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Bones

I had a hard time sleeping, I fell asleep watching Booth and Sweets talking and woke up two hours later with Booth in bed next to me and Sweets asleep on the couch. I knew that they were okay and yet a part of me was anxious. I didn't feel like they were okay even though I knew that they were fine. I felt like I needed to touch both of them, to hold them, then and only then would I know that they were truly okay.

I scooted quietly over to Booth and snuggled into his back, I gently started drawing on his back, small circles at first and then I started writing a letter. It was childish and something I used to do with my parents when I was young. I do not know what point in my letter he awoke but when I finished, when I signed Love Bones he rolled over so he was facing me. It was extremely intimate with his face inches from mine.

"Get up and go see if he is okay if that is what you need to do." He whispered.

"You read what I was writing." I stated surprised.

He nodded.

"I excited for going on land but I am scared." I told him.

"I know Bones." He said reaching his arm up and running his thumb down my cheek.

"I feel like a kid again."

"So do I Bones, so do I." He said pulling me into his chest. I scooted further into him and snuggled into his chest. Listening to his heart beating and even breaths relaxed me and I quickly fell asleep.

I woke up again about three hours later with Booth's arm still around me. I slowly rolled out of his arms and sat up next to him. It was still dark out but I could see some light on the horizon. I climbed out of bed and went over to the couch.

Sweets was still asleep but he was not sleeping very peacefully. Rolling back and forth from one side to the other. I ran my fingers through his hair as I sat next to him. He sleepily said, "I am having a hard time with all of this."

"We are going to have fun diving today. All of us together. I know it is hard to lose parents and not have a family but you have to know that we are all here for you when you need."

"I just wish that I was able to forget it all and have fun." He said choking on his words. He sat up and pulled his knees into his chest. I scooted next to him and pulled my legs up so we were leaning into each other and holding each others weight.

We leaned into each other and watched the sky get brighter and brighter. Neither of us were talking and eventually we both fell asleep.

"Wake up Sleepy Heads I can see the port!" Booth said waking us up very loudly.

I smiled and looked out the window. The sun was shinning brightly and I couldn't help but get excited for diving in the ocean. Sweets was very quiet. When I looked over at him I could see in his eyes trying to push back the feelings he was having in order to have fun today. I looked up at Booth who was digging through his suitcase for his swim trunks. I watched as he went into the bathroom and changed and came back out.

He pulled me up and pushed me towards my suitcase, "swimsuit Bones. We need to be ready to go in like a half hour and we still have to get something for breakfast." As soon as I stood up he sat down in my spot.

"How you doing Kid?" He asked Sweets. He just shrugged his shoulders. "Go get your trunks and a towel and you and Chris meet us back here in ten."

Sweets nodded and stood up to walk out. "I'm sorry Booth." He said as he was turning the doorknob.

"Sweets wait." He said walking over to him. "You have not done anything wrong." He told him once he got to him. I saw as Sweets eyes fill with tears and he looked down. "I am sorry I have not been more sensitive to your parents dying. It is hard for me to know that I didn't protect your family. That I did not protect you."

I watched as Sweets stepped to Booth and they quickly embraced in a hug. "Booth what happened is not because of you and you have been great, like an older brother." As soon as he finished talking he walked out the door to his room.

Booth stood there leaning against the closet until I snapped him out of his thoughts. "Should we bring extra clothes?"

"Eh just bring underwear. We are going to be in water all day anyway. Wear a pair of shorts or something over your suit and bring sun screen and a towel."

I packed our stuff into a single bag and turned back to Booth. "Where are we meeting everyone?"

"We are meeting at Tiffany's for breakfast. Once everyone is off the ship they are going to take us over in a smaller boat." He told me.

Two hours later we were on the dive boat out in the Pacific Ocean. The closest beach was Playa de Amor and it was nearly deserted. Jack and I had gotten all the diving equipment ready and we had all applied sun screen. The ocean where we were was more for snorkeling than diving but that also made it a great place for us to teach the others.

When the sun was at its highest point in the sky we all climbed back onto the boat and opened up the cooler. While we were eating our lunch on the deck we saw a boat circling and getting closer each time. "Booth is that boat suppose to be here?" Cam asked.

Booth pulled out his phone and called Cullen. "Sir there is a jet boat about three hundred yards out. Is it one of ours?" He asked into the phone.

"Get the hell out of there Booth. We don't know who it is."

"Close everything up we need to move!" Booth yelled across the deck. In under a minute we were skipping across the water.

"I need all of you to go under. If it is someone looking for us if they only see one or two of us it might throw them off." Booth told us all. Chris and Carrie were the only two left on the deck as our boat cut through the water.

Twenty minutes later the captain of the boat called down. "I think we lost them."

"We need to transfer boats." He said climbing out onto the deck.

It took us about an hour to find another one of the companies boats and then we were back out in the ocean. I answered Booth's phone when it rang a couple minutes later. "Booth you get your Squints away from land. That boat you are in better have a lot of gas because you are not going to re-board the cruise ship until it leaves port tonight. Two of our Agents have seen Kenton and four others have gotten into a gun battle with Sullivan."

"Cullen this is Brennan."

"Oh. Well. He would have told you anyway. Just let him know to keep an eye out." he said surprised to have me answer.

"Sir did the Agents get Sully?" I asked hoping that at least one of the people out to kill us was in custody.

"No. He was hit but he got away. Two of the Agents were hit and are currently in route back to the US for proper medical care."

"Dammit!" I mumbled into the phone. "So how is it going to work to get back on board the ship tonight?"

"The cruise ship is going to leave the dock by seven. Everyone will be going through medal detectors as they board and anything that sets it off will be searched personally by me and every single person who boards will also be patted down before they are aboard the ship. Once it is cleared and back in international waters you will pull up next to it and do an open water boarding."

"Yes Sir." I said understanding.

"Now go give Booth his phone so I can give him details."

"Yes Sir." I said walking up the steps and calling out for Booth.