Title: She's mine

Author: Sist3r Spo0ky

Rating: T

Summary: BXB - of course. Booth and Brennan are on a case again, a teenage girl found dead… This is set in New Zealand.

Authors Note: At the end of each chapter ;-)

Disclaimer: I don't own them. (Doesn't mean I can't wish it – right?)

"Bones,"

Brennan glanced at Booth briefly, to acknowledge that he had spoken. But despite her coldness, Booth plowed on; if she wasn't willing to listen to the latest case… he would have been kicked out by now.

He was momentarily at a loss for words, he watched her lick her lips, as she read something on the computer screen in front of her. He shook is head; attempting to clear it. Did he actually think this squint was hot? She was a squint after all... He couldn't be attracted to her, could he…?

He stood staring at her, the battle of "You think she's hot!" and "She's a squint... She's your work partner!" raged in his mind.

Brennan looked up again, this time an exasperated yet ever-so-slightly confused look on her face. The confused expression nearly made him laugh aloud; Bones barely ever looked confused – unless you mentioned some kind of pop culture reference that is.

"I feel uncomfortable when you stare," Only Bones would say that... He thought.

"Sorry Bones," he said; using sarcasm -- his defense mechanism.

Booth walked behind her; his eyes instead resting on the screen of her computer... She flipped it shut, but stayed sitting, staring straight in front of her.

"Latest case, sixteen year old girl and her dog went missing five years ago, some teenagers were apparently having a party down some bush track, and found what's left of them." Booth relayed the information quickly, fighting the urge to put his hands on her shoulders, god knows he wanted to touch a helluva lot more than just her shoulders but knowing he'd probably end up with a broken nose, or worse, he kept his hands at his sides.

Brennan pushed her chair back against Booth's feet.

"Ouch, crap Bones that hurt!"

"Maybe you shouldn't stand so close then; when are we leaving?" She asked grabbing her coat from the back of the chair, and her bag from under her desk.

"Now I guess." he said in an annoyed tone, she hadn't even looked him in the eyes yet - No he spoke to soon; he wished she hadn't. Her clear green eyes sent shivers up and down his spine; he stood again speechless, now in the doorway of her office. SHES A SQUINT! His brain yelled. But his heart was yelling louder YOU CARE FOR HER!

Booth suddenly had an image in his mind, of a little devil on one shoulder, and an angel on the other, and he snorted quietly with laughter. Brennan stood ahead of him in the hallway, she glanced back at him her eye brows raised in question.

xx

Brennan couldn't stand the way his eyes pierced her, and made her feel so vulnerable. She knew she had feelings for him, but she wasn't going to let on. It would only end badly. They were work-partners, it was inappropriate for them to have a relationship anyway.

As if he actually cared about her anyway! Brennan thought to herself angrily. It was just her wishful thinking. She was surprised at herself, why had she agreed so quickly to go on this case?

Because, at the moment; you have nothing better to do. But a nagging voice at the back of her mind said it was because she wanted to work with Booth. Because when she wasn't on a case with him she missed him.

xx

"Oh this is my sister Bones, Tara, Tara, Bones," Booth broke her reverie and she looked up to see a smiling woman with very long black hair, and dark brown eyes, she could tell she was Booth's sister.

The beautiful woman in front of her held out her hand, with her perfectly manicured nails.

"Nice to meet you - uh..." Tara looked at loss for words, not wanting to use the name Bones. She glanced nervously at Booth.

"It's Temperance," Brennan said scowling in Booths direction. "Tempe." she said with less anger in her voice, without shaking the woman's hand she got into the front passenger seat, forgetting that since Tara was standing there, she was obviously going in the car too.

"Uh Bones, I'm dropping Tara off at her office on the way, okay?" Brennan glanced up, and like a child; clambered through the gap between the front seats into the back. It shocked Tara and Booth, Booth who couldn't keep his eyes off a certain forensic anthropologist's ass.

Xx

"How do they know it's that specific girl that went missing, and her dog?" Brennan asked as soon as Tara had been dropped off.

"Because this case is in New Zealand, missing persons are very rare. She's the only missing sixteen year old female, with a dog in that area, during that time. The medical examiner has determined the body to be female, and young. But Yvonne Barracks wants you in. Apparently the parents are willing to pay." Booth answered; glad she hadn't asked anything about the case while his sister was in the car. He doubted Tara could stomach it, even hearing of a missing person made his sister weak to the stomach.

"I see, and you know Ms. Barracks, how?" Brennan asked. Face neutral.

"How did you know, that I already knew her?" Booth asked looking at her in the rear vision mirror.

"Just a feeling" He smiled smugly.

"A gut feeling; see I knew you went on gut feelings sometimes." Booth's triumphant smile made Brennan felt a little weak kneed, lucky she was sitting down.

"No more than a feeling. Your body language, tone of voice and-"

"- Hey Bones, I get the point." Did he just roll his eyes at me? He really is far too arrogant for his own good, needs his head deflated - a lot. Brennan thought.

New Zealand. What!? I'm going to New Zealand. It just settled into her brain then, and she froze. "Booth…" Came her tentative reply... "We're going to New Zealand…" she said more of a question than a statement.

"Uh huh" He gave a strange look in the rear view mirror, what did it mean?

"When...?" She asked shock evident on her face.

"Tonight, I'm taking you home to pack your bags." Eye brow raise, again she wondered what it meant. Probably he was surprised at how slow she was being tonight.

"Really..." She said slowly.

"Are you okay, Bones?"

"Mm…" she had no idea what to say now.

"Not saying much are you?" Silence enveloped the car, and she felt her stomach clench, why had she agreed? Why New Zealand. How did Booth know Yvonne? Ex-Lover…? Things could get awkward.

A/n: This is a kind of tester, I just want to see if you like it or not. Not sure whether I should finish this or not, so you can review with a simple 'yes' or 'no' if you want.

Thanks! Oh and the grammar etc. probably isn't very good, if someone would like to BETA this... –hint, hint-