I didn't originally intend to do a second chapter but PintSizedGenius asked me why I hadn't done a song for Zack. The answer was that I couldn't think of a good one. So after a little conversation the PSG we decided on a song for Zack. Then I threw in the last song because I wanted to, and the first one because everyone else had gone.
Spoilers: Pain at Heart, and I think that is it.
Disclaimer: Not mine except for Katharine.
Dedication: This is dedicated to PintSizeGenius for her suggestions and because this chapter wouldn't exist otherwise.
Camille smiled back at Katharine as Angela turned to Zack. "Hey Zack," Angela asked him, "You want to do a song?"
"I do not think that is a good idea," Zack said a little stiffly.
"Come on," Angela pleaded, "Everyone else has gone."
"Hodgens has not gone," Zack reasoned.
Angela turned around, "Jack will you go?"
Hodgens opened his mouth to refuse, "Yes." Camille immediately turned to look at Katharine, who had pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Hodgens. Katharine caught Camille's eyes and grinned.
Hodgens walked up on stage and took the center microphone.
It's amazing
How you can speak
Right to my heart
Without saying a word,
You can light up the dark
Try as I may
I could never explain
What I hear when
You don't say a thing
Hodgens eye were fixed on Angela's and it was as if no one else existed for him. Angela's face broke into a soft smile.
The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There's a truth
In your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You'll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all
Angela had tears sparking in her eyes, but she was still smiling at Hodgens. She knew that he meant what he was singing. He really meant it.
All day long
I can hear people
Talking out loud
But when you hold me near
You drown out the crowd
Try as they may
They could never define
What's been said
Between your
Heart and mine
For the first part of that verse he looked toward the rest of the team. Then he looked back at Angela he reached the last three lines.
The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There's a truth
In your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You'll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all
Temperance was looking at Booth who had his arm around her shoulders. Then she looked to Angela and Hodgens the former of whom had tears in her eyes. Lastly she looked to Zack and Katharine who were just enjoying each other's company. Was this love she wondered?
The smile on your face
Lets me know
That you need me
There's a truth
In your eyes
Saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says
You'll catch me
Whenever I fall
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all
Hodgens finished the second chorus and the background singers did their part.
(You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all
You say it best
When you say
Nothing at all)
The smile on your face
The truth in your eyes
The touch of your hand
Let's me know
That you need me
He finished the song and bowed at the crowd applauded him. Quickly he did an exaggerated bow before jumping off the front of the stage. He landed on his feet, wobbled for a moment, and fell over. The entire room burst into laughter as he staggered to his feet. His face was bright red, as he shuffled back to the rest of the team.
"That would have looked so much cooler if it had worked," he muttered under his breath.
"Hey," Angela told him gently, "you did great."
"Really," he asked her brushing his lips against hers.
"Alright Zack," Camille told him, "Everyone else has gone now you get to."
"That seems fair," Zack said nodding.
They all looked to Katharine expecting her to hand Zack a few sheets of paper, but he walked up on to the stage without even hesitating. He took the microphone and looked up at the ceiling as the music started.
Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
He looked across the crowd at Katharine trying to let her know that he was sorry for the episode with the Gormagon. He would never understand many things about normal people, but for some reason he knew that an apology was called for.
Tell me your secrets and ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart
His rich voice was toned down slightly more than the time he had sung in the lab. It was softer to accommodate the tune of the song.
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start
The crowd was nodding their heads in time to the music looking happy. The Jeffersonian team looked happy, too, but there was something more. It was as if they too were wishing that Zack could go back to the start before he had become and apprentice and do that part of his life over again.
I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
The next verse only revealed Zack's true meaning to those who knew him. It wasn't about love proper. It was about finding people who cared about him. That was a love that could not be explained by science.
But tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh and I rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are
Any normal group of people would be expected to drop all contact as soon as they knew that their friend was a serial killer's assistant, but this team could not be shaken off so easily. They were a team for better and for worse.
Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start
No one could go back to the start. Life wasn't a board game. However, one could try to make amends. They had come a long way, but there was a small pinprick of light at the end of the tunnel. Not all had been lost.
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ah ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Oh ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooh
Zack finished the song and placed the microphone back on the stand before walking off stage to much clapping. "Did you give that to him?" Camille whispered to Katharine.
"Nope," Katharine replied smiling as Zack sat down again. "You did well," she told him.
Zack opened his mouth, but surprisingly he did not give a long explanation of why that was to be expected. He merely said, "Thank you."
They looked surprised for a moment but they didn't have long to consider it, because the microphone blared over the crowd. "Now those last five acts were done by a talented group of people from the Jeffersonian institute," the owner of the bar told the crowd. "What do you say they all do a song together?"
The crowded started shouting and yelling their support of the idea. The team shot glances back and forth at each other. Angela's eyes met Katharine's and they both nodded almost imperceptibly. Then they stood up, and the crowd applauded. Bones and Zack both stood up. Booth, Hodgens, and Camille were the last to stand up but not by much, and together the group walked up to the stage. Each of them took a microphone, and the music started to play. The team all glanced around as the music began. They didn't have the words to the song. There was silence as the music started, but when the words began Katharine started singing.
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Katharine looked around her at the people who had allowed her to be part of their group. They had expected her when few others would. The Angela picked up the song.
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
This was a good song Angela decided. The team was a family and they were always there for each other when push came to shove.
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you don't let show
Bones picked up that verse, meaning it for everyone but looking directly at Booth. The team was the family that she had never had.
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Booth sung the verse, and while he was not the world's best singer the feeling behind the words made up for any flaws.
If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
Zack's voice didn't waiver as he sang. He looked around at the team. These were the people who had taken him back after he had screwed up. They still wanted to hang out with him.
So just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Hodgens to saw the team as the best family he could ever have. They stuck together through the good and the bad.
Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Camille sung the last verse of the song remembering all the different cases the team had worked. She was the new comer to the team and yet they had welcomed her in. She felt like part of them.
Lean on me...
They all sang the last line together, and then smirked as they realized what they had done. Together they bowed at the crowd applauded.
"We did well," Katharine said happily.
"Yes we did," Angela agreed.
"You ready to hit the road?" Booth asked.
"Yea," Camille said glancing at her watch, "I think we better."
Together the team trouped towards the door. They may come from different places and done different things in their life, but they were a team. Nothing was ever going to change that.
I don't know if I like the ending but it worked okay. Please review.
The songs were:
When you say nothing at all—Ronan Keating
The Scientist—Coldplay
Lean on Me-- Bill Withers