Well, I'd like to pretend that there is an actual reason as to why I seem to be dragging this story out, but I'm not going to BS you. It's been giving me trouble lately trying to get the info through so at this point I've just done the best I can. I'm not great at case fics though, so I'm not sure if they would have a tight case or not, so I ask that you bear with me on this one.

I hope you enjoy and this story will probably have 2 chapters left…

Chapter 11

Lily felt guilty for not getting up until nearly noon the next morning. Her body seemed to enjoy sleeping in and she did feel quite refreshed as she headed to the kitchen. She expected Brennan to be up working on the case file or something of that nature, but was surprised to see that her bedroom door was still shut. Lily shrugged; she did see that Brennan had downed a few glasses of red wine and she probably wasn't feeling as refreshed as Lily was.

Lily ate quickly ate an apple before showering. As she dressed her phone on the edge of the sink rang. The caller id told her that it was Booth. "Hello," she answered.

"Hey Bones isn't answering her phone. Do you know where she is?" In the background she could hear the sounds of cartoons.

"No, I don't think she is awake yet."

"Ah, I see." He took a sip of something. "Well I wanted to relax today, but I thought we should look at the case file one more time to just try to find something. Have Bones call me when she gets up."

"Wilco." Lily hung up the phone and finished getting dressed.

…

It took another two hours for Brennan to awake. Lily had already showered and ate and was currently sitting in the kitchen doing the crossword puzzle from the newspaper. Brennan rubbed her eyes when she got into the kitchen.

"What time is it?" she asked with a yawn.

"Nearly one."

"What?!" Brennan checked the clock for herself. "This is the latest I've ever slept. Did Booth call?"

"Yeah. He wants to meet up later to go over the case file and the evidence one more time. He said to call him."

"Okay, okay. I'm just going to run and shower." Brennan dashed back to her bedroom and took a swift fifteen minutes to get ready. Her hair was still wet and pulled into a bun when she returned to the kitchen. She wore a yellow blouse with three-quarter sleeves and a plain pair of black slacks. Lily was amazed at how beautiful she really looked.

"Dr. Brennan you really are beautiful." Brennan stopped what she was doing and looked at Lily.

"Thank you." Lily was confused by the look on Brennan's face; it seemed as though she hadn't heard that before or not often. But it was true that Brennan was certainly a beautiful woman. She grabbed her keys and gestured for Lily to follow. "Come on, we'll meet the boys at the diner for some lunch."

…

Brennan had phoned Booth on the way to the diner, telling him that she was up half the morning and that Lily had neglected to tell him that Booth had called previously. Lily tried to set the record straight, but a smiling Brennan shoved Lily away. Booth was closer to the diner and therefore they were their first and had ordered; cheeseburgers were apparently on their minds because there were already four sitting on the table in front of them. Booth also had a shoulder bag on the floor next to him presumably where he was keeping the files. Booth and Theo stood when they saw Brennan and Lily enter.

"We took the liberty of ordering already," said Booth as they all sat. "Hope you're in the mood for grease and fat!"

They spent the first few minutes silently preparing the burgers to taste with the addition of ketchup and mustard. Booth took a huge bite and then reached in the bag to take out the files. "Now, I think that we need to go over everything. We're at a standstill at this point and going nowhere."

Brennan nodded in agreement. She took the files from the autopsy while Booth was looking at the files from the brothers. Lily and Theo worked on eating their burgers, not paying much attention to the adults.

"Hey, what are you two doing?" scolded Booth. "You're a part of this investigation." He handed a few folders over to them. "An extra set of eyes is an extra set of eyes. Look for anything that seems out of the ordinary." The teenagers shrugged and looked through various records of property and other seemingly useless information. Plates were cleaned and coffee was brought, and yet they sat there trying to find something that could help them proceed with the case.

Clouds started to gather, signaling the arrival of an impending afternoon storm. They had moved around files many times now, each person looking for something that the other may have missed.

The silence at the table was broken when Booth hit the table with his fist and reached for other papers. Everyone stopped what they were doing and waited for Booth to find what he was looking for so that he could explain. Finally he settled on grabbing Darrell's rap sheet and started to give a sly grin.

"Okay, there is no record of the youngest brother for a period of six years. There have been a few domestic disturbances in the early 90s when the brothers were abused by their father, but there was never any record of the youngest brother."

"So what are you thinking?" asked Brennan.

"Their mother remarried in 1998 after Mr. Hunter was killed in a hunting accident and she ended up adopting the son of her new husband, Richard Porter. Kevin Porter was born in 1990, and attended the University of Miami in 2006 for a year before leaving. He didn't adopt the brothers' surname until after their father was killed in a bar fight two years ago."

"So?" asked Theo perplexed.

"So, now we know that we have to look back at Kevin Porter." Booth paid for the whole meal and together they packed up their stuff before heading to the Hoover Building. Booth immediately looked up Kevin Porter and returned an interesting file. Not only did Kevin Porter excel in high school, his major at college was chemistry. He dropped out due to insufficient funds and instead tried to join the Army, but failed the psychological tests where he was labeled a possible psychopath.

"Why didn't his information come up before under Kevin Hunter?" asked Brennan. "This case would have been solved last week."

"Don't know Bones, seemed he beat the system. Probably bought a new identity to distance himself. The kid seems to be a genius of sorts. If you were entering the drug business or some other illegal business, wouldn't you want to change yourself?"

"But I would have no reason to be in an illegal business," replied Brennan. "I have enough money."

"Never mind Bones, it was a hypothetical situation."

"Okay you two, what's next?" asked Theo. "I mean can we go and arrest him?"

"Not just yet," replied Booth. "We don't have any evidence on him just yet."

"What kind of evidence do you need then?"

"Well, we'll ask to get a warrant to search Kevin's financial records under his former name. We can see if there is any equipment purchases under that name."

"And I think we should find out what he worked on at Miami. Maybe that's where he picked up his work," added Brennan.

They spent the rest of the day working on gathering the information. Booth persuaded Caroline to get a lenient judge to authorize the seizure of Kevin Hunter's financial records. They had come in shortly before 8 that night. They looked through the statements together. Regular purchases were made once a month at a local pharmacy. A few quick phone calls let them know Kevin purchased Sudafed once a month, usually complaining about his allergies but he didn't have enough money for health insurance to get prescription pills.

Meanwhile Brennan made phone calls down to Miami, speaking with Kevin's former professors. He excelled in organic chemistry and was set to work on a pharmaceutical project through the school. Sweets had done a profile on Kevin and remarked that Kevin was the type of person to take charge, regardless of his position.

By the time Booth and Brennan went through all the information they gathered, it was fast approaching midnight. Lily had crashed on the couch in the lounge and Theo was slumped forward on a table also asleep. Booth had long shed his jacket and tie, and sat with his feet propped on a table as he sipped what the FBI called coffee. Brennan sat at that table with her head resting on her arm as she looked over the evidence they gathered. In the morning they would submit it in hopes of obtaining the arrest warrant.

"I'm so tired," whispered Brennan when she finally put down her pen.

"Yeah no kidding. Even though you did sleep til noon…" Brennan glared at him in response. "Fine, fine." Booth turned to Brennan and found her rubbing her neck. "You okay?"

"Yeah, it's just aching from looking at the papers all day. I just have to stretch it out a bit."

Booth however stood and walked behind her. "Never fear, let these magic fingers do their magic." Brennan started to object, but as Booth's fingers started moving, she instantly shut up.

"Wow Booth, that feels good."

"I know." Booth worked at the muscles at her neck and moved slightly down her back to continue. A yawn from across the room forced Booth back as if Brennan had given him an electrical shock. Both adults became aware of the two young'ins in the room.

Theo stretched a bit before speaking. "What time is it?"

"Almost midnight," replied Booth as he started cleaning things up.

"Oh shit. I just gotta go call my mom." He stepped into the desolate hallway.

"Booth, I think you should wake Lily." Booth nodded and went over to Lily. He sat on the sliver of the couch that was empty and gently shook Lily awake.

"Lily, we've got to get going, it's late." Lily opened her eyes and smiled.

"Thanks Agent Booth." As Lily gathered the things beside her on the floor, she smiled an even bigger smile. What Booth and Brennan hadn't known was that she was awake the whole time and watched the scene. Boy was Angela going to have fun tomorrow…