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Part 7

Errare humanum est - To err is human

It was Thursday morning and Temperance was once again sat at her desk, alone in the office. She was thinking about Booth and what he had asked of her. Move in. She tried to rationalise it. It made sense, it was better economically, it was a sign of commitment...it was a sign of commitment...it was moving in. Temperance sighed, it was too much to think about, it seemed to her as though everything was happening at once and she was beginning to feel increasingly out of control. A short knock at the door made her glance up.

'Come in.'

'Hi, I err...I just wanted to say that we're about to run through a simulation for the weapon used on the Kern/Sinclair case. Kinda figured you'd want to be there.'

'Sure, I'll be there in a minute.'

The visitor turned to leave but Temperance seemed to have a second thought and called after her.

'Angela!'

The dark-haired artist whirled round.

'I...I'm sorry, you know, for yesterday.'

Angela's face softened.

'It's ok Brennan.'

'No, no its not, I was tired and irritated and I took it out on you. You're great at your job and I was out of order.'

Angela walked closer to her friend's desk.

'Really, its ok, you were stressed, we both were, I get that but I am worried about you. You've not been yourself these past few days, something's on your mind I can tell it is.'

Temperance sighed. She had to tell someone.

'Booth, he err...He asked me to move in with him.'

'What? When was this? Have you given him an answer yet?'

Temperance smiled a little.

'He asked me to move in, yesterday and no.'

'What are you going to say?'

'I don't know. I want to move in, I really do but there's just something...something holding me back.'

'Well I don't know what, you'd be great living together. Think about it, it'd be like a life-long Sunday.'

'How do you know about Sundays?'

'Because every Monday for six months you've both come in grinning like a bunch of school kids that's how.'

'I don't know Angela, I mean what if it doesn't work out, we both need space, we're that kind of people and what if we end up resenting each other. If this doesn't work it could end our relationship.'

'And if it does work it could make it so much better. Why can you never see the positive side of things?'

Silence drifted across the room and Brennan looked at her friend, her face the epitome of seriousness.

'Ange, that's not the only reason I've been a little tense recently.'

Angela quirked her eyebrows in question.

'On Tuesday afternoon I had a call...from Cam.'

The artist was literally speechless as her friend looked at her as though she held all the answers to Brennan's current predicament.

' Cam, Cam, our Cam?'

'I wouldn't call her 'our' Cam would you?'

'After what happened, I didn't think we'd hear from her again.'

'Me neither but then out of the blue she just called, like I said Tuesday afternoon right here in the lab.'

'Does Booth know?'

'No, I was going to tell him yesterday and then he surprised me with the whole moving in this and I didn't know what to say.'

'You do know you have to tell him right.'

'I know I should but the words just wont come I out, I tried to tell him, I really did but I couldn't. I just kinda hoped it would all just go away, that she'd go away.'

'But...?'

'But when I got in this morning there was another message on my phone. She wants to see me, she wants my help.'

'After everything she did to you and Booth she's the last person with the right to ask you for help. You did tell her you wouldn't see her right?'

Temperance avoided her friends gaze and cast a glance around the room.

'I err kinda decided to go, and I'd hoped you'd come with me.'

'What! Why? After everything she did?'

'Because she needs my help and I need to know what she has to say. I need to know why she did what she did Ange, she left so quick I never got the chance to ask her. I need answers and she needs help and then once I know what she wants I never have to see her again.'

'But what could she possibly want your help for?'

'I don't know Angela, that's what I want to find out.'

Temperance watched as her friends shoulders slumped and Angela let out a long sigh. Temperance knew she had won.

'So you'll come?'

'Sure, on one condition.'

'What?'

'That you tell Booth.'

'Deal. So shall I pick you up tomorrow, if we leave early we can see Cam and still get back here in time to get some work done.'

'Ok'

Angela walked towards the door, turning only to ask her parting question.

'Where are we meeting her anyway?'

Temperance looked her friend in the eyes.

' Georgetown University Hospital, she's in hospital Ange.'


There you go, that's another part finished. Please review, reviews make me happy, happy me may update faster lol. Coming up: Angela and Temperance go to see Cam.