The next morning, Booth found her examining the skeleton with Zack.

"What do you know, Bones?"
"Well, quite a lot, actually. I don't think we really have time for that." She rolled her eyes at Zack, and he smiled. "Obviously". He rolled his eyes back at her.

"No…I mean, about this skeleton. What do you know about this skeleton?" Booth shook his head.

"Okay, well, not too much, actually. Like Anne Jackson, there are no signs of trauma to any bone. Nothing is broken, nothing is crushed, and there are no bullet holes." Zack said. "I'll go examine this bone under the microscope and let you know if I find anything else."

"Did the tox screens come back on Anne?"

Brennan paused. "Booth, do you even know what a tox screen is?"

"Well, no…but…isn't that the right thing?"

"Yes, it is." She smiled. "You look tired by the way."

"Gee, thanks Bones. You're a real pal."

"What? I'm just being honest."

"Okay, okay. Fine I'll be honest too. I'm tired because after I got home last night, I finished reading Emma."

"Oh…was the ending good?"

"Honestly?"

She waited, as if to say, that's obvious.

"It was okay. You know….Emma, she's kind of, I don't know…spoiled I guess, and rich, and she has a kind heart, I suppose, but she makes these decisions that hurt other people, but, well…Mr. Knightly, he loves her anyway, and…did I tell you that he is always getting on her case about stuff? Like, she's the only one he ever yells at; he's nice to everyone else, but for some reason, he, won't put up with her crap, and well, you know…anyways, at the end, they get together."

"What about Harriet?"

"What about her? You mean from the book?"

"Yes, Booth."

"Well, she's mad at first, because she thought Mr. Knightly was in love with her, so she's mad at Emma, but then, she runs into Robert Martin again, so…I don't know, that part works out, I guess."

"Sounds…exciting." Clearly she didn't approve.

"Well, like I said, it's not like I went out and bought more of the books or anything." He caught a slight blush on her face… "wait, Bones…did you go back to the bookstore and buy more books?"

She whirled around to put her back to him and examined the skeleton.

"Bones…are you serious? I told you the truth, and you're just going to ignore me. You know, you always do this."

"Get off my case Booth!"

"Oh, I'm on your case? Is that it? You know, I am so tired of putting up with your crap. You could ask anyone else we know and they would say that I'm a reasonable, easy to know guy, but no, with you…it's like I have to yell."

She stood there with a hand on her hip. "Finished?"

He wanted to wipe the snobby look off her face. He opened his palms toward her as if to say, 'whatever'.


"Fine, Booth…okay… I wanted to read Emma too."

Booth shook his head…"So I just told you the ending then."

"Well, I got like fifty pages into it, and I thought it was stupid, so I stopped. You were right. Emma is a snob, I think." She whined.

"Ah, well..what about Pride and Prejudice?" he asked.

"It was okay. I actually didn't like that the sisters got married at the end, but I suppose that was a reflection of the time period, not necessarily the strength of the writer."

"Oh, yeah, sure."

"Hey, you two" Angela came in, "Got the tox screen results."

Booth grinned and held out his hand for them.
Angela paused. "Booth, you know how to read tox screen results?"

"Oh, um…no, what does it say, Bones?"

"You were right, Booth, poison."

"From what, does it say?"

"Well, it seems to be mixed with some sort of sugary, crumbly sand, like stuff."

"Um…cookies?" Hodgins came up to the platform. "I'm pretty sure they were cookies. Who poisons cookies?"

Booth laughed.

"Well, Booth, now do you see why I haven't had Oreos?"

"What? Bones…you know what, you are a snob. Like Emma!"

"What! I am not." She huffed and pointed her nose in the air.

"A cookie snob, Bones."

She narrowed her eyes.

Hodgins looked from one to the other. "You know, I read somewhere that that plot, the Emma plot, the one where a snobby girl gets taken down a notch is one of the most popular plots of all time."

"Well, I can see why" Booth stepped toward her. "It's very satisfying."

Brennan got up in his face.
"I'm sure someone like you would think so, Booth."

He raised his hand as if…he backed away.

"You know what? No…Call me when you figure out about the mystery skeleton, Bones. I'm going to go talk to a guy about some cookies."

"Fine!" She turned to see Angela and Hodgins looking at her.
"What?"

"Oh…nothing, nothing at all." Angela said as they backed away.

"Emma" Hodgins coughed under his breath.