Chapter 3.
Agent Donovan handed them a missing persons report on a man by the name of Ryan Clarke.
"His sister reported him missing just over month ago. We also found a car yards from where the body was found. I'll arrange for CSU to remove the car for analysis. Donovan smiled pushing her windswept blonde hair away from her eyes.
Booth nodded along with Brennan "We're going to check into the hotel then get out there to examine the remains. We shouldn't be more then two hours". Booth then gestured for Brennan to get in the car and they left leaving Donovan standing there with a gleeful look on her face.
As they pulled into the parking lot of the Paradise drive hotel. Booth grabbed their bags from the trunk "Why don't you go on ahead and start checking us in".
Brennan huffed "If I must!"
"Now you are just being scarcastic this is ceratinly going to be a vacation to remember"
Brennna scowled at him "Whatever gives you the idead this is a vacation we are here to solve a murder not take in the local scenery" and then made her way into the lobby.
"Whatever!" Booth snapped this is going to be the vacation from hell
As Brennan approached the front desk she was greeted by a smiling male face. "Can I help? came the soft voice" His eyes were suddenly fixated on her.
"As a matter of fact you can!" she spoke louder then usual trying to get his attention away from her and on his job role. Dr Temperance Brennan and Agent Seeley Booth, we are here to check into our rooms".
"Yes Of course! I'll just need to verify the details" He glanced toward the computer inputing the information. "Here we are you will be staying in room 206. He handed her the card key for the room.
"Excuse me!". Brennan was sure there had been some kind of mistake.
The young man sighed before answering her "Is there a problem?"
"Yes there is!" she announced rather annoyed "You have only given me one card key and there are two of us". She insisted he check again for her.
"I'm sorry Dr Brennan i'll look again but the computer is normally very accurate" He brought up the information again then shook his head "Nope, sorry you have only been allocated one room".
Brennan couldn't believe this "Could you check again?" this time with more persistance in her voice.
"I... He trailed off as he was interrupted by sound of a male voice behind Brennan.
"Whats going on Bones?" he put the bags down rubbing his aching shoulder. How long does she think she's going to be here for anyway he thought
Brennan explained about the room situation it seemed to be distressing her slightly "Apparently we have to share a room". She was clearly frustrated "I can't share a room Booth it just wouldn't be right". She turned back to the reception "Can I just pay for another room then please?".
"I'm sorry we are fully booked but if it helps there will be two seperate beds". He tried to stifle a laugh at that small piece of information.
Brennan backed down succumbing to the fact that this whole trip was starting out very badly. Here she was in Florida purely against her will and now she was stuck sharing a room with Booth What else could go wrong.
Booth tried to calm her "Its not the end of the world Bones" as he put his hand on the small of her back directing her toward the elevator.
The bellboy hurried over to take their bags and subsequently showed them to their rooms. Clicking his fingers awaiting a tip tht Brennan obviously didn't acknowledge leaving Booth the one to dig into his wallet.
Brennan was the first one to hit the bathroom to take a long cool shower. Grabbing a towel and wrapping it around her she suddenly realised she hadn't brought in any clean clothes. "BOOTH!" she shouted "BOOTH!" she repeated his name again to no avail. She quickly exited the bathroom hoping to quickly grab some attire then run back in.
Booth hesitantly turned his head when he noticed her standing there in just a towel. "Don't worry Bones i'm not looking I promise". He smiled to himself thinking about what it would be like to see her without the towel. He hadn't remembered when these feelings toward Brennan as more then just a partner had started, but he knew that they were there and he couldn't just switch them off. The only problem was how would he convince her.
"Didn't you hear me calling" She said whilst she pulled on some casual pants and a tank top.
"No sorry bones" then all he felt was a strong grip on his arm as she began pulling him out of the room hoping no-one had disturbed her crime scene.
Booth didn't have time to react "Hey what about me? don't I get a shower?"
"Sorry Booth no time"
The remains had been discovered at a local beauty spot used by hundreds of people everyday. Booth had called Donovan on the way so she could meet up with them.
Brennan grabbed her bag and made her way over to the remains and she quickly got to work. Definatley male, caucasian, looks to be mid to late thirties".
Booth interrupted "Cause of death please?" He hated to interrupt her whn she was so immersed in her work but he was not really into the science part all he cared about was finding the killer.
"The victim was stabbed, evidence of a deep penetrative wound to the heart by the left of the right ventricle, death would have been instananeous".
Agent Donovan sauntered over to where Booth wa standing. As soon as she saw the remains she put her hands over her mouth resisting the urge to gag but the the feeling of nausea was overwhelming. She could never understand how Brennan could be in this field of work.
"Maybe you should wait in the car?" Booth suggested seeing how pale she had become.
"I'm fine agent Booth". She directed her questioning back to Brennan. Can you tell how long he's been out here?".
"I would say at this level of decomposition at least three weeks but i'll need to collect some soil samples and get them sent back to the Jeffersonian for proper analysis".
Booth examined the area "You know the way the soil has been disturbed her it could be likely the remains were dug up, perhaps by a dog".
Brennan had to agree "Its possible they would been discovered a lot sooner seeing as this is such a high traffic area". She stood up "I will get the remains sent back to the Jeffersonian asap. Hopefully Angela can give us a positive ID".
"Once you get the ID we then can see if the car we found belonged to the victim". Donovan said a moment later.
As they cleared from the scene Donovan approached Booth "How about a drink tonight? I know a really great bar".
Brennan beckoned Booth to follow but he motioned for her to go ahead without him. He turned back to Donovan "You asking me out?.
She slowly inched closer to him "Are you accepting?" Her sultry smile giving Booth a tingly feeling.
"Agent Donovan"...
"Please call me Louise".
"Alright Louise I would love to have a drink "We'll see you at say 7 here is my cellphone number" he handed he the paper in which he jotted the number down call me to let me know where us to meet o.k".
Agent Donovan watched as Booth ran after Brennan. Great Booth was going to be bringing Dr Brennan why? what was so special about her? why doesn't he notice me She wrung her hands together digging her nails into her skin finally drawing blood.