The look of surprise on Booth's face had been enough to convince her of what she had walked in on, she'd made a lame excuse that she thought she'd left her watch there the previous evening while desperately trying to disguise it with the cuff of her sleeve. Rebecca had looked amused during the entire exchange, Brennan had wondered if she knew the real reason that she had shown up at his door. Booth had made some excuse about Rebecca needing to discuss Parker's school, Brennan had tried to appear interested but her eyes had spotted the bowl of popcorn on the table and the beer sitting next to it. As quickly as she had arrived, she was out of the door and on her way down the garden path. He'd called after her but she assured him that she'd speak to him at work tomorrow. She'd been grateful for the darkness of the night cooling the burn of her cheeks as she disappeared from his sight.

Lying here now in her bed she replays the scenario over and over in her head. She mentally curses herself for being so brazen, for rushing over there without thinking things through… after all, this was Booth… Her friend, her partner. Is she really ready for that kind of change in her relationship with him… sighing she admits reluctantly that she doesn't know. Either way, it doesn't matter. Jared mentioned Rebecca's hold over Booth earlier this evening, she guesses that she just didn't want to hear what he was saying. Their constantly shifting relationship was more confusing now that she had believed it to be. She closes her eyes, resigned to continuing her professional relationship with her partner suddenly very aware of the complications that any other kind of relationship may cause.

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Booth closes the door behind Rebecca and leans his head against it closing his eyes. He looks at his watch quickly wondering if it was too late to call Brennan, to explain to her why Rebecca had been here. He shakes his head and snorts to himself knowing that Brennan didn't care about his personal life, she just wanted to make sure that his mind remained on the case. Jared was fulfilling Brennan's needs now.

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When he entered the lab he was struck by the silence, he spotted his team up on the platform 'squinting', but still no sight of Brennan. Deciding that he would prefer to stay out of her way for the time being he heads up and swipes himself through the security system. Angela is examining the skull of one of the bodies, Jack is concentrating on what he can only assume is some type of spore or mud sample and Zack is taking measurements from the bones.

Angela smiles gently. "Hey sweetie… Bren's gone out for lunch."

"Now how do you know that I'm not here to see you Ange?"

"Well are you?"

He smiles gently. "No. I'm not. More of an update visit. What you guys got for me?"

Angela places the skull down on the table and nods towards Zack. "Z Man's gone and identified 4 of the 5 remains. We managed to identify them by the dental records and the information that you had couriered to us. We can't identify the fifth, so he's taking the measurements to run through the database see what we can find."

Booth shakes his head in disbelief and a coy smile spreads across Angela's face as she waits for a smart assed retort. "Bones is missing this, I thought she liked to be in control of the situation."

Angela glances back at her clipboard and nods "Yeah, she must have just needed a bit of time to clear her head, you know since she and Jared called things off." She looks up at him and her face falls as she realises that Booth was unaware of the fact.

"What?"

"Ha.. You didn't know. And so I'm gonna stop talking now." She attempts to brush past him and exit the platform. Booth catches up with her and walks with her towards her office.

"They called it off? Last night?" Angela pretends to be engrossed in her notes, Booth stops her with a hand on her arm. "Come on Angela. I need to know what happened. She showed up at my place last night." Angela looks up at Booth suddenly interested, he drops his gaze from hers and lowers his hand. "Rebecca was there."

Angela lets out a breath. "I'm taking my break now, you're buying."

He nods eagerly.

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Sitting at the bar in Wong Foo's Booth plays with his noodles. Angela however digs in heartedly.

"You know Booth, I thought the whole thing with Rebecca was over?"

"It was… It is. Why did she come over?"

"Who? Rebecca?"

"No, Bones…. I just don't know where I stand with her Angela. Why did they call things off?"

Angela shrugs. "She wouldn't say. Just said, they both agreed to finish things.. I'm surprised your brother didn't say anything to you about it."

"Jared's not exactly too happy with me right now."

"Dare I ask why? Or do I already know?"

He smiles "I'm really that transparent?"

"Booth you have no idea. The only person who has any kind of difficulty is Bren and let's face it, it's because she isn't the most perceptive female to ever have walked the planet… Let's just say that she came over to tell you that she and Jared called things off, let's just say that it was because she had finally realised that you and her are gonna be the hottest thing since Lachey and Simpson…. You really think that she's gonna be easy to reach after running into the ex at your apartment?"

Booth rubs a hand over his face "I can't believe I might have messed this up before I even had a chance to start it."

"You might need to give her a bit of time on this one Booth. It's all or nothing with Bren, and if our assumptions were correct, she's gonna need time to re-evaluate her feelings."

She puts a hand on his arm and squeezes gently. Booth hangs his head in his hands and lets out a deep sigh.

"So Rebecca. Did you sleep with her?"

Booth sighs and turns to face Angela.

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Just a filler guys. I'll update soon, there'll be a lot of sparks flying in the next chapter ;)