Zack walked out of his office, grabbing his lab coat and ID. He wanted to take a look into his boss' office, to see if Sky was there. But he shook it off, he couldn't figure out why she was such an influence.

His thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice "Heading out kinda early, eh brain boy?"

Zack turned, secretly hoping it was Sky but he knew this voice all too well. It was Angela, she was standing in his doorway smiling. He rolled his eyes.

"Yeah I was going to take a cab. Is Dr. Brennan still here?" He picked up his backpack.

Angela smiles "Are you sure she's who you're asking for?"

Zack gives her a glare and they're disturbed by yet another knock. This time a smile hit Zack's face, it was Sky. He couldn't explain it but he felt relieved and anxious at the same time.

"Oh are you busy, I can come back in a couple minutes?" She smiled at Zack, really not wanting to leave.

Angela laughed "No, we were just discussing Zack's transportation home."

She looked concerned "You don't drive?"

He put his head down, feeling embarrassed for the second time today. "No."

The look hurt her, she smiled again and says "Well, I could see if Tempe will let me borrow her car, and I could drive you home."

He wanted to accept, spending alone time with her, and no possible chance of interruptions. Did he really want her to know he couldn't drive? And that he lived with Hodgins? She raised an eyebrow, waiting for an answer, he couldn't resist the plead in her pale eyes.

She laughed and ran out of his office, was she skipping? Why was she so happy that he had said yes? He was nerdy, but also he was also cute. Tempe told her about the first time she realized she was in love with Booth she had this gut feeling.

She was kind of light-headed, almost felt as if she was floating. She kept wanting to turn around and look at him, but didn't because he was a man of science and would find it weird. She instead hurried to Tempe's office, and prepared her puppy eyes.

"I don't see why not." Her aunt said to Sky's surprise.

"Really?" Sky was honestly shocked.

"Well Zack doesn't have a ride home, and since Booth can come pick me up, I don't see why not. You are an excellent driver I hear." The rest of her reasons were cut short by a tight hug from her niece.

"Thank you Tempe. I won't scratch it." She said, pulling away to go tell Zack.

A couple of moments later, Angela came into Brennan's office. "Whose the matchmaker now?"

She laughed. "It's just a car ride, Angela. Nothing more."

Angela smiles, slowly leaving, "They're teenagers what do you think they do in cars?"


Sky walked back into Zack's office, smiling. She laughed "Grab your bag, brain boy. You're catching a ride with me."

Zack both, was in awe and in great thankfulness, that Brennan said yes. Maybe now he'd get the chance to kiss her. No! he screamed in his head. She was Dr. Brennan's niece. But she was just so pretty.

Sky laughed at his silence. "Cat got your tongue?"

"No my tongue remains perfectly inside my mouth." She burst into laughter again, her smile was gorgeous.

"Another expression, maybe after driving lessons, English lessons. Metaphors and similes first."

He raises an eyebrow. "When did we make arrangements for you to give me driving lessons?"

"Well if you're going to keep trying to kiss me, I'm not going to be the one driving the other home afterwards all the time." She laughed, walking ahead to Brennan's car as Zack blushed.

Was it that noticeable that he wanted to kiss her? As they reached the car she unlocked it, and he opened her door for her, and she got in.

"A gentlemen." She smiled. She was adorable when she blushed.

"As Booth says, we are a dying breed." He didn't quite understand the reference since it was a quality and not a genetic, but she seemed to enjoy it.

He got in on the other side, and she started up the car. She laughed. "Where do you live?"

Zack smiles, pointing to the GPS, "Hodgins' house is programmed into the GPS system. She's had to drop me off multiple times from work."

"You live with Hodgins, isn't he married to Angela still?" She was interested.

He laughed. "Yes. They have a little boy. Hodgins has quite a bit of money, and I live in the apartment across the tennis courts, above the garage."

She says "Sounds like he has quite a couple flotillas full of money."

Zack set the directions to Hodgins' in the GPS as she turned on the radio, and began to sing to a popular Pop song.

"What artist is this?" Zack was amused at how well she knew the words.

"Seriously?" She seemed quite shocked. "The Wanted, best older boy band ever."

He laughed it off, and she says "So Zack where do you go to school?"

"I don't. Graduated a year ago." He said, sounding very proud.

"What high school?" She said, and he laughed.

"I graduated from high school at age 14. I graduated college last year." He said, with pride increasing.

She felt slightly embarrassed. "Well I skipped 10th grade ha-ha."

He says "Where do you go to school now in DC?"

She laughs "McKinney High."

He says "How interesting, I teach a Forensics class over there."

"I haven't gone to my first day and a teacher already likes me." She sent him a beautiful smile.

The rest of the car ride, they sat just talking, and he would listen to her sing to the radio every couple of songs she would say 'This is my jam' and then dance around still paying attention to the road. She had a really beautiful voice, like her aunt. He could feel his heart sink a little when they reached the house.


She got out of the car, and followed him to the door. He smiled at her. And she placed her hand on the door as he was about to close it, going inside leaving her alone.

"Aren't you going to invite me in?" She protested.

"Do you want to come in?" He said. Even though he really wanted her to come in.

"It's a little cold out here, and to be honest, I don't know how to work that GPS thingy to get back to Tempe's house." She said pointing to the car.

He smiled. He opened the door, letting her in. She took it all in. It was simple. Couple bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, a living room.

He says "Lemme go grab the address out of my book and I can program it for you. Okay?"

She laughed. "I expected more of a Jimmy Newtron feel, not a good too-shoes college kid."

He says from the other room. "I don't know what that means."

She says "You have much to learn my friend. Cool you have a Xbox." She said pointing to the machine by the television.

"Yeah Hodgins gave it to me for Christmas, you could show me how to use sometime eh?" He finally found the small slip of paper, and he came back into the room.

Sky had laid herself out onto his couch, and was flipping through his TV channels. She laughed at him. "What took you so long?"

He smiled. "You have a way of making yourself at home, you know that?"

"It's a gift." She shrugged her shoulder, shutting off the TV and heading back out to the car with Zack.

After a couple minutes, Zack got out of the car. "You're all set."

She smiled. "Thanks, brain boy."

She then gave him a peck on the cheek. He reached his hand out for her to pulling her back. She felt the grip of his lips longing for hers, hers longing for his, and when they collided it was like nothing she'd ever felt before. Sure she'd kissed other guys, but not like this.

He couldn't figure out why he'd waited all day to kiss her, he had wanted to back at the Lab but then they kept getting interrupted. But now, oh he could feel her returning it, and every inch of him wanted to stay like that forever, but he had to pull away, he needed oxygen.

She missed him already, but they both needed to breathe. They both knew this is wrong, she was Tempe's niece and he was Tempe's assistant. She swallowed waiting for a response.

"No um, thank you, very much."

She got what he really meant, and with that she got into her car, and he got into his apartment. His head was still rambling on with thoughts on how wrong that was, but how right it felt. And her head was just spinning in circles. Neither could fall asleep that night.


Sorry for the really long chapter, I just culdn't figure out where to split it up.