DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN BONES. IF I DID, I WOULD BE A SQUINTERN BY NOW! LOL

I. DELAY

It's only a week before Thanksgiving, and every single airport, train station, even bus stops in the city is filled with with people arriving and leaving to be with the people their family for the special holiday. At the parking lot of the biggest airports in the state walks Dr. Jack Hodgins, his left gloved hand is resting warmly in his trench coat pocket, while his right is resting on his wife, Angela's waist. Of all the seasons, he hates winter. He hates the cold, period. He would always have a reason not to go out when even the slightest snow fall is happening. But not tonight. A very important person in his life is coming. It is way more important than his petty hatred of winter.

"You okay love?" he managed to ask as he and his wife entered the arrival area. She had been quiet for about five minutes now. Something that do not normally happens.

"Yes I am, I'm just a bit nervous I guess..." she said with a sigh. "What if Sage won't like me? This would be the very first time I would meet her in person after all..." Jack gave her a reassuring smile before placing a kiss on her forehead.

"You'd be fine... She will like you, I know that" he said before giving her a peck on the lips making her smile. "Oh, this might be her" he said as he fished for his ringing phone in his pocket.

"Everything alright?" Angela inquired after seeing the look of disappointment in her husband's face. Turns out for the fourth time tonight, Sage's flight had been cancelled. So she would not be home until 1130 the next day. In a way Angela was relieved, it gives her ample time to relax her nerves and prepare for the meeting. At the same time she feels bad for her husband. He waited long for this night. But then again, what's fourteen more hours right?

"I told her to just buy a ticket with my frequent flier points. Or buy one from her allowance. But no, she had to go with what was available in her command. She can really be stubborn at times" Hodgins said as they pulled into their driveway.

"Honey, calm down. Didn't you say yourself that she is really independent? Maybe she just wants to prove that she can manage on her own..." Angela offered. "If she won't be here by tomorrow then pick her up yourself in one of your planes or what not..." she added the planes part jokingly. Little did she know that it was her husband's plan B.

"Oh you bet I will..." he said.

"And how are you gonna do that exactly?" she questioned. "Where are you going to get a plane?"

"The company has one..." Jack said.

"And the pilot? Your flying liscense already expired remember?"

"Jared can fly me, and if not Billy here could" he said motioning to his father-in-law who is peacefully drinking a can of Bad Light.

"My dad? Oh hell no"

"No what?"

"I told her about just picking up Sage wherever she is if she is not here by tomorrow"

"Oh that, yeah..." Billy said. "Where is she anyway, flight cancelled again?" the couple nodded. "Poor kid, she had been through a lot already, the least they can do is let her come home..."

Unlike Angela, Billy had already met Sage personally in one of her shows in California. She is a fan of his, and was really in awe when she found out that he is Angela's father. So as a way of welcoming her into their little family, Billy made sure to meet her when he was in California. He even cancelled an event just to see her.

"Well, you two take a rest now. Staccato is already sleeping, you both still have work tomorrow" he said.

"Night Dad..."

"Goodnigh Billy..."

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"Do I really have to go?" Hodgins asked for the third time now. And by now, he is starting to sound likde a whining kid to Cam. Which he is actually.

"I'm Sorry Dr. Hodgins but you have to. We both know this is your specialty and not even Dr. Brennan could do it" Cam said.

"But Sage it would take forever to just get there. And Sage is to arrive in a few hours. Can I just do it later?'" he asked.

"I'm sorry..."

"Who would pick her up then? Booth, Brennan and Angela is in a court meeting, you have to be with me, I'm not gonna let Sage take a cab. Not when she apparently is in her Type IIIs, whatever that meant" he said.

"Sweets can pick her up" she said, hopeful that he would agree.

"Alright, fine. Let me leave her a message" he said.

A/N:

-How did you guys like it so far?

-Should I continue?

-Who is SAGE?