AN: This is my first fanfic, so please review so I can have an idea as to where I stand.

Special Agent Seeley Booth walked into the Jeffersonian Institutes Medico-Legal Lab with hopes that his partner, Dr. Temperance Brennan, had worked up an appetite. His friend, who was finally back from an undercover case, had been waiting to meet her.

"Hey, Bones! What's up?" Booth asked. "Oh, Bones, this is a friend of mine, Special Agent Danielle Lorenza."

He turned slightly toward the other agent, his famous smile in place, "Dani, this is my partner Dr. Temperance Brennan."

The two women shook hands and Lorenza was the first to speak, "Dr. Brennan, its so nice to finally meet you. Booth has told me so much about you

and your work together." Brennan took a chance to glance back at Booth and noticed the way he was looking at Lorenza, but the expression was unreadable. 'Are they together?' was the only thought that crossed her mind.

"Agent Lorenza, the feeling is mutual. Booth has mentioned some cases in which the two of you have worked together, as well."

Temperance turned back to Booth, "So, what are you doing here, Booth?"

Being pulled back into reality, he answered quickly, "Oh, well, I came to see if you wanted to go get some lunch at the diner. And maybe you'll order some pie this time, huh?"

'That famous charm smile of his is overwhelming,' she thought to herself, 'and those warm chocolate eyes...' she sighed as she practically melted in his gaze. Clearing her throat, she said, "Let me go ask Cam for some clearance; I was supposed to have my lunch break an hour ago. I'll be right back."

-

Dr. Brennan walked up to the platform and stood next to Angela, "Where's Dr. Saroyan?"

"I'm pretty sure she's in her office... Hey, who's that in your office with Booth? His new girlfriend?"

"That's an old friend of his, Agent Lorenza"

"Old friend, huh? Well, looks like an old flame to me. And who says an old flame can't be rekindled?"

Temperance looked back at her partner, "Doesn't look like his type, Ange," she said a little worriedly.

"Sweetie, please. She's got a great figure. You better watch her -"

"Angela, stop."

"You need to wake up. Its tiring to watch, Bren!"

Brennan walked off in the direction of Cam's office.

-

A few minutes passed when Lorenza noticed where Booth had been looking, "Oh, man, Booth!"

Booth turned from watching Brennan, "What, Dani?"

"You have the hots for your partner! Ha!"

Booth could feel his blood rush to his cheeks, "Come on, Dani! You have to be quiet around here, the noise travels!"

This time Agent Lorenza was a bit more serious, "Wow, Seeley. It is true. I should've known when Charlie said it, but to hear you say it... Does she have any idea? Really... you should tell her."

Unbeknownst to them, Temperance had been standing in the doorway when Danielle made her last comment, but neither Booth nor Lorenza was facing her door.

"Dani, you don't know her. She'll have a difficult time adjusting to the fact that I'm in love with her, she's my partner. She's not going to accept it. What kind of situation would that put us in? She'll freak out. She'll run. No way. Nuh-uh," he sighed heavily and collapsed on to Brennan's couch.

Brennan was in pure shock. She stood still, curious to hear the rest of his confession.

Dani was glaring at Booth, "Yes, Agent Lorenza? What can I do for you? What's with the staring, hmm?"

Lorenza kept her gaze on Booth, "Tisk, tisk, Agent Booth. I would think you were brave enough to tell a woman you love her. I guess you're not the man I thought you were – "

"Hey, that's not fair! You should hear the way she explains love. It would hurt me to tell her, and then she'd say something like, 'Love, Booth, is just the release of some chemical or what not. Nothing more than serotonin'. It would hurt more than when Rebecca rejected me."

Agent Lorenza had an odd look on her face that Brennan didn't quite understand, was Danielle jealous of the attention Booth was giving to the situation? Booth sighed once more, and Brennan thought it best to bring everything back to its usual state.

Clearing her throat, she said, "Alright. Come on. Cam said I could go being that I'm ahead in my work anyway."

Booth stood as he gave the other agent the meanest look to keep her mouth closed, but Temperance saw it despite Seeley's attempts to keep it hidden...

"Is everything okay, Booth?"

"Huh, what? Umm... Yeah", he stammered.

Temperance gave her partner one look over and saw that he was tense.

"Actually," Lorenza cut in, "I have to get back to work, and besides I ate already, so... Dr. Brennan, it was a pleasure. Hopefully, we'll meet again. Booth, see you back at Hoover."

Booth seemed relieved; he thought Danielle was going to give him away. As Agent Lorenza walked away, Brennan remembered why Booth had shown up in the first place, "Are we still going to lunch, Booth?"

"Yeah, Bones." He grabbed her jacket and held it out for her.

She smiled, "Thanks, Booth"

"Anytime, Bones, anytime. Let's go. We have slices of pie waiting for us at the diner."

With his charm smile in place again, he put his hand on the small of her back, leading her towards the exit.

This didn't slip by Angela, 'Good', she thought, 'show that man you're interested.'

"Booth, you know I don't like my fruit cooked."

"Come on, Bones. It's delicious. You should try it before you say anything."

"Mmm... I don't know," that wasn't the only thing she was unsure about. She wondered if she could bring up the discussion she'd overheard that took place in her office.

"Alright, Bones. We'll see when we get there, huh?"

"We'll see."

And with that she was left with only her thoughts as he closed her passenger side door to his SUV.