Hello it is lovely to be back on the computer, sorry it took so long. I just get a bit obsessed with the show NCIS at random times, and when my friend (a Bonnie to my Clyde, lol one of them bones-ncis-weird-people, yeah that's right it was Livvy) lent me season six, I kind of got too attached to my tv ;) but I'm ready to write again, and especially excited since *the stupid it thing* is gone! Yay

But as much as I was happy that Hannah left, WHY DID YOU HAVE TO GET DRUNK AND BE SO STUPID BOOTH? YOU BROKE YOUR BONES' HEART AGAIN! GAHH. Sorry about that. So now, I think you all should READ!

Colin Fisher stared at the bones of the victim, wondering what devastation this person suffered before their demise. His thoughts drifted like the calming sound of the ocean he heard.

He took the fourth rib and inspected it closely; he thought he saw a speck. Under the microscope he saw some particulates, but couldn't tell what they were.

"HODGINS!" Fisher yelled at the top of his voice. He turned around only to see the curly haired scientist, and a few others, looking his way. Hodgins was at the other side of the platform with a confused expression on his face.

The intern walked over to him. "Sorry man didn't see you. I've found some particulates on a rib and I need to know what they are." Fisher handed him Hodgins the rib.

"Okay, I'll let you know when I, uh, have something."

Hodgins tried to make a beeline for his office.

"Hey," Fisher called, "What's up?"

"Nothing. Nothing's up." Hodgins called, still walking to his office and out of sight.

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Fisher was finishing the last of his herbal infusion when his phone buzzed. He picked it up and saw that it was Hodgins.

"Hey man, got anything on those particulates?" he asked.

"Yeah, it's some shavings of metal. I will have it narrowed down to the specific type and origin soon. Where are you now?"

"I'm just relaxing in the bone room." Hodgins could hear the loud rushing of water, Fisher's oceanic calming method.

"Well do you want to come over to my office?"

"Sure, do you want me to ring Doctor Brennan?" Fisher asked, trying to be helpful.

"No." Hodgins snapped. He didn't want to risk Brennan discovering that he knew what had happened with her and Booth, so he decided to avoid speaking to her.

…¿?*!i!*?¿…

Fisher walked into Hodgins' lab, and as he was coming in he bumped into Angela. He smiled at her. "How are you and your baby going?" he politely asked.

Angela smiled as she hurriedly shuffled past him, "great thanks, have a nice day!"

The intern took a seat on a spare stool where Hodgins was working on his microscope.

"Hey, so where was Angela off in a hurry to?" he started.

Hodgins sighed, "Ahh; she's going shopping," Hodgins said so in a disapproving tone.

Fisher looked at him, expecting an explanation.

Finally when Hodgins looked up, he saw Fisher's face and chuckled. "Gosh, do you have to look at me in that tone of voice?"

They both laughed. Then Hodgins explained, "I guess when Angela goes shopping, I don't really love it because I'm too busy here to go with her. I just worry when she's not with me. And my god that woman can spend money."

Fisher laughed again, then coughed and put on a straight face. "So what results have you got?" Hodgins smirked, and then started explaining his find."Well, the metal particulates are from a knife. A stainless steel one, to be exact. It's a quite common one that can be bought from a hardware store so it wouldn't be very easy to track the origin."

"alright, well we should keep it in mind but I need to examine the other bones closely, I will come to you if I find something." Fisher got up, and started to exit but turned around. "can I ask you something?"

"yeah, sure man. Sit back down if you like." So fisher took back his place. "is it just me, or is everyone acting a bit weird? I mean no one is talking to Doctor Brennan, I haven't actually seen her at the lab all day. I haven't seen booth either, he is usually in a bit. And I swear I saw Doctor Brennan having a bit of a breakdown in Angela's office this morning. She looked like she was suffering from low self-esteem or a bad experience."

"and since when did you become Dr. Phil?" Hodgins asked jokingly.

"that's a bit of what I mean. I don't want to be offensive, but you're a bit touchy when I mention Doctor Brennan too. Is there something wrong?"

"oh well I guess this counts as guessing it, right?"

"guessing what?" fisher was confused.

"Well, do you think it's obvious that something happened? I guess if you sort of know, she won't kill me as much." Hodgins smiled.

"okay, somehow in my life I managed to make something by the monstrosity of the passing of others, and some people would consider me intelligent. You have me confused easily."

"ok, I guess if you know that something is goin on, here goes. But under no circumstances must you mention this to anyone else, ever. At lunch with Angela, we were talking and this sort of happened with me and her. She explained why Agent Booth and Doctor Brennan have been acting a bit off today. Apparently, last night Booth and Brennan sort of got into an awkward situation." Hodgins leaned forward and rested his elbows on his thighs. "Doctor Brennan sort of realized what we have all known for years now, and she told Booth. He pretty much turned her down for Hannah, and we all know that is the wrong thing. Now don't tell anyone, or you will be in great pain."

Fisher finally recovered from his intense listening. "well, that is a complicated situation. What should I do if it affects my work?"

"it probably won't, fisher. If you know Doctor Brennan as well as I do, she can compartmentalize extremely well."

Fisher heaved himself up from his stool. "well, thankyou for telling me Doctor Hodgins; it was extremely generous of you. I should be working on the proper analysis of the other bones now, so I will get to work."

"it's alright fisher, you know you can talk to me anytime" Hodgins smiled at the intern and went back to his microscope, a way of bidding goodbye to his acquaintance.

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- Rach