A.N. I'm sorry for making another self-harm story. It's something I'm personally struggling with right now. And in my story Temperance won't be so much of a creep as she was in The Death of the Queen Bee. Sorry if it's OOC anyway. Oh and this isn't at Burtonsville.

B&B

When Butterflies Die: Chapter 1

As long as Temperance Brennan could remember she never really fit in. In any of her schools. It was her sophomore year at a brand new school. With old clothes that smelled of plastic and deodorizer. Another name to put on the bottom of her shoe. This school wouldn't be any different than the last ones. She would be shunned here too she was sure of it. After searching for about 15 minutes, all of the first passing period, she found her first class. She had yet to find her locker so was forced to lug all of her books with her. She was adjusting the weight of her backpack and the books she was carrying to open the door when a much larger one reached around her and opened it. She looked behind her to see a tall, dark, brown-eyed boy who was smirking at her.

"Do you need help finding your locker, sexy?" She couldn't believe this boy!

"I'm quite capable of finding my locker myself, and I'd appreciate if in the future you refrained from objectifying me." She walked through the door he was still holding open and for good measure turned to him and told him that chivalry was dead. He didn't look happy about it. As if he didn't already know.

All throughout class she could feel eyes on her. She heard the whispers from the back. Some were vague and opaque and she couldn't really discern whether they were about her or not others were quite clearly about her. As usual she kept her mouth shut. She wouldn't validate them with a response. As the bell rang and the kids filed out of the classroom, she decided it would be less time consuming and a great deal less frustrating if she just asked the teacher where her locker was. As the teacher, Mr. Brown, gave her directions the same boy from earlier came back in the room, for what she didn't know, nor care.

She was right, asking for directions to her next class was a lot less time consuming. She wasted no time during the unnecessary break they gave the students in addition to a 5 minute passing period. As she entered the classroom occupied by only the teacher, Mr. Lloyd and picked a seat. He told her not to get her stuff out because he would be assigning seats. She couldn't help but notice how terribly coincidental today had been as that same tall, dark, brown-eyed boy from earlier waltzed in, an air of cockiness surrounding him. He must have felt his eyes on her because he glanced over at her catching her gaze before she turned away. He really was an attractive boy, but his confidence was overwhelming.

Mr. Lloyd, who seemed to enjoy giving himself and the class of Sophomore Physics a lengthy introduction and wanted nothing more than the students to do so too had all of the students go around and sign each other's papers based on experiences. It really made no sense to her, but she complied. Then he assigned seats. By alphabetical order. It just seemed fated that this boy be a constant of this particular day as he was to be her new lab partner for "at least the first semester". He seemed as dejected by the idea as she. At least she could put a name to the face now. Seeley. Odd name. No more odd than Temperance she reminded herself. Once everyone had settled and waited for the teacher to pass out their first real assignment Seeley turned to her. "So I thought you didn't need help finding your locker, Temperance."

His tone made her want to cringe. He was so full of himself. She had no desire to humor him so she kept quiet. He was quick to fill the silence she left. "You know if we're going to be lab partners you should really think about being more personable." That had never been a strong point of hers.

Turning to him she said "You should be thankful to have me as a lab partner. I have a very high IQ. I'm quite adept to science and math as well as English and History, although the latter two hold no relevance to this class." She said without a breath of modesty. Who's cocky now, Temperance?

"Well you really don't hold back, do you?" He said in a voice that hinted to nothing short of astonishment. And not the good kind.

"I don't believe in lying." She explained. He gave a disbelieving look but dropped the conversation.

They each silently looked over the assignment. It was meant to be completed together. To her surprise he actually helped out quite a bit with the assignment. He wasn't as stupid as he came across. He was actually quite pleasant. Temperance thought that maybe this time wouldn't be as bad.

B&B

A.N. So this is it for the first chapter. This has been floating around my head for a while. I couldn't sleep tonight so I thought "Why not now?" lol. Um I guess this is a good a place as any to stop. SH topic will probably present itself nest chapter. You've been warned!