She walked down the hallway and turned to go into Angela's office but she saw Jack in there and so she waited outside, eavesdropping on them.
"Jack, we're just friends and I thought we were going to leave it at that." Angela's voice said softly.
"Yeah but going to see a movie's not really a . . . date. It's something that good friends do too." He said lamely. Tempe smiled and cleared her throat as she walked into the room.
"Hey guys. Hope I'm not interrupting anything important." She said as she appeared to them. Jack and Angela both jumped and turned to face her, both blushing.
"Hey Dr. Brennan." Jack said, looking downwards in embarrassment.
"Hey sweetie, what's up?" Angela said. She looked over Tempe's shoulder and smiled at her.
"Hey, what happened to your shadow?" She asked teasingly. Tempe shot her a look.
"He's taking a break. Honestly, he can be so . . . so . . ."She trailed off.
" . . .hot?" Angela said jokingly.
"Yes, hot. No, wait! That is NOT what I was looking for. That's not what I . . ." She blushed deep red as Angela laughed and Jack snickered.
"Don't either of you dare tell him I said that. That's not fair because you . . . you tricked me." She protested.
"Ah, but you didn't deny it." Jack said, causing her to open her mouth in protest but shut it as she couldn't come up with an answer.
"Hey, you're right Jack. Okay, just for that I'll go to the movies with you. As friends." She emphasized, grinning as Jack pumped his fist.
"All right. If all it takes to get a date . . . as friends" He added hastily, "is to hook up Dr. Brennan and Booth or get them to reveal stuff about each other, I'll be getting way more." He said grinning. Angela raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really? Because I've definitely been trying for way longer than you have." She said, smiling.
"Wanna bet on it?" Jack asked, holding out his hand, with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"You are on." Angela replied.
"Alright. If nothing happens between Dr. Brennan and Booth like couple wise in the next week, I'll stop bugging you for dates and we'll just be friends, but if I win, you have to agree to go on four dates with me and give our relationship a chance." He said.
"Four?" Angela said skeptically.
"Four." Jack confirmed. She grasped his hand and shook it.
"Deal." She said, smiling at him.
"Um . . .hello?! I'm right here." Tempe protested, blushing. "Booth and I are just good friends." She insisted.
"Not for long." Jack muttered loud enough for her to hear and caused Angela to laugh. Temperance let out a groan.
"Okay, whatever. You guys win. Can we talk about something else, like the case now? With the little girl?" She said softly and immediately Angela and Jack quieted down.
"What do we have Ang?" Temp asked softly as her friend sat down by her computer. Angela's fingers flew over the keyboard and an image popped up onto the screen and Tempe's face paled. The little girl had light brown hair, bright blue eyes, a dimple to the left of her mouth and her two front teeth were missing as she grinned happily into the camera.
"Please don't tell me that's who I think it is." Tempe said softly, not wanting to believe the image in front of her.
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