Chapter 12: Message
Temperance was watching a television show about a girl who had a baby at the age of 16 and she left home and now lives in a small town. The mother and daughter were at a house talking an elderly woman.The mother turned to the daughter and said, "You know what I noticed? Oy is the funniest word in the entire world."
The daughter thought about for a second, "Huh."
"I mean, think about it. You never hear the word 'Oy' and not smile. Impossible. Funny, funny word."
The older woman looked disgusted. "Oh dear god."
The mother kept going though. "Poodle is another funny word."
The elderly woman spoke again "Just drink your drink Lorelai."
The mother whose name appeared to be Lorelai kept going as if she didn't even hear the woman. "In fact, if you put oy and poodle together in the same sentence, you'd have a great new catch phrase, you know? Like, oy with the poodles already. So from now on, when the perfect circumstances arise, we will use our favorite new catch phrase."
The daughter, who seemed to be very quiet, spoke, finally. "Oy with the poodles already."
"This show is so weird and the things they say don't make any sense at all, but yet I love it." Temperance thought out loud to herself. All of the sudden the phone rang. She didn't want to answer because it wasn't her apartment she didn't want whoever was calling to think they got the wrong number she let the machine get it.
"Hey Dereck! It's Mike, now before you erase this message I just want to talk to you, I know you're probably still mad at me for that thing with Temperance and Luke but that was 14 years ago, I want to talk. If you can stand to be near me again meet me at Royals Diner at 3 with whoever it is you're dating now. I want to meet the lucky lady."
Temperance just stared at the machine not believing the voice she just heard. It certainly was Mike's but it sounded more matured and yet strangely familiar. Just then Booth walked in the door.
"Hey here's your macaroni and cheese and chocolate syrup and for extra measure I bought chocolate milk." Then he saw her staring at the answering machine. "What is it? Are you okay?"
"Listen to your messages."
Beep You have one new message "Hey Dereck! It's Mike, now before you erase this message I just want to talk to you, I know you're probably still mad at me for that thing with Temperance and Luke but that was 14 years ago, I want to talk. If you can stand to be near me again meet me at Royals Diner at 3 with whoever it is you're dating now. I want to meet the lucky lady." Beep
"You've got to be kidding me." He turned to Temperance who was still staring at the machine.
"Are you going to go?"
"Well," Booth gave her a weird look as to say, 'I'm going'
"You're joking right?"
"Well he was my best friend for 17 years."
"So? Getting me pregnant, your current girlfriend, who is also pregnant again and is very hormonal, should cancel those 17 years out or at least 14 of those years."
"Okay. Fine me and him are both 3, let me think back, when I was 3 I liked him a lot more than I did when I was 17. So I know you don't like it but please let me go. You don't have to go."
"No, no if you really want to go then I will come and support you, like I know you will support me when I am going through labor without any drugs."
"What no drugs why not?"
"Same reason I said I didn't want to know the sex of the baby."
"Ahh, okay."
"So we have 2 more hours until we have to meet him. What do you want to do?" Booth smirked.
"I don't know what do you want to do?" Temperance grinned back.
"I can think of a few things." Booth picked her up and carried her to the bedroom.
What if…. They had a blast from the past.
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