Temperance sat in Sweet's office, gazing around the room, with her leg crossed over her other leg. Her hands were held together, tightly, and her eye contact was anywhere but Sweets. Sweets watched her, silently, and jotted down a few notes. He noticed the lack of eye contact, proving that she didn't want her eyes to give away the emotion she possessed. Sweets looked at his watch, they had already gone through half of their lesson, and decided to speak first.

"How is everything, Doctor Brennan ?" he asked.

Temperance looked up, jumping slightly. She had forgotten about Sweets, she had been lost in her own mind and her mind was rather large. She noticed he had stopped writing, now focusing his full attention upon her.

"Everything is fine. Why wouldn't it be ?" Temperance replied.

She noticed Sweets cock his head to the side, studying her with a look of concern on his face. He had once said he could tell if someone was lying or not, she wondered if he was doing it to her now. Temperance continued to sit there, no sign of emotion showed upon her face as she decided not to make this easy for the young therapist.

"You're lying, Doctor Brennan. This is the cirle of truth, you can speak freely here," said Sweets, leaning back.

"Everything is fine," answered Temperance, wondering if her eyes were betraying her.

Sweets nodded, frowning slightly. Temperance let out of small sigh of relief, thankful that Sweets had dropped it.

"How are you taking Agent Booth's absence ?" asked Sweets.

Temperance felt a lump rise in her throat. The one topic she had wished wouldn't be discussed, that no one would question her about, had been brought up. Temperance licked the back of her teeth and let out a sigh, turning her attention to out of the window. Even though she tried to ignore it, which hadn't seemed to work, she couldn't help but feel under pressure when Sweets glared at her.

"Fine," said Temperance, quietly

She heard Sweets pen scratch across the paper, it sounded deafening.

"Is it, Doctor Brennan ? Booth -"

"I admit, it is difficult without him. But the change is adaptable, it can easily become used to. Summer is being fussy, as Angela put it, but only because she is experiencing teething pains. I have a new partner, his name is Harry. He is very good at his job. And Jennifer, she reminds me of Zack more and more by the day, but she is still an amazing asset to the Jefforsonian. But all this, life, is adaptable," babbled Temperance, quickly without taking a breath.

Sweets just stared at her, not writing anything down. Temperance looked down at her clutched hands, sighing, and grabbed her handbag. She stood up, thanked Sweets, and walked out. Surprisingly, Sweets didn't call her back and she continued to walk away.

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Temperance walked into her apartment, shutting the door behind her, and throwing the keys onto the kitchen side. She bit her lip, tears thretened to pour from her ocean-depth eyes, however a voice pulled her out of the thoughts which were piercing her mind.

"Summer is asleep. I don't know how long for, her teething pains have gotten worse," sighed Angela.

Temperance nodded. Angela cocked her head to the side, Temperance wished her best friend wasn't so good at reading emotions. To get away from Angela's feasting eyes, she quickly hurried over to the couch and sat down. However Angela followed behind, thousands of questions wreeling through her mind as she sat besides her.

"Sweetie, what happened with Sweets ?" said Angela.

"What ? Nothing. Just a usual meeting," replied Temperance, nodding her head.

"Bren -"

"Ange. Not now, Ok ? I'm going to bed. You are welcome to use the guest bedroom," said Temperance.

She stood up and walked away from Angela. Temperance couldn't help but feel slightly guitly, however Angela sometimes needed to become less involved. Temperance opened her door and stepped inside, shutting it behind her. She fell on her bed and closed her eyes, not even bothering to change out of her daytime clothes.

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