Ya'll are gonna hate me cause this entire chapter continues to lead up to the big reveal.
On the bright side only 4 more reviews to spoiler time then only 50 more till I get 300 which is a personal goal so don't let me down. So anyone want a spoiler? Make sure to review because I got a good one in mind.
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Tempe tossed in her sleep. The day had been fine; Angela's mom and Booth's dad had volunteered to watch their group on the field trip. The Jeffersonian was an interesting place; Russ said they had a great exhibit called 'Limbo'. He said there were bones there that were thousands of years old. It would be great. Much better though, if Jack were there.
Tempe opened her eyes and stared at the clock. 6:15 stared back at her in red letters. (Uhh numbers) She rolled over and fell back asleep.
What seemed like only a few minutes later, she woke up and got ready for the big field trip. She went down stairs with her red travel bag to carry her lunch and anything she wanted to get from the souvenir shop. The first thing she did was turn on the news.
She got a bowel of lucky charms and settled into wait for the bus. Russ, when as usual, was sleeping in, and her parents had left already. She was lost in thought when a headline made her choke on her marshmallow. She hit herself hard in the chest a few times and managed to swallow it.
"In a breaking development, a young boy was found in a park in Maryland. The boy appears to be about 7 to 8 years of age and is, as of yet, unidentified." They flashed a picture of a boy with light blonde hair and green eyes. "If anyone knows anything about this boy please call the number on your screen."
Tempe took a few calming breaths. 'It's not Jack.' She thought 'He's still ok'
Then she heard the bus pull up and ran out to get to it. She made it just in time. Angela and Booth were already on when she took the open seat, surprisingly next to Booth instead of Angela.
He noticed something was wrong immediately. "Tempe, are you ok?" He asked.
"Yeah I'm fine."
He was not convinced. He leaned in closer. "Bones," He made a point of using his nickname for her. "You're not fine. What's wrong?"
"I…I saw something, on the news that upset me. They, uhh, they found a boy in a park,"
Booth stopped breathing.
"Oh no, it's not Jack, the boy had blonde hair. But it made me realize what could happen."
"Bones," She sighed but put up with it because she knew it made him happy. "Nothing like that is gonna happen."
By this time they had arrived at school. Zach was still not in school so their group was relatively small, about half the size of the others. Mr. Booth and Mrs. Montenegro were already there with the other parents.
The teacher called the class to order. They broke into groups and waited to be dismissed. A sullen silence came over Tempe's group. They were called to the busses and still sat thinking about how the day would be better with Jack and Zach.
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Jack woke up even earlier than Tempe. He pulled on some clothes the Addy's had brought him, and sat by the window. The sun was almost up and he waited for the door to be unlocked. His mind started to wander and he must have fallen asleep because a short time later he was awakened by the jingle of keys in the door.
He walked over to the mirror and noticed one side of his curly brown hair was sticking up where he had fallen asleep on it. He crept out to eat breakfast and ran to the bus as fast as he could; eager to get as far away as quick as possible.
At the next stop Parker bounced on as happy as ever. He was wearing a baseball cap with the Jeffersonian logo on it. He noticed Jack looking at it and explained,
"My uncle Jared bought it for me." Jack nodded and then it began to sink in. He had a whole day, 2 whole hours away from the Addy's.
'Maybe I could forget.' He thought and smiled for the first time in 2 days.
The bus ride to school seemed shorter than he remembered it being, but that might just have been because he was looking foreword to school today. They arrived in the classroom and Parker ran to his mother, standing in a corner.
She was pretty with brown hair past her shoulders and bangs cut across her forehead. Rebecca, Ami and Robert were there too. They were chatting about going into Washington DC. None of them had ever been to the city.
Jack listened and feigned interest. His thoughts wandered and Angela's face kept floating in and out of his mind. He had to coke back tears as he realized he would be in the same city as her. So close and yet so far.
Not seeing any of them was worse than knowing he had to go back to the Addy's.
Parker's mother introduced herself. "Hi you must be Jack. I've heard so much about you. My name is Rebecca." She laughed at his face and said yes it got confusing when he had his friends over.
They lined up and made their way to the bus. The uneven seating left the 2 Rebecca's sitting together. Parker sat with Jack and Robert with Ami. Parker explained why Robert didn't mind. Jack thought it was fairly obvious.
Robert had a crush on this girl. And who could blame him? She was so much like his Angela.
That thought got Jack started on a tangent. If Ami was the 'Angela' then who was the 'Tempe'? Ok so that one was easy it had to be Rebecca. So that left Parker and Robert.
Parker seemed like the Booth (Imagine that!) and Robert was more like a mix of Jack and Zach. But with little exception that was their little group.
The school only offered yellow busses for trips so the only thing to do was talk. Jack learned a lot about Parker, most of which increased his reasoning that he was the Booth of the group. He went to the Beach last weekend with his mom and dad and Uncle Jared. His favorite color was red and he had a collection of unusual socks.
Jack also talked a bit; he was starting to realize that a whole day away from the Addy's gave him a bit of freedom. He couldn't say anything about his family but he talked about his friends and spent a good portion of that time on Angela.
Parker looked over at his best friend Robert and said,
"She sounds a lot like Ami."
"I know." Jack replied. "I noticed that too."
They arrived a short time later and assembled in the main hall. Jack looked around and saw another group of kids waiting.
They looked kinda familiar.
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There!! Nice and long to keep people off my back for a few weeks, DAYS I mean days, ug. I see another sleepless night in my future. I finished this at 12:07 last night but my internet was messed up. Hope ya'll loved it