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Director Jenny sighed. "The next best Medical Examiner is your partner Dr. Temperance Brennan. The FBI and NCIS want to work a joint operation together to catch this serial killer. But we need yours and Dr. Brennan to help us solve this case. Will you do it?"

Booth's Point of view.

At the Jeffersonian

He had just told the whole team of their next case. They were all pretty skeptical about having to follow someone else's orders. Slowly he could see the acceptance in their eyes. "Well then they will all be here in a few minutes. Please at least try to make them welcome."

They all agreed. He looked at Dr. Brennan, she looked quite sad for some reason. "What is wrong Bones? You seem gloomy."

"Oh. Nothing Booth just thinking about what they will be like." Brennan replied seeming to pull herself out of her thoughts. "I will be in my office until they arrive. Someone please inform me when they arrive." She then walked off to her office, leaving everyone to stare at her. They had never seen her look so down since she had returned from her 3 week trip to Israel.

Booth just sighed. Everyone thought that he secretly loved her. He just used it to cover up his heart though. It was safer if they all believed he loved her. Not knowing the truth. He had been hurt when he was younger. His son's mother had hurt him with her refusal. Though everyone thought he had let it go he hadn't. He had forgiven her, but it went way deeper than that. He had felt rejected like he was nothing, though he would never tell anyone that.

He heard the doors slide open and he turned around.

Ziva's Point of View

She had been what was the word," mad", that they were going to have to work a joint case with the FBI. She had never particularly liked them especially when they went after her. But Gibbs had dragged her here. She was stuck here now. As they entered the door she spotted a man leaning against a pole with his head in his hands. He must have heard the doors close because he turned around and stared at her with wide eyes. He then opened his mouth and said "Ziva?"

And she was struck still she didn't breath.

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