Chapter 3

As Alex neared the house she was surprised to see Ryan's car parked in the driveway, since he told her he'd be spending the day at the Academy teaching a few classes she expected him to be home a lot later.

She entered the apartment and found him at the stove his shirt sleeves rolled up to his elbows and the jacket he wore discarded on the couch. He was busy cursing as he opened the stove and took out the badly burned chicken he was busy cooking. Or trying to. "Why are you trying to burn down the house, Booth?" she asked amused. "Uuhhh I was trying to cook you dinner since I figured you'd be dead on your feet after your first day, and I made a total mess of the whole situation. I really wanted it to be special and have you tell me all about it over dinner" he said as he scratched his head. She walked towards him and gave him a quick kiss "well we can always order pizza and have some beer and I can still tell you about how my day was." She opened the drawer where they kept the fast food brochures and ordered a pizza and some BBQ wings.

Ravenous, she jumped up when she heard the doorbell to collect their order and pay for the delivery. Not bothering with plates, since neither of them felt like doing dishes, they ate from the box and drank their beer as she started telling him about what happened in the field today.

"So…tell me about today." Ryan said as he grabbed his third slice of pizza. "The boring part or the part where I was basically stuck in a surveillance van for half of the day?" she asked putting her feet up on the coffee table. "The part about you in the van strikes me as really interesting why not start there." He smirked. "They had us looking into this house where a guy is apparently planning on abducting children, his target being girls, especially the one n children's homes. So Maranda had a few going undercover at the park following him while the rest of us raided his house for evidence, but we ended up finding nothing of use. So we've planted some cameras and microphones and waited for him to get back, which was a long wait because he didn't show for 2 hours. So we sat there and sat some more, while the undercover team called saying he was just sitting on a bench eating a sandwich and feeding some birds for the entire time he was there. And when he finally returned he went to bed and we were just wasting time on someone who doesn't seem like he's up to anything." She concluded. "Hell of a day you've had, hey." Ryan said a smile spreading across his face.

" Alex, it's not always going to be gang chases and drug busts or some terrorist you're hunting down. This is part of it, some things take time before you get to make the big bust and arrest someone. Hang in there, a few months from now you'll be sleep deprived from pulling all nighters as you're on the edge of closing a case." He told her as he got up to throw the box away. "Yeah, you're probably right" she said as she curled up in the corner section of the couch flipping through channels looking forward to catching up on some series se missed out on.

"Wanna watch Empire with me?" she questioned as he was on his way to finish some paperwork, since he has to report back on the trainees' progress tomorrow at the office. "Nope, plus I sing way better than all those people combined." When the episode ended she headed upstairs and heard the shower running while Ryan was singing 'You're so beautiful' at the top of his lungs and quite off tune. "In you're dreams you think you're a better singer, Booth" she said to herself as she entered the bedroom. Ready to get some sleep and hoping for some excitement in her day tomorrow.

Thanks for the read. Let me know what you guys think. Lovies-S