Finally a case! And this looked like an interesting one too. Plus, it was another 'field trip.' To California! Booth arrived at the Jeffersonian pretty quickly. As soon as he saw Brennan he called out.

"Bones, you better pack your bags! We're going to California!" She didn't complain like she used to when he whisked her off on a field trip. This time she just sighed and looked grumpy for a second before she said

"When do we have to leave?"

"Our flight is in four hours. Pack your bags!" He led her to her office so she could get her things then he yelled over to Cam. "Cam! I'm kidnapping the anthropologist! Orders of the F.B.I.!"

"You ever been to a town called Santa Cruz?" Booth asked her as they drove to the airport together.

"No."

"Great, a new experience for both of us. We're ganna be in the county of Santa Cruz, in a place called the San Lorenzo Valley. They found some bones in the forest, so now we are coming."

"Let me guess, they didn't release the body, so that's why we have to go there?"

"Yep, and Bones, these people aren't too familiar with homicides. The last one completely shook up the town. One of the employs at the local market, who was pregnant, was killed. They figured out who it was, but people stopped going to the market, people quit. Everyone in the town was freaked, even if they didn't know the lady, or the murderer. It will probably be hard to get much out of them. They don't need much publicity, they got hundred foot tall trees for that."

"Wait, we are going to see redwoods?!" She was excided. Red woods! Booth laughed. Was he laughing at her?

"Good, you're enthusiastic." Booth pulled into the long term parking garage and quickly found a parking space. He and Brennan got out of the car, and went around to the trunk to get out their luggage. Booth pulled out his, and before Brennan could reach for hers he grabbed it too.

"Booth, I can get my own luggage."

"Never said you couldn't Bones." This really didn't annoy her that much, but she tried reaching for her bag anyway. Booth pulled it away and began walking, pulling both of the suit cases behind him.

"Booth, you don't have to get my luggage for me!" She said, trying to look annoyed, but failed as soon as he flashed her a smile. Her failure resulted in her smiling back at him, and no longer grabbing for her bag.

They made it through the lines quickly, a result of the first class tickets Bones had gotten for them. Booth had refused at first, but he finally let her upgrade his flight too, using her extra Miles. Booth had never flown first class before. There was extra leg room, they got a free meal instead of a ten dollar one, and they brought you Champaign. It was great.

They were on the plane by eight-ten and on the runway by eight-thirty-five. Bones was sitting in her chair reading a book with head phones in her ears. Booth was struggling with a stubborn bag of peanuts. When he finally got the bag open, the peanuts flew all over him and Bones. She set down her book and took out her head phones.

"Booth, why are there peanuts all over me?" Booth turned a little red.

"Uh, sorry." He said. She then stuffed her head phones and book in her carry-on.

"Did you bring anything to do?"

"Yeah, uh, my ipod." Booth said. He glanced something she was hiding from him for only a second. She was tired. She had probably spent all night at the lab looking at the new remains from a thousand years ago. What part of 'normal people leave work at five pm' did she not understand? Or the more blunt ' Bones, make sure you don't stay at the lab all night.' He didn't say anything though, just smiled at her, because she proved what he had suspected.

"Okay Booth. I may go to sleep soon." She paused, probably to think of an excuse for why she was going to sleep so early besides 'I broke my promise.' "Flights make me tired."

"What ever you say Bones." She smiled, and then a flight attendant came over and dropped off menus for them so they could order diner.

An hour later, after Bones had eaten part of her meal, and Booth had eaten all of his, Bone's was resting against the window. Booth had stolen her book out of her bag and tried to read it, but was bored by it. He looked over at Bone's, who lay so peacefully in sleep. She stirred, and Booth worried for a moment, that she would be awaken, when she so much needed the sleep. But she only flipped over, now resting her head on Booth's lap, without even realizing it. Booth smiled, then rest his head back, letting himself take one more glimpse at his partner's perfect features, then closed his eyes and drifted off into sleep.

"Bones, Bones wake up."She felt someone shaking her a bit.

"Booth" she said tiredly. After comprehending who she was waking up with, she freaked a bit. Wait? What happened? Then she remembered, they were on a plane. She rubbed her eyes and sat up, fixed her hair with her hands and turned to give Booth a small smile.

"We're landing. Gotta put on the seat belt." She reached over and plugged in the seat belt, waiting to hear the little click that came with it. "How did you sleep?"

"Fine," She said, "for being in a plane." How long do we have to drive before we make it to our hotel?"

"Motel, Bones. We're staying at a Motel. Small town, remember?"

"Oh, yeah. How long?" She asked again.

"'Bout an hour and a half since there isn't much traffic in the middle of the night."

"Hour and a half?!"

"Small town Bones, Small town." Great, probably about two or three hours before she got a bed to sleep in. She had slept five hours on the plane, and it was eleven o'clock due to the time change. She still was going to get more sleep than most nights.

"You know, you didn't tell me much about this. Can you tell me everything on the way there?"

"Bones, you should sleep in the car, I'll tell you in the morning." She felt thankful for this. She didn't protest. She didn't say a word more, just smiled. He smiled back.

After picking up their rental car, they set off to the small town on highway 101 south. Bone's slept while booth drove. At two in the morning they were at Quality Inn. They took their suitcases into their separate rooms and both crashed immediately, so to be ready for the next day.

Sorry I didn't over book the motel or something to get them to have to share a room, but it was too unrealistic. If I did that it would not seam like a small town.