Chapter 10

The next morning at FBI headquarters Booth walked over to his office after receiving everyone's greetings and congratulations at beating his cancer. Of course everyone made a comment about his hair being so short. Except for a lean look about him his short hair was the only reminder of what he had gone through while he was gone. When he walked over where he could see his office he stopped and just looked at what looked like 20 or more boxes of case files. Janet came and stood beside him. "Welcome back Special Agent Booth. Director Cullen wants you to go through all of these files and double check all of the expenses that the Junior agents incurred over the past 6 months. Make sure that they filed all of the appropriate forms. He has also told me that you are the temporary Director while he is gone. That means that all problems will be directed to you." Booth gave her a dirty look. Janet smiled at him, patted him on the back, and returned to her desk. "Well, I guess I have to do something while I'm stuck at my desk." He said to himself. He went into his office and removed his jacket and rolled up his sleeves. He picked up one of the boxes and put it on his desk and dug in.

Dr. Temperance Brennan walked into the Jeffersonian Medico-Lab. She didn't see anyone so she went directly to her office. Sitting on her couch she found Angela with a big grin on her face.

"Good morning." Brennan said. She went to the coat rack and exchanged her heavy winter coat for her lab coat and put it on.

"You might as well come over here, sit down and spill about your weekend. If you don't you know that I will bug you all day until you do." Angela said as she patted the couch.

Brennan gave a heavy sigh and decided not to fight it. Might as well get it over with or she won't leave me alone. She closed the door to her office first then sat down next to Angela.

Angela was so excited she could hardly contain herself. Brennan finally said "It was amazing. He was amazing. I don't think we stopped to eat more than 4 times during the whole weekend." Angela was so happy for her friend that she hugged her and was crying tears of joy.

"Tell me everything from the time you left DC." Angela said when she finally let her friend go.

Brennan proceeded to tell her everything. Not from the time they left on Friday but from Thursday night when he had walked her to her door. She only had to back track once when she explained Booths remark about not packing any toys. Angela squealed in excitement when she told her.

Outside on the lab platform Cam was looking for Angela and Dr. Brennan when she heard Angela laughing. She approached Hodgins. "What's going on?"

"I am pretty sure that Dr. Brennan is telling Angela all about her weekend with Booth." Hodgins said as he continued to work with his microscope.

"Well I have to break it up because we have a body coming in." Cam started for the stairs when she heard Brennan's office door open. "It's about time you two came out. We have a body coming in Dr. Brennan. It should be arriving in about 45 minutes. Special Agent Carl Brandish will be accompanying the body and he'll have all of the known information on it." Cam continued to look at Brennan after she gave her all of the information.

"Are you okay Dr. Brennan? You look very tired." When Hodgins heard what Cam said he rushed over to the group of women.

"You do look kind of tired Dr. Brennan." Hodgins said as he studied Dr. Brennan's face.

Cam walked around Dr. Brennan then stood back and acted like she was examining her with a careful eye. "Yes, I can see Booth's work in your every movement." Everyone started laughing at Cam's remark.

"All right you two." Brennan was blushing as she smiled at them. She reached into her pocket and pulled out the keys to the cabin. "Thank you very much for the use of your cabin. It was beautiful up there."

Hodgins took the keys from her and said "Any time Dr. Brennan, any time."

The rest of the week was filled with their processing of the body that had been found in the trunk of an old abandoned car that was fished out of a pond. Booth, at FBI headquarters, was kept busy with the boxes of files that Cullen had left him.

As per their plan Booth moved some of his clothes over to Brennan's apartment on Monday evening. On Thursday evening Brennan packed some of her things so that she could take them to Booth's apartment on Friday evening.

On Friday, while going through his 12th box of files his phone rang. He thought it might be Brennan since she was going with him to pick up Parker.

"Special Agent Seeley Booth speaking."

"Booth, this is Caroline. Judge Bentley wants you, Dr. Hodgins and Angela to join us in his chambers at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Dr. Sweets and Dr. Addy will be there."

"Okay Caroline well be there." After Booth hung up he immediately called Hodgins.

"Dr. Jack Hodgins here."

"Hodgins, this is Booth. Caroline called me and told me to get you and Angela down to the court house by 3 o'clock this afternoon. We'll meet at Judge Bentley's chambers. He's the one that heard Zack's case. Zack and Sweets will be there. I'm pretty sure that it's good news."

"We'll be there." Hodgins hung up and went looking for Angela.

He found her in her office working on giving a face to the latest victim. "I just got off of the phone with Booth. He said that Caroline wants us down at the court house to meet at the Judge's chambers that heard Zack's case at 3 o'clock. He thinks it will be good news."

"I hope so Jack; if he can come back to work here it will make all of us happy, especially Brennan." Angela said. She was quiet for a minute. He could tell she was thinking about a problem.

"What's the matter?"

"Jack, what if Cam won't take him back?"

"She will. I've discussed any misgivings that the Jeffersonian might have about Zack with Caroline. She said that the only problem that she could see is if the attorney for the defendant in a trial tries to make an issue of it. Then we will have to have enough information on Zack to prove that it has no bearing on the case. If we can't convince the Jeffersonian that we've covered all of our bases where Zack is concerned then I'll bring to bear the weight of the Cantilever group. Everything will go okay though because I've been in contact with the CEO in charge of the Jeffersonian."

Angela went to Hodgins and put her arms around his neck and kissed him. "Zack is very lucky to have a friend like you."

"Yeah, well I miss him, besides all of these interns that we get never want to play King of the Lab with me. Besides that, if anything ever went wrong with an experiment I could always blame Zack." Hodgins smiled at her and gave her another kiss then went looking for Cam.

Hodgins located Cam and told her that Angela and he were leaving early today to take care of some personnel business.

"Okay, I have to leave early myself." Cam said as she continued to work on the reports she had to turn into the Jeffersonian and the FBI.

At 2 o'clock Angela and Hodgins left to go to the courthouse. Angela had told Brennan that they had personnel business to take care of and she would see her Monday. All Brennan said was okay and that she would see her Monday.

Brennan didn't have a clue as to what was going on. She liked working by herself at the Jeffersonian; she got more done that way. She turned back to her work of examining the bones of the victim on the table without giving it anymore thought.

At 2:45 that afternoon Booth, Angela and Hodgins were outside of the door to the chambers of Judge Joseph Bentley. At 3 o'clock the door opened and Caroline came out. "Come in everyone." She said and Booth, Angela and Hodgins followed her in.

As they entered they saw Dr. Sweets and Zack sitting on one side of the Judge's desk while Caroline sat to their right. Besides the stenographer another man that neither Booth nor Angela knew was also in the room. Hodgins apparently knew him though because the stranger stood up and walked over to Hodgins and shook his hand. The man simply said "Dr. Hodgins it's good to see you again."

"Hi Don, long time no see. I want to thank you for helping us out here I know you're a busy man."

"My pleasure Dr. Hodgins." They both sat down when they heard Judge Bentley clear his throat.

"Now that we have the pleasantries out of the way and since "I am" a busy man lets continue. Dr. Hodgins I know who you are and what you can do for Dr. Addy. If I let Dr. Addy go with you I want to make sure that you understand that what you will basically be for the next 6 years will be his personal Warden. You will be responsible for him 24/7 for the next 6 years. Special Agent Booth here has promised to assist you whenever you need him. Now I want to know what provisions you have made for Dr. Addy to be in your home."

"I've hired a special guard to be with him 24 hours a day. My regular guards have been briefed on Dr. Addy's situation also and will share responsibility for him with his personnel guard. I am also having an 8 foot chain link fence installed wherever there isn't a fence currently installed."

"From what Dr. Sweets tells me Dr. Addy here has a very high IQ but lacks an understanding of the world beyond the Jeffersonian and that is what got him into the trouble he is in now. Mr. Price, are you willing to accept Dr. Addy back as an employee at the Jeffersonian?"

"Yes your Honor. Dr. Zack Addy is an exceptional young man and in looking up all of the cases that he has worked on I have found that he played a big part in helping to solve many of them. He gets along well with his fellow workers and interrelates well with everyone. I have expressed only one concern and that is what kind of problems can we expect from the court system when evidence that Dr. Addy is involved with is challenged by the defense attorneys. Other than that since Dr. Hodgins will provide for any special guards I can't foresee any problems with his return to work and I am sure that everyone will be happy to see him back, especially Dr. Brennan."

"Who is Dr. Brennan?" The Judge asked.

"Dr. Temperance Brennan is our Forensic Anthropologist that heads the team that works with Special Agent Booth to solve crimes and identify bodies with nothing but the bones to work from. Dr. Addy used to be Dr. Brennan's student." Don Price answered.

"Yes I've read Dr. Brennan's books." The judge leaned back in his chair for a few minutes while he thought about all that he had heard. He sat up and looked at Zack.

"I hope you understand how lucky you are to have such friends Dr. Addy, and I hope that you will do your best to live up to their expectations of you. I am going to let you go with Dr. Hodgins under the following stipulations. 1. You must stay with him for the next 6 years. You cannot under any circumstances leave his home or the Jeffersonian without your guard by your side and that means that essentially Dr. Jack Hodgins home and the Jeffersonian are your prison. 2. You will continue to see Dr. Sweets at least once each week for the next 6 years. 3. If you should attempt to leave without your guard you will be sent to a minimum security prison for the rest of your sentence. Do you understand the restrictions that have been placed on you and what will happen if you don't follow the rules that are set down for you?"

"Yes your Honor."

"Okay Dr. Addy I am releasing you into the custody of Dr. Jack Hodgins." The judge stood up then and it was a signal to everyone that the hearing was over.

As they all filed out Angela was the first to go to Zack and hug him. "You've been sorely missed Zack and don't worry because Jack and I will make life as normal as we possibly can for you. Brennan is going to be very happy to see you. Don't be surprised if she starts crying."

The next person to come to him was Hodgins. Hodgins just put his arms around him and unashamedly hugged him like a long lost brother. When they pulled apart they continued to hold hands. "I missed you more than anyone else Hodgins. When I was so lonely in there I knew that you would always be there each week to visit me and it was sometimes the only way that I could bear it."

Zack looked at everyone then and said "Thank you everyone for what you have done for me and I promise to do my best to live up to your expectations."

Booth walked over to Zack and put his arm around his neck and pulled him close to his side. "If you don't Zack and you cause Bones any worry at all you can be sure that I'll be paying you a visit."

As they were about to leave the door to the Judge's office opened. "Agent Booth, may I speak to you for a minute?" Judge Bentley asked. Booth went over to him and the Judge opened the door to admit Booth.

When the Judge closed the door Booth asked "Is there something else sir?"

"Yes there is." Bentley sheepishly held out a book to Booth. Booth could see that it was one Brennan's books. "Would you ask Dr. Brennan to autograph my book for me?"

Booth took the book and said "I am sure that she will be happy to sign it for you or would you like to meet her and ask her to sign it yourself?"

"Yes I think I would like that." Bentley said with a big grin on his face. Booth realized then that he was just like any other fan of Brennan's. Booth took out a pen and piece of paper and wrote Brennan's office phone number on it and gave it to Bentley.

"Here is her office number. I'll let her know that you will be calling. Do you happen to have a business card that I could give her?" Bentley gave him his business card and thanked Booth.

When Booth rejoined the group they all walked out of the court house together. Since the car Hodgins and Angela rode in only had room for two people Zack rode to Hodgins house with Booth.

Booth followed Hodgins to his estate. Hodgins stopped at the gate and waited for a guard to come out and open the gates. The guard recognized his car and just waved them in after opening the gates.

"The gates and fencing are new. When did Hodgins have it put up?" Zack asked.

"Just this past week."

"It's because of me isn't it?" Zack asked.

"Yes Zack, all for you."

The guard waved them in and closed the gate after them. Hodgins let Angela out at the front door then drove to the garages where he parked the car. Booth parked at the front and they followed Angela into the house. Hodgins joined them within a few minutes.

"Zack, this is your home for the next 6 years." Hodgins said. A man as big as Booth came over and stood by Hodgins.

Hodgins made the introductions. "Zack this is Lee Farmer. Lee this is Dr. Zack Addy." Zack extended his hand in greeting. Lee stepped forward and shook his hand.

"Hey Booth." Lee said as he nodded at Booth in greeting. Booth nodded back.

"I have to go Hodgins but before I do Lee and I want to have a few words with Zack in private. You have a room where you work out don't you?"

"Yes I'll show you." Hodgins said as he walked behind the stairs. They went down a long corridor and opened one of the doors that led into a well equipped gymnasium. Booth, Zack and Lee walked in and Lee closed the door behind him.

Hodgins ran back down the hallway to another room. Angela was already in there. It was a surveillance room with a row of monitors on a table. Angela was watching the monitor that had a view of the gym. She turned the volume up when Hodgins joined her. Booth had already told them what he was going to be doing.

They watched as Booth took his coat and shirt off and threw them over a piece of equipment. Lee did the same thing. Both men had well defined muscles that Zack could easily see. Booth went over to the bench that held a bar with weights attached to the ends of the bar.

"What do you usually exercise with?" Lee asked Booth.

"Well I used to do 250 but I'm not back up to that yet. Let's bring it up to 200." Booth said as he pulled off the weights that were on it. He put one large weight on the bar while Lee did the other. He laid down on the bench and Lee went to the top of the bench and helped Booth to lift the bar. Booth let it go to his chest then lifted the bar ten times. When he wanted to put it back on the resting posts Lee helped him lift it up all the way. Booth got up. "What can you do?" He asked Lee.

"About 300." They proceeded to add weights to the bar then Lee lay down and Booth helped him to lift the bar off of the resting supports. He lifted it 10 times then put it back on the resting posts.

Booth and Lee sat down on benches in front of Zack and just looked at him.

"I understand that you did this in front of me so that I would know what you could do to me if I should try anything." Zack said as he looked at the two big men that didn't even break a sweat as they lifted the weights. Booth and Lee got up and put their shirts and jackets back on. Booth went over to Zack and put his arm around his shoulder.

"See, I told you he would catch on real fast Lee." The two men laughed and they all walked back to the entrance. Angela and Hodgins acted like they had been standing there waiting for the men to come back.

"I'm going to leave now Zack." Booth said. He walked up to Zack and put his hands on each shoulder and said "Don't make us regret what we did today Zack."

"I won't Agent Booth." Zack said. Booth slapped him lightly on his cheek then turned and left.

Booth went directly to Brennan's apartment. When he got to her apartment he knocked on her door and waited. Within the next minute she opened the door and walked out pulling a suitcase behind her. Booth gave her a kiss then took the suitcase from her and waited while she locked her door.

"How was your day Bones?"

"Very productive. We finished identifying the body that Special Agent Brandish brought in on Monday. How has your first week back been?" Brennan asked as they waited for the elevator to come to their floor.

They heard the ding of the elevator announcing that it had reached their floor. As they rode the elevator down to the underground parking lot Booth said "Busy, besides going through all of the Junior Agents files I had to deal with several issues that Janet needed my help on."

"How are you feeling? Are you keeping up with your exercises and taking all of your medication and vitamins?"

"Yes, I take them every day at the appointed time. I also work out at the gym for an hour each day and I run at least one mile on the treadmill." Booth reported as they walked to his SUV.

"Very good, but you haven't said how your feeling." Bones said as they got into the SUV and drove towards Rebecca's home. Booth had called her when he had gotten the call from Caroline and let her know that he would pick up Parker as soon as he left the Courthouse.

"I'm a little tired but it's a good tired. You know what I mean?"

"Yes, your glad to be back but your back and buttocks aren't used to sitting in a chair for long periods of time anymore. Maybe your chair will form to your butt after awhile like the father on the Simpsons did. I liked that show and it was very funny even though I know that it's a cartoon and the things they portray aren't real."

"Cartoons are meant to entertain Bones. The very fact that they are cartoons shows that they aren't real." Booth was quiet for a moment. "I think you're starting to have too much influence on my thinking Bones, because I'm starting to sound like you." They both laughed at his comment. They had been partners for so long now that Booth was starting to sound like Bones and Bones sometimes caught herself talking like Booth.

As Booth pulled up in front of Rebecca's house Parker came running out to his father. Booth quickly got out of the SUV and went running to meet his son. Parker practically jumped in his arms. Booth caught him and swung him around and around. Even though Parker was starting to get to big to be carried all of the time Booth and his son were so happy to see each other that he gladly held onto his son and hugged him fiercely. Brennan followed them into the house when Booth waved at her to come in.

Booth finally put his son down when Rebecca greeted him. Booth and Parker were so happy to see each other that they both had to wipe their tears away with the back of their hands. Parker came over to his father, when he finally sat down on the couch. Brennan noticed that Parker was wearing a cap like Booth was and that Parkers curly blond hair wasn't showing.

"Take your hat off Daddy." Booth did as his son said and when he pulled it off Parker took his hat off. They looked at each other and laughed. Parker's hair was just as short as his fathers.

"What happened to you?" Booth asked.

"When you sent a picture of your head after Dr. Bones shaved your hair off I told Mommy I wanted to get my hair shaved off also so that you wouldn't feel bad all by yourself."

Booth hugged his son again. When he let him go he said "Thank you Parker, your right, I don't feel so bad since you look just like me now."

Parker hugged his father again and said "I love you Daddy and I missed you so much."

Booth couldn't help but start crying as he held his son. "I missed you too son." He kissed him then let him go. "Why don't you go get your things so we can go?"

As Parker ran into his bedroom Booth watched him go and said "It seems like he has grown several inches." He pulled out his handkerchief and wiped his eyes and blew his nose.

"He has grown several inches. I bought him new clothes at the beginning of the school year and I just had to go and buy him one size larger this week. I hope you're well stalked with food also because he seems to have a bottomless pit for a stomach. I think he is going to be built just like you Booth." Rebecca said.

"You mean he is going to be so handsome that he'll have to beat the girls off with a stick." Booth said with a smile.

"He definitely has your winning charm. Watch out Dr. Brennan or he'll give you one of his smiles to win you over to his way of thinking. Between the two of them you'll be lucky if you come out of this weekend with all of your ribs in place." Rebecca said as she packed her son's books in his back pack that he had to take with him since his father was going to be dropping him off at school on Monday.

Brennan looked at Booth for an explanation of what Rebecca just said. "Why would my ribs be out of place?"

Booth looked at her and smiled. "She means that between Parker and I, we'll have you doing whatever we say. Because when we bat our big brown eyes at you and give you the Booth boys look we will have you twisted around our little fingers so tightly that we might break your ribs."

Bones looked at Rebecca with a serious face. "Thank you for the warning; I will endeavor to keep my guard up."

Parker came back into the living room pulling his little suitcase with him. "Okay Daddy, I'm ready." He went to his mother and gave her a kiss and hug goodbye. Rebecca walked them to the front porch and watched them drive away.

"How does Pizza sound for tonight?" Booth asked as he drove to his apartment.

"Yeah Pizza." Parker yelled.

"That sounds good. We can order salads also." Brennan said.

"Pizza it is then. What have you been doing during the last 4 months Parker?" Booth asked.

"Nothing much, but I have a girlfriend now." Parker said.

"You do? What's her name and what does she look like? Have you kissed her yet?" Booth fired off the questions one right after another.

"Her name is Pamela and she has long, pretty brown hair and she's as tall as me. I kissed her today when I walked her to her house." Parker was blushing when he told them he had kissed Pamela.

"Wow! You're a fast worker. I didn't kiss your Mom until our 2nd date. Where did you kiss her, on her lips or on her cheek?"

"I only kissed her on her cheek because her Daddy was standing at the door."

"Yeah we men have to be careful of Daddy's." Booth said. He looked at Brennan and smiled.

Both Booths and Brennan's weekend centered on Parker. They took him to see a movie on Saturday but spent most of the time at the apartment. Poor Brennan had to put up with watching Sports all day on Sunday. On Monday Booth dropped Parker off at school while Brennan took her own car into work. As soon as he dropped Parker off Booth bee lined it to the Jeffersonian so he would be there when Angela and Hodgins came in with Zack.

Cam, of course, knew what was going on so she knew the reason why Hodgins and Angela would be late coming in. While Angela went to the Medico-Lab, Hodgins and Lee took Zack to personnel where Mr. Price had already informed the head of the department about Zack and the special circumstances under which he would be working at the Jeffersonian. Since Lee would have to be with Zack most of the time he had to be given ID cards also.

"Where is Hodgins Angela?" Brennan asked. She knew that they were living together and that they always came in together. And Hodgins was late.

"He had to go to personnel about something and he'll be here in 15 to 30 minutes." Angela said as she went by the platform and to her office. When she got into her office she called Cam's cell phone.

Cam was on the top walkway where they had a section where people could sit and have lunch or just get away from the work for a few minutes. She had been setting up a welcome home party for Zack.

"Dr. Saroyan speaking."

"Cam, this is Angela. Do you need for me to get anything?"

"No everything is set up. All we need is Zack and Hodgins."

"They should be here any minute now. Bye." Angela put her cell phone away and walked out to the platform. As she approached the platform she saw Cam coming downstairs and heading for the platform also. They saw that Brennan was already on the platform and examining an old skeleton. Both Cam and Angela came and stood at the center table so that Brennan's back would be turned away from the entrance.

"So how did your weekend with Parker go? I bet he was happy to see Booth after so long." Angela said.

"Yes he was. You should have seen him. When I sent you the picture of Booth after I shaved his head Booth told me to send one to Rebecca so Parker could see him also. When Parker saw his father with a bald head he told his mother that he wanted his head shaved also because he didn't want his father to feel bad. As soon as we got to his house he took his hat off to show Booth and they hugged each other. They both rubbed each other's head and hugged some more. Booth loves his son so much. He would be devastated if he should ever lose him."

Brennan turned when she heard the card reader buzz. She expected to see just Hodgins but found more. At the bottom of the steps to the platform she saw Dr. Zack Addy, Booth and another man that she didn't know.

"Zack, what are you doing here? Did you escape again?"

Zack used his new pass card and walked up to the platform. Booth and the stranger followed him up. Zack walked over and stood in front of Brennan.

"No, I'm here to report for my first day of work." For the first time everyone saw Dr. Temperance Brennan speechless.

When she was able to regain control of her voice again she asked, "But how? Did they let you go? Did you get a pardon? You obviously know what is going on Booth. Please explain this to me."

Booth came over and explained to her what Caroline had done for Zack and why the Judge had let Zack out of the hospital. "Bones, this is Lee Farmer, Zack's personal guard. Lee this is Dr. Temperance Brennan, my partner and Zack's supervisor." Brennan shook Lee's hand. Booth then introduced Lee to Cam.

Brennan hadn't made a move towards Zack and he thought that maybe she wasn't glad to see him back.

"Dr. Brennan, if you don't want me back here the Judge said that I can go to the minimum security prison and serve out my sentence."

Brennan looked at Zack. "Of course I want you back Zack. I've missed you so much." She went to Zack and hugged him. She kissed him on his cheek and stood back. She had started crying while she hugged him. She turned to Hodgins and hugged him. "Thank you Hodgins."

"We all wanted him back Dr. Brennan. I wanted my best friend back also." Hodgins said as he put his arm around Zack's shoulder. "He's like the younger brother I never had."

"Okay everyone that's enough crying lets go upstairs I have some coffee up there along with a welcome home cake." Brennan put her arm through Zack's and they went upstairs. They spent the next 30 minutes celebrating Zack's return to the Jeffersonian. At the end of the party Booth returned to FBI headquarters and his stacks of files while Brennan put Zack to work helping her to identify some World War II bones. At first Brennan was concerned that Zack couldn't do the work because of the injury to his hands when he had let chemicals explode in "his" hands in order to protect Hodgins. When it came time to work though Zack just pulled off his gloves, and although they were badly scarred he was able to use them to do delicate work.

At the end of the day Zack and Lee went home with Hodgins and Angela. All during the day Lee had spent his time in the monitoring room where he could keep an eye on Zack and yet not get in the way or look too conspicuous.

At the end of the week Booth went to the hospital and under the care of the FBI's doctor and his own doctor he was put through various tests to see if he was fit enough to return to field duty.

When he went through the last physical test he asked the doctors "Well what's the verdict Doc? Are you two satisfied with my physical condition?"

Dr. Williams, the FBI doctor spoke up first. "As far as we can see Booth, you're fit for duty. You've recovered from the cancer and you're in better shape than anyone has a right to be after what you went through. I'll send the paper work to personal today and you are, as of today, cleared for field duty."

"Thank you, thank you very much. It will be good to get out again." Booth turned then and went to take a shower before he went to the Jeffersonian to give Brennan the good news.

It was 4 o'clock when he was finally able to get to the Lab. When he got to the Medico-Lab he found everyone on the platform. He swiped his card through the card reader and ran up the stairs. They all turned and looked at him. Brennan straightened up from where she was bending over a skeleton that was on the center table. "Well?"

"Well what." Booth said with an innocent grin on his face.

Everyone else looked up at him also and waited for the answer they were all hoping for.

When he saw that he had all eyes on him he threw up his arms and shouted "I am officially back and cleared for field duty. I want to invite everyone to Wong Foo's for a celebration dinner." He put his arms around Brennan and bent her backwards with a kiss.

"Wooooooooooo!" Angela yelled when they saw Booth show affection for Brennan in front of them.

"I see I am going to have to keep two buckets of cold water in my office from now on. One for Angela and Hodgins and one for Dr. Brennan and Booth." Cam was shaking her head as she went into her office to get her coat and purse.

Hodgins pulled his cell phone out and called Lee to tell him to come to the Lab so he could go to Wong Foo's with them. As soon as he joined them they all went to their cars.

On Monday morning Booth came into the Medico-Lab and stood at the foot of the stairs to the platform and said "Come on Bones, we have a case. Hurry up and get your gear. Chop, Chop."

Brennan looked at the rest and gave a heavy sigh. "I guess it is business as usual now." Brennan said as she went running to her office to get her gear and coat. They all knew she didn't mean it though. Their biggest clue was that she had a big grin on her face as she went running into her office.

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