Chapter 4

I closed my office door behind me as I walked away. I finally finished work. Normally I would stay some more, but I really wanted to go home right now. I sighed as my phone rang, hoping it wouldn't be Cam or Booth because that would mean I had to go to another case. But it wasn't them; it was Angela. I grinned and flipped my phone open.

"Brennan," I said as usually.

"Hey Sweetie!" Angela answered, her voice happy. I felt my lips curl in a smile.

"Hey Angela," I said, stopping my walk and I lent against the wall.

"Where are you right now?" Angela voice asked.

"I'm at work, Angela, why?" I asked. I heard her grin again.

"Would you like to go to dinner tonight?" She asked.

"Of course," I answered. "Where?"

"I know a place. I'll be at your place in thirty minutes okay?" She said.

"Sure I'll see you then," I answered, starting to walk to my car and shutting my phone. In thirty minutes, I could get home and get changed before Angela was there.

Luckily, the road was not busy at all, and I could drive home fast. Once I was home, I spent a long time inside my closet and decided to put on that dress Angela and I bought for the Jeffersonian Christmas party a few years back. As I looked in the mirror I was satisfied enough and I flipped my hair backwards, deciding that needed something too. I walked towards the bathroom and just as I finished my hair and make-up, the doorbell rang. My heart fluttered and my stomach felt like sinking. Of course, that was quite impossible right now.

I picked up my black high heels and put them on before opening the door. Angela grinned as I appeared in the doorway. She looked very nice. She, too, was wearing a dress. A low cut red dress.

"Hey Sweetie," she said. "You look beautiful," she commented, and I grinned back.

"Thank you Angela. You look very stunning yourself," I said. Angela turned around on her heels, her hair swirling behind her as she showed me her back.

"Why thank you," She said officially, and I laughed.

"You want to come in?" I offered. She shook her head.

"No the reservation is in an hour, and we'll only make if we drive fast," she said. I nodded and got my coat. She danced behind me as I closed my door and walked outside.

"It looks just like you aren't wearing anything under that pretty coat of yours," Angela sang and she rested her arm on my shoulder. I felt I was starting to blush and didn't comment. Angela just laughed but didn't respond either as we walked outside. I wanted to walk towards my car, but Angela pressured her arm on my shoulder and simply steered me towards her own car. I smiled as she opened my door.

"Thank you," I said, and she grinned and walked around the car, sitting behind the wheel and driving off.

"What sort of special place is it where we're going?" I asked curiously. Angela tipped my nose.

"You'll see," she only said. I narrowed my eyes. I didn't like surprises. Angela grinned at that, biting softly on the tip of her tongue. I turned my eyes away from her, and looked out of the window.

"How were things at work?" Angela asked.

"You were there weren't you?" I asked, turning back to her. She shrugged.

"Yes but only thing I did was draw a face," she said. I smiled.

"We didn't find anything. Booth took me to the victim's mom but she kept crying. We didn't get anything useful," I said, thinking about the woman, crying on my shoulder.

"Oh," Angela said. "How's Booth?" She added. I shrugged.

"He's okay. He didn't like it we didn't get anything, but then he just dropped me off at the Jeffersonian and left," I said. I remembered his strange behaviour and made a mental note to myself to ask him about it. Angela concentrated on the driving for a minute and I looked at her, at how she looked. She was gorgeous, but then again she always was. The dress made her figure stand out. Her collarbone was visible pressing against her skin where her dress was cut out low. I never noticed how she had such a good bone structure over her chest as well. I knew she had on her face, of course. Her face was symmetrical in very much ways. Of course almost no human was entirely symmetrical but I found myself liking faces which were for the most parts. Angela looked at me as my eyes darted over her face and chest and grinned.

"Do you like what you see Brennan?" She asked.

"Yes, Angela, but then again you are a very well build and structured woman," I said, trying to remain factional to hide the fact she just looked stunning.

"Thank you Sweetie," Angela said with a little smirk and I narrowed my eyes, thinking about what Angela could've thought about that comment. I had been simply stating the facts to her.

"Luckily, the traffic likes us and isn't busy. We're almost there," Angela said.

"Surely you know traffic is something with no brain, therefore can't like anything," I mumbled not knowing what she meant. She turned her head and looked at me.

"I love how you get even more factional whenever you're nervous, and you're obviously nervous now, judging by your words," She said. I wasn't sure if she was talking to me but she was right about the nervous part. I could feel my stomach a little too well. Angela parked the car at the side of a road. I looked around.

"I don't see anything, Angela," I said. Angela just smiled and got out of the car, waiting for me to catch up with her she started to walk along a hardened sandy path.

"Angela I'm wearing heels," I protested. She whirled around.

"It's okay, I am too but it's very good to walk on," she said and half-danced over the path. I followed her. We walked through a tiny forest. Though there were enough trees to hide us from the road.

"It's right there," Angela said, pointing at a few lights shining through the darkening forest. I stood still.

"It's a great place," I admitted, and Angela smiled, continuing to walk over the path. We didn't arrive very much later at a tiny restaurant. It had just a few tables and one waitress.

"Angie!" The waitress called and she walked towards us. "Who's your friend?" She asked.

"Hey Maria. This is Temperance Brennan. She's a very dear friend," Angela said, her tone slightly changing at the last two words, and I felt my heart flutter.

"I'll point you to a table," the girl said. She pushed her black hair behind her ear and walked us to a table in the corner, in front of the window.

"It's really nice here, Angela," I complimented her on her choice. Angela nodded.

"I used to come her a lot but not anymore," she said, taking the menu and looking it through. I did the same and the waitress came to get our orders. We stared at each other from the other side of the table and Angela's lips were curled in a smile all the time. I felt her legs against mine and straightened my back. I almost jumped up as the waitress brought our food.

"Thank you," I mumbled softly and I stared down at my food, eating something but not everything. We just talked and looked for over an hour. When Angela paid, because she insisted to, it had completely darkened outside.

We walked out of the restaurant and I looked around. It was completely dark outside because there were no moon or stars, and they hadn't put lanterns here.

I walked over the path towards were I thought Angela car was, but heard Angela laugh. I felt her hand catching mine and she pulled me towards her.

"Wrong way Bren," she said, and I looked at were she was heading. I was pretty sure that wasn't where we came from.
"Angela we'd need to walk about to whole forest if we go that way," I protested. Angela turned around to face me again, an unsure look in her eyes.

"I thought we'd go for a walk..," she mumbled. I smiled.

"That's okay, even though it's really dark," I said. She grinned now.

"That was absolutely part of the plan," she purred, pulling me alongside her with her hand, which still hadn't released mine. I looked at her with big eyes, and she responded by pressing a kiss on my lips. I was surprised by it, but I closed my eyes. I slowly let my tongue lick over her lips, but she pulled back.

"No Sweetie, not yet," she said, and then pulled me towards the dark forest.