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Booth tapped his fingers against the restaurant table with a sigh. Angela was almost ten minutes late for the lunch they had planned the day before, he was about to get up and leave, when she entered the burger joint.

"Sorry I'm late, Booth. I had to give Mitch a ride home from the hospital."

"Oh."

"Why are you like that around Mitch? He's a good guy."

"Well I don't like him." Booth said.

"You know, if it wasn't for him, Brennan probably wouldn't have come out of the depression she had slipped into after leaving D.C. and arriving here," she reveled, "He was basically the gay version of you. He made sure she ate and slept, took her out for dinner every few nights, and then there were times when they just hung out. He's been good to her. He's been good for her."

"It should of been me there. Not him." Booth muttered.

"Booth, why can't you understand that Brennan kept Amelia a secret from you for your benefit? She wanted to give you the opportunity to be happy with Hannah, without having to deal with this situation. She wanted you to completely move on like you had intended to do, but now you can't do that, because she is going to have to remain a main focus of your life, if you want to be involved in Mimi's. You wanted to get away from Brennan and you did, but then you got her pregnant..."

"What Bones doesn't understand is that what I feel for Hannah is nothing compared to the love for my kids. I love them, more than I will ever love her. I probably sound like a broken record when I say that, but it's true. I would rather separated from Hannah and be a part of my daughter's life than be with Hannah, and not being able to be a part of my child's life."

"I get that you're a family man Booth, I really do. But you and Hannah, you have something good going..."

"Angela you can stop with your bullshit, I know that no one in the lab likes Hannah. I know that no one has liked her since she has been in D.C. with me. It's okay, you're all protective of Bones. I understand."

"Booth I don't think you do understand. Say the tables had been turned, and Brennan had come back with someone. Do you think we would have acted the same way towards her new man? Hell yeah we would of. I love Brennan to death don't get me wrong, but we just don't like it when someone gets in the middle of our OTP."

"OTP?"

"One true pairing. You wouldn't understand. Basically, everyone in the lab has wanted you and Bren to get together since your first case together. When someone comes in and puts that possibility at risk, we don't like it. We don't dislike Hannah as a person, we just don't like that she is with you. If that makes sense." Angela explained.

"Yeah, I guess it does." he said, "What did you get out of Bones when you talked to her last night?"

"Basically, a whole lot of nothing. To give you the simplified version, she's mad, but she doesn't know why. I think it's because she has pushed all the negative feelings that she has had about you and Hannah deep into the back of her mind, but now that you two are in this situation, those emotions are starting to revel themselves and she isn't sure how to deal with them. She wants you to pack up your bags and go home to Hannah, she doesn't want you here. Ever. She just wants you to leave and never look, or come back. Then she...well, you probably already know what you said to her that makes her so confused, but basically she doesn't want to talk about you whenever you're brought up in the topic of discussion. She just wants you to leave."

"Angela, you and Bones both know..."

She cut him off, "That you can't leave because thats not the type of man you are."

"Exactly. I can't just...abandon my child. What kind of person would that make me? A bad one."

"Not neccessarily Booth, if you were to never be a part of her life, she would grow up picturing her father as a one night stand, who her mom didn't see the point in telling him about her because it was just a one time thing, and they were both drunk. That wouldn't be hard now would it? You and Hannah could just go back to your little happy life."

"But...if I tell you this Ange, you have to promise not to tell anyone. Especially not Bones. She'll freak the fuck out."

"I promise to keep your words as secret as my big mouth can keep them." Angela said with a slight smile.

"I held Amelia."

"WHAT?!" Angela exclaimed, completely shocked, "Are you...when? Where? HOW?!" she demanded.

"Some nurse. Apparently she overheard the argument between Bones and I, and she said that Bones not letting me hold my child was just wrong. So I went into the nursery, and I was able to hold her, it was only for fifteen minutes, but still."

"That's why you can't leave." Angela said, connecting the dots, "You've already developed an emotional attachment. Something Brennan didn't want to happen because she knew that if you did, you wouldn't leave. Which is obviously what has happened here."

"Yeah." Booth sighed, "And her keeping Amelia away from me, won't make me go away. If anything, it's making me stay here."

"Don't you think Hannah is going to get suspicious if you stay here for a while? She knows something is up Booth, she's been talking to me about it for a few weeks now. She's worried, Booth. I think you should at least go home and aware her of the situation."

"But what if she doesn't let me come back?"

"We both know that no matter what she says Booth, you're going to come back here. Though Brennan, and myself even may not approve, I know you'll be back. I even told her that when she asked me to tell you to leave. I can't control your life. I just don't think that staying here is right for you. You have a life back in D.C., you have a job, a son, a wife, a house, and a great group of friends. You started over when you returned to D.C. a little over a year ago, miles away from Brennan. Now you have to allow her to start over here, in Chicago. Miles away from you." Angela said, standing up, "I'm not hungry. Thanks for the chat. I hope you take my advice Booth. Tell Hannah, then call me. We'll talk more then."

And she left the restaurant.

Next Up: Booth revels his secret to Hannah.

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