"Where's Booth? I thought I heard him out here." Brennan stood in her office door.
Angela and Cam looked at each other, obviously trying not to laugh. "He's in the restroom, I think", said Cam. "He may be a while."
"That's odd….why is Hodgins running across the lab?" Brennan pointed as Hodgins ran into his office and locked the door.
Wendell appeared, covered with a shower cap and wearing an apron. "Oh…Dr. B...yeah...that explosion wasn't really anything bad…"
"Explosion? Booth was in an explosion?"
Wendell explained. "It was just a little chemical explosion. No poisons but there was a fairly violent oxidation reaction. Agent Booth decided to watch so he could testify about it if he had to. He was wearing an apron so his suit's okay."
Brennan was confused. "What's the problem, then?"
Wendell grimaced. "It's his hair."
Brennan was shocked. "Booth's hair was damaged? Oh my God...no wonder Hodgins is hiding. Why aren't you with Hodgins? Aren't you worried?"
"Hodgins set off the reaction early and Booth was pretty close to it. Booth's pissed at him, not me. I'm pretty sure that Booth's hair got burned in front. He'll probably need a trim to even it out...it's going to be really short and spiky for a while, I think."
"HODGINS!" Booth roared, charging out of the restroom. His eyebrows and hair in front were singed and no amount of combing was going to hide it..
Hodgins stood in the doorway of his office laughing. "Dude...I told you to wear the cap but you didn't want to mess up your hair, remember? Don't worry, Booth. It'll grow back."
The fact that everyone was laughing about the way he looked did nothing to ease Booth's mood. " You better not let me catch you out of your office, Bug Boy."