Sorry this is a few days late! It was a hectic weekend as we had a home open for our house which kept me busy, so I decided to post today as an anniversary present to myself!


Back at the lab Angela was waiting anxiously for Brennan and the others, but mostly Brennan, to return from the crime scene. Afterall, this was going to be the first time Booth and Brennan saw each other since their kiss, and Angela simply had to know what had happened. Much to her disappointment though, it was Jack who returned from the scene first.

"Oh, it's just you," she sighed.

"Love you too Ange" he laughed, "What are you so anxious about?"

"Nothing" she lied. Which he called her out on.

"Liar, this is about Booth and Doctor Brennan isn't it?" he guessed "What happened?"

"What do you mean?"

"Come on Ange, I'm your husband, you can't keep secrets from me."

She burst out laughing.

"You are such a gossip!" She laughed, tossing the plush teddy bear from her desk across the room. It bounced off his chest and landed on the floor. Hodgins picked it up and returned it to it's place.

"And you love me for it, now what's up with Doctor B?" he asked again. Angela chewed on her bottom lip for a second, but she knew she couldn't just keep all this to herself. Besides, he was her husband, she could tell him anything!

"Brennan told Booth that she was in love with him, and he turned her down. But then he showed up at her place and kissed her!" She shrieked, bouncing with excitement. "But they haven't seen each other since then, and I know that they're both in love with each other, and Booth wouldn't be hesitating to tell her that if it weren't for Hannah! So now they both know how each other feels, but they're not doing anything about and I need to know what happened when they saw each other!" she ranted.

"Wow, Ange, slow down! I can tell you what happened." That shut her up "But you won't like it. Nothing. Doctor B came in and Booth was already there, and they hardly even said good morning to each other. Then Doctor B got pissed that Cam had called her out to a scene for a body that was still fleshy and then she left. Cam gave Booth a nice lecture after that though."

Angela sunk back into her chair with a frown.

"Really? That's it?" she asked, utterly disappointed.

"Yeah" Hodgins confirmed, "But you know what those two are like. They don't talk about anything to do with their relationship if it's too close to being an argument. They're both world class avoiders, it could take years for them to talk about this again."

"You need to talk to him!" She exclaimed.

"What? Why?"

"Because, you're a guy, he's a guy. We have to do something Jack. We can't let them walk away from each other again."

"No, we need to stay out of it, they need to figure this out on their own Ange. Besides, Booth is with someone else now. How do you know he hasn't moved on? We can't force them together."

"Sure we can" she responded plainly, "They belong together Jack, we both know that, everyone does."

"Yeah, but let's just wait and see alright? We have a case to work on anyway."

"Hmph, fine!" Angela pouted as Hodgins kissed her on the top of the head and turned to leave her office "But I do this in protest!" she called after him, uncrossing her fingers under her desk. There was no way she could just leave this to rest.

"Booth, I'm elbow deep in this poor girls abdominal cavity, your pacing isn't going to make me work any faster" Cam chastised Booth who had been impatiently pacing the length of the autopsy lab for the past half an hour. He grimaced as Cam withdrew the girls stomach and placed it in a bowl with a horrible squelch.

"I need something to work with here Cam" he said, looking in the opposite direction.

"And I'll give it to you when I can, why don't you go and get some coffee or something? You're driving me insane! And you know I can't give you this girls identity until Doctor Brennan can do a facial reconstruction, and an examination of the skeleton. I will call you when we're ready." With that she went back to her work, ignoring Booth until he finally gave up and left the lab.

Booth was still avoiding Bones, it wasn't like he had any idea what he could say to her anyway, so when he left the autopsy lab and saw that Bones was in her office with Angela, he slipped away before anyone else could see him.

"Sweetie!" Angela cried, waddling into Brennan's office where she was sitting at her desk typing away furiously.

"Hello Angela," she mumbled, still typing away, she was working on the new chapters of her latest book that her editor wanted to see by the end of the week. Unfortunately Angela wouldn't take the hint and instead of leaving her alone, sat down across from her and watched her with raised eyebrows.

"What Ange?" Brennan asked as she finished another paragraph.

"What happened with Booth?" she asked bluntly.

"Nothing"

"Hodgins told me you guys didn't even talk to each other, what's up with that?" she pushed.

"Its just really weird Ange" she sighed "I didn't want it to be awkward, I just wanted to go back to how we used to be. But then I got there and I saw him and I just… couldn't."

Angela nodded knowingly.

"What?" Brennan asked.

"Well, it's hardly unusual is it? You and Booth both have feelings for each other, but you can't get it together. That last time you saw him he was kissing your brains out! Did you really think it would just be business as usual the next time you saw him?"

"Well, yes. Why wouldn't it be? We know it's not going to work, so why can't we just go back?" Brennan's voice dripped in desperation. She smiled sadly at her best friend.

"It doesn't usually work like that sweetie."

There was a knock on Brennan's office door bringing an abrupt stop to their conversation.

"I'm ready for you now Doctor Brennan," Cam said, "Mr. Nigel-Murray is preparing to clean the bones, but I thought you might like to take a look at the body before he does that, now that Booth is gone."

"Sure Cam, I'll be right there." Brennan said, turning off her computer monitor. Cam left with a nod and Angela stood before her, continuing to tap her foot impatiently.

"There's nothing I can do about what happened Angela. Now, I need to work." She stood from her desk and collected her lab coat from the coat stand behind her, buttoning she approached her friend, "I appreciate your concern Angela, but I'll be okay."


I'm no really happy with this chapter, it feels disjointed and I know it's all filler. But hopefully it will get better by the next post! Please review and inspire me!