MAJOR SPOILERS! 6x20, 6x21 and 6x22. Of course it won't play out this way on the show but again I say this is MY version of Bones Season 6 ;p Thank you to the few of you that commented my last chapter –I feel as though I'm in a rut again with my writing. I don't feel like I've been in character lately and if I haven't I'm truly sorry about that. I'm not sure how much longer I'll make this story or when I'll end it. But feedback would be nice –I like to know how I'm doing and if you all feel the same way I do about my mojo being gone. :(

I hope you all enjoy and thank you to know who wished me well on my fingers. They've been healing really well the last two weeks, so thank you all so much!

Chapter: 21

What we do;

"So you still never answered me –why did you answer Dr. Brennan's phone this morning when I called her?"

Booth let out a deep breath as he walked into the lab with Camille.

"I…" he paused for a moment.

Should he just tell her that he and Bones were in a relationship now? –No he knew he couldn't, he promised Bones that when the time was right they would tell everyone –even though it was probably public knowledge now anyway.

"Well…?" she prodded seeing the Agent in deep thought now.

"I took her phone last night by accident," he lied with a shrug.

Cam eyed him carefully and chuckled, "ok." She wasn't going to pump him for anymore information –she knew the truth.

"Bones … hey," Booth said happily –a little too happily –obvious.

Temperance smiled as she walked towards him and Cam.

"Wow," Cam said with another chuckle. What a way to make things more obvious, she thought looking at how he appeared nervous yet happy.

Ignoring Cam, Booth kept his eyes on his partner as she frowned now. He frowned with her wondering what was wrong.

"I have the results of the impression, Mr. Bray took this morning from the skull…" was all she said.

As Booth swiped his card all three of them walked onto the platform to see Angela working on a video –recreating what could have possibly happened.

"It appears that Samantha was hit with some sort of pipe or possibly a crow bar?" Wendell started as they all looked at the screen in front of them as Angela showed a video of what possibly could have happened.

Brennan shook her head, "no if it were something heavy like a pipe –it would have caused more damage then this." She sighed and titled her head looking at the screen, "the curve mark could suggest a crow bar, but again that would be too much force," she paused and walked over the table where the girls remains laid.

Booth stood on the opposite side of the table looking at his beautiful lover, the worry marks on her forehead and lips made him want to reach out and hug her. But he restrained himself –because spite his personal feelings this was a case and one that needed to be solved fast.

"Ok so I have something!" Hodgins yelled as he jogged up onto the platform with a disk in his hands.

Everyone's attention averted to him as he handed his wife the disk.

"What is that?" Wendell asked.

"Footage from the fundraiser," Jack said.

"How did you get this?" Temperance asked as she and Booth walked towards the screen.

"A friend of mines son works there during events – he video tapes most of them and when the news came out about the murder he called me up and offered the footage."

Everyone sighed happily –this was great news –even if it didn't show the murder –which more then likely it wouldn't, it would still help them out. Anything at this point would help them.

As the video started to play everyone watched carefully –it wasn't until midway through the video they all got the first glimpse at an active eleven year old girl signing to her best friend.

Samantha and Grace stood in the background waving to the camera as other things happened around them.

Temperance could feel the tears well up in her eyes at that moment –all their cases were hard on her –but when it dealt with a child it made it that much harder for her.

Booth looked over from the corner of his eye to see Bones tense up a little as the video played through. He reached behind her and softly rubbed the small of her back feeling her lean back slightly into his touch. She glanced at him and they both smiled faintly to one another.

"Wait!" Cam said, "go back a few minutes," she said pointing to the screen as Angela reversed the video a few minutes. "There!"

Everyone looked at what Cam was pointing to and saw in the background, Toby Holcomb standing in the shadows watching the crowd of people.

"That's a little creepy," Angela said softly.

As the video played Toby walked out of the camera shot and it wasn't until thirty more minutes in that he could be seen again. This time he stood there with a grin on his face making balloon animals for the kids.

Everyone's breath hitched when they saw Samantha and Grace right in front along with a few other kids. The video showed their smiling faces and laughter as the camera panned out to get a wider shot you could see the things that surrounded Toby.

"Wait, pause this frame!" Temperance said as she got closer to the screen, "what is that?" she said furrowing her brows together.

Everyone looked at what she was looking at and tried to decide what exactly the object was.

"I've seen those before…" Booth interrupted.

"What is it?"

"A helium pump," he said as Angela zoomed in more on the video. "I've seen them use those at the park when I take Parker, their light and small enough to carry around."

Wendell grabbed the impression mold from the table next to him and handed it to Dr. Brennan she held it up next to the screen shaking her head.

"This could easily be the murder weapon, Booth" she said softly with a frown looking back at everyone.

x/x/x/

"All we need now is the correct address," Booth said to Cam as spoke into the speaker. "The one we have is old… I already have a warrant to search his place… call me when you have it."

As Booth pulled up to the diner he saw Bones sitting at their usual spot by the window, drinking coffee alone. He smiled reaching the door as he walked in towards her; he saw the sad yet happy smile press to her lips.

"How did it go?" They both said at the same time to one another as he sat across from her.

They both chuckled and smiled at one another.

"You first," Booth said softly leaning his elbows on the table watching her mock his movements.

Temperance blew out a soft breath and averted her eyes down at the coffee cup she was currently hugging with her hands.

"Everything Grace said plays out according to time of death and location," she said softly finally looking up at those lovely brown hues of his.

"Did she see the murder?" he asked licking his lips.

Her eyes watched his mouth before she looked at him again –Booth smirked –he loved the way she looked at him.

"No, but she did see Toby trying to talk to her by the swings. Apparently he didn't know she was deaf because when she tried to walk away he grabbed her –but one of the supervisors intervened before anything more could transpire."

They both frowned together as he reached out and caressed the back of her hand with his fingertips. A fire of electricity sparked through her body at that moment –she always felt his way when they touched –skin to skin.

When she moved her hand, Booth started to pull his away thinking she didn't want to be this touchy feely with him in public just yet. But instead he felt her turn her hand his own to softly cup his palm, Booth looked up at her seeing her warm loving eyes.

"Stop being so insecure, Booth."

He furrowed his brows looking at her. She could read him so well and he sometimes didn't catch onto how well she actually did –it was like she knew what he was thinking.

"I just didn't want to break any rules," he said with a chuckle.

She frowned and shook her head, "there are no rules with us… I told you I like that the others have doubt … are we or aren't we… I'm not keeping us a secret, Booth… you know that right?" she whispered with a frown. She really wasn't keeping them a secret she knew the others already knew or at least had suspicion of their relationship –she just liked to keep them all guessing. She wanted them all to find out on their own and this morning was the perfect example of how she wanted it to play out –only she knew because of this case this wasn't the right time to let that happen.

He smiled at her and brought her hand up to his lips softly kissing it seeing her cheeks flare red. "I know that, babe…" He did know the truth –he just wasn't sure sometimes about himself with her; not as to question their relationship –nothing at all like that. Just he wanted to make sure she was ok with the domestic stuff outside of the closed doors and so far she seemed to be ok with it all and by all means he wouldn't stop.

They were silent for a few minutes before she spoke up again.

"So how was Parkers conference?"

He smiled at her and absently rubbed his thumb in circles along her palm. "It went great, Parkers getting all A's in all of his classes and his teachers love him." He paused seeing her smile again, "Science seems to be his best and favorite subject," he play coughed seeing the triumphant look on her face. It was almost the end of the year so this was the final round of conferences for the elementary school. Rebecca couldn't get off work so Booth had to go –which he didn't mind at all –but in the mean time he knew Bones had to question Grace alone.

Although he didn't know sign language and wouldn't be of any help to her if he were there –it still would have made him feel better if he was. But that was the protective side of him –he wanted to see her interaction with the little girl but not only that he wanted to make sure Temperance was ok –not just physically but emotionally.

"I'm glad he's doing so well… I'm proud of him," she confessed softly.

He nodded in agreement.

"I called Amy…" she whispered softly. "She and the girls seem to be doing better… Max has been a great help she said," she said almost in a whisper looking out the window at the very spot she and Russ shared their final words and last hug before he was shot.

She felt the tears well up in her eyes as she looked away.

Booth frowned –the memories still stuck with him with what happened that day but he knew for her they had to be terrorizing. When she finally looked up at him through the moment of silents he motioned his head with a small nod to let her know he was ready to get out of there.

They stood together and with his hand on the small of her back they walked towards the SUV together. As she reached out to open the door he stopped her taking her by the hand and spinning her into his arms.

"Wha…." She trailed off feeling his lips press to hers. Taken aback by his sudden actions she took a moment to respond and when she did she grabbed the lapels of his suit and pulled him against her as they shared a heated passionate kiss. She didn't care if they were standing outside of the diner or not –she wanted… needed to feel those lips.

When they pulled away Booth saw her swollen reds and chuckled before snagging another chaste kiss feeling her hands weave to the back of his head keeping his lips in place.

This time she pulled away first.

"I love you," she whispered against his lips receiving a bright smile from him.

He could never get tired of hearing her tell him that –it felt like the first time every time she uttered the words.

x/x/x/

"So he knew Samantha?" Angela asked as she held a plate of meats to be cooked on the grill.

She handed them to her husband before softly kissing his lips. She and Jack knew the team needed a good time out so they decided to have a family cookout. Everyone that was apart of the team and apart of their family was there, Cam, Paul and Michelle, Booth and Brennan, Daisy and Sweets, Wendell and his new girlfriend, Vincent Nigel Murray, Clark and his girlfriend, Caroline, Colin, Arastoo and a few others from the Jeffersonian.

It felt nice to be able to relax now knowing they caught Samantha's killer.

Booth sighed with his beer in hand as he nodded to her. "She was his daughter… he hadn't seen her in years –and when he got out of prison Miss. Winslow filed a restraining order against him so he wasn't able to see Samantha."

Toby Holcomb wasn't a good man at all –Booth didn't just think that because he swung at him a few times during the arrest but because the guy murdered his own daughter. He wasn't aware of her being deaf –after all he hadn't seen her since she was a few months old but that was no excuse to bang her around like he had before he conked her on the head and killed her.

"I think from now on they need to reconsider the kind of people they allow at those kinds of events –volunteering or not –those children didn't deserve to be put in that kind of danger," Bones said softly as she sat down sipping her beer.

"Yeah, but I don't think he went there with intentions of killing her, sweetie…" Angela said with a frown.

"That's still no excuse, Ange."

Angela swallowed hard and nodded, she knew Brennan was right but she was just making a point. But by no means defending what the man did.

"I'm sorry," Temperance stood once more with a sad look on her face to apologize to her best friend.

Angela shook her head and smiled letting her know it was ok.

"I'm starving when will the burgers be done?" Sweets said with a silly grin on his face. This was the family he never had –the ones that got together and shared things with one another. It was nice to be outside of work just relaxing with the people he had grown to love and respect.

"Did you know that the word hamburger actually derives from Hamburg which is Germany's second largest city?" Vincent injected from nowhere.

Everyone laughed lightly at his words of wisdom and facts.

"Did you also know that in the 15th century there was a King who was served a "burger" not made out of cow –but out of one of his guards in -," Colin started to tell a fact of his own when Daisy reached out and put her hand over his mouth.

Cam smiled in thank you to her before she started to speak, "usually when Mr. Nigel-Murray tells us a fact it means something more then what…" Cam said trying to defend what he was saying so everyone else would get a better understanding.

x/x/x/

While everyone talked amongst themselves Booth and Bones slipped away for awhile.

Although Hodgins at the place secure there was a little pathway in the back yard that led to a small lake at the bottom hill of their house. As he and Bones stood there looking out at the sunny sky he felt her rest her head on his shoulder –chest to chest –heart to heart. Without hesitation Booth wound his arms around her and pulled her close.

"This is so peaceful," she whispered wrapping her arms around his waist feeling him kiss her hair. She closed her eyes momentarily and smiled feeling his heart race with her own.

"I'd like to have place like this to escape to when we get our own place," he said casually. He felt her still in his arms a little –he hadn't realized when he said until he felt her non-moments. "Or when …"

She cut him off, "I'd like that too."

Booth couldn't hide the smile on his lips –some of this seemed too good to be true at times. This just proved how far she had come as a person –how far they had come as friends –a couple.

She finally pulled away to look up at him feeling his hands softly messaging up and down her back. She couldn't get enough of his touch –it was so intoxicating in so many different ways.

"Do you think anyone knows were missing?" he asked wiggling his brows at her.

She giggled softly looking around shifting her lips side to side before shaking her head. "Probably not," she whispered feeling his lips brush her own before he softly cascaded a kiss on her lips. She moaned faintly before pressing herself closer to him assaulting his mouth hungrily with kisses.

Seeley ran his hands up under her shirt softly caressing his fingers along the smooth silk skin of her back. He felt her arch into his touch as her fingers wove through his hair softly pulling it to her pleasure as he deepened the kiss.

So deep into their lust and love they didn't hear the voices that started to surround them.

"You see Dr. Saroyan it's not that… oh my!" Vincent's thick English accent sounded as he looked ahead of him.

Cam's mouth opened wide with a smile at the scene in front of her. "I knew it!" she said loud enough for them to hear her.

Both Booth and Brennan moved apart, not too far apart but enough for their lips to stop touching and enough for her to still cover his obvious erection.

"Cam…" Bones started with an embarrassing smile.

She put her hand up turning Vincent around with the other hand to motion him back up the hill, "no explanation… I just won my bet!" she said triumphantly.

As they walked back up the trail, they looked at one another confused.

"What bet is she talking about?" Temperance asked curious.

Seeley chuckled, "I can only imagine…" he smiled at her cupping her chin lifting it as he kissed her once more.

"You do know it's not a secret anymore. Mr. Nigel-Murray can only stay quite for so long," she said softly with a grin.

x/x/x/

"You each owe me twenty bucks!" Cam said to Hodgins and Sweets putting her hand out.

They all three looked at one another and Hodgins tilted his head in disbelief.

"No way!" he said with a smile.

"What's the money for?" Angela asked confused as she slipped a few more chips into her mouth.

"Did you know that most European men don't show public affection towards their ladies… they like to keep things private –they see it to be more romantic to display their …" Cam held her hand up to cut Vincent off.

"Booth and Dr. Brennan…" she started to say before Hodgins cut her off turning to his wife.

"We made a bet to see how long it would take for them to finally come out and tell us all about their relationship –but if one of us caught them in the act they win no questions asked…" Hodgins then turned to Cam and Vincent. "They were really… you know…" he said wiggling his brows.

"No we were not engaged in intercourse Dr. Hodgins, just kissing!" Temperance interrupted as she and Booth stood there hand and hand looking at their family.

Angela had tears in her eyes covering her mouth –she knew they were a couple but now that it out in the open it made her even happier.

Sweets and Jack handed Cam her forty dollars as shot rang out in the air.

Everyone ducked for cover instantly.

"Everyone alright?"

Seeley yelled out as he covered his girlfriend while one more bullet sounded –but this time the bullet hit something –something living –killing them instantly.

-ducks under Booth and Brennan- don't kill me please.. I'm sorry for the cliffy but I couldn't help myself. Please let me know what you think of this chapter. I'd really appreciate the positive comments from you all. Thank you again to those of you who have stuck with my story from day one and never left it, it means so much to me and even more to you new readers. You all ROCK my crazy sexy Booth sockies! ;p Love to you all!