It was early the next morning when Tempe was awakened by her cell phone going off on her night stand. Tiredly she rolled onto her back, grabbed the cell phone and put it to her ear.
"Brennan." She managed to get out.
"Good morning Bones, I think it's time you got up and headed to work." Booth said on the other end.
"Booth? Why in the hell are you calling me this early?" she mumbled looking over to her alarm clock to see it flashing 12:00. "Shit what time is it?"
"Ten o'clock and I think its time you got up." He said, a small voice could be heard in his voice. "I'll be there in fifteen minutes, think you'll be ready?"
"Damn." Tempe said hanging the phone up and heading towards her shower, after which she rushed to her closet and threw on some clothes.
Exactly at ten fifteen a knock at the door told her Booth had arrived, a little flustered, she made her way to the door and opened it to see Booth standing there with coffee and a bagel. She gave a small smile at the gesture and turned around to grab her purse as they headed towards his car.
"I figured you'd be a little hungry after sleeping in." He said handing her the bagel.
"Thank you, I normally don't sleep this late." She said opening her door and jumping in.
"There was a power shortage last night, half of D.C. went out." He said staring the car up and pulling out of the parking lot.
They arrived at the lab a few minutes later and as Tempe walked in, looking tired and a mess from having to get ready in a hurry, Angela walked over to her smiling. Most likely wanting full details on why she was late.
"So sweetie, did we have a restless night?" she asked directing her to Tempe's office.
"no." she mumbled, and then looked over to see Booth talking to Zach, now would be the perfect time to get the undercover story started, making things a little believable. She forced a blush along her cheeks to make it seem as if she were lying.
"Huh, I'm getting mixed signals." Angela said taking a seat on the couch.
"How so?"
"You're mouth is telling me 'No', but the blush is telling me 'Yes.'"
"Ange, nothing happened." Tempe said trying to make it appear she had something to hide. Apparently it had worked when Angela jumped off of the couch and yelled.
"Who did you sleep with last night?"
"None of your business that's who." She said walking out of her lab smiling.
"What are you so happy about?" Booth asked looking at her as she passed him on the platform.
"Let's just say the undercover mission has begun." She said walking over to the body from the day before.
"Dr. Brennan I went over the particles you gave me yesterday for the third time and it appears that each body was ran over at least ten times at full speed." Hodgins said moving towards the body to help explain.
"That would explain why both bodies are freshly dead with no skin and why the FBI gave this case to us." Zach said from behind them.
"so each woman was captured and brought to the freeway, is there anyway to tell if they were dead before they were ran over?" Tempe asked.
"I'm working on that." Hodgins said turning to leave.
"Judging from the amount of Bones damage, it's probable that both women were alive during the time of brake." Zach said.
"Explain that." Tempe said making her way over to the second body that had come in.
"Right here," he said pointing to the humorous. "It shows that the way the woman was positioned there is a good chance that as the brake occurred she was trying to get away and if Hodgins is correct than she was trying to escape from a car hitting her, but failed."
"Does the other body show this?"
"Yes, on her left femur it shows an attempt at an escape before the brake occurs."
"Perfect, keep trying to find these brakes; if we can find others at the same weight we may be able to prove Hodgins was correct." She said making her way to her office.
"So what did you mean by our undercover mission has began?" Booth asked following her in her office and closing the door behind them.
"Angela obviously thinks I've slept with somebody so I figured I'd tell her I didn't, but make my face appear I did."
"So she thinks you did sleep with someone?"
"exactly, plus it's only a matter of time before she thinks it's you, I mean after all you did drop me off a work today."
"True." Booth watched Tempe for a few minutes before opening his mouth. "Is something wrong Bones?"
"Sort of, I mean I'm not sure if I can do this." She said throwing herself on her couch.
"Trust me Bones, you can. I'll help you, it's for the best anyways." he said holding her hand in his.
"so, when do we tell them again?" she asked looking out her window to the platform where Angela sat working on the face for the second victim while Zach studied the bones and Hodgins went over materials here and there.
"We break the news next week. Tomorrow you have a briefing with Cullen; he'll tell you everything you'll need to know."
"Will you be there?" she asked looking to him quickly.
"I have to be, why?"
"I don't think he likes me." she mumbled lifting herself up from the couch and headed towards her desk to look over a few things Hodgins had asked her about.
"I'll see you later Bones." Booth said heading towards the door. "And by later, I mean five o'clock sharp."
"Taking me out to dinner?" she asked smiling.
"Actually I am." He said and left, missing the odd expression on her face.
Ladies and Gentlemen I am NOT DEAD! My computer has been down, but now it is fixed, I apologize for leaving you all hanging without notice trust me I feel so bad, I haven't been on the computer in over a month. I'm sorry.
So I hope you all enjoyed this, I'm just getting started so please tell me what you think and I'll have the next chapter up shortly.
Oh by the way, for those of you who have bought Bones season 1 on D.V.D. and have not checked out David's and Emily's Commentary for 'Two Bodies in a Lab' please do so, you will laugh till your sides hurt.
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