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Chapter 22

Thanksgiving

The date with Sweets and Jackie went great. He loved her and she liked him. We'll see how far it goes. Jackie had always had problems finding the right guy. She dated plenty of nice and bad guys, but she never really clicked with any of them.

Jack, Zach and I spent the entire night making dinner. Zach got the turkey, Jack and I stuffed it and got to work on the other dishes. By the time Angela arrived with cranberry sauce I was ready for bed. It was hard work, but we managed to get it all done.

Booth brought his son and some wine for us, along with a bottle of sparkling raspberry-cranberry juice. Brennan and Cam arrived later with desert..

"Come on in guys." said Jack. "The dessert goes in the fridge, drinks in the dining room"

"WOW," said Parker "You have a big house."

"Thank you." said Jack. I ran upstairs to get dressed. Everyone looked great. Angela had on a beautiful light brown gown with a sash and halter. Brennan had on a jacket, black pants and a very beautiful top. Cam had gone with a simple red dress that cut out at the knees. Her daughter looked really beautiful too. My dress was black and knee length. It had white flowers on it and white bands at the top and bottom. It came with a white cover up with a black flower on it.

Sweets came over next and brought Apple pie. He came with Jackie. She had put her now red hair into two Japanese styled buns, held together by something resembling knitting needles. Her dress was a stunning black halter dress. I recognized it from the Japanese catalog she had e mailed me days ago. It had a stunning blue mystical design that went down from her waist down to the bottom of the long dress. It came with an equally stunning black shawl. She brought flowers with her.

"Jackie," I said stunned "You look amazing."

"What like you're surprised?" asked Jackie handing me the flowers. I smiled and accepted them.

She and I noticed that Parker Booth was sitting away from everyone else looking a little bit down. We walked over to where he sat in a chair in the kitchen and sat down around him

"Are you alright Parker?" I asked.

"You're all going to be drinking alcohol aren't you?" asked Parker

"No," said Jackie "Most won't be drinking since they have to drive home after."

"Oh…" said Parker "Then I won't be the only one drinking the sparkly juice?"

"Of course not." I told him and adjusted his tie.

"Ok, thank you Althy….and….and…."

"You can call me Jacks."

"Like Apple Jacks?" asked Parker and Jackie nodded. "Cool" He jumped off the chair and ran to his dad.

Zach walked in and pulled me towards him from behind, scaring me a little. But it was a good scare.

"Zach." I said with a fake whine.

"Yes Althy."

"Aw…" said Jackie. "Hey, were did Lancelot go?"

"Lancelot…" I couldn't suppress my laugh. "When you find him ask him where he stashed his sword." Jackie laughed too and walked off.

"How's the Turkey?"

"It should be done in twenty minutes if my calculations are correct." said Zach.

"Which they always are," I added. He gave me a sweet kiss on the cheek and grabbed my hand.

Everyone was talking and laughing as Zach and I walked in.

"And then he tells me that my car is broken." finishes Booth and the others laugh.

The table had been set mere moments before the guests had arrived. In the dining room: fancy plates sat on the table, perfectly aligned between the knife and the fork.

"Zach, why don't you tell Althy about your Halloween Costume two years ago?" suggested Cam

"That's right you never did tell me what you were that Halloween." I said.

"Well I was seeing Naomi and don't make that face." said Zach as I made a face to suggest my hate and disgust of Naomi. "I was the back end of a cow." I had to cover my mouth with my hand to stop myself from bursting out laughing.

"I'm not going to laugh…." I said and calmed down. "I think your costume this year beat that."

"Yes, it did." replied Zach.

"Why don't all of us head to th dining room." suggested Jack and we all headed into the large dining room. Jack sat at the head of the table. Zach and I sat together on one side with Parker and Booth on the left. Angela took the second head of the table and Sweets Jackie, Cam, Michelle and Brennan sat on the right.

We ate Salad first and passed around the huge bowl and the sparkling juice. Then Jack, Zack and I brought out the main course: mashed potatoes, Russian salad, another salad called mother-in-law and veggies, along with some other things.

"Ok here comes the turkey." I walked in carrying the large turkey on a tray. I set it down on the table and let the smell pour out of it.

"Now before Zach starts cutting up the turkey into pieces we have a family tradition that must be followed." said Jack.

"And what would that be?" asked Dr. Brennan.

"We all go around the room and say what we are thankful for and everyone has to do it or else." I said

"Or else what?" asked Sweets.

"Or else you don't get any magic turkey." said Jackie "Trust me the secret stuffing is to die for. This is one turkey that is not worth missing." Everyone groaned, music to my ears.

"So who wants to go first?" asked Parker

"Why don't you start Parker." suggested Dr. Brennan.

"Hmm…. I'm thankful that I get to spend more time with my dad and I'm thankful for my friends and my mom and I'm thankful that my dad found someone as nice and smart as Dr. Bones." The word "aw" came out of everyone. Parker really was a sweet kid.

"Why don't we go clockwise." suggested Cam, "Booth."

"I'm thankful that I have Parker and that I work with such brilliant people, especially Bones." Angela went next.

"I'm thankful that I finally found a permanent place for myself. It's here with all of you and I'm thankful that I know all of you." Lance was next.

"This is an interesting observation to make…."

"Get on with it Lance." said Jackie hitting him playfully on the arm.

"Ok, ok…I'm thankful for my friends and that I have Jackie and everything." Now it was Jackie's turn.

"I'm thankful that after all this time Althy and I are still friends. I'm thankful that I have my family and that I made friends with all of you." she said "And I'm also very thankful that Althy set me up with such as sweet guy like Lance." I had to suppress a small, but sarcastic gag. Truthfully, I was really happy for Jackie. Now it was Cam's turn.

"I'm thankful for everything you guys said and that Michelle and I have reconnected." Michelle said virtually the same thing. Jack went next.

"I'm thankful that Angela and I are back for good this time. I'm thankful that Althy came back from Egypt safely and thankful to be working and knowing all of you." Zach went next.

"I'm thankful that I no longer reside at McKinley, thankful to have all of you as my friends and colleagues and I'm thankful that Althy doesn't want to kill me anymore." we all laughed knowing what went on prior to Halloween. Finally it was my turn.

"I'm thankful to have Jackie as a friend, thankful to have a great boyfriend like Zach and thankful to be working with my cousin and all of you." everyone picked up their glasses and took a sip of wine, or sparkling juice. "Now let them eat totally amazing magic turkey." Everyone laughed. Zach stood up and cut up the turkey.

Plates were passed around and everyone got a hearty piece of the turkey. Everything seemed like it was meant to be this way. It left like someone put things together like this just for us (A/N heh ;).

Then came the magic moment: everyone took a bite of the turkey. I already saw the look on Jackie's face. She loved our Turkey. Parker was already eating away at his, and everyone else enjoyed their food.

"So…what do you think?" I asked

"Brilliant," said Dr. Brennan

"Totally." said Sweets.

"It's so good." said Michelle.

"Good." I added smiling. "Don't eat too much. We still have dessert."

We talked about our hopes, our dreams and how surprisingly well it all worked out. When I applied to the Jeffersonian I never even thought that I'd end up working with such a great variety of people. This was truly a good thanksgiving.


I know I didn't do the date, but that's only because I couldn't think of what they'd talk about. Jackie will be a reoccurring character in this story. This wasn't the best chapter, but I thought it's be sweet. SO Haley Front is not finished yet, but not for much longer....

Next time…

Chapter 23

Two bodies are found inside a freshly dug grave, in a not so fresh coffin. One body has been in the ground twenty five years, the other two weeks. How did the body get turned into a decomposed skeleton so quickly? Who are the two bodies? Will there be more?

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