Sorry For The Delay... HOPE YOU ENJOY IT.

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN BONES OR N.C.I.S. THEY BELONG TO FOX AND CBS.

"Bones would you please just stop and listen to me for a moment." Booth begged his girlfriend as she marched across the lab not bothering to notice the looks she got from her friends and co-workers as she made her way towards her office.

"I'm not speaking to you. Now if you wish to talk to me call my publicist." She said to him before slamming the door shut. Booth stood by the platform shocked, she'd never been this upset with him before. But then again he'd never kept a secret like this before especially from her.

"What did you do?" Cam asked as she walked down the platform with Angela close behind.

"What makes you think that I did something?" Booth asked trying to look offended.

"Well you usually do something." Angela said crossing her arms over her chest. "Spill Big Man." Before he could get a word in the doors to Brennan's office opened and she walked out.

"Cam did you know Booth has an uncle?" She asked the Pathologist who shook her head as she turned and looked at the FBI agent who was staring at the ground.

"No Dr. Brennan I can't say that I do." Cam answered turning to look at her friend.

"Well he does he works for N.C.I.S."

"How do you know this Brennan?" Angela asked.

"I met him today. Apparently both agent Gibbs and Agent Booth thought it wasn't necessary for either of them to mention they had family members in the D.C. area." The three members of the squint squad were speechless with the recent bombshell that had just been dropped on them. They looked at Booth who just looked at Brennan.

"Oh My God Booth why didn't you say anything?" Cam asked finally getting back to the topic,

"He didn't find it necessary." Brennan answered for Booth. "He doesn't see him often so he didn't see what the big deal was." Booth winced as he heard his girlfriend say his exact words. Angela smacked Booth hard in the back of the head.

"What was that for?" He asked rubbing the back of his head.

"That…. Was for not telling us you had more family." Angela then punched him hard in the arm. "And that was for not telling Brennan you had more family."

"Hey guys what's up." Sweets asked walking up to the group.

"Nothing Sweets what's going on with you?" Booth asked hoping that the baby duck hadn't heard any of their conversation. Brennan wasn't about to let him off the hook just yet so she decided to have some fun.

"I met Booth's uncle today." She said like it was nothing causing everyone to drop their mouths open and Booth shoot her a glare. One she ignored.

"You have an uncle?" Sweets asked truly fascinated.

"Yes we're having dinner over at his house this evening." Brennan looked around at her co-workers who she considered more like family. "You are all welcomed to come."

"I'm so there." Angela said with a smile.

"Sure why not." Cam said with a smile.

"NO…. NO WAY… THIS ISN'T HAPPENING." Booth shouted.

"Great. We'll leave here around six thirty so we arrive with plenty of time."

"HEY DIDN'T ANYONE HEAR ME? NO ONE IS INVITED."

"Should we all go in the same car or should we each take our own vehicles?" Cam asked ignoring the tirade that Booth had gone into.

"I think it would be easier if we brought our own cars you know just in case we want to leave early." Angela said looking at the two other women. Jack and Sweets just watched as Brennan, Cam, and Angela made plans while Booth fumed right next to them.

"Sucks to be him right now." Hodgins said with a chuckle as he walked back towards his work station.

"Yep." Sweets answered as he followed the entomologist.

"Are you still not talking to me?" Gibbs asked as he walked into the bedroom. Jenny looked up at him from her side of the bed and gave him glare before turning around to face the window. "Come on Jen I said I was sorry."

"Sorry... You're sorry?" she asked as she shot up from the bed. "Sorry isn't good enough Leroy." Gibbs winced at the sound of his first name. She only used it when she was really angry or upset with him. Now being one of those times.

"What do you want me to say Jen?" He asked

"I don't know Jethro…. How about hey honey I have a nephew who's a hell of an agent in the FBI or something along those lines…. Why do you still do this to me Jethro? Don't you trust me?" He saw the pain and the hurt in her eyes as tears started to form around them. He hated seeing her cry especially if it was him that had caused the tears.

"Of course I trust you Jen. I trust you with my life." He answered taking a step towards her.

"Then why didn't you tell me?"

"It's not that easy Jen…. Not for me."

"Please Jethro I am your wife…. I accepted all your faults when I married you…. Please don't shut me out anymore."

"I was the last to see his dad…. Found him in a bar drinking as usual. He looked at me and started saying how dad needed to keep his mouth shut and not get involved in how he raised his damned kids." Gibbs looked up and looked at Jenny. "I lost it Jen…. I dragged him outside and beat the crap out of him... He fought back though…. Gave me a black eye and a busted lip…. But other than that I did most of the damage…. I remember telling him that…. That every bruise and every welt that was on Seeley's body was going to be on his…. And I told him if I ever saw him near him or his brother Jared that I would kill him." Jennifer wrapped her arms around his waist and pulled him in for a hug. Gibbs hugged back as he buried his face in the crook of her neck.

"I'm so proud of you Jethro…. I love you." She whispered into his ear.

"I love you too Jen."

The room was quiet she sat on the far corner of the bed while he was on the other side looking over at her.

"Bones." He tried.

"Don't." She snapped getting up from the bed and walking over towards the closet. She started grabbing random dresses tossing them onto the bed followed by Jeans and Shirts she walked over towards her dresser and started taking off her jewelry never once did she make eye contact with him.

"Bones." He tried again.

"We need to get ready for dinner with your uncle Booth…. Please let me get ready in peace." She said as she grabbed her bathrobe.

"Would you please listen to me?" He said as he grabbed her arms forcing her to stop in her tracks. "Look at me Bones." She kept her eyes fixed on the floor. "Temperance…. Please." Her eyes shot up and he saw the hurt in them.

"Eight years…. We've known one another for eight years…. Dated for the last two and you never once brought him up Seeley."

"I know."

"Why?"

"I don't know."

"Try." He ran his fingers through his hair as he looked all around the room.

"It's not that easy Bones…. Not for me." She grabbed his face with her hands when she saw him ready to turn and leave.

"You always told me it's better to confront your problems not to run from them…. Talk to me Booth…. Please don't shut me out." Brennan's eyes were locked with his and she saw the hurt, annoyance, and discomfort in them. "Whenever you're ready to talk about it Seeley I'll be right here. She leaned up and placed a kiss on his cheek before turning to leave.

"He was the last to see him." Booth said looking down at the ground. Brennan looked back at him. "My old man…. Gibbs was the last to see him before he left…. Gibbs showed up at Pop's house that night…. Me and Jared where supposed to be asleep, but I couldn't so I snuck down to get a glass of milk…. That's when I saw him….. My uncle had a black eye, a busted lip and had blood on his knuckles."

"Booth." Brennan said as she grabbed his hands.

"He said that every single bruise and welt we I had on my body were now on his." He looked up and stared into her baby blue eyes. "That night Pop's and Gibbs became my new heroes." Brennan placed a hand on his chest, he reached up and grabbed it squeezing lightly/ "I should have told you Bones…. I'm."

"No Booth." She interrupted. "It's me who should be sorry…. I'm sorry for making you relieve a traumatic memory…. Forgive me?" Booth leaned down and kissed her moving her hair out of the way as he caressed her cheek. The kiss turned passionate. They finally had to pull away to get some oxygen back into their bodies. "Come on let's take a shower so we can finish getting ready." She said with a seductive smile. Booth smiled back as he started undoing his tie. She grabbed his hand and started walking towards the bathroom.

"Did you really have to invite Sweets?" He whined making Brennan laugh as he closed the bathroom door.