Two hours later found them in the air on Hodgins jet.
Opening her bag, Brennan walked over to Booth.
"I know you don't enjoy flying I thought you might like something to do." She handed him the copy of Reign of Bones. He took the book and his eyebrows climbed into his hairline.
"Thank you Bones. I feel special that you would let me read it before release." He heard Angela mutter,
"You have no idea." Brennan glared at her and walked back to her seat, propped her leg up and plugged her laptop and began studying the pictures from the dig site. Angela came and sat down next to her. They both sat there waiting and waiting. Angela glanced over. Booth was halfway through the first chapter. Angela sighed leaned over and whispered in her ear.
"He didn't read the dedication." Brennan snorted and rolled her eyes. Booth looked over at her snort. Angela giggled and left. Brennan fidgeted as the flight continued.
"Bones, do you have ants in your pants?"
"I don't know what that means. But to answer to the best of my ability I am not aware of having any insects in my pants."
"Sweetie he means you re fidgety." Brennan began humming under her breath. Closing the pictures, she opened her word document and started typing. She lost track of time but noticed when the plane started to go down to land. She looked up and heard Hodgins say.
"Just a refuel, if you all want to hit the airport or whatever." Brennan hit the save file button and then disembarked, looking around she realized they were in Spain. Walking to the restaurant, she sat down and Booth joined her. He opened the menu and groaned. She smiled
"I'll order just trust me."
"Bones no healthy crap," he warned her.
"You know that I know that you do not eat as healthy as me." The waiter arrived and he watched as she ordered in Spanish. The waiter said a few things and she said thank you. One of the few things he did recognize.
"What was that all about?"
"He complemented me on my Spanish as well as my accent." She smiled as the group piled into the booth around them. Laughing they squeezed Booth and Brennan together in the middle.
"Anyone else need me to order for them?" She laughed as they nodded.
"Jeez didn't you guys have to take a foreign language in college?" Booth asked with a grin, everyone stopped and stared at him then began laughing. Cam laughed out,
"The only Spanish I know shouldn't be used in polite company." The waiter came back when he noticed new people at the table. She rapidly fired out an order pointing to each in turn. The waiter nodded replied quickly and left.
"Enjoying that book Booth?"
"Yes I am."
"I see you re into the third chapter. Where did you start reading it?"
"Ange," Brennan hissed. Booth raised his eyebrows.
"I started at Chapter one like most normal people," he replied. He looked around the table
"I start with comments, dedications, and acknowledgments. It's amazing what you find out about the author there," Angela said with a mischievous smile.
"Me too," the rest of them agreed.
Booth laughed. "Okay Okay I'll read it from the very beginning after I finish it the first time. Because there's always something new to learn about Bones," Booth said sarcastically.
Angela rolled her eyes and tried to control her laughter. The food arrived and they dug in. Sharing around on everyone's plates, they discussed the food and Hodgins awesome jet.
"Bones your ordering skills are awesome," Booth said around a mouthful of food. He heard a round of agreement from everyone at the table.
"I am observant by nature and knowing Spanish food as I do. I simply compared what I knew of your personalities to the food."
"Anyone else feel like a science experiment?" Sweets asked. Brennan just laughed and narrowed her eyes at him. He blushed and ducked his head. Booth looked back and forth between Sweets and Brennan, wondering what was going on. They finished their meals then they loaded back up on the plane and continued on to Washington DC.
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They arrived at Dulles International Airport at 7 p.m.; walking through the terminal, they saw someone holding a sign that said Booth and Squints. Booth burst into laughter and headed over.
"Charlie did you have to put squints there?" Charlie looked over at the squint squad. He looked from one to the other.
"They don't look like squints." He whistled and wiggled his eyes at Brennan.
"Agent Burns," she said in warning while she glared at him. They walked out to the parking garage and found two SUV's.
"Here are your keys Booth. Cullen expects both of you in the morning 7 am sharp. I'm taking the squints home."
"I have my car in long term parking. I'll take you home Dr. Sweets," Cam said with a smile.
"Come on Bones your with me," Booth said. They climbed into their respective vehicles.
"You are not taking me home. You have another stop to make," Brennan pointed out.
"I do?"
"Yes you need to see Parker. Let's go" He looked at her and saw the mutinous expression and sighed. He turned the SUV and headed in the right direction. They pulled into the driveway and they saw the door open and Rebecca step into the door. Booth got out and turned to look at her. She nodded and shooed with her hands.
Sitting back, she turned on the battery and started flipping through the channels. An hour later, she pulled her bag into her lap. She pulled out a granola bar and tea she had bought at the duty free shop. After she finished she looked around. Reaching over she turned the truck on and let it run for five minutes. Turning it off she pulled out her laptop and plugged it into the cigarette lighter plug. Booting up she began to write again.
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As usual when she wrote she became involved in her story and jumped when he opened his door. He sat down and turned the truck on.
"Thank you Bones. I needed that." She looked up at him and smiled.
"I know. Now let s go home." A look passed across his face as he remembered his apartment was sublet.
"I know your apartment is still sublet. You can stay with me."
"No I don't want to put you out."
"I don't know what that means."
"I don't want to be an inconvenience."
"Booth you are not an inconvenience. So just stay."
"Okay fine," he slowly agreed. Half an hour later, they stopped in front of Brennan's apartment. He put the truck in park and turned it off.
"Okay I'll be right back I have to get the key from my landlord. She walked slowly into the building and came out a few minutes later. He climbed out of the SUV and walked to the back. Opening it up he slung her pack over his shoulder and grabbed his duffle in his hand, suitcase it the other and followed her to the elevator. When they reached the second floor, she told him
"I had cleaning services come in every week so everything will be clean but there's no food," she told him briskly as they walked down the hallway. Shoving her key in the door, she opened it. Booth followed her in and set his duffel next to the couch. He carried hers to her bedroom and set it on the bed. Her apartment looked like it had never been left. He came back into the living room and sat on the couch.
"Okay dinner time." He picked up the phone and heard a dial tone. He dialed their favorite Thai restaurant and ordered. He was surprised he remembered the number, after ordering he sat back to wait. She sat on the couch next to him. He looked at her and watched her think wondering what was going on in that genius mind.
Their orders arrived, they ate dinner, and they talked about their time apart. He told her he had briefly seen someone but she was not for him. She told him about fighting guerilla army men in the jungles. Before they knew it, it was time to sleep. She left him on the couch with a pillow and a blanket.
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At 5am, her alarm clock went off. She let it go off for a minute then hit the snooze button. She heard Booth push her door open.
"Bones time to get up."
"mpmmhh" was all he heard. He laughed lightly, opened the door, walked over to the bed, and almost groaned out loud. She was sleeping in a tee shirt, which had ridden up above her hips and displayed a good length of leg and a lot more.
"Alright alright. I'll go shower and then come back again for you," he told her. Walking back out to the living room, he grabbed his duffel and headed to the bathroom. Fifteen minutes later he left the bathroom dressed in a tee shirt, face shaved, hair spiked and ready to face the day. He strode into her bedroom again.
"Come on Bones chop-chop," he called out clapping his hands. She glared out from under her pillow. She saw his smile and couldn't help but smile at his happiness to be home. She groaned out loud and tossed back the covers. She stood up and watched as he tripped over himself to get out of her bedroom. She grabbed her bag and a set of clothes from her closet and pulled the bag off of them.
She headed to the bathroom to shower and get ready. Twenty-five minutes later, she limped out and found him sitting on the couch. He turned and looked at her and smiled. It was the smile that caused her heart to skip a beat and her stomach to flutter.
"Let's get this started," he said.
They climbed into the SUV and headed to the Hoover first. Arriving they rode the elevator up to criminal investigations. Stepping off the chatter on the floor stopped. He looked around then at Brennan.
"They must be staring at you because they've seen me before," he whispered at her. She gave a chuckle.
"I do not know who they are looking at. They have obviously seen both of us over the last five years. We need to get to the Deputy Directors office. So let's go." They walked towards Cullen's office with Brennan limping slightly on her leg. Charlie approached them and said,
"There's been another one, the remains were sent to the Jeffersonian. I've been talking to Cam. Nothing is being touched until you guys get there."
"Another one? Booth something you should tell me?" She glared and Booth nodded then continued to move. Booth knocked on the Deputy Directors door and waited for admittance. He finally heard a call to enter. He opened the door and held it open for Brennan who stepped in.
Cullen looked up, his eyes were blood shot, and his hair stood on end. He looked as if he hadn't slept in two weeks.
"Oh thank you lord. I am glad to see you two. Even though you have been a pain in my ass since you've started working here. But you've been gone for almost a year and I've found that I miss that pain in my ass. Now that everything has gone to hell I'm glad to have back." He tossed Booth's gun and badge on the desk.
"I need you in the field ASAP; there is a new body other than the one yesterday. We're up to eight agents in three weeks."
"Dr. Brennan is not yet ready for the field sir," Booth stated and she glared at him. "However I do have an idea," he continued.
He put his fingers in a steeple and set his chin on the tips of his fingers. He would never tell anyone, that even though he didn't originally like her, Dr. Temperance Brennan was a damned fine woman. A good partner, a good consultant and a good friend obviously. He was going to put more money in the pool for sometime in the next month.
"Well Special Agent Booth why do I get the distinct feeling that I am not going to be happy with what you have up your sleeve." Booth looked Cullen in the eyes.
"You have a traitor in the bureau. You know it and I know it. He heard her gasp
"Every since I've heard everything something feels off. I don't need to see the evidence. My gut says it's not here but it may be a correspondent or some form therein. I'm going to put the Jeffersonian on complete security lock down. Since this is an internal affairs issue I will need to be able to pay for things. They aren't charging us for services or anything like that. However, I need money for air mattresses and personal items. I'm telling my squints to pack clothing for a week. Everything else will be provided. Everything else bath items food etcetera will be paid for by the FBI. Someone I trust at the Jeffersonian will be setting up a closed circuit security in the offices. Which means everything in the offices will be taped however; they will be under password protection on an unconnected computer."
Cullen nodded and sighed.
"I had been thinking the same thing. All security procedures I have set up have been bypassed. This actually is a good idea. Is there anyone you trust as a courier?"
"No if I want information from here either I or one of the squints will come get it," Booth told him. Cullen nodded again.
"So this will be starting tomorrow?"
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