I still don't own Bones if I did HH would understand that fan happiness equals higher ratings. Higher ratings equal more advertizing, and more advertizing makes Fox happy. A happy Fox means we get more seasons. What is wrong with him?

A Little Light Housekeeping: For those of you paying attention yes "You Make a Dead Man Cry also know as Start Me Up" was performed by the Rolling Stones. It was a test of the Emergency Writing System. In the event of a real Emergency you would have all been given an inflatable Booth in order to survive the load of crap now flowing out of my processor in an attempt to correct my error, and I would not have felt so dumb!(See the red face) So much for midnight research and memory. For those of you who caught the error a Double Dipped Chocolate Booth with a Caramel Center for you to enjoy while you wait for your Booth Action Figure to be named during the NHL draft.

Chapter 26 Trouble Lurking – My Name Is Seeley

Friday Night:

Man it's been a long time since I've been here. In fact I wasn't sure it was still here, but here it is he thought ordering a beer. He sat drinking his beer watching the pool game and the players. It had been a long time since he played pool with anyone he didn't know, six years in fact, he thought as he ordered another beer and thought back to his last discussion with her.

He had taken a chance, gambled and lost. Now he remembered what it felt like to loose and the overwhelming need to be a winner was overcoming him again. He continued to watch the pool game as another player challenged the winner. He played better pool than either of them he thought downing his third beer.

They had gone to the Diner to eat and try and get some sense of equilibrium. He needed them to somehow remain the center and he felt it all sliding away. He knew without the center there was no holding. They would all fly in different directions. They ate, but their conversation was silted the ease was gone, the quietness was deafening. Finally he couldn't take any more and made an excuse to leave, telling her he'd see her Monday.

After his forth beer he started on shots of Tequila. After his forth shot of Tequila and watching the fourth player lose to the hot shot pool player, he decided he'd had enough. He walked over to the table "next game?"

"Sure" the hot shot said "$10.00 a game.

Checking his wallet he said "no problem." He had given the bartender his credit card for his bar tab and had $100 cash so he was good to go. He would soon be on top, feeling like a winner again. Three hours later he settled with the bartender and went looking for an ATM. He had lost the $100 in his wallet but he knew where there was an all night poker game that would probably let him in even though he was FBI, and they would keep it quiet. He found the ATM withdrew $1,000 and headed toward the game. He was going to be a winner again. As he was walking away from the ATM he caught himself in the window of a storefront…

"My name is Seeley and I am powerless over gambling my life has become unmanageable… again. It has been 1 hour since I last gambled… Before that it had been six years."

"Welcome Seeley."

"Tonight I…"

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I am connecting this chapter and the next 4 together I would want the next few days after Booth asked Bones to take a chance on them to shake out. Yes episode 100 was great until that very last minute, which I wish had gone differently. I can only hope they plan on it being the stepping stone that finally brings them together. One can only hope, well we could start a writing campaign, but more than just me would have to do it. SIGH!

Nyre

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