It was getting later into the evening and everyone else had gone home leaving Brennan, Richards, Max, Booth, and Hall.

Hall looking at Booth, "I think it I will head down the block for that Burger place."

Booth, "Oh that café?"

Hall, "I think we should give them some alone time."

Booth, "I agree." (as he handed over a gun to Max)

Brennan, "Why does he get a gun?" she asked frustrated.

Booth, "Because if I gave it to you or Doc over there you may shoot Max."

Richards, "That's not fair!"

Hall, "He has already proven that he would do whatever it takes to protect you, so leave it at that."

They walked out the door and left behind an awkward silence. Max was the most uncomfortable person in the room from the silence so he spoke up first. "Are you girls hungry?"

Richards, "I am a little."

Brennan, "Um yeah, me too."

Max got up and headed towards the kitchen, "You two can't avoid the talk forever."

Richards mumbling under her breath, "But I can sure try."

Max calling out from the kitchen, "I heard that!"

Brennan looking at her sister now. "Are you upset that you are my sister?"

Richards, "I don't know how I feel about that. I am very confused about the whole situation."

Max was spying on them, but they knew he would.

Richards, "What about you?"

Brennan motioned for Richards to come sit next to her on the couch as she slowly picked up the photo album. "I must admit that I was shocked when I found out, but then I realized that it could be worse. Have you ever met Margaret?"

Richards, "The one on Max's myspace page that quotes Benjamin Franklin all the time?"

Brennan, "So you do know her?"

Richards, "Nope never had the pleasure." she said sarcastically.

Brennan, "See what I mean? It could have been worse." (they both smiled) "I want to show you something." She opened the photo album to a picture of them together.

Richards, "Is that us?"

Brennan, "Dad told me earlier today that I demanded to take you home and keep you for my own baby sister."

Richards, "I didn't know that we knew each other as kids."

Brennan, "I just never put it together and Russ never mentioned it."

Richards, "Russ would visit sometimes when he got older, but I don't think anyone talked about you too much. I think it hurt them when they couldn't find you."

Brennan, "Who was looking for me?"

Richards, "My mom, but they always called you Joy."

Brennan, "How can we be so smart yet unable to put this all together?"

Richards, "I would assume it was our own insecurities about family and the fear of rejection."

Brennan, "That sounds reasonable."

Richards, "Look here, this is my mom. You know she was at the hospital."

Brennan, "She was?"

Richards, "Yeah Angela said she looked into your room, started to cry and left quickly."

Brennan, "Why would your mom look at me and cry?"

Richards, "Look at this picture, (now pointing at a photograph of a woman and a baby girl), that isn't me as a baby and the look on mom's face looks like number 3 on my chart." (referring back to the faces with numbered emotions)

Max brought out the food Angela had brought over earlier that day. "It's good to see you both together."

Richards, "Max, I am still confused about several things. Why couldn't Tempe come live with us when you left?"

Max, "Because you didn't exist. At least not as mine and Chris' child."

Richards, "But I figured out that they weren't my biological parents at 10 years old?"

Max, "Yes because over the summer you took a science program at the college and learned your blood type. You asked poor Alice (Christine's sister) what her blood type was and figured it out from there."

Richards, "So my birth mom didn't die in childbirth? She was murdered?"

Brennan, "Yes she was, but she has a gravestone that we can put flowers on and visit. Booth says it is good to do these things. I think he says it's comforting, and I must admit, I do get some comfort when I put flowers on her grave."

Richards, "What was her favorite flower?"

Brennan, "Daffodils. I like to put those on her grave."

Richards, "That is my mom's, Alice's favorite too."

Brennan, "Mine too. What is your favorite flower?"

Richards, "I love looking at a field of Sunflowers. They give me peace."

Brennan, "I like sunflowers too."

Max, "Your mother's close second favorite flower were sunflowers."

Richards, "So Temperance couldn't be with us, because then the wrong people would figure out who I was?"

Max was use to the conversation going from warm and touching back to the heart of the matter in a very blunt, but honest way.

Max, "Unfortunately." he said sadly.

Richards grabbed her dad's hand with tears in her eyes, "I don't hate you. I am very disappointed in your career choices, but I don't hate you. I just feel (she paused) I don't know."

Brennan knew what she might be feeling and now being a big sister, she thought she could help in a 'big sister' way. "Guilt! You feel guilty that you were taken care of and I went to foster homes."

Richards, "Yes, yes I do. It wasn't fair!"

Brennan, "But you wanted to find Joy just as much as Alice did?"

Richards, "Yes, but my father gave me a stern warning that by finding you, I could put both of our lives in jeopardy. So I listened to him and I didn't look."

Brennan, "I think that also qualifies under number 3."

Max, "What the heck are you talking about?"

Richards and Brennan pulled out their faces chart and showed him.

Max, "Where did you get these? Sweets?"

Brennan corrected her father, "Rayah got hers from Sweets, I got mine from her."

Max was laughing when Booth and Hall returned to the apartment.

Booth, "What's so funny?"

Max, "They were showing me their facial expression charts talking about love in numbers."

Hall seeing that the mood was pretty good thought that he had better take Richards home before it changes.

Hall, "Ready to go Rayah? You have work tomorrow and you will be starting a whole new list from Cam."

Richards, "I guess you are right. (she turned and looked at Brennan) Do sisters hug when they say goodbye?"

Brennan, "I don't see why that wouldn't be appropriate for this situation."

Booth and Hall were just standing there making comments on how much alike they were including their strange social skills. Then they all left leaving Booth with Brennan. Brennan called Booth over to look at the photographs.

Brennan beamed as she told Booth about what her father had told her about Rayah and how she demanded to hold her and take her home and how her aunt was holding her with love or 3 on the chart.

Booth, "You look exhausted!"

Brennan, "I am emotionally and physically."

Booth, "Time for bed, lets get your pj's on."

They both walked into Brennan's bedroom and Booth picked out the sleeping clothes from the drawer she pointed at. Brennan struggled with her clothes unable to undo the buttons of her shirt.

Booth, "Let me help you with that."

Brennan now being somewhat shy reluctantly agreed.

Booth, "You weren't so shy this morning."

Brennan, "I still had some very strong narcotics in my system."

Booth was completely and totally getting aroused by unbuttoning her shirt and Brennan could see that clearly.

Brennan, "Ok I will turn around and you will need to unhook my bra, I should be able to do the rest."

Booth did as she asked and went to the bathroom to finish putting on her tank top. She was wearing her yoga pants so she decided to sleep in them. Booth was now in the guest bedroom getting ready for bed trying to calm himself down from the arousal. Brennan walked in.

Brennan, "Could you sleep with me? Or at least stay in there until I fall asleep?"

Booth, "Of course I can. I will stay with you as long as you like."

And of course Booth fell asleep very soon after Brennan did.