A/N: Hey guys!!! Here i a new chapter for you...I hope you like it:] This is the second to last chapter in this series...so enjoy it to the end!! This includes all the main characters that have been featured in this story so everyone should be happy:] except for the dog lovers because Jacob isn't in it haha sorry...GO TEAM EDWARD:]
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"...for Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever and ever. Amen."
The minister finished the Lord's Prayer as the crowd echoed the "amen," then motioned his hand to the family as he stepped away from the casket. One by one they stepped up to the wooden casket and placed a white rose upon the closed case. This brought a new wave of tears among the crowd that surrounded the burial site. Booth and Bones stood at a distance from the small tent that was shielding the family from the rain that fell, with Sweets and Hodgins by their side, grumbling because they forgot their umbrellas.
Booth bowed his head as he recited a short prayer for the family and then watched as the family clutched to each other in mourning. He then glanced at Brennan who was watching him. She gave him a soft smile and then pushed back her now wet hair. Her fair skin glowed as streams a rain drops danced down her face. Booth knew Bones would always come through for him, just like he would always be there for her.
As he looked over the somber crowd, he noticed a small group that was standing at a distance from the crowd as well. Their perfectly shaped bodies immediately told him that they were the Cullens. He observed their reserved and saddened postures, trying to decipher what he was missing. As he compared their perfectly composed faces to the grieving faces from the town, he noticed that they almost looked like aliens. They didn't belong or fit in well here, yet they seemed one-hundred percent human. The service ended with the rain still pouring which led everyone to rush to their cars. Booth and Brennan stayed still watching the mourners leave the burial site, with Hodgins and Sweets getting more impatient by the minute.
"Come on! Let's go already!" Hodgins shivered through his lifted collar.
"We could just leave we did take two cars," Sweets mumbled to Hodgins as he rubbed his hands together.
"We'll leave when we pay our respects," Brennan scolded.
"Bunch of babies," Booth murmured. He took a step back, but then noticed the Cullens moving towards the casket, and stopped to watch their fluid motions. A small figure with long brown hair reached out and touched the casket, letting her fingers linger on the smooth wood. Edward was by her side, holding her arm. Her facial expression was reserved except for a brief wave of pain that crossed her face as she stroked her hand along the casket. The rest of the Cullens stood as if they were statues, watching her movements with anxious faces.
"Hey! Are those the Cullens?" Sweets perked up as he noticed the small group. "Let's go talk to them!" Sweets excitedly made his way closer to the burial just as Edward escorted his wife from the tent, with one hand on her waist and the other holding an umbrella. "Edward!" Sweets called as he neared their backs. Booth, Brennan, and Hodgins hurried to his side as he reached Edward.
"Sweets!" Booth hissed as he gave him a glare. "This is a funeral!" Edward smiled as he watched Booth scold Sweets as if he were a child.
"How are you Dr. Sweets? Agent Booth, Dr. Brennan, Mr. Hodgins," Edward said as he nodded towards them.
"Well, fine, except this is a funeral," Sweets replied quickly. He paused as he noticed his wife. "Hi there." Sweets nodded toward Bella.
"Oh, Dr. Sweets, this is my wife, Bella," Edward introduced her with a hand gesture.
"Nice to meet you," Sweets said with a smile as he extended his hand. Bella slightly hesitated, but then shook his hand quickly.
"I've heard so much about you, Dr. Sweets," she smiled, glancing up at Edward.
"Your hands are frozen, Mrs. Cullen," Sweets said looking down at his own hands. "Well, your hand, but I assume both of them are cold." He stammered as Booth rolled his eyes.
"Edward, where are your manners?" Carlisle interrupted quickly as he stood beside Booth. "I can see everyone is uncomfortable with this unpleasant weather. I see you have no umbrellas." Hodgins let out a huff.
"I could have bought everyone their own umbrella, but of course Sweets here was running late," he muttered under his breath. Carlisle chuckled and then put his hand on Booth's shoulder.
"Why don't you join us for some drinks and maybe a bite to eat?" Carlisle asked as he gave Brennan his umbrella.
"Thank you Doctor," Brennan said in surprise as she lifted it to fit over Booth.
"Sure, Brennan and Hodgins don't leave till three, and Sweets and I got stuck with the midnight flight out of here, so we could use some company. Do you know anywhere good?" Booth replied as he took the umbrella and held it over both their heads. Hodgins glared at the umbrella over Booth and Brennan's head and then huffed again.
"Yes, there is a place, it's a bar and grill, but it's not located here in Forks. But it is conveniently located near the airport. Why don't you just follow us?" Carlisle said as he stepped by Edward.
"Perfect," Booth smiled as he turned to leave. Sweets said his goodbye to Edward and then rushed to catch up.
"Bones you're riding with me," Booth said opening the passenger door for her.
"I get stuck with Sweets again? Well you better go pretty damn slow!" Hodgins said as he got into the van. "Clueless over here can't get us anywhere." Booth and Brennan quickly walked to the small car as Hodgins started the van. The rain was beginning to become heavier as they buckled their seat belts.
"Geez, I could not live here. I need the sun," Booth mumbled as he squinted through the rain.
"I'd like to inform you that you have quite a pronounced squint at this moment," Brennan smiled.
"Yeah me either, I just couldn't," Booth replied as he leaned closer to the steering wheel.
"What? Squint, Booth, you're squinting, therefore you are a Squint."
"I'm not a Squint!" Booth protested as he opened his eyes as wide as they could go. "See? I'm normal." Brennan shook her head then smiled.
"I'm glad we get to meet with the Cullens again. I find them fascinating. Their skeletal structures are so interesting, I wish I had x-rays," she said as she looked at the rain rolling off the window.
"Bones you can't just take x-rays of them! It's like seeing them naked!" Booth replied in a flustered tone.
"Booth, I cannot simply x-ray them for my fascination. I would merely like to compare them, not only to each other, but also to other structures that I have seen in the past. While most people have a variety of defects in their skeletal structures, they do not show anything less than the optimal structure for their body type," Bones explained quickly.
"Wow, I so didn't understand any of that, but whatever floats your boat Bones."
"That statement is incorrect. I don't have a boat and obviously it would depend on the buoyancy to determine whether or not it would float," Brennan replied in a confused tone.
"Whatever makes you happy Bones," Booth said with a smile. Brennan nodded and dismissed her confusion as she studied the back of the silver Volvo that was directly in front of them. "Thank God Hodgins was able to catch up." Booth muttered as glanced in his rearview mirror. "But of course we are going frickin' thirty miles an hour for the stupid van." They drove along with Booth grumbling about how slow they were going and Sweets occasionally waving to them in a happy manner. They finally turned into a parking lot with a building with two entrances, one labeled Moonlight Grill and the other Club Moonlight. The rain had turned to mist as they got out of their cars and met before entering the restaurant.
"Here is your umbrella Dr. Cullen," Brennan said as she held it out to him.
"Keep it," Carlisle replied with a smile. "You need it more than we do." Brennan smiled and stuck the umbrella in Booth's stomach.
"Thank you so much," she replied.
"Thanks," he muttered as he took it and held it at his side. They proceeded into the restaurant as Sweets and Hodgins joined them in better moods then they were in before. They were seated almost immediately, which surprised Booth and Brennan.
"We don't have space to seat you all at one table, but we do have a table for six and we can pull up a chair. And we have a booth that is right beside the table of six, and we can add a chair also," the hostess explained as she motioned to the seats. Booth and Brennan sat one side of the booth as Carlisle and Esme sat on the other side. The rest of the Cullens took their seats at the table with Sweets pulling up a chair at the end of their table, leaving Hodgins standing beside the booth.
"Here you go sir," a waitress said as she set a chair at the end of the booth.
"Thank you," he replied as he scooted up to the table. The atmosphere was stiff as they looked over the menu, but after ordering drinks, they started to relax as the conversation flowed more evenly.
"The weather in our Washington isn't like your Washington at all," Carlisle chuckled as he shifted in his seat to put his arm around Esme.
"Not at all," Booth replied. "It rains too much here." Esme nodded and leaned against Carlisle. Booth noticed that their connection seemed so passionate and pure. A love that was rare in this world, but possible if you found the right person. He then glanced at Brennan wanting to put his arm around her, wanting her to lean into him with contentment that was unexplainable.
"Right Booth?" Brennan said as she met his gaze. He looked around and noticed that not only was everyone staring at him, but their drinks had already been placed in front of them.
"Uh," Booth tried to remember what they were previously talking about. Carlisle and Esme exchanged glances as Hodgins quietly texted Sweets under the table. Sweets lifted his head as he stared and smiled at the confused Booth. Edward smiled too as he leaned back in his chair to watch, with everyone else becoming quiet. "I...sorry. I wasn't listening-" Booth stuttered. Brennan interrupted, covering for him.
"Our sleep cycles were interrupted, and that is always detrimental to Booth's cognitive process," she said with a hint of teasing. Booth smiled and then rubbed his eyes.
"Well sure didn't affect me," Hodgins muttered, still smiling at Booth.
"Yeah, well, you didn't apprehend a murderer now did you?" Booth replied smoothly. Hodgins' smile faded and was replaced with a wide glare.
"Yeah thanks to Sweets over there, we barely made our way out of the town," he said throwing a glance at Sweets. Everyone chuckled as Sweets smile sheepishly while shrugging and then went back to their conversations. Brennan and Carlisle exchanged stories of places they had been and places they had studied at. Hodgins began his most recent conspiracy theories consisting of the latest involvement of the man that turns into a wolf. Esme listened politely as he told her of the men in black and the makeshift lab that held the samples they had gotten during the case being cleaned before they could return to the hospital.
Booth listened to Brennan as her soft, knowledgeable voice told of her trips and encounters with a happiness that was woven in each word. He smiled as she pushed back a tendril of hair that had fallen loose from her hair tie, adoring her smooth movements. He then focused on the conversation as Brennan included him into the story she was telling.
Edward glanced every now and then at Booth, reading his genuine thoughts that were so proud of Dr. Brennan. He noticed the respect that was built between the two of them, and the admiration they held for each other. He smiled, turning his attention to Dr. Sweets, who was talking about how nervous his was with his first book that was coming out.
"What's it about Dr. Sweets?" Bella asked as she set her chin on her hand, leaning in as if to hear better.
"Well it was originally about efficacy and focused outcomes in the workplace, but it evolved into the study of how two seemingly disparate entities to bond together against their own individual impetuses to dissociate," Sweets replied before he took a sip of his beer. Edward nodded as the rest of them looked at him blankly.
"So, that's gonna be a best seller, I'm guessing," Emmett said slowly in a confused tone.
"He means studying two people, who are opposites, that shouldn't work well together, but do anyway," Edward explained when no one else responded. Everyone caught up with Edward and exchanged multiple questions as the waitress tried to get orders. "So do you study them?" Edward asked in a low voice and nodding his head towards Booth and Brennan.
"Yes, actually, it interests me in particular that they are excellent partners," Sweets replied as he handed the menu to the waitress.
"Hey Edward? Since we already ate, we are just getting an appetizer to share, is that okay with you?" Alice interrupted with an apologetic voice and hand motion.
"Yeah, sounds great. You know what I like," he replied as he hid a grimace. "The book sounds interesting Dr. Sweets, I know I would like to read it, and also Carlisle would probably enjoy it as well. Especially when I know that you've based it on such a unique couple." Sweets took another gulp of his beer and then choked on it as he realized what Edward had said.
"You just called them a couple!" Sweets laughed, still coughing from taking a sip of his drink. "They are partners, although the tension is quite clear, is it not?" Edward smiled as he read the minds of those around him and then laughed at Sweets' reaction.
"Yes, it is hard to believe that they aren't a couple," They glanced at them sitting tightly in the booth. Booth caught their stares and stared back with an annoyed expression. They quickly looked away.
"He doesn't like me observing them in public, or in private, or anytime actually," Sweets said quickly looking down at the table. Edward chuckled at Sweets, thinking of how amusing and unpredictable he was. Sweets, in return, thought the same about the Cullens, which surprised Edward that the unnatural habits of their family didn't scare Sweets. That was probably because Sweets understood what it was like to create an unusual family from the people that he worked with.
The orders of food came within a few moments after Sweets and Edward were caught observing Booth and Brennan. Brennan, Booth, Hodgins, and Sweets quickly began eating their meal, while the Cullens casually picked at their food. Emmett and Jasper found it hilarious to try to hit objects across the room with the food they had, without Sweets noticing. While Alice and Bella found it amusing, Esme put a stop to it by cutting glares at the table.
"Behave!" she whispered as she hid her grilled chicken in her napkin. The humans finished up their meal as the Cullens maneuvered their food to make it look like they had eaten more than they had. They paid the checks and then casually started to leave the restaurant.
"We can follow you to the airport Bones, it's no big deal," Booth said as he held open the restaurant doors.
"No, Booth. It isn't rational when your flight doesn't leave for many hours, and that is a waste of environmental resources," she replied shaking her head. "Hodgins and I will be fine, we are flying on his plane so our arrangements are already in place and it requires no more input from us." Booth sighed and didn't argue.
"No worries Booth, I'll be with her," Hodgins interjected into their conversation. Booth looked at him and then went on.
"Well, call me when you get to the airport, so I know you got there safe, there's no telling," he said as he rolled his eyes to Hodgins. "And call me when before the flight takes off, call me when you land, and call me when you get to your apartment."
"I'll probably go to the Jeffersonian before I go to my apartment to make sure all the evidence is processed thoroughly," she replied as she reached for the door. Booth caught her hand and held it before she got into the van.
"Call me then too," he murmured as she turned to look at him. The expression in her eyes were soft as her fingers intertwined with his. She smiled as he leaned in closer to her.
"I'll be fine Booth," she whispered. "You should take precautions as well." Booth smiled and then left her hand by her side.
"Take care Bones," he said as he opened the door for her and helped her into the van. "Please." He whispered to himself as he watched her wave as Hodgins started the van.
"That was a lot of call me's," Sweets murmured to Edward with a smile. Edward nodded as he chuckled to himself. Sweets left the Cullens as he stood by Booth's side. "What now?" Booth sighed and then looked at his watch.
"Well we have like half a day to spare, so I don't know Sweets," he replied with another sigh. "So what time does this club open?" He joked as he turned to the building.
"I bet we could find a public library, with wi fi and everything," Sweets added quickly.
"Come on Sweets, I mean a library?" Booth asked in disbelief.
"If you have no where to go," Esme interrupted their conversation. "You can stay at our home as long as you need." There was a pause before she went on. "You have done so much for the community we live in, that it's the least we can do."
"Are you sure?" Booth asked. "I mean we aren't getting on your family's nerves are we?" Carlisle and Esme let out a laugh.
"We enjoy your company," Carlisle replied. Sweets looked at Booth with anticipation and barely concealed excitement.
"Yeah why not? We have no where else to go," Booth smiled as he agreed.
"Wicked awesome," Sweets murmured in excitement as he followed Booth to their little car.
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I know you probably think I'm crazy because it appears I haven't cleared anything up except for the case, but Blood Calls to Blood is the first installment of The Blood Series. There will be a second part to the series called Blood Brothers.
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