Author's Note: Thanks so much to everyone for the loving reviews! They are like fuel for my muse. I know the plot is going slowly but I really am trying to show more of the push / pull between Booth and Bones. There are certain things that need to happen and I am trying to lay out the ground work in these and previous scenes.

Until next time... enjoy!

"Bones?" called Booth. "Bones, are you here?"

He put his keys on the counter and walked over to her fridge. She still wasn't home from the lab. He grabbed a beer and opened it, taking a long drink. He flipped open his cell phone, dialled her number and plopped down on the couch.

"Bones?" he asked when she answered. "I'm at your apartment. Where are you?"

"Angela has a composite on the Jane Doe. You need to come see this."

"Come on," said Booth. "It's late, I'm tired. Can't it wait until the morning?"

"Booth, this woman has a family somewhere. They need to know what happened to her."

Booth sighed. She wasn't going to give in. "Fine. Be there soon!" He slammed the phone shut and took another gulp of his beer before jumping off the couch.

*

"So, what've you got?" said Booth as he walked into Angela's office. Brennan and Angela were standing next to the reconstructed skull.

"Wow, I didn't think you'd be able to put that back together," commented Booth.

"Why?" said Brennan, frowning. "We had all of the bone fragments. You've seen me do more with less."

"No need to get defensive, Bones," said Booth. "Just paying you a compliment."

"That wasn't a compliment," said Brennan, turning back to Angela.

"Whoa!" said Angela, looking between them both. "Do I sense a bit of tension here?"

"No, we're fine," said Brennan, looking at Booth. "Aren't we Booth?"

"Yep, fine…" said Booth, rubbing his temple. "It's late, can we just get to the big reveal please?"

"Geez, grouchy much?" said Angela. She pulled up a holograph of the skull.

"The sketch from the old case file was way off. The reconstructed skull clearly shows a more distinctive cheekbone and nose structure. From these new markers, I was able to determine that she looks more like this…" Angela added the layers of tissue and skin to the holograph until it showed a pretty young woman with dark brown hair and brown eyes.

"I'll run the image through the Missing Persons database and see if we get any matches," said Angela.

"Run it against the criminal database as well," said Booth. "The area where she was found was well known for prostitution."

"Will do," agreed Angela.

"Bones," said Booth. "Ready to go home now?"

"I, uh, still have some reports to finish," said Brennan. "Perhaps you can go back to your own apartment tonight."

Booth sighed. "Is this about earlier, at the restaurant?"

"No," said Brennan. "I do have reports to finish."

"You're not avoiding me?" said Booth.

"No, I'm not," she said, glancing at Angela, who was starting to look uncomfortable. "I'm going to my office now. Goodnight."

"Night, Bren," Angela called after Brennan as she walked out of the room.

Booth sighed and leaned over onto the holograph table, his head in his hands.

"That bad, huh?" said Angela.

Booth nodded. He looked up at her. "How do I get her to let me in?"

"Don't give her a choice," said Angela.

"She won't let me go with her when she has her treatment," said Booth. "I need to be there, be with her."

"Oh," said Angela, biting her lip. "That might be partially my fault."

Booth looked at her questioningly. "What do you mean?"

"Well, not the you not coming part," said Angela. "I asked her if she wanted me to go with her and she said yes. I didn't know she didn't want you to come."

"Can you tell her you won't go?" said Booth.

"No!" said Angela. "What would I say? 'Sorry I changed my mind, you'll have to go on your own?'"

"No, you say 'I can't come, you should take Booth'" he said.

"I'm not going to do that," said Angela. "You need to talk to her yourself."

"I've already tried," said Booth. "She made it clear she's not going to change her mind."

"So what are you going to do?" asked Angela.

Booth thought about it for a few moments. "You're right. I'm not going to give her a choice," said Booth. "Can you please tell me when and where her treatment is so I don't miss it?"

"She's going to kill me," said Angela. "You know that right?"

Booth nodded. "I would definitely owe you one."

Angela sighed. "Fine, I promise. Once she gives me the details, I'll tell you."

"Thanks Angela," said Booth sincerely. He went to leave.

"Oh, and Booth?" said Angela.

"Yeah?"

"Brennan's already finished those reports."

"I know."

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