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Chapter 3: Squint Style

Booth and Brennan were traveling back to the lab in the SUV. Brennan couldn't help but note that her husband was being unusually quiet. Every now and then he would grunt or make some other small noise but other than that he was silent. He hadn't even attempted to make conversation with her since they had been at the crime scene.

"Booth do you want to tell me what's bothering you?" Brennan asked she really didn't like working a case when one of them didn't have a clear head.

"It's nothing Bones at least it's nothing for you to worry about." Booth assured her.

"Booth you're my husband and my partner if something is worrying you then it worries me too." Brennan pointed out logically not that she ever said anything that wasn't logical.

"I'm fine Bones I swear." Booth said giving her a small smile that wasn't up to par with his usual charming self.

"Seeley I've known you long enough to know when you're lying to me and right now is one of those times. Now either tell me what's bothering you or you can sleep on the couch until you're ready to talk." Brennan said when talking rationally didn't work she resorted to threats.

Booth sighed there was no way he could avoid telling her now he really didn't want to sleep on the couch it did horrible things to his back. "It's Parker I know that he's a grown man now and he has done things more dangerous than this but I don't want to see him get hurt anymore than he already has been Bones."

"Booth you're not wrong to worry about him he's our little boy but you do have to accept the fact that he is grown up. You said it yourself things have to change. I know that you're not thrilled with the fact that he is going to be putting his life on the line everyday but it is no different from the things we do. I think that this will be a very good learning experience for him." Bones said trying to make him see reason.

"Says the woman who didn't talk to our daughter for a week because she decided she wanted to be in the FBI." Booth said rolling his eyes.

"That is different Elizabeth has a brilliant mind that I don't want to see wasted she would make an excellent scientist. Like Sweets said Parker is a warrior just like you are Booth he is more than capable of taking care of himself." Brennan informed him in a no nonsense tone.

"Bones, it's not any different you want Gizmo to be a scientist because that's what you do sorry babe she got the investigator genes. I don't know about you Bones but we when got that call that Parker had been stabbed when he was in college it scared the hell out of me. Not to mention the time he got shot when he off doing things he can't talk about. I just don't know that I can keep it together if something happens to him while we're working." Booth admitted.

"Booth nothing is going to happen to him we will be right by his side to protect him. Right now I'm fairly sure that he doubts you have faith that he can do the job." Brennan pointed out.

Booth gave her a genuine charming smile this time. "I guess this is what I get for marrying a woman who is so much smarter than me. I'll do my best to make it up to him. But that is a two way street Bones I'm sure he was crushed when you told him he couldn't search the pockets."

Brennan smiled back. "He understood my reasoning I wasn't doing it because I don't think he is competent at his job. I was doing it to preserve evidence."

"Lets show him the ropes then partner Booth and Bones style." Booth grinned at his wife.

"I would like that very much Seeley and I'm sure Parker would appreciate the effort as well." Bones agreed.

Parker and Walt were in the break room since it was early and no one else was in there to interrupt their conversation. Parker could see that his old friend was tense and nervous from the information he had for him.

"Whatever it is Walt just lay it on me I'm a big boy I can handle it." Parker said making a give it to me gesture with his hands.

"There was this blonde who came around looking for you earlier." Walt said and really that didn't seem like that big of a deal.

Parker racked his brain trying to think of who it could have been looking for him. Not many people knew that he was home. But it was possible that one of his old friends from high school found out and had come looking for him. "Did she say what she wanted?" he asked assuming that it had been a woman.

Walt looked even more nervous now. "The thing about it is I knew the moment I laid eyes on her that I had saw her somewhere before. It took me a while after she left but I finally figured out where I recognized her from." He rambled on not really wanting to tell Parker the truth.

"Well I did have one or two girlfriends in high school who were blonde." Parker said giving him a rueful smile.

"No she was older Parker and I don't think I have to tell you who she was." Walt said he didn't want to come out and say something that he knew was going to hurt his young friend.

Parker's face dropped and he had to swallow the lump in his throat. "It was Rebecca wasn't it Walt?" he asked knowing he was right but he still needed confirmation.

Walt nodded his head "Yes it was I didn't tell her anything only that I hadn't seen you in a while. But she wanted me to give you this." He handed Parker a thick envelope.

Parker put his hand on the older man's shoulder. "That's a good man Walt. Don't worry I'll take care of it." He said he really had to go talk to his Aunt Angela now there was no way he could make it through the day keeping this to himself.

"No problem Parker. And for the record I'm really proud of you. Somehow I always knew that you would end up as an agent." Walt said before Parker had a chance to walk away.

"Thanks Walt that means a lot to me old friend." Parker said smiling at him before he walked back to Angela's office.

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Of all the information that Parker had stored in his brain at the top of the list was he was supposed to knock before he walked into Angela's office. But he was so upset he wasn't thinking clearly. He wasn't shocked to find his aunt and uncle kissing what shocked him more was that they still had their clothes on.

"Fuck there are just some things that you can't unsee." Parker said putting his hand over his eyes. This wasn't the first time he had walked in on them and it most likely wouldn't be the last.

"Parker you know to knock when that door is closed." Hodgins said straightening up his clothes.

"I know I'm sorry it's was just the last time I checked you were in your lab and I really need to talk to Aunt Ange. This is one of those things that you don't want to know about." Parker said holding up the envelope that Walt had given him.

"I'll call the hit man right now just say the word little G-Man." Hodgins said knowing that this was a Rebecca related matter.

"No Hodgie you go back to your lab and work on your case. I will take care of Parker." Angela ordered.

"But I want to help the little G-Man too." Hodgins pouted.

"Uncle Jack go work on the case that will help me do my job. You leave all things Rebecca related to Aunt Ange and Aunt Cam." Parker said.

"Alright but let me know about the hit man." Hodgins repeated.

"It wouldn't work Uncle Jack you would be the first person they came looking for." Parker said feeding his paranoia.

"Good point little G-Man. But if you need me I will be examining bugs." Hodgins said before he left.

"So tell me what is that woman up to this time?" Angela asked. She didn't hate Rebecca quite as much as Hodgins did but it was a close contest.

"I don't know Aunt Angela she came by here looking for me and she gave this to Walt." Parker said handing her the envelope.

"Have you opened it yet?" Angela asked him.

"No and I don't think I want to. I'm not interested in anything that woman has to say Aunt Ange. But I know you and I know that somewhere you picked up a nosey gene so you're more than welcome to open it." Parker offered.

"I'm not that nosey Booth Jr. but I'll open it so you don't have to." Angela said she opened the envelope and made a face. "Basically what this is, is Rebecca's parents are loaded and apparently her father set up several trust funds for you. There was one you should have had access to the day you turned eighteen and then another at twenty-one, one when you turned twenty-five, another at twenty-six, and then one at thirty."

"I don't want nor do I need that money so I don't care what happens to it. I came into my Cantilever money the day I turned twenty-one and Uncle Jack has had me on an allowance since I left for college." Parker fumed.

"Parker you should have most of the money in those trust funds already. When do you turn twenty-six?" Angela asked.

"I won't be twenty-six until December Aunt Ange. But I don't want the money." Parker repeated himself.

"And you don't have to take it. Like you said you have your Cantilever money and your Uncle Jack gives you an allowance for the work you do for him." Angela assured him.

"Was there anything else in the envelope?" Parker asked.

"Yes it's a letter to you from Rebecca." Angela answered honestly.

"She has no right to do this to me, I guess she didn't get the hint last week when she tracked me down and wanted to talk and I told her to get lost I had nothing to say to her. I'm happy now and I haven't thought about her in years. Besides that I only have two grandparents Grandpa Max and Grandpa Billy." Parker said stubbornly.

"I know that big Texas tough guy loves you too Baby Booth. Now I'll just put this stuff away so you don't have to deal with it right now and you can focus on your case." Angela said hugging him.

"Thanks Aunt Ange you always know how to make me feel better." Parker said just letting himself feel safe and loved in her embrace.

"Now go work your case and prove to your parents that you know what you're doing." Angela suggested.

"Ok I'll do that, right now I need to go check with Uncle Jack and see if he can point me to a primary crime scene or something." Parker said he had gained some confidence just from his talk with Angela.

"That a boy Studly." Angela joked with him.

"Aunt Ange if you keep that up dad is going to think that I've replaced him as your favorite G-Man." Parker laughed.

"Please Park you could never replace Agent Sexy as my number one FBI guy." Angela giggled she was glad that she had put him in a better mood.

Hodgins and Wendell were in the lab trying to make sense of the bugs and dirt they had found up in the ceiling.

"Hodgins my only problem with all of this is we don't know for sure how long this stuff has been up there. Obviously some of it could have been there longer than the body." Wendell said he was really the jack of all trades in the lab.

"Dr. Bray it makes me sad that you have so little faith in me. All we need is for Dr. Brennan to give us a few specifics and I can narrow down a time of death based on all of these bugs." Hodgins explained like he didn't like having his mojo questioned.

"I'm merely saying that we don't have much to go on now." Wendell argued back.

"Ah, Wendell I was hoping that you two would have something for me that makes me a little sad. I need to be able to report something about this case." Parker said in mock disappointment.

"I have a primary crime scene for you already I want you to take a look and tell me what you see." Hodgins said gesturing for Parker to look at what he had under the microscope.

Parker looked at the sample with a practiced eye "That would be a culicine from the diptera family." He announced professionally using the scientific name for mosquito.

"Very good little G-Man it looks like you did learn something from spending time in the lab with me. Now what can we infer from that?" Hodgins praised him before asking him to make an educated guess.

"We can infer that the victim was most likely near a body of water either immediately before or at the time of death given the size and development of the mosquito." Parker said after taking a second look.

"Nice work Park I'm suitably impressed." Wendell said.

"I would expect nothing less Wendell and I am shocked that you think he would be anything other than spectacular. His mom is the head squint and I taught him everything I know." Hodgins said beaming with pride.

"So then you're thinking that our primary crime scene is somewhere near water?" Parker asked just to be sure.

"Yes and I'll be able to give you an exact location just as soon as Dr. B gets back with the body." Hodgins said with an air of certainty.

Booth as if on cue came into the lab at that moment. "Tell me that you Squints have something for me." he more or less demanded.

"Sorry G-Man Wendell and I don't have anything for you." Hodgins said keeping a straight face.

"I don't know what good you and Wendell are sometimes Bug Man." Booth said shaking his head.

"Agent Booth, Hodgins only said that we don't have anything for you. Parker however does." Wendell said suppressing a smile.

"What do you have Parker?" Booth asked his son.

"The victim was near a body of water either before or at the time of death." Parker reported.

"Parker how could you possibly know that?" Booth asked forgetting for a minute who he was talking to.

"I could tell by the development of the mosquitoes that Uncle Jack found by where the body had been stored." Parker replied.

Booth shook his head again. "I forget sometimes that you're a little Squint in your own right. " he chuckled.

"I learned from the best when I was eight Uncle Jack taught me how to identify bugs and their stages of development by the time I was nine I had it memorized. Wait until we get down to the plants, dirt, and slime in this case, I'm a wiz with it." Parker said proudly.

"Wendell, Bones could use your help with the body and it's either you or Daisy and I'm sorry to say this old friend but your baby's momma drives her nuts." Booth knew that Bones was not alone in feeling that way.

"Trust me Booth, Dr. B isn't the only one she drives up a wall I lived with her for four years. The only thing that keeps me from killing her is my son." Wendell grumbled.

"Wendell I can hire a hit man if you want me to it only takes one phone call. Daisy drives me crazier than she does anyone." Parker said Daisy was pretty much the bane of his existence. He had thought many times about strangling Cam for hiring her on permanently.

"Parker don't be ridiculous if you hired a hit man they would trace that back to Wendell. You have to make it look like an accident. Actually that gives me an idea." Hodgins said looking thoughtful.

"Uncle Jack you can't rig her brakes to go out that could get other people hurt." Parker admonished him.

"I don't know what you two are talking about right now and I really don't want to know so I won't ask. Parker come on you have a victim's pockets to check and then we have to get the clothes up here and let Hodgins see if he can't find some trace evidence on them." Booth said putting his arm around his son.

"Come on Wendell I have a feeling that you're going to have to clean some bones." Parker said.

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"Oh my gosh, Parker you're home." Daisy Wick screamed in her usual annoying voice. She had never married because Sweets had meant it when he said he wouldn't wait for her. But she and Wendell had been roommates and one night they got drunk and the end result was a son.

"Hi Daisy, how's my godson?" Parker asked not only was Michelle's little boy his godson but so was Daisy and Wendell's son.

"He is fine he misses his Uncle Parker though." Daisy replied.

"Yeah I miss him too I'll have to see him soon." Parker said laying on the charm.

"Dr. Bray, Dr. Wick once I complete my initial examination of the body I'm going to need you both to clean the bones so I can examine them more clearly." Brennan said breaking up their small talk.

"Yes Dr. Brennan." Both answered in unison.

"I love it how they turn into grad students again when you give them an order." Booth chuckled.

Brennan ignored her husband. "Agent Booth I need you to search the victim's pockets to see if you can find any form of identification or anything else that could be considered helpful to the investigation." She said handing Parker a pair of latex gloves to put on.

Parker was a little startled that his mom was just giving in like that but he figured he would go with the flow. He put the gloves on and he very carefully began taking things out of the pockets. "Well we have a pocket knife it looks like an older model maybe from the sixties." He said as he set that down on an empty exam table. Next he pulled out a leather wallet. "The leather of the wallet seems mostly intact that might have something to do with position of the body and the temperature of the club. And according to the Maryland driver's license this is George Swanson the thing is the date on this is 1965."

"It's almost no fun when the Id is on the body." Brennan pouted a little.

"Mom you still have your bones to find out the cause of death. And I don't want to sound like I'm giving orders but I think that we should have Aunt Angela do a facial reconstruction just in case. I've been burnt like that before." Parker replied not wanting to take any chances.

"I concur with that assessment Agent Booth I would have suggested the same thing." Brennan said now that she was into the case she more or less reverted back to her old ways to get the job done.

Booth chuckled "In case you didn't get that Parker that meant nice work in Bones speak."

"I caught it all right I'm better at understanding her when she talks like that than you think." Parker supplied.

"Parker I would appreciate it if you would take these dimensions up to Angela so she can start a reconstruction for us." Brennan said writing the measurements or the skull on a piece of paper for Parker to give to Angela.

"Yes mom," Parker said and then he had another thought. "I thought Aunt Angela worked better if she saw the actual skull first." He stated.

"That is normally true but this time she has a picture to work with but we'll see." Brennan replied already starting the process of taking the tattered clothes off the body as Parker walked away.

Booth knew what his wife had just done and it made him love her even more than he already did. "Bones it was very sweet of you to give Parker a job just so he would feel like he's helping." He said when his son was far enough away so he wouldn't hear him.

"I don't understand what you're talking about Booth." Brennan said trying hard to keep a straight face. "Dr. Bray these clothes need to get to Hodgins as soon as possible."

"Sure thing Dr. B." Wendell acknowledged her order.

"Dr. Wick I would very much like your opinion on the substance that appears to be under the victim's fingernails." Brennan said holding up the hand that was nothing but bone at this point.

Daisy walked over and took a look at what Brennan was talking about. "I think that it would be wise to take a sample and send it to Dr. Hodgins it looks like something that would fall within his area of expertise."

"Please see that it is done before you and Wendell clean the bones." Brennan said.

"Bones is there anything that I can do?" Booth asked this was his least favorite part of these cases he had nothing to do until they pointed him in a certain direction.

"You know that there is nothing you can do right now but wait." Brennan reminded him. Booth sighed he hated waiting for anything but he knew better than to rush her.

Hank, Hayden, Harper, and Lance were all hanging out in the Hodgins' mansion since they had nothing better to do with their afternoon.

"H3 what do you want to do today?" Hank asked his friend.

"I don't know we have so many options the four buzz kills aren't here to ruin our fun." Harper replied.

"Where are the leaders of the Junior Squint squad anyway?" Lance asked.

"Let's see Gizmo and Booth went to the ballgame but of course Bailey went with them. I have never wanted to strangle too people in my entire life as badly as I want to strangle Eli and Booth they are so blind to their feelings for each other." Hayden ranted.

"And Seeley is already out looking for a new woman so there is no telling when we'll see him again." Harper offered.

"I don't care what you three do but I think I'm going to go into the studio and paint for a little while." Hayden said after thinking it over for a moment.

"We could conduct a science experiment while no one else is around to stop us." Lance suggested.

"Lance you are seriously a Squint this shit excites the hell out of you. I get tired of science after a while. We need to do something epic this afternoon." Hank said cuffing his little brother on the side of the head.

"It's too bad that Parker is working or he could totally play baseball with us." Harper lamented.

"Yeah I need to work on my curve ball and lets face it Parker is the recognized authority on all things baseball. We really don't want a repeat of dad and Uncle Jack trying to teach us how to throw a slider." Hank laughed.

Hayden looked at them and shook her head. "Ok, that's it you three idiots are going outside to swim I've had a change of heart. I don't feel like painting anymore I'm going to sketch you guys being your usual stupid selves."

"I'm game if you guys are." Lance said he was pretty much acknowledged to be the biggest Squint out of all the Junior Squints.

"Oh, we're game little brother." Hank said.

"Come on lets go get ready we all know that we don't want to keep the artist waiting." Harper teased his sister.

Parker was sitting alone in the diner he had taken his parent's usual spot right by the window. He was really hungry and since none of the Squints had turned up anything of use yet he wasn't really needed at the lab. He felt better about his parents being able to accept him on the job than he had earlier but things were still a little tense with his dad. What was weighing on his mind was the whole thing with Rebecca that woman would not just take a hint and leave him alone. Those were the thoughts running through his head when his parents interrupted his solitude.

"Parker I was wondering where you went I tried finding you so you could come here with us." Brennan said. Parker was shocked to see his mother out of the lab when there were bones to examine.

"And I am surprised to see you out of the lab when there are bones in there just calling your name." Parker joked.

"Parker it is impossible for bones to say anything." Brennan pointed out to her son. She got some things but there were still things she had trouble with.

"Bones he didn't mean it literally." Booth said laughing and then he turned to Parker. "I had to drag her out of there you know your mother if I don't remind her she will forget to eat if she is wrapped up in a case."

"I remember one night when you guys were working a case I had to watch the Junior Squints because you didn't get home until three in the morning." Parker laughed at the memory.

"That was a rough case and I wanted to get finished with it as soon as possible." Brennan defended herself.

"I understand mom really I do but you weren't the one who had to listen to a screaming five year old demanding his mommy either though. I thought I would never get Lance to sleep that night." Parker shook his head.

"Don't try to lay a guilt trip on us Joseph you gave us many a sleepless night and you were in college." Booth said calling his son by his middle name.

"I had to do what I had to do that night dad. I didn't know that the guy had a knife I had to defend Belle's honor she was my girl and he was getting rough with her." Parker said reasonably but there was a hint of sadness in his voice. The last thing he needed to do was start thinking about Belle with the day he was having.

"Well the phone call in the middle of the night saying you were in the hospital scared the hell out of all of us. Booth and Hodgins were both in his private jet almost as soon as he hung up the phone." Brennan informed him.

"I pulled a Seeley Booth that time I so did a hospital dash." Parker grinned.

"Yes it is one of the less admirable qualities you and your father share. I can't get either one of you to follow a doctor's orders." Brennan glared at both Booth men.

"Bones when I get hurt before we finish a case I have to leave the hospital I can't let you be alone." Booth said reasonably.

"And I just don't like hospitals." Parker admitted.

Before long the waitress came and took their orders at about the same time Sweets showed up.

"If it isn't my two favorite patients and the closest thing I have to a little brother." Sweets said greeting the family warmly.

"Not now Sweets I want to eat in peace without being analyzed." Parker smirked at him.

"Parker I haven't seen you in forever I wouldn't dream of analyzing you. Unless of course you want to talk about a certain blue eyed ex-girlfriend of yours." Sweets said giving him an opening.

"I have told you hundreds of times in the last four years that I don't want to talk about it. She didn't want to do the long distance thing after we graduated college so it ended. It was fun while it lasted but everything has to change." Parker said he really didn't want Sweets to dredge up history.

"There are those who would say that you moved back to D.C. to be closer to her." Sweets pursued.

"And they would be wrong I moved back because the best thing I can do for my career is work under the dynamic duo." Parker pointed to his parents.

"I'll be expecting to see you with them in therapy tomorrow." Sweets told him.

"Mom I know that you're more fond of him than you're willing to admit but if he doesn't shut up I'm going to do serious physical harm to your baby duck." Parker said through gritted teeth.

"Parker I can't believe you would do that to your godson's father." Sweets said indignantly. Parker was also godfather to Sweets' oldest son.

"Lance, Parker don't make me have to separate the two of you." Booth warned them. He hardly ever called Sweets by his first name.

"We're fine I just don't want to talk about Belle or Rebecca those are his two favorite topics to get started on with me." Parker replied defensively.

"Parker do you want to talk about it? Angela told me about the package." Brennan asked her son she was worried about him. She always worried about him when it came to Rebecca.

"No I talked to Aunt Ange about it and I'm fine." Parker said managing his best smile. "I wonder what Uncle Jack found on those clothes. I would really like to know where the primary crime scene is not that is going to be any help judging from the Id I found on the victim." He made a quick subject change.

"Just because it's a cold case doesn't mean it's unsolvable." Booth pointed out to him.

"I know and I like a challenge I just don't want to screw anything up." Parker admitted.

"You won't screw it up. Trust me there isn't a mistake you can make that the Squint Squad can't fix." Booth assured him.

"So tell me about this case." Sweets said.

"There's really nothing to tell yet Sweets, Wendell and Daisy are cleaning the bones so I can take a closer look. Jack found evidence that perhaps the body was moved from another location but that's it." Brennan said getting down to the facts of the case.

"I think it was a mob hit if you guys ask me but that is just my opinion. The location of the body smacks of something the mob would have done back in the day." Parker said animatedly.

Booth shook his head and laughed, "Seriously Park I think I need to monitor what you read and what you watch on tv."

"I'm just saying those who are ignorant of history are doomed to repeat it." Parker said in a singsong voice.

"I knew that fuckin' criminal justice major of his was a bad idea from the start." Booth groaned his son had him there.

"So was the psychology major. The only useful thing he has is the minor in biology." Brennan chimed in.

"Look if this is going to be pick on Parker time Sweets and I are going to find someone else to sit with." Parker mock pouted. "And I think a certain Sgt. Major I know shouldn't mess with me because I out rank him."

Booth smiled at him, his eyes dancing with mirth. "Ooh, Capt. Booth is pulling rank. I'm shaking in my boots over here."

"You better show a little respect every now and then a guy starts to think that you don't love him." Parker joked back.

"Parker that couldn't be further from the truth your father loves you very much." Brennan said her social awkwardness coming out again.

"Brennan that's not what he meant." Sweets supplied helpfully.

"Baby duck just shut up and order some food we have to get back to the lab." Booth said shaking his head at his friend.

"So these seats are pretty great Booth I can't believe you managed to get ones this good at the last minute." Eli told Booth they were sitting in the outfield a row back from the field they were in perfect homerun territory.

"Please all that has to happen is for me to say the name Hodgins or Brennan and we get whatever we want around this place. Today it happened to be Brennan that left my mouth to get these seats." Booth bragged with a cocky smile.

"Booth don't get too cocky Gizmo just might have to show you up." Bailey told her younger brother playfully.

"Let him have his moment Bug. We wouldn't want you to bruise his fragile ego." Eli joked but she took Booth's hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze so he would know that she was only teasing.

"I don't know what it is about you older sisters but you can be mean when you want to. The next time I decide to come to a ballgame I'm bringing Seeley with me he doesn't make fun of me the way you guys do." Booth said in a voice that made him sound like a petulant child. He loved the way her hand felt in his.

"No that's just Bug who does things like that. I'm nice as long as the three stooges leave me alone. And the three stooges know by now to leave me alone Parker taught me how to kick their asses if they bother me." Eli reported proudly. They hadn't bothered to let go of each other's hands. It was natural for them they held hands all the time it didn't have to mean anything.

Bailey looked over at them and rolled her eyes for them to be geniuses they really didn't have a clue what they were feeling for each other. "You two need to get a room." She muttered under her breath.

"Did you say something Bug?" Booth asked his older sister.

"No I didn't say anything Booth." Bailey rolled her eyes again if it was possible he was the denser of the two.

"Honestly this pitcher really needs to rethink the way he is doing things this is ridiculous. Parker could out pitch him and he's an outfielder." Eli yelled out she was Booth's daughter there was no doubt about that.

"Gizmo, Parker did pitch from time to time in college he won them the World Series with his pitching." Booth reminded her.

"That was how he won it for them his first year there, they didn't have a losing season the entire time Parker was there. Don't even get me started on how they recruited him to play football for them his sophomore year." Eli could and would talk sports with Booth all day sometimes that was how close they were.

"Parker was the perfect running back you know as well as I do that football is his secondary sport but he made the quarterback they had look good. They won the national title all three years he played. Really I wish I had the game that he has. Women throw themselves at him I need to know his secrets." Booth went on in dramatic fashion. He didn't notice the way that Eli frowned when he mentioned needing to step up his game for other women.

For the life of her Eli couldn't figure out why she felt that way he was her best friend or that was what she kept telling herself. She knew that he didn't see her that way and she would only open herself up to heartache if she told him what her feelings really were.

Booth noticed how Eli had gone quiet on him all of a sudden he wondered if it was something that he had said. How he wished that she saw him as more than just a friend for years he had been dying to tell her how he felt about her but he couldn't just risk his heart that way. He could take rejection from any woman but her it would break his heart into tiny pieces. He also couldn't take the risk of losing his best friend because things between them got weird.

Bailey could only shake her head when she saw them staring into each other's eyes. "Hi, I hope you two idiots are quite done with your staring contest because I would really like some company here."

"Sorry," they both mumbled and looked away from each other quickly.

"And for the record we're not idiots Bug we're both geniuses in case you forgot genius." Booth pointed out to her in his typical fashion.

Well neither one of you is a genius when it comes to feelings. I swear I've seen married people look at each other with less love in their eyes than the way you two look at each other. Bailey thought to herself but she let it go they would see the light one day soon or at least she hoped they would if for no other reason than for her sanity.

A/N: I hope you guys enjoyed this. If you have anything that you want to see in here just drop me a line. Until next time please review.