My eyes follow her as she moves from exam table to exam table, spouting scientific jargon that I've only now begun to understand. One skeleton on one table, and another mirroring it on the other table.
The first, she tells me, was between the ages of 15 and 20. Female, most likely died due to blunt force trauma to the skull. She showed me the damage on the screen that was linked to the computer. Yep, something definately did some major damage there.
The other, male. Between the ages of 40 and 55. I didn't catch what his cause of death was, but I heard her mention that he had a cracked sternum, the 4,5, and 6th rib were broken, he had bizarre markings on his pelvis, and both fibulas and tibias were broken. Man, I hope that guy was dead before all that happened.
She asked me if I was listening. I just nodded, prefering to keep my thoughts to myself. Yeah, I was listening, but I wasn't hearing. I was busy watching her. Temperance Brennan. It's been over a year since we became partners, and I still never get tired of watching her.
She looked at me, as if she could hear my thoughts, and she gave me that half smile - the one I've grown to love, it took me a while but it finally grew on me. But it was fleeting though, as if she changed her mind, before turning those amazingly expressive eyes back to the remains in front of her.
I looked away long enough to see Angela and Hodgins with their heads together. Probably plotting to get Tempe and me together again. I chuckled to myself, causing the three to turn their eyes my way. Zack wasn't there, which surprised me. He's usually glued to Bones' side during every examination. Angela told me earlier in the day that he had a date. That was what really surprised me. But hey, I'm happy that kid has a life. Well, a life outside of the Jeffersonian that is.
I brought my eyes back to Bones, and noticed that she was watching me. I knew she was studying me, I'd seen that look in her eyes many times before. She was trying to figure me out, silently calculating, the way she always does.
I don't know how much longer I'm going to be able to watch her like this, so while I can - I'm going to commit all of it to memory. She's something I don't want to forget.