Title: Blurring The Lines

Chapter 3

Author: TheCritter91

Pairing: Jared/Wendell

Rating: R

Warning: Established Relationship, Slash, Cussing, Sex, possible Mpreg

A/N: Here is Chapter 3! I hope you like it! let me know what you think!

A/N: I am making up names for the Booth parents! NO FLAMES! They will be used to roast marshmellows (yumm)

ENJOY ;)

COCOCOCO

Wendell spent so many of his nights at Jared's apartment that he was beginning to forget what his dorm room looked like. Although, it wasn't really like he had anything in his dorm worth going for. Almost everything had taken up a home in Jared's apartment. His books had their own shelves, his clothes took up half of the closet and the dresser, his pictures sat on the endtables and hung on the walls, and his cds and movies were mixed in with Jared's own collection. In the last two months Jared's apartment had become their apartment. And it felt so right, so comfortable that Wendell truthfully had no desire to reaquaint himself with his small, shared dorm room.

Wendell's favorite dates with Jared were when they both had the weekend free and they would go home Friday nights, order take-out and curl up on the couch and watch a movie. Then they would sleep in Saturday and the day would be filled with slow, leisure sex before they would go out for dinner. Then Sunday they would have brunch before settling down to finish whatever work needed to be done for the following Monday.

Jared had most weekends off, but the last two weekends he'd had to work on one project or another and hadn't been able to get home until late. While they still had sex, it didn't follow with a dinner out or a movie on the couch. Wendell was not ashamed to be considered a romantic and loved it when Jared surprised him with some kind of romantic gesture, but he wasn't naive and he understood that both of their career choices demanded much of their time and being. He was just hoping that Jared didn't have anything come up this weekend that would pull him away. Wendell wanted to do something different than their usual weekend routine.

"So Wendell, what do you have planned for the weekend?"

Jerking back from his thoughts, he turned around to see Angela standing behind him. She gave him a knowing smile as he blinked in an effort to properly process her words, "Um, not much really. I have a test next week that I need to study for." which was only a partial lie.

Her smile broadened, "Yeah, like I'm going to believe that you were staring intently at the door because you have no special plans this weekend."

"Don't you have a doctor's appointment today?" Wendell asked, desperate for a change of topic.

It wasn't that he didn't like Angela, they were still really close friends, but he wasn't sure how much he could share with her without her either figuring it all out or having her tell someone like Dr. Brennan or Hodgins who might spill it all around the wrong people at the wrong time. He really didn't want Booth to know before Jared was ready and could run interferrence between the protective big brother and him. Booth was a good guy, but there was no telling how he would react and process the news that not only was his little brother gay, but dating one of Brennan's grad-students. It was just not something he wanted to face by himself.

"Nice change of subject, I'll let it slide for now. And yes, we do have a doctor's appointment today. We're getting a 3-D ultrasound done, so we can get a clear picture." Angela smiled a soft, loving smile as her hand came up and gently caressed her stomach.

"Oh, I've heard about those. My sister wanted to get one, but they would have had to travel an extra three hours to get to the nearest hospital with that particular ultrasound machine." Wendell told her, thinking back to when his sister was pregnant with her first child.

"Well when your married to Jack Hodgins and having his child, there's nothing anyone wouldn't do." Angela laughed.

"I guess that's always a bonus." Wendell replied as he rechecked his chart for his findings on the victim.

Angela sighed, "Yeah"

Silence came between them, but it was not uncomforable. But it wasn't long before Angela made her way closer to him and gently put her hand on his arm, "You know that if you want to talk about it that you can come talk to me and I won't tell anybody, not even Hodgins and Brennan, right?"

A slight smile made its way to Wendell's face as he saw the sincerity and the concern written all over her glowing face. Maybe he could count on her to keep their secret. It would be great if he could talk to her when they had a fight or when Jared surprised him with something special. And if they were able to swear Hodgins to secracy, they maybe could even get together for dinner. Everyone else seemed to be connected to Jared somehow; Dr. Brennan had once had interest in him, Cam had dated his older brother, and Booth was his older brother. But Angela had no tie to the Booth family what-so-ever and he definetly needed a friend that he didn't share with Jared to know about them.

Wendell turned towards her and gave her a reasurring smile, "Yeah, thanks Angela."

But she wasn't done, "You know, no one here is going to care that you're seeing a guy."

Wendell could feel his mouth open slightly and his eyes widened in surprise as he stared at it wasn't like he was secretive about his relationship, he also wasn't advertising it and letting everyone in the Jeffersonian that he was dating a man.

He blinked rapidly for a moment, "N-no, that's not what I'm..." he trailed off, not quite sure if he should say anymore.

Cocking her head to the side slightly, seeming to see right through him. Slowly a sly, knowing smile crept onto her face, "Ahhh, so if its not about the gender, its who your dating that your afraid of people knowing. Well unless you're dating a serial killer, everyone will be supportive."

"I'm not sure he's ready to fully come out to people. We have some mutal friends that know, but his family doesn't know. His family is military and catholic." Wendell explained.

"Ahh, you definetly know how to pick 'em. There is just something about catholic guys that is a turn on. So what was it that drew you to him?" Angela asked, trying to dig for information.

Wendell laughed, seeing right through Angela, but deciding to give in, "I'm not entirely sure what drew me in at first. We met at a club, we had some mutual friends. We were the only ones that didn't have dates and so we spent most of the night talking. He's really funny and really relaxed. He was having some trouble that night and talking seemed to help relax him."

"Why was he having troubles? Was he depressed?" Angela asked, intrigued.

"He's an alcoholic."Wendell whispered, a sad expression crossing his face.

Seeing that it was best to get back on a happy note, Angela asked, "So did you guys decide to meet as friends or was it a date right from the start?"

Wendell smiled, "It was more of a 'lets see where this goes' kind of date, but it was great without our friends constantly telling us about each other like we weren't already talking. So after we all left the club, we both decided that we could get to know each other better without our nosey friends. We met up for lunch the next day and it just kind of took off from there."

"Ahhh, that's so sweet." Angela cooed, "Now tell me his name." she demanded.

"Maybe some other time. I have to get my findings to Dr. Brennan. I'll see you on Monday and you can show me those pictures." Wendell said, picking up his chart and heading off to find Dr. Brennan.

COCOCOCO

"What are your plans for this weekend?" Brennan asked, walking down the hall of the FBI with Booth.

Booth blew out a puff of breath, "Well I was going to have Parker this weekend, but then my mom called and guilted me into a family dinner. Now I'm gonna pick him up after school at three-thirty and spend the rest of the day Friday and Saturday with him. I'll take him back to Rebecca before I leave to go to my parents' house." stopping when they arrived at the elevators.

Brennan pushed the button to the elevator before turning back to Booth, "Why don't you just take him to your parents' house so you can have him the whole weekend?" she asked, confused as to why Booth would give up a weekend with Parker.

Stepping into the elevator, he waited until Brennan was beside him before he pressed the lobby button, "Because my dad has a habit of getting drunk at family dinners and when he gets drunk, he gets mean and there is no way I want to subject Parker to that." he told her, frustration laced his voice.

Silence sat between them for a short time. It was almost awkward. Booth was fuming over the demanded family dinner that was interfeering with his weekend with Parker. While his mom would love to see Parker, he didn't want him anywhere near his dad or Jared when they got drunk. When Jared got drunk he got careless and insulting, and when his dad got drunk he got beligerent and angry. And while his relationship with Rebecca had improved, he didn't want to press his luck by taking Parker home for an hour or two and then picking him up again.

"Why don't I look after Parker while you are having dinner with your parents? I am certainly qualified to look after a child of his age." Brennan offered, stepping out of the elevator.

Taking his keys out of his pocket, Booth and Brennan continued to walk into the garage, "I don't know Bones, I don't want to mess up your plans for this weekend. Dont' you have a hot date Saturday night?" he wagged his eyebrows and gave Brennan a wide smirk.

Brennan had to resist rolling her eyes, "Yes I do infact have a date Saturday night, but I can either reschedule the date or move the time back." she offered.

Booth kept quiet, mulling over her offer. He would have asked Hannah to watch Parker while he was at the dinner, but they had had a disagreement and things were still a bit tense between them. While he hated taking advantage of Brennan, this would solve his problem with having less time with Parker. And while many people didn't get Brennan like he or the other squints, Parker had always gotten along with her. It was really worth a shot, and it would only be for a couple of hours.

Looking over at Brennan in the passenger seat he decided it would be worth it, "Alright, I need to be at my parents' by six. So I'll drop Parker off at your place by five-thirty. I shouldn't be more than an hour and a half or so." he told her as he continued driving towards the Jeffersonian.

Turning her head towards Booth, Brennan gave him a smile, "Alright, I shall have everything ready. Would he prefer to play some sort of board game, watch movies, read books..." Brennan let the sentence trail off, wanting to have everything ready for Parker when he came over.

"He prefers video games and movies, but he'll play a board game." Booth answered, trying to surpress a smile.

"Should I buy one of these video game consoles?" Brennan asked, concerned that she wouldn't have what Parker would want for entertainment.

Booth lost the fight aginst his smile. There was no denying that while Bones was scary smart she would make an amazing mom. She would make sure that while her kid was smart and will educated, they would also have her wrapped around their little finger and wouldn't want for anything, "No Bones, you don't need to buy anything. He has a Gameboy that I'll make sure he brings with him and I'm sure you have plenty of things for him to do." He assured.

"Oh, very well then. Will he need dinner also?" She asked.

"I'll pick him up something on the way. Unless you want to have supper with him." Booth offered.

"Either way is fine, but I was thinking of taking him to the diner." Brennan admitted, letting her excitment show.

Smiling at her Booth pulled into a parking spot, "Yeah sure, I'll just make sure to tell Parker not to snack too much before he comes over."

As they walked towards the entrance, their conversation switched to the murder that they were trying to connect to their suspect. The murder was pretty cut and dry and they had about three suspects that had the perfect motive for killing their victim. One was the wife, who had found out that he'd been cheating on her. The second was an employee who was being blackmailed by the victim. And the third was the victim's mistress, she had found out that he'd been scamming money from her bank accounts and stealing her valuebles. Booth would put money on the mistress, but he wouldn't be able to get a warrent without more evidence.

This was just the case for a Friday, he was just looking forward to picking up Parker for their weekend.

COCOCO

TBC

A/N: What do you think so far? Anything you'd like to see happen? Let me know!