If I decide pursue this story, it will be a long multi-chapter story. Probably around twenty chapters, depending on how much time I have during the summer and how many reviews I get (Hint Hint). This story takes place right before the season 6 episode, "Doctor in the Photo" and will continue until the end of the season. There will be plenty of B&B later on but I wanted to focus the first chapter on Temperance and Christine. I hope you enjoy it

Fifteen year-old Christine Miller spent her Saturday night at the movies with her best friend, Sarah Lane. Sarah's mother was kind enough to drive Christine home.

"Thank you so much Mrs. Lane for giving me a ride home."

"No problem sweetie, tell you Mom and Dad I said hi."

"Ok I will."

As Christine was about to go inside Sarah asked her, "I will be seeing you at the spring musical auditions tomorrow right?"

"Well I don't think I'm going to audition this year."

"WHAT? Why not? Your voice is amazing! You and I both know that if you auditioned you would get one of the main roles."

"Singing and acting is alright but my heart has always been set on the piano. I decided that I'm going to concentrate on practicing the piano so hopefully I can get into Julliard. I don't know how my Mom is going to handle my decision. She really wants me to be a Broadway star."

"But at least your father would support you since he plays the piano too right? And your parents both know that you are a piano prodigy. You have been taking piano lessons from an ex-Julliard professor for ten years now and you have been playing since the age of three. You are the only fifteen year-old that I know of that can compose a beautiful piano composition within a day and can play practically every Beethoven Sonata perfectly."

"Ok now you are over exaggerating. But when my Mom agreed to let me take private piano lessons, she thought it would enhance my singing voice and therefore boost my desire to act. But in end, her plan backfired haha."

"Well I wish you the best of luck with that. I will see you tomorrow Christine."

"Ok bye Sarah and thanks again Mrs. Lane."

After the car pulled out, Christine walked into the house and placed her purse on the kitchen table. The house seemed unusually quiet.

"Mom? Dad? I'm home."

'Maybe they are in bed already' Christine thought. She went up the stairs and went into her parents' bedroom and there she saw the most gruesome and disturbing thing. On top of her parents bed she saw two badly decomposed bodies that were no longer recognizable.

~The next morning~

Temperance Brennan was at her apartment getting ready to leave for the Jeffersonian when she heard a knock at her door. When she opened the door, she was greeted by her partner, Seeley Booth.

"I assume we have a case right?"

"Yup you got that right Bones. Let's go."

As they made their way to the crime scene in Booth's SUV, Booth filled in Brennan of the situation.

"A young girl was at the movies with her friend, came home and found two dead bodies on top of her parents' bed. The girl dialed 911 but couldn't even explain to the operator what was going on because she was in a state of shock. When the police arrived, they found the girl in the bedroom closet and she refuses to come out. Even the social worker can't get her to come out."

"Oh my God Booth! Does she have any family?"

"I already took a look at her background profile. She has no family after her parents. She will have to go into the foster system if those two victims prove to be her parents."

Bones softly replied, "Oh." She began to have flashbacks of the terrible years where she had no family and was tossed around different foster homes. 'At least I have my father and brother now,' Brennan thought, 'the poor girl will never have a family to turn to anymore.'

"Booth?"

"Yes Bones?"

"Maybe I could get the girl to come out. I know I'm not a trained psychologist but I know what it feels like to suddenly lose family."

"As long as it's ok with the social worker then I'm sure you can talk to the girl. Ok Bones we're here."

Together Bones and Booth went into the house and up the stairs to the crime scene. Brennan approached the bed and began her analysis of the two bodies.

"The first victim is female, Caucasian, late thirties to early forties and is around five foot seven. Second victim is male, Caucasian, late thirties to early forties and is around 6 feet tall. I would approximate time of death for both victims to be about twelve hours ago. There are definite signs of foul play. Although we will have to confirm with dentals, I am fairly confident that these two victims are the parents of Christine Miller."

Just as Temperance finished analyzing the crime scene, the social worker approached her.

"Doctor Brennan you can go and see Christine now."

"Thank you"

Brennan slowly walked into the bedroom closet and found Christine was curled up on the floor, shaking and sobbing uncontrollably but managed to say, "I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE OK FROM ANOTHER SOCIAL WORKER CAUSE MY LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME NOW THAT MY PARENTS ARE DEAD."

"Actually I'm not a social worker. I'm a forensic anthropologist. My name is Doctor Temperance Brennan."

"What exactly is a forensic anthropologist?"

"I'm called in when bodies are badly decomposed. I identify them and find out how they died."

"So since you are not a trained psychologist, why were you sent in here to talk to me?"

"Well because I am familiar with the emotions that you are experiencing. When I was your age, my parents left and disappeared. My older brother abandoned me and I was placed in the foster system for three years. I felt very alone in the world for the longest time. Six years ago, I found my mother's remains and I had to solve her murder."

Christine stopped crying and listened intently to Brennan's story. Finally, she whispered, "Will you promise me Doctor Brennan that you will find out who killed my parents and bring them to justice?"

"I promise Christine." After a moment of silence, Christine surprised Brennan by throwing her arms around her and whispered in her ear, "I'm just so scared because I know that I will have to be placed in the foster system. What was it like for you? "

"I won't lie to you. The years that I was in the foster system were probably the worst years of my life. But Christine, I am a registered foster parent. You can stay with me if you like, at least until your parents' murder is solved." Christine looked Brennan in the eye and said, "I don't know you all that well but I would like to stay with someone who understands what I am going through."

"So it's all settled then." Then Doctor Temperance Brennan helped Christine get up and together they walked out of the bedroom closet and into Booth's SUV.

~In Booth's SUV~

Christine was asleep in the backseat while Booth was driving Brennan to the Jeffersonian.

"You know Bones, I'm really proud of you."

"Why Booth?"

"Well, you completely opened yourself to Christine, which you would normally not do. I was especially surprised when you told me that you are going to let Christine live with you."

"It will only be for a while Booth. I just can relate to what she is going through and when I was talking to her, I let the unscientific side of me guide me through the conversation, if that makes any sense."

Booth made quick eye contact with and gave her his charm smile and replied, "It makes perfect sense to me."

"Booth, do you know anything about Christine?"

"Since she is a minor, her file is not very detailed. Based on her file, she was born in Trenton, New Jersey and then her family moved to D.C. when she was five. She is a sophomore at Washington High School. Her interests and hobbies you will have to find out on your own Bones."

Booth pulled up in front of the Jeffersonian.

"I'll be back in a couple of hours. I'm meeting up with Hannah for lunch and then I'm going back to my office to do some research on the parents. I don't know even if extensive research if I will be able to find anything that could lead us to the killer. I'm going to ask Christine some questions to see if she knows anything. I'm going to give her a day or two before I burden her with any questions."

"Ok Booth I will see you later." 'Although Booth doesn't realize it, I can tell that we are drifting further and further apart,' Brennan thought. 'A year ago, Booth and I would have lunch together at the diner everyday. I guess a lot of things can change in a year.' Temperance opened the backseat of the SUV and tapped Christine lightly on the shoulder. "We're here Christine."

Christine slowly got out of the car and Booth drove away.

"Well your boyfriend seems really nice."

"What are you talking about Christine?"

"That Agent Booth guy. You have great taste."

"Oh Christine, we are just work partners. Booth has a girlfriend and her name is Hannah."

"Oh." 'How are they not together?' Christine thought. 'I saw how Agent Booth looked at Doctor Brennan at my house. They definitely have a past.'

Doctor Brennan and Christine made their way into her office.

"Ok I'm going to check my phone messages and then we can go have lunch with my friend Angela."

Christine nodded and sat down on her couch. Brennan put her phone on speaker and dialed her voicemail.

You have one new voice message. First voice message: "Doctor Brennan. You don't know who I am but I know all about you. You have something that I want. I want Christine Miller. She has something that no one else has. Her parents are dead because they got in my way and now you are in my way. If I don't have Christine by the end of the week, you will be next."

Ok so I may or not continue with this story. Getting enough reviews (Hint Hint) will definitely encourage my decision to continue.