Ok this is my version of what will happen just before the start of season four. I hope you enjoy it!
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Grace… (aka Bonesmad)
Brennan opened her mail as was usual in her morning routine, but this morning was different, there was one letter in particular this morning that was troubling her. she read it three times before she folded it and put it into her lab coat. The day past quickly with no cases for them. The following day Brennan went into the empty lab, this again was usual in her routine on a Saturday. Things were strained at the lab now and she got most of her work done on a Saturday when she could just get on with things herself without everyone around trying to avoid talking about what was troubling them all.
She brought some remains up from Limbo and set them up on the platform. About three hours later she was disturbed.
"Dr Bones!" a yell rang out through the empty lab. She looked up and smiled as Parker ran through the doors.
"Parker!" she took off her gloves and walked towards him but not before he ran up the steps of the platform setting off the earsplitting alarm. The young boy stopped and covered his ears. Brennan ran over and swiped her card through stopping the alarm.
"Did I break something?" he asked looking really worried.
"No Park you didn't don't worry!" he smiled again, and hugged her. just at that second Booth came through the door.
"Bub what did I say about running in Bones' lab!" he said, he stopped short when he saw his partner and his son.
"Sorry Dad." He muttered.
"Hey Bones!" Booth said.
"What are you doing here? It's Saturday."
"Parker wanted to show you something! Right Park?"
"Oh yeah I almost forgot!" he shoved his hand into his pocket and pulled out a piece of paper. "Look Dr Bones!" she took it and unfolded it.
"Wow Park and A+ well done!" she beamed at him as she read the test. It was a science test that had involved labeling the bones of the human skeleton.
"It's the one you helped me study for!" she nodded.
"Yeah I remember that day in the diner! Well done Parker." She went to hand it back to him.
"No you keep it! Show Uncle Zachy for me!" the little boy said.
"Ok I will Parker." She looked over at Booth who was grinning widely at her. he held up a bag.
"I brought coffee and doughnuts!" he said
"Great I'm starving!" she smiled "Let's take it into my office." Parker took her hand and led the way.
Brennan took off her lab-coat and lay it on the side of the couch." Booth put everything out onto the table.
"Ok two coffees a bottle of juice and a dozen doughnuts!" he said. Brennan and Parker sat on the couch and Booth sat in a chair opposite them.
"Wow how can we eat all this!" Brennan laughed.
"It's ok Dr Bones my dad can eat anything!" Parker smiled. "And I can eat lots too cause I'm getting big like my daddy!"
"yes you are Park! But you shouldn't eat too many doughnuts or you'll end up with a big tummy too like your daddy!" Brennan laughed again.
"Hey! I don't have a big tummy!"
"Yes you do its mostly from the pie though!"
"Ok, Ok! Can we just eat I'm hungry." Booth whined. She smiled, he handed her a coffee and opened the box and for the first time in a long time she felt completely at peace.
Two hours later there was only one doughnut left.
"Go on have it!" Brennan said.
"No I don't want it now!" Booth huffed.
"I saw you looking at it!"
"No it's fine I've had enough." He shrugged.
"Well you did have five!"
"I did not!" He said.
"You did! I had three and a half and Parker had two and a half so it there's only one left you must have had five."
"I was hungry so what?!"
"Well then you should have the last one!" they hadn't broken eye contact in about three minutes.
"Fine then I will!" he grinned and reached into the box, maintain there unofficial staring contest. "Hey where is it!" he looked down. She followed his gaze.
"You took it didn't you Bones!" he said laughing.
"I did not!" she looked back up just as he swiped his finger along the bottom of the box and whipped jam across her face.
"Hey!" she laughed.
"Well if you didn't eat it and I didn't eat it then…" he looked across at where Parker had been sitting. "Park!" he laughed.
"Hey my lab-coats gone too!" She joined in the laughing. They got up and went out to the lab floor. There up on the platform standing on a chair, wearing Brennan's lab coat was Parker.
"How'd he get up there?" Booth asked.
"My id is on my coat." Booth let them up onto the platform.
"Look Daddy I'm Dr Bones!" Parker said laughing he turned back to the Bones on the table and pointed.
"The femular indicates that this was a cocasican man!" Both Booth and Brennan burst out laughing.
"Well done Park!" She said.
"Was I right?"
Almost!" she nodded he hopped off the stool and pulled the last doughnut out of his pocket along with a sheet of paper. Booth turned to Brennan.
"You've warped my son Bones!" he laughed. She grinned. "You've still got jam on your face!" he reached up and wiped the jam off with his thumb and put his index finger under her chin, he didn't remove it. He just looked into her eyes. "Bones…" Booth started but Parker cut in
"Dr Bones why are you going to London?"
"What?" Booth said. They both looked at the small boy who was looking at the letter he had taken out of Brennan's pocket.
"Park I…" she started.
"You're going to London!" Booth said dropping his hand from her face. She nodded.
"On a dig?" he raised his eyebrow.
"Well…" he looked at her and walked over to Parker taking the letter from his hand he read it.
"…We would be thrilled to accommodate you on your visit to our facilities and hope to include you as a member of our staff here at the British Royal Museum, in the coming few months… Bones your going to London... for a new job?" he looked up at her.
"I'm seriously debating it, yes."
"You're leaving us?"
"We're falling apart Booth!"
"What… Park go play with the toys on Dr Brennan's desk."
"OK dad!" the small boy walked off.
"What do you mean Bones?"
"Our group is falling apart here! Zach is going to jail, no-one talks about it! I just cant take any more! And I'm thinking about making a new start! I don't have to justify this to you!" she said.
"Oh You want to start a new family all over again is it Bones!" Booth said his voice starting to rise.
"Booth what no!"
"That's exactly what it is Bones! Russ was right your make shift family is falling apart so your going to leave." He turned his back to her.
"Booth no! what are you talking about I don't have a family! I haven't since I was fifteen." He spun around and she was scared by what she saw in his eyes.
"How can you say that Bones! How can you possibly say that after the last few hours you just spent with Parker and me! How can… how can you leave!"
"I have to! I just cant handle it anymore."
"Handle what Temperance? Life! You cant run forever." He had never been mad at her before.
"I'm not running! I'm debating making a strategical choice for the benefit of my career!" she shouted.
"Yeah right, you know what Bones I knew you'd been hurt before but I never knew you were a coward."
"What I'm hardly a coward!"
"You are Bones! Things aren't going perfect for you so you quit! Quitters are cowards in my book!"
"I'm not quitting Booth! I'm moving on! There's nothing and no-one physically keeping me here! I'm not married and I don't have children so I can go where I choose!"
"Nothing tying you down here? What about your brother? Your father? Ange, Hodgins Cam? Zach's going to need you more then ever now! And Parker! He adores you now Bones you cant just leave him!" Booth stopped.
"And what about you Booth?" she asked.
"Well I… Of course I need you to stay! I thought that was a given." He paused. "…I mean who would I work as well with? Who'd correct my mistakes? Who'd… fight with me?" Her face fell. "But you know what Bones you're right. This probably be good for your career. It's up to you!" he turned again and strode off the platform. "Come on Parker we're leaving." He called out. She saw the little boy drop Jasper and Brainy smurf back onto her desk. He shrug off her lab-coat and followed his father out of the lab calling behind him,
"Bye Dr Bones! Enjoy London!"
"Bye Parker." She said in barely a whisper. As the door closed she collapsed onto the platform floor. He had never ever yelled at her like that before. In fact she'd never seen him that angry at anyone before. It had been deep in his eyes. What should she do? She couldn't think there was too much going on in her head. She needed to be calm and collected and neither was going to happen anytime soon. standing up slowly she decided to put away the remains knowing that there was no what she'd get anymore work done. She shut the lab up and went home to think.
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Booth rolled out of bed the following Monday and his head was still pounding. He had spent all of Sunday in his apartment thinking about her. how could she do that! How could she just leave. He walked slowly into his kitchen and saw the light on his answering machine flashing. He pressed the button and went over to the fridge.
"Booth it's me. Bones. By the time you get this message I'm going to be on the plane. I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner I know I should have, and I'm sorry but I just can't stay. You're right. I'm a coward but I just need to try and repair what little of my heart is left. I hope one day you'll understand. You're one of the best people I know Booth and I hated seeing you so angry with me. Give Parker my best and tell him he's welcome to any of the books he wants from my office. Well Bye."
The message ended. Booth went back over to the machine and played it again. And again. She'd left she was gone to London. He quickly got dressed and drove to the lab.
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Brennan unbuckled her belt and made herself more comfortable. She had only been on the plane for twenty minutes and she was already sick of it. She hated planes. She shoved her hand into her pocket looking for some chewing gum. She pulled out a folded piece of paper, she wasn't sure what it was. Unfolding it she smiled. it was Parkers test.
I'm doing the right thing I am! This is what's best for me. She thought to her self rubbing her fingers over the scrawled handwriting.
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"Ange is she…" Booth said running into the artist's office.
"She's gone Booth." Angela nodded.
"Right ok…" he said and walked back out.