A/N: Here is the REAL chapter. Sorry for making you wait. I finished one summer class (YEA! I PASSED!) but I'm going straight into another. It'll be a while before I get the next chapter up, but I'll be working on it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, Bones, or the song Hot Blooded by Foreigner.
EDWARD
"Dr. Cullen, we are moving some equipment for the lab, but we can meet with you immediately after that," Dr. Brennan said as she pushed her hair out of her face. "We moved these chairs out here so it's a perfect waiting area."
We nodded as she rushed off and then sat in the chairs that she had pointed at. I sat with Carlisle on one side and Jacob on the other as we sat outside the room where the Doctor and the FBI agent were constructing the lab that was needed. There was an addition to their team, two men. I looked down at the pale floor as I tried to sort the thoughts and voices from one another.
"Ok, move the confocal microscope to the opposite side of the North table," Dr. Brennan said frantically as they almost dropped the heavy and expensive microscope.
"What?! I was in boy scouts but I don't know where the North table is!" The youngest male said.
"Right! Sweets right!" Agent Booth grunted forcefully as he tried to steady the microscope.
"My right or your right?" Sweets replied desperately as his breathing increased.
"Bones! Move Sweets in the right direction, or better yet replace him! You probably have more muscles anyway!" Agent Booth shouted.
"Guys! This is getting heavier so just follow my lead!" The other male shouted over everyone's anxious chatter. They stumbled to a table and set the microscope gently down, with Brennan following with her hands waving in the air. I chuckled as I raised my head.
"Eavesdropping?" Carlisle asked with a smile.
"It's interesting," I replied as I returned to their minds. I immediately felt drawn to the youngest mind, whom they called Sweets. His thoughts dripped with innocence, yet complex. His mind reminded more of Dr. Brennan's mind than Agent Booth's. His mind seemed older than he portrayed himself to be, and his thoughts were organized, but fluid. His mind was linked into more of a chain, whereas Dr. Brennan's was more like rows of boxes, and Booth's was more of a web.
It's totally not fair. Now Booth thinks I'm a wuss, but I just get so nervous around him that I just always seem to screw up! Booth seems to be in a good mood, especially when he is around Dr. Brennan. Their body language seems so casual even though the tension of the case is pretty strong...But you know I am pretty strong for my body type! Or at least Daisy thinks so…
I was fascinated at the workings in his mind on Dr. Brennan and Agent Booth as he analyzed their behavior toward one another. I switched over to the Agent's mind, getting curious to what he was thinking as he bobbed his head slightly while helping the other male move a table.
"…Thats why, Im hot blooded, check it and see I got a fever of a hundred and three..."
I heard the rush of air as an object struck the floor and made a startling noise that made the Agent quickly glance toward Sweets.
God, I love that song, but it always puts me on edge, especially around that part…
His vision changed to himself opening a refrigerator door and seeing a bright flash of light out of the corner of his eye and then the memory of pain and...fear? But not fear for himself, but for her? His thoughts spun through a series of events involving a very small car, the other unidentified male, dogs, and a tight embrace from Dr. Brennan. The memories brought sudden emotions in his mind as he gazed at Dr. Brennan's profile. A small blush rose to her face as he analyzed her beauty, making me extremely curious of their relationship.
"God, Sweets!" He scolded him as Sweets picked up the tray of instruments that he had knocked over.
I shouldn't be so hard on him...he is a good kid...i have a soft spot for him...it's just that that song puts me in a jumpy state of mind...and it ALWAYS gets stuck in my head…
"It's just that you could lose some toes if the scalpel drops on your foot, just be more careful okay?" He said in a softer tone with a sense of guilt for snapping at him in the back of his mind. Sweets nodded as he picked up the tools. I turned my attention to Dr. Brennan's mind as Booth concentrated on moving the table exactly against the wall.
The east of the room will be suitable for the remains while the north of the room will be adequate for Hodgins to observe the particulates...They should go get the pieces of equipment so we can get the moving done within the hour. I'm just calmed by Booth being able to adequately shift the room around for my research for the investigation...he looks so strong..he IS strong...like when he pulled me out of the car…
Her mind rushed through a stream of memories that confused me. I saw a dark inside of a car, with gravel and dust clinging to the sides of the car. An unidentified male was with her, but her thoughts were for him...the agent. Her memories were drenched with an unexpected longing for him. A longing that confused her as a stream of memories ended with his arms pulling her out of gravel, tightly hugging her, and her relief that she was in his arms at last. Her vision focused on the strength in his arms and the adoration that was unknown to her. The blush deepened as she finally pulled her eyes away from him and forced herself to close the drawer. I closed my eyes and then gave a glance to Carlisle, who was looking at me.
"Who are these people?!" I whispered with a forced tone. "Refrigerators exploding, ravaging dogs, buried cars? And I thought my life was exciting!" Carlisle chuckled and then shrugged.
"Their work is vigorous," he replied with another chuckle. I turned my head as I heard the sound of their footsteps come closer to the door. They appeared at the doorway as I saw the agent put his hand at the small of her back and gently lead her through the door.
Carlisle took a deep breath as we stood from our chairs. Agent Booth and Dr. Brennan quickly closed the distance between us, their expressions both matched each other's as wonder overcame their fear of us. Carlisle and I glanced at each other as he began to speak.
"I know you and your team must be very busy with the investigation, but we might have some information that might be vital to the case, or at least we think so anyway," he said in a professional tone. I nodded and then chuckled silently at the various thoughts that were rushing through my head.
"Well come on in here, anything would be helpful to the case," Agent Booth replied as he gestured to the small room behind them.
"I have to apologize, but we are renovating the space in the room, so it will provide an efficient lab for the investigation," Dr. Brennan said as we followed them slowly into the make-shift lab. Jacob decided to fall back outside of the room instead of following along with us. His thoughts showed a yearning for Nessi which made this trip a bore to him.
"So what did you find?" Agent Booth asked as he sighed. Dr. Brennan slapped his hand away from the tools on the table as she busied herself with rearranging the items that scattered the room.
"We were hiking early this morning, and we might have stumbled upon-" I paused as I remembered to shift my weight and glance at both of their faces. "Another crime scene or the murder sight. This trail is known by locals, but it is hardly used during this season. My father, mother, and my wife, Bella, and I found it around ten this morning. We stopped hiking when our dog went crazy when he found some scraps of clothing scattered along the trail. Our dog only acts that way when he finds a dead animal or something of that nature. After that we immediately decided to pass along the information to you. We don't what it is, but since you found the body near our land, we have become, well, it kinda freaked us out." I paused as Jacob's thoughts screamed in my head.
Dog?! Thanks for the credit but really I'm your dog Edward?
I hid my laugh with a small cough and then listened to Agent Booth's reply.
"Your dog?" he asked as he flipped his pen into the air.
"Yes, more of a stray really." I replied.
I SWEAR TO GOD EDWARD! You better not go on with th-
"He just comes for food, but he has taken quite a liking to the little Nessi," I said hiding my smile.
YOU ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THAT, I MEAN A STRAY?? Not even your family dog? You ass.
"And in a way has become a part of the family too. He is sweet, but is untrainable, well just immature really," Jacob's thoughts screamed in my head.
IMMATURE?! What the hell sucker? I swear you better watch your back Cullen! A stray immature dog? Your damn right I'm untrainable!
"But he doesn't act like this unless something is wrong, and he is very protective of, especially Bella," I finished. "But anyway we would feel better if you checked it out."
There was a pause until Carlisle picked up where I left off.
"We were going to offer to drive you to the exact spot if you would like to see it now," he said with a hand gesture. The agent nodded and the doctor smiled, intrigued by our fluid movements. I smiled at their thoughts as they called the two other males over to the conversation.
"Sweets? Hodgins? This is Dr. Cullen and his son Edward. They are going to take us to the suspected crime scene. I think it would be best if we took a break anyway," Agent Booth said as his introduced us. Sweets' mind was rolling through many theories and was twice as intrigued as the doctor. Hodgins was already hesitant with his thoughts and his movements toward us. We briefly shook hands, which inspired new conspiracies in Hodgins' mind. I smiled as I quickly withdrew my hand and started to walk to the door.
"What cars will we drive? We don't want to bring two different cars and the small car and the van won't hold the four of us," the doctor pointed out as we walked outside with Jacob by my side.
"We can carry someone if needed," Carlisle offered in a gentle voice as he unlocked the car from a distance. The agent glanced at the doctor and then responded after a short pause.
"Well, Sweets and I would like a ride if that's fine with you. No offense but the car we have is total crap-I mean it's not very efficient." He finished with a fake cough. I hid my smile and then opened the door for them. Jacob's thoughts bursted into my mind as I sat in the car.
Great, dogs are always in the back huh Cullen?
So I'll be working on the next chapter! OMG the New Moon pics and trailer look so good.....only that's my LEAST favorite book so I'm worried that I will hate it...but Rob does look GOOD with his shirt off haha what do you think?? Let me know!!
