"The bones were found by some kids in a forest." Booth said as he bit into a bagel that came free at the motel.

"So they were trespassing and found a body?"

"Not exactly. They found it while running in PE. They have forest trails right next to their school and they run in it sometimes. It's called Fall Creak, it's part of Henry Cowel."

"They get to run in a forest in PE? Wow, that's lucky." She said.

"We don't have a near by suitable place for you to work on the bones yet. The closest place so far in an hour away. Did you know that if one of these guys was to have a heart attack they would probably have to drive for a half hour to get to the hospital? It's crazy!"

"Booth, I bet they view the way we live as crazy as well."

"Whatever, Bones. Right now the entire school is on lock down, but they said they would only go for a weak, and then they would have to start school back up. They missed three days of school already this year. They said rain days."

"So we get snow days, and they get rain days."

"Exactly, Bones. Anyway, school starts back up tomorrow. I say we look at the bodies now and question the school tomorrow."

"Okay, where are they being kept?"

"Fire station. If it suits you, they said you could use their space for the bodies."

"I'll have to check, but if it seems alright and the next best thing is an hour away.

After dropping Bones off at the fire station, that she viewed as a perfect place for her work, Booth went to the local police station. They agreed to work with them on the case. He couldn't think of much else to do, so he went back to the fire station, where Bones had information on the body. Or, when he got there, bodies.

"There is at least two victims here. One is male, one is female. Both are between thirty and forty years of age. They have been dead for about a week and a half, so when they were found, about three days. That would put time of death last Friday or Saturday. They let me send Angela the skulls and particulates and flesh to Cam and Hodgins, but we have to keep everything else here for now. I found nicks in the ribs of each of the victims that look like stab wounds, and I feel confident that they are the cause of death."

"Great work Bones. Hey, it's almost one-thirty, let's go get some lunch." She tuned and smiled at him. She did not argue. She just said 'okay,' grabbed her purse and walked out with him. He put his hand on the small of her back like he always did, one of the many reasons everyone thought they were a couple.

"Where are we ganna eat?" Bone's asked as they sat in the car.

"Well, there's a Chinese food place and a Mexican food place about ten minutes away, one of the police officers I talked to said we should check out this Cambodian food restaurant in Scotts Valley, and everything else is about a half hour away. He told me there were a few chain restaurants in Scotts Valley as well, but I figure you would want to go someplace local."

"Chinese sounds good." She said.

"Great, we're supposed to pass the school on the way there, I've passed it a couple of times going to the police station, but I thought you may like to check out the scene after we eat."

"Okay." She said and smiled up at him.

They drove past a place called Quail Hollow Ranch, and an old shut down school. They drove down a mountain to them, but to the locals it was not much of one. They had only driven down the last part of the mountain. At the bottom they went on Glen Arbor Road, and tuned on to highway Nine. They passed over two bridges, and even the tree down below them next to the river towered above them. They drove past the school, but they couldn't see much of it from the road. When they made it into Felton, where they were planning on eating, they saw less trees right next to the road, and a bigger glance at the sky. The place they were eating was crowded, but the food was good. One their way back they drove into one of the three parking lots the school had. This one was the high school. This is when they got their first look at the huge trees. They walked past a tennis court, then basket ball courts, up a small road to a track and field. What lay beyond was a giant forest with giant trees. They walked over the track and field and up a few steps. They passed a small pre-school and a lone classroom which had been painted with a giant white bird on it. They saw a huge fenced in area with what looked like a water cleaning facility in it. What they didn't know, was that it was one. They walked into the forest, the road turning into dusty dirt. As they walked in the atmosphere began to change. It was more humid in there. Not as humid as Washington DC, but a nice humid. It was also much cooler. They walked up a small hill to the yellow tape, which was barely inside the forest. If they were with a local, they would have called it an ampatheater, or The Ampatheater. They saw that there was a cement ring with boards on top. It looked as if it used to be a stage, but the middle of it was long gone. The hill side next to them had a stair like effect, and was cleared of any trees. Bone's looked around the place. She took some samples for hodgins, but she didn't find anything special.

"You done?" Booth asked, after she had put away her scientific looking things.

"Yes, but I wish I wasn't," She said. "This place is so beautiful!" And it was, Booth agreed completely.

"You want to just sit here for a while?" She nodded her head.

"We would probably get lost if we walked too far, but can we walk in a little?" Booth nodded back. So they walked a little. They passed a mountain lion warning sign and came to a fork in the road. They chose to go over the bridge. They walked a few more seconds and then saw a small lake like body of water. They went over to it and sat. Right now it was full, but a dam was helping with that.

The beauty of the place was almost overwhelming. People who lived where were so lucky, getting to see this everyday. It was so calm and perfect. There was the small trickling sound of water, the leaves from the trees slowly falling down. Booth looked over at Bones. She was smiling. Her smile made him smile. The moment was perfect for him to do something like kiss her, but he didn't. He just put his arm around her, and she leaned her head in, resting it on her shoulder. They rested like that until it began to get cold.

Bones had shivered, and Booth had taken off his coat and put it around her.

"Thanks." She said.

"Common Bones, let's go." He helped her up, and they started walking back to the car. She leaned in close to him as they walked, but he had to pull away from her when they got to the small hill that came before the bridge. It was to steep for them to go down it like that without falling. But again she leaned into him when they mad it over the bridge. They walked to the car like that. Technically, nothing had changed, but it felt like something did. They checked the time in the car, and realized they had been there for two and a half hours. A half hour for Bones to do her squint work, and two hours sitting on the forest floor. They hadn't even noticed it the entire time how much time had gone by.