TITLE: Bones – The Heart Knows What The Heart Wants.

AUTHOR: D M Harper

SUMMARY: How does Doctor Temperance Brennan cope with Agent Booth's absence?

RATING: M Contains sexual content between two female characters. (Be Warned)

DISCLAIMER: This story is written for entertainment only and no profit is obtained. No copyright infringement is indented to 20th Century Fox Television or creators Hart Hanson and Kathy Reichs. All original characters remain my property.

Chapter 11

"DOCTOR BRENNAN," called out Wendell Bray as he swiped his card on the stair sensor.

"What is it Mr Bray?"

"I have the results of the soil deposits from Hodgins."

"Excellent, maybe we can finally determine the location of the kill site."

"Hey Bren!" exclaimed Angela while skipping up the stairs. "There's a delivery for you in Cam's office."

"I wasn't expecting anything and it can wait, I need to call Booth," she replied while reading the sheet of paper Wendell handed her.

Angela tilted her head to the left in question, "Okay sweetie, but I want details."

Temperance looked at her friend with furrowed brows, "Details?"

Hugging Temperance, Angela commented, "Bren, I love you to bits and pieces, but see me when your reality catches up to mine." The artist flipped her hair and returned to her lab, leaving Temperance and Wendell none the wiser.

Booth arrived twenty minutes later then left again with Temperance to locate and interview a suspect.

Alex sat down beside Agent Brock Davis in the airplane and sighed, "I hope the hotel they put us up in is better than the last time we visited Portland."

The six foot four blond stretched his legs then said, "At least we got seats in business class."

"That is an improvement from the previous flight and I'm sure I had flea bites from the bed in the hotel."

Davis chuckled, "I had a bad back for days."

Pulling a folder from her briefcase, Alex rifled through the file, "Assistant Director Rafter must have re-read my report from the last ops. It says here we are booked into the Hotel Deluxe and our contact is Detective Thomas George. His partner is a Detective Monica Logan and their suspect on the Travis case confessed to the murder of our victim Reese Wilcox during his interview."

Davis shook his head, "I can't believe Rafter just handed you the file and told us we had forty minutes to board our flight without a briefing."

"Well, he only received notification of the confession ten minutes earlier and the information is fairly straight forward. If this Kennard is our Unsub he'll know details of the crime that were not released to the media."

Davis reached across and pulled out another file, "Kennard was never a suspect during the initial investigation, he wasn't even known to us at any stage."

"True and I have always liked the husband as the doer, but for whatever reason, Kennard has admitted to the murder. We haven't had a break in the case for over a week Brock, so this is all we have to go on for the moment."

"I'm with you on the husband theory and his alibi is shaky."

The plane started to taxi for take off and Alex returned the files, "We have five hours to go over two cases and find a common link."

Walking into Cam's office, Temperance stopped and stared at the floral bouquet on her desk, "Something you want to tell me about?"

"They're not for me. They arrived for you this morning when you were out with Seely then you went out again. So, I guess the question is do you have something you want to discuss?"

"Uhm, not at this stage, I'll let you know." Temperance picked up the flowers and rushed to her office. Closing the door, she put the arrangement on her desk and reached for the envelope. Inside was a plain card with Alex's handwriting.

Dear Tempe,

Thank you for an amazing night Saturday.

Hugs Alex.

"So spill Bren," demanded Angela playfully as she opened the door.

"The flowers are from Alex."

Angela embraced her friend and excitedly declared, "Oh my god Bren, that's terrific. Are you dating?"

"Yes, we have been out on two occasions." Temperance explained about Martie and Martina then added, "I am enjoying myself and these flowers are a sign Alex wishes to enter into a social contract with me."

"It's about time and try not to sound so clinical hon. I want more details, but I have to go."

"I will see you tomorrow."

"Bye sweetie."

Temperance reached for her cell phone and was disappointed when her call to Alex went straight to voice mail. After leaving a short message, she completed some paperwork before finishing for the day.

During the taxi ride to the hotel, Alex returned calls to her mother, Assistant Director Rafter, but waited until she was settled in her room before calling Temperance.

"Hello Alex, thank you for the flowers."

"You're welcome. I just wanted you to know I had a good time."

"I did too, are you at home?"

"No, I'm in Portland, Oregon with Brock on a case. We'll be here for a couple of days. How was your day?"

"Busy, Booth and I got a solid lead on our current case."

"That's good, how is Booth?"

"He is still showing me pictures."

Alex giggled, "He's a proud father."

"Yes, but I have seen enough photos of Yosemite Park."

There was a light rap on Alex's door, "Listen, I have to go have dinner with Brock and the investigating detectives, I'll call you tomorrow night."

"Okay, goodnight."

"Goodnight Tempe and be safe."