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Dr. Temperance Brennan was in her office, working late. Again. This was normal for her these days. Once, not long ago, she'd be at a bar with her partner, Special Agent Seeley Booth, celebrating the closing of a case. But, those days were over. Booth had Hannah to celebrate with now. And, unlike her celebrations with him, which consisted of alcohol and a discussion that related to their case, she knew Booth and Hannah's celebrations were nothing like that.

Brennan was alone again. It was no big deal when she was younger. But, she had gotten used to having people around her now. Friends who she knew would do almost anything for her. They had proved that time and time again. Family that she was slowly letting back into her life. She couldn't blame any of them though. Life continued. People evolved. Things changed. Nothing, no matter how much you want them to, stays the same.

Therefore, after much thinking, she was seriously considering accepting one of the many job offers she received. Almost every university was offering her a position, trying to outdo the others and the Jeffersonian to have her work for them. With the people around her moving on, she thought it was time for her to do so as well. Take the chance for a fresh start. Go somewhere where people had heard of her but didn't really know her.

Hearing a knock on her door, she looked up to see Angela standing there, with Hodgins, Cam and Wendell behind her. "Hey, Sweetie. We're going for drinks at the Founding Fathers tonight. Do you wanna come with us?" She asked.

"I believe I would enjoy that." Brennan replied. The others looked shocked at this. Brennan rarely went anywhere these days. "If you could wait for one moment, however, I have one other piece of business to deal with first." She pulled a manilla envelope out of her desk drawer, signed the papers inside and sealed it. Walking over to Cam, she handed her the envelope. At Cam's look of confusion, Brennan explained. "Dr. Saroyan, I formally tender my 30 day resignation. I have decided to leave the Jeffersonian at the beginning of next month."

Cam gave her a sad smile. "While I don't really want to do this," she took a deep breath, "Dr. Brennan, I accept your resignation, effective at the beginning of next month."

"Thank you, Dr. Saroyan." Brennan said. "And before you ask, I am certain about this. I feel it's time for me to move on." she added. "Now, how about those drinks?"

Brennan decided to take a taxi to the restaurant instead of driving in case she wasn't okay to drive later. Angela rode with her, asking questions and questioning Bren's sanity. "Sweetie, are you sure about this? I mean, this doesn't seem a little nuts to you?"

"Absolutely not, Angela. Everyone's moving forward in life, and I feel like I'm standing still sometimes and other times like I'm going in reverse. It's time I started moving forward as well, and that includes leaving the Jeffersonian. I've gone as far there as I'm going to go." With that, she turned to look out the window.

Angela frowned. Brennan wasn't herself. She knew that something had happened in Bren's life recently, something big, but didn't know what. It had to be something big, but not a good thing, if Brennan was leaving.

'Well, I have a month to get to the bottom of it.' she thought to herself.

Entering the Founding Fathers, the group walked toward a table where Sweets was waiting. Cam had him go ahead of everyone to save a table.

"Hey, guys. Check it out. They're having a piano night. It's kind of like karaoke, so I'm signing up." he said, making the group laugh. "Anyone want to sign up with me? There's a 2 song maximum limit."

"I will, Sweets. For the 2 songs." Brennan said, shocking everyone again. They hadn't expected that. The last time she sang in public, Booth was shot by Pam Noonan.

"Alright, Dr. Brennan. Anyone else?" he asked. When everyone else shook their heads in the negative, he went to sign himself and Dr. Brennan up. As he did, Brennan went to order the drinks. He got back to the table at the same time as her. He had a song book in his hands.

"Would you like to look through the song list?" he asked her.

"No, thank you, Sweets. I already know what I'm doing. My songs aren't in the book." she answered.

After about an hour of other performers, it was Brennan's turn. It was time to show a whole other side of herself. The group already knew she could sing from her short performance at the Checkerbox a few years ago. What nobody seemed to remember, or notice, is that behind the logical scientist was a woman who was once a normal teenage girl, who spent her time listening to normal teenage music in the 80's.

With that thought, she took a deep breath and took the stage. "Hello. I'd like to dedicate this song to a very special man, even though he is not here."

If only that were true. For sitting in the back, in a darkened corner, was Special Agent Seeley Booth, and his girlfriend, Hannah.

Hi, everyone. Really hope you enjoyed this so far. Will have the next chapter up in a few days. Please review and tell me what you thought.