Where we left off
"What kind of trouble?" Bones asks as she finally stops what she is doing and walks over to Booth.
"If I knew I wouldn't be so mad. My guess is that her father is into something and somehow the figured out he had a daughter. Well it explains why they questioned CJ." Booth takes a breath and looks down at the ground.
"Am I interrupting something?" Cam enters through the lab doors and sees her staff doing nothing but standing around Booth instead of working. "Seeley, do you have a case for us?" She looks to him.
"No, well.. I don't know. CJ is in town." Booth answers her while the rest of the Squint team goes back to work except for Bones and Angela.
"CJ, is she alright? Where is Luke?" Cam asks.
"She is okay, she got beat up, they were looking for Luke. No one knows where he is and he just called saying he didn't want anyone to know and that CJ is in trouble." He finished looking at her and then looks at Bones who is somewhat shocked that Cam knows about the secret Goddaughter and she doesn't. Bones then basically nods and walks away to get back to work.
"So how is that our case?" Cam barely acknowledges Bones exiting from the conversation and keeps her focus on Booth.
"If Angela can get CJ to describe the men, I can look in the databases and see what we are exactly dealing with and who is putting her and her father in danger. And, well I might need someone to take her in, I was thinking Bones. It won't be so suspicious and she should be safe if I have some uniforms looking over their shoulders.
"Oh." Is all that comes out of Cam's mouth.
Booth leaves her and walks to Bones who is sitting now. "You want her to stay at my place?" She asks while brushing something off bone fragments.
"I was going to ask you, you and CJ seem to have something in common and I thought maybe she will open up to you. Plus no one should even think of coming by your place to get her." Booth sat on the end of the desk smiling.
"Her father and mine are on opposite sides of the law. You think that is common. My father murdered the very people who hers works for, that is common between her and I?" She looks to Booth.
"Okay, if you don't go so deep into it you would see that her father missing along with your father, who had been missing who is now not missing but hiding or doing whatever and has been since you were young……"He realizes he is babbling. "When it comes right down to it your fathers are both absent in your lives. I know you two have different story lines, but you are feeling what she is feeling…" he pauses again as Bones stares blankly at him trying to get his point. Booth realizes that he doesn't want to prove his point anymore, not to Bones who will have a come back on everything he says. "Can she stay with you, that is my main question?"
"No problem." Bones says as she goes back to work on her fragment and Booth gets up and leaves not seeing that she is smirking somewhat behind his back.
The Hospital the next morning
We see Booth wheeling CJ out to his SUV. CJ is clothed in a sweats outfit, Booth is in his normal jeans, t-shirt, and leather jacket ensemble. Bones is seen in the front seat of the vehicle when CJ is getting in.
"Good Morning Ms. Brennan." CJ greets her straight faced and carefully makes it into the seat somewhat cringing from being sore.
"You can call me Temperance, if you would like." Bones says looking at the girl in the rearview mirror.
"Bones?" The girl suggest another name.
"Umm," Bones starts to say something but Booth interrupts when getting into the driver side of the car.
"CJ, be nice, no you cannot call her that, now put your seatbelt on." Booth knows when the girl is being a smartass.
Next scene, the three in the car
"Where are we going? This isn't the way to your place." CJ looks to Booth.
"The Jeffersonian, where Temperance works. You are going to be staying with her." Booth decided to break the news to CJ at the time.
"And where are you going to be?" CJ inquires.
"Not far. We'll have dinner tonight, okay?" Booth looks to the girl who shrugs like she doesn't care.
"Whatever." CJ answers "Is that okay with you?" Booth looks to Bones.
"Fine with me." She says.
The Three enter the lab at the Jeffersonian.
"Wow, this is a huge lab if I have ever seen one. Which I haven't." CJ speaks.
"CJ, you are to stay out of everyone's way today. And don't touch anything." Booth says.
"Do I look like I'm five years old? I'll be fine, as long as you update me on my dad as soon as you hear something." CJ says sitting down in a chair at their balcony seating.
"Yes I will, I promise." Booth takes a deep breath and says. You should be able to tell from his face that he is lying through his teeth, but CJ doesn't pay attention.
Angela, Hodgins, and Zac all enter the area. "Hi, you must be CJ." Anglea says as she bends over to shake CJ's hand. "I'm Angela, I work with Temperance, here in the lab. And this is Zac and Hodgins."
"Hi," CJ smiles pleasantly and shakes all their hands.
"Well I am going to go ahead and go. I'll be back in a while I will see you all later." Booth says as scruffles CJ's hair, which you can tell she hates by her face. And he starts to walk down the stairs with Bones following him.
"Have you not said anything about her father calling last night?" Bones asks.
"No, she doesn't need to know. I keep my word to her father." Booth keeps walking. Bones grabs his arm to make him stop and look at her.
"I'm supposed to be the one who understands CJ's position and if I were her I would want to know that man is at least alive." Bones says.
"Bones, she doesn't need to know." Booth looks to the woman who then crosses her arms and gives him the "Oh Really?" look. "As long as she thinks that he isn't responding she will get scared and then hopefully tell me what is going on."
"But-" Bones starts but Booth finishes.
"You have got to trust me on this Bones." He gives her the look of endearment.
"But-" She starts again.
"Bones," Booth's look grows a little more tense.
"Okay, I trust you." Bones says after taking a deep breath.
"Thank you, I'll be at my office. CJ should be fine. She really is a sweet kid once you get to know her past the military school act, it's her defense mechanism. And who knows she may show some interest in this stuff, after all she is a lot like me." He smiles and continues to leave.
"And that is supposed to be a good thing?" Bones says to herself outloud.
" I heard that," Booth says as he continues to exit the Jeffersonian lab.
Bones rolls her eyes and walks away to the rest of the team who is still crowded around CJ.
"I was just telling CJ about the bones found that you are working on." Angela says looking at her partner and friend. "He didn't tell her did he?" The two start to walk down the steps of the balcony.
"No and I am supposed to keep the fact that her father is in fact alive secret as well. Though I don't like it." Bones says.
"Is this so she will talk? Maybe Booth has a point." Angela shrugs.
"Whose side are you on? Wouldn't you want to know?" Bones asked.
"Yes, but she could know what is going on, if Booth thinks that this will help her tell him or us what exactly happening, maybe we should. I don't doubt his methods I have seen his work." She smiles at her friend.
"I get what you are saying. And I somewhat agree. Though I still don't like it." Bones somewhat pouts like a little girl. While Angela smiles at her friend.
"She wants to know what I do." Zac comes to Bones.
"And?" Angela looks at him.
"Well, you see, I get nervous and—" He starts figeting.
"It is a 17 year old girl Zac, she's harmless." Angela says and then thinks. "Oh, you think she is pretty. Sweetie, she isn't going to bite. Just let her watch you at what you do. If she asks questions answer her. If she has no idea what you are saying Hodgins will help you out." Angela tries not to laugh.
"I didn't say she was pretty… I" He looks down and just walks away.
Angela and Bones just giggle a little.