-ONE YEAR LATER-
Time went slowly. But soon enough the days passed by.
Temperance Brennan began packing to leave the Maluku Islands. She and Miss Wick had contributed greatly to a discovery that will impact the way science and history are studied forever. She was very eager to get home and publish her findings.
Lately she had been a bit depressed though, very anxious to get back home. Daisy, rather gloomy and less talkative at the start of the trip, was now…
"Oh Lancelot!"
…happily reunited with Dr. Sweets, who had recently joined them for their last week in Maluku. They reunited and the engagement was immediately back on. While the two of them were spending time reconciling Brennan had felt very much alone and had a lot of time to think about things. She still didn't know what to expect when she got back to D.C.
Booth was ready to go home. The army had too much heart-break, while not as sad as some murder cases, hearing that young men whom he had just trained had already lost their lives was starting to take its toll on him.
He wanted to go back home, to Parker and to…Bones. He had no idea what her feelings towards him would be. Would absence make the heart grow fonder? Or would she still not be interested. Or worse, would she be bringing someone back from the Mai-poo-poo islands? He quickly put that idea out of his mind.
His bags were packed, and he ran off to catch his flight home.