Scene 8: Poking around at Neptune High

[argyle_princess]

Previously . . .It’s the way high school halls work. One moment, they’re empty, and then a bell rings, and they fill very suddenly with people who have four minutes to get to wherever they’re supposed to be next

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[paladinsuitsyou]

Booth, who was looking vaguely nervous and annoyed around all these wealthy, indolent adolescents, turns at her voice.

"Hannah!" he says, a broad smile spreading across his face. "How's it going, kiddo?"

[dr_temperance]

Brennan has occasionally reflected that Booth would probably spend less of his life being irritated if he learned to view situations (like affluent high schools) with objective dispassionate interest.

On the other hand, there's nothing objective or dispassionate about the grin that crosses her face at the sight of Hannah.

"Hannah--it's so good to see you!" she says, giving her young friend a hug.

She steps back, still smiling. "I take it you didn't get my message that we'd be in town."

[argyle_princess]

"That would be a no," says Hannah, who has now been hugged and kiddoed in the middle of Neptune High.

Her friends, who she was walking with, are regarding all with open curiosity. So is pretty much anyone else who happens to be in this hallway.

"What -- why are you here?"

Not that she's not happy to see them. She's just also very very confused.

[dr_temperance]

"We got called in on a case," Brennan explains. "Human remains discovered at a movie site."

She seems completely oblivious to the odd looks their small group is garnering from the passing students in the hallway.

"I sent you an email right before we left, but I wasn't sure if you'd have a chance to get it before you left for school."

This trip to California had been pretty short notice.