Marcy was holding hands with a very excited woman, who was no way containing her joy when Mac and Adam reached her.
Her blue eyes bounced with the woman as she smiled, "you know, you make my day when you jump around and squeal like that, Angelfish."
Angelfish stopped, took a breathe and clapped her hands. "Oh, sweetie! Look at you in your little lab coat and I.D pass!"
Marcy tilted her head slightly, "I had both these things in D.C, what-"
The men reached them and the woman grinned wider, "Which one's Adam?"
He raised his hands cautiously and the woman-who he assumed was Angela, promptly nudged Marcy.
"Oh, he's cute."
"I told you he was cute, why don't you ever believe me?" the girl inquired as Angela began to subtly check the man out. "By the way, this is Detective Mac Taylor and of course you know of Adam."
Glancing at her face, Mac couldn't help but smirk at the blush that had come across Marcy's face as he shook Angela's hand. "Nice to meet you."
"Angela Montenegro, pleasure." Marcy had always been amazed at Angela's ability to completely change her emotion on the drop of a hat.
There was a slight pause before Adam commented, "I thought they'd be more of you."
"Yeah, there is don't worry." She paused as Marcy slide her arm around him, and then continued with a slightly smile on her face, "the boys will be here to torment you soon enough."
"Angie! You said you'd have a talk with them!"
"I tried!" She defended, "but Booth's still all caught up on the Sully-Brennan thing, and we both know Hodgins and Zack have no lives-"
Marcy's dark eyes narrowed, "Hey!"
"Hey yourself, I love them but they're freaks."
"Yeah," the younger sighed, not catching the awkward glances between the men, "that's true."
"Well, in the mean time," Mac cut in, strangely bothered by the lack of attention he was receiving, "why doesn't Adam show you around the lab while Marcy assists Sid?"
Before Adam had a chance to respond, Angela linked arms with him.
"I'd love to!" she declared and pulled him away gently, "come on, lover boy, let's see why Marce likes ya so much."
He barely had time to look behind him to where Marcy waved, and Mac shook his head.
-
"And this is, um," Adam shrunk under the woman's gaze-not that it was malicious or angry; it didn't have the slightest hint of judgment or disappointment. It was actually very content, almost happy to be in the lab. "Um-"
"I'm sorry, I know, I'm staring, it's just…I've heard so much about you and, you're just so cute!" Angela's tone was abnormal, as if she was referring to a puppy instead of a man, and she must've took the indignant look on his face for something else, because she continued. "All good things, of course, like how you just started field work and how you tried to teach her to play X-box but failed, but she didn't feel bad about it."
"She said all that?" Adam smiled softly and Angela let out a squeal.
"And you have such a good aura!"
How does she always find hippies? He asked himself but smiled and thanked her none the less.
"She likes you a lot, and I was kind of surprised you're not an asshole."
His brows shot up, "what? I mean pardon?"
Angela grinned, "I've heard some stories from her brothers."
"Brothers?" He echoed.
"Yeah, you two haven't talked about your families yet?"
He cast his light blue eyes to the floor, "no."
And in all honesty he was dreading that conversation. If it was possible he'd have liked to avoid it until she was in D.C
Sensing his discomfort, Angela quickly changed the subject, "so, when do I get to meet Stellar Stella?"
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"Oh god, I can't believe she took that out of the lab!" Stella moaned as she rubbed her temple.
Mac spared her a glance as he poured over a case file, "you seem surprised."
"You're not?"
He shook his head, "not at all. It's a term of endearment; at least she's not calling you New Aiden like she is Lindsey."
"Yeah," Stella sighed, "she really isn't giving her a chance."
"Neither of them are." Mac reasoned, "Lindsey thinks she too young to function properly with emotional situations and Marcy is still upset about Aiden's departure."
"Not to mention she tried to contradict Adam." The woman smiled.
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"Maybe Adam made a mistake," Lindsey reasoned and Marcy was quick to get between her and Danny.
Crossing her arms, she glared down at the little woman, "Adam doesn't make mistakes."
"Oh, please, everybody-"
"Check it again."
Lindsey's gaze hardened, "who do you think you are?"
"Just check it again. He's not wrong, you're just too proud to admit you over looked something."
Marcy turned on her heel and walked away, muttering a sentence that made Danny blush, "I'll never know what you see in her…"
-
"Yeah, I heard about that." Mac nodded, "but she was right, Lindsey had overlooked something."
Stella shook her head, "she needs to stop with the nicknames. It can't be good for her."
"Why? She wants to identify the people she cares about with names like that so they'll remember her when she leaves. In case she doesn't come back."
Her hazel eyes met his, "you think she might not come back?"
"There's always the possibility. If she doesn't you know that you were important to her, at least enough for her to grant you special attention."
Stella shook her head, "she'll come back." She assured herself, "she has to."
Mac said nothing and the two went back to their cases.
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"Oh god," Adam muttered and Angela nodded, "Yep, that's them."
Doctor Brennan and Agent Booth quickly made their way over to the waving Angela and nervous Adam.
"This him?" the man inquired, gazing down at the lab tech.
"Booth! That's incredibly rude!" Brennan shouted, then went on, quieter, "Besides if it wasn't him Angela wouldn't be so excited."
"Sweetie," Angela put her arm on Adam's shoulder, causing him to look down at her, but she was addressing the doctor, "Marcy's a little tied up so Mr. Ross offered to show me around-"
"Spend time with alotta other girls, Adam?" Booth inquired, his pose slightly menacing and rather stiff.
"Not really." He answered.
"Good." Booth grinned, and put his hand out to shake. Adam took it and was yanked closer.
"Booth-" the women shrieked.
"I just thought you should know, that if you ever decide to hurt, or insult or even annoy, our little Marcy, I will hunt you down and have my people put you somewhere you will never be found." He stared into his eyes, looking for a weakness that wasn't there. "Understood?"
Adam nodded, "yes, sir."
"Good." Booth smiled, and he threw his arm around the man. "Besides I already checked you out, seem like an okay guy."
"You ran him through the FBI database! Booth!" doctor Brennan smack his arm and he jerked away from Adam.
"Ow!"
"Adam this is Agent Seely Booth and doctor Temperance Brennan."
"Nice to meet you," the woman nodded civilly, "You're friends with Amarcia, right?"
"Um, yeah, I'm friends with Marcy." He chuckled inwardly, Amarcia.
"We would've been here sooner but Booth wouldn't let me drive-"
"Oh, shove it, Rain Man. Let's go pissed off Marcy's co-workers." He spared Adam a glance, "where can we find New Aiden?"
His brows furrowed, "I think Lindsey's in the break room."
"Good, show me where that is or I'll shoot you in the face, my friend."
Adam stared at him. "okay?"
"Okay!" Booth yelled, joyously and pulled him back into the lab.
"The break room's the other way."
"Okay!" He yelled, annoyed and pulled him back out of the lab.