Disclaimer: I don't own Bones or my mind or anything else for that matter ;-)

DrB28 I have to say that I believe people take the whole what's ours is ours thing to literally. I believe that is more of what they talk about and reveale. Their actual relationship would be like any other in terms of public knowledge. The scene in the truck was more about him worrying about her and her unable to deal with all the emotions she's used to compartmentalizing. They were alone in the truck so it was not like there were people listening in. But that's just my oppinion and everyone knows what they are like...
Mendenbar what can I say other than I hope it holds to your expectations ;-)

*Chapter 9: Translating Squint

She opened the door and almost tripped over Techie sitting in the chair outside their door. She stepped around him assuming it had something to do with Booth. Booth stepped up to him,

"Is there a reason you're sitting in front of the door private?" Techie stood up and said,

"Sir Dr. Dunmore was attempting to interrupt your sleep. We thought it best for everyone if that did not happen." Booth nodded his thanks and turned as he heard,

"Dr. Brennan. Doctor Brennan!" Rolling his eyes, he stepped in the way of the doctor as he tried to follow her down to the beach.

"Something I can help you with Dr. Dunmore?" Booth asked him politely.

"I need to speak with Dr. Brennan about the lab rotation. It is just abominable." Booth rolled his eyes and said,

"When she is ready she will speak with you. But as you can see she is not ready." Glaring at Booth the doctor stomped off. Booth growled and walked over to where Inspector Pritchard was sitting in the middle of the camp. Catching her eye, he gestured for her to come over. She walked over with a smile,

"Something I can help you with Agent Booth?" Booth tried to smile but it did not come out well.

"Do you have another scientist? I can usually put up with some arrogant people but Dr. Dunmore has pushed just about everyone's buttons. Dr. Tanaka is working quite well the Jeffersonian team. He however is very persistent to the point of being obnoxious." She laughed and told him,

"His replacement is already on the way and should be here first thing in the morning. He has annoyed Sgt. Jace as well and been quite obnoxious. His actions will be reported." Booth smiled and nodded. She went back to the circle of soldiers she had been speaking with and he went over to the com tent to send an update. The evening passed sitting in the camp chairs discussing preliminary observations. Charlie kept looking at Booth who was providing translations and rolling his eyes. Suddenly Angela caught on to what was going on between the two, she burst out laughing and Brennan turned and looked at her.

"Booth's becoming a squint," she gasped out. Booth narrowed his eyes at her and she giggled.

"He's been translating for Charlie for the last hour," she laughed out. The team shook their heads and laughed. Booth sighed and rolled his eyes.

Goodman looked at him and said,
"So you're the best sniper the military has seen in the last decade, special forces, a screaming eagle, a ranger with special ops tabs, combat infantry, HALO, air assault, parachutist, silver star winner and now you can translate squint speak?" Booth's face had turned beet red as his achievements were listed.

Straightening his back he winked at Brennan and said,
"Yes I am."

The squints burst into a rolling laughter that left everyone else lost. Booth stood up and held his hand out to Brennan who stood up and took it with a smile. They walked hand in hand towards the beach.

Parks started to follow and Angela put her arm out and said,
"I don't think so big man. You run stuff tonight, leave them be."

They walked along the shoreline with the waves lapping at their feet. Brennan stopped and tugged at Booth's hand. He stopped and faced her. She stepped into him and kissed him softly. He deepened the kiss their tongues fighting for dominance.

He pulled back and barked out,
"If you three don't find somewhere else to be you will be sent back to Phoenix."

She flinched when he barked and she heard a muttered,
"Damn how the hell did he hear us?"

Silence fell over the beach again and Booth paused listening. He turned back to her and grabbed her lips with his. She ran her tongue along his lower lip and he groaned. Nibbling on her bottom lip, he moved his lips lightly across her cheekbones and to her ear. He heard her moan low in her throat and he nibbled just a little harder. Tugging his hand, she led him back towards their hut. When the door closed behind them, she grabbed Booth by his shirt and pulled him close to her. His lips found hers in a slow passion filled kiss. Booth taught her how to attempt to break the laws of physics. he then gave her practice in the lessons he taught her.

"We did not break the laws of physics but we came pretty close," she whispered against his chest. He chuckled and ran his hand up and down her back from neck to the small of her back. He kissed the top of her head and wrapped his arms around fell asleep to the sound of his heart and knew that this was where she belonged.

Maluku: June 29th

Brennan rose, completed her daily rituals, and went to the kitchen for coffee. She looked over the supplies and nodded. Taking her coffee, she walked to the chairs in the middle she sat down. Sipping her coffee, she felt him behind her. Smiling over her shoulder, she said a husky good morning. He gave her a slow through kiss then sat down next to her. They sat drinking their coffee as everyone began stumbling out of their huts and tents.

Booth sighed and stood up, leaning over he whispered,
"I guess I'm going to have to get an earlier start if I want hot showers." He gave her another kiss and took off to take his shower. Charlie stumbled to a stop when he saw Booth kiss Brennan.

Suddenly the sound of loud cursing filled the air followed by,
"One hundred and seventy-five bucks. One hundred and seventy-five friggin bucks."

Booth stopped walking toward the hut and hollered over his shoulder,
"You should never bet against me Charlie. You should know better by now." Booth took his shower and looked around. They gathered around the jeeps to load everything in them. Cam was staying to run some tests. Hodgins, Brennan, Booth and Williamson climbed into the first jeep.

Williamson yawned and Brennan told him,
"It takes awhile to get used to the humidity. It makes sleeping hard at first."

Williamson thought to embarrass her and smirked out,
"It was something sounding like a cat caught in a briar patch last night that kept me awake. Didn't help I heard that thing over and over most of the night." Booth rolled his eyes and Hodgins choked on his cup of coffee. Brennan gave a confused look and Booth was ready to explain because he thought he knew what was coming.

Then her face lit up and she smirked,
"It's not my fault that you are a maladroit with coitus and ineffectual with the actions that cause a female to make that particular sound multiple times in one night." Booth and Hodgins gaped at her ability to understand the reference in the first place and second to have such a good comeback.

Williamson glared at Booth and growled,
"What did she just say?"

"You just got a squint smack down I believe Williamson. I didn't understand everything but by the look on her face I'd say she just got smart with you," Booth said with a smirk.

"She said it's not her fault that you don't have the skills to make your woman scream your name more than once while having sex, Williamson," Hodgins translated. He glared in the rear view mirror and she just smirked at him while sipping her coffee.

"Never try to outsmart a genius especially her she has this thing about the truth. She'll always surprise you," Booth muttered to Williamson while trying to smother a laugh. Arriving they climbed from the jeep and Brennan walked behind the jeep and stripped down. Pulling on her jump suit, she zipped it up throwing her clothes on the back.

She looked at Hodgins and told him,
"There are phalanges sticking from the dirt on the west side of the pit so we will be working from that direction. They are more than 50% decomposed as was the last set of remains so we will be working carefully as the skulls on all the remains have been shattered on the parietal bone." Hodgins nodded, zipped his suit up and grabbed his bag.

"Did you understand any of that Booth?" Williamson said in a loud stage whisper. Booth rolled his eyes and made a few gestures and half the men disappeared into the woods.

"She said that the last two bodies were mostly decomposed and that on the west side of the pit there were finger bones sticking out from dirt. That they would have to sift carefully because so far every victim has had the back of their head blown off. They have to find the pieces of the skull to put it back together."

"Nerd," Williamson teased him.

"Idiot," Booth shot back then looked up as Hodgins grinned and chuckled at the two of them.

"Booth is a squint, Booth is a squint," Hodgins said in a singsong teasing voice as he walked away. It took almost until lunch to clear off the body.

Looking over at Charlie who nodded and Jace shook his head in bemusement she began,
"Seventh victim: Female, Caucasian, approximate age 25-30, weight 135-140lbs, 157.48 cm, given birth at least once," she pulled the jaw open and frowned.

Looking back at Charlie, she said,
"Radio base camp and let Dr. Dunmore he has a remains to excavate. Also that he needs to do so before tomorrow so that I may get to the remains that are underneath." Charlie nodded and headed back to the jeep. Brennan stood up dusted off her hands and walked to the jeep. Going around the side near the rear, she stopped. Jace followed her. She unzipped her jump suit then stared at him.

"Do you need to be here Sgt. Jace?"

"I need to be here for this case yes," he replied slowly. Booth had come up behind him.

"She means do you need to be here while she strips out of her jump suit?" Jace jumped when Booth had come up behind him.

Jace leered at her and said,
"No but I'd like to be."

Her eyes narrowed and her jaw set, Booth grabbed the back of Jace's neck, swung him around and pushed him towards Charlie who was standing a few feet away.

"Go talk to Charlie," he growled.

He stood in front of Brennan blocking everyone's view and he smirked as her bra came into view,
"Is that what you always wear under that thing?"

"Most of the time, these are very hot. You should see what Hodgins wears under his," she said with a grin.

"NO thank you," he said quickly causing her to let out a low laugh. She changed quickly and Booth was muttering the names of saints.

"Do you know how hard it will be to work at a crime scene knowing what you wear under that thing?"

"As hard as it was last night?"

"Funny bones you made a joke," Booth laughed out. She just laughed and folded up her jump suit. Booth was rounding up his unit when Charlie walked up to her.

"These were not guerrilla kills," she stated. He raised his eyebrow for an explanation.

"Guerrillas wouldn't kill a woman. They are a high commodity here on the islands. They would have sold her," she supplied the explanation. When the unit came back, everyone loaded up into the jeep Sgt. Jace had decided to ride with Brennan he was in the back seat between Parks and Booth. Hodgins sat in the front seat and Brennan was driving. Hodgins snickered and Brennan looked at him. He laughed out,

"Booth finally let you drive." Brennan chuckled and Booth scowled. They arrived at base camp and unloaded. Dr. Dunmore and Pritchard loaded into a jeep and Booth waved at Pritchard as they drove off. Brennan strode towards the lab and Booth glanced over at Williamson who gave him two thumbs up. He followed them into the lab and Charlie trailed in after him.

They worked as a team, Dr. Tanaka sliding into a role as if it was an everyday thing. They worked quietly and precisely. Charlie, Booth and Sgt. Jace leaned against a table in the corner staying out of the way.

"I feel like one of your bugs in a jar Hodgins," Cam said glancing at the men leaning against the table. Hodgins looked at the three leaning there against the table and chuckled. He leaned back into the microscope twiddling the knobs as he looked into the eyepieces.

"So we are sitting here why?" Sgt. Jace asked Charlie and Booth.

"I'm sitting here because this is what Booth normally does," Charlie shrugged.

"And I sit here because they give the evidence orally and do reports after. So I sit, listen, and get to investigating faster. Plus the women are hot," Booth grumbled at the thought of Charlie investigating with Bones.

"So Dr. Brennan will be going out to speak to suspects?"

"No, I will not be. I only work in the field with Booth and Agent Burns knows that. He will be conducting the investigation alone unless he needs me for intellectual reasons," Brennan stated without looking up from the particulates she was collecting.

"How long will this take," Sgt. Jace inquired.

"As long as it takes," Booth told him.

"What are they doing?" Booth rolled his eyes and rubbed the back of his neck.

"Gathering particulates and flesh evidence if there is any," Booth told him. They watched in silence as the hours passed and evidence was gathered, labeled and processing began. At dinnertime Booth, left when he came back Angela was helping him carry plates. She kissed Hodgins then looked at Brennan.

"You still owe me details Bren, and don't think you're getting out of this," she admonished then left. Booth's face turned red and Cam giggled at him. They thanked him, quickly ate, and went back to work.

"You know I thought being an investigator had sucky hours," Charlie muttered "have you even slept in the last five years Booth? If you're constantly at the lab with Dr. Brennan and at the office the rest of the time when do you sleep?" Booth chuckled when Brennan and Cam looked up with matching grins.

"He sleeps on Dr. B's couch some," Hodgins told him with a laugh. They went back to work and finally Booth looked at them. They were gathering the last of the particulates from the last set of remains.

Cam sighed and said,
"Enough for tonight, we need to be on our A game for this one guys. Bed for now and we can go back to the site in the morning."

They carefully put away their tools and remains, wiped everything down for Dr. Dunmore and strolled from the lab. Everyone headed to their respective huts. Upon reaching theirs, Brennan grabbed her shower supplies and headed to the showers she felt dirty from slogging around in the dirt and humidity for most of the morning. She was washing her hair when she felt a very wet male body press up against hers. She grinned and rubbed her back against his chest.

He dropped a kiss on her shoulder and growled,
"Do you do that to all men that climb in the shower with you?"

"You're the only man who has climbed in a shower with me when I wasn't expecting it," she laughed throatily. They spent an inordinate amount of time in the shower, not precisely washing.

When they were finished, she quickly toweled off then tossed him her towel and dressed. She grabbed her supplies and left him drying off. As she came out of the shower building she found Angela leaning against the door with a satisfied smirk.

"No need for details I heard everything," she told her. Brennan frowned at her invasion of their privacy.

"Don't glare at me; it was either me or his unit who were hanging around the door. Take your pick sweetie," Angela told her. Angela winked and headed back to her hut with Hodgins.

Booth caught up with Brennan inside the hut door. When it banged closed she pressed up against him and growled at him. Her hands were everywhere and his clothes came off in short order. She had stripped before he had gotten in the door.

A/N: what is up next for the squint squad and Booth's crew? Read tomorrow to find out.

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