A/N Just a moment to highlight the constant bickering between out favourite duo. Not mine, if they were they would be doing a lot more than fighting. Thanks to Irony882 for fixing my booboos. Love you!!!!

"I just got a call. Joel Windermere wants to talk to us," Booth said as he joined Temperance in trudging through the muddy field.

"I though he was due to be executed?" she replied, swiping at the flies that gave evidence of the corpse that lay further ahead.

He joined her in swiping and unrolled his sleeves to cover at least some of his body. "Yeah, but the judge granted a temporary reprieve."

"What? On what grounds?"

"I don't know, Bones. Talk to the lawyers."

"That's normally your job." She turned to look at him. "Or is there not usually much talking?"

"What?" Booth stopped suddenly and waited until she turned around to look at him.

She stopped too, raising her arms as though stating the obvious. "I'm just saying, you have a lot of experience with lawyers, so you should under stand what makes them tick."

"Did you just use a…? Hey wait, I do not specifically date lawyers." He raised his voice slightly as she began walking away, setting of himself in an effort to keep up with her.

"Yes, you do." She responded, leaving no room for argument. So she thought.

"No, I don't." He paused, studying her face before making his next point, "Cam wasn't a lawyer."

"She's in law enforcement. You seem to have a thing for authority."

"She's a coroner." He ignored her 'authority comment'.

"But she helps catch criminals so she helps the law."

"But she's not a lawyer, is what I'm saying." He replied, now rather frustrated by the fact that she was not backing down.

"Yeah, but when…"

"Bones," he held up a hand in a stop signal, " Just…. "

"Just?" She repeated, raising her eyebrows in a question.

"Let it go."

"Let it go?"

"Is there a parrot out here?" he joked, attempting to break the sudden tension.

"I don't know what that means…"

"Yeah."

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