The next morning I got Parker up and made breakfast. I decided to make eggs and bacon with cinnamon toast and hash browns. I got a glass of milk out for Parker and Coffee for Seeley before pouring myself a glass of apple juice. Seeley slumped into the chair and I sat his food in front of him. Once Parker was done eating his food he went to his room to get ready for school.

"He takes the bus to school, so once he leaves we'll head over to the Jeffersonian."

"Alright." Over the last few weeks I think I have changed a lot. I've lost a lot of my attitude and anger that I had started out with. I've seemed to have taken on a more laid back and calm approach to things.

"Hey, have you, ah, have you been thinking about what you wanted to do with your life? I mean job wise?" I stopped. I hadn't thought about that. I hadn't even thought about it that far.

"Uh, no, no I haven't. Why?"

"Don't worry about it. How about today at the lab you think about what you want to do and then look around the internet for a college. You can borrow one of the squints lap tops." I tugged at my long sleeves and chewed on my lip slightly,

"Um, sure." Seeley must have picked up on my hesitation,

"What's wrong?"

"Um, Seeley, I, um… I…" I let out a sigh,

"Hey," I looked up at him to see concern in his eyes, "What's wrong? You can tell me."

"Seel, I'm not smart enough for that kind of thing."

"What are you talking about? Of course you are."

"No, I'm not. Okay, listen, I excel in two things: Music and history. That's it. Science and math are through the floor, I'm good at English but not great at it. Seel, I could hardly pass Algebra two let alone chemistry concepts."

"Don't worry, we'll work it out. I promise." I sighed,

"Alright." Once Parker was on the bus we headed over to the lab. When we got there I headed to Angela's office seeing how Jack and Zach were busy.

"Hey Angie."

"Hey sweetie, what's up?"

"Seeley wants me to go to college."

"That's great!" I frowned slightly, "Not great? What's wrong?"

"Angie, I'm not smart enough for college. Math and science are the worst subjects in the world. I'm okay at English. The only thing I'm good at is history and music. No college would accept me." She gave me a devilish grin and I knew she had something up her sleeve,

"I have an idea."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~Booth pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I walked into Bones office where she was sitting at her desk working away. I knocked on the door to get her attention,

"Hey Booth, do we have a case?"

"No, but… can I ask you something?"

"Well of course you can ask me something but-" I could tell this was going to be a long confusing answer so I just cut to the chase,

"Is there anyway you or one of the squints could tutor Alex?"

"Tutor her in what exactly?"

"Math. Science."

"Booth we have a lot of work to do I don't wee how we'll have time to-"

"Temperance please. I'm begging you. I want Alex to be able to go to college and she doesn't think she's smart enough to get in to a college because she isn't good at math or science." I really was begging. Alex deserved to have as much of a normal life as possible and she deserved the opportunity to go and make something great out of her life. Just as Brenan was about to say something Angela came running in,

"Just the two people I wanted to see. Listen, I'm not taking no as an answer from either one of you two. Jack is taking a two hour lunch break every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and during that time he is going help Alex with her math and science. Any questions?" I grinned at her,

"Angela I could kiss you!" She smirked at me,

"Maybe some other time."

~~~~~~~Alex pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Angela had come back to tell me that Jack was going to tutor me every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I had no intention of going against what she said so when lunch time came around Jack, Zach, and I headed over to the diner. We ordered our food then got down to business,

"So, what math classes have you taken? Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra two. I got a D in Algebra, a C in Geometry, and I barely got a D in Algebra two."

"What about science?"

"Chemistry, Physics, and Biology. I failed Chemistry and Physics and got a D in Biology."

"Don't worry, we can change all that. By the time I'm done with you you'll know everything there is to know about science and math." The rest of time we spent going over basics to see just how much help I need. When we were done Jack told me that there was a lot of work that needed to be done but I knew my basics so it would be easy for me to pick it up along the way. When we got back to the lab Jack went to talk to Booth leaving Zach and I alone.

"What do you plan to do for a career?"

"I'd like to be a musician." He smiled at me,

"That suites you well. You have a very good voice and should do exceedingly well." I grinned at him before kissing his cheek,

"That's sweet Zach."

"Really?" I nodded and he grinned, "So I said something… "sweet"?" I laughed a little,

"Yeah, you said something that made me really happy."

"Oh! Well I am… happy… that I made you happy. Did I say that correctly?" I smiled,

"You did." His smile grew. Jack and Angela came down to the lab and joined us,

"So what are your plans for tonight?"

"I don't really have any."

"Good because we are going out tonight. All of us."

"Sound good to me." After the day was over we all headed over to a "restaurant" as Seeley called it, "Seel, it's a bar. It's okay. I've been in plenty of bars before."

"What?"

"I used to sing in them at home."

"Well sweetie then I think you need to get up there and sing."

"Angela-"

"Yeah I want to hear Alex sing."

"Hodgins-"

"Sure!" I wanted to cut off Booth and made a quick dash to the microphone. I whispered to the drummer and the bass player what I wanted to sing and they nodded their heads. I picked up the guitar on stage and started strumming,

"Dum, dum, dum, honey what have you done?
Dum, dum, dum it's the sound of my gun.
Dum, dum, dum, honey what have you done?
Dum, dum, dum it's the sound

Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her whole world's come undone
From lookin' straight at the sun
What did her daddy do?
What did he put you through?
They said when Janie was arrested
they found him underneath a train
But man, he had it comin' Now that Janie's got a gun
she ain't never gonna be the same.

Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run
Tell me now it's untrue.
What did her daddy do?
He jacked a little bitty baby
The man has got to be insane
They say the spell that he was under the lightning and the
thunder knew that someone had to stop the rain

Run away, run away from the pain yeah, yeah yeah yeah
Run away run away from the pain yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Run away, run away, run, run away

Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run
What did her daddy do?
It's Janie's last I.O.U.
She had to take him down easy and put a bullet in his brain
She said 'cause nobody believes me. The man was such a sleeze.
He ain't never gonna be the same.

Run away, run away from the pain yeah, yeah
yeah yeah yeah
Run away run away from the pain yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Run away, run away, run, run away

Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Everybody is on the run

Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run
Because Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her dog day's just begun
Now everybody is on the run
Janie's got a gun." I ended the song and then there were cheers. I grinned as I saw my friends screaming and cheering. I thanked the band and went back to the table,

"That was great!" Angie was jumping up and down,

"Dude that was amazing! You've got some killer pipes."

"Thanks Jack."

"You have an exceptional voice, I'm sure Steven Tyler would love to hear you sing his song some time."

"You know Steven Tyler?"

"Yeah he bought a copy of my book and I signed it for him." I looked at Seeley who shook his head,

"Nice job kid. You've got some real talent." Zach just smiled at me,

"I told you she was good." I took his hand and smiled. Things were looking good. Until I saw him. One of the many people who haunted my dreams. I pulled at my sleeves as the old wounds seemed to burn again. I could see it all so clear again,

"come on honey it's just a little fun?"

"Little fun? You call beating up an old man fun?"

"You're sick Tony. Sick!" I slapped him across the face and stormed away. I didn't get far before he whipped me around and slammed me up against the car. My arm went through the window. The pain was excruciating but not as bad as the blow I received to my jaw.

"Not as sick as you're gonna be." He pried my mouth open and poured bottle after bottle of beer down my throat. As much as I tried scream I couldn't because of the liquid going down my throat. I started to loose consciousness. "We'll have fun together honey."

"I'm gonna go get a breath of fresh air." Seeley looked at me with concern,

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, just got a little headache. Don't worry, I'll be fine. Won't be long." I quickly went the other way and when I was out of sight of all of them I quickly ran to the restroom. I took deep breaths. "Stay calm. Breathe."

"Yes, stay calm. Everything's going to be just fine." I turned around and he was there. I could feel the tears slide down my face, "We're gonna have fun together honey." I started crying harder and I screamed as loud as I could. I felt his hand cover my mouth and I bit down on his hand.

"Ah! You little-" I felt his hand cross my face and I cried more.

"How did you find me?"

"Was easy. I saw your face on the news. The poor girl who lost her family…"

"Shut up!" He slapped me again but as soon as his hand hit my face the door was broken down. Seeley grabbed Tony and threw him on the ground. I slid to the floor and cried. Seeley kept hitting him over and over again. Jack and Zach had to pull him off of him before he killed him. Brennan cuffed him and Angela held onto me as tight as possible. After the cops took away an unconscious Tony Seeley pulled me tightly to him.

"I wanna go home."

"Okay, okay. We'll go home."