Brotherly Love
By wired2damoon
Chapter 5:Bones No More
A/N: Hey everybody!! I'm so sorry for my slow update; it's actually rather a funny story. During my only holiday from school were I didn't have to study, my reasonably new computer obtained a MAJOR fault and stopped working (I could lose ALL my files –sob-) and a repair guy won't be out until Tuesday. Well, I thought to myself that that this just wouldn't do, so I got a bright idea. Up in my "junk room" there was my ancient (9 year old) computer so I just randomly threw it together and now this is what I am typing on(I didn't even realise it still worked!) That may not sound like a major deal to anyone but you have to understand I am a seventeen year old girl with Cerebral Palsy lifting extremely heavy objects up and down my stairs, I could have seriously been injured or killed myself lol all because I wanted to update now instead of waiting until Tuesday and use my new computer ha! For the time being I'm stuck using a computer nearly as old as me whose buttons get stuck, mouse doesn't work, has no sound and takes AGES to connect to the internet, so please be patient with me!! So anyway I hope you all enjoy this chapter, after all it nearly cost me my life!! Ha, I know, I'm so dramatic! -wired2damoon-
Jared Booth was quite a proud man. He was never the type to clearly convey his emotions with his personal expressions – Seeley Booth was the complete opposite however and as of now he was very, very irritated even Dr. Temperance Brennan (who usually was rather oblivious to such things) could see that.
"Why don't you come too Booth?" she asked politely, snapping out of her reverie and swiftly dodging her best friend's embarrassing inquiry.
"Oh no Brennan, I wouldn't want to impose, me and my brother can catch up later, beside I have some old case files I have to look over so…" Seeley replied, looking in every direction except at his beautiful partner who was more or less being whisked away by his "charming" older brother.
Temperance looked slightly uncomfortable at these words. Booth never called her Brennan. Dr. Brennan maybe when he was on duty and referring to her in a case or to someone important, but never, ever, was she called "Brennan" to her face like this.
Angela seemedly caught on to the added tension throughout the room and coughed loudly to divert the rising awkwardness between the non-couple.
"Well, uh, shouldn't you be going then Booth? I mean, don't let me and Bren keep an important FBI Agent from his work", she grinned, knowing fully well she was giving Booth his escape goat.
Seeley realised what Angela was doing and silent thanked her with his eyes.
"Yeah you're right Ange, my work is important. I really should go…" he trailed off as he left Angela's office.
Brennan and Angela stood, stock still as they watched intently as Booth exited the room at top speed, muttering a hasty "bye" as he swiftly dodged Temperance and disappeared from sight.
Angela looked side-ways at her best friend and noticed that her breathing was somewhat erratic, her eyes as round as saucers and her fist clenched at her sides.
Seeing a window of opportunity Angela jumped head-first into what was going to be an interesting conversation.
"So sweetie, you never did answer my question…"
"So, what's good to eat in this place?" asked Jared Booth, grinning widely at the beautiful forensic anthropologist sitting opposite him in the "Royal Diner".
"Well, I usually order the special salad and black coffee and Booth usually orders pie", Brennan muttered hastily, not looking her companion in the eye.
"Yeah my brother was always the adventurous one wasn't he?" Jared joked, rolling his eyes at his brother's boring habits.
Temperance, who seemed oblivious to Jared's teasing merely nodded politely and placed her order of the salad and black coffee to the nice waitress.
Making his mind up, Jared placed his order and folded his arms, openly staring across at his lady friend, who sat mutely staring out the window, her mind obviously a million miles from where they were sat.
"A penny for your thoughts Bones?" Jared asked attentively, not wanting to startle the good doctor out of her thoughts.
"That's an expression Booth always uses. You want to know what I'm thinking about?" Brennan confirmed, although her statement sounded rather more like a question then a statement.
The older Booth brother nodded, slightly confused at the doctor's almost bewildered rationalising of their conversation.
"I was just thinking that, I'm not that comfortable at you calling me Bones", Brennan replied bluntly, knowing fully well that she had no idea how to put it more gently.
"Oh", Jared replied, not knowing fully where this conversation was leading.
"It's just that, it's a name that is reserved to be used by Booth and Booth only", Temperance added, sitting forward slightly, feeling the urge to explain herself.
"But I am a Booth", Jared argued.
"Yes but you are not my Booth".
Jared eyes widened at Temperance's statement.
Brennan gasped slightly as she realised what she just said and immediately began to back-track, "no, no what I meant to say was you're not my partner Booth. Yes, you are not my partner".
"Uh huh", Jared mumbled, not really believing what he was being told, as he folded his arms and leaned back from her.
Brennan, for once realising a certain tone a person made when they were disbelieving, fought to defend herself.
"I mean because obviously Booth does not belong to me, no person truly belongs to another person, I believe highly in that Jared. All I meant was that Bones as irritable as it may be, is a nickname that was created by Booth, therefore it is only rather fitting for Seeley Booth and only Seeley Booth to refer to me as Bones…" Temperance rambled trying to remain rational as Jared's eyes bore into her's.
Silence filled the table.
Temperance could almost hear her heart beat wildly in her chest as she tried to analysis what could possibly to flowing in the mind of Jared Booth.
Just when she thought she could take no more, a wide smile cracked his face as he began laughing.
"What is so amusing?" she asked defensively, feeling terribly exposed as he refrained from answering her.
"N-Nothing", he stuttered between laughs.
Brennan could feel her red-blood cells flowing to the surface of her cheeks as she blushed. She felt as if she was being watched under close surveillance as Jared continued to laugh unexplainably.
"Why are you laughing?" she demanded rather then asked as her temper began to rise, she did not like being made a mockery of.
"Oh it's nothing Doctor Brennan. It's just I'm not used to a grown woman defending my brother so determinedly for his use of silly little nicknames", he smirked, his laughter dying in his chest as he saw the look on the woman's face.
"What do you mean?" Temperance asked, almost fearing the answer, however irrational it may be.
Jared, not believing this woman's naivety just had to ask.
"Oh c'mon Doctor Brennan. You didn't really think that you're the only woman Seeley has ever had a nickname for, do you?"
A/N: Dun, dun, dun!! Ok, I know this chapter is a bit stupid and pointless but it's all I am capable of right now. The buttons keep sticking so I am sorry if there's spelling errors etc. because at the moment I just can't fix them. I promise the next chapter will be better!! Sorry again, -wired2damoon-