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I sighed as I stared into my coffee cup. I was tired out after last night. We all were. Though, it was more emotional exhaustion than anything else. The image of Beth being hit by her own brother's bolt of electricity had kept almost every one awake. Brennan was still abusing the poor punching bag in the dojo. He was projecting his thoughts so loudly I was almost surprised the entire team couldn't hear him. I sighed again, and pushed away from the kitchen table. I might as well see if I could talk to him. I rounded the corner of the hall to see him pounding away in the dojo. I stood there a moment, watching him, waiting for him to reach a stopping point. He finally slowed, resting his head against the punching bag in defeat. I approached and gently laid a hand on his shoulder. "Um... Brennan?" He turned slightly, as if surprised that anyone was there.
"Do you want to talk?" It was pure torture for me to stand there and offer him support. After all, this was the man that Beth had pretended didn't exist. This was the one thing she'd ever lied to me about. I swallowed as he kept his silence. "Never mind. I...I'll leave you alone, I guess." I slid my hand off his shoulder and turned to go. "Cat, wait." I looked back, biting my lip. He straightened, taking off his sparing gloves.
"Look, I'm sorry. I'm just... worried about Beth. You know?" His eyes asked for a little understanding. I sighed. Maybe we had more in common then I thought. "Yeah, I know. That's why I asked. I know how it feels to worry alone." I grinned wryly, and leaned against the door. "Do you always beat the crap out of something when you're worried?" He laughed, just as wryly. "Not always. Sometimes I yell, and I've been known to brood." He grinned, finally, and strolled over to sit against the wall by the door. "So, how do you handle it?" I slid down the door frame to join him. "I am a champion pacer. And occasionally I'll throw things...just for the fun of it." I glanced sideways at him. "I'm not nearly as bad as Beth. She'll blow things up." I felt his shoulders start to shake slightly, then before either of us could stop ourselves, we were both laughing hysterically. "Wow. That really sounds like her," Brennan finally gasped, after we'd both caught our breath. "You must really know her well." He looked at me quizzically, as my smile faded.
"What? What'd I say?" He bumped into my shoulder gently. "Cat?" I sighed, heavily. "I just didn't know her as well as I thought." I looked at him, sadly. "You're the perfect example of that, Brennan. She never even told me she had a family." I glanced around the dojo. "Or a home. I mean, we come here, and...." I paused choosing my words, "and she doesn't even bother to tell me why." I barely registered his arm going around my shoulder. "I mean, if I'm really that good of a friend for her... why is she so ashamed of me? Why did she keep that kind of secret from me?" I leaned my head against his shoulder trying not to cry. "She's all the family I have. But, she has her own family. I guess I just don't know where that leaves me anymore." Brennan stroked my hair. "It leaves you with us. You're right....she has a family. And you're part of it. I'm not going to abandon the person who kept my sister out of trouble for so long." He stopped for a moment as I giggled. "What?" "Actually...half the time I was getting her into trouble." I grinned up at him. "But you don't know that." He smirked. "Of course not. Well then, I'm not going to abandon the person who made sure my sister didn't get caught." He winked at me. "After all, it's not like you were stealing cars or anything. So, I can forgive you, whatever you did." He smiled, and ruffled my hair. I smiled up at him, and made a reminder to myself never to tell him what Beth and I had done for a living. "That's nice of you." Just then, Adam's voice spoke out of thin air. "Brennan, I need you in the lab." Brennan lifted a silver ring to his lips and replied, "Alright, I'll be right there." He and I exchanged worried looks, hoping this call didn't pertain to our Beth.
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Yay! Finally had that heart to heart between Cat and Brennan. And before yall ask, no, I don't think I'm going to pair the two of them up. At least not in this story. Though, I've been debating on writing a sequel from Beth's POV, and if I do, I might hook them up in it. I really don't know. I wasn't planning for romance in this story, and for once everyone is agreeing with me! NEWay, please R&R!
I sighed as I stared into my coffee cup. I was tired out after last night. We all were. Though, it was more emotional exhaustion than anything else. The image of Beth being hit by her own brother's bolt of electricity had kept almost every one awake. Brennan was still abusing the poor punching bag in the dojo. He was projecting his thoughts so loudly I was almost surprised the entire team couldn't hear him. I sighed again, and pushed away from the kitchen table. I might as well see if I could talk to him. I rounded the corner of the hall to see him pounding away in the dojo. I stood there a moment, watching him, waiting for him to reach a stopping point. He finally slowed, resting his head against the punching bag in defeat. I approached and gently laid a hand on his shoulder. "Um... Brennan?" He turned slightly, as if surprised that anyone was there.
"Do you want to talk?" It was pure torture for me to stand there and offer him support. After all, this was the man that Beth had pretended didn't exist. This was the one thing she'd ever lied to me about. I swallowed as he kept his silence. "Never mind. I...I'll leave you alone, I guess." I slid my hand off his shoulder and turned to go. "Cat, wait." I looked back, biting my lip. He straightened, taking off his sparing gloves.
"Look, I'm sorry. I'm just... worried about Beth. You know?" His eyes asked for a little understanding. I sighed. Maybe we had more in common then I thought. "Yeah, I know. That's why I asked. I know how it feels to worry alone." I grinned wryly, and leaned against the door. "Do you always beat the crap out of something when you're worried?" He laughed, just as wryly. "Not always. Sometimes I yell, and I've been known to brood." He grinned, finally, and strolled over to sit against the wall by the door. "So, how do you handle it?" I slid down the door frame to join him. "I am a champion pacer. And occasionally I'll throw things...just for the fun of it." I glanced sideways at him. "I'm not nearly as bad as Beth. She'll blow things up." I felt his shoulders start to shake slightly, then before either of us could stop ourselves, we were both laughing hysterically. "Wow. That really sounds like her," Brennan finally gasped, after we'd both caught our breath. "You must really know her well." He looked at me quizzically, as my smile faded.
"What? What'd I say?" He bumped into my shoulder gently. "Cat?" I sighed, heavily. "I just didn't know her as well as I thought." I looked at him, sadly. "You're the perfect example of that, Brennan. She never even told me she had a family." I glanced around the dojo. "Or a home. I mean, we come here, and...." I paused choosing my words, "and she doesn't even bother to tell me why." I barely registered his arm going around my shoulder. "I mean, if I'm really that good of a friend for her... why is she so ashamed of me? Why did she keep that kind of secret from me?" I leaned my head against his shoulder trying not to cry. "She's all the family I have. But, she has her own family. I guess I just don't know where that leaves me anymore." Brennan stroked my hair. "It leaves you with us. You're right....she has a family. And you're part of it. I'm not going to abandon the person who kept my sister out of trouble for so long." He stopped for a moment as I giggled. "What?" "Actually...half the time I was getting her into trouble." I grinned up at him. "But you don't know that." He smirked. "Of course not. Well then, I'm not going to abandon the person who made sure my sister didn't get caught." He winked at me. "After all, it's not like you were stealing cars or anything. So, I can forgive you, whatever you did." He smiled, and ruffled my hair. I smiled up at him, and made a reminder to myself never to tell him what Beth and I had done for a living. "That's nice of you." Just then, Adam's voice spoke out of thin air. "Brennan, I need you in the lab." Brennan lifted a silver ring to his lips and replied, "Alright, I'll be right there." He and I exchanged worried looks, hoping this call didn't pertain to our Beth.
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Yay! Finally had that heart to heart between Cat and Brennan. And before yall ask, no, I don't think I'm going to pair the two of them up. At least not in this story. Though, I've been debating on writing a sequel from Beth's POV, and if I do, I might hook them up in it. I really don't know. I wasn't planning for romance in this story, and for once everyone is agreeing with me! NEWay, please R&R!