Chapter 9

The Next Day

Brennan knocked on the door of Booth's office as she let herself in. Booth smiled and waved her in as he quickly finished the call he was on. Brennan smiled back as she closed the door behind her and moved to deposit herself in the chair across from him.

"Okay. Thanks, Heart. Bye." He hung up the phone and turned his attention to the beautiful woman across from him.

"I thought you might want to grab lunch."

"Sure. Lets go."

"What was that on the phone?"

"I'll tell you about it at lunch."

Brennan had just been making conversation, but upon hearing that answer she found herself a little nervous as she tried to place the name Heart. She thought he might be an agent, but she wasn't sure.

"Everything alright, Booth?"

"Yea," he didn't look like everything was fine. "Lets just go."

Booth grabbed his coat and opened the door for Brennan placing his hand on the small of her back to guide her out the door.

They barely noticed the curious glances they received from everyone as they made their way out of the building. There were plenty of rumors floating around about these two (more over the last six months) but they were always extremely professional while in the FBI building.

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At the diner they placed their orders without the aid of menu's and then Brennan turned to Booth expectantly.

"Okay, Booth. We're at lunch."

"So we are." Booth simply smiled at her.

"Oh, come on. You said you would tell me."

"Alright, alright," Booth held up his hands in surrender. " That was Agent Heart on the phone."

"Okay?"

"I was trying to find out what Sully has been doing lately. You know, like when he got in town and things like that."

"I thought we decided that his threat didn't mean anything." Brennan looked confused. "He was just angry. Right?"

"Yea, probably." Booth looked a little uncomfortable.

"What do you mean 'probably'."

"Well…I had Heart sort of ask around about Sully. It turns out he keep a picture of you in his boat and whenever anyone would ask about you he would tell them that you were his girlfriend and that you were just waiting for him to come back. He gave everyone the impression that you were pining for him and that he would be welcomed back with open arms."

"WHAT!!! That is insane. I don't believe he would actually say those things. Are these witnesses reliable or are they a bunch of drunken college kids who took a boat trip on Spring Break?"

"Well, they're not all college kids." Booth replied meekly.

"That's what I thought. Until we have reason to think otherwise he was just mad and lashing out.

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3:00

The ringing of the phone made him look up from his paperwork he had been working on for hours. With a quick stretch he reached for the phone.

"Cullen." He said relieved for the distraction.

"Cullen this is Tim Sullivan. I need to request a meeting with you to discuss one of your agents."