It was late on a Friday night when Special Agent Seeley Booth decided to rescue his partner Dr. Temperance Brennan from the empty lab of the Jeffersonian. As he drove over there he thought of when this had become such a regular thing for him to do. He would be sitting at home relaxing from a hard week's work and then he would think of his partner and then he would just have to see her. He was pulled out of his thoughts as his phone rang. "Booth" he said slightly shocked as he realised that the woman that was occupying his thoughts was on the other end of the line. "Hey, Can you please come over- I need to see you" She said quite nervously. Booth thought that that was a bit odd but he paid no heed to it "Sure... are you at the lab or at your house?" even though he had a feeling what she would say, he felt the need to ask. "I'm at the lab". He knew it, now did he know his partner or what? After a moment he realised her tone of voice. "Bones, Are you ok? You sound very... Nervous and scared" "I'm fine, just come over to the lab please" she said close to tears. Booth's heart broke as he heard the slight shake and the quietness of her normally self-confident and self-assured voice. "I'm already on my way, do you need anything?" he asked her and now he was feeling quite uneasy. "No...Just you" She replied. If she didn't sound so worried and distressed Booth would have probably taken the mickey out of her but he couldn't do that to her when she was like this "Be there in a few" he told her as he hung up the phone and increased his speed.

When Booth got there about 7 minutes later, he immediately went to her office and when he got to the door he saw her crawled up on the couch with puffy red eyes. "Bones" he said, not too quiet but not too loud as to startle her "what's wrong?" "I..." "I..." she tried again but to no avail. Booth could see the hurt and pain in her eyes and so he sat down beside her and put his arms around her as he once promised her that when she got scared- she could hug him "Hey, it's ok it's ok" They stayed in silence for about 15 minutes and then Brennan started again "I got a phone call from the police a little while ago and they told me that they think my dad was in an accident, they said... They said that they need me to go down to the morgue at the station to identify that it is him and I tried to go but I couldn't bring myself to drive down there and then I didn't know who else to call and..." she trailed off as fresh tears stung her eyes "its ok, I'm here. Do you want me to take you down there?" Booth said as he didn't know what else he could do. Her eyes went up to look into his as he said these words and she automatically felt a bit better. She didn't know what she did to deserve a partner as kind as this but she definitely wasn't complaining. "Can you stay with me please?" she asked him really hoping for him to say yes as she didn't know if she could get through this without him. "You know I will" He said as calmly as he could. "Are you ready to go?" he asked her after another 5 minutes of silence "I, I think so"

With that, they were out the door and on their way to the morgue. The drive there was filled with a silence as neither of them needed to say anything, both knowing that Booth's presence was enough of a comfort. When they arrived there, Booth opened the door for Brennan and she held onto his hand as soon as he locked the SUV. Booth looked down at their conjoined hands and smiled internally at his lovely partner showing her vulnerability, even though it was at a time in need. Part of him was honoured that in her time of helplessness, she chose to turn to him and that she required his help. When they entered the police station, they walked up to the desk and Booth took over from then by telling them why they were there and all other required information. Booth looked over at Brennan as the police officer looked through the files and when he saw her looking down at the ground with her little lost girl look on her face. He gave her hand a reassuring squeeze which caused her to look up at him as he gave her his best attempt at a reassuring smile. The police officer found the file that he was looking for and then he told Brennan to follow him. Brennan's hand tightened its grip on Booth and he took that as a sign to tell the officer that he would be accompanying her to the morgue. "I have to go with her" He said, not caring that his voice held so much force which seemed to have scared the officer "Sure, sure just follow me please, Sir"

They followed the officer down to the morgue and Brennan's grip never ceased on Booth's hand. When they arrived at the morgue they were met by another officer who introduced himself as Officer Hanson. Booth introduced Brennan and himself and then they were shown the body on the autopsy table covered only by a thin white sheet. Brennan was staring at the sheet and only came back to reality when Booth tugged on her hand. The officer took off the top of the sheet only to reveal the top of the body. When Brennan sawthe body, she burst into tears and turned and cried into Booth's shoulder with loud sobs. Booth confirmed the identity and accepted the apologies of thge officers. He helped Brennan fill out the appropiate forms and then took her home. As they pulled into Brennan's apartment complex, Booth looked over to see Brennan staring blankly out the window. He got out of the car and went round to her side to help her out, he helped her out and she flung herself at him. She threw her arms around his neck and he held her tight as they shared a long hug. "thank you for everything Booth. I really appreciate it" she whispered into his ear "its ok Bones" he replied. "Anytime" he said with a smile "Anytime"