Things started to get back to normal. Brennan was working in limbo, happily identifying thousand year old skeletons and was slowly starting to feel normal again. There had been no cases, no reason to accidently cross paths with Booth and her world was starting to right itself.

On an early Thursday afternoon a month since she had seen Booth, they got a call of some remains found in a shallow grave in field once used as pasture for cows. Brennan felt a pang of jealousy as the team headed out of the Jeffersonian to the scene.

Brennan moved off to limbo, time would go by faster if she was doing something rather than watching the clock waiting for the team to return. Her cell rang in the pocket of her jacket, she looked at the caller ID, it was Cam.

"Brennan"

"Dr. Brennan, We need you at the scene, there is more than one grave here."

"I understand, it will take me about 30 minutes to get there." She hung up her phone and went to her office when she realized all her crime scene gear had been in the back of Booth's SUV.

She went and found another jump suit and boots and would make due with what the Jeffersonian's van had to work with. Tossing everything in hatch of her car she left for the scene. She felt some excitement as she had not been out in the field in a rather long time and she missed it.

Cam pulled Booth aside. "She's coming" a lopsided grin touched his face. "Booth, I see that look."

"What look Cam," rolling his shoulders and giving her an exasperated look. "I am glad she will be here, it will do her some good to be back out digging in the dirt. It makes her happy." And, I have missed her; it will be good to see her.

"I know you Booth and before you get any crazy ideas, you and I need to talk."

"Cam, Hannah and I broke up not long ago. Right now even getting out of bed in the morning is a crazy idea." He looked at her, "And yeah" he nodded, "I could use someone to talk to." She gave him a smile and nodded.

"You and Hannah broke up? Why didn't you tell me? Are you okay?" Booth waved her questions away with his hand and looked up just as Brennan's Prius pulled up. He then looked at the site. "Wendell, get those people out of the site before she…"

Too late, Brennan came running up "Hey get out of the scene, you could destroy evidence." She turned and gave Booth a look of disbelief and anger. "You stop working with me and you can't remember how to preserve a scene?" She moved under the crime scene tape "Hey, Hey you with the size 22 feet and matching IQ get out, MOVE it. Dr. Bray, you need to learn to have more control over the scene or these FBI idiots will damage your case. Cam and Booth stood side by side watching Tropical storm Brennan sweep through the area. Booth couldn't help but smile, he had missed her, he had missed her a lot.

Booth lifted the back gate of his SUV to provide shade and sat in the cargo area waiting and watching. He had talked to the owner of the pasture, the man had owned the field for the last 20 years and had only recently decided to turn the soil and see if it could be used for planting. Brennan came out of from under the tape and headed straight for Booth. She took a deep breath to steady her nerves as she approached him. "Hello Booth"

"Hey" his voice soft. He watched her face noticing she wouldn't look at him. "It's good to see you Bones."

"We need the whole…"

He chuckled, "The whole scene shipped back to the Jeffersonian. I got it."

"Do you still have my gear?" She took a quick glance at his face and then looked into the cargo area. "Oh there it is." She reached for the bag containing her jumpsuit and her case and finally her boots.

"Want some help carrying…"

"No, I am fine, thank you." She hesitated for a moment before turning and heading back to her car.

He watched her go; he had a lot of thinking to do. When Hannah left he had not been as torn up as he should have been. Add thoughts of Brennan that assaulted his mind on a daily basis and you have one confused Booth. He had avoided talking to anyone about his feelings, but watching her walk away and feeling that familiar tug at his heart, he knew he needed to talk to someone before it was too late, if it wasn't already.

Brennan got in her car and took several deep breaths to steady her nerves. She turned on her car and put it in gear when she looked up; her eyes were drawn to him. He was standing there with that silly lopsided grin on his face watching her. She shook her head clearing her mind as she focused on turning her car around and driving out of there.

Back at the Jeffersonian Brennan went to her office to work on paperwork while Wendell oversaw everything being brought in. "Hey beautiful"

She smiled and turned to find Jonathan standing in the doorway. "Hello there, what are you doing here?"

"I was going to see if I could get you to leave early and go have some dinner and then go see a movie at the Mall. Tonight is Cool Hand Luke with Paul Newman."

"I don't believe I have seen that movie."

"You haven't seen Cool Hand Luke, awww Temperance that is a crime. Now you have to say yes and come with me." He turned his lips down into a frown and put the puppy dog look on his face.

"Jonathan is something wrong with you face it looks contorted."

"I am trying to make you feel all warm and fuzzy so you can't say no." She furrowed her brows at him.

"Okay, why not, if they need my assistance it won't be until tomorrow, so I would enjoy going out for the evening." Jonathan collected her bags and waited by the door. When she finished turning off her computer and turned towards the door, her heart skipped a beat. How many times had she seen that same scene with a different man? She mentally shook herself and exited her office.

"Dr. Bray, I will be available tomorrow if you need my assistance, tonight I am going to see a movie.'

"What movie?" Wendell answered.

"Cool Hand Luke" Jonathan answered "at the Mall"

"Have a good time you two, see you tomorrow Dr. Brennan." Wendell said as he turned back to his work.

Booth looked up from where he was sitting on the platform and watched her walk out with Jonathan. His jaw twitched, he had not taken into consideration that Jonathan was still part of her life. How much a part he didn't know, but he didn't miss that Jonathan was doing what he use to do, carrying her bags and resting his hand in the small of her back.

Booth went into Cam's office. "I need to use a computer."

"Okay Cam got out of her chair and Booth sat down and proceeded to look up Cool Hand Luke."

"Booth that doesn't look work related." Booth ignored her and checked his watch when he looked at the time the movie started playing. Cam was looking over his shoulder. "Booth, don't you dare."

"What, I like the movie, I am just going to go watch."

"The movie or Dr. Brennan?"

Booth walked to the door and turned back to Cam. "The movie of course," then he flashed her a Cheshire cat grin.

Cam caught him before he left the building. "You know that talk we needed to have, I think now is the time to have it." She hooked her arm in his and started to pull him back towards her office.

Booth sat on the edge of Cam's desk as she stood in front of him with her arms crossed.

"What is going on with you?"

Booth looked confused, "What?"

"What kind of game are you playing? You never played games before."

"Cam I am not playing a game, believe me. I am just … really confused."

"Let's see if I can help with that. Start talking." Cam said as she pulled him to the couch, sitting down slightly turned toward him.

"The night Hannah and I broke up the first thing I thought was Oh my god what have I done. I destroyed a friendship and a partnership for a piece of ass." He looked at Cam with a look that could only be described as a self loathing. "I loved Hannah right? I wanted the house, the 2.5 kids, two car garage, the whole thing with her. So how could I think about Bones when I just broke up with a woman I loved?"

"You wanted to marry Hannah?" Cam looked at him in disbelief

"See, you even think it is half cracked."

"No, no, I just didn't know it was that serious."

"That was where I wanted to be in 5 years or at least that is where I think I wanted to be, she didn't. But I didn't hurt like I should have when we split. What does that say about me or about the relationship I thought we had? When I broke it off with Hannah all I could/can think about is how I messed everything up with Bones. He shook his head. "I mean look what I did. She asked for space and I wouldn't give it to her, because I didn't want to lose her, so instead I drove her away. I drove her to the point where she ended our partnership and our friendship. And now …" he hung his head "I still love her and I think I have destroyed any chance. She has Jonathan and he seems like a really good guy."

"He is a really good guy but," Booth looked up at the tone in Cam's voice "those two are a strange partnership."

"What do you mean Cam?"

"I think they want everyone to believe they are a couple, but something isn't right. I think they are just friends."

"You don't think…"

"Nope" Cam shook her head "Okay confession time." Cam took a deep breath, "From the moment I meant Dr. Weaver I have been attracted to him." She cast a sideways glance at Booth, "Don't say it" Booth held up both hands in defense. "So I watch him/them more than I should and I don't see the boyfriend/girlfriend thing, of course … I could be wrong, but don't think so."

Booth looked at Cam, "I need to get my head screwed on straight. I don't want to mess up with her again."

"Booth, you are going to have to win her back. But don't … take to long or she will have those walls back up and you won't be able to get through them.

"I know" He headed for the door stopping in the threshold. "Thanks Cam." She smiled and nodded and then he was gone.