The Background Check
Booth got off the phone with Brennan just in time to see Caroline crossing over to get coffee from the breakroom. He quickly made his way to the breakroom to intercept her before should could leave.
He leaned in the doorway and eyeing her asked. "What's with the background check?"
Caroline finished doctoring her coffee and turning to face Booth blew softy across the coffee to cool it slightly before taking a sip. She cocked and eyebrow took the sip and satisfied, nodded before replying. "I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about cher."
"Don't give me that. I know you ordered Aubrey to run a background check on that red-headed intern." He stepped further into the breakroom to more squarely face her and to keep her from working her way around him.
Caroline shrugged one shoulder. "Mais cher, you know I'm perfectly within my rights, it's my duty to request background checks on any of the personnel working on my cases."
Booth looked her in the eye. "Chere, I know you receive background checks on any new intern hired at the Jeffersonian Medico-Legal lab as a matter of course. It's why you showed up at the Jeffersonian to tell Cam to fire Finn after she'd hired him."
Caroline pouted "You know too much."
He crossed his arms and leaned back onto the doorframe. "Yes I do, so fess up. Why'd you have Aubrey run an unnecessary background check?"
Caroline huffed, then giving Booth a squinty-eyed look answered. "You know that dear boy wants a future as a senator, and I figure it can't hurt to have a friend in the senate. I also am aware that he's going sweet on that flighty scientist. What is it with you hunky FBI types and know-it-all scientist?"
She shook her head and waved away any response he might have attempted before continuing. "I was just trying to make sure he knew about the things in her past that could hurt his career choices, before he got any deeper. I know what you agents are like. You wouldn't want someone telling you, but if you discover on your own; well that's a different thing."
Booth gave her a questioning look. "So you were looking out for his political future?"
"Of course, why else would I do that? I heard you tried to look out for him too, telling him to stand back and allow you to interrogate the whip and the widow."
A laugh burst out of Booth and in answer to her look he said. "The whip and the widow sounds like por…something naughty." Booth almost blushed, and Caroline snorted. Then Booth conceded "Okay yeah, I know about his political aspirations and would like to help him achieve his goals, but that doesn't mean I'll interfere in his private life."
"And that's why I'm here cher. I don't have those same scruples, and I don't have a soft spot for scientific types. Like I've said before I prefer not to know them; they're too likely to disappoint me on the stand."
"Oh come on, you know you can trust the squints from the Jeffersonian to come through for you."
"I know I can trust your beautiful, genius wife, and when she's there I can trust the others; but if you both decide to leave again all bets are off. So why should I let any of them in? And if you agents would stop fraternizing with the squints my life would be much smoother. And I want to have a senator as someone I can intimidate, dammit." And with a 'so there' nod Caroline stomped off.