Chapter 1: I'm Board
"Booth, how you feeling?"
"Like I've been hit with a 2 by 4."
Pause.
"Booth?"
"What?"
"I'm sorry I hit you with that board."
"No you're not Bones! You got your wish!"
"I DID NOT HIT YOU SO I CAN DRIVE, BOOTH!"
"Subconsciously, I think you did."
"Psychology?! Well, anthropoligically speaking......."
"Bones......"
"You're using psychology, so I'm bringing up Anthropology!"
Pause
"Anthropology speaking your structure, body mass and position compared with the structure, body mass and the hold the burb..."
"That's perp, Bones"
"....the hold the perp had on you and analyzing the situtaion, I saw that it was scientifically impossible for you to get free. So I took a swing with the 2 by 4. How was I to know that you would break free?"
"SO NOW IT'S MY FAULT?!"
"Scientifically? Yes."
"But I'm not a scientist Bones!"
"I know that Booth, I've seen your high school transcripts."
"What?!"
"High school transcripts.......it's a record of your grades and behavior in high school."
"I know what they are Bones. I should have asked why."
"Why what?"
"Why did you look at my high school transcripts?"
"Oh, that. Just wanted to get a background of your intelligent level."
"You could have asked me."
"You say tomato, I say potato."
"Tomato? Potato?"
"Yes Booth. It's a commonly used phrase to compare how people precieve things that are the same. You really should keep up with the times Booth."
"It's toe-may-toe and toe-mah-toe. Not tomato, potato."
"Oh."
Pause.
"Booth?"
"What Bones?"
"How did you break free?"
"Well, one I'm not a scientist, obviously........"
"Obviously."
"......and, two, I was an Army Ranger."
"Did the rangers teach you how not to be scientific?"
"Yes and no Bones. You know I wasn't very good in science....."
"Overstated."
Pause
"Done?"
"Yes."
"You know I was bad at science but they also made us think outside the box."
"They put you in a box?"
"Yes Bones. They put us in a box and told us to guess what was on the outside."
"They tried to make you a psychic? They experimented on you Booth! Did they stick needles in your brain?"
"No and no Bones. I was being sarcastic."
"Sarcasm is not nice."
"Look who's talking."
"We both are."
"We both are what?"
"Talking."
Pause
"So, they didn't stick a needle in your brain?"
"No Bones."
"What did you mean they taught you how to think outside the box?"
"Let me put it in your terms: they taught us not to just think of the logical things but the illogical things as well."
"That's not logical"
"Not suppose to be Bones."
Pause
"Booth?"
"Bones?"
"I'm glad they didn't stick a needle in your brain."
"Me too Bones. Me too."