Well then, I was supposed to be studying and this is what happened. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 3

Lily's first day at the Jeffersonian was a whirlwind of action. She met Dr. Brennan's team, as well as the head of the forensics division. Dr. Brennan had showed her around the Jeffersonian, allowing her to take in what she was going to be doing that summer. Lily felt right at home amidst the hustle and the bustle of the lab.

At six, apparently to the surprise of her coworkers, Dr. Brennan had left the lab and showed Lily to her home. To Lily's surprise, the rich author and doctor lived in a humble apartment decorated with artifacts from various cultures that Lily presumed Dr. Brennan had observed at some point in her studies.

Lily's new bedroom was in the guest room, a room of modest sze in the apartment. Dr. Brennan has set her up with a bed and showed her around, basically telling her that to make herself at home. Lily had graciously accepted, and made herself comfortable that night.

Lily awoke early the next morning, not used to the sound of a constant stream of morning commuters. She dressed quickly and headed to the living room. She heard the shower on and decided to call her uncle to catch up with him.

The phone rang twice before he picked up. "Hello," he said, the sound of a crying baby audible in the background.

"Hi Uncle Sean, it's Lily."

"Hey Lily, how are you? Do you like DC?"

"It's great. Kinda bigger, louder, and more congested than Boston, but still it's fun."

"Cool, cool. How's this Dr. Brennan that you are working with?"

"She's really nice. Her partner works for the FBI and I have my own set of credentials and everything."

"Wow. Maybe you can get on the system and get rid of some of those tickets we have outstanding."

"Very funny. Okay, I have to go now, I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"Alright Lily, we love you." Lily hung up the phone, just as Brennan walked in. Her hair was wet and clung to her shirt.

"Good morning Lily," greeted Brennan. "Help yourself to breakfast. I've got bagels and cereal. Do you like coffee?"

"Um I'm fine now thanks."

"Okay, I'll be ready to go in ten minutes." Lily nodded and was heading for the living room when there was a sharp knock on the door. "Lily, can you get that? It's probably Booth."

"Sure!" Lily headed to the door and opened. Booth didn't stand at the door, but rather a young man. He was about Lily's age, maybe a year older. He wore a shirt and tie and his hair was gelled up and looked much more professional than Lily's modest blouse and jeans.

"Um, hi?" said Lily nervously.

"Hi," he replied.

Suddenly Booth's booming voice was audible down the hall. "Oh Theo, I see that you've met Lily. Lily is Dr. Brennan's intern from the summer. Lily, this is Theo, my intern for the summer. Get to know each other because you'll be working together a lot."

"Booth, do we have a case, oh hello," said Brennan, cutting herself off quickly upon noticing Theo.

"Bones, this is Theo Girard, my own summer intern."

"Nice to meet you Theo." They quickly shook hands before Booth spoke up again.

"We've got a case." Brennan grabbed her stuff before the crew headed to Booth's car.

Once in the car, Lily and Theo sat on the complete opposite of the car, occasionally catching each other in a stare. Lily was more trying to size him up. He was strong and carried himself tall and she assumed that he was an athlete of some sort. She could tell that he was one of the popular kids, the kind that she always tried to stay away from. He sat against the window and he leaned his head against his arm, his fingers twirling the gelled spikes in his hair.

In the front seat, the adults discussed the crime scene, talking about places from the area that Lily was unfamiliar with. She was instead gearing herself up for the anticipation of what would be found at the crime scene. Would they be allowed to see the remains? Would they be allowed to make inferences? Or would they just get stuck waiting in the car like dogs?

"We're here." Booth turned around and looked at the two. "You can come with us, but just stay close behind. Do not touch anything, understand?"

"Yes," they replied in unison. They got out to find that they were in the middle of nowhere, on a farm just outside of the city. Despite being early in the morning, the sun was hot and they immediately began to sweat. Theo rolled up the sleeves on his shirt and loosened his tie.

"Booth, where is the body?" questioned Brennan as she scanned the field for signs of animal activity.

"Just up this hill," he replied. He started walking up and pointed in the distance, where there were other crime scene people milling around.

"You're kidding me," whined Theo.

"Nope," replied Booth a bit too happy. "Welcome to your first case."

They approached the outhouse to increasingly larger amounts of flies buzzing around the area. "The owner of the farm says that he occasionally uses it when he works the fields. Apparently yesterday was one of those days. He says that he took his paper and sat down, only to find that it smelled worse than usual."

"Wait, he could tell that it smelled worse?" questioned Brennan incredulously.

"Apparently. Says he alerted local authorities, who then dumped it on us presumably because they don't want to deal with it."

"Well then, let's take a look." Brennan put on a mask and gloves and stepped in. In the single hole, she could see a femur protruding from the slop. "Booth, we're going to need a truck to get all of this so that it can be properly filtered." She peeled off the gloves and threw them in a biological contamination bag. "And find out the last time he used the outhouse."

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Back in the Jeffersonian, the biological soup was being filtered. To Brennan's delight, an entire human skeleton had been recovered. Lily stood on the platform next to Brennan, looking at the remains. She was able to see that there was a gunshot wound on the skull. There was a hairline fracture on the scapula and three teeth were missing.

"Okay, the victim was a male," started Dr. Brennan. "We can tell due the area inside the pelvic region. In females it is rounder for child bearing, but because it is more of a heart shape, we can say that it's a male."

"Okay," said Lily, making a notation on the report that Dr. Brennan had given her to fill out.

"The man was average height as we can tell from the length of the femur." She turned to Lily. "You do know what the femur is, right?"

"Yes, it's the longest bone in the body, commonly referred to as the thigh bone."

"Oh no, sounds like a Squinty Word Science-off," laughed Booth as he swiped him and Theo in. "See Theo, these are the times where we run away and not learn."

"Booth, maybe if you learned a thing or two, you'd be able to categorize skeletons and not have to come to me for help." Lily had to bite back a laugh, as did Theo.

"Ouch," said Booth. "You really hurt my feelings. Now, what have you got for me?"

"Not much just yet, I was just telling Lily how we read the bones."

"Oh, see this is the downside of having interns, everything will be slowed down as we wait for you to teach people."

"The victim was a Caucasian male, aged 18-24, around six feet in height." All turned and looked at Lily. Brennan looked over the bones and nodded.

"Good job. How did you know that?"

Lily just shrugged. "I liked to read as a kid, which often entailed everything." She looked at the others who were still staring at her. "What, why are you looking at me?" Theo shook his head and looked away while Booth ran a hand through his hair.

"Um, nothing," replied Booth. "Let's run it through the database and see if it matches any missing persons in the area."

Brennan and Booth walked forward to Angela's office, and Theo moved to follow, giving her one quick smile before moving forward.

Lily shrugged, not understanding the big deal and followed the others into the artist's office.

"Okay, we'll run the markers through the computer to see if we get a match," said Angela, telling the interns the game plan. "Now we wait."

"What is that smell?" asked Booth as he quickly pinched his nose. The group turned around to find Hodgins, covered in god knows what, standing in the doorframe.

"I found a hair," he announced triumphantly. "Complete with a skin tag." Cam proceeded to carefully take the hair with a gloved hand and placed it in an evidence bag.

"King of the lab," added Hodgins with a smile.

"You need a shower," said Theo, which came with a sound of agreement from the group.

The computer beeped. "There were no matches," said Angela.