Chapter 2

I still had some 'Apple' idea's so here is another chapter! Thanks to all the reviewers! Hope you like this too!

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'Brennan, can she stay in your office for a while?' Angela asked as she walked together with Apple through the hallway towards Brennan.

Brennan looked up from her file to the little girl that was holding Angela's hand like it was her lifeline. Brennan sighed inwardly. She had felt so humiliated just over an hour ago when the girl had suddenly called out for Booth and pulled him into their conversation in a way that Brennan did not like at all. But on the other hand, what more damage could Apple do? And they really needed Angela to finish the reconstruction.

Brennan sighed. 'Angela, I don't know if that is such a good idea.' Brennan said in a soft voice so Apple wouldn't overhear.

Apple let go of Angela's hand when she saw Booth coming towards them. She happily skipped towards the nice man.

'You know I have some skulls lying in my office, and other bones. Don't you think that might frighten her?' Brennan asked as she looked at Booth who lifted Apple up in the air, seemingly effortless.

'O, no.' Angela said as she waved that away with her hands.'She has biology lessons already. She knows what a skeleton is. I just want her to stay away from the rest of the things we do here.'

Brennan nodded in understandment. 'She has biology already? A little girl like that?' She asked surprised.

'Little? She is ten years old. She looks little for her age, but she is really smart.' Angela said proudly as she turned towards Apple who was on Booth's shoulders now.

'Aww, would you look at that?' Angela began. 'Wouldn't you just want to—'

'Stop it Angela.' Brennan warned as she threw Angela a warning look. Already aware of the way her friend was going.

'O come on Bren, you have to admit that—'

'I am very serious, I have enough to deal with here.' Brennan stated angrily as she passed Angela and walked towards her office.

'If you stay sweet for two hours, I promise you that we are going to get a very big ice-cream at my favorite place.' Booth said.

'YES! Ice-cream!' Apple cried out happily.

'Mister Booth is the best!' She yelled as she ran towards Brennan into the office where Angela had put down a big sketchbook with a lot of very colourful pencils to go with it.

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Apple sighed as she looked up from her fourth drawing. The couch was very nice, she could swing her legs in every direction, she couldn't reach the ground yet.

Tempe was a really tall lady. And her aunt too. Apple hoped that she would grow just as big as them. That would be really nice.

Apple bit her lip as she looked at the beautiful pencils. She really loved the colours. She hated brown, but she loved pink, and the green one. Not ugly green but that bright green. Or Apple green, just like her name. She smiled at that.

Apple's big eyes looked around Tempe's office. She had seen the skeleton's before, in mister Adam's class. Her eyes fell on Tempe who was leaning over some sort of paper on her desk. She was staring at it very intensily. There was a frown in between her eyebrows. What could be so interesting that Tempe would be so concentrated?

Apple looked at the clock. She wished that the two hours were over already. Then she could go and get ice-cream with mister Booth. She already pictured what sort of ice-cream she would take. It made her mouth water.

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Apple had found another way to amuse herself. It was very funny to look at all these big people. They were all acting so serious. Especially Tempe was really serious, and all these difficult words she used when she was talking softly to Booth. As if she wouldn't hear them! She was sitting right there!

Then mister Booth had urged her to go outside, so they would go together to the hallway and close the door. But Apple could still see them, through the glass doors.

Aunt Angela was always very funny. She was very different from Tempe or mister Booth. Although mister Booth was also funny. Not now, he was looking angrily at Tempe. And Tempe was talking really long.

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Apple smiled wide as she had finished her ice-cream. She was sitting next to mister Booth in a booth in some sort of restaurant. The owner was called Sid. Tempe was sitting in front of them and aunt Angela next to Tempe. And Sid had gotten Apple a very big ice-cream. She hadn't even ordered, he knew exactly what she wanted!

Apple frowned her brows when the ice-cream was done.

'What is wrong sweetie?' Angela asked sweetly as she saw a difficult look on Apple's young face.

'I was just thinking about something.' Apple answered as she looked up from her empty plate.

'You were? And what is that?' Angela asked.

Brennan looked at the little girl as she took a sip of her ice tea. The girl had been really sweet and good for the last two hours. She had been so silent and had just been looking around the entire time and had coloured many pictures. She had even made a picture for Brennan herself.

'I don't understand what you said before.' Apple said as she turned her big brown eyes towards Brennan.

'That you said some people can't be mates. That you and mister Booth can't be mates.'

Brennan swallowed quickly. Please not again.

Maybe she could save something from where the conversation was going by objectively explaining things, Brennan thought quickly.

But Angela was sooner then Brennan.

'Apple, not all men and woman like each other that way.' Angela explained quickly.

A big frown appeared between Apple's dark brows.

'But why was Tempe looking at mister Booth's behind then all the time?' Apple asked innocently as she looked at Angela really serious.

Weirdly enough, aunt Angela began to laugh and mister Booth was laughing too. Apple did not understand why. Tempe wasn't laughing.

Adults can be so weird sometimes.

Aunt Angela seemed to bite her cheeks now, to not laugh any further. And Tempe was very red all of a sudden.

Maybe she was feeling sick? Apple thought as she looked at the drink between Tempe's hand. Apple herself had been sick this winter, she had had a bad fever and when she had looked in the mirror she had been as red as Tempe now too. Her mom had said that that was because she had the fever. She didn't hope that Tempe had a fever now too. Tempe was a really nice lady. And having a fever was really bad. Really really bad.

'Well, it's late already.' Angela said quickly when she had managed to push away her smile. Which was very hard actually. She tried not to face Apple nor Brennan nor Booth, that would embark a whole lot of new laughter from her. Don't laugh Angela, don't laugh. Control yourself, it's all about control.

Apple frowned her brows. Maybe aunt Angela hadn't heard her question.

'But why was Tempe looking at—'

'I was not looking at mister Booth's behind.' A voice suddenly said. Brennan recognized it as her own but it sounded very weird. Very far away or something.

Apple's eyes grew big as she looked at Tempe.

'But I saw it myself.' Apple argued.

Brennan smiled politely.

'Then you were mistaken.' She simply answered.

Apple shook her head as she looked at Booth. 'No, I am very sure. Because I was doing this game that I learned from mister Adam, to watch other people and see what they do. It was when you were standing in the hallway and mister Booth was walking away. And a bit later when he came in and he walked away I saw it—'

'You don't have to smile like that.' Brennan snapped warningly at Booth, interrupting Apple. She didn't like the smile on his face at all.

'I was not looking at you.' Brennan said convinced. God, can it get any more embarrassing?

Booth put one arm on the arm rest and leaned back on the couch, relaxing visibly.

'O Bones, it doesn't matter ya know.' He said as he grinned wide. 'I know woman can't resist my behind.' He said in a very cocky way.

'I do not—' Brennan began but got cut of by Apple.

'You said that lying is bad. Why is Tempe lying?' Apple asked Angela out loud.

Brennan shut her eyes in frustration. This was not going well at all. She wanted to dissapear. It was official now; she might have trouble with adults, but children...They were a whole different thing. She wished deeply that Booth hadn't been here to witness this. He would certainly use this against her, he so enjoyed it, she could see it in his cocky grin. She wasn't interested in him! What was he thinking?

'Apple! We are going home now.' Angela excused Apple as she got up and took Apple's coat.

'But mister Adam said that we are not allowed to lie, why do grown ups lie so much?' Apple said as Angela took her hand.

'Thanks for everything.' Angela said to Booth.

'Thanks for the ice-cream mister Booth!' Apple said to Booth. 'I hope you won't get sick Tempe! Bye!'

'Apple, there are things that you just can not say out loud.' Angela said as she walked outside with Apple.

'But I was just asking a question and Tempe was lying. I saw it myself.'

'O sweetie.' Angela said as she squatted in front of Apple and pushed a dark strand of hair out of Apple's face.

'Grown ups are sometimes very complicated. Things that seem very obvious to other people aren't that obvious to themselves, or they don't want to see that.'

'But why? That is just stupid.' Apple said, not understanding that behaviour at all.

Angela smiled at that.'It's more complicated then that Apple. Sometimes people are afraid to get hurt. And then, they do weird things to keep away from each other.'

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'You are still grinning.' Brennan concluded angrily the moment Apple and Angela had left Sid's.

'Well..' Booth began, his grin never leaving his face as he shrugged and pushed himself towards the end of the couch. 'Ya know, it's refreshing to hear a kid talk, they see things very clearly.'

'I did not look at y--!' Brennan began to argue.

'Ya know Bones.' Booth said as he laughed shortly and stood up, leaning his hands on the table.

'I am just getting another drink and don't look at my behind now!' Booth joked as he turned and walked towards the bar. Teasing her is so much fun! And he actually liked the idea that she was checking him out.

Brennan looked angrily at her ice tea. Booth could be so cocky. She hated that. She resolutely stood up from her seat and walked towards Booth who was still waiting for his drink at the bar.

'Don't get any idea's. The girl was wrong.' Brennan tried again. She just had to convince him that it wasn't true. She felt this strong urge to do that, she didn't know why exactly. Maybe because Apple had been right?No! Apple was not right! NOT RIGHT! Remember that Brennan! The little girl had just misinterpreted some things, and what do little children know anyway?

Booth raised an eyebrow. 'Why do you get so worked up about this Bones?' Booth laughed. 'I mean, I have woman checking me out all the time.'

'Check...' Brennan's breath caught in her throat. The implication alone! 'I was not checking you out' She said hard and shocked.

Booth took his drink from Sid and winked at her as he clacked with his tongue and waggled his brows.

'I am just saying here Bones, that I don't blame you.' He explained calmly and feeling very at ease.

He smiled as he walked back towards the table.

He heard an angry and frustrated growl escape from Brennan's throat behind him.

Now this was what made it all worth; the walking between dead bodies all day. He would have a good night rest tonight, he was sure of that.

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