Casket4mytears prompt: Angela hears about the sunglasses incident and is NOT happy. It's the last straw for her B&B-shipping heart.

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Angela and Brennan had finished eating at the Royal Diner and decided to take a little walk before returning to the Jeffersonian. The sun beating down on the sidewalk, Angela rummaged in her handbag and found her sunglasses. Putting them on, Angela glanced over to see that Brennan was squinting as she walked.

"Sweetie, the glare is terrible. Why don't you put your sunglasses on?"

Shrugging her shoulders, Brennan replied, "I no longer have a pair of sunglasses to wear. I need to go to the store sometime this week and buy a new pair."

Puzzled, Angela asked, "What happened to your old pair?"

Sighing, Brennan glanced at Angela and replied, "Hannah has them."

Stopping, Angela placed her right hand on Brennan's arm and asked, "What do you mean, Hannah has them?"

Clearing her throat, Brennan turned and faced Angela, "I went to visit Hannah at the hospital and I didn't bring her a present. She told me that social convention required me to bring her one. Since I didn't have one for her, she asked for my sunglasses instead; so, I gave them to her."

Swelling up with rage, Angela exploded, "Sweetie, she had no right to do that. . . . I . . . Ok look, you didn't do anything wrong and she absolutely did. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled. I'm not mad at you for doing what you thought was the right thing; but, really Brennan, you shouldn't have given her the sunglasses. Her demanding a gift from you was so wrong on so many levels. . . Ok, never mind . . . Forget about it. Let's go get you a new pair of sunglasses."

Brennan, uncertain about Angela's mood commented, "I think it would be best if we don't mention the sunglasses to Booth. He may over react like you just did to my comments."

Grunting, Angela muttered, "I wish he would over react."

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Hannah had been released from the hospital and was resting on the couch in Booth's apartment when she heard a knock at the door. Grabbing up her crutches, Hannah hobbled over to the door and opened it.

Angela seeing Hannah standing in front of her, handed her a daisy and explained, "Here, I heard no one can visit you without bringing you a damn gift."

Puzzled, Hannah took the flower and asked, "Do you want to come in or do you just want to be rude out there."

Feeling her head starting to swell, if that was possible, Angela sidled past Hannah and walk in to the living room. Hannah following behind Angela swung over to the recliner and sat down.

"Ok, what are you so mad at?"

Folding her hands across her chest, Angela answered, "Brennan told me about you holding her up for her sunglasses. How could you do that? You think I was rude about that flower and yet you tell someone who had just saved your life that they owed you a gift and then you just take her sunglasses? Really?"

Looking down at the flower in her hand, Hannah smiled and looked at Angela, "Yeah, well that was just a joke that went bad. Temperance is literal and I really forgot that when I was talking to her. Once I had the sunglasses in my hand, I decided to just keep them. It really wasn't worth the explanation it would have taken me to give them back to her."

Shaking her head, Angela held out her hand, "Well, you can give them to me and I'll give them back to her."

Sighing, Hannah reached over to the coffee table and took the glasses out of her purse. Handing them to Angela, Hannah smiled again, "I think it's nice that Brennan has very protective friends. She's a nice person and deserves to be treated with respect and kindness."

Disbelief on her face, Angela erupted, "What? You have got to be kidding me? You waltz in here, you take Booth away from her and you have the nerve to sit there and say she deserves respect. Just what the Hell kind of game are you playing at because I sure don't understand it?"

Feeling the blood drain from her face, Hannah asked, "What do you mean I took Seeley away from Temperance? Seeley was a free agent when I met him. That's what he told me. Are you telling me that he was seeing Temperance when he started going out with me?"

Smirking, Angela answered, "Yeah a free agent. Only because he didn't have a clue how to get Bren to take him seriously and Bren didn't have a clue how to make herself take Booth seriously. Those two have been in love with each other for a long time. They've just never been able to admit it to each other that's all. Everyone and his uncle know it but those two, and well, you."

Shaking her head, Hannah exclaimed, "I think you're wrong. Seeley says he loves me. Why do you think I moved in with him? I don't think Seeley could tell me he loves me if he was in love with Temperance. It just doesn't seem like something he could do. When I met him he was lonely and broken hearted over a love . . . that . . . wait that was Temperance?"

Nodding her head, Angela commented, "And yes ladies and gentlemen the light bulb finally came on."

Placing her hand over her mouth, Hannah stared at the darkened television screen. After a minute, Hannah looked back at Angela, "Seeley and Temperance are partners."

Nodding her head, Angela agreed, "Yes."

"And Seeley wanted to take the relationship further; but, Temperance balked? Temperance was the one that broke his heart?"

"Yes."

"But why?"

Shrugging her shoulders, Angela flicked her eyes towards the door and replied, "Because she was afraid of getting hurt. She was betrayed as a child and she has trust issues with the people she loves. Booth was mistreated as a child and he has issues with love and neediness. Put that together and you come up with two people who don't have a clue how to talk to each other about the important stuff. Believe me when I tell you that it drives everyone around them nuts. Then you showed up and really stirred the pot."

Starting to pull the petals from the flower and dropping them on the floor, Hannah replied, "Ok, you know what, this is more than I bargained for."

Looking up, Hannah asked, "Would you help me pack up my stuff and then call a cab. If you'd help me haul my stuff downstairs I'd appreciate it."

With hope, Angela asked, "You're leaving?"

Laughing, Hannah answered, "Hell yeah. I don't want to be the other woman and I sure as Hell don't want to live in a soap opera."

Smiling, Angela walked towards the bedroom, "Thank God. Now let's get out of here before Booth comes home. I'd rather be gone when he finds out he's a free agent again."

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