Personal Betrayal
By Meekerprincess9778
Ch 10
Booth was on his way to the crime scene. Two hours alone in his SUV to think. How could Bones, his partner, have taken the day off to what? Were they spending all day in bed together? Most of the time, he has to fight Bones to stay away. He was losing his partner. Sure, things were a little awkward when they each came back. Hannah followed him to D.C. ; their working dynamic was off. It was no longer proper of him to show up with case files and Thai food late at night. He was in a committed relationship. Hannah had a lot of questions about her "friend" Temperance, and the relationship she had with her boyfriend. Booth didn't want to answer them. Just like he didn't want to talk about his family. Stupid Jared; Padme cheats on him and now my world is turned upside down. The fact that he is touching and kissing Bones while I am driving toward a dead body is too much. I wanted thirty or more years with her and she's banging my brother. She won't even stop banging him long enough to look at a dead body. It is too much to take.
Booth pulls up to the scene and sees the squints. They have a good handle on the scene. Bones would be proud. "What do we got?" He asks them. Half of them are waiting to see Bones, the other half aren't.
"You didn't bring Dr. Brennan?" Wendall was curious.
"No," Cam interjected, "she has the day off."
"Wow!" Hodgins was surprised. "The last time she took a personal day was when she was with Sully!"
Both Wendall and Clark wondered who Sully was, but noticed Booth's agitated state and stayed silent.
"Dead body?" Booth was not happy with this conversation. "Any info at all or are you all useless without Bones?"
"Don't get snippy with my staff because you're jealous, Seely. Mr. Edison, information about our John Doe please." Cam was not in the mood to argue with Booth about who she gives time off to. Brennan often worked so much overtime it was hard to get her out of the lab. She deserves a day off.
Clark coughed. "Yes. Male, seventy-five to eighty years old, no obvious signs of trauma or murder."
"Great, so this could be natural cause of death!" Booth was not having a good morning. "Get everything to the lab and I will see about witness statements." He walked away to do just that.
"Dr. Brennan works so hard; I think it's really good to see her take a day off," Wendall said out loud. It was more of a thought that he didn't realize came out.
"Well sure," Hodgins said. "She's not dating your brother."
"Okay, that's enough gossip, girls!" Cam didn't care if Brennan was dating the whole army. "Back to work!"
A few hours later Booth got a call from Brennan. He tried to tease her about knowing information about the case. She, of course, was confused. She wanted to know where he was so she could drop off the macaroni and cheese. She remembered. She took time out on her day off to deliver his favorite meal. She got an odd look from Cam and Angela; but said she had to go, Jared was waiting for her in the car.
Cam sat down next to him. He was eating some pasta that looked like Brennan made. She took the day off, but made Booth lunch? "What did Brennan bring you for lunch?" Cam was curious. The whole thing seemed weird. Even for them.
"She made Jared and Parker her mac and cheese. She knows that I love it and brought me the leftovers." He was smiling. He was happy that she remembered him.
"So does that make up for her taking the day off? You seemed pretty upset this morning."
Booth sighed. "I went into her apartment this morning and heard them. I figured she was probably getting ready for work and Jared can sleep through anything…"
"What happened? You didn't see anything, did you?" Okay, so maybe I can gossip like the rest of my crew, she thought.
"No! I made myself known and we argued." Booth needed to tell someone who understood. "Then she went back to bed with Jared. Like it didn't even matter that there was a dead body." Booth sighed again.
"What are you more upset about? That she didn't go with you or that it wasn't you in her bed?" Honesty, he needed a good dose of it.
"I have Hannah, Cam."
"Sure, Seely, how many nights a week is she home with you?" It was a valid question.
"Hey, that's not fair." Booth really wasn't happy with her line of questioning. She really wasn't home more than two or three nights a week.
"To who? You or her?"
"Just let me eat my pasta in peace."
"I think it says a lot about your partner that she brought that to you despite this morning's ….um…..events." She couldn't understand the way that Booth hovered anytime Brennan had a boyfriend. Or even a date. She just felt lucky that Booth didn't have the same feelings for her. She'd have seriously hurt Booth by now. "You know I was a little worried for a while there, the way that you were pushing her away. I am glad she found someone to make her happy." Cam got up and left. Let him think about that for a few minutes.
He did push Bones away to make room for Hannah in his life. Now Bones has someone and still let him know this afternoon that he was special. He really did have the best partner. Better partner than he had been to her. Hell, Bones even saved Hannah's life. He really was going to have to find some kind of balance. She appeared to have no problems with balance. She is a genius, though. Maybe he would talk to Pops alone tonight before they all went tomorrow. Pops usually has the right answers.
Tempe and Jared spent most of the morning in bed. It wasn't all sex, but most of it. Jared couldn't believe that his brother had acted like that. He was more shocked that Tempe told him that she was relieved that he acted that way. It was how he always acted, well before their trips apart. She was usually furious, but it made her feel good, how overbearing he was. It was like all that time and distance didn't exist. She had forgotten her promise to Booth about leftovers at lunch. They were going out to lunch and to do some shopping. The least she could do was to drop it off to him. How many times did he make sure that she ate? She told Jared it was a "partner" thing to do. He said that it was a "wifely" thing to do and teased her about it. Jared knew he wasn't number one in Tempe's heart. He didn't know if it was because he was still getting over Padme, but it was okay with him. At least they were honest with each other. They spent most of the afternoon shopping for electronics, she needed a t.v.; badly. She also offered to get him a few new suits for his new job. He bought the suits himself, but she did pick out a few shirts and ties.