Chapter 7:
In the SUV, Booth drove in silence, while his partner eagerly scribbled down notes in the case file.
When they had gotten into the car, he tried to understand what he had said that was so important, but she just shushed him, asking to:
"be quite and let her concentrate, and that she would "explain everything in a minute." Now, half an hour had passed, and she was still madly writing.
Booth cleared his throat, and once again tried to squeeze out the facts from his partner. "Temperance?" he questioned her, with a look of amusement in his dark eyes. He knew that if he used her first name, it would capture her full attention.
Her heart beat just a little faster upon hearing her given name. She slowly turned her head towards her partner; she couldn't help but smile, as he had on a gigantic grin. She was defeated.
"Aha, so now I've got your attention! Are you going to fill me in, or do I have to rip those papers from your hand?" he pointed.
"Well Booth," she began "I think we are on to something here. Adam had been poisoned by the castor bean, but I didn't understand how it would have gotten into his system… until" she smiled, "you pointed out that the castor resembled coffee beans- that's when it clicked. Someone could have easily mixed the castor beans with the coffee granules, and created a recipe for disaster." by the end of her explanation, she was as excited, and full of enthusiasm as a child on a merry-go-round.
Booth stared at his partner in shock. All of this was coming from the scientist who didn't believe in her gut. He shook his head and laughed. "Bones, Bones, Bones…what you just experienced there… was the pure essence of your 'gut feeling'!"
"I…No, I didn't Booth. I simply took the facts that I was given, and created the most probable scenario to best fit this case."
"You can call it what you want Bones, but that… that's your gut telling you what to do" he said, poking his partners shoulder as she was climbing out of the van.
And with that she headed into the café, in search for the poison, while he drove off to tell the Becker's about their son's death.
its kind of a slow start to a case, but hopefully lots more good stuff to come... :D reviews are great!