Hm. This cliffhanger thing really works :) Twelve reviews for the last chapter :D Sorry I didn't reply to them personally, I haven't had a lot of time lately.. but just so you know, I really do appreciate all of them!

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Since Brennan didn't hear any gunshots or explosions, and couldn't come up with another reason Booth had ordered her to get down, she slowly started to get up.
As soon as Booth realized what she was doing, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her back under the table.

"Booth, what are you doing?"

"It's Sweets. And Gordon Gordon," he said, shivering at the thought of what would've happened if the two therapists had spotted them. Dealing with Sweets was bad enough already, they didn't need another shrink interrogating them. Definitely not at the same time, since their only advantage with Sweets was that they outnumbered him.

"How long are we going to hide here?" Brennan asked.

"As long as it takes for us to be completely sure they're gone."

"How long will that take?"

"I don't know."

"So are you going to stay down here until what, closing time?"

"Of course not."

"But you just said you're going to hide here until you're sure they're gone, and then you said you have no idea when that'll be, so wouldn't that mean you'd have to stay here forever?"

"Bones, stop whining like a four-year-old."

"I'm not whining. And I'm not a four-year-old."

"I never said you were a four-year-old, only that you were whining like one."

"I wasn't whining."

"Ugh." He sighed. This was pointless.

"I think we can get up now," she said.

"Why do you think that?"

"Because they're standing next to us."

Booth turned his head to the side. Shit. She was right.
Next to their table he saw the legs of what could only be the people he definitely did not want to see right now.

"Maybe they're just looking for a table, maybe they haven't noticed us," he whispered, knowing that that scenario wasn't very likely. But for once, they suddenly seemed to have a little good luck, since the two pairs of legs started to move and walked towards the other end of the diner. He sighed again, this time with relief.

"They're gone," Brennan whispered incredulously.

"I know. Now, how are we going to get out of here?" Booth slowly peeked around the foot of the table in an attempt to locate the shrinks. Unfortunately, he could see them clearly, meaning they only had to turn their head to spot them.

"Maybe we can crawl to the exit?" Brennan suggested.

He rolled his eyes at her. "Are you serious?"

"Yes, why shouldn't I be?"

"Well, I'm not sure about you, but I have never seen someone crawl out of a restaurant."

"Hm." She seemed to consider that for a moment.

"We can just run," she proposed after a minute.

"And we'll look like criminals and they'll come after us. What a great idea."

She noted the hint of sarcasm in his voice. Well, even she could tell 'hint' was an understatement. "Do you have a better idea?" She asked, irritated.

He thought for a while. "Just inconspicuously walk out?"

"You mean, after we 'inconspicuously' crawl out from under the table?" She asked sarcastically.

"Well, what do you want to do? Wait here until they're gone and hope no one notices the two persons hiding under the table?" He said, also starting to get irritated.

"I'd still go with the crawling," she answered seriously.

"Fine. You crawl, I walk, and we'll see who gets the furthest."

"That's just ridiculous, Booth."

He snorted. "Really?" He said, raising his eyebrows.

Brennan glared at him. His eyebrows quickly fell back into place.

"Maybe we should go with the walking. If they see us, we'll just ignore them and deny it was us," she finally suggested.

He started to form a smile at her surrender, but another one of her evil glares quickly dissolved it.

"Okay," he took a deep breath, "let's go."

They worked their way up from under the table, trying to keep their heads down as much as possible. Brennan snagged her bag and they stood up, walking rapidly towards the exit.
Booth yanked the door open, practically pushed Brennan through it and quickly closed it behind him.

"Do you think they saw us?" She asked after a few blocks.

"Nah. Sweets would've said something if he noticed us, and if he didn't have the time to do that, he also didn't have the time to be sure it was us."

"So, what now?"

"You still hungry?"

"Yes..I'm actually feeling the need to eat pizza. A lot of pizza."

"Pizza? You never eat pizza. Definitely not for lunch."

"I'm doing a lot of things I never used to do before, lately." She smiled at him.

He grinned. "Okay, pizza it is. As long as you don't make me eat a vegetarian one."

"You should just try one. Vegetarian ones would be a lot better for your health than those fat-filled murderous things."

"Murderous? Come on Bones, there's no need to insult my food."

"You can call it whatever you want, but to me, it's murder."

"What's the problem? The animal's already dead, what does it matter if I eat it or someone else does?"

"Booth! That's the most ridiculous, clichéd, non-true excuse, and you know it."

He sighed. "Okay, I know…" Brennan looked pleased with herself. "..but I'm still not eating a pizza with only vegetables on it," he finished his sentence, pretending to shudder at the thought and effectively wiping the smile from Brennan's face.

"Come on, I know a place that's not too far away," he said.
"Do they have vegetarian pizzas?"

"I guess.."

"Booth!"

"Okay, okay. They do." They started walking towards the pizza place. Booth hesitated for a moment, and then took her hand in his. She looked at him, slightly surprised.

"What if someone sees us?" She asked concernedly.

"They won't."

She opened her mouth to argue, but snapped it shut again at the last moment.

He smiled and gently squeezed her hand, putting a smile on her face too.

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I know, I know, it's short. Please don't kill me. I promise to (try to) update again this weekend.. if I feel sufficiently encouraged by your reviews :) *grins*