It took several moments before Sweets walked back into his office, and when he did, both Brennan and Booth were sitting as they had been just a few moments earlier, though the tension appeared to be obliterated. There was a different kind of electricity in the air, it held almost an air of excitement, and Sweets could clearly tell that the two of them were trying their very best to keep their 'Agent Booth' and 'Doctor Brennan' faces on.
"Um… well…" Sweets said as he sat down, trying to get back to where they had started. "I mean, I really… I really don't know what to say."
"I am imagining that Angela would use the sentence 'it is about damn time'." Brennan nodded, her statement absolutely serious as she glanced to Booth, who nodded earnestly back at her.
"Hodgins… he'd say something like… 'Dude… way to go…'" Booth said, doing his best impersonation of Hodgins with a little thumbs up and everything.
"Very good impersonation." Brennan nodded.
"I think the word you're looking for is 'impression', but thank you."
"You're welcome."
"Alright! Alright... alright…" Sweets said impatiently as he decided to derail the conversation before it became any more awkward. "How did… this happen?" He asked, referring to the two of them, obviously meaning the change in relationship, but the glare from Booth meant something completely different.
"Excuse me?" Booth cleared his throat. "Don't you think that's a little personal?"
"You know what I mean, Agent Booth." Sweets said, refusing to fall for the little joke routine.
"Here is our actual problem." Booth said, sitting back. "Bones and me…"
"Bones and I." She corrected, he glared, she smirked.
"Bones and I…" He said, emphasizing the 'I', "Have come to the conclusion that our relationship has gotten to the point where we feel that it needs to move beyond just eye sex and random touching." He sighed. "We've always been connected emotionally, and this weekend… we just… we took that step… it was more of a leap… a leap of faith, one might say."
"One being you, I'm assuming." Brennan asked, raising her eyebrows at him, she gave him another smirk as he glared. "Are you going to keep up the sarcasm?"
"I think I might." She nodded. "Go on."
"Well…" Booth said, looking to Sweets. "Our problems is… how is it going to affect our working relationship, and should we have even told you about this in the first place." He cringed a little, glancing to Brennan who gave a little fake cringe of her own.
"Well, it's good that you came to me on this." He nodded. "I mean… your personal relationships are an important dynamic of how you work together, and knowing as much as I do about you, I don't think it would necessarily be my responsibility to announce this change in your relationship… unless of course it does affect your working relationship negatively."
"Well, it's only been a few days… and only one work day, so… you know."
"And no one at the lab knows?"
"Um… nope." Booth shook his head. "Angela thinks each of us are dating other people."
"And, do you think that would have more of a distraction than you two dating one another?" He asked innocently.
There was a moment of silence between the partners as they glanced at one another and then back to Sweets. "We um… didn't really think about it." Brennan whispered. "But we came up with a fake boyfriend and girlfriend."
"That's a great idea!" Sweets exclaimed. "If you were in high school." He said as both of their faces became crestfallen. "Just be honest with your coworkers… tell them the truth if you think it would make things better for you, don't drag this secret around with you guys, it will only end up weighing on you, and it probably wouldn't be beneficial to the future of your relationship." He shrugged.
"I think we should keep it a secret." Brennan said to Booth, ignoring what Sweets said. "I mean, he can't tell them…"
"Oh Bones… that would kill poor Sweets here…"
"So?" She said, glancing to their psychologist. "I mean… it's not like he doesn't keep all of our other secrets for us, right?"
"Very true, very true…" Booth replied.
"I think we're going to stick with the 'not together' story for now… until we figure out where we are in our relationship… and then we'll announce it, I think."
"Guys, I really don't think this is a good…"
"Thanks for the advice, Sweets." Booth said as he stood up. "You ready to get going, Bones?"
"Guys, the session isn't over yet."
"We trust our secret is safe with you?" Booth said, helping Brennan up, he kissed her temple as he glanced to Sweets, giving her a little squeeze. "Yeah, and you may want to talk to Nancy out there… tell her that this thing is under wraps." He said in a loud whisper. "Thanks, Sweets… it was good talking to you."
"Agent Booth…" He stammered as Booth led Brennan to the door. "Doctor Brennan?"
"Bye Sweets." Brennan replied, allowing Booth to lead her out the door, the two of them disappeared out the door and through the waiting room before Sweets could say another word. He covered his face with his hands and walked back into his office, slamming the door behind him.
