Dr. Brennan like that, twice in one day.

Saja had noticed the way Booth looked at Temperance and she said it. "Do you like her?" she asked out loud.

"What?" Booth's eyes widened.

"Do you like her, you seem to be staring at Dr. Brennan with interest," Saja didn't think there was anything odd about that, it's not like she was attracted to women or anything, but Dr. Brennan was definitely attractive.

"Well, yes, she's very nice," Booth began.

"That's not what I mean. I mean do you like her sexually."

All eyes were on Booth now, except Tempe's.

"I don't think that's an appropriate question," Booth was blushing, and Saja got what he meant.

"You're right. That's not a conversation that you speak in the middle of work, how stupid of me," she shook her head and went back to looking at the body.

The whole Jeffersonian was quiet for the rest of the day.

A/N what do you think of Saja? Is she kinda cute? I was hoping that her portray would be sorta cute and very smart, I'm having a LOT of trouble writing her though because I'm not all that brilliant!! EEK!!

Please R&R!! (have to go watch Bones now!!!! Vegas EP!!))

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