Booth walks up to the Jeffersonian main entrance, he stops to check out his reflection in the window and straightens his tie before smiling and hurriedly walking inside. On reaching the 'Squint' domain he scans his eyes across the lab for any signs of Brennan, he spots her up on the platform, as usual she's leaning over a table staring at something through an oversized magnifying glass. She straightens and writes something down in a clipboard, he smiles gently to himself as he watches her contentedly. His voyeurism is interrupted by Angela appearing from behind him. She whispers into his ear. "You know in some cultures it would be considered rude to stare, in other cultures, one might even suggest that you just go up and say hey."
Booth turns to look at her with a guilty expression. His face reddened at being caught. She squeezes his arm gently. "She..uh..did she?"
"Tell me? Yes… Not before time Booth, I was losing faith in you." She smiles and looks up to Brennan. "Bren sweetie?... Are you expecting Booth today?" Booth glares at her and she smiles deviously.
With her back still turned to them she is oblivious to Booth's presence. Brennan shakes her head. "No, and to be honest I will be quite happy if he doesn't show up…." Booth looks hurt and Angela confused. "I don't think I would be able to concentrate if he did." At that Brennan turns and is embarrassed to see Booth and Angela grinning at her like idiots from the bottom of the stairs.
Angela chuckles and shakes her head. "That must have been embarrassing… I'll leave you to it." Angela turns and walks toward the offices chuckling to herself. Brennan clears her throat and runs a hand consciously over her hair. Booth bounds up to the platform and swipes his card through. Stopping in front of her he smiles. "Hey." She smiles back at him, their eyes locked. "So you got anything new for me?"
Brennan nods and is suddenly thrown back into professional mode. She walks back to the table and he follows closely, pointing at the notes that she has left on them she turns to him with that illuminating smile that she gets each time she is fascinated. "Zack ran some tests on the flesh that we could. He found strain injuries, so I told him to compare them to any medical records. He found out that when she was 8 she was diagnosed with Myotonic Dystrophy, it's a rare genetic disease. It's a disease that breaks down the muscle making it weak. I had Zack check Ms Thomson's records… it didn't come from her mother."
Booth looks confused. "So what? It obviously came from her father." Brennan smiles and holds up another file. "What's that?"
"When we were at the house interviewing Ms Thomson, I distinctly remember there not being any pictures of her father. No family pictures. Mandy was searching for her father."
Booth leans against the table and nods. "Why wouldn't her mother mention that?... She couldn't have known… Bones, I commend you investigative skills. I'll have Mandy Thomson's PC hard drive scoured, if you wanna find someone, the net always seems the best place to start. I just wanna see what she found."
Brennan smiles triumphantly at him. He picks up the files from the table and waggles it at her. "I'll pick you up at 7?" She nods and he smiles shyly before leaving her to her thoughts. When Booth leaves she turns on her heel and stares up at the balcony to see Hodgins, Zack and Angela hanging over with grins on their faces. "Don't you guys have work to be getting on with? Zack?"
"Sorry Dr Brennan."
Turning away from them she smiles dreamily.
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Booth and Brenna walk down the street towards her apartment building, it's dark outside and the streets are empty, as they walk close to one another their hands brush against each other a couple of times, Booth grasps her hand in his and interlinks his fingers with her own. She looks down at them and then back at up at Booth who gives her a shy smile.
"Have your labs come back to you with information about Mandy's hard drive yet?" Booth stops and places a finger against her lips gently. He shakes his head.
"This Bones, is a date… No shop talk allowed." He removes his finger from her lips instead choosing to curl it under her chin, her eyes meet his and he lowers his lips to place a tender kiss on her lips. She sighs when he pulls back from her and they resume walking to her apartment.
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Bones opens the door to her apartment and takes a step inside, Booth gently grabs her arm and pulls her back to the door threshold. "This is where I say goodnight." She looks confused.
"You don't wanna come in?" He shakes his head.
"Best if I don't… This was nice Bones, relaxing, laughing.. And I'd really like to take you out again." Brennan smiles as she realizes the game that he is playing. Booth leans forward and their lips meet again in a longer version of their earlier kiss. When he pulls back this time he runs the back of his hand down the side of her face and winks. "Goodnight Temperance."
"Goodnight Booth."
She watches him walk down the corridor for a few moments before she herself goes inside. Once inside she touches her fingers to her lips and smiles gently. Her stomach churned in anticipation of their next date, and something important that she would leave til then to tell him.
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Aww, they went on a date. I didn't want to show the date… every time I tried to write it they just ended up leaving the restaurant and hopping under the covers… It wasn't my fault, they have a mind of their own. This was the only way to control them ;)