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Chapter 2
Booth walked up the stairs to Brennan's apartment the next day, flipping his keys and whistling idly. He, Hodgins, and Angela had all agreed to meet there the previous evening to decide where in the world they wanted to go. He had four travel magazines in his hand, figuring that they could look at them to give each other ideas. When he got to her apartment, he checked his watch. 'Good. I'm early.' He thought. So he flipped his keys to find Brennan's, and then unlocked her door. Sneaking into her apartment, he crept through, determined to scare the anthropologist. He saw her sitting on her couch, with a notepad in her hand, and she was jotting down ideas.
He snuck up behind her. "Boo." He whispered in her ear.
Brennan jumped and stood up, twirling around in the process, getting ready to fight off an attacker. She relaxed upon seeing who it was, and grabbed her notepad, flipping it shut. "Hi Booth." She said. He tried grabbing the notepad out of her hands, but she moved it out of his reach.
"Watcha doin'?" he asked her, again trying to grab the pad out of her hands.
She slapped his hands away. "Their ideas for my new book." Booth's curiosity piqued.
"So you're done with the other one?"
She shook her head. "No. I just had these ideas, and I wanted to write them down." She looked at him. "And no you're not in it."
He sighed and shook his head, running his fingers through his hair. "One of these days, you're going to admit that its me." He told her, pointing his finger in her direction. "So…how early am I?" he asked, changing the subject.
Angela walked up behind him. "Sweetie…what you think is early, and what I think is early, are two completely different types of earliness." Booth turned around and looked at her. "I'm going to pretend that made sense." She looked at Booth. "How did you get in?"
Booth quickly hid his keys, which he was still holding, behind his back. "Bones let me in." he said, thinking quickly. He smiled triumphantly inside for his quick thinking.
"No she didn't. She's been sitting on that couch for…oh my God." She said, using her quick thinking to her advantage. "You have a key to her apartment." She said giddily, clapping her hands excitedly.
"No I don't." Booth said. Brennan hurriedly agreed, shaking her head.
"He doesn't." Angela dove behind Booth and grabbed his keys, looking at them one by one.
"You do!" she said, holding up one key in the bunch he had. "This is Brennan's key!" They tried to explain, but she wasn't listening. "When did this happen? How did this happen?" she paused for breath, and Booth dropped his head, shaking it slightly. It was impossible to stop her once she was in full on Booth and Brennan hook up mode.
"Honey," Hodgins said, coming up behind her, "give the two a break." He placed his arm around her waist and drew her to his side.
Angela looked at the two with a dreamy expression. "I want details." She told them, pointing her finger at each one in return.
Brennan sighed. "We have a key to each others apartment for emergency purposes only." Angela's face lost some of its dreamy quality. "Booth and I," she said, glancing at him. He was looking at the wall behind everyone. "are not 'friends with…um…"
"Benefits." Booth supplied for her, still looking at the wall.
"Right. Benefits." Brennan finished. Angela rolled her eyes and went to sit on the couch, muttering something about two blind idiots. Brennan looked around. There wasn't anyone around who was blind, and she was fairly certain that no one was an idiot in her apartment. Making a mental note to ask Angela about it later, she went and took a seat next to her.
"Right." Hodgins said, going to sit in the armchair across from the ladies. Booth threw the magazines on the coffee table, and then went in her kitchen to grab some beers for everyone. When he got back, everyone was leafing through them. Handing a beer to everyone, he went and sat next to Brennan.
Angela was watching him. "What?" he asked her warily.
She smiled. "I just love how at home you are in Bren's apartment." She told him. He rolled his eyes, and widely decided not to comment. Brennan however, as smart as she was, was apparently not that wise when it came to Angela.
"We spend a lot of time together. Obviously, he would be comfortable at my house, as I am at his." She leafed through her magazine. "This place looks nice." She said, pointing to a picture of Ocho Rios, Jamaica. It showed a large rocky waterfall, with a pool on the bottom. It looked as if the water flowed gently down the rocks, and people were able to sit on them. She flipped threw the pages and came across more pictures, and a small description. "The first town in Jamaica to be developed specifically as a resort, Ocho Rios (usually just called "Ochi") abounds with neon-fronted duty-free stores, fast-food chains, bars, clubs and visitor-oriented restaurants." She read. Angela came and read over her shoulder.
"But look…they don't have that great of a night life." She said, as she continued reading. "And how much time exactly do you spend with Booth?" she asked in a stage whisper.
Booth groaned. "Angela…" he said warningly.
"Enough." She said absentmindedly. She got up to get her laptop, and going to a search base, typed in Ocho Rios. "And look," she said, clicking on a tourist website promoting the island. "It's close enough to the other islands to go out. And it has tons of culture." She continued looking at the pictures. "And beaches." She said, to make Angela like I further.
"Sounds great to me." Hodgins said. "I've never been to Ocho Rios, but I've been to Nassau." They all looked at him expectantly. "It's niiiiice." He said, drawing out the word so that it lasted for five syllables. "It's in the Bahamas."
Brennan looked around at everyone. "So is it alright if we go to the Caribbean, then?"
"Hey, as long as there are beaches and waterfalls, I'm there." Angela said.
"And I'll go wherever Angela wants to go." Hodgins said. "But the Caribbean is awesome." He finished happily. They all turned to Booth.
"I've always wanted to go to the Caribbean." He said, and everyone smiled.
"So it's set, then." Brennan said happily.
They all crowded around Brennan's laptop. "First question." Booth started. "How long do you guys want to stay?"
"Let's make it…three weeks." Angela said, her finger resting on her chin thoughtfully. She looked around at everyone. "When should we leave?" she asked.
"Today's Saturday." Booth said, thinking hard. "What if we leave on Monday?" he asked. "That gives us Sunday to pack up and do whatever else we have to do."
Everyone nodded. Brennan went on the Dulles National Airport Website to get their tickets. After filling in all required information, they were ready to go.
"Our flight is at seven Monday morning." Booth said, as everyone got ready to leave. "We can all either meet somewhere, or I can come and pick us all up."
They looked at each other. Hodgins clapped Booth on the shoulder. "You can pick us up." He said happily. Booth looked down at Hodgins hand.
"If you want to live to see this trip," he said, "then don't touch me. Anyways," he said brightly, "I'll pick you all up...here. At 4:30. In the morning." He placed his hand on Brennan's shoulder briefly, squeezing it gently, and she smiled softly at him. He then turned back to everyone else.
"If you," he looked pointedly at Hodgins, "are late, then I will shoot you." He turned to Angela. "I can't do anything to you, but you get the idea."
With that being said, Booth left, and Hodgins went outside the door, waiting for Angela, who was saying bye to Brennan.
"Nothings really going on between you two?" she asked her, reaching up to give her a hug.
Brennan shook her head. "No." She returned the hug.
Angela shook her head as she let her go. "But why? I mean, he's single, and he's obviously head over heels for you." Brennan gave her a confused look, and Angela raised her hand. "Never mind. I'll see you later sweetie." And she left with Hodgins. She was going to make Brennan and Booth get together over this trip. She was sure of it.
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And that's the end of Chapter 2!
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