Accidentally on Purpose

Angela's side hurt, she was laughing so hard. "Did you see the look on their faces." She was clutching her stomach.

"I know." Brennnen was laughing,as she pulled out a tissue from her purse, to wipe her eyes.

"Take a deep breath, Bren, in and out." she paused, pulling out her phone. She dialed a number. "Hey, Scott, you two were great, thanks for your help." she listened for a second. "You two can go, I think they've learned their lesson."

Brennen gasped, "You planned that."

"Bren, sweetie," she looked at her, "don't ever under estimate my powers."

Brennen was aghast, "High five, girl friend." and put up her hand.

Angela smiled at Bren, and smacked her hand, "We rock." and they laughed even harder.

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A few minutes later, Angela and Brennen returned to the table. Booth was back in his normal seat, and Hodgins was directly across the table, about as far away from Booth, as he could get. Both of them were oddly silent.

Angela winked at Brennen, "so where did Scott and Jay go?" she sounded so innocent.

"They got a call and had to leave, work something or other." Hodgins answered her.

Booth stood, and pulled out Brennen's chair, almost making her laugh again. She sat, and he scooted her up to the table.

Angela also sat, next to Hodgins, "So, anything new?" She looked up at them, trying really hard not to laugh.

Angela and Brennen had a perfectly lovely lunch. They chatted and conversed like old friends.

Booth sat, and listened, catored to Brennen's every need, when asked a questioned, he answered, politely, usually with one word answers, or an afirmative grunt, or nod.

Hodgins was even more quiet, eating his food, occassionally looking up, at Angela or Brennen.

"Well, I need to use the little girls room, again." Angela had just finished her lunch. She stood up, "Bren?" Brennen stood up.

"Back in a minute, Boys." Angela smiled down at them, with just a twinge of guilt.

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"You dont' think we damaged them for life do you?" Angela looked at Brennen.

They looked at each other, for a second, and burst out in laughter, again.

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Hodgins, wasn't really hungry, and had been pushing his food around his plate. Since, the girls had went to the bathroom, he and Booth hadn't said anything to each other.

He cleared his throat, and Booth looked up at him. "I dont' know about you man, but I just want to forget this lunch ever happened."

Before, Booth could say anything, their waitress walked up.

"Excuse me, Agent Booth." she looked at him.

Booth smiled up at her, she was their long time waitress.

"One of the fellas that was in here earlier dropped this." She sat a cell phone on the table.

Hodgins and Booth looked down at the phone like it was a coiled rattlesnake, ready to strike.

"How did you know it was his, if he dropped it." Hodgins asked.

"Hope you don't think I was nosy, but I hit the redial button, and saw who's name came up."

Hodgins reached out and grabbed the phone. He hit redial.

"Oh, man, Booth." his eyes bored into Booth's.

"What?"

Hodgins turned the phone so Booth, could read it. It read: Angela Montegnegro.

"I think we've been had."

The ride back to the Jeffersonian, was uneventful. Brennen had reclaimed her seat, and Hodgins was sitting in the back, next to Angela.

Booth, and Hodgins, was were a little more conversational than they had been at lunch, though Brennen and Angela pretty much carried the conversation.

Several times, during the ride, over, Booth glanced over at her, with a gleam in his eyes, making her wonder, what exactly was he thinking about.

Hodgins, for the most part, leaned back, and enjoyed the ride. His mind was turning over, his thoughts racing around, his mind busy calculating. Every once in a while, Angela would lean close, and ask him something, trying to nudge him into the conversation.

Booth, parked in the underground parking, and walked up, with Brennnen, as was his habit. Angela and Hodgins, seperated from them, each headed to their seperate work stations, Booth followed Brennen to her office.

They walked in together, Booth closed the door softly behind them.

"Hey, Bones, we're all alone." He sidled up to her, and pulled her into his arms, and pulled her in for one of his mind numbing kisses, completely taking both of their breaths away.

"You want to go to dinner tonight?" after he caught his breath. He still held her in his arms.

"Sure, I'm not planning on working too late, tonight."

"Good, I'll be here to get you." Letting her go, he turned and walked to the door, he glanced back at Brennen, like he wanted to say something.

"Booth?" she prompted

"Never mind, Ill see you later." he walked out, and closed the door behind him.

That was weird.

Sweetie." Angela breezed into Brennen's office, and plopped down on Brennnen's couch.

"Ang." Brennen looked up. "What's up?"

"Everything seem okay with Booth, today after lunch?"

"Booth did seem like something was on his mind," definitely.

"Why do you ask?" She stood up, and walked over to her couch, and sat next to Angela.

"Hodgins is being a little weird."

"Weird?"

"Yea, he's being all quiet, and sneaky like." she sighed, "and Sweetie, trust me when I say, that's not a good thing."

"Perhaps, he's nursing a wound, to his male ego." Brennen said trying not to smile.

Angela looked at her, trying real hard not to laugh, but couldn't resist, and they both burst out into a round of spontaneous laughter.

"No perhaps about it, Bren." she said, dabbing at her eyes, grinning.

"Care to clue me in on the joke?" from the door way, causing both Brennen, and Angela to jump in their seats.

"Hodgins, did you need something?" Brennen asked, trying to be serious.

She looked over at Angela. Both of them wondering how long he'd been standing there.

"Just got those results back, Dr. Brennen." He waved the file in his hands, he had an odd look on his face.

"Thank you, Dr. Hodgins, just leave it on my desk."

"Sure, Dr. B." he walked over and laid it on her desk.

"What's so funny, Angela?" he asked.

"Private joke, Jack." he noticed a look that passed between the two women.

He looked at Angela, and after a long pause, "Of course it is." he stroked his beard.

"I've got to get back, I'll talk to you later." he turned to go, when he reached the door, he turned back, and gave them both another look, and walked out.

After she watched Hodgins leave, she turned to Brennen, "Uh oh!"

"What Ang?"

"Did you see the way he stroked his beard?"

"Is that significant?" Brennen asked.

She nodded, "Did you see the look on his face?" Brennen nodded.

"It's a sign, Bren, a very bad sign."

"Hey Hodgie." Angela sidled up next to him. "How ya' doing?" giving him a smile.

Here we go, thought Hodgins. "I'm fine, Angela." God, he hated how his heart always sped up, when she smiled at him.

"Just working." He bent over to look in his microscope.

"Anything interesting?" she scooched a little closer, and leaned over toward him, just a touch.

He looked up at her, and audibly swallowed, Angela's v neck sweater gave him an unrestricted view of her cleavage. OH, God, he thought, I am such a sucker for this woman.

"You seemed a little," a pause,".....off earlier. I was just wondering if you needed someone to talk to. You know a friend?" She gave him her sexiest smile.

Please tell me, I'm not this weak, "Nothing's wrong, Angela." forcing his eyes up from her sweater, back to hers.

Angela reached out with her finger, and ran it down his cheek. "you sure, Jack." she purred near his ear, "cause I'm here if you need me."

He looked into Angela's eyes, "Is that an offer Angela?"

He knew now, as well as the first time, he'd been with her, that this woman would be the love of his life. Angela had a hold on him, like no there woman had ever had. He'd always planned that eventually, he'd win her back. But the whole deal with Wendal had completely thrown him for loop, and shattered his game plan. She wasn't with Wendal anymore, but seeing them together had broke off a little piece of his heart.

"Dr. Hodgins, can I see you for a moment." it was one of the lab tech's.

"I'll talk to you later, Angela." he turned away, and then turned back, "Hey, do you want to go out and do something this weekend, Angela?" he had really missed her.

"Sure, it's a date." she gave him her best smile. "We'll talk later." He nodded his head at her, and walked out of his office, leaving her there.

She sighed to herself, thinking what a sucker she was. Must be his eyes, she could never resist them.

She turned to go, when she heard a buzzing sound. It happened again, and again. Like a bloodhound, she lifted her head, and listened, letting her ears tell her where to go. Following the sound she discovered the source of the buzzing, buried under some paperwork on his work station.

Hodgins must have gotten a new phone, she thought, when she reached out to pick it up. It wasn't his usual mode of electronics. Normally Jack got the best, the biggest, the fanciest, and the most expensive. This phone, was just a basic
phone, nothing special.

It buzzed again in her hand. Turning it over, she looked at the caller I.D.

Oh, crap. what is going on.

Why would Jay be calling Jack? What was going on? Angela pulled out out her phone. Scott would know what was going on, they'd been friends for years. She hit the send button and waited for him to pick up.

Keeping an eye out for Jack, she waited for Scott to pick up. The phone in her hand buzzed. Without a thought, she lifted it up, and read it.

Angela Montenegro.

Puzzled, as well as curious, she realized that Jack had Scott's phone. Hmmmmm, this was unexpected. She put the phone back where she found it. She needed to talk to Bren.

"Your still here?" Hodgins came thru the door.

"Just on my way out, gotta go." she breezed out the door.

That was kinda odd, even for Angela. He shrugged and walked back to his microscope. It was then he saw the phone. He had left it on his work table, purposely buried under paperwork, hidden from Angela, who had the skills of a covert spy, when it came to nosing around, and hearing gossip. But, now, it sat clearly visible on the corner of his work station. Curious, he picked it up, and hit the missed call button.

Angela Montenegro.

Grinning to himself, this was about to get good.

Brennen had closed her office door. She was going over the lab results, that Hodgins had delivered earlier, when Angela burst thru the door. She flung the door open so hard, it bounced the wall behind it, crashing, startling Brennen enough to make her jump.

"Brennnnnnnnnnnnnnnn." Angela wailed, standing in front of her desk.

"Ang, what's wrong?"

"He knowsssss."

"He who?" what was she talking about?

"Jack."

"Okay, Jack knows.............?" waiting for Angela to fill in the blanks.

"About today?"

"I'm confused Angela."

"He knows about Scott and Jay."

Brennen continued to look at her, confused.

"I told you earlier that Hodgins was acting weird." she looked at her, "I couldn't just sit around and wait,"

"Wait for what, Ang?"

"You know, waiting for the shoe to drop?"

"What shoe, Ang? Your confusing me."

"Waiting for the shoe to drop means, he's got something up his sleeve,"

"Oh, I know that one, its his heart." Brennen smiled at her.

"Sweetie, no," Angela shook her head, for being a brilliant scientist, Bren could be very daft. "That's wearing your heart on your sleeve, Bren." and very patiently added, "when you have something up your sleeve, it means your planning something."

"You think Hodgins is planning something."

"Yes, I do, and knowing Jack, its diabolical." she added.

"What makes you think he know."

"Oh, sweetie, he knows, trust me." she narrowed her eyes at Brennen, "Its even worse than that."

"I'm not following, Ang?"

"He knows, I know, but he doesn't know that I know, that he knows, that I know, about it."

"Ang, you are not making sense." Brennen looked at her shaking her head.

"Try to follow along Bren," she held up her finger, and pointed toward the door. "Earlier, I went to his office. Just to chat, and feel out the situation, a bit." she looked at Bren, "your following along?"

Bren nodded.

"When I was there, I found a phone, that wasn't Hodgins'."

"Yes. So......"

"It rang while I was there."

"You answered it?"

"No, but I saw who was calling."

"Who?" trying to get her to the point.

"Jay."

"Jay, from the diner, Jay?" Brennen asked.

"Yep."

"Why would Hodgins's have Jay's phone?"

"It's not Jay's phone, it was Scott's phone."

"And I don't know. Doesn't really matter." she looked at her, "the point, sweetie, is he knows about the little joke we played on him in the diner."

"Angela just tell him it was joke."

"Sweetie," she looked at her, "there are certain things about men, that are taboo. And one of those things, is questioning their sexualtiy." she looked out Brennen's door towards Hodgins office.

"I'm not following, Ang."

Of course she wasn't, Angela sighed, "Men are not like us. They aren't as open to certain aspects,..............." how to explain this to her, "hetero men, don't embrace thier fem sides Bren, do you get what I'm trying to say?"

"Your saying Hodgins, feelings got hurt, because someone insinutated he was gay?"

"Sort of. Yes. Booth, did too, sweetie." She gave Bren a look.

"Ang, you are mistaken, I can assure you, that there is nothing feminine about Booth." Brennen smiled at her.

"That's not the point, Bren." she sighed.

"I think your wrong, Ang, when you were with Roxy, both Hodgins and Booth were okay with it."

"First off, Hodgins wasn't okay with it, but he accepted it, and as far as Booth goes, he accepted cause he is my friend. Hodgins was my lover, big difference. " she added, "and besides that, hetero men dig lesbians, Bren."

"Maybe, I should just give this one to Hodgins." she said puzzleing Brennen.

"I'm confused again." Brennen leaned back in her chair.

"It's okay Sweetie, I know what to do." she stepped towards the door.

"Later Bren." and was gone, leaving a confused Brennen staring after her.

why do people think Booth is gay? funny joke though.

She was shuttng off her computer, when a certain broad shouldered shadow apeard in her office doorway.

"Hey, Booth." she smiled at him, as he came thru the door, closing it softly behind him.

"Bones." he came forward, and pulled her to her feet. "You ready?" as he leaned down, to give her kiss. He'd meant it to be a simple "hello" kiss, but when his lips touched hers, he changed his mind.

She leaned into him, as he deepend the kiss, causing her heart to pound, as he slanted his mouth over hers, again, and again. After what seemed like and eternity, he pulled back from her, breathing heavy, trying to catch his breath. Resting his forehead on hers, he smiled at her. "Founding Father's okay?"

"Sure," she smiled at him.

"You care if Hodgin's and Angela join us?" Booth asked.

"Of course not, Booth." why would she care, Angela was her best friend.

cute scene.