Christine's Pov
As I heard a loud ringing I slowly started to wake up, only to realize that I was lying on my parents couch with Michael and it was morning, which meant we had basically slept together all night long. My head was resting on Michael's shoulder and his head was resting on mine, while his arms were securely wrapped around my waist. I slowly sat up as I unwound Michael's arms from my waist and he shifted behind me.
"I don't want to get up for school" Michael mumbled in a whiny sleep voice and I turned to look at him. His head was now against the back of the couch and he actually looked pretty cute right now. His eyes were softly closed and his mouth was in a small smile. It was going to be a real shame to wake him without taking a picture.
"Michael, get up" I said softly, shaking his shoulder carefully before I got up and ran over to the phone. I had no idea who was calling or what time it was, but I seriously hoped it wasn't so late that we had both missed school. If that happened we were both in trouble.
"Hello" I said as I answered and I looked over at Michael to see him stirring, which ultimately made him fall off the couch and hit the ground. I literally had to cover my mouth to stop the laughter coming out.
"Christine, its Angela. Is Michael at your house, because we went home at four this morning and he wasn't there?" Angela asked.
"Yeah, sorry. We were watching a movie together and we sort of fell to sleep on the couch." I said, which made Michael look at me from his place on the lounge room floor.
"You and Michael slept on the couch together all night long?" Angela asked, even though it didn't really sound like a question, and I could hear the suggestive tone in her voice. I rolled my arms and Michael smiled from the floor and mouthed 'mom'. I nodded and he shook his head as he got up.
"Um, what time is it?" I asked and Michael tried not to laugh at my pathetic diversion tactic. I had to admit it was pretty bad, but my brain wasn't working properly yet. I would need a coffee or something to keep awake today.
"It's seven sweetie, which means Michael and you will have to leg it if you want to make it to school. But when you get in here we will be having a little talk" Angela said and I bit my lip. Okay, Michael and I were avoiding the Jeffersonian at all cost today. I did not need Angela reading into things like our friends already were, but then again I had a feeling it was too late for that
"Okay, goodbye Angela" I said.
"Goodbye sweetie" She said and she hung up. I placed the phone down and turned to look at Michael.
"We are so not going to the Jeffersonian tonight." I stated and he smiled.
"Let me guess, my mother is reading into our little situation" He said and I nodded. I was starting to think that maybe I was missing something, because obviously everyone thought something was going on between Michael and I.
"Yes, so I'd rather not be interrogated by your mother tonight. Now we have to motor or we are going to be seriously late" I said. I unfortunately had no time for a shower, but I would just have to deal with that. I raced upstairs and quickly got changed into a flowing white top, black jeans and boots. I then brushed my hair up and put it in a bun. I raced back down stairs and ran into the kitchen, where a quickly grabbed an already made salad and bottle of water out of the fridge.
"Who are you, superwoman?" Michael asked as I raced over to my bag and put my lunch inside.
"Close enough, now let's get to your house so you can get changed. If you turn up to school in that I don't even want to know what our friends will think" I said as I walked toward my front door.
"Neither do I, especially since you've only been sixteen for a few weeks" Michael said and I rolled my eyes. I looked down at my hand and looked at the family ring my mother had passed onto me when I had turned sixteen. She hadn't gotten it on her sixteenth birthday because my grandmother, who's name I had inherited, had been on the run at that time, but she still knew it was a tradition in our family. My sixteenth birthday had been fantastic and I still had the necklace Michael had given me hanging around my neck. It was a silver butterfly with red gems in it.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, and your turning seventeen on the 19th of August, which isn't for about four months since it's only the 25th of April now." I said.
"You just hate it because I am older than you" He stated as I pulled the front door shut and I shook my head as I looked the door.
"I don't hate that you're older than me. I actually love it, because it means you can drive us to and from school" I said and Michael rolled his eyes as he went to his car.
"Well we'll have to pick Katherine up tonight, so we'll have to take her to a playground or something" Michael said and I shrugged.
"I can deal with that" I said as I climbed into the car. "We can take her to the Royal diner afterwards too" I added as he climbed in.
"I can't believe that thing still exists, as in same name and all. I mean our parents were going there even before we were born" Michael said and I nodded.
"Hey, what about the Founding Fathers, that's still around." I added helpfully.
"Yeah, and our parents still go there. So much for evolving" Michael said and I let out a laugh as we started towards Michael's.
Booth's Pov
As I walked into the bone room and saw Bones standing there looking at the skull of the victim, I was trying to decide whether or not I should call Christine. The overprotective part of me was telling me to call her and make sure she was okay, while the cool dad part of me was telling me that she was a teenager and that I had to trust her.
"Booth, your hovering is distracting me." Bones said and I shifted.
"Sorry Bones, I'm just thinking that maybe I should call Christine" I said.
"No need Booth, I just spoke to her" Angela said as she walked into the room, her tablet in hand.
"Why did you need to speak to Christine?" Bones asked and Angela smiled.
"I was looking for Michael. When Hodgins and I went home to change last night he wasn't there, so I called Christine" Angela said and I raised my eye brow. Michael had been at our house all night with Christine. I couldn't exactly say I was happy about that. I mean I know he's a respectable boy, but they were still both hormonal teenagers, no matter what. The thought of that made me want to be sick. I mean thinking of my little girl ever not being my little girl made me want to shot myself.
"Michael was at our house all night?" I asked for confirmation.
"Apparently they both decided to watch a movie last night and fell to sleep on the couch" Angela said and Bones looked up from the skull.
"Do you think they were really dealing with their hormonal urges?" Bones asked and I looked at her in shock. Honestly, I was going to have a hard attack if she kept referring to Christine like that. I mean she was our little girl.
"Bones, that is our daughter you're referring to" I stated and she looked at me blankly, like she didn't get the point. It was right then that Arastoo decided to enter the room, though he stopped when he saw my tense position.
"I know that, but it's a fact that teenagers have uncontrollable hormones and most of the time they rely on someone close to them to…" Bones stated but I cut her off.
"Stop Bones, just stop before you give me a hard attack" I said, because I could not hear this. I turned to Angela and hoped she had come here for a reason. "What have you found Angela?" I said and she smiled.
"Thanks to the measurements from Arastoo I was able to recreate the attack, which showed me that the victim was hit with a square based object at a 67 degree angle" Angela explained and I was thankful for it. I never needed to hear Bones talk about our daughter like that again; otherwise I was going to have a heart attack.
Michael's Pov
As I went into my bedroom I shut the door quickly behind me, leaving Christine in the lounge room. I was starting to think I wasn't going to be able to hide my real feelings from Christine much longer. I mean I knew my buds would keep their mouths shut about the trust and would pretend I had told them nothing, despite the fact that they had made that stupid bet. My mother though, that was another story. She had a really good eye and if she thought something was going on, then there was no stopping her.
She had always told me that I should just own up and admit whatever I was feeling, definitely if it came to a girl I really liked, but unfortunately Christine had inherited one of her mother's most annoying traits. Her emotions were not exactly easy to read. I mean it was easier for me than most people because we had basically shared a crib together, but I still didn't know if she felt as strongly about me as I did her. I sort of felt like a love sick fool right now. When she had said 'I know, but you love me anyway' when I had fixed her computer yesterday, I had meant what I said when I said 'Yes, I certainly do'. I knew all too well that I was still a teenager, but sometimes you couldn't help who you fell for or at what age it happened.
I went over to my wardrobe and changed into black jeans, a red singlet and a black button up shirt that sat open, then I went back out to Christine, who was just sitting there on the couch. She was extremely beautiful, with her flowing blonde brown hair and her bright blue eyes that shined like stars. She noticed my gaze and looked up at me with the shy smile of hers that I loved so much.
"What are you looking at?" She asked, her eyes shining with confusion. I gave her a cocky smirk and walked over to her.
"An alien from another planet" I said, though the only planet she could be from is Venus, since that is the name of Aphrodite's Roman form. She rolled her eyes and stood up.
"You sounded like your dad right then" She said as she watched me grab some lunch out of the cupboard and I laughed.
"Oh I know, but at least I don't talk about conspiracies" I said and she nodded.
"Yeah, your dad goes a bit overboard with that at times" Christine said.
"I have some wacky parents, that's for sure. Kinda makes me love them even more though" I said as I put my backpack on my back and wrapped my arm around Christine's shoulder, which she let me do. I was seriously afraid of the day I told Christine that I had feelings for her and that I had for a long time, because if she didn't share them she was going to kick my ass for not telling her sooner. I mean I was just as good at fighting as she was, though she was definitely better than me, but she scared me sometimes.
"Same here. Our parents might have extremely weird and gross jobs, but at least our lives will never be boring" Christine said as we walked out of the house together. She was right of course, but my life would never be boring if I had my awesome best friend by my side, which was of course her.
Christine's Pov
As Michael and I arrived at school, having gotten breakfast on the way, we found our friends waiting for us.
"Hey, you guys are later than usual" Darius stated as we climbed out of Michael's Ute.
"Yeah, we both slept in" Michael stated and Stacy's eyes became wondering.
"Wait, so both of you were in different houses and different beds, yet you both slept in" Stacy said and that made everyone's expressions become wondering.
"If you all must know, we fell to sleep on my couch together while watching a movie" I said and I saw a look pass between Michael, Ford and Darius. I was going to have to ask Michael about what was going on, because I was obviously missing something.
"So you two basically slept together all night" Anna said and that's exactly when the bell rang and Michael took my hand.
"Hey, look at that. Time for class, bye guys" He said and he dragged me away from them, which I was thankful for. Now I had time to ask him what was going on.
"Hey, what's going on between you, Darius and Ford" I asked and he shrugged.
"Nothing really, now let's get to Calculus" He said and I dropped it as we walked to class together. I saw no point in pushing the subject if he didn't want to tell me.
