Kansas
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the OCs and the storyline.
-Lily-
"Will you hurry up?! We have to be at the school soon!" Lily shouted at her brothers.
She was in the kitchen putting dishes into the dishwasher when her brothers came down.
"Where are the car keys?" Chase asked, picking up his phone from the kitchen counter.
"I have them, now come on!" Devon said as they all hurried to the front door.
Chase slid his phone into his back pocket and Lucas said, "Dude, never put stuff in your back pocket, its way to easy for people to pickpocket."
Chase nodded and hurried them out the door. "Alright, alright! Can we just get to the school already?!" They locked the door and got in the car.
-Cole-
The school car park was practically full, with all the parents and families coming for the open day and presentation.
Cole stepped out of the car with his brothers and his parents and immediately spotted Lily getting out of her car with her brothers. He watched as she walked into the school and then turned back to the car.
His bag was lying on the back seat but since he didn't need it he decided to leave it. He and his family walked into the school.
-The auditorium-
"We have to get good seats," Booth said as he, Brennan, Cole's brothers and Lily's brothers walked down the aisle of the auditorium. Parents and students were filing in and taking their seats for the big presentation.
"Well what could be classified as a good seat?" Brennan asked.
"Somewhere in the middle."
"Near the aisle."
"Near the door."
Brennan rolled her eyes as they all talked at once and she said, "I'm sorry I asked."
Despite her many degrees, published books and an impressive reputation as a scientist, Brennan could not explain how she managed to get five new children in the space of three months, four of them being boys.
Lily was considered the sister her sons had never had, except Cole that is. Parker, Chase and Devon had become fast friends and James, Tyler and Lucas had bonded as well. All the boys, including Cole, got along and although the Rodgers boys were a little hesitant at first with Michael, memories of their own little brother popping up now and then, they had accept each other as brothers.
Booth was often seen at the ice rink playing hockey with all of them and Brennan found her maternal instincts reached out to all five Rodgers children. They all seemed to be worried about Cole and Lily.
Booth and Brennan saw something in them that they had nearly missed twenty years ago in themselves; a connection that tied not only your body and mind but also your heart and soul.
But Brennan wasn't as oblivious to matters of the heart as people thought she was. She may not know people as well as Booth or Angela but she knew her son.
She had seen it on that very day in her office. The second Cole walked into the room she knew.
He had found her.
His body seemed to be electric, like someone had turned a switch on and Cole suddenly had all this energy running through him. He couldn't seem to sit still even when he was telling her his story of meeting this mysterious Lily Rodgers. He had been tapping his fingers on the arm rest, his leg was bouncing up and down and he ran his hand through his hair till it stuck up in spikes.
But it was his eyes that were the giveaway. They were on fire. Green fire that danced in his eyes and they seemed to flash every time he said her name.
"The eyes are the windows to the soul' and Brennan could see it in that moment. In that moment, in the cafeteria on the first day he met Lily, with just a small grin and swear word, she had touch Cole's soul.
She had awoken something in his heart that was never to go away. Brennan knew that; the same thing had happened to her all those years ago. And when Booth had asked her if she was setting Cole up, she denied it. She didn't need to. He was already on his way to falling in love with her.
Oh yes Brennan may not know people very well, but she knew her son.
Many people called him a mini Booth when he was younger but that was only partly true. He had her traits as well as his brothers did.
She had said years ago that she trusted Booth because of past actions but really it was because she had faith in him. Brennan had chosen someone to put her faith into and Cole had done the same. She loved her team like family and would defend them to anyone in the world. Cole was the same; he would defend his family to anyone who dared question them.
Cole was more like Brennan then he knew. Or maybe he did know and that was another trait he had inherited from her; seeing the one thing, the one small thing that everyone else had missed.
The boys were starting to argue again about seats and Brennan was snapped out of her thoughts. After looking at them for a few minutes and then glancing around the room, she just walked away.
Finally Booth realized that she was gone and he looked around. "Where's Bones?"
They all stopped and looked around finally spotting her sitting in the line of seats that were empty in the fifth row from the stage. They all walked to her and sat down in the row.
Booth smiled and said, "How did you get such good seats Bones?"
Brennan shrugged and said, "I sat down. Then I told people that the seats were taken. Simple really!"
"Did you save seats for Cole and Lily? They have to sit down here after they're done with their speeches" Booth asked. Brennan nodded.
-An hour later-
"And to finish it is my opinion that Hamlet was not mad. It was all an act that he put on so that could fool everyone around him and take his revenge. It was my opinion that he was in fact perfectly sane."
Lily clapped as Matt finished his speech and walked off the stage. She and Cole were standing at the side of the stage and waiting to go on. They were the last to make their speeches and Lily would be speaking first.
The teacher called their names and they walked on stage as everyone clapped.
James crossed his fingers and muttered, "Trip! Trip! Trip!" But Cole made his way onto the stage without a stumble.
"Aw, shoot!" James grumbled uncrossing his fingers.
Parker and Michael laughed quietly but they all stopped laughing when Brennan glared at them.
Lily walked up to the podium while Cole stood to the side. Lily took out her cards and started.
"Hello everyone. Today my partner and I are going to talk about the characters of Romeo and Juliet from the Shakespearian play of the same name. My partner Cole will talk about Romeo while I will talk about Juliet. But first the thing I learned from Cole. I learned not to judge a book by cover. Not everyone is what they seem to be and everyone deserves a chance to show the good in them."
Cole smiled slightly and there was a round of applause.
Lily continued, "Now on the character of Juliet…"
When Lily finished her speech everyone clapped loudly and Lily smiled. She walked off the stage and sat down with her brothers and the Booths, sitting beside Brennan and Chase.
Cole walked up to the podium, his cards stuck in the back pocket of his jeans. He sighed and said, "I'm going to be talking about the character of Romeo. I thought it would be simple but after reading the play and actually thinking about it I realized that Romeo's character and his actions affected the social class of Verona. Much like anyone's actions at this school affects the social class."
Lily's eyes were bugging out of her head and she hissed, "That's not on his cards! He didn't write that! Oh we are so getting an F!"
"Don't worry. He might not mess up!" Chase said.
Cole looked out at everyone and continued, "A very smart girl once told me to think of the Montague's as the jocks and the Caplets as the geeks. I mean no offence with that word, sadly it used. There are cliques in this school and people find it a comfort to stay in those cliques and not wander from them. It was not heard of for a Montague to marry a Capulet nor is it heard of in this school for a jock to date a geek. That is what I thought anyway. And just like me Romeo met someone that changed his views on many things."
He stopped for a moment and he realized that everyone was actually listening to him. He continued.
"Romeo was in love with Juliet the minute he met her and in that moment he didn't care about his social class or his family feud. All he wanted was to be with her."
He glanced at Lily before looking at the crowd again.
"Now Romeo wasn't exactly a man who thought of the big picture. It seemed that he only had room for one major thought at a time. When he married Juliet, he didn't think of the feud. When his friend was killed, he only thought of revenge. And when he thought Juliet was dead he only thought of being with her. But there was no question that he did love Juliet very much."
He cleared his throat and said, "So if you want that short of the Romeo and Juliet story in, in my opinion here it is. When you love someone more then you can say then you suddenly see that popularity and social class means nothing compared to that love. And that's what's most important, right?"
There was sighs around the room, mostly from woman around the room. There was even a sound of someone getting hit on the arm and a woman saying, "Why don't say things like that to me?!" and a man's groan.
Cole smiled and said, "Finally the thing I learned from Lily. I learned that it's ok to say what you think and be you are. And not to piss her off because she had black belt."
There was a ripple of laughter and Cole added, "And I am proud to say that she is one of my closest friends. I may, like Romeo, screw up sometimes but I hope me forgives me for being a jerk."
Cole stepped of the stage to a loud applause.
Brennan leaned over to Lily and whispered to her, "Cole can be an idiot sometimes but he a good person and he loves you very much."
Lily nodded and replied, "I know."
-A few minutes later-
People were walking around, taking food from the tables set around the gym and talking. Cole excused himself from a conversation with is parents and his teacher and he walked out the door and into the empty hallway.
He leaned against the wall and sighed. He needed a break from all the talk in the gym. He looked up when he heard the gym door open and he saw Lily standing there. He smiled at her and she smiled back. She walked over and leaned against the wall beside him.
"That was a nice speech. You went a little off topic but it was still nice," she said.
Cole replied, "I was supposed to talk about Romeo and what I learn from you; that's what I did!"
Lily grinned and she said, "I've been thinking about us…"
Cole brushed his sweaty hands on his jeans and he said, "And what did you decide?"
"That if you ever do what you did again I really will dump you."
Cole sighed, "But I don't what to break up with you! You mean so much to me-… wait did you just forgive me?"
Lily smiled and said, "Cole you can be such an idiot sometimes."
Cole smiled at her and she smiled back. She reached up and kissed him softly.
But both of them had with drawl symptoms from each other so Lily didn't object when Cole deepen the kiss. Her arms found their way around his neck while his were wrapped tightly around her waist, leaving hardly any space between them.
"We are going to drive each other crazy," Lily mumbled against his lips.
Cole smirked and kissed her again before saying, "Up the wall."
They kissed again, eyes still closed. "Completely and utterly out of out minds," Lily said.
Cole smiled, opening his eyes and saw Lily opening hers. He didn't let go of her and replied, "You have to admit though; it'll be fun."
Lily smiled and was about to kiss him again when the gym door opened and Booth walked out.
He stopped when he saw them standing, holding onto each other and he said with a smile, "I was just looking for you too. The principal just wants to make a speech so we better get back into the gym."
Cole nodded and said, "We'll be there in a second."
Booth nodded, walking back into the gym. But right before the door closed, Cole and Lily heard him shout, "It's a go people! I repeat, the relationship is a go!"
There were cheers from people inside the gym and Cole and Lily cringed.
"You don't think they saw us come out and my Dad came out to see if we were back together?"
Lily sighed and said, "How about we pretend they were oblivious?"
"That sounds good," Cole replied, taking her hand and walking into the gym.
They walked over to where their families were standing and they all smiled.
-Later-
It was dark when they finally decided to head to the Booth house. They had stopped at the Royal Diner beforehand to have a meal and there Suze had joined them, saying her parents, Sweets and Cam were already in the Booth house, getting in by using the keys they had been given.
Parker was now driving Booth's car, with Cole, Lily, James, Michael, Suze and Matt. Thankfully it was a big car. Chase was driving Booth, Brennan, Lucas, Tyler and Devon.
Parker had to twist Booth's arm to let him drive as well as having to resort to begging. Finally he just asked Brennan and she just handed him the keys; anything to stop the whining and the arguments.
They all got out of the cars in the Booth house's driveway. Cole held the door open for everyone and then when they all got out he reached into the car to take his bag out. He stopped and frowned.
He turned around to look at Brennan and asked, "Mom? I left my bag in the car, didn't I?"
Brennan looked at him and she thought for a moment. That had been hours ago and she said, "I'm not sure. You must have left it in school."
Cole nodded and he shut the door.
Chase walked up to him and said, "I'll drive you back, Cole. I think I must have left my phone in the school too."
The two of them got into Chase's car and were about to pull out when Lily appeared at the window on Chase's side.
He rolled down the window and she said, "Don't be too long ok? We are getting food and drink out soon."
Chase smiled and said, "Ok Shortie."
Cole winked at her and they back out of the driveway. They drove to the school which was now covered in darkness. They caught the janitor just as he was about to lock up and he agreed to wait for them outside while they looked for their stuff.
The two of them walked into the dark school. They walked to the auditorium and had to feel their way to where they had sat for the presentation.
Cole looked back stage but didn't find what they were looking for.
They walked out of the auditorium and when the door shut behind them with a loud bang, Cole jumped.
Chase nearly jumped himself and found his heart speeding slightly.
Cole's own heart was beating fast. The school was pretty creepy at night and with the Kelly woman after them; their nerves were slightly on edge.
They decided to walk to the gym since they had been there as well.
They turned the corner and Cole stopped. Chase stopped as well and looked at him.
He followed Cole's worried gaze and he saw Cole's bag and his phone sitting side by side in front of the science lab.
"We defiantly didn't put them there," Cole whispered.
Chase swallowed and they both walked towards their things. They looked at each other before picking up their things.
Cole whispered, "Let's get out of here!"
But Chase grabbed his arm and looked in through the window of the lab door. Cole looked in too and fear struck him.
The silhouette of a woman standing at a lab table. She had beakers of liquid around her and many of them had flammable and hazard signs on them.
Chase frowned and sniffed the air. Cole sniffed as well and he whispered, "Is that gas?"
The noise caused the woman to turn around and they saw her face. She was thin, tired looking but an evil smile came over her face when she saw them.
The boys saw something flash in the little light coming into the lab and their eyes widen when they saw a silver lighter in Kelly William's hand. The flipped the top open and in that moment, the fear that had rooted both boys to the spot broke.
"GO! GO! RUN!" Chase shouted, shoving Cole.
The two boys sprinted down the hall but they were hardly half way down it when an explosion ripped through building.
The ceiling half collapsed as the walls went down. Lockers were thrown ahead, slamming against each other.
Each of the beakers that had contained the liquids had exploded and nearly everything was on fire. Smoke started to fill the air.
-Outside-
The janitor was already on the phone and had called 911 as soon as he could.
"I don't know! I just heard a loud bang and now the school is on fire! Two guys went in…and they haven't come out yet!"
This chapter might be a bit confusing so if anyone has any questions just ask me.