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Chapter 11

I Pity the fool

Jeffersonian Medico-legal lab, Angela's office, Friday 20th June 2008, 10:15am

'I need to talk to you.'

A startled Angela looked to the doorway her friend had just entered through.

'Okaaay.'

It was early, not yet nine, and Angela wondered what it was that had startled the anthropologist so early in the day. Temperance seemed jumpy as she moved towards the artist and sat in a chair in front of her desk.

'Its about last night…'

'I loved last night sweetie, it was so nice for us all to spend time together and the food was amazing. I was going to come see you actually, I wanted to apologise for the way I acted over you getting a new student, I think I was a bit harsh. You know I was only looking out for you right? I just want you to know that…'

'Angela!'

Angela looked suddenly a little sheepish.

'Oh, sorry. What was it you wanted to talk about?'

Temperance sighed.

'When you're in a relationship does…does a kiss count as cheating?'

'What? Where's this come from? What's James done?'

Temperance sighed again and tugged at her lip with her teeth.

'Not James…me.'

'You?'

Angela's voice held a tone of surprise that Temperance had never heard before.

'Last night, at the party, I…I kissed Booth…well he kissed me…I mean we kissed…I mean…'

'Wait a minute, wait a minute. Back up and start again, you did what?'

'I kissed Booth'

For a minute Angela just stared, before a bubble seemed to burst inside her and she found her voice again.

'Oh my God, when?'

'When we took the plates into the kitchen. I was upset over the whole grad student issue and he was there.'

'So you kissed him?'

'Well he kissed me really.'

'But you kissed him back?'

She nodded.

'I don't know what happened, I just…it was a natural reaction.'

Angela shook her head.

'Who ended it?'

'Me, the minute I realised what we were doing.'

'Have you seen him since?'

'No, he left early last night remember and I haven't seen him today.'

Angela remembered the agents hasty exit from the dinner party the previous night.

'I thought you'd had an argument, not that you'd been playing tonsil tennis in your kitchen!'

'Angela!'

'Hey, don't get huffy with me, you're the one who was kissing your partner with your fiancé in the next room.'

'I know, I know ok and I feel terrible about it.'

Sensing her friends remorse Angela softened.

'Has it happened before, you and Booth I mean?'

'What?'

'Everyone wonders you know, about you and Booth, if you were…together…when he left.'

Temperance shook her head but didn't lie.

'We weren't but…but it was there, I think we were waiting.'

'For what?'

'I guess now we'll never know, I'm pretty sure we weren't waiting for me to get engaged so…'

She trailed off, no more needed to be said.

'Is it going to happen again?'

'No, definitely not. '

She shook her head so hard Angela wondered for a moment if her neck ached with the force of it.

'Well there you go then, it was just a kiss. Stop worrying.'

'Stop worrying? Angela I kissed my best friend, I'm supposed to be getting married.'

Angela marvelled at the fact that Booth was still her best friend even after everything and her opinions were suddenly tinged with a hint of jealousy.

'But it doesn't mean anything. Unless you're about to ruin the best thing that ever happened to you and leave James…'

'I'm not leaving James.'

'Then the best thing you can do is forget all about this.'

Temperance nodded as she stood and moved towards the door.

'Forget it…right.'

'Just forget all about the kiss, Booth and any reservations you have about James, because that's all they are: reservations. Its just pre-wedding jitters.'

'Ok, I can to that, thanks Angela.'

She moved to leave the room but Angela stopped her.

'By the way, speaking of the wedding, have you set a date yet because I need to organise the hen night and book the hair appointments.'

Angela was apparently prepared to take her duties as maid of honour very seriously. Temperance simply turned to her friend with a small smile.

'We don't have a date yet.'

And with that she breezed out of the office towards a busy lab and the day ahead of her.

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