Kansas

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the OCs.

The beginning of this chapter is set in the middle of the last chapter. When Booth said to Sweets "Let's go talk to the brother" that when this chapter starts. Hope you understand and enjoy the chapter.

Sweets stood in the viewing room, behind the mirror of the interrogation room. Booth opened the door and shut it behind him, walking towards Sweets.

"So that's Lily's brother?" Sweets said, looking at the young man sitting at the metal table.

Caroline was sitting beside him but they were smiling and laughing, defiantly not taking about the case. But the young man still looked slightly nervous.

Chase Rodgers was a tall man, twenty-three years of age. He had blonde hair that was cut short and he had the same brown eyes as Lily. Booth had looked over his file as well as his medical record and recognised some of his old injures as hockey injures. He had the build of a hockey player but was smaller then most so he must have been faster.

"Are you going to talk to him now?"

Booth nodded and walked out the door, down the hall and into the interrogation room.

He closed the door behind him and said, "Shouldn't you be talking to your client about the case, Caroline?"

Caroline smiled and replied, "For the first time in my career, Booth, I am certain that my client is innocent of this crime. Chase didn't kill his parents and brother."

Booth noticed that Chase slightly winched at the word 'kill' and Booth looked towards the window to see if Sweets had seen it.

"I got it Booth," Sweets said into the earpiece.

Booth sat down across from Chase and said, "Mr Rodgers I am Special Agent Seeley Booth-."

"I know who you are. Lily told me," Chase said.

Booth cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Rodgers I think we should keep this professional…considering the circumstances."

Chase nodded. Booth sighed and opened the folder. He was surprised the bureau let him stay on the case already but he was the best and he promised to keep to professional.

Chase was tapping his fingers on the table but stopped when Booth looked at him. "S-sorry, it's just…I've never done this before," he said.

Booth looked at the file and said, "Well apparently you have. You have a few drunk and disorderly on your record. Care to explain that?"

Caroline snorted and said, "He was a twenty two year old and just finished college, what do you think he was going to do? Play hop-scotch?"

Chase smiled and said, "I was stupid, alright. I went out a lot, got drunk and usually crashed on my friend's couch."

Chase sighed and continued, "I went out that night and went to a bar with my friends. The next thing I knew I woke up on friend's couch with a hangover and Lily was on the phone screaming that my parents and Peter had gotten in an accident. The time between that is a blur."

"So you have no alibi?" Booth asked.

Chase shook his head.

Booth looked at the file again. "You and your siblings had to go to therapy after the accident and the therapist said that you were the one that seemed the least upset about your parents' death. And it seems you were never happy with your parents."

Chase replied, "Look it was no secret that I didn't like my parents. My mother was an overbearing control freak as well as a snob and my dad never stood up to her. But I didn't want them dead! And I loved Peter. He was my little brother and I looked after him. I would never have put him in danger."

Booth nodded then he heard Sweets talking to him over the earpiece. "I'll be back soon." Booth stood up and walked out of the room.

Chase sighed and said, "Things aren't looking good are they Caroline?"

Caroline patted his arm in comfort. "I really didn't do it. I swear," he said.

Caroline nodded and said, "You don't need to tell me cherie."

Booth walked into the viewing room and shut the door. "What Sweets?! I was in the middle of an interview!"

Sweets looked at him and said, "I don't think he did it."

"How do you know?" Booth asked.

"Well, I have a lot of physiological evidence but mostly because I'm following my gut, like you do."

Booth sighed and said, "Alright, but tell me the physiological evidence first."

Sweets sighed and said, "Well Chase is the first born right? He's the oldest. It's natural for the oldest child to know more about the parents then the older children. They see the real world before the others and see their parents as they really are. I think Chase saw his parents as they really are and didn't like what he saw."

"So what? He cut the break line in the car and killed them?!" Booth cut in.

Sweets shook his head and continued, "No, no, I think he went into protective mode. I was reading the copy of the file. He looked after his siblings all the time. He walked them to school everyday, he went to their sports games and he came home from college every weekend and called everyday. I think he was putting all his energy into looking after his siblings and giving them a happy childhood, even though most of them are just one, two or three years younger then him. I think he looked after Lily and Peter the most and trusted his other brothers with them as well."

Booth looked through the window at the Chase and Caroline. "I don't think he did it either Sweets. But I need a reason why he didn't do it."

Sweets replied, "He spent years looking after his siblings. He never wanted any of them to get hurt. Chase knew that Lily and Peter were home that day. If he was even thinking of doing anything to the car, then he wouldn't take the chance of Lily or Peter getting into the car, which did happen. Whoever did this didn't care who got in the car as long as it was someone in the family. I really don't think it was Chase."

Booth looked away from the window and at Sweets. "I have no hard evidence other then he has no alibi and he was the one that knew the most about cars. I can let him go but he'll be back here soon enough if we don't get him an alibi."

Sweets replied, "If you and Brennan work your magic and get the alibi then the rest of us can help with figuring out who did do it."

Booth nodded and he said, "Alright I have to cut him lose. Then I'll go talk to Brennan."

Sweets nodded and Booth left the room.

-Later-

Lily looked up when she heard the door open and smiled when she saw Chase walking in. "How was it?"

Chase shrugged his jacket off and replied, "They haven't any hard evidence but I really need that alibi Shortie."

Lily nodded and asked, "Can you remember anything?"

Chase shook his head. "Not really. I mean when I woke up everything was the same…except my friend had stitches on his forehead."

Lily frowned and said, "Stitches? As in he went to the hospital when you guys were drunk?"

Chase nodded, "Must have."

It was then that he got it.

"Hey," he said smiling, "If we did go to hospital for his head then I could have stayed with him. The hospital keeps records of those things."

"Well call Agent Booth!" Lily said.

Chase grabbed the phone and started to dial the number he had been given. Lily bit her lip. There was a small chance that the hospital stay could be Chase's alibi but they had to try.

-Later, B &B's house. (This is where the last chapter finished.)-

Brennan was looking over x-rays when she heard yelling coming from upstairs followed by footsteps.

She looked up to see James appear at the bottom of the stairs but before he could do anything, Cole appeared and literality jumped on him, causing them both to fall to the ground. They fought for a few moments before Brennan calmly walked over and spilled her glass of water over them.

They stopped fighting and looked up at her; wet and shocked.

"Mom! I though you stopped doing that when we were kids!" James said.

Brennan replied, "Well if you act like kids then I will treat you like kids. Now get up please!"

The boys got up and Brennan walked back to her files. Booth walked in the front door a second later and before Cole could ask, Booth put up his hand and said, "No I can't tell you about the case."

Cole sighed and then Booth said, "But I do have tickets to Capitals game tomorrow night! Capitals verse the Predators."

Cole's face lit up and he said, "Cool, whose coming?!"

"Well your mom's working and so is Parker. James has to study and Michael has to go visit a friend. You and I can go but that means I've got an extra ticket."

Cole though for a moment and then said, "Can I ask Lily? She seems to like hockey."

Booth nodded and said, "Sure I don't see why not. I've already broken every rule in the bureau; might as well bring the sister of my suspect to a hockey match."

Lily was putting clothes into her wardrobe when her phone beeped. She put the clothes down and opened her phone.

"Hello?" she said. "Hey Kansas. How would you like to watch a hockey game tomorrow night?"

"I'd love to. I like watching hockey. Who's playing?"

"Capitals verses Predators."

"Nice. Thanks for inviting me."

"No problem. Look I've got to go so I'll talk to later…about everything with your brother and the case. Bye."

"Bye!" Lily hung up and sat on her bed. A hockey game might just be the thing she need to have some fun.

-The next day-

"What the hell was that?! He barely touched him!" Lily shouted along with the rest of crowd.

Cole was standing up with everyone else and said, "Enjoying yourself?"

Lily smiled and nodded. Everyone sat down again and Lily said, "Hey, I've got to go to the bathroom."

Cole and Booth let her out and she walked to the bathroom. There was an elderly man sitting beside Cole with his young grandson.

He leaned over and said, "I hope you don't mind me saying, but I would hold onto that one if I were you. Can't go wrong with a girl that likes hockey."

Cole blushed and Booth tried not to laugh. Cole replied, "No, no, we're not going out. We're just…um just…well…"

Booth mouthed towards the man, "Denial!"

The man nodded and turned back to the game.

Cole frowned and looked at Booth. "What did you say?"

Booth just turned on his best innocent look and went back to the game. Lily came back and sat beside them.

"What did I miss?"

"Well I think that guy lost a tooth but I'm not sure," Booth said.

The game finished and the three of them drove back to Lily's house.

Cole walked Lily to the door and Lily said, "Thank you for today. It really cheered me up with everything going on with my brother."

Cole nodded, "Well hopefully my dad will get him that alibi."

Lily nodded and opened the door. "See you Cole. Thanks again."

Cole smiled and Lily shut the door behind her. Lily leaned against the door and smiled. She walked into the living room and saw Chase sitting on the armchair watching the TV.

"Hey how was the game?" he asked.

Lily smiled and replied, "Really good. Capitals won."

Chase smiled and said, "Well I've got a surprise for you. Actually it's two surprises."

Lily frowned and Chase pointed behind her. She turned and saw two people coming out of the kitchen.

Her face broke out into a wide grin and she said, "Lucas! Tyler!"

She ran towards her two older brothers and hugged them.

Lucas laughed and said, "We're glad to see you two Shortie."

"But there's no need to run right into us!" Tyler teased.

Lily pulled away and said, "Well if you two didn't visit more often then I wouldn't be so happy to see you now would I?"

The two college students blushed slightly and Tyler said, "Sorry Shortie but school has been crazy lately."

Devon came out of the kitchen and said, "And what about me? I don't get a hug?"

Lily rolled her eyes and she hugged him as well. "Well you're at the shop half the time and you two are at college. Sometime I think Chase is the only brother I have."

Chase smiled from his seat and everyone walked into the sitting room to join him.

"How are things around here?" Lucas asked, as he sat down on the couch.

Chase shrugged, "Agent Booth is working on my alibi. We just have to hope that I was at the hospital with my friend."

The other nodded and Tyler said, "Well we've got your back Chase. We were there for each other a year ago and we're here for each other now."

"Alright enough about cases and alibis; let's have some dinner," Lily said, hoping to lighten the mood.

Her brother agreed and they all walked into the kitchen arguing over what to cook as usual. Finally they agreed on a meal and they set about cooking. Lily smiled the whole way through. It had been a while since she had spent time with all her brothers and she felt much happier then she did earlier that day.

They were sitting down, eating at the dinning table when Lily got up to answer the phone.

"Who is it?" Chase called. "Cole! He just wants to ask about the project, she called back from hallway.

When she was out of earshot, Lucas looked at Chase and said, "Ok we want to know everything about this Cole Booth. What are his intentions?"

Chase laughed and said, "I think his intentions are to piss Lily off a much as possible with the Kansas nickname."

When he saw that they weren't happy with that answer Chase sighed and said, "Guys they annoy each other to the point that they want to strangle the other person but they never want to leave each other's side. He calls her Kansas no matter how many times she tells him not to and she is constantly trying to not to bend to his charm. That's all."

There was silence and then Tyler groaned and said, "Oh my God, they're perfect for each other!"

It was then Lily walked in and sat down. "What were you guys talking about?"

Devon shrugged and said, "Nothing important Shortie. Now…tell us about the hockey game."

-The next morning-

Booth was in his office when the phone rang. He picked it up and said, "Booth."

He immediately straightened up when the other voice started speaking. He nodded and said, "Ok thank you. Yes I've got it."

He smiled as he put the phone down and he grabbed his jacket off the back of the chair. He was walking out the door the same time as Brennan was coming in.

"Where are you going Booth?" she called as she followed him.

Booth smiled and said, "I'm going to talk to Chase. The hospital called a junior office who called me. I just got his alibi."

-A few minutes later-

Chase walked out of the FBI building with a smile on his face. He immediately opened his phone and called a number.

"Hey Shortie! They found my alibi! The hospital records say that I was with my friend at the hospital when Mom, Dad and Peter were killed. No, no, Mom went out in the car earlier that morning remember? It was around five and she had to pick up her allergy medicine. She was always so nervous about that and wanted it as soon as it came."

"Well the three of them got in the car at nine so that leaves four hour window and apparently I was with my friend in the hospital from half four until six and then the cops want to interview us before we could leave and that went on until half nine. I was in full view of witnesses at all times. I got my alibi! Ok, ok, no need to scream down the phone! Alright, tell you're brothers that I'm a free man. Bye Shortie!"

He hung up just as Caroline came out of the building. "Caroline, I don't know how to thank you-."

Caroline held up her hand and said, "No need cherie. I didn't do much, just made sure everyone knew you were innocent!"

Chase smiled and hugged her before walking back to his car and driving home.

-B &B-

Booth and Brennan watched as he drove off from Booth's office window.

"We've proven his innocence; now what? Are we still on the case?" Brennan asked.

Booth nodded, "We have to catch whoever did this Bones. Whoever killed those people and whoever tried to frame Chase for the crime."

Ok so there's going to be a little more Bones, Booth and the team crime solving but don't worry the story to still about Cole and Lily.