That's just too funny the way Levi tucked Tara into bed. When I was growing up we had a dog that did things like that.

Dianna

This is great.....can't wait to read more....keep it coming....


~laura michelle~

Awesome job!!! Can't wait for more =)

*********of course, the love potion is still around..... **************

“Well, so nice of you to return”

“What, you’ve been waiting around for me to fall asleep again all day? I would think that as a Genie, you’d surely have something else to do?” Lucy arched a brow at the Genie.

“You ARE my something else. You wake me up from a thousand year sleep and then don’t come back for 12 hours? That’s almost inexcusably rude. I should just turn my back right now and leave.”

“Go ahead. I don’t need you. Tara’s helping me with the situation, we can handle it.”

“If you’d just be quiet, you’d realize that I can’t go anywhere. It’s the curse of being a genie, once activated, you have to grant the wishes before you can just go away again. So, without further adieu, would you please make your first wish?”

“Don’t rush me. Before I make the wish, explain something to me. Obviously, I can’t take an actual love potion from you and bring it out of my dream and into real world. So if we gather the scents that remind Sue of Jack and somehow figure out the same things for reminding Jack of Sue….. they’ll act like a love potion and help to remind them they like each other?”

“Sort of. Since you can’t actually make the potion, you just have to figure out the ultimate scent that triggers the thought process.” The Genie said drolly. “Now, before you wake up again? Your first wish, please?”

“Ok, my first wish is that Tara and I can do enough to make Jack and Sue think about each other before the party, causing them to take advantage of the situation once we’ve accomplished our teams goal at the party.”

“Fine, done, or it will be. When’s the party?”

Lucy smirked at the impatient genie. “Halloween. You’re stuck with me for the next couple weeks.”

The genie rolled his eyes and gave a huffy sigh. “Fine, fine. Whatever. And your second wish?”

Lucy never got to make her second wish as the alarm went off, gently blaring the beginning of another work day. She had to be first up so they would make it through a shower schedule for three people today. She paused for a moment, shaking her head. She’d had that dream again and needed to tell Tara. She walked into the living room and found Tara already up, drinking coffee and watching the news. “Well, I’m surprised you’re up. Did you sleep ok?”

Tara nodded. “Oh, yes, but you see, before I went to bed, I’d programmed your coffee pot for a certain time so that it would wake me up before you. So I’m done in the bathroom, I’ll just wait for you guys.” Pointing to her coffee cup she indicated that she was doing just fine.

Lucy laughed. “You could have slept in, but that’s ok. I had another dream last night.”

Tara stared at her with wide eyes. “Another dream with Myles as the Genie? What did he say this time?”

“Oh, he was demanding my first wish.” Scratching her head, Lucy continued. “I can’t remember exactly what I wished, but he did say that our idea of finding Jack’s scent should help trigger Sue to the right direction.”

Tara nodded, “Good. Operation Match is in full swing. We might need some additional assistance on this one. I’ll keep my ears and eyes open for anyone wanting to assist.” She waggled her eyebrows in her best Groucho Marx imitation at Lucy, causing her to bust up laughing.

“Well, I’m just going in for a quick shower, Sue should be up soon. She showers at night so, she’ll be ready quickly.” Lucy stated, as Levi snuck up behind her and jumped on her, making her squeal at the unexpected nudge.

“Yep, Lucy, you’d better hurry, Sue and Levi are already up and we’ll be late because we’re waiting on you.” Tara laughed. “Good morning Sue! Coffee is already ready. We just have to wait for Lucy.”

Sue giggled her own agreement. “Yeah, she got up early just so she could be the last one ready.” Lucy rolled her eyes at them and headed off to do her morning routine so they could make it to work on time.

I wonder when Lucy will figure out that the genie is real???

Joy

i'm sorry but myles as a genie, i still think its hilarious



you think your doing something right and then it all back fires. well lucy just take your time, if these ladies are already done, then enjoy your time in the bathroom

greets law

Myles as the Genie That's just too funny.interesting concept of the dream can't wait to see how your story works out.

Dianna

I'm getting excited to meet Booth since I haven't met him before. I had great fun catching up...printed 19 pages of stories and read them on the bus.

kav

I wonder what kind of after shave Jack does wear. You know it's got to smell fabulous and that one whif would make you

Em

*** I know... I'm getting excited to introduce you to Booth.... I can only hope I've done true justice to Him and Bones. Tara has a bit more to realize about herself through this fiction.... Not that it's a bad thing.... ******** Oh and once again... anything you might recognize is of course not mine!**


They quickly piled in the car as soon as Lucy was ready for the day, knowing that there would be donuts and more coffee at the bullpen. “So, Tara?” Sue asked, turning towards the backseat, as Lucy was driving. “Did we answer enough of your question last night?” At Tara’s puzzled look, she hastened to clarify her question. “About WHO Tara is?”

“Oh, that question.” Tara grinned. “Yes. I think between my friend on myspace and the two of you making sure I’m aware that there’s someone, The ONE, out there for me. It’s just a matter of letting him come to me, without rushing him. Wherever he is and whoever he is.”

Lucy exchanged a quick glance with Sue, before studying Tara in the rear view mirror. “So about this one guy Tara…. When you close your eyes, what characteristics about him, pop into your head?”

Sue looked at Lucy quizzically. “But, Luce, if she doesn’t know WHO he is, how would she know WHAT he looks like?”

Lucy giggled. “Oh, no Sue, that’s not what I meant. If she closes her eyes and focuses her thoughts on HIM, she’ll say the first things that pop into her head. Perhaps giving us an idea of where she needs to allow her heart to lead her.”

Tara brightened, “Oh, I see. I like that idea. We have about 15 minutes until we hit the parking garage. So give me a moment.” Tara closed her eyes and scrunched up her face in concentration. She focused her thoughts inward and a slow grin spread across her face. "“OK… what am I supposed to do now?” she asked, cracking one eye open and looking at Lucy.

“Ok, Tara. I want you to think carefully and just answer with the first thing that comes to mind. Smile?”

“Dimples”

“Height?”

“Tall, like a foot taller than me, but it’s not awkward”

“Sense of humor?”

“Off the charts, he makes me laugh a lot.”

“His name?”

“Bobby” When she heard what she had just said, Tara’s eyes flew open and she clapped her hands over her mouth. Lucy had asked the questions rapidly and it wasn’t until she said his name that she realized who she had been describing. Lowering her hands so that Sue could see her lips, she groaned. “Tell me I didn’t just do what I think I did….”

“Fine.” Sue said. “You didn’t just do what you thought you did." She paused. "But Tara, don’t you see? You did and I’m not surprised. Bobby means a lot to you and I think if you paid some attention to the attitude in the bullpen, I think you’d find that you mean a lot to him.”

“But, but…I can’t” Tara wailed. “I can’t possibly be in love with Bobby Manning! He steals my stapler…”

“Only because he likes to tease you.” Lucy said calmly. “Back in the old days, he probably would have dipped your ribbons in the inkwell instead.”

“He said kissing me reminded him of that, that dingbat!” Tara covered her eyes with her hands.

“He was still processing the pain.” Sue reassured her. “If you ever gave him the chance, I’m sure he’d like to rescind the statement.”

“But, not Bobby! One of us will have to transfer….” Tara muttered. “That’s it, I’ll transfer. I have to, Myles will have a field day if he finds out about this.” She looked out the window sadly, staring off into the distance.

“Tara, sweetie, no one said anything about doing anything.” Lucy said. “So your dreamguy seems to be presenting himself in the form of Bobby Manning. He could just be the closest thing you have right now. Maybe there is still the one person out there. And liking him is not against office policy. I’ll do a little more checking into the situation for you, ok? Don’t worry about tomorrow, today. Tomorrow never comes. Besides, you need to be on your toes today, Tippy. Booth’s coming in an hour and a half. We’re here. Let’s go get you fixed up again.” They exited the car and headed straight to the restroom where Lucy and Sue fixed Tara’s hair again- it had gotten messed up when she threw her hands over here head. And touched up her make up where the mascara had become a bit smudged, all under the watchful, approving eye of Levi, who barked every once in a while as if to tell Tara himself, that things were ok. After all, he adored Bobby just about as much as he adored Jack.

I say stop fighting it, Tara!! And I'm pretty sure Levi would agree!!!

Joy

Oh Tara you are so busted. You know that Lucy will be setting you up next.
Better be prepared.

Dianna

I agree - Tara stop fighting it! <This could be in your future!!!!

Em

quit fighting it tara

cath

Love can be so cruel at times, can't it? And I haven't met Booth yet, you know

kav

I know, I know... you haven't met Booth yet... He will show up! Right now... the thing is... I changed parts of the next post and haven't gotten to the library that allows me to send it to myself from the disk... so... I... um... hang on... let's check it out...

yep. forgot a totally significant part of the next post when I first wrote it... muttering to self... stupid public computers... rascal frascal smithereens blasting....

on a different note- KAV! I'm so glad you posted in again... having joined soooooo late... It's totally useless of me to make notes in your finished works... but I am.... you write them soooo well. and might i just add my requests for continuations... I need to know the Bobby approved name for Baby M... as well as how many bones in his hand Tara breaks...

All in good time, right? I have an entire fanfic universe plotted out for these guys... I'm thrilled that this halloween challenge is actually falling right into that universe... (they're all titled and premised out already... this could take ages! ... not for this story... but just to tell the story I want to get to....)

I pinky swear.... posts to be coming soon... and the Booth chapter and the Tempe take down of Myles are already written... hmmm, have to admit, Jack surprised me... I forgot to look at his tie when he made as suggestion.... doh! (I got back at him though... he conveniently forgot what he wanted to ask Sue... that wasn't in the right timing of the story... Sorry Jack! )

*****ta da!!! I managed another visit to the library today!.... the right library, I might add. Allowing me to present you with another chapter! ******************************

Having calmed Tara down to her normal hyper self, the girls walked into the bullpen. Shrugging out of their jackets, they sat down at their desks. Sue, to check on her email and voicemail as Howie said he might have some information for her, as soon as he checked on it last night. Lucy, to check out the situation officially about the fraternization policy, because she wanted to find a loophole that would make for an easier situation for Bobby and Tara. And it would help with their plans of getting Jack and Sue together too. And Tara, was doing a quick check-in with her myspace friend, before doing a quote search to find the information she wanted on love potions.

Bobby entered the bullpen, expecting he’d be alone, as it was very quiet in the room. He was decidedly surprised, but pleased, to see that the sheilas had arrived already and were engrossed in their computers. “G’day ladies! How was girly night? Did you break our case yet?” He smiled, unleashing his charm on all of them.

Sue giggled. “Of course! That’s why they pay us the big bucks,” she said.

“Good. I’m glad to see that you managed to get something constructive done last night, besides your nails.” Bobby quipped, handing Sue one of her favorite pastries from the shop on the corner. She responded with a signed thank you to him. Levi came and tried to jump high enough on Bobby to dislodge the rest of the delicious pastries. “Whoa now, Levi. I brought you something too, but it’s not in this bag. Let me finish the deliveries and you go get your bunny. We’ll have a bit of a toss this morning before everyone gets here.” Turning to Lucy, he commented. “Between you and me, the only everyone we need to worry about is Harvard, he might not approve of a bit of a toss before work” Handing Lucy her pastry, he received another nod and smile in appreciation, before turning to his favorite co-worker. Yes, he knew he had teased her about him being her favorite co-worker. But he really couldn’t wait until he could get her out on a date alone and let her know how much he appreciated his partner. Shaking his head slightly, he cleared the few cobwebs that had gathered in his brain. Clearing his throat, he held her pastry out towards her, in a slightly shaking hand. “Tara, luv. I hope you had a lovely night last night. And I look forward to filling that calendar space with your name, soon.” His voice was confident, but as Tara raised her gaze to meet his, she was astounded to see a glimmer of something else in his eyes. She couldn’t quite put her finger on it, but she’d almost bet her Disney collectibles collection on the realization that it was fear.

Tara pursed her lips in thought. What could Bobby be afraid of? Surely not of her, she posed the smallest threat ever to him. Finding her voice, she responded. “Oh, thank you Bobby. I did have a nice night, hopefully you did as well?” She searched his face for some sort of indication, receiving a smirk for her concern. “I assure you, as soon as we know something we can discuss, you’ll be the first to know I want my calendar space pencilled in.” She grinned cheekily at his discomfort, as she grabbed the pastry from his hand. Bobby gave her the full force of his smile then, and turning, set the donut box down on the corner of Myles’s desk, sat down and began his own look at his information again. He had to stop though, when he was accosted by an enthusiastic Levi, who had done as instructed, grabbed his bunny and was now looking for his toss before work. Bobby rumpled Levi’s fur and tossed the bunny across the bullpen. He took the time Levi was gone to retrieve the treat he’d brought for the golden. Tara paused in her attentions to her pastry to watch the tall Aussie. ‘Hmm, he really does get along so well with Levi. I wonder how he is with babies.’ She blushed at the thought. ‘I wonder what has him worried today? Before he smiled, he really did seem a bit unsettled’ she thought.

When Levi came back to Bobby, he dropped the bunny and sat at attention, waiting for his treat. Bobby laughed at him before giving him his treat. Levi eagerly nosed through the paper wrapping his treat; he was delighted to find a large doggy biscuit dipped in white chocolate. He woof’d his pleasure, making Bobby chuckle again, before proudly carrying his goodie over to Sue’s desk. Sue looked at him for a moment and smiled, then she noticed the goodie and looked up at Bobby. “Bobby, You’re sure that he can have that right? Dogs aren’t supposed to eat chocolate.” She said sternly.

Bobby flashed her the full wattage of her smile. “Aw, Sue, you’re hurting me. You don’t think I’d do something to intentionally hurt wonderdog do you? They assured me at the bakery that white chocolate coating doesn’t have the cocoa butter in it and is technically not actually chocolate. It’s a perfectly safe treat for Levi.” She pursed her lips and looked at him for a while before smiling at him and nodding her agreement.

Lucy was nibbling on her pastry while she searched through the employee handbook. Her eyes lit up as she found the section she was looking for. As she quickly scanned it, a smile grew on her face. She quickly printed out the pages that contained the information, and waited for Tara to have a free moment.

Tara was waiting for her own Internet search to come up with the book quote she was sure would help with their ‘love potion’ search. She grinned broadly when she found it. She highlighted it and printed it out. She laughed when she saw Lucy was waiting by the printer with her own sheaf of paper. “So, found something already?” She quipped.

Lucy nodded excitedly. “Yep, I think you’ll really enjoy what I found. It could just be the key component of ‘operation match’. I’m surprised we didn’t try to find it before. What do you have there?”

Tara shrugged. “Yours sounds more interesting. I just found that description of love potions; maybe it will shed some insight on our dilemma. Here, read it and let me know.” She gave Lucy the papers and accepted Lucy’s highlighted sheaf of paper. “Wow!” she said as she hefted the paper in her hands. “I’ll take a look at these later, it’s almost coffee time.” She exchanged a grin with Lucy. Lucy started reading the paper Tara had given her. She rolled her eyes when she saw that it was an excerpt from ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling’. But Tara had thought the explanation to be helpful, so Lucy read the quote.

‘It’s Amortentia! … It’s the most powerful love potion in the world! …
And it’s supposed to smell differently to each of us,
according to what attracts us…”
- Chapter 9, pg. 185 (US version)

Lucy scratched her head while she thought about the quote. Tara, in her infinate wisdom, had edited it to just highlight the important part. ‘Hmmm smells differently to each person, according to what attracts him or her, well, that works. We just need to find out what kind of aftershave Jack uses.’ She started to smile broadly as she came to the realization that they were definitely on the right path with the plan.

Tara sat back down at her desk, intending on reading the info that Lucy had given her. But Jack walked in just as she was sitting down and he was delivering the coffee and greeting everyone that was already present. So she reluctantly put the information aside and greeted him in return, thanking him for the coffee as she received it. She got a smile in return and found herself analyzing the whiff of aftershave that accompanied his movement of handing her the coffee.

“Ok, good morning, everybody. We have some serious intel to go through before Booth shows up this morning. Did anybody have a message from a snitch who had an idea?” Jack questioned. They all shrugged and turned away to begin pulling together the information reports to prep for their meeting with Agent Booth.

Oh, love is in the air, and possibly trouble when Booth shows up!!!

Joy

Hot dog we're closer to meeting the illusive Booth. Of course he can't possibly match our three bullpen guys -- oops four if you count Levi (and of course I do) but I'm still excited...and nervous for Tara. The love potion sounds very interesting. If it works for them, would you mind posting the recipe?

kav

Esp if he use to work with Tara, they have a friendship a closeness that may just bother Bobby

hey myles isn't there yet oh well....i can't wait for booth to be there...and i so see myles and temperance getting along, or have a huge fall out over something......

and can't you all see the girls in the bullpen following jack, sniffing him around trying to deciver what kind of cologne he wears i can

***um... would you believe that Myles didn't have any biting comments to make until after he has his coffee? Both he and D slipped in unawares... at least to Tara's notice... she was quite *taken* with watching Bobby's.... *cough* assets...erm morning routine... yeah, that's it... his morning routine when he brings pastry... .... It's a 'holiday' today in the US so... if you're good... you might get 2 Columbus day posts out of me.... ********** PSSST! Booth is in the bullpen... I repeat... booth is in the bullpen******oh and for the record... he was only asked to come meet with the team on floor yada yada... *****************************

They heard Booth in the hallway before he entered the bullpen. “Bones, you know that’s not what I meant. Of course I know you’re an intelligent person, Bones. I just think that sometimes, when we’re questioning people, you don’t have to be so honest and intelligent with them. Those are the people that end up calling us smart asses.” Booth paused. “Bones, look, I have to go right now… I have a meeting with another unit. I told you that. No you can’t have a gun for our case. We’ve already gone over that. Bones, is that Angela I hear in the background? Funny Bones. Let me get through this meeting and then I’ll meet you at the lab and you can fill me in, we’ll go to lunch and come here for another meeting. Bones, Bones… Damn it! Bones, I told you we had a meeting over here this afternoon. Ask Zach. He was standing there. We’ll discuss it at lunch. Good bye Bones!” Booth snapped his cell phone shut in frustration, his partner could be so irritating. Sheepishly, he raised his gaze to meet the amused looks from the unit he was meeting with. Stretching out his hand, he introduced himself to the first person he saw. “Hi, Agent Seeley Booth….” He trailed off.

Bouncing up from her desk under his confused gaze, Tara gave him a big grin and started shaking his hand. “Well, Agent Booth, how nice of you to join us today. Surely you remember the time you spent with us 5 years ago?” She said with a smirk.

Booth shook his head, as if clearing cobwebs; he was clearly surprised to see his former teammate. “Tara?” he asked. “What? How? I didn’t think the team was on this floor.”

“Ah, yes. About that…” Sue said with a smile. “Personnel used to be here. I found that out the hard way when I chewed Jack out on my second day here.” Extending her hand for Booth to shake, she continued. “Sue Thomas. Visual analyst. And this is Levi. He’s my hearing dog.” Levi immediately sat at attention and offered his own paw for shaking.

“Nice to meet you both.” Booth said after shaking both of their hands, erm, paws, er…. (You know what I mean!) “So you’re deaf?” Sue nodded. “Ah, but if I face you, you’ll be able to read my lips, right? We’ve heard about your brilliant talent upstairs.” Sue blushed at the warmth of his smile.

Jack bristled. “Hey, Booth… watch where you’re flashing that wattage!” He stepped up and gave Booth a firm handshake.

Booth grinned easily. “Sparky, Crash…” Shaking Jack’s hand and then Bobby’s. “Good to see you guys again.” Turning back towards Tara, he flashed her a quizzical look. “And Tippy? How are you? Staying firmly on your own two feet now days?”

Tara pinned him with a glare, so fierce that even Bobby took a step back. “Yes. I’ll have you know that no one’s feet have been in danger on our assignments. Mostly because I’m in the van instead of in the field, but there aren’t any that have required dancing yet.” Grinning, she flashed a quick look towards Bobby that he didn't catch.

Booth raised both hands and backed away from the desk. “Hey, just doing my sworn duty as a former undercover partner. No need to get violent, Tips.”

Tara shook her head. “Only you, would remember and call me Tips. Just you wait, Hoppy. I’ll tell your partner stories that will make your ears red for days.” She threatened him. “In the meantime, please allow me to introduce you to Lucy Dotson, she’s our rotor. And Dimitrius Gans and Myles Leland, the third. We had to pull them in off the Baltimore office when you decided to leave our company of bandits.” She looked over and saw Sue signing TIPS ? to Lucy. She grinned, waved at Sue and signed back ‘STORY LONG… GIRLS NIGHT NEXT’ Sue smiled her agreement.

“Great to meet all of you. So what’s the deal. All I’ve been told is that the case Bones and I are on right now runs crosshatch to an older case that you guys had.” Booth said.

“Right, mate.” Bobby replied with an edge in his voice. He was still a little wary of the guy, they’d been teammates for nearly a year, but this is the first he’d ever picked up on any bit of history between Tara and Booth. He wasn’t so sure that he liked it. Huffing out his breath impatiently, he continued. “Tara, the screen please?” Tara was quick to put up the info that he was wanting to use. “Arif Dessa, was a major factor in terror attacks aimed at the US. We managed to apprehend him this last year after two years of continual tracking and trying to figure out where he was.”

“Really?” Booth interrupted. “You caught the guy? We never heard upstairs that you had.”

Sue jumped in. “Oh yes, I was married to Jack for that cover assignment. At the end of it, we had to blow our own cover and bring in his wife, who had no idea about his past at all, causing him to run because he figured out we were FBI. We then had to wait for him to have a lapse in judgement so we could actually get him.”

Jack picked up the tale. “So anyway, back to the cases at hand. We were told that there was a terrorist plot scheduled to happen at a major Halloween party. Tara, genius that she is, ran the searches for related things. She discovered the case that Dr. Brennan is currently working on. Pinpointing that we need to assist with the coverage at the Jeffersonian Halloween Party.”

Booth’s brow creased, frowning, he asked, “So… I still don’t understand. What does Arif Dessa, who’s in federal custody by the way, have to do with the set of bones that Bones is currently analyzing?”

Myles threw the folder that he was holding down on the desk. “Oh, come on man!” he said. “Do we actually have to do a connect the dots with you? I was so looking forward to not having to hand hold the agents we were going to work with this time around. Next thing you know, he’s going to be asking for nap time.” He finished with an aristocratic roll of his eyes.

Booth was unperturbed. Arching his own eyebrow with a piercing gaze towards Myles, he responded, “Oh, I don’t need any hand holding. I have a very good set of people that work with Bones to help spell things out for me.” Pausing, he rolled his own eyes as he realized he had just said that he had help with explanations. “If you want to connect the dots and have nap time, I’d be happy to get my son, Parker in to help you with that, Agent Leland. He’s four. He’d be delighted. All I was asking for was the connection between the two. Bones hasn’t even begun to get a preliminary work up for the bones she’s working on.”

“Well, as best we figure, for now because we haven’t wanted to do much digging yet without you on board, Dessa’s had visitors.” D said. He was intrigued by the reactions of Jack and Bobby to Booth’s attention to Sue and Tara. He vowed again to do a little digging of his own. “Once we have the chance to secure your cooperation with us ‘interfering’ in your investigation…. We’ll be able to check further into his visitor logs.”

“So, addressing your concern as to how we came to the knowledge that the bones in the lab are related to Dessa’s crew….” Tara picked up. “These men, Shamar Katufa, Omer Habnabi and Abdulihama Messiana are part of his crew that we discovered were hanging around doing Dessa’s bidding. Katufa disappeared 2 weeks ago. Chatter that we picked up, indicated that Habnabi had visited Dessa and Arif was definitely displeased with Katufa’s handling of their current plans. Katufa’s remains were not supposed to be discovered this quickly, and while, Dr. Brennan hasn’t actually identified her skeleton as Katufa, Dessa’s crew thinks that it is. They were supposed to do a hit elsewhere, because Dessa actually doesn’t want them to try anything in DC. But, Dr. Brennan’s involvement in trying to figure out who her John Doe is, makes her and the Jeffersonian a target. If they can’t get at her, because of your protection or ours, they may decide to take out the Jeffersonian.” Tara grew increasingly somber as she explained the link. “And then we would not only lose a good deal of history, but also any unsolved cases that are waiting for Dr. Brennan’s magic. Don’t you see, Hoppy? Even if you don’t need us to assist with your actual investigation, you will need our assistance on party night. Our unit is one of the most advanced units here in DC that has the ready knowledge to take down this crew. We’re the only unit authorized to visit Dessa. And the only unit that could speak with his wife in her witness protection scenario. You need us. Like it or not.” She gazed at Booth with such a fierce intensity that he broke the stare and looked at the screen.

Booth rubbed his palm over his jaw. He looked around at this group of agents, he knew who they were and was familiar with their success rating. Sighing, he nodded. “Ok, we need you. We have three weeks until the party. Does that give you enough time to establish cover and get enough Intel to fully secure the party?”

“Well, actually. Now that you mention it, we did already get some undercover scenarios assigned. We are fully prepared to assume and maintain cover.” Jack said. “Since we have you on board, why don’t we go ahead and break for this meeting, Sue’s light has been blinking off and on for some time…. Maybe Howie called?” Sue nodded and retreated to her desk. “And Booth, go have lunch and grab Dr. Brennan. We’ll meet up here again at 1300. Ok?” The team, and Booth smiled their agreements and headed towards their lunch plans.

That was intense.....very good....looking forward to reading more....

~laura michelle~

Oooo - they're all coming together ! I can't wait!

Em

Doing great hun, can't wait for more

Holiday here too

Happy thanksgiving Canada

***ah yes... I thought it was Thanksgiving in Canada today... the WHL team here in Seattle is usually playing an afternoon game in Vancouver today.... but not this year so definately in the Holiday spirit.... you get another post! *****oh... bit of a Tara anguish cycle here.... a tad bit of Tips/Hoppy history...*********************************

Sue called Howie back and took notes on what he said. She thanked him for his response and said she’d be in touch later. Looking up from her desk, she saw Tara locked into a conversation with Booth. Her eyes widened at what she read.

“So, Seeley. Parker? Great name.”

“Yeah, it’s actually Parker Peter Booth.” Booth grinned at Tara. He knew she’d get the significance. She offered him a little smile in return. “He’s a little fireball. He’s the greatest kid in the world and I couldn’t be prouder.”

“Rebecca, is that her name? How’s she settling into the wife of an agent role?”

Booth actually blushed. “Actually, Tips. She didn’t marry me. She’s still in the area and I get Parker for certain holidays, but she refused to marry me. She’s actually got a decent guy around now- his background check looked ok this time.”

Tara’s eyes were round, and Sue could detect just a little shimmer there, she pursed her lips worried about her friend. “So…. Good. You still get the joys of fatherhood but can pursue whatever you want to. I’m happy for you, now, if you’ll excuse me, I know I have a contact somewhere I need to get ahold of before you bring Dr. Brennan in today. Weren’t you having lunch with her? Meetings in an hour, you’d better go get her up to speed. I’ll see you later Booth.” She ducked her head and started shuffling the papers on her desk.

Booth watched the top of her head for a moment, shook his head, and muttered, “Yeah, Tara- see you in a bit.” Sue jumped a bit at the curse that she read on his lips as he was walking out the door. She hurried over to Tara’s desk. Tara had stopped looking at the files scattered on her desk and was just absently playing with her Tigger Pez dispenser. “Tara?” Sue asked, placing her hand on Tara’s shoulder. Tara gazed up at her with blank eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks.

“Did you see? I felt you watching our lips.” Tara gave a weak smile. “He didn’t even marry her. But he couldn’t have bothered to let me know.” Shaking her head she gave a weak laugh. “I mean… all this time, I’ve been thinking that it was just because I refused to sleep with him. Honorable intentions and all… that he might have had towards me, I wouldn’t and she would. I figured they’d have gotten married. The only reason he told me he couldn’t see me anymore outside assignments was because of the kid.”

Sue just rubbed Tara’s back gently. “I know. There’s just some of these encounters that are destined to be painful. By the time she refused to marry him, he was out of this unit right?” At Tara’s nod, she continued. “And then it was too late for him to reverse his request. You know how that happens. And what he does now, certainly sounds as though it’s not as dangerous as what we do and deal with. He needs to remain alive and in one piece for his son. You realize that too, right?”

Tara nodded again. “It’s just that… I don’t know. I guess I never let myself go through any sort of process with him, just figured it was the stuff you deal with when you have the convictions I do towards premarital relations. So it’s all coming back today. Leaving me, once again a big puddle of gooey mess in the middle of the bullpen.” She shook her head and wiped her eyes. “We’d better get moving if we’re going to grab any lunch today, Sue.”

Sue smiled. “We can just grab something at the cafeteria. Let’s go get your makeup touched up again.” Tara nodded her agreement and allowed Sue to help her out of the chair and steer her towards the restroom.

Bobby watched Booth leave from the hallway. “Watch it, Manning.” He muttered to himself. “You don’t know if there was anything there. Won’t do you a bit of good to act the part of the drongo.” His eyes narrowed as he saw Sue lead Tara to the restroom. His hands clenched into fists. He whistled for Levi. Levi jumped on Sue, causing her to turn and see Bobby down the hall. “Tara, sweetie, go into the restroom, I’ll be right back.” Sue said. “Someone’s offering to take Levi for his walk. Ok?” She saw Tara nod her agreement, and turned to walk down the hall to meet Bobby. “Will you take Levi for his walk? I think I’m going to be in the building again today for lunch.”

Bobby looked at Sue through narrowed eyes. “Sure, luv. I’d be happy to take Levi for a bit of break.” He said, still studying her closely. “Is Tara ok? Booth didn’t say anything or do anything to her, did he?”

Sue observed his narrow eyes and clenched fists. He was in general fighting mood. She pursed her lips, weighing her answer thoughtfully. “It wasn’t anything specific, Bobby. Tara’s just been dealing with a lot lately. It’s just a bit of old history that was never dealt with properly.” She said.

Bobby blew out his breath, he didn’t even realize he’d been holding it. “Well, when will it be dealt with? She needs to get over it.” He said impatiently.

Sue chuckled. “Bobby, it says in Proverbs 16:32- ‘Better a patient man than a warrior, a man who controls his temper than one who takes a city.’” She signed the verse while speaking it. It was a calming influence, and Sue knew it. Any one of her teammates, when riled up could be calmed by having to focus on her hand movements as she signed something. Usually it was some calming wisdom or scripture, but just the calm motion of the hands, visually stimulated the calm. “You know that Tara just takes time for things. If you are patient and gentle with her, I’m sure you could get her to see your way of thinking."” Sue winked at him.

Bobby’s jaw dropped. She knew. He slapped his open palm against his forehead. “So, you know? About the mess up job I did of it? When we went to the concert?” Sue nodded her confirmation. He hung his head. “Does she realize that I’ve changed my mind?”

Sue smiled gently. “Bobby, she came to a few realizations herself last night. Patience is a virtue, my friend. Let her come to you. She will, when she’s ready. And if not, you have the undercover…” She raised her brow suggestively. “So, take my buddy Levi here for a walk and I’ll see you back in the bullpen.”

Bobby smiled at her then. “Sure. Levi, buddy, old pal, let’s go for a walk and scare up some lunch.” Grabbing Levi’s leash from her, they sauntered off down the hall. Sue stared after him for a bit, her own wheels turning. She couldn’t wait to tell Lucy what she’d found out today. Rousing herself to the pressing needs that awaited her in the restroom, she turned and went back to Tara.

Support and be there for her Bobby, you'll get to that place in her heart

2 great posts, i love it when the guys get territorial

hope jack takes some action rather than standing around doing his usual nothing

cath

The meeting between Booth and the team was well worth waiting for!! He seemed truly surprised to see that this was the team he would be working with!! Love the way Jack and Bobby is jealous of any attention Booth might give in Sue or Tara's direction!!!

Poor Tara!! Actually Bobby is right, she needs to get past this and move on!! Preferably with him!!!

Sue is always so calming and knows just the right thing to say to a friend in need!!!

Joy

*** in the spirit again of holiday.... NAWWW actually, in spirit of all nibbles on the resume... i got a phone call from a headhunter...erm recruiter... left her a return voicemail... will call back AGAIN when done with library time this afternoon.... so... FINALLY some action. I had already done a face to face with a recruiter from this company in JUNE!!! (my original goal had not been to be around for the severance package... but no dice.) He called me with one offer in August that he basically said he wouldn't advise me to take. and then I've heard nothing from him, despite sending him 2 separate emails listing 3-5 job postings I was interested in. So I emailed in general to to office again, and I've got a different recruiter this time. I'm really hoping for the one I specified because it would be a significant increase in pay... possibly allowing me to afford a landline again and internet at home.... but we'll see.... put that egg in the basket when we come to the bridge.... (that last line even looks like a cliche that Tara would come up with and make her own.... right?) Anyway... TARA ANGST continued.... don't worry, she's got Sue!*********************************

Tara was hunched over the sink when Sue walked back in. She was splashing water on her face and muttering under her breath. She jumped when Sue put her hand on her back. Turning to face her, Tara grabbed a paper towel quickly and patted her face dry. “Oh, Sue.” She groaned. “What am I going to do? I was over him and now look…” She put her hands over her eyes in frustration.

Sue patted her on the arm and made soothing shushing noises. “There, there, Tara. It will be ok. Shhhh, calm down sweetie.” She crooned. Sue’s heart was breaking to see Tara in such a state. Tara’s shoulders were just shaking as she tried to supress her tears. Sue gave up trying to calm her down and just pulled her into a tight; comforting embrace in order to just let Tara cry it out. Sue gently rubbed her back as her tears subsided. When the shuddering and shaking had ceased, she pushed Tara back from her a little so she could see her lips. “Tara. Ready now to get put back together again?”

Tara nodded. “Thanks Sue. I really appreciate you being there for me again, today. I’m sorry I’ve taken up your lunch break being such a baby.” She gave Sue a watery grin.

Sue gave her an appraising look. “Tara, there’s nothing wrong with crying. Everyone deserves to get their feelings out. I just figure around here, its either a good cry or find someone to shoot.”

Tara grinned widely, and Sue returned the smile. “True. And look, I forgot my gun, it’s still in my desk.” Anxiously, she peered at her reflection in the mirror and groaned again. “Look Sue, I look horrible. How can I possibly get myself presentable when I’m starting with this?” She made a face at herself in the mirror.

“Ah, You have much to learn if you are going to be the rock in a friendship.” Sue said with a smile. “Lucky for you, the role of ‘rock’ is being played by me, and I did not leave the bullpen unprepared.” She held up her purse, dug around in it for a moment and pulled out her makeup bag. “Also lucky for you, when we re-did your makeup this morning, it was my makeup bag we used.” She gave Tara an encouraging smirk.

Tara couldn't help but laugh. “Ok then, fix away! Make me cute!”

Sue shook her head. “I don’t need any help with that, you’re already cute and adorable. We need to make you less of a zombie.” She laughed and Tara joined in. Relieved to see her friend’s sense of humor return, Sue worked quickly to repair the damage that Tara had done to her makeup. She also pulled out her cordless curling iron and let it heat up while she worked on Tara’s eyes. When it was heated enough, she deftly curled the strands of hair surrounding Tara’s face. She turned away from Tara to rummage in her makeup bag. She knew she had some hair clips in there somewhere, clips she had picked up on a whim for just such an occasion. “Aha! Found them.” Sue exclaimed. Turning back toward Tara, she presented the Tigger hair barrettes for Tara’s approval.

“Sue! They’re so cute. Where did you get them?” Tara asked.

“Oh, I just picked them up at Target one day. Lucy and I were shopping and I saw them. They were so cute and reminded me of you instantly. I had stuck them in my makeup bag hoping that I’d remember to give them to you here at work, but forgot about them until now. They’re just the perfect thing to remind you of who you are. There!” Sue said, as she finished clipping the barrettes into Tara’s hair. “What do you think?”

Tara examined her reflection in the mirror. Other than a little redness around her eyes and the slight tell tale puffiness of the eye area, you’d never know that she’d gone totally raccoon eyes 20 minutes ago. “Wonderful. You know, if this FBI thing doesn’t work out, I think you have some options in the makeup artist field. And I love the clips, they will do nicely to remind me of my unique personality.” She gave Sue a quick hug. “Oh, shoot, there’s not enough time to run down to the cafeteria. I might have some snacks in my desk for us to nibble before the meeting with Booth and Dr. Brennan. Shall we go see?”

Sue gave her a quick squeeze back before responding. “Let’s. I think after last night, a day with just a little nibble would be in order. Let me just pack everything up and we’ll go, ok?” Tara nodded and helped her to gather her things before walking back to the bullpen together.

Levi eagerly greeted his mistress when she walked back into the bullpen. “Levi!” Sue exclaimed. “I almost don’t think Bobby got enough of your energy worked out” She looked up at the tall Aussie. Arching a brow in her best imitation of Myles, she continued, “Don’t tell me you were so busy obtaining and devouring your own lunch you neglected to let wonderdog here run around the park…” She softened her words with a warm smile.

Bobby threw his head back and laughed, the rich sound filling the bullpen and spilling out to the hall. “No need to worry about that luv. Levi got his exercise and then we went and found lunch. For you and Tara too. I figured from the look in your eye, if Levi was hanging out with the boys at lunch, you might not have time to get anything yourselves.” Sue signed thank you and went to her desk to find a delicious sandwich and chips waiting for her. Bobby turned his attention towards Tara to see how she’d react to her lunch as well. His eyes widened as he scanned her appearance. She was wearing her hair differently now than she had been earlier, the makeup looked to be freshly applied and if he looked close enough, he could detect the redness around her eyes. He flushed brightly as Tara’s gaze bore steadily through his own. “Ah, caught me!” He said with a grin as he grabbed his coffee cup and sauntered casually toward the coffeepot. Pausing by her desk, he grabbed her hand that was unconsciously headed towards her hair, stopping her from messing up the hairdo that Sue had just fixed. “Tara, luv. Are things ok? Is there anything I can do to help you, with anything?” He asked in a low, concerned voice.

Tara gazed into his eyes, willing herself… like usual… to not blush. The level of concern and compassion she was reading in his eyes intrigued her. Clearing her throat slightly, she mumbled a response. Bobby leaned in, as he hadn’t caught what she said. “Sorry, luv, you’ll need to say that again” he whispered in her ear.

Control over her blushing flew out the window as she flushed pink. “Um, no. Bobby, I….” She stammered. “Sue has been invaluable to me over the last couple days. I appreciate the offer though.” She leaned back slightly to look at his face again. “Thank you. It means a lot to me that you’re concerned. And thanks for lunch, I can only conclude that you’re responsible” Motioning towards the sandwich and chips she found on her desk, she smiled at him.

Bobby took a step back and smiled back. “You’re welcome, luv. Just let me know if that needing me thing ever changes.” He had the decency to color slightly when he realized what he had said. “I like the barrettes. They’re very ‘Tara’” He said hurriedly, with arched brow.

“Thanks to Sue. She knows just how to brighten a strangely dim day. Thanks for lunch, again. I really appreciate you saving me from the Pop Tarts in my desk drawer.” She responded with a smile of her own.

“Koala Boy, are you going to go all the way to the coffee pot or just hold up the rest of us from our caffeine supply?” Myles’s imperious tone invaded the moment. Bobby looked at him with a scowl and moved on to fill his cup and go back to his desk. Myles gave a quick, superior smirk to Tara before filling his own cup and settling in for the afternoon.

hope things work out for you job wise

great post, i've never seen booth since it's not a programme we get i britain

cath

True.. you've never seen him acting.... gotta admit the rubbing his hand over his jaw happens a lot! as far as seeing him... well.... Booth and Bones are right up there next to Sue and Jack on the header.... so you have... 'technically' seen him- just maybe didn't know who they were.... ok... see you tomorrow peoples! hope I have excellent news to be sharing....

is it he guy with the beard or the guy in the suit?
cath

I'm thinking the one one the right of Sue and Jack with the beard is Will Riker with Deanna Troi from Star Trek, Next Generation. I didn't know who Booth and Bones were either.

WOW

really loving your story

Lots more Tara and Bobby please please

************He's the one in the suit next to Sue. (Identifying from left to right on the header... Mulder and Scully from X-Files, Booth and Bones from Bones, You know who from you know where and Riker and Troi from Star Trek...) anyway... good guessing. **have meeting at 2 pm today with recruiter type person who says she has several places interested in meeting me... YAY! I'll check in later after the meeting....** stupid hotmail... won't let me in right now... post to be posted later... AKA whenever I can make hotmail let me in.....

I'm glad Sue is there for Tara!! And, Bobby is so cute with his concern of Tara!! She should take him up on his offer!!!

Good luck with the recruiter!!!

Joy

*****Thank you... I would be pleased to introduce you to Dr Temperance Brennan. .... she's rather unique and might i just say... Not Mine! *****************************

“Booth, I don’t know what you mean. I don’t understand. Don’t be myself around this unit? How is that going to help them?”

“Bones, that’s not what I meant. Remember what I said earlier? About not being so intelligently honest? And try not to make vague references to obscure things that only the squints understand. You’re not in the lab.”

“Fine, fine. I still think if I’m in danger, I should be allowed to carry a gun. Surely there are women in this unit who support gun carrying. And I’ll keep my vague, obscure references to a minimum.” She said. “Since it seems to be so important to you.”

“Why thanks Bones. But you still don’t get a gun. The gun-carrying woman in this unit passed her gun control tests and has a license. You don’t. Need I actually say more?” Booth said impatiently.

The team sat with bated breath in the bullpen, listening to the conversation going on in the hall. Lucy and Sue exchanged glances. Bobby’s jaw had opened slightly, astounded at how Booth was speaking to his partner. He glanced over at Tara and saw her lips were pursed and her eyes were wide with curiosity. D smirked at his teammates’ reactions as he walked by Tara’s desk and tossed a note down in front of her. She looked up at him puzzled but he was paying her no attention. She opened the note and read it quickly.

Tara-
You and Lucy were planning something over lunch yesterday.
Do I even want to know what about? Do I already know what
about…? If it has anything to do with our usual operation,
I want in. Anything you need on Jack or Sue let me know
I’d be happy to provide a little recon and get answers for you.
D.

Tara looked up at him and gave him a discreet nod and signed LATER to him. He nodded his own affirmation.

Booth and Dr. Brennan entered the bullpen. She looked around at the team with an anthropologist’s mind. She was rapidly assessing each person’s role and worth to the team. Booth grabbed her arm to gain her attention. “Bones. Erm, Dr. Brennan. I’d like to introduce you to the team that will be providing the bulk of your security detail at the party. This is their unit leader, Jack Hudson…” Jack stood and flashed her a smile and offered his hand for shaking. Bones nodded and shook his hand. “And this is Bobby Manning…” Bones was almost blown back to the Jeffersonian by the strength of his smile. “Tech agent extrodinaire, Tara Williams…” Bones sized the petite agent up quickly before offering her hand in a greeting. Tara gave her a genuine smile that was returned by an intense offering of her own. “Bones, this is their rotor, Lucy Dotson… Visual Analyst, Sue Thomas and her wonderdog, Levi. And over here, is Dimitrius Gans and Myles Leland.”

Puffing up his chest importantly, Myles was quick to correct Agent Booth. “That’s Myles Leland, the THIRD, to you.”

Temperance Brennan hadn’t spent all those years working all over the place just for the heck of it. She graciously met and greeted all those she’d been introduced to. She turned towards Myles and stepped closer to him. Her eyes were analyzing the agent she saw before her, and she pursed her lips in thought. “Oh, Agent Leland. It’s my pleasure to make your acquaintance.” The team could see Myles preen as though it was a big significance to be singled out by the illustrious author. “Of course, it is quite obvious what you’re doing.”

Myles looked at her quizzically. “Oh, really, and what might that be, Dr. Brennan? I’m not doing anything other than greet a fellow intellectual in my office, among my peers.” He said dryly.

The team waited for any sort of explanation from Dr. Brennan. They didn’t have to wait long. Booth was also waiting for the exchange to be completed; otherwise they wouldn’t have enough time to discuss the case the way they needed to.

Temperance took a deep calming breath and rolled her eyes. “It’s quite visible, to I’m sure the whole room. You see yourself on a higher-class level than your teammates. You tend to throw out $5 words and get engrossed in only the best that money can buy. You probably live in a larger house than most and have a time consuming, and money intensive hobby like orchids or roses or something.” The team choked back a laugh, as Myles was very devoted to his rose garden.

Myles looked outraged and started to bluster up a response. “Why, of the most unconscionable things I’ve ever… “ He had to stop when Temperance held up her finger.

“See?” She pointed out. “You could have just said outrageous. I’m not bringing this to your attention to wound you or your ego. I’m just trying to point out that it’s part of your breeding. You’re Harvard educated right?” Myles nodded. “And you probably come from old New England money…?” Again, Myles nodded. “And you were most likely raised in direct competition to any siblings, causing you to always feel you have to prove you’re better than anyone else. You can’t stand to fail.”

Myles glared at her. “How dare you come in here and defame my reputation! I won’t stand for this! I don’t think I’m better than anyone else is…”

Temperance just fixed him with her calm gaze. She glanced around at his teammates and observed the mixture of awe and surprise on the faces. Her eyes narrowed as she realized that in spite of all his posturing to the contrary, she’d hit the proverbial nail on the head. “Are you done? Because if you’d just listen, I could at least show you that no one blames you for giving into the anthropological inevitability of your social standing. But don’t stand there and say you don’t think you are above anyone else in this room. It’s apparent by the silk tie and the Armani suit. No one else in this room is that impeccably dressed. And your desk gives you away as well, it’s the cleanest in the room.”

Myles looked like he was going to blow his stack again, but D stepped in and interrupted. “Ok, ok, Myles, calm down. Dr. Brennan is our guest today. But if I might say, Doctor. You do have a talent for reading the social anthropology of a room. Well done, I might add.” Temperance looked around and saw the confirming nods of the other people in the room. Feeling a bit out of place because she had done exactly what Booth didn’t want her to do, she smiled and gave a gracious nod. “So, we’d like to discuss your case with you, briefly and to go over some details. Would that be ok?” She nodded again and stepped back to Booth’s side, feeling suddenly shy.

Myles looked down at his desk, muttering under his breath. Bobby shot a glance towards Tara, pleased to find her looking at him as well, he smirked in her general direction and noted how quickly she turned red and looked down at her computer. Lucy and Sue exchanged glances. D motioned toward Jack as if to ask him to start the meeting. Jack loosened his tie with his finger. “Tara, the screen please?” He asked. Tara moved to put up the information. “Dr. Brennan, we feel you are in danger from this man’s crew. Arif Dessa has been involved in terrorist actions towards the United States. His three most recent companions, Shamar Katufa, Omer Habnabi and Abdulihama Messiana, have been generating some chatter among our usual sources. Katufa disappeared two weeks ago. All Intel indicates that Dessa was displeased with his recent work. We have reason to believe, and they do too, that the case you are working on is Katufa’s remains. We’ve picked up enough off the wire to believe they are desperate enough to try something at the Jeffersonian party on Halloween. And it is our sworn duty to protect the innocents, in this instance that’s you.”

Temperance looked at all the Intel on the screen with avid interest. The work she did on the remains was never as fulfilling as this visit was. She was intrigued by the conclusions drawn by these people. Of course, until she could prove it all scientifically, it was just that, assumption and conclusion. She looked over at Jack. “I can see your point. I need to continue my investigation to fully prove your theory….”

Booth interrupted. “What she’s trying to say is it’s all speculation and assumption right now, and Dr. Brennan doesn’t work that way.” As she started to say something, he applied gentle pressure to her arm to keep her quiet. He continued. “We accept your offer of protection and approve of you working the case from this side. I think we should meet up at least once a week to keep each other apprised of the direction we are finding.”

Sue piped up then. “That’s fine, Agent Booth. But I think you should know that one of my informants has told me that an associate of Dessa’s crew, not one of the two remaining, but an additional party, has obtained employment at the Jeffersonian. They started work last week. Dessa’s crew already has it’s foot in the door. You might want to start looking over everyone who works there and double check your security features to make certain that no one gains access to the lab.”

Eight pairs of eyes swung Sue’s way, nine if you count Levi’s. Booth’s eyes narrowed slightly as he asked, “So when were you going to mention the new development? We’ve been here for a bit today.”

Sue stared right back at Agent Booth. “I would have shared earlier, but this is the first time we’ve actually been discussing the actual case this afternoon. I just found out at lunchtime. A lunchtime that I was so busy, Agent Manning had to take Levi for his walk today. Besides, no one asked yet if there were any new developments.”

“I see, sorry. I didn’t realize.” Booth had the courtesy to blush, as he realized that Sue had still been in the room, on the phone when he was talking with Tara. “Ok then. We need to start moving on those assignments and tracking down the identity of our new friend. Was there anything else you needed to ask today, Bones?”

Temperance shook her head. The normally unflappable doctor had to admit she was a little shaken, she didn’t usually know she was in possible danger until she was right in the middle of it. Finding her voice she commented “I told you I hate it when you call me Bones. All I want is a copy of the information you have about my alleged victim. Can you send that over to me?”

Tara nodded. “Actually, if you’ll just bear with me for about 2 minutes, I can print you up a copy right now.” She smiled warmly at Dr. Brennan and said, conspiratorially, “I understand about the nickname. He calls me ‘Tips’ and I absolutely hate it. We should get together sometime and I’ll tell you why his nickname is ‘Hoppy’. He really hates it.”

Temperance smiled back. “Oh, a nickname. He said he didn’t have any. I’d love to get together and discuss things sometime, Agent Williams.” She said with a twinkle in her eye.

Booth looked at her, worriedly. “All right. I think we’ve accomplished a lot for the day. Let me get Bones back to her bones. Maybe we can get a leg up on this thing. Should we meet next week or….”

Jack nodded. “Sure, next Friday, 1300? If either of us find anything important in the meantime, page the other and we can meet up earlier?” Booth nodded his agreement, and with a quick worried glance towards Tara, who was handing Temperance the papers, steered Dr. Brennan out the door.

Very glad to meet Bones!! She really has Myles pegged, doesn't she?? Are we going to be privy to any discussions she and Tara have about Booth???

Sue stood right up and straightened Booth out very quickly!! He's going to have to keep on his toes around this team, whose members have become a well oiled machine since he knew them!!!

Joy

Great job!

I love that D wants in on the Jack and Sue project!

Em

She sure does have Myles pegged. I was inspired after a recent episode that had Booth... erm... juggling...? his ex and a current... erm *cough* Tempe's supervisor...who was so named supervisor when Tempe was on vacation... and she just happened to ALSO! have relationship experience with Booth... See why it is a good thing for Tara to have not ended up fully involved with him>?? he's a bit of a cad! and I just knew when she pointed out to Booth that having that type of relationship with random... multiple... persons was just him giving into the anthropological inevitability of his kind.... I was when I realized that I had to relate that phrase to Myles! there was no avoiding it.

Anyway... meeting with recruiter went.... OK..I guess. I don't understand it about these people and wanting to know what I see myself doing in the next 2-5 years.... if job history carries forward...hmmm... I'll be looking for another job... DOH! and they never understand if you say you see yourself married and super stay at home mom! (which is the job title I'd most like...) and they also don't react very well when you say in 2-5 years you see yourself with a paycheck. I have bill people. I don't work because I enjoy it... I work because I had a bad relationship with credit cards and now i have to pay them off!

What's the Jeffersonian? Is Bones FBI? And analyst? How did she come to be partnered with Booth? Loved the scene, I could imagine it all happening and you made me squirm for Myles.
kav

I wish they showed it up where you are. I love this show... unfortunately, it's on the same channel that carries the baseball playoffs... so once again... it will be delayed during playoffs and I'll have to suffer withdrawals.... I somehow, have come to absolutely adore shows about law enforcement agencies. ALIAS- CIA... SUE - FBI... Bones- FBI... Numb3rs- FBI... at least Numbers is still on cuz it's on cbs...

if you can go to links outside of Canada... http://fox.com/bones/ ---episode guide available... Pilot- explains how they started working together.

The Jeffersonian is like the Smithsonian... it's a museum but has an active lab... kinda thingy...

Booth is FBI... Tempe is... good at what she does... identifying crime victims and how they died based on the bones. Hence, the nickname of Bones. She is an author and the character and premise of the show... much like Sue Thomas is based on an actual Forensics Anthropologist- (What Dr. Brennan actually is and does...) Kathy Reichs is her name.

I'm glad you like Booth and Bones...

Bones really is a good show one of my favorites.
If you watch CSI it is kind of similar.
The jeffersonian is kind of like a think tank, research, CSI lab.
They research old bones to find out how and why they died.
Booth is with the FBI and investigates cases with the clues they come up with from the bones.
Hopefully you will all get to see it soon.

Dianna

***Man! what a difference a day makes.... I sneezed on Monday, nose was runny all day yesterday... and i was so out of it I went to bed at 9:30.... so I didn't last night.... only then today! I'm all red and eyes watery and I have cough... dang! I should know better than to sneeze... anyway... progressing along...**********************

“Boy, Tara! Whoo hoo!” Bobby whooped. “You’ve got him worried about your nickname story, that’s for sure, luv.” He clapped his hand on her shoulder. “I think I might need to hear that story.” He looked at her with an appraising glance. “Our little Tippy is definitely capable of handling anything.”

Tara squirmed under his attentive gaze. Seeing her discomfort, Lucy made a suggestion. “If we’re still talking about leads for the case, we can cut out early and have a team dinner, right? After all, it’s Friday night and we could discuss it over appetizers and just enjoy the rest of the evening? Right?” She looked at Jack and then at D for confirmations.

Jack grinned. “I like how you think Lucy. That is correct. We can leave and re-convene at a restaurant for further discussion. D, why don’t you call Donna and the kids and ask them if they’d like to join us for dinner? Give us an extra hour before you have them come…?” D nodded his agreement. “Anybody else have plans they can’t get out of?” Seeing no dissent, Jack ended the afternoon’s work and they all agreed to meet at Gianni’s. “Sue?” Jack said, catching her by the arm. “Would you… Do you need to walk Levi before we head to the restaurant?”

Sue studied his face for a moment. Realistically, Levi was fine, but she sensed there was a different question that Jack wasn’t asking her right now. Grinning at his hesitancy, she replied. “Sure, I think Levi would enjoy a walk outside. He likes to run in the leaves. I’ll be able to get a ride with you to the restaurant? We came in Lucy’s car today.” Jack nodded. Sue went to Lucy to tell her that she would join them at the restaurant.

“Are you sure?” Lucy asked. “I can wait for you if you’d like.”

Sue laughed. “Oh, I appreciate it. But Jack says he’ll make sure Levi and I get to the restaurant safely.” She laughed harder at Lucy’s reaction. “Shut your mouth, Luce. You’re looking a bit like my pet goldfish when I was a kid.”

Lucy joined in the laughter, and giving her best friend a wink, replied. “Oh, well, certainly don’t want me looking like that. Go on, walk Levi and just remember what we talked about last night.” Lucy waggled her eyebrows at Sue as she gave her a push in Jack’s direction. Sue gasped and swatted Lucy on the arm before walking over to Jack and putting her coat on. Levi led the way out the door, happily trotting down the hall, with Jack and Sue trailing him.

As soon as they left the bullpen, Tara scurried over to Lucy. With an upward nod and an arched eyebrow, she asked, “So… any idea?” Lucy smirked, but before she could reply, D joined them.

“I meant what I said in the note, Tara.” D said with a grin. “I know the two of you were excited by more than a dress up party yesterday. What’s going on?”

“Yeah,” said Bobby. “Whatever it is, count me in.” Myles nodded his agreement as well.

Lucy rolled her eyes at Tara. “I knew it was useless for us to try and pull this off ourselves.” She complained. “These guys are too interested for their own good.”

“Yeah. I mean, who would ever think that you and I could attempt such a large project on our own. Whatever!” Tara said. Bobby winked at her and she almost toppled over. She steadied herself on the desk and settled for flushing a pretty pink. Bobby gave her a worried look and she waved him off. “Ok, D, yes, you can help. Oh, all right. You two might be valuable at some point as well. Lucy had an epiphany yesterday, we’re now trying to create a ‘love potion’ for Jack and Sue.”

“Love potion!” Myles scoffed. “This is no time for childish things that won’t work! Is that all you’ve got?”

Bobby scowled at Myles and shoved his shoulder. “Hey now, don’t go all dingo on the girls, Myles. I’m assuming that by ‘love potion’ she’s actually thinking of specific scents designed to make them think about each other, right?” He asked Tara.

She nodded. “Yes, studies show that scent can trigger the emotional system to react as though the pheromones are actually experiencing the love bug at the time. The endorphins that the scent can trigger are consistent with love.” Lucy nodded as well. Tara continued. “So, Lucy and I were excited because Jack…”

“Will be with Sue in the van during the party!” D finished. “Brilliant. And you’re hoping that you can come up with this love potion before the party so that they’ll only have eyes for each other after we don’t need Sue to read lips anymore?”

“That’s why you’re the married one. You’re much more perceptive.” Lucy complimented D. “So yeah, that’s the current idea. We need to know what kind of aftershave Jack uses. Sue’s already said it has the capability to drive her crazy.”

Bobby arched his eyebrow at that. “Oho! You did have a good night last night, if you got that tidbit of information. So, we need to find out what drives Jack to distraction about Sue, scent wise that is…?” He sent a full wattage smile towards Tara and Lucy’s general direction.

“Reign it in, Koala Boy.” Myles interjected. “What makes you so sure that there is a scent that drives our fearless leader to distraction? It could just be Levi’s flea dip.”

Tara let out an unladylike snort. “Well, while that would be amusing… if it is Levi’s flea dip, it could still be a trigger point. But that’s what we’re up to and that’s what we need so if any of you are volunteering…” She trailed off. Bobby and D nodded excitedly while Myles shrugged his shoulders and gave her an eye roll. “Ok, so hands in… on 3… love match!” They went through with the quirky procedure because it was Tara’s thing, and even though they’d be reluctant to admit it, they all liked the idea. Tara looked at her watch and gasped. “If we’re going to beat Jack and Sue to the restaurant, we’d better get moving. Levi doesn’t need to walk for much longer.” They all hastily secured their files and computers, grabbed their coats and left the bullpen.

So, now everyone is in on the love potion idea!! I'm not so sure the love potion is going to be needed!!!

Joy

great post

looking forward to jack and sues' walk and hopefully their talk

cath

I'm interested to see how they plan to get the information out of Jack about what smell drives hin to distraction about Sue!

Em

i love how temperance always speaks her mind....sometimes she doesn't even know what she sid after jessica told her to shut it.....

but still i think myles and temperance can learn allot from each other, can't you just see them standing next to each other quoting the dictionarie or sheakspeare yeah i can

greets law

ah, and the plan comes togeather
Flea Dip I don't think so Bobby Unless Jack is just hanging around Sue to get Levi.
I don't think that's the case either.

Dianna