"There's been a kink in the plan." Shalimar told Brennan once her conversation with Jesse had ended.
"What's going on?" Brennan asked. They'd been sitting in the restaurant for 5 minutes before Jesse interrupted.
"Well, it turns out that my 'date' is a real guy, who funnily enough is psychotic and a GS Agent." Shalimar sighed. Could they never get away from it all? Couldn't Brennan and herself be alone for 10 minutes without Jesse, Lexa or the GSA interrupting? Sometimes it seemed that she could never have a life other than 'the feral' of Mutant X.
"What are we going to do? If they think you're in danger, they'll do more research and do something." Brennan said. "Maybe you're right. Maybe we should tell them about us."
"No." Shalimar replied. "I don't want them to know yet?"
"You don't want them to know or you're afraid of telling them?" Brennan asked.
"A little of both, but… I just don't think it's time yet." Shalimar said.
"Ok, but Jesse and Lexa are gonna eventually find out. It's just a matter of if and when we tell them, or if they find out themselves. I don't know if you've noticed, but we're not the stealthiest couple." Brennan smiled.
"I know, but not now." Shalimar gave Brennan her pouty I-can-get-anything-I-want-with-this-look face.
"Ok." Brennan laughed, giving into Shalimar. "One day that look won't work. As for 'your date', we could just deactivate our rings." Brennan suggested.
"Jesse and Lexa might worry and try to contact us though." Shalimar worried.
"How about we check in after the meal. Can we just get through one meal without being interrupted?" Now it was Brennan's turn to do the pouting thing.
"Ok, I'll deactivate mine too." Shalimar agreed, laughing at Brennan's attempt to do the pout.
Removing their rings, Brennan and Shalimar continued their dinner without the fear of being interrupted.