Chapter 2
She's been dreading work since the moment she opened her eyes this morning. The questions, the looks. She knows that this won't be allowed to just lie. Even more than dealing with the guys, she is dreading having to see Booth again. He'd seen her weakness; he'd proven just how easily she could be seduced, now she felt like she would have to fight for his respect all over again. She silently curses herself for even caring and pushed the door to the lab open.
She keeps her eyes downcast as she makes her way to her office, she doesn't have to look up to know that Zack and Hodgins are watching her, waiting for the usual 'good morning' or at least a glance in their direction but she can't do it. Her cheeks burn and it reminds her of the previous evening.
Once in her office she closes the door behind her and let out a sigh of relief, no Angela so far...maybe today wouldn't be so bad.
"Hey Sweetie"
Frozen for a second she looks over to the sofa. Angela gives her a genuine smile and she tries her best to return it, she knows that Angela won't buy her facade.
"So, are you gonna tell me what happened or am I gonna have to get you embarrassingly drunk to get it out of you?"
Brennan drops her brief and makes her way to her desk, once there she perches on its edge "Happened when?"
Angela rolls her eyes and gives her a sly grin "Yesterday, you know with the whole leaving work before 8pm thing?"
She rolls her eyes and looks at Angela as sincerely as possible "I wasn't feeling great, I took the rest of the day off"
"God knows they owe you it with the hours that you put in Sweetie, but I know you better than that. What happened between you and Booth?...He was pacing around the lab for nearly 2 hours yesterday after you left and since no one was working on the case I am pretty sure that he was waiting for you to come back."
Brennan shoots a look at the ground, "And then Tempe, he did the strangest thing, I heard him asking for your address...soooo? Anything you care to share?" Brennan can almost feel Angela's sly victorious smirk. "You aren't going to go and do a Mulder and Scully on us are you? I mean I wouldn't tell a soul"
Brennan looks at her confused "I don't know what that means."
Angela rolls her eyes, "You know, Mulder and Scully... everyone thinks that you are doing it because of the crazy sexual electricity, you tell everyone that you aren't...but in a few years time you are gonna have his love baby and claim not to know how it got there?"
"You think me and Booth and having sex? Ha...we aren't. We are just partners, nothing more."
Angela pushes up off of the sofa..."You know you say that, but you look different this morning, and Booth, well he looked like he didn't get much sleep either."
Angela starts towards the door, Brennan is deep in thought, he must have been at the lab before her arrival. He hadn't waited around for her to go over the lab results? Angela slips out of the office and Brennan moves to slump in her office chair, perhaps last night had done more damage than just a red face at work.