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Brennan stared out the window of the SUV as it drove to the crime scene. It should be Booth driving; Booth here with her, not this Alec Schmitmeyer. A few times he had tried to start up a conversation with her, but she had given him a death glare and went right back to looking out the window. She would cooperate, she would work with this new agent until Booth returned and he would be reassigned as her rightful partner. Until then, she would just have to put up with him.

Alec looked over to the irritable woman in the passenger seat to his right. He was the type of guy that hated driving in silence. He had attempted to start a nice, friendly conversation with her, but she gave him the cold shoulder. This woman was going to drive him insane! She refused to talk to him, refuse to look at him; hell, he was surprised when she actually agreed to work with him.

There was still a good 40 minutes until they arrived at the crime scene. Yes, this Dr. Brennan might be unsociable, and very difficult, but she was also very smart, and undeniably beautiful. He was not going to give up on her yet. Somehow he would crack her shell and be able to get her to open up to him. No, he probably never will be as close to her as agent Booth; all he was asking for would for them to be civil to one another.

"So Dr. Brennan," he said cautiously, "we have a while until we get to the crime scene. What do you say we tell each other a little bit about ourselves." She glared at him again and he felt his heartbeat race. This woman really was something else. "So we can get to know each other," he finished his thoughts hopefully.

Brennan looked at him and responded to his request, "why would you need to know anything about me, and I you?" she asked.

Alec sighed and answered her back, "because we are going to be working together; partners. You should know that means we have each other's back, look out for one another. I think that if we know each other a little better, that will make the job a little easier."

Brennan looked at him and said, "Fine, if you want to know about me, I will tell you right now everything you need to know about me. My name is Temperance Brennan, I am a forensic anthropologist and I work at the Jeffersonian Institute. I am a liaison to the FBI and I often work on cases to help identify the bodies and catch the killers. Until recently, my partner was Special Agent Seeley Booth, but since he left I got stuck with you." She stopped and turned back towards the window and said one last thing, "that is all you need to know about me in order for our partnership to function."

Alec smiled. She was truly something else. "What about me?" he asked, "do you want to know anything about me you think will be beneficial to your job?"

Brennan did not turn to look at him, just shook his head no, "I know everything I need to know about you," she told him.

Alec rolled his eyes at that, but still couldn't help but smiled. He knew one thing for sure, working with would be interesting.

They sat in silence for a few moments until Alec broke it saying, "Booth and I are friends you know."

At the sound of Booth's name Brennan jerked her head around to face Alec, her eyes showing the feeling she never told anybody. Alec knew better. He smiled. Brennan was in love with Booth, that much was for sure.

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"Alec," Booth greeted his caller later that night, "how is everything going with Bones?" he asked.

Alec sighed, "I have tried everything to get her to open up to me; she wants nothing to do with me."

Booth chuckled, "that sounds like her. She hated me at first too you know," he told Alec.

Alec laughed in disbelief, "I don't believe that. That is impossible."

Booth replied, "Oh, believe it my friend. It took a while for her to grow to like me."

Alec sighed, "What should I do Booth; I really want her to at least be civil with me. I know her and I will never be as great of a team as you and her; but I wish she would just give us a chance. What should I do Booth?"

"Why are you asking me this?" Booth asked, "Couldn't you ask someone else; like Angela?"

Alec sighed, "Booth, you are her best friend. She really cares about your opinion. I am almost certain that if you give me the advice, it will work. She trusts you."

Booth sighed. He couldn't believe Brennan was still giving Alec a hard time. He thought he had taken care of that. "What if I tell you I already talked to her and asked her to give you a chance?"

Alec snorted, then stopped, "did you?" he asked.

Booth nodded, and realizing Alec could not see that answer he confirmed, "yes."

Alec groaned, "Well it obviously didn't work. She has been giving me the cold shoulder all day."

"Hey," Booth argued jokingly, "I'm not a miracle worker." He thought about the conversation he had yesterday with Bones. Finally, a thought clicked in his mind. "But it did work."

Alec was confused, "what do you mean it worked?" he asked Booth.

Booth explained, "I told her to give you a chance as her partner; from what it sounds, it seems like she did that." Booth stopped and then said, "if you want, I will talk to her and see if I can get her to be friendly to you."

"I'm only asking for civil," Alec replied; no use on aiming for the impossible. He heard Booth laugh, "Hey Booth," Alec asked, "one last ting… would she like it if I called her Bones?"

The other end of the phone was silent for a little bit and Alec thought he had said something wrong. Finally, Booth answered, "sure, if you want to make matters worse. Only I can call her Bones."

"Ok good," Alec let out a sigh of relief, "I would feel very awkward calling a woman Bones."

Booth laughed, and said goodbye to Alec. After hanging up he sighed and dialed the familiar number. "Bones-"

I know it has been a while, but usually I'm not this bad at updating. I usually update daily, but… well, I just didn't. I hope you are enjoying this story. Please review, and then hopefully I will not just not update tomorrow. REVIEW!