Mind Games
Chapter 6- Great news!!
AN: Oh my gosh I am soooo sorry! All this time I was updating Twilight fanfics and forgetting my loyal fans in the Bones fandom! Again I'm sorry! But here's the next chapter for y'all!
MPOV
I sighed and slumped back in my seat, thoughts running amok inside my head. What had I just done? I was going to lose my job! Oh, why did I agree to this in the first place? I was gonna lose my job over someone I barely knew! Still, it was Zack…oh, shut up, Morgan, I thought. Stupid, stupid, stupid. You can be such a teenage girl sometimes.
We pulled up to the Jeffersonian parking lot, and I took a deep breath. This was it. Goodbye, cruel world. I sighed again. "Are you okay?" Sweets asked. I grimaced and nodded, afraid to open my mouth and possibly start crying.
As we walked into the museum, Zack pulled me over to a corner. "Are you sure you want to do this?" he whispered.
"Yes," I replied immediately. "I'm not sending you back there."
It was almost true; as much regret as I had and as much as I didn't want it to be true, I simply couldn't do that to Zack. I pretended that I'd do the same for anyone, but I was just fooling myself.
"Thank you," he whispered. "Really."
And he was gone.
For a moment, I couldn't move. Stupid, I thought. Get a grip. All he did was say thanks. No need to freak out. Grow up. I took a deep breath and kept walking.
When we got to the glass doors leading to the lab, Sweets had Zack and I stay hidden. We wanted all the squints to be there before they saw Zack.
Sweets entered first and went up to talk to Cam. I waited a few seconds and followed him, just like our plan. Taking care not to hurt myself, I twisted my left ankle around and crumpled to the ground, letting out a loud screech. Just like the plan, all of the squints, Booth, and Sweets came running over to see if I was okay. That was Zack's cue, and he rushed inside with perfect timing.
The squints were all too preoccupied with me to notice him, so I helped them out. "Was that okay?" I asked Zack, smiling.
Everyone looked over at him and gasped. He half-smiled and replied, "That was quite convincing. Are you hurt?" I pushed myself up off the floor and brushed off my knees. Dr. Brennan and Angela squealed and ran over to Zack. "What are you doing here?" they both asked. Zack looked over at Sweets and I.
"Well, it's a long story…" I began, and Sweets launched into a long description of what happened. He tried to keep it brief, but it didn't really work. I kind of grimaced and slipped away from the group, an action that didn't go unnoticed.
"Morgan?" called Dr. Brennan. "Where are you going?"
"Well, I'm not working here anymore, so…goodbye," I answered.
I still don't really understand what happened next. Dr. Brennan and Cam seemed to be having a silent conversation/argument. I think Dr. Brennan won, because she looked back at me and announced the best news of the day. "Morgan, I don't usually say this about any of my grad students, but you are an incredibly brilliant student. Since Zack already has a job here, I'm going to have you become my full-time graduate student. When you finish your studies, it will be Cam's job to decide where you'll go."
It took me a moment, but when it finally dawned on me that I was going to stay, I smiled wider than I had since I got my acceptance letter from Dr. Brennan. I must have looked like an idiot, but at the time I didn't really care. I screamed thank-you to everyone, and it took all my willpower not to squeal and run around in circles.
This was officially the best day ever.
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