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Temperance walked out the classroom with Seeley behind her. He gently took her arm and lead her to the wall so they could talk. Temperance leaned against the wall facing him. He mimicked her position.

"So, we're captains?" Temperance asked him as students walked by. "Yeah, the couch does this thing where the oldest and the fourth oldest are team captains of one team. We're the second and third oldest which makes the other captains." Seeley explained.

"Who are the other captains?" Temperance asked. Seeley smirked. "Well, there's a sophomore named Jake. The one that's in our class is Hannah." Temperance was shocked. That blond girl who wanted a parking spot didn't look or act older than Seeley. "So, I heared you're new here." He said.

"Yeah, just transferred. I just needed a different school." Temperance explained only half of it. "Well, I'm glad you came here. You look like you could spike a volleyball." Seeley smirked. "You don't know the half of it. I'd like to stay and chat but I have english next and I really don't want to miss it." Temperance said.

"Well, I'll meet you there." Seeley said. He walked away. Temperance hurried to her locker. She was sure she was blushing so hard you could see it through her make-up.

The rest of the morning went by smoothly. All of her classes were with Seeley. Even the afternoon ones. He actually asked her if she was stalking him in biology class. She had to laugh. The teacher did not like the interruption, but left it as a warning.

The last class of the day was PhyEd. Temperance walked into the gym in her vollyball shorts and a hot pink T-shirt that said Bite Me across the chest. Seeley walked in with basketball shorts and a loose fitting gray T-shirt. He still looked good.

SEELEY'S POV

Seeley had to remind himself to breath when he saw Temperance. She had short black shorts on and a tight fitting T-shirt that gave her attitude. He walked over to her. "Hey Miss Troublemaker." Seeley teased. "Whatever. You just had to wait until it would be dead silent in the room to ask me if I was stalking you." Temperance said smacking his arm.

Seeley laughed. "Whateve you say, Tempy. What ever you say."

Just then, Hannah came over with a look of disgust. "Hey Seeley." Hannah said kissing his cheek. "Hey Hannah. How was your classes ?" He asked. "They were okay." She spat. She glared at Temperance.

"Hannah, you remember Temperance from the parking lot this morning. She got in trouble today." Seeley said winking at Temperance. Hannah did NOT like that at all. "You set it up, you ass." Temperance chuckled. "What happened?" Hannah snarled.

"Seel, here accused me of stalking him in the middle of the quietest moment in there I accidently laughed to loud 'cause the teacher gave me a warning not to do it again." Temperance said.

Just then a whistle blew. "C'mon Tempy, the game is about to start." Seeley said. "I'll race you to our team." Temperance challenged. "You're so on!" Seeley agreed. Seeley got into his running postion as Temperance just started running.

"Hey!" Seeley laughed running after her. "You're a cheater." "No I am not. We did not agree to any rules." Temperance said winning the race and laughing at Seeley run towards her. She moved out of the way to avoid the collision with his body. He stopped dead in his tracks and looked at her smiling.

"I'll get you next time, my pretty." Seeley said in a wicked witch voice and rubbed his hands together. Temperance laughed at him. A bunch of sophomores and freshmen joined them. The game started.

Temperance had front center, while Seeley had back center. Seeley thought it was a great veiw of her butt. Hannah served the ball first, but got caught in the net. A kid named Sam from the freshmen class served the ball.

Hannah bumped it right over the net. Temperance jumped up and spiked it down to the floor. The teacher clapped his hands and yelled. "Finally, someone other than Booth can hit a ball!"

Temperance lauged and turned to Seeley. "I told you so." Seeley said grinning ear to ear. Pretty soon it was Temperance's turn to serve. Seeley watched her right leg slide an inch forward as she dribble the ball. She tossed it up, jumped forward and hit it Seeley watched in awe.

The ball went sailing and landed right in between everyone. Seeley looked at her and yelled "Holy crap!" Temperance laughed as she caught the ball for her next serve. The game ended with Temperance still serving like a pro. The score was 25 to 3.

When it ended Seeley gave Temperance a double high five and ran around the gym cheering. "Seel, c'mon, school's over." Temperance chuckled. Seeley and the teacher came up to her together. "You're Brennan, right?" Mr Isaac asked. "Yep, name's Temperance." Temperance said.

"You know you're way around a vollyball court. Have you considered playing?" He asked. "Uh, my mon wouldn't allow it. She doesn't like me doing a lot of things." Temperance lied. She just didn't want her mom coming after her because vollyball costed money which was spent on alcohol.

"That's a shame. You'd be perfect for the team. We could probably go to state with you playing." He said. "Sorry, I'd like to, but my mom wouldn't be to happy with it." Temperance stated. "Well, talk to your mom at least. Those things look good on college applications." He said before leaving.

"Tempy, you should do it. It'd be great for you." Seeley encouraged her. "Thanks Seel, but it just wouldn't go over with my mom." Temperance said before going down to the locker room.

Temperance walked out to her car and got in. There was a tap on her window. She turned to see Seeley. She opened her window. "Yes Seel?" She asked faking sweetness. Seeley chuckled. "Can I stll come over tonight so you can help me with spanish?"

"Yeah, just follow me." Temperance smiled. "Okay, see ya in a bit." He said before hitting the roof of the car and going around to his SUV.

Seeley got into the SUV, buckled up, and started following Temperance around the streets of DC. He pulled up behind her when they got to her apartment. He got out and Temperance walked up to him.

"I'm just going to warn you for your own good. If you see my mom, don't listen to what she says. The way it usually goes is that she'll accuse you of trying to have your way with me. So, don't take it personally." She said looking worried.

"Don't worry. If she says that, I'll just say I'm not into girls." Seeley smirked. "Okay." Temperance chuckled. They walked up to the apartment. "Mom?" Temperance yelled. Hearing no reponse she physically relaxed in front of him. Seeley started becoming suspicious.

"We can go in my room. It smells less like dying creatures. You want a soda?" Temperance asked from the kitchen. "Uh, sure." Seeley said going into her room. He laughed at the grocery bags of clothes. He did the same thing.

Temperance came in just then with two sodas. "I didn't know which kind you wanted so I brought in two of my favorites." Temperance said setting the two glasses down. "What kinds?" Seeley asked. "One is blue raspberry crush the other is orange crush." Temperance said to him.

"I like both, you pick." Seeley said. "Seel, you're the guest go ahead." Temperance insisted. Seeley smirked. "Fine." He said as he took both glasses. He pure half of the blue in the orange and half of the orange in the blue. "What are you doing?" Temperance shrieked.

"You said pick. Well I pick both. So there." Seeley said handing her one of the glasses before drinking his. "Not bad." He said. "Not bad at all." Temperance chuckled and sat down on her bed across from Seeley with his books in between them.

An hour later, they finished the work Seeley needed help on while talking about their pasts that wasn't painful. Seeley put his bag on the floor while Temperance turned on the TV. She ordered chinese for them to eat.

"Here you go Seel, Buffy the Vampire slayer is on." Temperance said. Seeley shot up, jumped onto her bed head closet to the foor of the bed, and stared at the TV. Temperance chuckled as she was bouncing up and down from his pounce.

Half an hour later the food was gone. They were still watching Buffy when they heard a crash in the livingroom. Seeley shot up and blocked Temperance by instinct. "Don't worry Seel. It's my mon. Shit!" She whispared.

"Temperance, get out here and clean this up. RIGHT NOW! I mean it. Get out here now or you're going to get it." Her mother yelled. Seeley's blood boiled. Everything clicked. Her mother was an alcoholic and took her pain out on Temperance.

"I'm coming mom." Temperance groaned. "Tempy, I'm not letting you go out there." Seeley said. "Seel, I have to. It's better to go out there and deal with it than hide. Trust me." She said.

"Temperance Brennan, who is in your room?" Her mother yelled. "Just a friend. He needed help with homework. It was late so we had take out. I'll be there in a minute." Temperance said before turning to Seeley. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Tempy, I'm not leaving you here with her." Seeley protest grabbing her shoulder. Her face scrunched up in pain. "Tempy, I didn't grab you that hard." He said lifting her sleeve. That's when he saw it. There was a very dark purple bruise on her shoulder. There was a cut about an inch away from it.

"Tempy! Did she do this?" Seeley asked almost choking up himself when he saw a tear leave her eye. "It doesn't matter." She whispered. "Like hell it doesn't Tempy. Did she do this?" He asked again right before Temperance's mother slammed the door open.

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