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Cinnamon's Wake

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"So where'd you say dad was?" Lorelai asked Emily as they ate dinner.

"Away on business." Emily say taking a bite of mash potatoes. 

"Location's top-secret?"

"Oh, Germany."

"Germany. Is dad's firm insuring Nazis now?" Lorelai asked.

"Your father doesn't know any Nazis." Emily cleaned her mouth.

"I know, mom. It was just--" Lorelai shook her head not finishing.

"What?"

"Joking-- She was joking." Harper told her swallowing her carrots.

"Oh. Hard to tell."

"Yeah, well.."

"Oh, I'm afraid I have some bad news-- Claudia died." 

"Who?" Lorelai gave her a confused look.

"Claudia, your cousin, Claudia. Claudia!" Emily said again after Lorelai's look didn't change.

"I'm hearing the name. I have no idea who that is."

"Claudia's your cousin, for all intents and purposes."

"Oh, now we're getting to it."

"She was your father's grandmother's sister's girl. So to you, that would make her--"

"Nothing?"

"Regardless, the funeral's on Thursday. I thought we'd all go together."

"Two problems. One, impossible to get away from the Inn on Thursday. Two, I've never met this woman."

"You certainly have."

"When?"

"Several times."

"I'll take one. "

"We went to her house to see the first moon landing. She'd just gotten a new Philco." 

"I have no memory of this whatsoever."

"Correct me if I'm wrong, men have walked on the moon regardless of whether your mother remembers or not." Emily looked at Rory and Harper.

"That's the rumor." Rory told her.

"I know that. I just don't know Claudia."

"So you're not going?"

"Not this time."

"I don't think Claudia's planning to die a second time." Emily said making Rory and Harper chuckle.

"Mom, I couldn't go if I wanted to."

"Fine."

"Oh, wait-- Rudolph Got freed." Emily said after a moment of silence."

"Another cousin?" 

"No, A Nazi we knew. I'd forgotten. We stayed with him once in Munich. Nice old man-- interesting stories." Emily said and Lorelai's mouth dropped.

"Mom, you socialized with a known Nazi? That's despicable! That's Heinous!" Lorelai told her.

"No, dear, that was a joke." Emily said as Rory and Harper chuckled

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Harper walked downstairs into the kitchen to hear her mother speak.

"I have an idea for a new reality show. How about everyone just looks out their freaking kitchen window for a change?" Lorelai said swinging her arms around as Harper grabbed an orange from the apple and orange basket on the counter.

"Ooh, she's cranky this morning." Rory turned away from Lorelai grabbing the coffee cup on the counter.

"Let's just say the world's got a formidable opponent." Lorelai said then turned the TV off as Harper filled her cup with coffee.

"Wait, shouldn't you be baking?" Harper turned to her as she brought her coffee up to her mouth.

"I don't know. Shouldn't you be knitting?" Lorelai shook her head.

"Mom, the Chilton bake sale is today!" Rory told her.

"I know, I got it covered." Lorelai said calmly.

"They expect the things to be homemade." Harper said as she started peeling her orange.

"I know."

"By someone other than Dolly Madison." Harper rolled her eyes.

"I said I have it covered!" Lorelai patted the table with each word.

"All the parents pitch in, so this is really important you know that, right?" Rory asked her as Lorelai got up and filled her coffee cup up. 

"Oh, i didn't know. I don't have it covered. I have it covered! Get your stuff and hit the stereo, we're late." Lorelai told Rory who walked over to her bedroom.

"That's not me." Rory said and opened her bedroom door to show Lane dancing in Rory's room.

"Where does your mom think you are?" Lorelai asked her and she turned the stereo off.

"Oh, uh, on a park bench, contemplating the reunification of the two Korea's." Lane told her calmly.

"Not here, skanking to rancid?"

"Wouldn't be included."

"School!" Lorelai smiled and they all grabbed their bags and got around. 

Lane ran off as they walked out the door giving them a wave.

"Bye."

"Bye." Lorelai called as they walked towards the car, seeing Babette  and Morey walking their cat in a wagon.

"Wow, Cinnamon, riding in style." Rory told them.

"Yeah, Morey made it. Cinnamon's not walking good these days, but she still likes her passeggiatas. That's italian for a nice walk." Babette tells them looping her arm in Morey's.

"Passeggiatas." Morey said.

"Oh, god, he makes it sound so sexy." Babette smiles.

"Come on." Morey blushes.

"What's that?" Lorelai asked pointing to the little hide out area made in the wagon with some curtains.

"It's Cinnamon's private area. Sometimes she likes to be alone. She's just like Morey in that sense. Hey, say, Passeggiata, again." Babette bumps his arm.

"I can't do it on command, Babs." Morey said slightly looking up at them before looking back at the ground.

"Oh, he's blushing. God, I love a man that blushes!" Babette chuckled as Morey started walking away as she quickly followed.

"Okay, our town is just wierd." Harper said sipping her coffee.

"Thank god." Lorelai watching the couple walk away.

"Bye." Rory said

"Bye."

"Bye."

"I'll see you later at school."

"For what?"

"Mom, the bake sale!"

"I got the vein in the forehead Whoo!" Lorelai started laughing as she pointed at Rory.

"Sadist." Rory shook her head as her and Harper started their walk.

They walked to the bus station, when the bus pulled up they got in line to get on the bus. As they got on the bus they showed the guy their card and looked around for two empty seats. Once found they sat down. 

"Hey!" They heard a voice behind them making them both scream and everyone look at them.

"Morning." Rory calmed down realizing it was Dean.

"Good book?"

"I don't know yet."

"I saw you standing in the line, so I thought I'd say hello. Hello?"

"Hello."

"Hey, thanks for helping me get the job at the store. I mean, it's not a career or anything, but it's go me solvent."

"Solvent is good."

"Yeah. Uh, are you always this serious?"

"No."

"So, uh, how long does it take you to get to school?"

"Um, 40 minutes, if the bus driver's focused, but longer if he's trying to win something on the radio. This bus is going to Hartford!"

"Yeah, I know."

"You go to school here. You've got to get off the bus. Hey, He has to get off the bus!" Rory tries to tell the driver

"W-w-wait. You're forgetting something. Buses make stops. Goodbye, Lorelai Gilmore." He said smiling as the bus came to a stop and he got off the bus.

Rory sat their a moment before a small smile spread across her face. 

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Sookie put the last dish on the table as Lorelai, Rory, and Harper all smiled down at the bake sale table.

"Well, what do you think?" Sookie asked.

"Amazing!" Rory smiled at her.

"Incredible!"

"This is awesome, Sookie. Thank you!" Harper smiled at her.

"It is good, isn't it? Well, final touch..." Sookie grabbed the lighter.

"Oh, can I do that?" Rory asked

"Oh, W-w-whoa, honey. This is more delicate procedure than you might think. Okay." Sookie said as she turned on the lighter.

"Okay."

"It takes an expert hand." Sookie walked back around the table. 

"Oh!" Lorelai gasped and they looked over and saw the cloth on the table caught on fire.

Harper grabbed a cup and filled it with punch and threw it on it. When she looked back up at the people at the table she chuckled.

"Hi. Oh, well, gee...What is that, a dollar? Let me just give you- Let me find you a dollar. You know what? I'll take  two. I'll drink one." Harper let out a nervous chuckle and filled her cup up taking a sip.

"Mmm, tasty and flame-retardant." Harper let another nervous chuckle before walking back over to the table sighing.

As she walked over to the table she saw Mr. Medina and Lorelia talking.

"Max." Mr. Medina said.

"Mr. Medina, meet Sookie, the chef at the inn. Sookie, Mr. Medina." Lorelai nodded her head at him. 

"What's the name again?" Sookie asked.

"Mr. Medina." Lorelai told her.

"I know. You've said it a zillion times. hello." Sookie smiled at him.

"Hello." He gave her a head nod.

"Hi, Mr. Medina." Harper walked over setting her drink down on the table.

"Hi, Harper!" He smiled at her which she returned.

"Lorelai, could I borrow you for a second?" Max turned to Lorelai.

"Uh, yeah, sure." Lorelai said and sighed as they both walked away. 

"Oh! Hey, I'll be right back." Lorelai told Sookie and grabbed the lighter from Sookie then walked away with Max. 

As Harper grabbed one of Sookie's treats from her table and took a bite she felt arms wrapped around her waist. She gasp before she was set back down and turned to see Theodore smiling at her. 

"Hi!" She smiled leaning up and kissing his cheek. 

"Hi." He smiled at her 

"What are you doing here?" She set the treat down on the table.

"I just wanted to visit, see how this is going?" He said looking around before looking back down at her. 

She smiled at him before Lorelai walked back over.

"Hey, Theo. Good to see you." She smiled at him. 

"Hi, Lorelai. Would it be okay, if I stole Harper away?" Theodore asked her and Lorelai nodded and Theodore grabbed Harper's hand bringing her with him.

"So, what are we doing?" She asked him.

"Hmmm, just going for lunch. I figured you want a real meal instead of all these sweets." Theodore told her opening her door then walked around the car and getting in the driver seat.

Harper nodded her head as he started the car and drove off. 

"Where do you wanna go?' Theodore asked her as he pulled out of the parking lot.

"Luke's." Harper smiled as Theodore nodded his head. 

They drove to Luke talking about random things and what happened during their days. When they got their, they walked and walked to one of the free tables.

"okay, I already know what you want, Harper. How about you?" Luke turned to Theodore as he scanned the menu.

"Could I just get a burger." Theodore asked.

"What would you like on it?"

"Everything, and fries to the side." Theodore said closing his menu.

"Thanks, Luke." Harper thanked and he nodded his head taken the ticket back to Caeser. The young couple sat in some silence for a moment.

"What's your family like?" Harper asked out of nowhere. 

"Oh, uh, well my father, is, um well, my father is not the nicest, but can be when he wants to be, my mother is a sweetheart, but again only when wants to be, or if she likes you. And my little sister, is well, a little sister." Theodore smiled at her.

"What makes you say that, about your parents?" Harper asked.

"Well, my father is fairly decently nice to me, unless he's mad, so work, is never a time to be nice, but he is polite, unless he doesn't like you, Truthfully he is a nice man. My mother is a sweetheart, polite, but if she doesn't like you, she makes little jabs at like no other until you leave. But if she likes you, she is an extremely nice woman." Theodore explained to her and she nodded her head along, "And the reason I say my little sister, is a little sister. Is cause, well, you've got Rory and I bet when she was young, she was constantly annoying you, wanting to play games, but only when you were busy, not when you were free. Love her to death, but jeez." Theodore said taking a sip of the coke that got set in front of him just minutes before as Harper just smiled.

 "Yeah, I know what you're talking about. When Rory and me were younger and she was in just the younger grades, no homework, you just spend your classes playing, and I had classes where I had homework, and we'd get home and while I'm trying to do homework, she sitting beside me, crying for me to play with her, then when I would finish and offer to play, she would dry up the tears and stomped to her room." Harper told him as he chuckled.

They spent the rest of lunch telling funny stories from childhood till now. When Theodore pulled up to her house, she went to lean over and kiss him when Rory knocked the window insistently making Harper roll down the window to see her panicked face. 

"Come on, it's Cinnamon." Rory told her before turning and walking over towards Babette's house. 

Harper quickly opened the door running to catch up with Rory. 

"Hey! Who's Cinnamon? What happened?" Theodore ran after her.

"Cinnamon is Babette's cat. She's been pretty bad recently." Harper said before they walking into the house to see the vet and a white sheet with a lump under it and Lorelai already there.

"She's gone. Cinnamon's gone" Babette's voice cracked. 

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Lorelai muttered.

"Is there anything I can do for you, Morey?" Rory asked as they sat on the couch by him.

"This is life, guys-- It breaks your heart." Morey told them morbidity 

"She looked like she was sleeping. I thought she was asleep, so i nudged her, and she didn't wake up. I gave her a push and she rolled off the couch, and since I just waxed the floor, she went shooting across the room. When she knocked over the lamp, and she still didn't move I knew it was over. Oh, god, my baby." Babette explained to her as Lorelai laid a comfort hand on her shoulder.

"Tell me it wasn't  the--." Morey couldn't even finish the sentence.

"Oh, Morey, Don't do this to yourself. He thinks it was the clams." Babette looked at the vet.

"She saw me eating them. She gave me that "Hey, what's up?" look and--"

"It wasn't the clams. Morey, in human years, this cat was 260 years old." The vet told them.

"That's a good, long, life." Lorelai nodded her head.

"Listen, why don't you let me take her out to the van.  Then I'll get out out of your way." The vet told them.

"Oh, no. Stay. All of you, please stay. Cinnamon would want you here." Babette placed a hand over her heart.

"We'll stay as long as you want." Harper told her.

"I'll never eat clams again." Morey said.

"Me either." Rory patted his arm making him give her a kind smile. 

Later that day everyone came over to celebrate Cinnamon's life. Harper, Theo, and Charlie all walked together as Jessica spoke to them.

"They said that they rolled her body into a lamp? Did you laugh? Did you want to?" Charlie asked as Harper nodded her head.

"But its sad."

"Yeah, its sad." Charlie agreed.

Charlie was walking around later that night when she saw Rory standing out on the porch.

"What are you-" She went to ask her sister when she saw she was staring at something, and she looked over at her house where she saw her teacher, Max Medina on their front porch, knocking on the door.

"Mom?" Harper called out.

"Huh?" Loralai walked as Rory pointed.

"Isn't that-" Rory got cut off by Lorelai's gasp.

"Oh, no." Lorelai put her hands on the sides of her face.

"That's Mr. Medina." Harper said.

"Tonight's Thursday." Lorelai looked at the ground.

"Is one of us in trouble? Did the school call?" Harper asked.

"No, no, you guys are great. Let me just come back in one second." Lorelai went to walk away.

"Wait, what's going on?" Rory asked grabbing her arm.

"Let me tell you in a minute." Lorelai told her.

"Tell us now." Harper said.

"Max is here..."

"Max?"

"... to pick me up."

"Pick you up for..oh." Harper said as she put her hands on her pocket.

"I'm gonna go talk to him real quick, and I'm gonna be right back." Lorelai told them before walking away.

The sisters looked at each other with looks before watching their mother walk over there and talk to him. Harper shook her head and walked in she walked around for a minute before finding Theo talking to Miss Patty who had her had on his bicep.

"Hi, Miss Patty, do you mind if I steal him for a moment?" Harper asked her with a kind smile.

"Oh, sure, dear." Miss Patty smiled at them as they walked away.

"I just found out that my mom was going to go on a date with Mr. Medina tonight, but... well this happened." Harper told him.

"What?" He looked down at her as she looped her arm through and they continued to walk around.

"Yeah, that was my reaction too. I mean, good for her, but.... my teacher. What if it gets awkward at school now?" Harper asked him.

"Hey, well, I mean. It's Lorelai, she's probably thought it out and thought about you and Rory and how it would effect you, I mean you and Rory are old enough to deal with something that." Theo told her and she nodded her head.

"Yeah, but.... I don't know." Harper shook her head.

"It'll be okay." Theo patted her hand. 

Soon enough everyone joined in the living room where Morey played Cinnamon's song and Miss Patty played the bongo along with him. Babette came over and sat down by Morey. While everyone sat in the living room Harper and Theo went outside and sat on the porch before Lorelai came outside.

"Finally! Okay, we gotta talk." Lorelai told Harper as Harper laid her hand on Theo's let signaling for him not to leave.

"That man on the front porch was you're teacher." Lorelai said making Harper and Theo both look at her weird.

"Mom, I'm a little behind in school, but not so behind that I don't know who the teacher is, so?" Harper asked

"So, um, he-- He and I were going to sort of hang out together." 

"On a date."

"No. On something that could appear like a date to the untrained eye." Lorelai told her.

"And to your daughters eye?"

"It was a date."

"How long have you been dating him?"

"I haven't, this was gonna be the first time."

"And when were planning on telling me and Rory-- on your wedding?"

"No, by the rehearsal dinner, at least."

"He's our teacher."

"I know."

"He teaches me things every day in a small classroom with a lot of other kids who aren't going to be high-fiving me when they find this out."

"I know, sweetie, and I told him this was one of things I was concerned about."

"And?"

"And he felt we could be discreet."

"Unbelievable."

"Are you mad?"

"Yes!"

"Right. Because I'm dating him?"

"Because you lied to me!"

"I kept information from you."

"Information that I should have had."

"Information that would have come out, eventually. Like the Iran-Contra scandal."

"So you're Oliver North."

"No, I'm Fawn Hall."

"Mom."

"Well, she was much prettier." Lorelai said as Harper sighed.

"I just can't believe that you didn't tell me about this. Why wouldn't you tell me?"

"It's cause I thought you were gonna take it bad. Thank god I was wrong. Okay. Okay. Listen, I'm sorry. I won't date him. I promise."

"I'm not saying you can't date him. It's just... this is weird. I mean, there are a million guys in this world, and you end up with Mr. Medina." Harper made a face.

"You think I don't get the weirdness factor? Believe me, the last thing I intended to do was date your teacher."

"I believe you."

I really like him, Harper. I can't help it. And it's been a really long time since I felt like this. You can't always control who you're attracted to, you know. I think the whole Angelina Jolie/ Billy Bob Thornton thing really proves that. I think you already understand this, but you'll meet some great guy, he'll make your head all foggy, and you won't know what to do with yourself. Oh, sweety, I won't keep anything from you again. I promise. From now on, every aspect of my life is an open book to you and Rory." Lorelai told Harper as she smiled at Theo.

"That's okay."

"Really. I'm not even gonna get dressed until I tell you what I'm thinking of wearing."

"Fair enough." Harper nodded her head.

"Okay. Tomorrow I'm thinking the purple tiger top, the black leather skirt, the panda-bear underwear?"

"Oh, good."

"But of course I'm totally open to suggestions."

"Here's one-- get some help." Harper told her making her laugh. 

Around 2 hours later Theo had to leave so Harper walked him to his car while Lorelai and Rory went back to the house. They walked over to his car and leaned against the side staring at Harper who just smiled at him.

"You're beautiful." Theo told her making her look down and blush. 

She walked towards him and kissed him. After small couple more kisses Theo got in his car and left.

"Bye." He said as he pulled out of the drive way.

"Bye." Harper smiled as she started walking back towards the house. After he was finally all the way out the drive way and down the road Harper went back in the house to find Rory and Lorelai sitting the couch just as the phone rang. Lorelai got up and answered it.

"Hello? Mom? Hi. But someone hasn't. There we go. There's no messages on the machine, Mom. At a wake. A funeral. It was for the neighbors.... cat." Lorelai said as she looked over at Rory and Harper who were trying to signal for her not to say that, "Mom? I just wanted to be honest with you, Mom, silly me. Yeah, a cat, it was a cats funeral. Not my cousin. My father's grandmother's sister's girl. Well, I couldn't at the time, but I worked it out.  It's late. I have a big day tomorrow.  Goodnight, Mother." Lorelai set the phone down before walking into the kitchen were Rory and Harper stood.

"AAAGGGHH! She's working for a sedative manufacturer, keeping that demand sky-high." Lorelai said left her coat fall on the floor.

"You shouldn't have told her." Harper said as she bit into an apple.

"Well, I don't know what to tell and what to hide."

"Yeah." Rory said getting the tub of water out of the fridge.

"So, we never did quite settle the whole dating-your-teacher issue.  I won't go out with him if you guys don't want me to."

"You can go out with whoever you want." Harper said throwing the core of the apple in the trash before going and grabbing an orange.

"It's whoever we want."

"I'm certainly not  gonna go out with him, nor Harper, cause that be really weird." Rory told her as Harper nodded her head along eating her orange slices.

"I mean it. I won't see him if you don't want me to. You know, if there's anything that makes you feel uncomfortable, big or small then he's out of the there."

"Good to know." Harper nodded her head.

"Because it's not like I'm desperate. There are plenty of other guys out there."

"Sure are."

"And it's not like I have to ask you're permission. I mean, this is a courtesy." 

"Okay" Rory and Harper both started to walk away and Lorelai followed after them.

Rory went to her room as Harper started up the stairs, Lorelai stopped in the living room looking between them as Rory shut her door and Harper walked down the hallway to her room then doing the same.

"Okay, so, I'm gonna be up for a while if you want to get back to me on this." Lorelai yelled at them.

"I know where you are!" Harper yelled back before it was silent then Rory came out of her room at the same time Harper came out of her's stopping on the stairs as they both looked at Lorelai.

"Hey, do you think you can keep him out really late on Thursday night, cause we have this oral exam on Friday that we'd really love him to sleep through." Harper asked her as She smiled looking between the pair.

"I'll do my best." Lorelai smiled at them before both the sisters went back to their rooms. 

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You're flirting with Steve at Tony's Party

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You were sat at the bar listening to Bruce ramble on about some new biomechanic gun, that was your arm.... or something like that. You weren't actually listening, were looking around for a certain blondie. 

As  you're eyes roamed the room you finally found him, sat with Thor drinking Asgardian whiskey. You smiled before turning back to Bruce to listen to his rambling, you managed to keep an eye on Steve the whole night, though. 

An hour pasted and you were still listening to Bruce rambled when Steve walked up to the bar, a bright smile on his face. As you turned in your seat you watched his eyes fall to your legs before looking back at you, his face heating up when he was caught.

"What are you guys talking about?" He asked as he reached over the counter grabbing a beer.

"A biomechanic gun, it's your arm!" Bruce told him and started to explain how it worked to him. You smiled taking a sip of your drink and looked over at Steve. He nodded his head as Bruce told him it wouldn't work if you were running, you had to standing there aiming. Steve's eyes drifted over to you and you smiled sending a wink his way. He smiled turning back to Bruce. After finishing your drink you stood from your seat, leaving your glass in your spot. 

"Goodnight, boys." You smiled at the two men in front of you. They both said goodnight and you walked away. You walked past Steve laying a hand on his arm and giving it a squeeze before you left the room.

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Harper and Elena walked into the kitchen to see Jenna talking to the TV as she drank coffee.

"Scum ball. Scum bucket." She said.

"Who are you talking to?" Harper asked walking around the counter grabbing a banana.

"Him." Jenna nodded her head towards the anchor on the screen.

"The new's guy?" Elena asked confused.

"Also known as Logan Scum Fell. Did your mom ever tell you why I moved away from Mystic Falls?" Jenna asked them as they both the twins chuckled.

"Oh, no way. You and him? He's cute." Harper sat at the table next to Elena.

"He is not cute. There's nothing cute about him." Jenna said and turned the news off.

"What are you doing with that?" Harper asked as she got a pocket watch out of a box and started wiping it.

"I got it from the safe deposit box. Mom told Mrs. Lockwood she would loan it to the Founders council for their heritage display." Elena said as Jenna reached into the box and grabbed a ring.

"Is that grandma Beth's wedding ring?" Jenna asked as Jeremy walked in.

"Originally, it was Great-great grandma Mary's wedding ring." Harper said as Jeremy grabbed the pocket watch.

"How much do you think this stuff is worth, like, on eBay?" He asked and Elena grabbed it from him.

"You're not gonna find out." She told him. 

"That stuff is mom and dads. You can't just give it away." Jeremy told her walking over to the counter. 

"I'm not giving it away. It's called a loan, Jeremy." Elena told him when the bell rang. 

Harper looked over at the door before standing up. She opened the door to see Stefan. 

"Hey, Elena, it's Stefan." Harper yelled across the house and Elena came over. Harper turned and walked upstairs. 

She was sat upstairs reading a book when a knock on her pulled her back into reality. 

"Come in!" She called not looking up from her book. 

Her door opened and she still didn't look up and there was a dip in her beside and familiar voice spoke.

"What are you reading?" Theodore asked putting his head on her shoulder. 

"Oh, so I found this tucked away in my closet. I wanted to read it so bad when I first watch Indiana Jones, but I never actually got down to it. So I am, its Indiana Jones diary." Harper told him and he nodded his head. 

"Awesome." Theodore muttered as he read with her. 

They sat their reading the book for a while before Harper closed the book and sat up a little more. Theodore stood and sat down in her window seal chair. 

"So, how would you look in a suit?" Harper asked him as he put his hand on his leg.

"I can pull one off." Theodore nodded his head. 

"How about tomorrow night? Will you be my date to the Founder's party?" Harper asked him.

"They still do that?"

"Have you been before?" Harper asked

"No, the Salvatore's don't get invited anymore." Theodore told her.

"Well, this year, there's this heritage project that meant a lot to my mom. She was really involved in the Founder's Council and it was her favorite party. I know it sounds really boring but-." Harper tried to tell him.

"I would be honored to go with you, Miss Gilbert." Theodore smiled at her.

"The pleasure is all mine, Mr. Salvatore." Harper smiled. 

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Harper was sat at the table with Bonnie when Elena came back in.

"Delicate Flower versus Naughty Vixen." Bonnie yelled nail polish.

"Tough call. Can we mix them?" Elena asked and Bonnie smiled.

"Look at you getting all pretty for your date. You guys seem happish." Bonnie said digging through her bag.

"I am-ish. Tonight's gonna be a good night.  Don't let that stop you from telling us whatever it is you wanted to tell us as soon as you walked in the door." Harper told her

"What if I tell you in the morning? I don't want to ruin the night." Bonnie told them and Elena took the pen out of her hand.

"Bonnie, out with it." Elena told her.

"Okay, but it has to go in the vault because Caroline would kill me if it get's back to Damon that she squealed. Apparently, Stefan and Theodore have a very interesting back story. Do you know what happened with their ex's Katherine and Nikol?" Bonnie asked them

"I know that Damon had dated them both and that's why they have issues." Elena said.

"Yeah, Damon dated both of them while they dated Stefan and Theodore, only both of them chose Damon. That drove Stefan and Theodore mad. So they did horrible things to break them up. Damon dated Katherine first but when Stefan broke them up and she turned to Stefan, Damon went for Nikol and Theodore did the same thing. They manipulated Katherine and Nikol. They filled their heads with these lies until it worked and they both turned against Damon." Bonnie told them as both sisters listen intently. 

"That sounds like one person's side of the story, meaning Damon's." Harper told her.

"I just wanted you too know." Bonnie told them.

"Their past relationships are none of our business." Elena said.

"Unless their calculating, manipulative lairs. That's your business." Bonnie told them.

"Neither of them like that." Harper told her.

"Oh, yeah? How do you know?" Bonnie asked and both girls were gonna say something before making a face.

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Bonnie was stood in the mirror doing her hair, Elena was doing her eyelashes, and Harper was putting on lipstick as music played. They heard the phone ring and Elena set her makeup down and went and grabbed the phone.

"Hello? Hi, Mrs. Lockwood. What do you mean? It is? Are you sure? Because I saw it. I-. Let me check. Mhm. I will find it and bring it. Okay. Bye." Elena hung up was she walked past Harper and Bonnie towards Jeremy's room.

"What's wrong?" Bonnie asked.

Elena walked into his room where he had headphones on, his feet up on the table, as he scrolled on his computer. Elena walked over hitting his headphones off his head.

"Ah. God, what now?" Jeremy asked grabbing his headphones that fell back.

"The pocket watch. Where is it?" Elena said as he struggled to untangled the headset and get them off.

"What watch?" He set the headphones in his lap.

"The one you stole from Mom's box. Look, Mrs.Lockwood just called me freaking out. It was on the list. She can't find it and thinks she lost it." Elena told him.

"Maybe she did. Maybe Tyler took it." Jeremy said.

"Don't even play that card. You took it. If I go online am I gonna find it on eBay? Is that how you pay for your pot?" Elena asked him.

"Screw you." Jeremy told her and stood up walking over to his shelves he grabbed it and gave it to her.

"I would never sell this, okay?" Jeremy told her.

"Then why did you take it?"

"Because its suppose to be mine. Dad said it goes to the first born son. His father gave it to him and now what?" Jeremy said then sat back down putting his headphones back on.

"And he was gonna give it to you?"

"Yeah." Jeremy nodded his head then Elena walked to the door before turning back to him.

"Look, Jeremy, its still yours, okay? Mom promised Mrs. Lockwood. What do you want me to do?" Elena asked him,

"Just take it and get out." Jeremy told her as Harper popped her head in the doorway.

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Harper got dressed in a pretty, short, royal blue dressed and Theodore was in a black tux with a blue rose where his white pocket square sat.

They were stood in the long line that led up to the Lockwood's Mansion. They got up to the door and stopped right before stepping in.

"Hi, Mayor Lockwood." Harper spoke when he looked up and saw her.

"Hey, come on in." He smiled and they walked in.

"Thank you." Theodore smiled at him.

"Have fun." Mayor Lockwood smiled at them.

They walked in before Theodore stopped and leaned over.

"I'll get drinks you go mingle." Theodore told her and she nodded her head with a smile.

Harper walked around a while talking to people before Theodore joined her side again. By the end of the night they were stood with Stefan and Elena in the archive room looking around at the history of their town.

Elena stood in front of a piece of paper reading it outloud while Stefan, Theodore, and Harper stood near.

"The founding families of Mystic Falls welcomes you to the inaugural Founder's Council Celebration. Wow, look, it's the original guest registry. Look at all these familiar names: Sheriff- William Ford, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood. Is that Damon Salvatore? And Stefan Salvatore? And Theodore Salvatore?" Elena asked making Harper look up at the list and see the names and she looked over at Theodore.

"The original Salvatore brothers. Our ancestors. Tragic story, actually." Damon walked over with Caroline.

"We don't need to bore them with stories from the past." Stefan said walking over to him.

"It's not boring, Stefan. I'd love to hear more about your family." Elena told him.

"Well, I'm bored, I wanna dance. And Damon won't dance with me. Could I borrow one of your dates? or how about both?" Caroline asked looking between the twins.

"Oh, umm." Harper let out a nervous chuckle.

"I don't really dance. Neither of us." Theodore pointed between him and his brother.

"He does. You should see him. Waltz, jitterbug, the moonwalk. He does it all." Damon said shaking his head.

"You would mine, girls, would you?" Caroline asked

"It's up to the boys." Harper rolled her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Well, sorry, but I won't take no for an answer." Caroline grabbed both the boys hands. 

Harper looked between Elena and Damon before looking down at her feet.

"I'm, uh, gonna go." She said turning and walking away.

"No, no, Harper please." Elena begged but Harper walked away anyway.

Harper returned to Elena and Damon minutes later with a drink for Elena and they walked out to were Caroline, Stefan, and Theodore all stood. 

"What'd we miss?" Damon asked as they walked up to them and Harper immediately joined Theodore's side.

"We were just chatting." Stefan spoke.

"Drink, Damon?" Theodore held up champagne. 

"No, thanks, I'll pass. " Damon said looking at the glass before looking at him and the three brothers stared each other down.

"Theodore, do you have another dance in you?" Harper asked him and he looked down at her with a kind smile.

"Absolutely." Theodore nodded his head and they went off to the dance floor with Stefan and Elena right behind them.

"I hope Damon didn't drive you too crazy." Theodore told her.

"Actually, I went to go a drink while he talked to Elena. So if he drove anyone crazy it would be her." Harper chuckled.

"Hmm. Smart choice." Theodore told her and they both chuckled. It was silent and Harper's mind begin to wonder.

"Can you tell me about Nikol? What happened?" Harper asked him rubbing his arm.

"It's not something I like to talk about." Theodore told her.

"I get that. I do. I just want you to know that you can. I mean, I burden you with all of my drama... and I want you too do the same." Harper told him and he nodded his head and swallowed.

"Um.. Thank you." Theodore told her and she looked down at their moving feet before looking back up at him.

"The truth is Theodore, I don't know that much about you.. and I'd really love it if you'd open up to me." Harper told him as Theodore stared at her.

"Damon did say something before you left didn't he. Damon likes to play games and cause trouble, Harper." Theodore told her and she rolled her eyes.

"This isn't about Damon, or Stefan, or Elena. It's about me and you, no one else. It's about me trying to get to know you. Look, your the mystery guy and I like that... but with mystery comes secrets, and this thing with Nikol-." Harper told him as they stopped swaying.

"Let it go. I don't want to talk about it." Theodore told her.

"Say something about yourself. Anything. Otherwise, I'm left with nothing but what other people tell me." Harper dropped her hands.

"Don't you see what Damon's done here? He's trying to turn to get you to turn you against me." Theodore told her and she scoffed shaking her head.

"Well, then I guess it's working." Harper told him and she turn and walked away. 

Harper found Elena and Bonnie sat on the couch eating Ice cream inside. She walked over to them explaining what had happen and had the same thing going on with Stefan.

"This is my fault. I planted doubt. I'm a doubt planter." Bonnie said scooping Ice cream into her mouth. 

"It's not your fault. I just, I feel terrible. I said I wouldn't get in the middle of it and then I did." Elena explained.

"Its no where near your fault, Bonnie." Harper laid a reassuring hand on Bonnie's.

"I feel terrible. I said I wouldn't get in the middle of it and then I did. I got all snotty." Elena explained and Harper laid her head on Elena shoulder.

"I feel you." She wrapped her arm around Elena.

"Elena, Harper, girls, there you are. I notice the watch still isn't in the collection." Mrs. Lockwood walked over to them and sat down in the empty chair near.

Both girls looked at each other then looked back at her with wide open mouths.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Mrs. Lockwood. We couldn't find it. I guess, it's still packed up in my parents' stuff somewhere." Harper told her as Elena nodded her head and Mrs. Lockwood smiled.

"I see. Please let me know if you do find it." Mrs. Lockwood patted both the girls knee's.

"Okay." They politely smiled at her.

After talking to Bonnie some more they all split apart. Harper eventually found Jessica and was talking to her for a while when Elena came up to her and dragged her into a corner.

"What?" Harper brushed her hand off of her.

"Damon's been hurting Caroline." Elena told her and and Harper's face scrunched up in confusion. 

"What are you talking about?" Harper asked her.

"We were both in the bathroom fixing our makeup when I saw something peaking out from under her scarf. So i lifted and there was a big bite mark and on her back theirs a bite mark, from Damon." Elena explained as Harper's eyes widen.

Harper turned and walked out of the house looking around and when she found Damon smug look on his face and she walked over to him. When she was in arms reach she grabbed his collar and standing on the step above him gave her an advantage as she stood cower down on him.

"There is something serious wrong with you." Harper told him and his smirk disappeared, "You stay away from Caroline or I will go to her mother, the sheriff. You got it? Stay away from her." Harper told him and shoved him back before walking past him with Elena right behind him.

"We need to find the other two." Harper told her and they split up looking for there men. 

Harper found Theodore out by the pond looking up at the moon. 

"I'm sorry. I take it all back. You're completely right about Damon." Harper told him as she took a deep breath.

"What did he do?" Theodore looked at her with concern.

"There are bruises all over Caroline's body. Bite marks. And he has her all confused and messed up in the head." Harper told him and Theodore looked down at his feet. 

"You knew? You knew and didn't think to say something? Theodore! That's my best friend! I'm not gonna stand by and let her get hurt and if I have to go through Damon I will!" Harper told him crossing her arms.

"Harper, please, har- Look there are things I want to tell you about us that I can't. Maybe I'll never be able too, but I just need you to trust me. He did it to other girls. Me and Stefan are handling it." Theodore told her.

"Handling it? He needs to be arrest, Theodore! Thrown in jail have you seen her?...... Trust is earned, Theodore. It not simply handed over as if it means nothing." Harper told him and Theodore just stared at her for a moment.

"I'm so sorry. I have to go." Theodore told her and walked past as she shook her head. 

Harper stood there a moment before finding Elena on the bridge.

"Hey, how'd it go?" Harper asked her.

"No good." Elena shook her head looking down at her feet.

"Yeah, mine either." Harper looked down at the wood before looking back out at the water in the pond, " We should probably go find Caroline." Harper said and Elena nodded her head and they both walked off the bridge to find Caroline.

When they found her she was stood in the grass by herself. 

"Caroline?" Elena called out.

"Oh, there you are. We've been looking everywhere for you." Elena told her as they walked up to her.

"Are you okay?" Harper asked when they reached her after she still hadn't responded.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Caroline said sounding out of breath and like she was about to cry.

"Caroline, what happened?" Elena asked

"I'm fine." Caroline said and she started to breath harder and shake.

"No, you're shaking. Caroline, what-"

"I'm fine, I'm fine." Caroline continued to say.

"Caroline, come here, come here." Harper pulled her and Elena into a hug and they both held her as Caroline broke down on her shoulder.

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Friday Night Bite

The Vampire Daires masterlist

The whole ride to school Bonnie was warning Harper and Elena about Theodore and Stefan. When they reached school she was still going on about.

"Listen, I'm not saying don't date the guy, I'm just saying take it slow." Bonnie told them as they got out of the car.

"You are the one who said go for it." Harper told her fixing her strap of her shoulder.

"Now, I'm saying take it slow." Bonnie said as they started walking

"Why the about- face." Elena asked

"It's not a about-face. You're single for the first time in high school. Perfect time to play the field." Bonnie said

"Oh, because I'm so that girl." Elena laughed

"Seriously, what are you not saying?" Harper asked

"It's stupid." Bonnie said and Harper grabbed her arm

"Bonnie."

"What?"

"Spit it out."

"I accidentally touched Theodore and I got a really bad feeling." 

"Is that it? Bonnie." Harper said after Bonnie tried to walk away agian.

"It was "bad" bad"

"Is this the whole witch-mojo thing again?"

"Know what? I'm just concerned. This is me expressing concern about my best friends boyfriend's." Bonnie told them as they both smiled at her.

"We thank you and love you for it. But I feel good. It's been a hard year and I'm starting to kinda feel.... like things are getting back to normal. And you know what? Theodore is a big part of that." Harper told her and Bonnie smiled at them.

"Morning, Harper." Theodore came walking towards them and Bonnie distanced her self.

"Morning, Elena, Bonnie." Theodore smiled at them.

"Hey, i gotta find Caroline." Bonnie said walking off.

The twins looked each other before Elena spoke.

"Well, I'm gonna go find Stefan." Elena said

"He's over there." Theodore pointed to the parking lot where Stefan walking towards them from.

"Thanks" Elena said then walked.

"Bonnie, doesn't like me very much does she?" Theodore asked

"She doesn't know you. She's my best friend. She's just looking out for me, but when she does, she will love you." Harper explained as they started walking.

Harper was telling Theodore something when an idea popped in her 

"Here's what we're gonna do. Are you free tonight?" Harper asked putting her arm on Theodore's arm and they stopped walking and Theodore stepped in front of her.

"Yes."

"Perfect. Dinner, my house, 8:00. You, me, Stefan, Elena, and Bonnie. You three with spend some quality time. She'll get to see what a great guy you  and Stefan are. Mission accomplished." Harper shrugged her shoulders as Theodore smiled at her. 

Harper was going to say something else when Theodore turned quickly and caught a football perfectly in front of his face before it hit him. He threw the football back and when Ty caught the ball it threw him back a bit. Harper chuckled in amazement as the bell rang. 

"That throw was insane. I didn't know you played football." Harper said as her and Theodore walked down the hallway.

"Me and Stefan use too. It was a long time ago." Theodore smiled

"So why don't you guys try out for the team?" Harper asked

"Yeah, I don't think so." Theodore said as they stopped in front of Harpers locker.

"So you don't like football?" Harper asked

"I love football. It's a great sport. But in this case, I don't think football likes me. You saw Tyler over there. And we both know how Levi feels." Theodore said raising his eyebrows.

"They don't know you. To them, you're a mysterious loner guy. Wouldn't hurt to be part of. Make some friends." Harper told him taking her jacket and bag off and putting it in her locker.

"Says the girl who spends her alone time writing in a cemetery." Theodore teased.

"Hey, come on. There's more to me than just some gloomy-graveyard girl. There's a whole other Harper that you have yet to meet. She was into everything. Very busy." Harper chuckled

"Well, I look forward to meeting her. And will that be?" Theodore asked as the bell rang.

"Soon. She's working on it." Harper said shutting her locker and walking to class.

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"World war II ended in...Anyone got anything? Ms. Jaun? 1945." Mr. Tanner said when no one raised there hand. 

"Pss, our team sucks. They could use you." Harper turned to Theodore.

"Pearl Harbor."

"Can't. I'm a loner." Theodore told her making her chuckle.

"Nothing? Miss Gilbert? Pearl Harbor." Mr. Tanner asked her.

"Um."

"December 7th, 1941." Theodore said making Harper smile at him.

"Thank you, Miss Gilbert." Mr. Tanner said and everybody chuckled.

"Anytime." Theodore nodded his head.

"Very well. The fall of the Berlin wall?" Mr. Tanner asked looking around the room.

"1989. I'm good with dates, sir." Theodore said when Mr. Tanner gave him a look.

"Are you? How good? Keep it to the year. Civil right's act?"

"1964."

"John F. Kennedy assassination?"

"1963"

"Martin Luther King?"

"68'"

"Lincoln."

"1865"

"Roe V. Wade?"

"1973"

"Brown V. Board?"

"1954."

"The Battle of Gettysburg?"

"1863"

"Korean War?"

"1950 to 1953."

"Ha, it ended in 52'" And everyone sighed.

"Actually, sir, it was 53'."

"Look it up. Somebody. Quickly."

"It was 1953."  A kid said and everyone started clapping.

When they bell rang Harper and Theodore walked out together.

"How did you know all of that?" Harper smiled

"Years and Years of crossword puzzles. It's a loner thing." Theodore told her.

After school Harper went to cheer practice with Elena. Even though she wasn't doing cheer anymore she thought she'd come to support Elena. Harper went and sat against the leg of the bleachers with a book. She was interrupted with loud music and a loud engine. She looked up to see Caroline just getting here. She got out of blue car and after she moved out the way she saw that Damon was the one driving it. She watched Caroline kiss him then she walked over to the cheer girls. Caroline walked over to the cheer girls and started talking to them as they all stood up to start practicing. Harper looked at Damon and he was look directly at her. He looked away only to start staring at Elena before driving off. She watched them all practicing and Elena was just learning the dances since she couldn't go to cheer camp during summer cause, well, there parents were dead. 

"Elena, sweetie, why don't you just observe today? Okay?" Caroline said making Elena got stand behind everyone. 

Harper made a face standing up and walking over.

"What the hell, Caroline. You know what happen. She not hurting everybody. Let her practice with everybody." Harper said as Caroline put her hands on her hips.

"Oh, come on, Harper. You think you can do better?" Caroline said with a sly smile.

"I know, damn right I could. We both know it. What the hell has gotten into you?" Harper asked 

"Can you move, I have cheer practice going on." Caroline asked with attitude.  

Harper turned and looked at Elena who just gave her a look then turned and sat back down in the spot she was sat in before. 

Later that night Harper was in her room when she heard someone knock on the door. She came down the stairs to see Theodore and Stefan walk in and she gave a confused look.

"Bonnie, them, us, dinner." Elena tried to rejog her memory why they were here.

"Oh, yeah, sorry I forgot." Harper said 

They all walked into the dinning room where Bonnie came in from the kitchen.

"Hey, Bon, why didn't you come up and say hi." Harper asked sitting down beside her then Theodore sat down beside her.

"Just stressed... with cheer and everything." Bonnie said looking at Theodore.

"Right." Harper said and everybody started putting food on their plate.

It was a silent dinner as the only sound was forks and spoons scrapping against plates. 

"Did Tanner give you a hard time today?" Harper asked Theodore trying to make some small talk.

"Well, he let me on the team, so I must have done something right." Theodore chuckled

"Bonnie, you should have seen Theodore today. Tyler threw a ball at him and-" Harper told her smiling.

"Yeah, I heard." Bonnie said making the table quiet again.

"Why don't you tell the boys about your family?" Elena asked her.

"Divorced. No mom, live with my dad." Bonnie told them and they both nodded there heads.

"No, about the witches." Elena said and Bonnie gave her a look.

"Bonnie's family has a lineage of witches. It's really cool." Elena said giving Bonnie a look.

"Cool isn't the word I'd use." Bonnie said through a tight small smile.

"Well, it's certainly interesting. I'm not too versed, but I do know there's a history of Celtic Druids... that migrated here in the 1800s." Stefan said

"My family came by way Salem."

"Really? Salem witches?" Theodore asked

"Yeah."

"I'd say that's pretty cool." Stefan smiled at Elena.

"Really? Why?" Bonnie asked

"Salem witches are heroic examples of individualism and nonconformity." Theodore said and she smiled at him.

"Yeah, they are." Bonnie said and the door bell rang and Elena made a face.

"I wonder who that could be." She said standing up.

They all sat there quietly when they heard Caroline's voice. Harper made a face standing up and Theodore and Stefan followed in pursuit when hearing the second voice.

"What the hell you doing here?" Harper asked Caroline the same time Theodore asked Damon.

"Waiting for Elena or Harper to invite me in." Damon said

"Oh, yeah, you-"

"No, no,no. He can't - He can't stay. Can you, Damon?" Theodore said as Harper looked at him with a weird look. 

"Get in here." Caroline said 

"We're just finished up." Stefan looked at Elena.

"It's fine. Just come on in." Elena said and he came in stepping past Stefan and Theodore. 

"You have a lovely home, Elena, Harper." Damon said

"Thank you." Elena said

Harper turned back to Caroline waiting for her to answer her earlier question.

"What the hell you doing, Car?" Harper asked

"We brought dessert." Caroline smiled at her.

"Why are you sitting here acting like, what happen earlier didn't happen?" Harper asked her

Caroline just looked at her then Damon, who came to her rescue.

"Oh now, come on, Harper, it's in the past , can't we just forgive and forget?" Damon asked and Harper glared at him and Caroline then turned and grabbed Theodore's hand dragging him through the front door.

They started walking on the sidewalk in silence.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have just pulled you out of there like. Your brother's are there. You should go back. Family bonding's important." Harper said

"No, it's fine. We bond enough. Beside's I'd rather spend tonight with you." Theodore told her

"Thanks." Harper blushed. 

They walked around the block in silence before coming up on Harper's house again. 

"Bye, bye. I'll see you tomorrow." Harper said turning to Theodore. 

"Bye." Theodore said staring down at her for a moment before attaching his lips to her's for a brief moment before back away.

"See ya." Theodore said before walking away.

Harper went in the house and up the stairs. On the way to her bedroom she saw Stefan and Elena in Elena's room.

"Goodnight." She called walking past the cracked door.

"Goodnight." She heard Elena.

The moment Harper's head hit the pillow she was out like a light. 

The next day Harper was at the bomb fire for the game against the timber wolves talking to a couple friends when she saw Theodore walking up in a maroon jersey with number 13 on it and pants. 

"OOh, look at you. You look hot in your Jersey." Harper told him as her friends walked away as he chuckled.

"I hope you don't think this is too weird, but I wanted you to have this." Theodore said pulling out a wooden box with a beautiful necklace inside.

"Wow, it's beautiful. It's something that I've had forever and I've never wanted to give it to anyone till now. I'd very much like it if you'd wear it for me, for good luck." Theodore said and Harper smelled it.

"Is that rose that I smell?" She asked

"No, I-it's a herb. It's nice, huh?" Theodore asked

"I love it." She said turning around and have him clip it.

"And I'd like to thank you for pushing me to try out for the team. It feels really good." Theodore told her

Theodore leaned and kissed her before having to leave to go get ready with the team.

Later they started the giant bomb fire and everybody crowded around as Mr. Tanner got on the stage.

"Wait, wait, wait. Let's be honest here. In the past, we used to let other teams... come into our town and roll right over us. But that is about to change. We've got some great new talent tonight starting on offense.. and I'm gonna tell you right now, it's been a long time since I have seen a kid like this with hands like these. Let's give it up for Theodore Salvatore." Mr. Tanner said and everybody cheered.

Harper stood there listening to Mr. Tanner when she heard glass shattered so she turned and walked back to were it was and saw Tyler and Jeremy fighting. Harper ran over shoving Tyler away.

"Tyler! Stop!" Harper yelled and he shoved her to the ground grabbing Jeremy and punching him again.

Tyler's hand was grabbed and he turned and saw Theodore there with an angry look before punching him in the stomach. Theodore didn't even flinch he just punched Tyler back in the face and stomach knocking him to the ground. Tyler stood back up and Jeremy stood up behind him with a piece of broken glass about to stab him with it when Theodore shoved him out of the way and Jeremy cut Theodore's hand. 

"Tyler knock it off!" Levi came running back grabbing Tyler

"What the hell, Jeremy. Put her head up, your bleeding." Harper said tipping his head back.

"I'm fine." 

"Yeah, you smell fine."

"Just stop, okay?" Jeremy said walking away.

Harper turned to Theodore and his hand was bleeding.

"Oh, my, god, your hand." Harper said walking over to him and he immediately closed his hand in a fist

"No, no, no, it's fine." Theodore put his hand behind his back

"Is it deep? How bad is it?" Harper asked grabbing his hand trying to open his fist.

"Come on." Harper said and he opened his fist and there was nothing. Not even a stratch.

"But I saw it, it was-" 

"He missed."

"It's not my blood, look at Ty's face." He said wiping his hands on his pants.

"See? I'm fine."

"No, no, no, I saw it. The glass cut your hand-"

"It's okay. I'm okay. It's almost kickoff time, all right? So I'll see you after the game."Theodore said and Harper nodded and he walked away.

Before the game could start some animal attacked Mr. Tanner, killing him. After all the police and ambulance got there Harper and Theodore went to her car.

"What kind of animal could be doing all this? Why would it come out of the woods and attack someone in the middle of town?" Harper asked him as he helped her get her jacket on then she turned towards him.

"I don't know.  I don't know." He said as he put his hand on her cheek and she grabbed it.

"I was sure that you cut your hand. I saw it." Harper said

"I'm fine. I'm fine, okay? We're fine. That's what matters." Theodore said putting his head against her before hugging her.

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The Night of the Comet

The Vampire Daires masterlist

Dear Dairy

This morning is different. There's change. I can sense it. Feel it. I'm awake. For the first time in a long time... I feel completely and undeniably wide awake.  For once, I don't regret the day before it begins. I welcome the day. Because I know.. I will see him again. For the first time in a long time, I feel good.

Harper finished getting ready and walked out of her room grabbing her jacket when Jenna grabbed her arm.

"Hold on. Do I look adult? As in, respectfully parental?" She asked

"Depends where you're going." Jenna she walking over to the mirror that sat on the wall.

"Jeremy's parent-teacher conference. Hair up or down?" Jenna asked holding her hair and a bun and looking at Harper.

"Sexy stewardess." Harper said then Jenna let her hair fall, "Boozy house wife." Harper smiled

"Up it is. Your feisty today." Jenna said Harper chuckled.

"I feel good. Which is rare, so I've decided to go with it. Fly free, walk on sunshine all that stuff. Where's Jeremy?" Harper asked as she looked into his room to not see him.

"Oh, he left early. Something about getting to wood shop early to finish a bird house? There is no wood shop, is there?" She asked after thinking about what she had just said

"No." Harper shook her head.

"Yeah." Jenna nodded her head

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Harper was sat in her seat in History as Mr. Tanner talked and Harper could feel a pair of eyes on her. 

"Originally discovered nearly five centuries ago it hasn't been over Mystic falls in 145 years." Mr. Tanner said as Harper looked at Theodore who was already looking at her and he smiled at her making her smile as they stared at each other with goofy smiles.

"Now, the comet will be it's brightest right after dusk during tomorrow's celebration. Are we bothering you? Mr. Salvatore? Miss Gilbert?" Mr. Tanner asked looking between Harper and Theodore as Harper's smile disappeared and she shook her head as the bell rang and she smiled.

Everyone walked out into the hall and Theodore walked up to her.

"I brought it. I told you." Theodore told her handing her the book.

"Weathering heights by Ellis Bell. You know, I can't believe she didn't use her real name." Harper told him.

"Uh, all the Bronte sisters used pseudonyms. It was a time. Female writers weren't very accepted then." Theodore told her.

"Where did you get it?" Harper said as her curiousness got the best of her.

"Uh, it was past down through the family. I have lots of books. Go ahead. Keep it." Theodore told as she stared at the book.

"Oh, no, I--But I would really like to read it again. I promise to give it back." She smiled.

"Okay." He nodded his head.

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Harper was sat outside the local cafe with Caroline, Bonnie, and Elena talking about the comet and doing homework.

"I was talking to Grams. She said the comet is a sign of impeding doom. The last time is passed over Mystic Falls, there was lots of deaths. So much blood and carnage, it created a bed of paranormal activity." Bonnie told them.

"Yeah, and then you poured Grams another shot and she told you about the aliens. So then what?" Caroline looked at Harper.

"So then nothing." Harper told her with a sigh.

"So you and Theodore talked all night. There was no sloppy first kiss or touchy- feely of any kind?" Caroline asked her

"Nope, we didn't go there." Harper told Caroline as she folded a paper.

"Not even a handshake? Harper, we are your friends. Okay? You are supposed to share the smut." Caroline told her.

"We just talked for hours." Harper sighed.

"What is with the blockage? Just jump his bones already. Okay, it's easy. Boy likes girl, girl likes boy, sex." Caroline told her with an evil smile.

"Profound." Harper said before thinking for a moment then turning and grabbing her bag.

"Where are you going?" Elena asked

"Caroline's right. It is easy. If I sit here long enough, I'll end up talking myself out of it instead of doing what I started the day saying I was gonna do." Harper said then left.

Harper drove to the boarding house, where Stefan and Theodore lived with their uncle. She walked up to the door and pulled on the bell making it ring. When no one answered she used the circular handle to knock on the door and it slowly opened and she peeped her head in.

"Theodore?" She asked as she walked farther into the house. 

"Theodore?" She called again walking into what most people would call the entrance to the living room or sitting room. 

She heard the door creek and turned towards it to see it wide open and she walked towards it when suddenly a crow flew in making her turn to move but instead she came face to face with a blue eyes, dark haired, tall, handsome guy.

"I'm sorry for barging in. The door was... open." Harper said but when she turned towards the door it was closed.

"You must be Harper. I'm Damon. Stefan and Theodore's brother." He told her with a small smile.

"He didn't tell me he had a brother." Harper said

"Well, Theodore's not one to brag. Please. Come. I'm sure Theodore will be along any second." Damon said putting his hand on her back as they walked farther into the house.

"Wow. This is your living room?" Harper looked around with a chuckle.

"Living room, parlor, Sotheby's auction. It's a little kitschy for my taste. I see why my brother's so smitten. It's about time. I never thought he'd get over the last one. Nearly destroyed him." Damon told her with a sigh.

"The last one?" Harper asked

"Yeah. Nikol. His girlfriend? Oh, you two haven't had the awkward exes conversation yet. Her sister Katherine dated Stefan. " Damon said

"Nope." Harper shook her head. 

Well, I'm sure it'll come up now. Maybe he didn't want to tell you because he didn't want you to think he was on the rebound. We all know how those relationships end." Damon said slowly.

"You say it like every relationship is doomed to end." Harper shrugged her shoulders.

"I'm a fatalist. Hello, Theodore." Damon said making Harper turn towards the entrance where Theodore stood.

"Theodore. I didn't know you where coming over." Theodore said as he stared at Damon like he was going to kill him.

"I know, I should have called-" Harper said as she walked up the steps to him.

"Don't be silly. You're welcome anytime. Isn't she, Theodore? I should break out the family/photo album or some home movies. But I do have to warn you, he wasn't always such a looker." Damon told her making her smile.

"Thank for stopping by, Harper. It was nice to see you." Theodore said as he continued to stare a Damon. 

"Yeah, I should probably go. It was nice to meet you, Damon." Harper said and he grabbed her hand shaking it.

"Great meeting you, Harper." He said and kissed the top of her hand.

Harper gave him a small smile before walking up the steps and stopping in front of Theodore who was still staring at Damon. 

"Theodore? Theodore?" Harper said and he looked down at her then right back at Damon as he moved out of her way.

Harper sighed and walked out. When she got home and she helped Jenna cook dinner and told her about Theodore.

"He's on the rebound and has raging family issues, though Sefan seems fine." Harper told her

"Well at least it's an ex-girlfriend. Wait till you date a guy with mommy issues. Or cheating issues. Or amphetamine issues." Jenna said as Harper mixed stuff into a bowl and took a bite as they heard Jeremy come in.

"Jeremy." Jenna said and Jeremy quickly fled up the stairs as Harper shook her head as Jenna ran over to the stairs.

"Jeremy, where were you?" Jenna asked

"More stoner stories? Jenna, I get it. You were cool once. And that's cool." Jeremy said giving her a thumbs up before turning to walk up the stairs again.

"Oh, no, no, no, no." Jenna said and threw her apple at him.

"Ow, why? Why did you do that?" Jeremy asked

"Listen quickly ditching class or you're grounded. No discussion." Jenna told him,

"Parental authority. I like it. Sleep tight." Jeremy said giving her another thumbs up before going to his room.

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"Night of the comet. Would you like a program?" Bonnie asked the next day to the people walking around as her, Elena, and Harper handed out fliers. 

"he didn't call, uh?" Bonnie asked as Harper made a face and handed a flier to the girl who walked past her.

"or text. Then I realized we never even exchanged that stuff. We never got to the texting part." Harper said

"That's an important mile stone in any relationship." Bonnie said

"Isn't it? The timing was wrong anyway." Harper said handing a flyer to someone

"When is it ever right?"

"I'm not ready, Bonnie."

"Who is?"

"At least I put myself out there."

"Is that what you're calling it? "

"What do you mean?" Harper asked looking down at her hands

"All I'm hearing is reasons why you can't." Bonnie told her and Harper thought about it moment before nodding her head then they continued handing out flyers.

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Harper, Bonnie, Elena, and Caroline walked around saying hi to people before they turned and Harper walked right over to Levi.

"Hey." She gave him a polite smile.

"Hey." He said lighting the candle in her hand.

"Thank you." 

"You're welcome." He said and Harper looked at him a moment and turned to light other peoples candles and Bonnie and Caroline stayed there talking to Matt, Levi, and some other friends.

She walked up to the first unlit candle she saw and lit it without looking up at the person.

"Thank you." She heard a familiar voice say and looked up to Theodore.

"Hi." He smiled

"Hi." Harper said then turned and looked at Levi who was looking at them and Harper turned and walked the other direction looking at the stars.

She felt Theodore walk up behind her but he didn't say anything at first.

"you know, that comet... it's been traveling across space for thousands of years. All alone." Theodore told her.

"Yeah. Bonnie says it's a harbinger of evil." Harper chuckled a little bit.

"I think it's just a ball of snow and ice, trapped on a path it can't escape. Once every 145 years, it gets to come home. I'm sorry about about yesterday. I wasn't myself." Theodore told her and she shook her head.

"You seem to spend a lot of time apologizing." Harper said as she stared at the sky

"Well, I have a lot to apologize for. Yesterday, that wasn't about you, okay?" Theodore told her and she looked at him.

"You didn't tell me you had another brother." 

"We're not close. It's complicated." 

"Always. He told me about your ex, Nikol?" Harper said picking at her fingers not looking at him.

"What did he say?"

"That she broke your heart."

"That was a long time ago."

"When you lose someone it stays with you. Always reminding how easy it is to get hurt." Harper said staring at the sky. 

Theodore was quiet a moment before he stepped in front of her but she continued to keep her eyes trained on stars above her.

"Harper."

"It's okay, Theodore, I get it. You have no idea how much I get it. Complicated brother. Check. Complicated ex. Check. We met, and we talked, and it was epic, but then the sun came up and reality set in. So..." Harper said as she looked at the ground and blew her candle out as she walked past him.

Later

Harper, Elena, Levi, Matt, Caroline, Tyler, Bonnie, and Jeremy all went to Mistic Grill. They were all sitting around when Jeremy walked up.

"Has anyone seen Vicki?" Jeremy asked

"You're her stalker. You tell us." Tyler said

"I can't find her." Jeremy said as Matt looked at him

"She probably found somebody else to party with. Sorry, pill pusher, you were replaced." Tyler told him.

"Pill Pusher?" Elena asked

"ask him." Tyler said and Elena and Harper turned and looked at him.

"You wanna do this right now?" Jeremy asked

"Are you dealing?" Harper asked standing up as he rolled his eyes

"She's never gonna go for you." Tyler said

"She already did. Over and over and over again." Jeremy said making everyone look at him

"Yeah, right." Tyler said

"Okay, you slept with Vicki Donovan? I mean, Vicki Donovan slept with you?" Caroline asked

"There's no way." Tyler said shrugging his shoulders.

"And I didn't even have to force her into it." Jeremy said and Tyler and him just looked at each other.

"What the hell's he talking about, Ty?" Matt asked leaning closer.

"Nothing, man. Just ignore him, he's a punk." Tyler said

"You know what, how about all of you shut up and help me find my sister." Matt said agitated.

"We'll check the bathroom." Bonnie said and her and Caroline walked away.

"I'll check the square." Matt said

"I'll come with you." Jeremy said

"Oh, no, no, no, no. You are coming with me." Elena said grabbing his arm and dragging him off.

"Ty, what the hell was Jeremy talking about?" Harper turned to Ty.

"Nothing, like I said he's a punk kid, spreading lie's." Tyler told her

"Tyler Lockwood, I swear to god, he might be a punk kid, but he doesn't lie about stuff like that. What. The. Hell. Is. He. Talking. About?" Harper asked 

"Nothing, just at the bone fire where she got hurt. We went for a walk in the woods we were drunk and Jeremy almost caught us." Tyler said and Harper gave him look that told him she knew he wasn't telling the whole story.

"Look. Gilbert, I don't have to tell you anything." Ty said storming off.

"I'm walk around see if she's just walking around town." Harper told Levi and walked out of the Mystic Grill.

After finding Vicki Harper walked around town for a while before deciding to go see Theodore.

She rung his door bell and he opened the door with a confused look.

"Hey." She said and Theodore stayed quiet for a minute.

"Would you like to come in?" He asked pointing inside the house.

"The comet's actually this way." Harper said and turned and and stood in front of the 3 foot brick wall and looked at the sky while Theodore walked after her.

"Sorry for barging in. Especially after earlier." Harper told him turning to him.

"No, no. I'm glad you're here. The way we left things, I didn't like it." Theodore told her as she looked at the ground

"So the thing is, I got home tonight planning to do what I always do. Write in my diary. Like I have been since my mom gave me and Elena one when we were 10. It's where I get everything out. It all goes in this little book that I hide on the second shelf behind this really hideous ceramic mermaid. Then I realized that I'd just be writing things that I should be telling you." Harper explained looking at him the whole time.

"What would you write?" Theodore asked and Harper took a deep breath.

"I would write: Dear Dairy, today I convinced myself that it's okay to give up. Don't take risks. Stick with the statues quo, no drama. Now is just not the time. But my reasons aren't reasons, they're excuses. All I'm doing is hiding from the truth. And the truth is that..... I'm scared, Theodore. I'm scared that if I let myself be happy for even one moment that the worlds just gonna come crashing down and I don't know if I can survive that." Harper told him as she fidgeted. 

"You wanna know what I would write? I met a girl. We talked. It was epic. Then the sun came up and reality set in. Well, this is reality. Right here." Theodore told her as he slowly leaned in.

He got closer and closer till his lips touch Harper's and sparks flew. When Theodore's hand landed on her cheek she leaned into his touch as they only let there break apart for a pretty before they collided again. 

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Lone Gunman

Arrow masterlist

A couple days ago Oliver built a work out thing made of bricks, pipes, and chains. He threw a chain over the medal bar on the ceiling and hooked it around a big pipe and put three bricks on the pipe. That's what he was lifting at the moment while Charlie hung from on a different medal bar by her feet. As her face met her toes there was a loud crash and she jumped, accidentally unhooking her feet from the bar, and she fell landing on her back hitting her head a bit.

"Damn it, Oliver!" She yelled after standing up and taking a deep breath from getting the wind knocked out of her.

The looked over at him and the bricks were broken in the ground. 3 weeks. That how long it been since everything started. Charlie was getting more and fit, she has the starting of a six pack out line, which is really proud of. She go up the salmon ladder without falling, she still working on going down. She actually almost broke her jaw on it a couple days ago cause when she brought the bar up to go down she hit the underneath of her jaw really hard. It was sore for 4 days. She could hang from the ceiling for 15 minutes before getting light headed cause of all her blood rushing to her head. She can do 50 pushups in a 2 minute and 30 sending time span. As she builds muscle Oliver is also teaching her to fight. Just recently he taught her how to shoot a bow but she is yet to hit the middle of the target. Oliver put a shirt on and sat down at the computer and started typing a bunch of stuff. Charlie took a drink of water before putting her sweatshirt over her sports bra. She looked at the computer over his shoulder.

"James Holder." Charlie said

"Yeah, his corporation put defective smoke detectors in low-income housing in the glades. There been a bunch of fire and entirely too many funerals." Oliver said as he opened the small book and looked for Holder's name and finally finding it on page 4.

"Okay." Charlie said as Oliver got his bow out them went and changed.

"Alright, see ya, love you." Charlie said as they did their handshake.

"Love you too." Oliver said hugging her then he left.

Charlie took a shower while Oliver was gone and changed back into her regular clothes.

As she sat down Oliver came in and set his bow and quiver down.

"So?" She asked as he started grabbing a bunch of stuff.

"I got shot." Oliver said

"What!" Charlie said getting up and walking over to him just for him to go and take her seat and set everything down on the table.

"It's fine. I'm fine. I just got get the bullet out." Oliver said as Charlie just stared,"Charlie, I'm fine. Here help me get the built out." Oliver said handing her tweezers and gauze.

She took and sat down on the table. She dug the billet out then cleaned and stitched the wound. Once down Oliver put a white shirt on and the shoulder has blood on it.

"Ollie really white?" Charlie asked as she clicked the mouse on the computer. Oliver sat down and marked James off the list.

"So how did you get shot anyways?" Charlie asked

"Uh well some guy shot him from the building across from his. I don't know who." Oliver said as he made a face before standing up. As he stood he just about fell catching himself on the desk.

He went over to where the the gauze and bullet where sat and moved the gauze around to find the bullet before touching his wounded arm. He ran over to his brown box and pulled something out, tripping on the way, he ate it then grabbed a water bottle and drank it before passing out.

"Ollie.... Ollie. Oliver!" Charlie said getting up and walking over to him,"Oliver!" She yelled shaking him before grabbing her phone and calling the first person she could think of, "Hey, you know where my dads old factory is? Okay I need you to come here NOW." Charlie yelled before hanging up. 

She tried to pick up Oliver and put him on the desk. But she only succeeded in getting blood all over her white shirt.Her phone buzzed and the person she called texted her that he was here. She ran outside and saw him she ran over to him, grabbing his hand and pulling him inside, but before they went in she stopped at the top of the stairs.

"Are you okay? You shirt is all bloody. Are you hurt?" He kept asking a bunch of question.

"Theodore, I'm gonna tell you something and I want you to prepare yourself for it." Charlie said and he stared at her for a moment before slowly nodding his head.

"Okay. You know the vigilantly that's been running around?" Charlie asked him and he nodded his head.

"That's.... Thats Oliver. Oliver is the vigilantly." Charlie told him and he stared at her.

"He got shot and well I don't know I got the bullet out of him, cleaned his wound, then suddenly he was tripping everywhere then he took something and passed out." Charlie told as he continued to stare at her.

After a minute or two Charlie just pulled him down the stairs and as they reached the bottom he looked around and his eye bugged out of his head. Charlie pulled him to Oliver and he just stood there and stared at Oliver.

"Hey! Come on. Help me." Charlie said snapping her eyes in front of his face. He shook his head before quickly grabbing Oliver and putting him on the table as Charlie cleared it off.

 "Uhhh. Okay where's the bullet?" Theodore asked as he pulled Oliver sleeve up to see the wound.

"Here." Charlie handed him the bullet. Theodore looked at it before looking at Oliver wound, which was gushing blood.

"He was poisoned. The bullet was laced with whatever it was." Theodore said

"Get me some gauze." Theodore said and Charlie grabbed gauze as Theodore pulled Oliver stitches out.

Once Charlie got the gauze he also asked for water which she gave. He poured water over Oliver wound then cleaned it with gauze so he could see the wound but the moment he moved the gauze away to look it filled right back up with blood.

"I can see anything. He blooding to much." Theodore pouring more water on his wound. As he went to clean it with the gauze Oliver shot up. He looked down at Theodore then Charlie then his wound. He stood up and walked over to Charlie 

"Why is here?" He asked her 

"Because I freaked out and didn't know who to call. You passed out, Oliver. I'm sorry I don't remember ever going to college for nursing or a doctorate." Charlie told him

"Charlie, you don't just get to pick and choose who we tell about this. It's my secret, besides how do we know we can trust him." Oliver yelled.

"We can trust. We can Trush you, right?" Charlie looked over at Theodore who nodded his head

"Yeah, I'm not gonna tell anyone." Theodore said

"See." Charlie pointed at him

"We can't just trust him by his word." Oliver yelled.

"God, Oliver. If he wanted to go and tell someone he would have done it a long time ago." Charlie pointed at before the computer beeped.

" damn it." Oliver looking at the computer before grabbing his sweat shirt.

"Come on." Oliver said to the two.

"My shirt though." Charlie pointed out.

She walked over to her bag and pulled out an extra button up. She took her off and out on her new one. When she looked up Oliver had an annoyed looked and Theodore was staring at her with wide eyes.

"Alright." She said before they all walked to the house.

When they walked in they went to the living room where they saw Moira talking to police officers and Thea sitting on the couch. They all walked up to Diggle was standing in the entrance of the living room.

"What happened. Thea okay?" Oliver asked him.

"The cops brought her home, she and some of her friends broke into a store, tried in some dresses last night. Lit up the breathalyzer like a Christmas tree. So how was your evening, guys?" Diggle asked that caused all three of them to look from Thea to him.

"You mean after we said we were going upstairs to talk about something at dinner and never came back?" Charlie asked

"I guess from now, I'll be listening to your conversations too." Diggle said. Charlie and Oliver walked past him going into the living room just as Moira finished talking to the police.

"My wife and I appreciate it. I'll see you out." Walter said

"Thank you." Moira said before turning to Thea as they walked out.

"Last time it was public intoxication. This time breaking and entering. My, how we are moving up in the criminal world." Moira said as Thea stood up and smiled.

"You know, when you pay off the store owners, you should check out the merchandise. They got some pretty killer outfits." Thea said

"Thea go get ready for school." Moira pointed upstairs.

"Uh, you know, I was thinking of taking a sick day." Thea crossed her arms.

"Fine, then get some sleep." Moira shook her head and Thea smiled

"You look like crap." Thea told her older siblings as she passed them.

"You're letting her play hooky?" Charlie asked as they walked over to Moira.

"When your sister gets like this it's best to give her, her space." Moira told them.

"She testing you." Charlie said

"Yes. Who's she learn that from?" Moira looked at Oliver

"Mom. When I was her age, you and dad let me get away with murder. Looking back, I could have used less space and more parenting." Oliver said before walking away with Charlie in tow.

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That night Oliver, Charlie, and Theodore went to the warehouse and Oliver tested the blood on the gauze.

"The bullet was laced with curare. A very rare and deadly poison. The killers unique MO. He's killed all over the world. Interpol even has a code name for him. Dead shot."  Oliver said as he typed on the computer. Charlie looked over at Theodore and he looked like he'd seen a ghost.

"You okay, Theodore?" Charlie asked

"Yeah, yeah." He said then sat down in the other chair.

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Charlie got up and got dressed. 

She walked to Oliver room where he was putting his socks and shoes on.

"Where gonna show Tommy and Diggle the warehouse."Oliver told her as she sat down on the bed.

"What! So you're gonna tell them about all this too. After yelling at me about telling Theodore." Charlie asked

"No, no. Where gonna suggest that we turn it into a club. And keep the downstairs locker up all the time. Remember I just put that door there with the lock?" Oliver asked as Charlie nodded her head.

"Okay." She said. They called Tommy and then they went to the warehouse with Diggle and Theodore.Oliver opened the door and they all walked in.

"So what do you think? Great spot for a nightclub or what?" Oliver asked

"Sweet. Though I gotta tell you, man if you're thinking about calling it Queens I don't think you're gonna get the clientele that you were hoping for." Tommy said

"Private office." Oliver said pointing to the lock door.

"For your private one-on-one meetings I would imagine." Tommy smiled slapping Oliver's arm.

"Hopefully the occasional two-on-one meeting." Oliver said and Tommy laughed

"Man, are you sure you want to do this? It's not like you really have any experience in running a... well, running anything. How about tomorrow night the three of us we go and scope out the competition. There's a new club opening downtown. It's called poison. Max Fuller owns it." Tommy said and Oliver looked at him.

"Max Fuller?" Oliver asked

"Mm-hm." Tommy nodded his head as Oliver nodded a long.

"I slept with his fiancé." Oliver said.

"Before the wedding." Tommy said like it was no big deal.

"It was at the rehearsal dinner." Oliver said.

"Rehearsal dinner is technically before the wedding. Right?"Tommy said as both boy broke out in laughter and Charlie stood there and she looked over at Diggle and Theodore who didn't look that impressed either.

"And besides, who's stays mad at a castaway?" Tommy said as his phone ringer.

"Ah, damn it, I gotta roll. Anyway, I'll see ya later, man. Bye, Charles. Good place, see you." Tommy said saying bye to Diggle and Theodore as well before walking out.

"So, what do you think?" Oliver asked the two body guards who looked at each other then back at him.

"We'll, we're here to provide security, sir, not a commentary." Diggle told him.

"Oh, come on, Dig... Theo, do me favor. Speak freely, please." Oliver smiled.

"We'll, this is The Glades, right? Your rich white friends wouldn't come to this neighborhood on a bet." Diggle said

"I am Oliver Queen, this is Charlie Queen, right? People would stand in line for three hours if we opened a club." Oliver said.

"And no one who actually lives in The Glades would see a penny of those cover charges." Theodore said.

"We make it a successful business... we gentrify the neighborhood." Oliver said

"I was wondering when we would get to that. The white knight and secretly strong princess swooping in to save the disenfranchised. All by their lonesome with no help from anybody." Diggle smiled.

"Wow. You don't think very much of me, do you? Come on at least Charles. She mature." Oliver said.

"No, actually, sir, I have a very high regard for how perceptive you are. Sir." Diggle smiled

"And for... Charles. She is very much more mature then you. And has a clean record. I think quite high of her." Diggle said then walked out. Oliver left and Charlie and Theodore went downstairs. Charlie went behind the wall and changed into leggings and a sports bra before coming back out.

"We are working out. Change." Charlie told him throwing him a bag.

"What's this?" He asked

"It's workout clothes and other things you need to leave here." Charlie said

"How do you know my size?" He asked after looking in the bag to find workout clothes, hair brush, tooth brush, deodorant things like that.

"I actually guessed but nice to know I got it right." She said before pointing at the wall.

"Alright behind there is the well bathroom so guess except the plumbing isn't all the way installed here yet, but it's almost finished so go change. When we are done we'll take showers behind there. We only have one right now but after our showers I'm gonna work on the walls to next one which is right beside the other one just with a wall in between them." Charlie said Theodore went behind the wall and out his clothes on.

"It's fine if I don't wear a shirt right. Do I have to or..?" He asked

"No, it's fine. Hurry up." Charlie said

"Okay, okay." He said and came out in basketball shorts, long underwear underneath them, and tennis shoes.

Charlie looked at him and his hard abs where on full display and Charlie eyes got wide as she turned around trying to hide her blush.

"Alright first thing first. Salmon ladder." Charlie then jumped onto the bar.

She went all the way to the top. Once at the top she stopped for a moment before going down 2. She went down another but the bar slipped and she fell onto her back and like always knocking the wind out of her self.

"Charlie!" Theodore yelled walking over to her and helping her up.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. I've fell off of that like 50 times." Charlie waved her hand coughing and giving him the bar.

He went up and down with ease. Then they went to the metal and hooked their feet on it. Charlie face met her feet and Theodore did what she did. After 10 minutes they dropped down.

"Alright now it's just whatever normal workout you would do if your working out." Charlie told as she got on the ground and started doing push ups. Theodore did pulls ups on the salmon ladder. After about 20 minutes of them doing random works out Oliver came back with a smooshed bullet. He put it under a microscope.

"That's 7.62 millimeter round." Theodore told our of breath.

"Yeah, the money trials leads back to the Bratva, the Russian mob." Oliver told them

He left again said he was going to deal with the Russians. Charlie took a shower then put her regular clothes back on. Theodore took a shower and put his suit back on. But of course he has to torture Charlie and he came out of the shower in his pants and shoes. She out his button up on with out buttoning it up. He sat down across from her as she tried to focus on her books and not the abs that we're across from her. Eventually out of aggravation of not being able to pay attention she set her book down

After a while Oliver came back and Theodore button his shirt up, put his tie on, and put his blazer on.

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Oliver, Tommy, and Charlie all walked into Max Fuller club with Diggle and Theodore behind them.

"Oh,my, this is gonna be killer." Tommy said as the guard open the gate for them and they walked in.

"If Max Fuller sees me here, I agree." Oliver said

"Ah, if you wanna run a business you've gotta take a few risks." Tommy said "Mr. Queen." They heard behind them and turned to see the guard not letting Diggle or Theodore in.

"Oh! I have never seen this man before in my life." Oliver pointed at them and the guard nodded as the two body guards rolled their heads.

Tommy laughed as they walked all the way in. They went to the bar where they saw Laurel surprisingly.

"Oh, wow! Doesn't you going out and having fun violate some kinda law, you know, like the ones that are carved on a stone tablet?" Tommy said as they walked up to her.

"That's cute, Tommy." Laurel said annoyingly.

"Thanks." Tommy smiled

"I can see you two are up to your old hunting patterns. You is who I'm surprised see." Laurel pointed at Charlie who laughed.

"Just seeing what passes for fun in Starling City after five years." Oliver told her.

"Ah. Well, I'm sure you'll find that it just hasn't been the same without you." Laurel told him.

"Big brother! And big sister!" Thea said running up and hugging them both.

"Oh! I am so wasted right now. There is.... There is four of you two." Thea smiled as Laurel and Tommy turned away awkwardly

"I thought you were grounded." Oliver said

"I am. And thank you, thank you for that, by the way." Thea smiled

"You're done for the night." Charlie said putting her around Thea as Oliver grabbed her hand.

"Oh, what are you gonna do? Tell mom?" Thea asked

"Thea! You are hanging with the wrong people." Oliver said

"You're one to talk. Uh, how much do you know about your own so-called friends over here?" Thea pointed at Tommy and Laurel as The twins looked at each other already knowing what she was talking about.

"Oh, Thea, maybe you should-"

"Tommy. I think your BFF has a right to know." Thea said

"Thea, let's go." Charlie said

"Well, I guess they never told you that they've been screwing while you were gone." Thea told Oliver and both Charlie and Oliver both kept a straight face as Laurel and Tommy looked disappointed in themselves.

"Look, man, i-"

"Tommy. It's okay." Oliver said calmly like it was normal

"Us three, we're done for the night." Oliver said pointing between the three siblings then pulling Thea with him.

"Take your hands off of me." Thea yelled pulling her arm out of his grip.

"You're not my father and you are not my mother. And you're barely my siblings." Thea said then walked away

"Well, well. Look at this. Oliver Queen." Some said from behind them but all recognized the voice.

"Max Fuller." Oliver said plastering a fake smile and turning to him.

"How you been?" Oliver asked

"Happy you drowned." Max said and Oliver smile disappeared.

Max grabbed Oliver and drug him to the back and Tommy followed after. Charlie and Laurel looked at each other before walking after to. Max was standing in front of the curtain so Charlie kneed him making fall then punched him in the face as hard as she could

"So is this over, Max? Or you gonna have your boys pound on me and her next?" Charlie asked as the body guards stopped beating up Tommy and Oliver.

"You four consider himself banned for life. Get the hell out of my place!" Max yelled at them.

"Your club sucks anyway!" Tommy yelled after him

"You guys okay?" Charlie asked

"Where'd you learn to do that?" Tommy asked as Charlie looked at Oliver

"Well, I had an older brother beating me up when I younger all the time, I learned a few things from it." Charlie said. Laurel turned to walk out but Oliver stopped her

"Laurel. What Thea said." Oliver said and she turned back to him.

"Oliver, Tommy and I don't need your blessing. And I don't need your forgiveness." Laurel said then walked out.

They walked back over to Diggle and Theodore and they both smiled at the bruises on them. Charlie had bruise on her knuckles and on her cheek bone cause she accidentally elbowed her self... in face. Diggle took them someplace to eat called big belly burger. None of them knew what it was except Theodore and Diggle.

"Why don't you guys, uh, take a seat and I will grab a couple burgers and some ice for those faces." Diggle said as they walked in and him and Theodore waved at one of waitresses that waved back.

"The girls pretty cute." Tommy said waving at her.

"That's my sister-in-law." Diggle said

"Who I will never speak to or look at... ever. Gonna grab a booth." Tommy said walking away.

"She's not wearing a wedding ring. Brother out of the picture?" Oliver asked as Charlie looked at Theodore, remembering when he told her about how Diggle's brother dead.

"Yeah, you could say that." Diggle said then him and Theodore walked over to waitress. Oliver and Charlie went and sat across from Tommy in the booth.

"Look, man... about Laurel. I was gonna tell you. I was just trying to figure out the right way." Tommy said

"To tell someone that you slept with their girlfriend after they went missing and we're then presumed dead. What, there's no greeting card for that?" Oliver said and they both chuckled.

"Look, it was wrong. And I'm sorry." Tommy told him.

"Tommy. I was dead." Oliver said

"No, man, y-you were with Laurel. And whether you were dead, or as it turns out alive on a deserted island, you are my friend. And me being with Laurel violated that friendship in about 50 different ways." Tommy said

"Thank you. But it's okay." Oliver said and Tommy gave him a look.

"You are being really chill about this....I-" Tommy said before Oliver phone started ringing. He answered before saying hello. He started talking in Russian before placing his phone on his chest.

"It's a Russian model calling me. Can we... Can I have a moment, please?" Oliver asked and Tommy asked as Charlie stood up dusting her pants off.

"I can see now why you were able to be to chill. Enjoy." Tommy said standing up and him and Charlie walked away. Charlie looked over at Oliver and watched him stand and nod his head at her. She nodded her head at him before looking over Theodore and nodding her head and he nodded back.

"I've got to use the rest room." Charlie told Tommy who nodded his head. She went to the restroom and opened the window and crawled out.

"Okay so the Russian told me where he's staying so you stay here with everyone, make up something about me not feeling or something I don't know, meet me at home." Oliver told and she nodded her head.

"Okay love you." Charlie said as they did there handshake.

"Love you too." Oliver hugged her before walking off. Charlie crawled back through the window and walked out.

"Hey, where'd Oliver go?" Tommy asked

"Uh, oh he texted me said he didn't feel good." Charlie told him, "Actually I'm getting tired bye." Charlie said fake yawning.

"Okay, bye." Tommy said. Charlie went to the warehouse where Oliver was already. 

"I got a laptop. I need someone to hack it cause I obviously can't. Someone trust worthy." Oliver as he sat the bullet hole laptop on the table.

"Uh.. Maybe someone at Queen Consolidated." Charlie said as Oliver changed.

"Yeah, we'll go tomorrow." Oliver said.

They went home and Charlie felt right asleep from exhaustion.

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Charlie and Oliver walked into an office where they saw a blonde girl, with a red pen in her mouth, glasses, and a pink button up sitting a chair watching from typing on her computer and writing on a piece of paper. As she turned to write on the paper Oliver and Charlie walked in front of her desk.

"Ahem. Felicity Smoak?" Oliver said and she turned to them taking the pen out of her mouth.

"Hi. I'm Charlie Queen. This is my brother Oliver Queen." Charlie pointed between herself and her twin.

"Of course. I know, who you two are, you're Mrs. Queen and Mr. Queen. iconic duo. The calm and mature one and the immature party animal. The best twins in the city." Felicity said as she looked between them before realizing what she said, "Sorry." She silently said looking down at her desk.

"Mr. and Mrs. Queen were our parents ." Charlie smiled

"Right, but your fathers dead. I mean, he drowned. But you didn't. And Mrs. Queen is married to Walter. W-which means you could come down to the IT Department and listen to me babble. Which will end. In three... two, one." Felicity said turning away before looking back at them as they both plastered the same smile, their fathers smile. Both Charlie and Oliver looked a lot like their father, well, with exception of the couple similarity's to their mother here and there.

"I'm having some trouble with my computer and they told me that you were the person to come and see." Oliver said setting the computer on her desk.

"I was at my coffee shop surfing the web and I split a latte on it." Oliver said as Charlie looked at him like he was stupid.

"Really?" Felicity asked as her hand traced over the bullet holes.

"Yeah." Oliver crossed.

"Cause these look like bullet holes." Felicity said like it wasn't obvious.

"My coffee shop is in a bad neighborhood." Oliver said and Felicity turned her head to the side and looked at him, making him smile.

"If there is anything that you can salvage from it... I would really appreciate it." Oliver said and Felicity stared at him for moment.

"Mm-hm." She nodded her head. 

To Charlie it was obvious that Felicity was swooned by Oliver, just like there other girls. But what made this different was that it was also obvious to her that Oliver was slightly swooned by her as well. They pulled up to chairs and sat down beside at her desk. Oliver sat right beside her staring at the screen while she did her work.

"It looks like blue prints." Felicity said

"Do you know what or?" Oliver asked

"The exchange building." Felicity looked at him.

"Never heard of it." Oliver said

"It's where the Unidac Industry's auction is scheduled to take place." She told him and he made a face.

"I thought you said this was your laptop." Felicity said

"Yes." Oliver nodded his head as Charlie just faced Palmed behind him.

"Look, I don't wanna get in the middle of some Shakespearian Family drama thing." Felicity said as Oliver looked between her and the computer

"What?" He asked clueless

"Mr. Steele marrying your mom." Felicity said as now Charlie and Oliver both looked clueless.

"Claudius, Gertrude...... Hamlet?" Felicity said like it was obvious.

"I didn't study Shakespeare at any of the four schools that I dropped out of. Actually Charlie didn't study it either at the one school she went to." Oliver said pointing at Charlie who nodded along.

"Mr. Steele is trying to buy Unidac Industries. And you've got a company laptop associated with one of the guys he's competing against." Felicity explained

"Floyd Lawton." Oliver said confidently.

"No. Warren Patel. Who's Floyd Lawton?" Felicity said as the twins looked at each other before Oliver looked back at the screen.

"He is an employee of Mr. Patel, evidently." Oliver said before looking at the blueprints. They soon left and went to the warehouse.

"Okay. So we can't do this alone. There is 3 buildings there and I can cover all of them. It's time to bring the SCPD into this." Oliver said as Charlie just stared at them.

"Oliver you can't just show up there in your costume and tell them about this and leave without being hurt, killed, or put in jail." Charlie yelled at him.

"I'll meet him outback and.... Do something where he can't look at me. I'll figure it out when I get there. Bye." Oliver said walking out.

"Oliver!" Charlie yelled as he walked back.

She sat down and took a deep breath to calm her self down. She looked around noticing wrap for hands when you fight on the table. Charlie changed and grabbed it, she wrapped her hands before finding something to punch. She went with the concrete wall. She knew it would and she could possible break her hand but at the moment she did care. She punched it once or twice wincing both times but kept punching. Oliver came back after 30 minutes perfectly fine. He walked in and Charlie looked at him swear pouring down her head the now almost red wrap that use to white was covered in blood. Oliver took a shower before putting on a tuxedo.

"Charlie stop, we have to go. Besides everyone will noticed your hands we don't want to make them more noticeable. Come on, you've been doing that for 40 minutes." Oliver pulling arm making her stop.

She shook head as head and to the wrap off her hands to find 8 busted and bleeding knuckles. She grabbed her clothes then went and took a shower. Once out she got dressed and did her hair.

Her knuckles were bruised and busted but Charlie didn't care if someone asked about it she would just say when she walking home someone attacked her so she punched him a bunch.  Oliver and Charlie walked in and were in the top floor where they saw Warren Patel getting arrested. They walked in and as they walked past the doors Quentin walked up to them.

"Oh, don't you scrub up nice?" Quentin said

"Here to support my family." Oliver said

"Yeah, me, too. God help me." Quentin said

"Thank you." Oliver said and Quentin scoffed and walked away. Charlie and Oliver walked over to Diggle and Theodore.

"Dig, Theo. Got your eyes open?" Oliver asked

"That's what we're here for, sir." Diggle said

"That and answering patronizing questions." Theo said

"This guys out of time, if he's gonna do something it's gone happen before the auction." Oliver said and Theo nodded as he listen and Diggle looked at him like he was crazy.

"Sir?" Diggle asked

"I heard the story on the radio." Oliver told Diggle

"Oliver. Charlie. So pleased you guys were able to attend. Huh." Walter told as they walked over to him.

"Walter, the police said that some of the Unidac bidders were mudered. I just think that we should be a little bit more careful." Oliver sias

"My mothers already lost a husband." Charlie finished

"Well, if Moira shared your guys concern she wouldn't have come, and she definitely wouldn't have brought your sister." Walter pointed at there little sister. Oliver went to say something before him and Charlie both looked over to see Moira and Thea talking. They walked over to there mother sister.

"Hi." Oliver smiled

"Guys, what a wonderful surprise." Moira said as Oliver waved over Diggle and Theodore, Diggle with a slight more panicked look.

"Theo, take Charlie with you." Oliver told him and he nodded his head.

"What? No, Oliver." Charlie said as everyone looked at him confused except for Theodore.

Suddenly there was a boom that made everyone get on the ground trying to duck. Everything worked in slow motion for Charlie. Everyone went down slowly before Oliver slowly said something to Theodore and Diggle who nodded and said something. Oliver pointed at Moira and Thea as well as Charlie as he ran away. Diggle moved Thea and Moira outside before running back in to follow Oliver. Charlie frozen her spot heard someone yelling beside her. She turned slowly and saw Theodore with a panicked look as he tired to move her.

"Charlie!" He said in slow motion waving his hand in front of her face. Slowly everything went back to normal, "Charlie come on." Theodore yelled and she turned walking outside with his hand around her, "You okay?" He asked once outside. 

"Yeah, come on we got to go." Charlie nodded her head before pulling his hand with her. 

They went to the warehouse where they waited 10 minutes for Oliver to walk in. But that's not what left the surprised expressions on there face, it was that Oliver was carrying Diggle in.

"What the-." Charlie said Oliver cleared the table and set him on it.

Oliver grabbed a bag of stuff and water and started mixing it and while he did that Charlie and Theodore  noticed the bullet wound on Diggle. Oliver finished and made John drink it. He took off his hoodie and they all stood there for a 10 minutes before Diggle coughed. He looked around before rolling over and he saw them all stood there. Theodore and Charlie in there outfits from the biding and Oliver in his vigilante outfit.

"Hey." Oliver said as Diggle sat up and stared at them

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Winning a battle, losing the war

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Charlie woke up to the thunder and feet stomping through the hallway and everyone's voices.

"Fucking hell, shut up!" Charlie yelled.

She laid her head down then her alarming started blaring.

"Damn it!" She yelled pounding her fist on her alarm.

She got into the work that morning were all Bailey wanted to do was complain about the annual bike race.

"Fools on bikes, killing themselves— natural selection is what it is." Bailey said

"So what's up with The Nazi? Is she off her meds?" Alex asked

"You never heard of the race?" George asked him.

They continued walking before stopping when they saw Richard, Burke, Shepard, and Grant all standing in front of the O.R. board.

"Chief, dead baby bike race started 20 minutes ago." Bailey told him.

"All right, people! Dead baby bike race day!" Richard clapped his hands.

"Every year, this bar—." George spoke.

"The dead baby bar."

"Every year, they hold this underground bike race." George told them as they got out of the elevator and grabbed their yellow covers and started putting them on.

"Don't you wonder why someone would name a bar something so disgusting?" Izzie asked

"Keep your panties on, Nancy Drew." Cristina said and they started to laugh.

"The race is completely illegal and—."

"Crazy. Bike messengers racing against traffic, trying to beat each other for free shots of tequila."

"All-out, no-holds-barred competition sounds like fun."

"Yeah, you would think that."

"The race doesn't even have any rules. Except eye-gouging— no eye gouging." George told them and Izzie laughed.

"We're gonna be trapped in the out bad-aiding idiots when we cold be up in the O.R." Cristina asked as she tied the back of Charlie's cover.

"What kind of people engage in a race that has, as it's only rule, that you can't trip out the eyeballs of another human being?" George asked as he tied Izzie's cover then went to Alex.

"Men, Georgie. Men." Alex said and George walked away without tying Alex's back.

"I need someone to get up to the O.R. Floor. The chief needs a right hand." Bailey said and everyone raised their hands except for Charlie and Meredith.

"George. Okay, people. The rules of trauma— don't mingle with the E.R. Interns— they don't know their ass from their esophagus. See fast, discharge faster. Get bodies up to the O.R. And don't let me catch you fighting over patients. Got it? Come on. Let's go." Bailey told them and everybody ran after her Meredith and Charlie walked calmly.

They watched as E.R. Interns brought in more people.

"It's like candy, but with blood, which is so much better!" Cristina spoke as she looking around.

"Oh, my, god." Izzie said

"Mine." Cristina ran over to where Izzie was just looking.

"No, I saw him first!" Izzie said following her.

"Ooh, I'll take that guy." Meredith bumped Charlie's arm.

"You'll have to beat me to him first." Alex said and they both raced over to him.

Charlie looked around and saw a guy on a bed with a giant cut in his arm. She walked over to him sitting down in the chair next to his bed.

"Hi, I'm Charlie Grey. I'm gonna be your doctor today. What's going on?" She asked him as she grabbed the chart off the end of the bed.

"Hi, uh, yeah, can you sew my arm up. I need to get back to my race." The guy told her and she nodded her head rolling her eyes.

"Alrighty." She spoke.

She got him ready for his arm be sew'd before doing just that. She got him sew'd up and he left.  Charlie was going up the stairs when she saw Meredith and Izzy a little bit farther up the stairs and ran over to them.

"Hey." She smiled at them

"He's stable." Meredith said looking up the stairs making her looking up and see Cristina looking down at.

"For now." She said and Charlie leaned over to Izzy.

"Who?" She asked 

"Our brain dead patience he almost crashed but me and Meredith resuscitated him."Izzy explain.

"I thought since your waiting to declare him brain dead you can't do that?" Charlie asked confused.

"Yeah, well, he still had 27 minutes." Izzy said as she walked with the up the stairs to Cristina.

"I Had a radiologist look at his chest. He has a traumatic aortic injury. It's gonna rupture and bleed out." Cristina told them.

"So he needs surgery." Izzy concluded.

"If he's gonna remain a viable organ donor, yeah."

"If he's gonna live." Izzy said walking past her.

"Izzy." Cristina tried to reason with her, making Izzy turn back to her.

"I'm not giving up on him. He has the surgery- He lives longer, thats the point. So I'm going to find the family. You guys get him into surgery." Izzy said then continued up the stairs.

"She's vice-president of fantasyland."

"Who do we go to for surgery- Bailey?"

"We need to go higher than Bailey." Cristina hurried up the steps and they followed.

They went to the men's bathroom where Burke was. Meredith poked her head in.

"Dr. Burke." 

"Hello!" He said from the urinal he stood. 

"Okay." Meredith said closing the door before Cristina walked in.

"Dr. Burke, um, I know you're busy, but our John Doe needs an aortic repair." Cristina told him.

"The guy from this morning? Is't he legally dead?"

"Well,yeah-- he's kinda still around. We gave him two units P.R.V.C.s and put him in pressors."

"On whose orders?" Burke asked and Cristina closed the door.

"Way to not be suspicious at all." Charlie rolled her eyes before she popped in with Cristina and Meredith behind her.

"Mine." Charlie told him as he washed his hands. 

"You get a brain-dead John Doe a blood transfusion without consulting anyone. And now you want me to repair his heart?" Burke asked them.

"Well, yeah." Charlie nodded her head.

"You do enjoy crossing the line, don't you?"

"He is an excellent candidate for organ donation." 

"I am a surgeon. I save lives. This guy is already dead. Now, this is the men's room. Either whip one out or close the door." Burke told them and they quickly closed it. 

"Last resort." Charlie and Cristina looked at Meredith and she sighed. 

Izzy, Cristina, and Charlie all stood down the hall as Meredith talked to Derek. After getting him to tell her how to get around Burke they went to George who was eating lunch.

"What'd I do?" He asked looking up at them.

"How close a match for the liver is your guy to our John Doe?" Meredith asked him.

"Very. Same type, same size. U.N.O.S. couldn't find a better match. Why?"

"He's the chief's V.I.P., right?"

"Right."

"How much would you kill to be in on a transplant surgery?"

"You underestimate me. I'm not a baby. I'm your colleague. You don't have to manipulate me. If you want something, all you have to do is ask." George told them.

"We want you to go over Burke's head, to the chief." Charlie asked.

"Ask me something easier."

When they finally got him to do it they waited down the hallway and when Richard came out of the scrub room George caught him. 

"We are so going to hell. Burke is sending us straight to hell." Meredith said as they watched George and Richard talk.

"On an express train." Cristina said picking at her lip.

"If it works." Izzy said.

"What are you doing?" They heard and turned and saw Karev standing by them.

"Nothing." They all replied.

They watched as Burke came down the hallway and Richard stopped him. 

"Yes!" Izzy smiled.

They saw Burke look at George and he turned and walked away. Burke then turned and looked at them making them all run away. When Burke got ready to do the surgery and they went up in the observation deck to see Karev down in the operation room with Burke, the whole surgery they watched him suck up to Burke.

"I seriously hate that guy." Cristina said as Charlie nursed on some coffee.

"Alex is vermin. That surgery is ours." 

"At least Burke is doing the surgery. I don't care about Alex. George, you did good."

"I'm going to have to dodge Burke for the rest of my career. He could kill me and make it look like an accident." George said as they continued to watch before a nurse walked in.

"The police called. They've identified your John Doe. His wife is on the way." She said and Cristina and Izzy walked out. 

At the end of the day Charlie and Meredith were in the locker room when Alex walked in.

"God I smell good. You know what it is? It's the smell of open-heart surgery. It's awesome. It is awesome. You gotta smell me." Alex walked over to them getting up in their personal space.

"I don't want to smell you." Meredith told him.

"Oh, yes, you do." He said and Meredith turned around and grabbed him.

"You have got to be kidding me!" She slammed him up against the lockers.

"Okay, I have more important things to deal with than you. I have roommates, boy problems, and family problems. You wanna act like a little frat-boy bitch? That's fine. You wanna take credit for your saves and everybody else's? That's fine, too. Just stay outta my face. And for the record, you smell like crap!" Meredith told him before Derek and Theodore walked in, and Meredith walked back to her locker.

"She attacked me." Karev pointed at Meredith and this time Charlie went up to him with her fist balled. Theodore was quick to run forward and stop, as did Derek when Meredith was right behind her.

"Meri! Meri!" Derek pushed her back to her locker. Theodore pulled Charlie back to the bench she sat on before they both turned to Karev.

"You might want to leave before I change my mind and let her beat you to a pulp with her tiny, ineffectual fists." Derek pulled Karev out the room and shut the door. 

Derek turned back to them and they were all quiet for a minute before Charlie quickly grabbed her stuff and walked out the door and Theodore was quick to follow her out. He followed her all the way to the elevator.

"Charlie. Charlie!" He called after then slipped into the door of the elevator.

She turned to him breathing heavily as she shoved the rest of her stuff in her bag.

"What?" Theodore asked her.

"Nothing." She said looking back at her bag before looking bag up at him.

"What?" He asked more desperate this time. 

"It's just..nothing." She shook her head shoving her jacket in her bag.

The elevator door opened and she looked back him as he continued to stare at her. She shook her head again and walked out. When Meredith and Charlie got home they found George and Izzy in the living room with boxes. 

"Skin grafting? No way! I never seen that done." George said staring at a tape in his hands. 

"Are those our mothers surgical tapes?" Charlie asked them.

"We should watch the skin grafting one first." George pointed at the tape in his hand.

"Where did all this stuff come from?" Meredith asked

"Oh. I unpacked some of your mother's things. I was upset. And when I'm upset, I like to nest." Izzy told her before Charlie and Meredith started walking around grabbing pictures and other things that were put out.

"I think we should watch this one first." George pointed to another tape.

"No. We're not watching our mother's surgery tapes. We're not unpacking boxes. We're not having long conversations were we celebrate the moments of our lives. And use a coaster!" Charlie picked Georges drink up handing it to him then her and Meredith walked out.

"I ordered Chinese food." George called after them. 

"I hate Chinese food!" Meredith yelled as Charlie just went to her room and landing on her bed. 

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"There everywhere. All the time. Izzy's all perky, and George does this thing where's he's helpful and considerate. They share food and they say things and they move things and they breathe. Ugh. They're like happy." Meredith told Cristina as they all walked in.

"Kick them out." 

"I can't. They just moved in. We asked them to move in."

"So, what-- You're gonna repress everything in some deep, dark, twisted place until one day you snap and kill them?"

"Yep." 

"This is why we are friends. Charlie, haven't figured out how were friends, but you're not as bad as them so, that's why I think why." Cristina told her as she nodded her head.

"Why is the Nazi making us stay in the pit two days in a row?" Karev asked from behind them.

"Leftovers." Charlie told him.

"Leftovers." Karev rolled his eyes.

"Got to get the cyclists who were too drunk, stupid, or scared to get to the hospital yesterday." Meredith said as they walked into the hospital.

"Meanwhile, she gets to do a freakin' organ harvest." Alex pointed at Cristina.

"It kills you, doesn't it?" Cristina asked as Meredith and Charlie chuckled.

"What?"

"That two women caught the harvest."

"No, it kills me that anybody got the harvest but me. Boobs do not factor into this equation. Unless, uh, you want to show me yours." Alex said and looked between all three girls who all just shared a look.

"I'm gonna become a lesbian." Charlie spoke.

"Me too."

"Me three." Meredith said and they walked away and took the stairs. 

Charlie and Meredith were down in the pit when Charlie had just finished a guy's stitches when she heard her sister. 

"Someone help!" She heard Meredith yell and she turned the corn to see Meredith holding a guy stomach  who was laid on the ground, blood pouring from his mouth. 

"Can we get a gurney?!" Charlie yelled as she rushed forward.

She helped carry the guy to the gurney and Alex and Charlie stood to the side as while Meredith sat on the guy holding his stomach.

"Call the O.R., tell them we're coming, and page Dr. Bailey. Alex, Charlie, let's go." Meredith said and Charlie grabbed one side of the gurney waiting for Charlie to grab the other side but he just stood there staring at the guy's stomach.

"Alex, push the damn gurney!" Meredith yelled and he grabbed the side and they started pushing the gurney forward. 

"Clear the way. Coming through." The nurse said telling people to move out of the way. 

"Somebody get the elevator." Charlie yelled.

"Hurry, I don't know how long I can keep this wound closed." Meredith said as they got in the elevator and it closed sending them up. 

"Move faster. Damn it!" Meredith said as they all looked up at the floor they were on.

When the door dinged they pulled the gurney out meeting the doctor that was there. They pulled the gurney down the hall and into the O.R.

"This is a new one? Somebody get her off my patient. Meredith, Charlie, go get cleaned up and scrub in, Alex, get back downstairs." Bailey said as Charlie and Meredith ran out.

"Yeah, but I helped." Alex said already putting his mask on. 

Meredith and Charlie put their masks and caps on and washed their hands. They got their robes and gloves on and assisted on the surgery.  Once they were done Bailey, Charlie, and Meredith all walked out to the group of people that were Viper's friend.

"This lovely group his friends." Bailey told them as they walked over to them.

"You all belong to--What's his name?" Bailey asked the rowdy crowd.

"Viper" Meredith told her.

"V-Viper."

"Yeah, we were in the race." One guy said.

"How is he? Is he okay?" One girl asked

"Is he okay? No. No, he's not okay at all. He hurled his body down a concrete mountain at full speed for no good reason. Yeah, I know you all pierce yourselves and smoke up and generally treat your bodies like your grungy asses can't break down. Hey, that's fine. You want to kill yourselves flying down a concrete mountain, go for it-- but there are other people walking, people driving, people trying to live their lives on that concrete mountain and one of them got his brains scrambled today because one of you little sniveling snot rag-" Dr. Bailey started yelling.

"Dr. Bailey! Dr. Bailey." Meredith tried to get her to stop.

"Dr. Bailey!" Charlie called out grabbing her arm making her stop.

"Yeah, so. Okay, no. Your friend, Viper, as far as I'm concerned, is not okay." Bailey told them then walked away.

"She's, um..really tired. But.. Viper's gonna make it. He's gonna live." Meredith told them.

"Cool."

"Thanks." There was a collective of words thrown out. 

That night as they stood in the locker room putting their stuff away to get ready to go home the door opened and Derek walked in.

"Oh, I'm not getting locked in here with you two." Charlie said grabbing her stuff and putting it in her bag and walking out. 

She walked to the elevator and as she walked in she found Theodore leaned against the back wall of it. She stepped in and the door closed.

"Hi." She heard him behind her and she just turned and gave him a small smile.

"Would you, uh, maybe wanna go out for coffee sometime?" Theodore asked her.

"... Sure." She smiled as the door opened. 

She stepped out of the elevator and looked back at him. He smiled his bright teeth at her. She blushed as she walked out of the hospital. When Charlie and Meredith got home they found Izzy, Cristina, and George in the living room eating and watching some of their mother's tape.

"She pulls the flap of skin down over the face." Izzy said before they spotted them and George jumped up grabbing the remote.

"We were-"

"Hi." Meredith said as George stuttered around.

"We were-- we were just , uh..Cristina made us." George stopped 

"What are we watching?"

"Ooh. This is the one where our mother.." Charlie started talking as her and Meredith sat down.

"Literally pulls the guy's face off." Izzy said pointing at the screen.

"Yeah." Meredith sat back. 

"Come on!"

"Holy crap!" They all yelled some covering their eyes, other laughing. 

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The first cut is the deepest

Greys Anatomy masterlist

Warning: talk of rape

Charlie and Meredith put a paper up in the locker room for a roommate then went and changed into their scrubs. They spent a lot of time looking for a roommate and George and Izzy wanted to move in really bad.

"Why  do you put up posters for roommates if you don't want roommates." Izzy asked

"I do want roommates. We're together 100 hours a week. You want to live together, too?" Meredith asked them.

"I see you bring bribes now, huh?" Cristina said walking to Meredith as she held onto a bag.

"My mom irons my scrubs. I have to get out of there." George said getting all up in Harper and Meredith face.

"It's not a bribe. I don't it's a good idea." Meredith said

"I can out down last, first, and deposit." George said

"It's totally a bribe." Cristina said

"I can cook, and i'm an obsessive cleaner." Izzy told them.

"No, I just want two total strangers who I don't have to talk to or be nice to, and it's not a bribe. It's a mocha latte." Meredith said then walked over to where Bailey stood.

"George, you're running the code team. Meredith and Charlie take the trauma pager. Cristina, deliver the weekend labs to the patients. Izzy, you're on sutures." Bailey told them then headed towards the stairs with Meredith right behind her. Charlie just leaned against the table watching all the other interns follow her like a lost puppy.

"Dr. Bailey, I was hoping to assist you in the O.R. today. Maybe do a minor procedure. I think I'm ready. Mocha latte?" Meredith said

"If she gets to cut, I want to cut, too." Cristina came up behind her.

"Yeah, me too." Izzy said

"I wouldn't mind another shot. I mean if everybody else is-" George said

"Stop talking. Every intern wants to perform their first surgery. That's not your job. Do you know what your job is? To make your resident happy. Do I look happy? No. Why? Because my interns are whiny. You know what will make me look happy? Having a code team staffed, having the trauma pages answered, having the weekend labs delivered, and having someone down in the pit, doing the sutures. And all of y'all being more Charlie. No on holds a scalpel till I'm so happy, I'm Mary Freakin' Poppnins." Bailey said making the rest of the way up the stairs.

"Mocha latte, my ass. Charlie didn't even have to bribe her and Bailey likes her." Cristina told Meredith as Charlie started heading in the direction of truama.

"Why are y'all standing there? Move!" Bailey told them.

Meredith walked after Charlie where they grabbed there folders from the nurses station then went to the elevators. When they got in front of the elevators Derek and Theodore stood in front of them waiting too. Charlie looked at her sister, Derek, then Theodore.

"I'm taking the stairs." She said going towards the stairs.

"Me too." Theodore said looking between Derek and Meredith.

Theodore walked after her following her.

"So, your Derek's girlfriends sister?" He asked

"Yep." Charlie told him hoping down multiple stairs at a time.

"Nice, what's your name?" He asked

"Charlie Grey." She said

"Theodore Grant, nice to meet you." He said catching up to her.

"So where you headed?" Theodore asked stepping in front of her making her stop walking.

"Down to trauma. Gotta do trauma pages answering." Charlie told him.

"Mhm." He said biting his lip as he stared at her.

They were silent for a moment before Charlie cleared her throat.

"Better get going." She said walking past him.

"Mhm, bye." Theodore said watching her walk out the door with a smile.

Charlie walked to the elevator where Meredith was just coming out after picking files up off the ground.

"You so gave into him." Charlie chuckled as her sister set the files down on the counter before they went to room they were suppose too.

"Shut up" Meredith said knowing got was true.

"Are you two the surgeons?" A lady in brown scrubs asked them.

"Yeah." Meredith said

"We've got a rape victim. Better get in there." She told them and they walked in seeing a girl laying on the bed as the monitor beeped.

"25-year-old female found down at the park. Status- post trauma. She came in with a GCS of six. B.P. - 80 over 60. Exam is significant for blunt head trauma. Unequal breath sounds, right pupil is dilated, and she's ready for x-ray. Ready to roll?" The nurse in green scrubs asked as both girls just stared at the girl on the table.

"Hey!" The nurse called out.

"Yeah. Call ahead to clear a C.T. Let them know I'm coming. Load up the portable monitor. Call respiratory for a ventilator. I'll get x-rays while I'm down there." Meredith told them as Charlie checked everything on her.

They got her downstairs into surgery with Burke, Derek, and Theodore.

"She's gonna spend a hell of a long time in recovery and rehab." Derek said

"If she survives." Burke said putting something in a bucket.

"What is she, like 5'2, 100 pounds? She's still breathing after what this guy did to her? If they catch the guy, they should castrate him." Theodore scoffed.

"See how shredded her hands are? She tried to fight back." Burke said

"Tried to? Rape kit came back negative. She kicked his ass."

"So, we have a warrior among us, huh?" Burke said and everybody chuckled.

"Allison. Her- her name is Allison." Charlie told them.

"Allison." Theodore nodded his head.

"I think I may have found the cause of our rupture. More suction. What is this? Does anyone know what this is?" Burke asks everyone

"Oh, my god." Meredith stared.

"What? Spit it out, Grey." Burke told her

"She bit it off." Charlie spoke up.

"Bit off what?" Burke asked with confused look as well as everyone around them.

"That's h-his.... Penis." Charlie said and everyone groaned.

"She bit off his— his penis." Meredith said

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Meredith and Charlie walked into Richard's office caring the penis in a cooler full of ice.

"Hi. Is the chief in?" They asked the women sitting in one of the chairs.

"He's on his way. Is that it?" She asked looking towards the thing Meredith's hand.

"Yeah." Meredith nodded her head.

"Can I see it? No. Forget I asked." She said

"Meredith, Charlie, its good to see you. Hey, I heard your mother was leaving Mayo. She going back with the U.N.?" Richard asked as the sisters looked at each other.

"She's, uh, taking time off."  Charlie said as he walked over to his desk.

"To who write another book, I suppose." Richard said as he wrote something down

"Listen, so, they said to bring this to you, so—." Meredith said shaking the cooler a bit.

"Yes, uh, for the police." Richard sat down in his chair.

"Right." Meredith sat it on the table.

"When did the police say they were coming?" Richard asked the woman.

"You know how slow they are, so they better take it with them." The woman said

"What?" Charlie asked

"You have to take it with you." The woman stood up.

"Chain-of-custody rules. All medical matter in a rape must stay with the person who collected it until it's placed into police custody." Richard told them

"You collected the specimen, so you have custody." The woman said picking papers up off of Richards desk.

"Custody of a penis." Meredith said

"Yes, until the cops come for it." Richard said as the woman walked out.

"Okay. Well, what are we suppose to do with the penis?" Charlie asked and Richard just tapped a pen.

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Harper and Charlie walked into the lobby and set down cooler on the table.

"What's that?" George asked

"Don't ask. You don't want to know." Meredith told him.

"I do want to know. Really." George said

"You really want to know?" Charlie asked him and he nodded his head.

"It's a severed penis." Meredith told him and walking back into the room behind her.

"Okay. I didn't really want to know." George said as Meredith sat down at the computer with Charlie looking over her shoulder.

"Since when does the possession of ovaries become an insult?" Cristina asked stopping in the doorway.

"Meredith and Charlie are carrying a penis around in a jar." George spoke staring at the wall

"Oh, from the rape surgery?" Cristina asked walking over to the cooler.

"Yeah, and it's not a jar. It's a cooler." Meredith spoke as her and Charlie came out of the back room and Cristina opened the cooler looking at it.

"Talk about take a bite out of crime." Cristina closed the cooler and walked away.

Charlie grabbed the cooler and her and Meredith went back to the computer and George came in.

"You okay?"

"Yeah. Allison's shoes are...."

"What?"

"The rape victim, Allison, her shoes. Mer has the same ones in her locker, and normally she doesn't wear them because they're uncomfortable. But today she did. And she was wearing the same shoes, and it just... it just sounds stupid, but I don't know I hear where she's coming from, but she thinks she just tired or something." Charlie spoke for Meredith.

"You know what you guys need?" George said they both looked at him and his eyes went wide.

"No." Meredith and Charlie both said sighing.

"It's sick and twisted. We said last time was the last time." Charlie said and George avoided eye contact with both of them.

"You've been doing it without us!" Meredith asked

"Nancy Reagan lord. You can't just say no. Come on." George said tipping his towards the doorway.

"Do you know what would happen if anyone knew?" Meredith asked him.

"I'm doing it. You can come with me, or you can stay here and be miserable." George said grabbing Meredith hand and Charlie's hand and started dragging them with him.

10 minutes later they stood in front of the baby glass as a bunch of babies wiggled around making noises. George stood at the glass making noise at them even though they couldn't understand him.

"You are such a woman." Meredith laughed at him making him look at her.

Before he could speak his pager went off.

"That's a code. I got to to go." George said as his pager beeped again.

Charlie and Meredith stood around looking at all the babies as Meredith sighed.

"They are really cute." Meredith spoke

Her smiled dropped after moment and slapped Charlie arm and pointed a baby with a blue face.

"Oh, my, god." Charlie gasped looking the blue baby.

They walked into the room and went to the baby. He wasn't blue anymore he was just like every other baby just squirming around. Meredith checked his heart beat as Charlie looked around at the other babies. The door suddenly opened and a girl i. Purple scrubs walked in with a chart. She saw Meredith checking the babies chart and Charlie walking around looking at other babies.

"What are you doing in here?" She asked them.

"The- there was no tests ordered, and the baby has a murmur." Meredith told the woman who set her hands on her hips.

"I know." Was all the lady said as Meredith shook her head.

"He turned blue." Charlie told her.

"You two are surgery. You're not authorized to be in here. Do you know how much trouble you can get into for this?" The woman asked walking over to them.

"Are you going to do any test?" Meredith asked as the girl glared at her.

"It's a benign systolic ejection murmur. It goes away with age." The girl told her with her arms cross.

"So you're not gonna do tests?" Charlie asked

"He's not either of your patient. He's not even in your service." The woman walked over to the door.

"Are you sure it's benign?" Meredith asked

"I'm a doctor, too, you know. You should get out of here." The doctor told them and Meredith grabbed the cooler and they walked out.

Later after Meredith interviewed more people for the roommates.

"So get most anybody?" Charlie asked as they walked down the hallway.

"Nope." Meredith told her.

"Hmm. What do we do?" Charlie asked

"Keep looking, I guess." Meredith told her. They walked up to the room where the rape victim laid. She has stitched up cuts all over her face a tube done her throat, a cast in her hand.she was rough. They stood staring at her as Derek and Theodore walked up.

"Man, we've called every hospital in the county." Theodore spoke looking at Charlie as she stared at the girl.

"I don't know. Sooner or later, the guy they did this is gonna seek medical attention. When he does, that penis you're carrying around is gonna nail him?" Derek spoke checking her eyes, as Theodore stood beside Charlie watching.

"Where is her family?" Meredith asked

"Doesn't have any." Theodore told her.

"No siblings?" Charlie asked

"No. Both parents are dead. She just moved to Seattle three weeks ago. Welcome to the city." Derek spoke as he wrote on her chart.

Meredith and Charlie stared at the woman and Charlie was away with Theodore in tow. Making about 2 meters before he spoke.

"Charlie, are you okay?" He asked

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just have to do something. I have to go." Charlie said running back over to Meredith who had the same thought process as her and they both walked off.

They ran off trying to find Dr. Burke finally finding him in the stairs they walked down the stairs after him.

"Dr. Burke?" Meredith spoke.

"Mhm."

"There a baby up in peds. I saw him have a tet spell, and I think I hear a murmur." Meredith said walking quickly after him.

"Hmm. Did peds call us for a consult?"

"Actually, no, they're not-."

"So you want me to what?"

"If you could just go up and look at him."

"Not without a peds consult. I'm a busy man, Grey, and there are rules. Look, it's not like I'm the chief or something." Burke spoke walking into the men's restroom.

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Charlie and Meredith sat in the lobby of the hospital staring and looking around until Cristina tapped on the glass coming in.

"What are you doing down here?" Cristina asked sitting down with them.

"Just sitting here with my penis. What about you?" Meredith asked

"Hiding from Alex." Cristina spoke.

"I kissed Derek." Meredith spoke.

"Im pretty sure I almost kissed Theodore Grant, who is Derek's best friend, other neurosurgeon, both very, very good. But nothing happened." Charlie told them.

"You both have a thing for neurosurgeons that are attendings. Hmm, so you kissed Derek? You almost kissed Theo?" Cristina spoke and Charlie nodded her head.

"In the elevator." Meredith spoke.

"Oh, you kissed him in the elevator?"

"I was having a bad day. I am having a bad day."

"This is what you do on your bad days— make out with Dr, McDreamy. And you make out with McSweetie." Cristina said as Meredith stood up.

"Well, you know that and carrying around a penis just makes everything seem so shiny and happy." Meredith spoke throwing away her food as they all stood by the entrance of the hospital leaning against the glass.

"George said Allison was wearing your shoes."

"Yeah, it's weird, right?"

"It's weird that you care."

"I think it's weird." Meredith said and they heard tires screeching and looked out the glass to see a guy pull up and get out of his truck with blood all over him.

They ran outside as the guy fell to the ground. A bunch of doctor crowded around him and they all stood and watched. As soon as they flipped the guy over they saw that the crouch of his pant was bloody and put things together.

They ran in and Meredith got onto the the phone in the hallway.

"Can I have security, please?" Meredith asked then got the guy on a stretcher and started to wheel him through the hallway as Bailey walked up to them.

"What do we got?" She asked

"Take a look." Charlie told her

"What?" Bailey said lifting up the blanket that was covering him.

"Uh, let's get him to O.R. 1. Meredith, Charlie, you call the chief and let him know we got the rapist." Bailey told them.

They told the chief then scrubbed in for his surgery they stood back with Cristina.

"I saw Allison. You can't believe the beating that she took. And then to see this." Meredith spoke.

"It's like that old saying you should see the other guy." Cristina spoke.

"Why are we not attempting to re-attach the severed penis?" Bailey asked them.

"Teeth don't slice. They tear. You can only re-attach with a clean cut. If she wanted to slice him off with a knife...." Cristina spoke.

"Besides, the digestive juices didn't leave much of the flesh to work with." Meredith told her.

"Right. So, what do we do?" Bailey asked them.

"See him up minus a large part of the family jewels."

"And his outlook?"

"He'll be urinating out of a bag for a very, very long time. Not to mention he'll never be able to have sex again."

"Oh, too bad."

"Shame."

"Let's all take a moment to grieve. Clamp." Bailey spoke.

After the guys surgery Charlie and Meredith were wheeling him down the hallway when they Burke in the hallway and he looked at them before they turned away.

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They got something from the vending machine and walked down to the basement where the other interns sat.

"So the police say they can't send a crime-scene guy down for hours, so I have to spend the night with the penis. Alex, don't say it." Meredith told him as she sat beside him and Charlie sat on the empty bed and rolled over closing her eyes.

"It was too easy anyway." Alex said as George hugged and at next Izzy.

"Who here feels like they have no idea what they're doing?" He asked and everyone raised their hands.

"I mean, are we supposed to be learning something? Because I don't feel like I'm learning anything." George spoke loudly.

"Expect how not to sleep." Izzy smacked whatever she was eating.

"It's like there's this wall. The attendings and the residents are over there, being surgeons, and we're over here, being..." Cristina spoke.

"Suturing, code-running, lab-delivering penis minders." Meredith spoke.

"I hate being an intern." Alex spoke.

"I hate attendings, they're a bunch of flirts." Charlie spoke.

Bailey walked in and looked at them all. Charlie rolled off the bed looking at her. She put her hands up and everyone started getting up.

Charlie and Meredith walked to the baby wing and watched as the parents smiled at their baby. Looking directly at the baby that had the murmur. Meredith and Charlie walked over to them.

"Hi. Is he yours?" Meredith asked

"Yeah." The mother asked

"He's adorable."

"Thanks."

They started to the tell the parents about the murmur that the baby has when the lady in the purple scrubs came out.

"You are so out of line." The lady told them.

"She says that murmur might not be benign." The dad said.

"I think we should do an echo to check." Meredith told her.

"This is your career." The woman said then walked back into the room.

"There really is no reason to get alarmed." Meredith told them as a guy in purple scrubs came out with the woman.

"What's the problem?" The guy asked.

"If our baby is sick, we want him treated... now." The mom said

"Who said your baby was sick?" The doctor asked

"The surgical intern, who has no business on our d service." The woman said crossing her arms as the guy sighed.

"Who authorized you two being here?" The guy asked

I was just—."

"I did. Can you excuse us for a second?" Dr. Burke came over and they walked away from the parents.

"Dr. Burke."

"Are you messing with my intern, Dr. Kay?"

"No, sir."

"Give me the chart."

"There's nothing wrong with him. I checked." The woman spoke.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"You can guarantee he's fine? 100% sure?" Burke asked and she stared at him.

"How sure are you?" Dr. Kay asked her.

"I dont know, 75%."

"Not good enough. He's my patient now. That okay with you, Dr.Kay?"

"Absolutely."

"He can't take our patient."

"He's an attending."

"Which means I can do whatever I want." Dry Burke spoke and they walked over to the parents.

"Mr. And Mrs. Johnson, I'm Dr.Burke, head of cardio. We're gonna run some tests and give you an answer within the hour. Grey and Grey. Excuse me." He said the parents.

"I want an EKG, chest x-ray, and an echo. I don't have all day." Burke told them.

"You're a busy man." Charlie smiled.

"I'm a busy man." Burke told her.

Aster getting everything they went to Dr. Burke to ask about the results.

"Well?" Meredith asked him.

"It's a birth defect. Tetralogy of fallout with pulmonary atresia. You were right book an O.R. for tomorrow."Burke told them.

"Thank you for backing me up on this." Meredith told him.

"Wait, whoa. You were right. But if you ever pull a stunt like that again— going to the parents behind a doctors back, trying to steal a patient from another service— I will make your residency here hell on earth. Both of you." Burke told them then walked away.

They watched as he went and told the parents and they smiled at each other.

At the end of the night Charlie was laying on the ground and set her clothes under head as Cristina laid on the bench in her bra, Izzy laid on the other bench and Meredith stood at her locker and George was brushing his teeth by the sink in the locker room.

"I need a drink, a man, or a massage. Or a drunken massage by a man." Cristina spoke them out her top back on.

"What's wrong with you?" Cristina asked George and he spit in the sink.

"I lost five patients on the code team today. I feel like the angel of death." George said wiping his mouth then turning the water on and washing his mouth out.

"George, 95% of all code patients can't be revived. Most of them are seriously dead before you even get there." Cristina told him hooking her pager to her pant waist.

"What? Why didn't you tell me the when I was going on and on about how great it was gonna be?" George asked spitting out the water.

"Because... you're George and I'm Cristina." She said closing her locker, putting her coat on and walking out.

"Come on, char, we got to go see the baby." Meredith told her.

"Mhm, coming." Charlie spoke from they floor but not moving.

"Come on, Charlie!" Meredith spoke.

"Yeah." Charlie said standing up and yawning quickly.

They walked out then half-way there Charlie turned around.

"I'm gonna go see how the rape victim is." Charlie told her.

"Alright I'll tell you how the baby is." Meredith told her.

Charlie walked to the rape victims room where Derek was sat at the computer near by.

Charlie sat in the chair outside her room setting her head on her hand yawning as her eyes closed.

Charlie was suddenly waken two hours later by the Allison's heart monitor beeping rapidly. She looked up to see Derek and Meredith leaning in the doorway before racing towards Allison. Meredith hit the button in the room for the nurses to come help.

"Her ICP's doubler. Get O.R.! Prep for craniotomy. Let's hang a mannitol, uh... a blood gas." Derek spoke as Charlie stood up.

Her and Meredith stood at the corner of the hallway waiting for Theodore and Derek to come out of surgery. Finally after what felt like forever they came walking out.

"Hey. I, uh, had to leave her skull flap off until the pressure in her brain goes down." Derek told them.

"She's not gonna make it, is she?" Meredith asked

"She's gonna be fine."

"If she ever wakes up." Charlie spoke

"If she ever wakes up." Derek repeated.

Later they went back to Richards office to sign the paper to not have to carry the penis around anymore.

"So, here is where you have her signature, and down here, the initials." The woman from earlier told her

"Okay." Meredith and Charlie both said.

"It just days that the, um... the...." Richard spoke hesitantly.

"Penis." The woman finished for him.

"Look, I'm a doctor. I mean, I shouldn't be weird to say this. It's just that I see to change both their diapers." Richard walked over to them.

"I get it." Meredith spoke as they both nodded their heads.

"It just says that it was never out of your sight." Richard said and they nodded their heads.

"Here you go, one penis." Charlie gave him the cooler.

"Yeah." Richard nodded his head.

"Officer." Richard handed him the penis.

Later it was time for the baby's surgery. Meredith went to it, but Charlie went to the on-call rooms where their was one free bed left and knocked out. Hours later she woke up they were towards the end of the surgery and she watched the rest from the operating theater.

After the surgery Meredith, Charlie, Cristina, George, and Izzie all sat and watched the babies.

"Okay, fine, George and Izzie, you can move into the house." Meredith spoke.

"Yes!" They both cheered and started dancing

"I can't believe you caved!" Izzie said happily.

"Thank you." George patted both their shoulders.

"Yes!" They both said again and started to dance again.

"I can't believe I caved." Meredith spoke as she looked at the babies.

"I blame the babies. They make you toxic." Cristina walked away as George and Izzie danced away.

At the end of their second shift they walked down the stairs and over to the stairs where Derek and Theodore stood. They walked over to them standing by them.

"So, it's intense. This thing I have for ferry boats, I mean." Derek spoke

"I'm taking the stairs." Charlie shook her head as she smiled.

"Me too!" Theodore spoke before Charlie turned and put her hand on his chest.

"It's okay! Ride the elevator with your buddy." Charlie patted his chest.

"I'm taking the stairs wit you." Meredith told Charlie and they both started to walk away.

"No self- control. It's sad. Really." Derek chuckled as he and Theodore got in the elevator.

They walked down to lobby and out the doors to see their friends walking away. They ran up to them and started to talk with them as they walked away from the hospital.

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A boy in a tree

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"Bones, where's the kid?" Booth asked Brennan as they all sat in the car waiting for Zack and she shrugged.

A couple minutes later Zack finally came out and got in the car and they started there drive.

"We've got a dead body in a prep school out in the sticks." Booth said already in a mood making Charlie and Grant look at each other from either sides of Zack since he 'needed' to sit in the middle.

"Good morning to you, too." Brennan said

"You're successful with women, right? I mean, they like you." Zack leaned forward asking Booth

"Okay, look, it's a very prestigious prep school. There's a lot of rich kids." Booth said ignoring Zack.

"I thought it was good to start with good morning?" Brennan asked confused.

"If a women said to you 'take a hint', what would it mean?" Zack asked

"Can we just concentrate on the job? Thank you." Booth said taking his sunglasses off as Zack sat back in seat with a sigh.

"Now, I know the sheriff out there. She's mostly okay. But the school's got a lot of pull in the county, and she's probably just trying to scrape the whole case off on us. Look, what I'm trying to say is, it's not just a crime scene, but it's a political situation. So when we get up there, you follow my lead, and you pay attention." Booth said

"You call after every sexual encounter, right? Because there the good thing to do." Zack said leaning back up.

"Look, this is a work mode. This is a work zone. You do not talk sex at work." Booth told making him sit back again.

"First, you tell me I'm too task-oriented, then when I say good morning, you say that I should concentrate on the job." Brennan said trying to make sense of what was all said.

"Okay, look, we got about a 45-minute drive. Hmm? What do you say we pass it in quiet meditation?" Booth said giving Brennan a small smile then put his sunglasses back on.

"Can I talk now?" Zack asked

"No."

"That not fair? Okay we're here." Brennan said as they pulled up to the gate.

"My car, my rules. Period." Booth said as a guy walked to his window where he showed his badge.

"FBI agent special agent Booth and a forensic anthropologist." Booth told him.

"Dr. Temperance Brennan from the Jeffersonian Institution." Brennan said

"Plus one crack assistant. Oh, and another anthropologist and another FBI agent." Zack said peeking his head out.

"I'll need to some ID, please." The guy said and Brendan's and Zack there to him and Theodore to took his and Charlie's and rolled down his window and gave it to him.

"This reminds me of where I went to school." Zack said

"You don't get much farther from the real world, that's for sure. Whose kids go to school here is actually classified information." Booth said cleaning his sunglasses.

"Agent Booth, Agent Grant, Dr.Brennan's,I'll lead you to Me. Sanders our head of security." The guy said coming back over with everyone badges.

"Can you just point us in the right direction? We'll find it." Booth told him

"All outsiders are to be escorted, sir." The guy said then walked away as Booth let out a chuckle.

"Omnia Mea Mecum Porto. What's that mean, huh? Regular people stay out?" Booth asked looking at the sign by them.

"I carry with me all my things." Brennan, Zack, and Charlie all said with a straight face.

Booth's smile dropped then he start driving again. They drove to the site.

"Hey, Seeley, Theo, how's it going?" A woman in a sheriff outfit walked over as they all got out.

"Karen, congratulations on being elected full sheriff. Very impressive." Booth said

"Agent Booth, I'm Leo Sanders, head of security at Hanover Prep. This is headmaster Peter Ronson." A guy in a green suit told them.

"Where are the human remains?" Charlie asked slightly already annoyed.

"Dr. Charlie Brennan, Dr. Temperance Brennan, and they assistant, Jack, uh, something." Booth told them putting a piece of gum in.

"Zack Addy." Zack said annoyed.

"Could you show us to the remains?" Brennan asked the sheriff.

"Even thought he school was mostly empty during the two-week break, it's impossible to..." they stopped hearing what the headmaster was saying when the sheriff started to talk.

"I don't know if you remember me, but we worked together on a case— bunch of bones found in the culvert, about a year ago." The sheriff said as Brennan and Charlie.

"I remember the bones in the culvert." Charlie told her.

"You know, Thomas, being nice to the locals, remembering their names and such, it wouldn't hurt." Grant told her as they walked through the woods.

"Our two-week term break ends tomorrow. I'd like to get this tidied up, so the students never know what happened." The headmaster told them.

"But we don't know what happened yet, that's why we're here. Did anyone touch the body?" Brennan asked the sheriff

"I doubt it. It's pretty grisly." The sheriff said

As they walked up to a tree Charlie looked when she heard a bird and saw the remains hanging by the tree.

"Where are the remains?" Brennan asked looking around confused.

"Bones?" Booth said making her turn to him and he pointed up

"Is that a student?" Booth asked

"It's a secure campus. Got to be student, staff or faculty." Leo told him.

"Video first. I don't want your flash disturbing the crows." Brennan told Zack.

"Yeah, that's be a shame. Disturb the human flesh-eating birds." Leo spoke

"You want to increase the perimeter here? Gentlemen. Give my forensic anthropologist some room." Booth said putting his hands up for them to step back.

"Your forensic anthropologist?" Charlie laughed.

"Agent Booth, if you decide this is a suicide, it becomes my problem, correct?" The sheriff asked

"Actually, the person who decides if this is a suicide is us." Brennan told her as she stared wt the body in the tree.

"Let's give the bone lady some room." The sheriff spoke and walked away.

"You know, I'm glad we had that little chat about being nice to the locals." Booth told Brennan

"I don't like sheriffs. They're elected into office, which means their goal is being re-elected, not ringing the truth." Brennan told him.

"I got video, Dr. Brennan." Zack said

"Go to stills." Charlie told him.

"Can we just get home down from there?" The headmaster asked

"There's a lot of work to do before we get to that." Charlie told him.

"You want to step back, please, sir?" Grant asked him.

"I'm the headmaster here."

"And this is a crime scene. Step back." Grant told him sternly and shoved him back.

As Zack started getting picture the crow flew away and the head fell off the body. Brennan caught it before turning to Booth.

"I'm gonna need an evidence bag." Brennan told him

"Heads up." Grant called then the body fell.

"I'm gonna need a bigger bag." Charlie nodded her head

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They went back to the lab with the body.

"I make this a male. Approximately 5'6, 130 pounds." Brennan said as she walked around in a circle.

"From the look of the sternum and skull, I'd say mid-adolescence. Say, 14 to 17. High cheekbones, you think maybe Asian?" Charlie as she stared down at the body.

"I'm getting more of a Hispanic vibe." Angela said

"There is a significant crematogaster  ant colony in the tree that fed on the body, as well as tabanid maggots. I'll give you a time-of-death estimate when I figure out who are what when." Hodgins told them.

"Check for insect pupa and larva, see what kind of medications and/or drugs might have been in his system." Brennan told Hodgins.

"He was wearing this." Zack said picking up a necklace Ana handing it to Angela.

"Catholic boy." Angela said

"One-by-two forceps." Brennan said after looking with a light at his head more.

"What is that?" Angela asked after Brennan pulled something off his head.

"Cochlear implant." Charlie said looking over Brennan shoulder.

"Looks like he birds were trying to get it." Brennan said

"That would set a boy part from the others. Being deaf." Angela said tilting her head

"Get a serial number." Charlie told Zack.

"I'll get x-rays and 3aD imaging of the entire skeleton." Angela told her.

"I didn't talk to anybody in high school. I didn't kill myself." Zack said looking around at everybody.

"That wasn't a high school. It was an experimental eugenics program." Hodgins told him and Hodgins and Angela smiled but stop when they looked at Brennan.

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Brennan went to her office and caller Booth while Charlie went to her office and working on paper work.

After a while she back on the platform with Brennan after getting the x-rays from Angela.

"What do you mean it's not a suicide?" They heard booth then heard the alarm for the stairs up to the platform going off turn to see the security guard not letting him or Grant up.

"What is that?" Booth asked

"Can't have just anyone step into the forensic area and contaminate all the boring details." Brennan told him as Zack scanned his cards

"The boring details?" Booth asked

"Do not push me, kid." Booth told Zack who tried to push him.

"Boing details was my signal for you to stop talking. Okay?" Booth told her

"I want my own card." Grant told Charlie walking over to her.

"Well, I want my own gun." Charlie told him

"Last time either of you had a gun, you shot someone." Grant told her.

"He was a bad guy." Zack spoke up.

"Okay, look, who's our victim?" Booth asked

"All the boring details?" Brennan asked

"Let it, Bones. Move on." Booth told her

"Don't call me bones." Brennan said him.

"We traced the cockle we implant to Dr. Maurice Ledbetter at Cedars-Sinai, who placed it in a boy named Nestor Olivos." Zack told him as Booth got the chart out and started reading it.

"Nestor Olivos. Student Visa. Son of a Venezuelan Ambassador. What else?" Booth asked

"You want all the boring details?" Brennan asked him again.

"Let it go, bones." He told her as he looked at the x-Ray.

"Don't call me bones." Brennan told him ripping the x-Ray out of his hand.

"The boys hyoid bone is broken." Charlie told them.

"Strangulation death, the hyoid is always broken." Grant told her.

"In adults. This was a boy." Zack said

"His Hyoid is flexible. Unbreakable." Brennan said looking at the screen the was a camera point and zoomed up on the hyoid.

"Well, maybe the kids got some kind of Venezuelan brittle bone syndrome?" Booth asked making them all look at him.

"Just trying to help." Booth said

"So you're saying he was murdered." Grant asked

"No, we're saying we don't know what happened to the boy, because I don't have all the facts." Charlie told him then Booth's phone started ringing

Then Grants, then Charlie's, them Brennans. They all picked up their phones looking at the messages.

Brennan turned and walked down the stairs off the platforms with Charlie, Grant, and Booth right behind her.

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They were all sat in Santana's office with Dr. Goodman.

"How hard can it be? A kid hanging from a tree- obviously, it's a suicide." Santana told them.

"Sir, has Hanover Prep been stirring the pudding on this?" Booth asked

"Of course they're stirring the pudding. Every mover and shaker in this town is connected to that damn school. Apparently, the very future of this country is at stake." Santana told them

"I'd like to declare it a murder, just to shake those little..." Booth said getting it cut off by Brennan.

"I'm not going to declare it a murder, just so you can shake things up." Brennan told him.

"The evidence is ambiguous at best." Dr. Goodman told Santana.

"Well, unambiguize it. Please, Dr. Goodman. Look, you guy are very experienced within your field of bones and such, right?" Santana looked between the sisters

"Doesn't your gut say suicide?" Santana asked them

"We don't actually use our gut for that, Sir." Brennan told him

"She really, really doesn't." Booth told him.

"Like all of us at the Jeffersonian, Dr. Brennan prefers science to the digestive tract." Dr. Goodman told him.

"What about your gut?" Santana asked Booth

"My gut says it stinks." Booth said and Grant nodded his head.

"If he smells with his gut, what does he use his nose for?" Charlie asked making Goodman and Brennan chuckle

"All right, all right, all right. In order for an investigation to occur, you two, Dr. Brennans, have to declare it a murder." Santana said.

"Without an investigation, we can't find out if it's a murder, but there'll be no investigation unless Dr. Brennan declares it to be a murder. Shall I send for a philosopher?" Dr. Goodman turned to both girls.

"They're saying it's our call." Brennan smiled at Dr. Goodman.

"You see? It's how you talk to these people." Santana said as Charlie rolled her eyes.

Charlie and Brennan looked at each other before looking over at Booth and Grant.

"Our official finding is that Nestor Olivos... is a victim of a homicide." Charlie said as her and Brennan sighed.

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"Thank you." Booth said as he drove.

"For what?" Brennan asked

"For going with my instincts in there." Booth said 

"No, we did not back up your instincts. We bought time to find the facts we need to tell us what happened to Nestor Olivos." Charlie spoke up from the back slumping in her seat.

"What's with you and the private school?" Brennan asked him.

"They thought we understood each other."

"That's bad? Understanding each other?"

"I don't like people who think they're better than other people." 

"Some people are better than other people."

"You know, what you just said right there--that is so un-American. All men are created equal. Either you believe that, or you don't."

 "And some people are smarter than others. There's no use being offended by the fact." Brennan said and Booth laughed shaking his head as Charlie rolled her eyes at the too.

"What are we going to tell Nestor's parents?" Charlie changed the subject.

"We tell them that their son was found dead, we're looking into it, sorry for your loss. And we are." Booth told her making her look at him.

"What?"

"Sorry for their loss. It's sad. Try to remember that." Booth looked between the Charlie and Brennan before looking back at the road as Brennan scoffed.

"We're not sociopath's."

"You're bad with people. No use being offended by the fact." Booth said as both girls looked at him for a moment before looking out there windows. 

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"Hanging from a tree at the school?" Nestor's mother asked as she gripped her husbands hand firmly.

"I'm afraid so, Ambassador Olivos. We will provide you with full details when Dr. Brennan finish's their  investigation." Booth told them.

"Will you need us to identify Nestor's remains?" Nestor's father asked.

"That won't be necessary." Brennan said before handing over a silver necklace to Ambassador Olivos.

"When was the last time you heard from Nestor?" Grant asked sofly.

"A few days after his holiday began. He went with a friend to Nova Scotia."

"We received an e-mail."

"Could we have a copy?" Booth asked setting his hands on his hips.

"It'll help us determine exactly when the victim died. Your son. We're very sorry for your loss." Brennan corrected herself when Booth bumped her.

"There was nothing to suggest in the e-mail that Nestor was unhappy. Certainly not enough to..."

"We would like to take him home. We must petition the church to bury him in consecrated ground."

"Nestor was an altar boy. They will bury him properly. When will you release him to us?"

"That's up to Dr. Brennan." Booth told them and Brennan and Charlie looked at each other.

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"As a school psychiatrist, I'm bound by patient confidentiality. In the Absence of a warrant or permission from his parents, I ca't divulge the specifics of my meetings with Nestor Olivos. I can tell you that he was at extreme risk of suicide." The school psychiatrist told them as she sat on the other side of the table with the school headmaster and secruity.

"There are no indications that Nestor was taking antidepressants." Charlie furrowed her brows.

"I can only make recommendations to the parents."

"You think this boy was depressed enough to hang himself from a tree?" Grant asked her sitting down on the table behind Booth's desk.

"He was alienated by culture, by language, by his handicap, by his own social awkwardness. Yes." 

"Thank you for coming down, Dr. Petty. As we suspected, suicide. A depressed and lonely boy hangs himself over the holiday." The headmaster said as Dr. Petty walked out.

"So how's the son of an ambassador go missing for two weeks and nobody notices?" Booth said straightening up from where he sat.

"As far as the school was concerned,  Nestor was vacationing with his roommate. The school requested and received a wavier from Ambassador Olivos." The security, Sanders, said then laid down a piece of paper.

"We were in Venezuela last year. It's very unstable politically." Brennan said walking over and reading the note over Booth's shoulder. 

"It's true the family received threats and we were cognizant of that. But you aren't seriously suggesting that some kind of Venezuelan hit squad assassinated a student at Hanover Prep?" Sanders asked

"Like the doctor said, it's a simple case of a depressed boy ending his life, not a Tom Clancy novel." The headmaster stood from his chair to walk out.

"Yeah, we'll start with Nestor's roommate tomorrow morning." Booth said sitting down in his chair making Sanders and the headmaster look at each other.

"Its your investigation." Sanders told him and Booth gave him a fake chuckle before they both turned and walked out of the room.

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They walked into Wong Foos where they were met by a guy.

"Hey." Booth greeted him which he greeted back.

"I'll say this, she's tall." The guy told Booth.

"Dr. Temperance and Charlie Brennan, meet Sid, the owner. Charlie is the one I grew up with, she's Grant's girl." Booth explained making both Grant and Charlie both look at him crazy as Sid led them to a table.

"Hey, bone lady and Grant's lady." Sid said shaking both there hands as Charlie glared at Booth and gave a cocky smile.

"The sign say Wong Foo's." Brennan said sitting down.

"Family name changed at Ellis island. I'll get your meal." Sid told them walking away.

"But we didn't order." Charlie shook her head.

"No, Sid knows what people want better than they do." Grant explained when they looked up seeing Zack, Hodgins, and Angela walking with files.

"Nestor's bones are completely normal, not brittle in any way." Zack said sitting down then Angela and Hodgins sat down. 

"You know, this is kind of my little getaway place, you know? " Booth said as everyone scooted closer together making Grant and Charlie shoulder to shoulder, knee to knee. 

"The grooves the rope left in the branch where Nestor was hanging are too deep for his weight." Angela explained as they got pictures out.

"Please, everyone, come on, sit down." Booth continued to fuss. 

"Eggs, larvae, waste- all indicate that the insects which fed on the body are indigenous to the tree in which he was found. Which means he died there approximately ten to 14 days ago. I'll have the seven-organ soup." Hodgins called out.

"You don't order. The guy just brings it." Charlie told him.

"He didn't void. Usually somebody that hangs themselves, the floodgates open. Bodily fluids everywhere." Zack explained.

"There was plenty of effluent in his clothes, but they're all post-decomposition. As the body swells, it bursts from internal gases. How's the guy know what you want?" Hodgins asked eating a pretzel.

"The guy has a knack." Brennan shrugged.

"The guy's name is Sid." Booth said irritated. 

"It was birds who ate his eyes, ears, and worked their way into the skull." 

"Birds pecking at the soft tissue at the throat- could that crack the hyoid?"

"No, it's a stress fracture caused by the rope against his throat- not postmortem."

"You put a sensitive adolescent in a high-pressure prep school,  add social alienation, cultural differences,  pressure from high-achieving parents, it could be suicide."

"It's not suicide."

"Because Booth thinks that prep schools turn out entitled criminals."

'We all went to private school. None of us are criminals."

"In fact, we fight criminals. We're crime fighters." 

"No, not you.. You're.. I'm just saying it's not a suicide."

"I'm a big believer in instinct." Angela sarcastically said.

"Finally, a squint with an open mind." Booth said putting his arm around Bones on the back of Booth.

"You have no idea how open-minded I can be." Angela said making Booth just look at her as Sid came over.

"What's with these pictures? This is a restaurant. People come here to eat. What's the matter with you people? Booth, Grant, what the hell did you bring in my place?" Sid came over setting food down and shoving pictures into files.

"We had nothing to do with it." Grant said shaking a bottle of sauce.

"This is exactly what I wanted. This is amazing. The guy definitely has a knack." Brennan said nodding her head as Hodgins open his bowl.

"oooh. So you do take orders." Hodgins chuckled.

"Of course we do. But it's always better when you leave it to me. Booth, Grant." Sid pointed between the men as everyone started eating.

"Alright, we'll take care of it." Grant held up his hands as Sid walked away.

"You're saying the boy died ten to 14 days ago?" Booth asked.

"Hey, bugs buzz, but they do not lie." Hodgins took a bite of his soup.

"Hodgins is very good at using insects to ascertain the time of death." Brennan said taking a bite of her noodles.

"How do you explain an e-mail that was sent seven days ago form Nova Scotia?Hmm? See? Look at that.  It stinks. Go ahead: smell it. You know you want to smell it. It stinks." Booth said handing Brennan the paper.

"Don't, don't smell that." Angela held a hand out to Hodgins.

"Oh, no, you've got to taste it." Hodgins told her taking another bite.

"I can smell it from here." 

"Ang, it's so good. Mm."

"That's really gross."

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Charlie was sat in Brennan office with her laptop in her lap as she typed away when Mr.Goodman and Nestors mother walked in.

"Dr, Brennans, can you spare a moment for the Venezuelan ambassador?" Dr. Goodman spoke quietly.

"Thank you." Nestors mother nodded her head at him and he turned and walked out as they all shook hands.

"Is there something we can do for you?" Brennan asked her.

"I understand that you are very good at your job, Dr. Brennan. But I think that neither of you are not a mother, correct?" She asked handing them a picture.

"No, we're not mothers." Charlie said as they both looked down at the picture of a small boy in a white robe. 

"Please, watch this." She handed Charlie a CD in a CD case.

"All a mother wants to know is that she as raised her child well. That he will grow up to be a good man. I will never see this. I will never know." She told them as Brennan put the CD in the DVD player that was hooked up to the TV in the corner of the room and used the remote to turn it on and the video started playing.

"The day Nestor received his implant..." She said as they watched the video 

"The first day that he could hear..." Brennan said.

"And the first thing he heard was my voice." She told them as they continued to watch the video.

"His mother's voice. I told him I loved him." She told them as they both stared at the screen tearfully before Brennan paused it.

"The child who has lived through this miracle would never take his own life. You're a scientist. You need more than a mother's reassurance, fine. My husband and I have many enemies. That is why I sent Nestor to Hanover. They promised us that he would be safe. What if they failed? They would not want to admit it. They would do everything they could to bias you towards suicide." She told them as they both listened.

"I promise you we will find out the truth." Charlie told her.

"Thank you." She said before turning and walking out. 

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"Swan dive, cannonball, cherry bomb-- no matter how he jumps, the hyoid does not break." Angela told them as they looked at the hologram in front of them.

"What about added weight?" Brennan asked.

"We figure an added strain of 90 kilos to snap the hyoid." Angela told them.

"90 kilos is just under 200 pounds-- the weight of a muscular man." 

"What? The Venezuelan hit-squad fantasy thing? For one thing, it's nuts. And another, your guy would have to be about 20 feet tall." Booth pointed at the hologram.

"I'm out of alternative scenarios to explain this hyoid break." Angela said as her and booth turned and walked away from the hologram as Charlie, Brennan, and Grant all stood staring at it. Angela hit a button and turned it off.

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"I wanna take another look in Nestors room." Booth said as they walked through the house.

"What exactly do you hope to find?" Charlie asked as they started to make their way up the steps where a large guy started coming down them. The guy looked at them and turned around and started running. 

"Stay here." Booth looked back at them. 

"Yeah, right, that's gonna happen." Brennan said pushing pass them all and they all followed her up. 

Brennan was the first to make into the room, but before they could walk in the door closed. Something hard hit the door as Booth opened the door. When they walked in Brennan tripped the guy and he fell to the ground. Grant walked up to him and the guy tried to throw a punch but Grant ducked punching the guy multiple times before he fell back down. 

"You all right?" Grant looked at Brennan shaking his fist. 

"Are you?" She asked him looking down at his hand.

Booth got down beside the guy pulling his wallet out throwing it behind him.

"Check his ID." He said before patting the guy down. 

Charlie caught the wallet and opened it. 

"His name is Tovar Comara. He's security at the Venezuelan Embassy." Charlie threw the wallet back when Booth stood up.

"If he's security, why'd he run?" Booth asked opening the wallet and double checking as they all looked at each other. 

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"What we would like to know is what Senor Comara was doing in Nestor's room." Brennan asked

"I asked Senor Comara to go to Nestor's room to prove a point. That suicide was not the only possibility." Ambassador Olivos told them.

"To prove that an outsider can get to your son?"

"The school informed me that Nestor's death was mostly certainly a suicide. That anything else was impossible." 

"We proved them correct. I failed to escape without being detected." Tovar spoke from his seat.

"The school lied to you, Ambassador." 

"Dr. Brennan and Charlie already declared your son's death a homicide."

"I apologize. I was misinformed."

"I won't be pressing any charges."

"Thank you." Ambassador Olivos said as her door opened. 

"Please excuse me." She said getting up and walking out.

"Do you think Nestor was killed by outsiders?" Brennan turned to Tovar

"Not Venezuelan insurgents. They would make a statement, not fake a suicide. This hanging... Huele malo." He said.

"Hm." Charlie nodded her head as she stared at him. 

As Booth pushed Brennan forward to get her to walk Grant wrapped his arm around Charlie's waist pulling her forward as she continued to stare at Tovar thinking about something. 

As they all started walking out Grant dropped his arm.

"Sure, you know, someone says, you know, it smells in a Spanish accent, and all the sudden you're like, "hmm, interesting"." Booth said as Charlie gave him a dirty look shaking her head.

They went up to Nestor's room to start looking for stuff. 

"What are we looking for?"

"Talked to Nestor's teachers, the few students that he hung out with. He was a loner. Well, I mean, he went to his classes, but, you know, mainly he just stayed here in his room. That's it, so I figured, you know, we'd come here, and you, uh, do your little anthropologist thing, huh?" Booth looked between Brennan and Charlie. 

"Okay." Brennan said with a chuckle, but Charlie didn't even smile as they all started looking around.

"He liked music. Heavy percussion, low frequencies for the most part. The stuff he probably liked before the implant. He could feel the vibrations in his chest. After the implant, he started...enjoying stuff with more melody. He was growing. He enjoyed it." Brennan said as she went through his CD's.

"Enjoyment is the opposite of suicide." 

"You've decided this isn't a suicide, so you're collecting evidence to support that. By closing your mind, you're missing important indicators." Brennan rambled to him as Charlie and Grant continued looking through Nestor's stuff.

"Oh, yeah? So then why'd he throw this away? I mean, it's flute music. That's reason enough. But where's the case?" Booth said holding up a CD that was broken and half.

"Uh.." Brennan said looking around before walking over his shelves.

"These aren't organized." Charlie said walking over too.

"Well, you know, girls, they organize alphabetically. Guys are more organic-- you know, good stuff up to the left; crap..bottom right." Grant walked over pulling a CD out. 

"Look at that." Booth chuckled and he opened it and the CD read "Mozart Concerto. For flute and Voilin."

"Well, I mean, if he hated it, why'd he reburn it?" Booth asked as Brennan looked down at the CD.

"This isn't a CD. It's a DVD." Brennan said. 

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"I should've known. It's a 15-year-old boy. It's just porn." Booth said once they got back and were watching the DVD.

"Wait. That's our hanging victim." Brennan said as Angela played and rewinded the video a few times. 

"This is pretty kinky stuff." Zack nodded his head.

"I need to know where and when it was shot, what kind of camera, anything else that might help." Charlie turned to Angela, Zach, and Hodgins.

"I'm gonna need stills and a close-up of the girl's face." Booth said standing up putting his blazer back on when Hodgins burped then groaned.

"Thanks a lot. My seven-organ soup is repeating on me." Hodgins shook his head.

"Well, you ordered it. You should have left it to Sid." Grant told him putting his hands in his pockets.

"Let's see what the school has to say about this." Booth said and they walked out. 

They went to the school and and showed them the photo they got.

"We've seen this kind of thing before." The headmaster told them. 

"Kids recording themselves having sex?" Charlie asked

"Young people are more jaded than they used to be. Sometimes they'd swap these tapes." 

"Surprised to see Nestor." The head of security said.

"But not so surprised to see the girl?"

"How is that relevant?"

"You know what's a better question? What makes you think you get to decide what's relevant? You're basically a principal of a high school." Charlie asked him and he narrowed his eyes at her.

"We need to see all of the sex tapes you've confiscated." Grant told them.

"Absolutely not."

"Well, I'll just get a warrant, and in the application for a warrant, I'll include your admission that you allow your students to swap homemade sex tapes." Booth told him.

"The headmaster is not refusing to provide you with the tapes." The head of security told them.

"Absolutely not sounds like a refusal." Brennan said.

"When we confiscate the tapes, we immediately turn them over to local law enforcement." 

"Sheriff Roach knew about this?" 

"No need to issue a warrant; we're cooperating completely." 

"Was the girl also a student here?" 

"Given your hostility, it's time we bring in a lawyer to advise us." The headmaster told them.

"Or you take my advice. If you don't answer my questions,  I'll take you down to FBI headquarters in handcuffs." Grant started to get aggravated.

"He'll do it. He doesn't like you." Charlie warned as the headmaster looked between them all and they all shook his head at him. 

"Fine. Her name is Camden Destry." 

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"Nestor Olivos? I knew him. He's kinda famous since he died." Camden told them as Booth and Grant stood in the interrogation room and Booth and Brennan watched from behind the glass. 

"Poor kid. To take his own life." Camden mother said.

"We're you romantically involved?" Booth asked

"No." Camden answered a Booth scooted a chair over and sat down by them.

"Camden is too young to date seriously." Her mother told him.

"Too young? Tell me when you've seen enough to start telling the truth." Booth said sitting back and putting his feet on the table before pressing play on the remote and the TV turned on and started playing the video of Camden and Nestor. 

"This is outrages Agent Booth." The lawyer said

"Oh, my god. I can't believe this. Oh, my god! Where did that come from?" Camden turned to Booth and Grant.

"Really, Mr. Booth. I must protest." The lawyer said.

"I'm tired of being lied to, so excuse me if I'm indelicate." Booth spoke loudly over everyone. 

Let's start over, shall we? Did you know Nestor Olivos? Were you romantically involved?" Grant said sitting down across from her and leaning in. 

"Why would he do that? Why would Nestor tape us? I loved him." Camden started crying as her mother hugged her.

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"So let me get this right: I'm the tactless and insensitive one?" Brennan asked as they all got out of the car.

"Okay, look the girl lied to a federal agent during an investigation of the death of a boy that she says she loves. You know what?  These kids, they all lie. That school teaches them that they're special. That they're above the rest of us; well, they're not." Booth said leaning against the side of the car.

"You're the least objective person I've ever met." Charlie rolled her eyes.

"Thank you." 

"It's not a compliment." Booth turned to her.

"Aw, come on, Thomas you know something's wrong, all of you do, right? The school, the tapes, now Sheriff Roach."  Booth looked at them all as Roach pulled up behind them. 

"All this mess you're uncovering, it smells, yes, but it doesn't add up to murder, not logically." Brennan told him as he leaned forward.

"Maybe if you looked for more than the facts you'd be able to see the..." He stepped closer to her.

"Maybe if you opened your mind, we could find out the actual truth." Brennan leaned forward.

"Brought you the tapes." Roach walked up with a box.

"How many?" Charlie asked her as Grant took the box.

"All of them. What do you think I'm withholding evidence?" Roach told her.

"I'm thinking Hanover prep gets you elected, and you look the other way when you see these tapes." Grant told her.

"Kids having sex? There's no law against that." 

"Let's hope that the worst thing that we find." Booth told her as they all got in the car.

They went back to FBI headquarters and started going through the vidoe's.

"You were right about the school serving pudding." Brennan said as they watched one of the vidoe's.

"Stirring the pudding. It means..." Booth corrected her.

"Melodee Destry. That's Camden's mother. Is that Nestor Olivos she's with?" Charlie pointed at the middle TV between the three TV's that played.

"Nope. That's Nestor's roommate, Tucker Pattison." Grant said as they all stared at the TV.

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"How long did the sexual relationship last?" Booth asked Tucker.

"A couple months. I don't know." Tucker told them.

"Tucker is the underage victim of statutory rape." Tucker's mother said.

"When did it end?"

"That was the last time."

"Why Nestor's bed? Why not you're own? It was only ten feet away."

"I don't know."

"It was because you knew exactly where the camera was pointed."

"Mrs. Destry gave me money, you know, to keep quiet. Nestor said how much  do you think she'd pay to keep her husband from seeing the a tape? Nestor set up a drop and got 5,000 dollars. He said we should do it again but, just before vacation, I told him that I was going to tell my parents, even if it meant getting kicked out of Hanover. The next thing I know... he killed himself. I figured it was my fault." Tucker spilled everything out. 

After finishing interrogating Tucker they went to the lab.

"Tabanid pupal casing show the boy ingested a heavy dose of ketamine before he died. Kids call it Special K." Hodgins told as they walked through the lab.

"So somebody dosed him, right? That explains why he wasn't struggling during the hanging." Booth said.

"Or- wild thought- he took it himself for fun like most kids do." Charlie said sarcastically as they walked up to the steps on up the platform. 

As they stood at the computer Hodgins was typing on he burped and groaned. 

"Dude, minty burp is still a burp." Grant shook his head.

"Yeah, well, who took me to Wong Salmonella's." Hodgins looked at Booth. 

"Alright, you know what? Just go back to Sid. Let him bring you your meal, the heartburn will disappear." Booth said sitting back in one of the chairs.

"Heartburn!" Charlie said after a moment of silence.

"What?" Grant asked.

"Hodgins has heartburn because stomach acid is rising into his esophagus. The ketamine, plus choking, could have caused Nestor to regurgitate. The rope would would hold the gastric juices in the upper throat, weakening the hyoid. Digestive juices are basically hydrochloric acid." Charlie said as she started typing on the computer.

"These marks here and here-- thats scoring consistent with hydrochloric acid." Brennan pointed to screen that held x-rays. 

"I don't like where your going with this." Booth said.

"We need to run a few scenarios through the Angelator." Brennan said and they went to Angela's office.

"Replace the values for the hyoid bone mass with these siding coefficients. That will replicate bone deterioration as the hyoid is being digested by the stomach acid." Brennan said as they walked over to the hologram.

"I'm applying a timeline and running it fast forward. This will show it in measured time."

"The body decomposes, and the gastic juices, trapped by the noose and Nestor's esphagus, actually digest the hyoid over time. Wait. There. The hyoid cracked." Charlie spoke pointing at the hologram as the hyoid broke.

"196.3 hours. Just over eight days." Angela told them.

"The finding is congruent with suicide." Brennan turned to Booth.

"I do not except that."

"It's a fact. You can't not except a fact. I have to amend my cause of death report."

"Then you'll stop my investigation. The school's trying to cover up a murder, and you're helping them." Booth told them before turning and walking out with Grant right behind them. 

Charlie went to her office and was sat there looking at the picture of his bones on her computer, zooming in every miner detail. But not finding anything. A little later Angela called her into her office, she walked in finding, Booth, Brennan, and Grant all ready sitting on the couch. Charlie walked over sitting down by Grant. 

"Okay, this is not from the DVD. It's quick snippet that was on Nestor's hard drive. Soembody tried to erase it, but Zack and I got some of it back." Angela said and sat down pressing play on a video.

In the video Camden and Nestor are on his bed when he pulls out a necklace and gives it too her. 

"Angela zoom in on that necklace."

"A little sea horse? Come on. What kind of blackmailer does that. It's sweet. It's a clueless kid in love."

"That's your evidence that he didn't commit suicide? A sea horse?" 

"A kid doesn't give a gift because's he's in love. He does it 'cause he wants a little loving." 

"Rerun that." Charlie finally spoke up.

"That cynicism you affect, Booth? It's your way of hiding a deeply romantic nature." 

"There. Stop. Play again. There. She rolled her eyes for the camera."

"What?"

"No, I didn't see it either."

"Play it stop motion."

"Zoom in. There. Slow motion." Charlie said and they watched Camden look directly at the camera and roll her eyes.

"How did you see that?" Grant asked.

"Wait. That girl new the camera was there. She looked right at it."

"Camden isn't a victim. She's in on it."

"You don't roll your eyes to yourself. You do that for someone else, not Nestor Olivos."

"What do we do now?"

"This is where a public school education comes in handy. Divide and conquer. It was the playground motto." 

They called Camden in and Tucker in. 

"What would help me, Camden, is if you told me why Nestor killed himself." Booth asked

"Then we can close the murder investigation." Brennan told her.

"Why is Tucker here?" Camden asked looking through the glass that led to the other room

"Oh, Tucker..he said somethings." Grant told her sitting on the counter behind him.

"What things?"

"Well, what Tucker told us doesn't make you look good."

"I believe him, but Agent Booth says it was only fair to hear your side."

"If your stories match up, I'll be able to drop the murder investigation."

"You know, I find it hard to believe that it was your idea for Tucker to seduce your mother."

"It wasn't. She hit on Tucker."

"No, wait, wait. Can they do this?"

"They're fishing. Don't say a word."

"I wasn't fishing. Were you fishing?"

"No, I wasn't fishing."

"Tucker was all Stacey's mom about it. I just sort of gave him permission. It was funny."

"Please stop this. Stop it."

"Mom, deal with it, okay? You're the one that's the perv, so...When my mom gave Tucker money to keep him quiet, we got the idea to blackmail her with the tape. I was mad at her, I guess. And Tucker said it was my turn." Camden explained.

"Nestor was rich, lonely, catholic, and he had a thing for you." Grant went down the list.

"And he was cute. People didn't notice because of the way he talked, but he was really cute. I liked him. We made the tape and showed it to Nestor. It made him really upset. Really upset." 

"Because you threaten to show it to his mother?"

"Or because I broke his heart. I still can't believe he killed himself. I'm really sorry he did that."

"What Camden did was wrong, which she's acknowledged, but she can't be held responsible for an unstable boy's overreaction."

"I said I'm sorry."

"Yeah. Camden Destry, I'm placing you under arrest for the murder of Nestor Olivos."

"She admitted to blackmail and attempted blackmail. That's all." The lawyer said.

"Nestor was going to go to the headmaster and expose you, so you dosed him up on ketamine and hauled him up into the tree. The DNA traces in the rope will prove that." Charlie looked down at her as she stared at the table.

"Plus,  you already confessed to the motive." Grant stood up beside Charlie.

"If I cooperate, and tell you everything Tucker did, do I get some sort of deal?" Camden asked and they all looked at each other.

"That depends on what else you got." Booth told her. 

After finishing the interrogations they went to the lab were the told Ambassador Olivos everything.

"The headmaster and the head of security will both lose  their jobs over what happened to Nestor. The sheriff will resign. The two kids who killed your son are both custody." 

"Thank you. We're very sorry for your loss." Booth told her and she nodded her head and they all stood up.

"Ambassador Olivos? You told me that all a mother wants is to know that she raised her child well. That  your biggest regret it that  you'll never know if Nestor would have grown up to be a good man. But he was a good man. He died because he was trying  to do the right thing." Brennan gave Ambassador Olivos Nestor's picture back and she turned and walked out.

Charlie bowed her head wiping the tear the threaten to fall. She shook her head raising her head back up as Grant put his arm around her shoulder. She blew out a breath before they walked out and walked to her office. She sat down in her chair and he sat in the chair behind her desk and it was silent for a moment.

"You know you don't have to say with me, I'm not gonna break down. I'm fine." Charlie looked up at him.

"I know." He told her looking at her. 

It was silent again before Charlie spoke up again.

"Thank you." She told him as she moved her chair around her desk beside the chair he sat in as he looked at her.

"Your welcome, Thomas." He told her and she smiled at him. 

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The Man in the SUV

Bones masterlist

Charlie woke up to her alarm going off and she leaned over and slapped the stop button before rolling back over and five minutes later the alarm on her phone woke her up again. With a groan Charlie hit the alarm and got up and took a cold shower then got dressed.

Charlie went to the Jeffersonian were Brennan was waiting by the truck with all the equipment and Angela.

"Case?" Charlie asked and Brennan and Zack nodded then got in and Charlie followed behind them.

"Okay so what happen?" Charlie asked Brennan as the truck started moving.

When they got there they stood at the corner waiting for Booth and when he didn't come they moved closer until they finally saw them.

"Bones! Thomas! Guys! Over here!" Booth called with Grant.

"Where have you been? You said you'd meet us on the corner." Brennan said as they walked over to them.

"There's a lot going on, in case you haven't noticed." Booth said as they reached the security.

"These's girls, they're with us, Dr. Temperance Brennan, Dr. Charlie Brennan, and Angela Montenegro from the Jeffersonain." Grant told the police officer.

"I need ID." The officer put his arm out stopping Charlie and two others from going.

Grant moved the police officers arm away before pointing at his paper's.

"Check the RI-5 list, Homeland Security. They're the top forensic anthropologists." Grant said as the guy marked on the paper.

"They're clear." He said

"Thanks.Come on." Booth said rushing them

"God, what's that smell?" Angela asked as Brennan pulled her hair up as they got closer to the body.

"Burnt flesh." Brennan told her.

"Are there a lot of injuries?" Charlie asked Booth.

"Four known dead, 15 injured." Booth said as they walked past the fire truck to see he car blown up, and the coffee shop beside ruined.

"Oh, my god." Angela said

"Details. Whatever you have." Brennan said as Charlie watched police walk around asking questions wondering how Brennan could be so calm and not fazed but she already knew that answer.

Charlie and her sister were different in those aspects of life. Charlie had the normal human emotions but Brennan on the other hand didn't show that side to people and let it stay hidden so long it kinda just disappeared really. They started walking towards the car as Booth talked.

"Not much. Witness said they saw a Middle-Eastern man, mid-30s, pull up to the cafe, and the car just blew. The vehicle's registered to Hamid Masruk, head of the Arab-American Friendship League." Booth read of the notepad.

"If you know who it is, why do you need us?" Charlie said as they reached the car and they both looked at the body.

"Because we're hoping we're wrong. Masruk is a White House consultant in Arab relations. Had lunch with the president just last week." Agent Gibson from Homeland Security said

"You remember Agent Gibson, Homeland Security? Dr. Temperance and Charlie Brennan, and Angela Monternegro. If Masruk was involved in a terrorist attack, it means we have a huge national security problem. Not to mention a very humiliated president. The press is already running with this." Gibson said as Charlie walked around the car to the other side to look at the body.

"If you think we're going to alter our..." Brennan started

"Not at all.. But maybe it's not Masruk. We need to be sure. Booth and Grant say you guys are the best." Gibson said as both girls looked at the two guys who looked a little embarrassed as they looked away.

"I need surgical gloves and masks for the retrieval team, sterile medical bags and vegetable oil." Charlie told Zach who had just got there.

"Vegetable oil?" Grant asked walking around the car.

"The oil will loosen the seared body parts stuck to the metal." Charlie told him.

"It's no different then steak on a grill that sticks." Brennan said as Zach ran over with the stuff.

"It's okay, you know, I trust you." Grant put his hands up for her to stop.

"Should I photograph the scene?" Zach asked

"Focus on a 30-meter radius from the blast." Brennan told him as she put gloves on.

Zack grabbed a red bag and gave it to Charlie and she took as she put her left gloves on her hand.

"Okay to pick up?" Charlie asked Grant who was holding the vegetable oil.

"Yeah." He nodded his head as Charlie and Brennan stared down at the burnt leg and Zack took photos and Booth and him walked over with Angela behind them.

"Ya know, its okay to be upset." Booth told them.

"I wish this is worse thing I've seen." Brennan said as she held the red bag out for Angela to take.

Charlie stared at the leg taking a deep breath and she shook her head.

"Not matter how long we've been doing this job, it doesn't get any easier." She said putting her hands on her hips.

"You know, uh, I don't think I can...Sorry." Angela said handing the bag to Booth as Charlie handed Grant a red bag.

Brennan picked up the leg and put it the red bag the booth held and Charlie started picking up the chunks of skin and small piece of bones and putting them in the red bag Grant held. As Charlie put the skin and bones in the bag and Grant sighed and made a face.

"If you can't either.." She told him.

"I'm fine. I'm cool." He said as she set the piece in his bag.

"Zack I need two more evidence bags." Charlie said as her and Brennan went over to the car.

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"Facial epidermis and the finger tips are completely decimated." Brennan said as they looked at the body on the platform.

"We're not gonna be able to ID anything from the flesh. It basically carbon. " Charlie commented

"We're missing the lower left leg and the lumbar spine." Zack said

"Here's C2 and right ischium." Brennan said as she picked up two bones

"If smokey here had access to the president why would he attack a cafe?" Zack asked

"Smokey?" Brennan asked

"It's how I deal with stress." Zack shrugged as Hodgins spoke up.

"Targeting everyday places causes panic, people stay home, the economy is crippled-- it's terrorism 101, man." Hodgins shook his head, taking his gloves off.

"Take samples from the clothes, see whatever you can find, traces of cologne, laundry detergent.... anything that can link us to Masruk's home." Charlie said as she leaned on the table.

"I'll grab any particulates that can identify type of bomb." Hodgins walked around the table.

"Isn't that the FBI's job." Zack asked

"You trust the FBI? You realize those guys are gonna suppress whatever they need to cover their asses." Hodgins asked as neither three doctors listened.

"I found a portion of the clavicle." Zack said using tweezers to pick it up and give it to Brennan.

"Are you even listening?" Hodgins asked

"No" Zack answered blatantly

"They have a separate division, you know. That way their hands are always clean. In 1974.." Hodgins started

"Jack! We're trying to work!" Charlie told him as she tried to focus on the bones in front of her.

"Someone seems really defensive about the FBI lately. You realize Grant is just another government stooge.." Hodgins said as Booth, Grant, and Gibson all walked up on the platform behind him.

"This has nothing to do with Grant." Charlie told him sternly as Booth cleared his throat.

"You know I don't enjoy having squints on my team anymore than you like me on yours. But, you know, we're supposed to be working together. Okay?" Booth asked putting his hands on his hips

"Sure. So what do we do? Group hug? " Hodgins said going to hug Booth who put his hand up stopping him.

"Agent Gibson here will be overseeing things for homeland security." Grant said pointing at the guy who stood next to him staring at the chard bones.

"I'll try not to be in the way." He said as Charlie made a face.

"No, we don't need to be overseen." Charlie told Grant

"That's really not your call, Thomas." He told her.

"How soon can we get a DNA match?" Booth asked getting out his notepad.

"That will take days. I can get a match much sooner than that. I have all we need." Brennan said

"You're gonna be able to get a ID from that?" Gibson asked pointing down at the body.

"Asking stuff like that is 'in the way'." Zack told him as Hodgins stared at him mad.

"Remove any flesh and particulates you can, and then macerate him. If that's all right with you?" Charlie asked Gibson then walked past him as Brennan, Booth, and Grant followed her.

"This is my lab! I'm a scientist, a doctor." Charlie told Booth and Grant who walked over her and Brennan.

"Yeah, so I've heard." Booth told her as she rolled her eyes.

"Would you be able to do your job if someone was looking over your shoulder all the time?" Charlie asked putting her hands in his face.

"We do. I developed a tolerance." Grant told her leaning close to her.

"I'm sorry, but I don't understand the advantage of compromise." Charlie said as she made a face.

"It's a terrorist attack, Thomas. It's bigger than you, and it's bigger than me." Grant pointed at her.

"No, the job is the same." Charlie told him

"No, it's not! We're dealing with someone here who devalues an entire culture, terrorizing people by using God to justify mass murder." Grant told her as she walked into her office leaning on the door as Brennan and Booth walked to Brennan's office arguing

"Your making it personal. That doesn't help." Charlie told him in a calm voice.

"It is personal, Thomas. All of us die a little bit on on like this." Grant told her making her sighing knowing he was telling the truth.

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Charlie, Grant, Brennan, and Booth all walked into Hodgins lab where Zack, Hodgins, and Gibson where with a glass case in front of them.

"Al the trace evidence has been stripped. Hodgins scavenged as much as he could." Zack said he looked down at the clipboard in his hands.

"Okay, let's get started." Brennan said crossing her arms and Zack and turned and grabbed two jars of beetle's and set them on top of the glass case.

"What the hell are those?" Booth asked

"Dermestes maculatus." Zack said pouring one of beetles into the glass case with burned body parts in them as Grant got level with the glass and watched.

"Flesh-eating beetles. It's how we clean the bones of burn victims." Charlie said as they all watched in silence as the beetles started eating the skin before Gibson phone started ringing.

"Gibson. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. The president wants to know how long the ID is going to take." Gibson asked walking up to them.

"Why don't you ask them." Brennan told him and walked out.

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"You've made a mistake. It can't be my husband." The girl that was Masruk's husband said.

"My brother was no terrorist. He hated those people. You can read his speeches, talk to anyone." Masruk's brother told them.

"We aren't making any accusations." Booth told him calmly.

"It's all over the news. It's all anyone's talking about." He said

"We can't control the press, Mr. Masruk."

"What about your men? They've searched our house. They've talked to our friends." She said in a sad voice.

"Until we can identify the body, we have conduct a thorough investigation." Grant told her

"So identify the body. The longer you wait....Do you know what it's like for us?" Mrs. Masruk asked

"His body was fragmented by the blast. We're still retrieving pieces..." Brennan said until Booth kicked her leg

"I understand how difficult this is, not knowing. I'll work as quickly as I can to get what you need. That's why I asked for his history-- where he grew up, any injuries from his youth, medical records..." Charlie said putting her hands on the back of Brennan's chair.

"Of course. I brought you what you asked for." She said handing the folder full of papers to Brennan.

"Thank you." Booth said then looked at Masruk's brother.

"We lived just like you.We came to this country because we love it. We are Americans. It can't be Hamid. It can't. My husband was not a terrorist." She told them as more tears rolled down her face.

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Charlie and Brennan walked in to the lab to see Gibson stood at a cubical and Zack and Hodgins in the cubical on a computer.

"Okay, we're back. How are we doing?" Brennan said walking right passed Gibson up to Zack.

"We have his detergent brand, cologne, shampoo. He died a well-groomed man." Zack said handing Charlie the folder as Brennan looked over her shoulder and they both walked forward passed Gibson who followed.

"Thanks." Charlie said

"Dr. Brennan's." Gibson said then Charlie turned going right pass Gibson again.

"Are the bones done yet?" Brennan asked

"I'll check the beetles." Zack said and walked off quickly.

"Dr. Brennan whatever you have there...." He said as Charlie walked pass him to her office and Brennan walked down to her office.

"It's a piece of paper, that's all, with some writing on it." She told him dropping her stuff off in her office then walking down to Brennan's who had already laid out the stuff she got from Zack, Charlie sat down beside her laying out all of Maruk's records before grabbing a cracker from Brennan box of crackers she was eating at the moment.

They were sat there for a while before they heard someone speak.

"Hard at work? There's a shocker." Angela said looking down at the two sisters who were staring down at papers spread out all over the floor.

"We just saw his wife. She gave us his medical records, photographs... apparently he was ill. They were testing for lupus. Which would explain the face..." Brennan told her as Charlie leaned back against the couch that sat behind her and Angela nodded.

"Must have been painful." Charlie shook her head as she fiddled with her fingers.

"Look, I... I know that you needed help out there.... at the crime scene... and I wanted to, but...." Angela told them.

"It's okay. You see it. You both do. I don't anymore. I don't know what's worse." Brennan said get up off the floor and sitting down on the couch and Angela sat down beside her.

"You holding up okay?" Angela asked

"His wife doesn't believe it was him. I've got to give her an ID." Charlie said laying her head back on the couch by Angela's leg.

"Whatever I can do." Angela told her.

"Yeah, I know." Charlie sighed.

"And abut this weekend..." Angela said in a light voice.

"Angela, I don't know." Brennan said

"I don't think I'm going." Charlie told her.

"Oh, come on, Brennan, Charlie. I know this great club.. They play trip-hop and trance...." Angela told them as they made faces.

"I don't know what the means." Brennan told her

"It doesn't matter. We'll grab Booth and Grant..." Angela shrugged her shoulders.

"No." Both sisters said quickly.

"I think they like you guys. God, if I were one of you, I'd buy a ticket on that ride." Angela sighed.

"Look, I'm going to be very bust this weekend.Even after the ID, I have these...." Brennan said pointing to the three boxes of remains.

"Remains from World War 1?" Charlie asked looking at her sister expecting a better excuse.

"That's what the Institute pays me for. I've got hundreds of these waiting." Brennan reasoned.

"And they can't wait one more weekend?"

"They've got relatives. They've waited long enough." Brennan said.

"It's not the scary, Brennan. You have a few drinks, you move to the music... you might even smile." Angela said and Brennan let out a light chuckle before there was knocking on the door.

"The bones are clean." Zack said

"I've got to run. You hang around. I may need you." Brennan said as Charlie got up and followed her out of the room.

They went to the bone room where the clean bones where laid out.

"Comparing remains to detail provided of Hamid Masruk, age 37, of Afghani origin. Texture of pubic symphysis indicates age of bone consistent with Masruk, as is height." Brennan said into her recorder.

"Complexity of the cranial vault sutures matches a statistical probability of Eurasian descent..." Zack said looking at the skull in his hand.

"Good." Brennan siad

"Too bad we can't tell why is did it. Is't that what we all really want to know?" Angela asked

"Uneven growth patterns in the vertebrae indicate malnourishment as a child." Brennan said

"Consistent with the diet where Masruk was from. Probably evident on the calvaruim." Charlie said

"Zack, why don't you reconstruct the skull, check it out?" Brennan told him.

"My first cranial construction." Zack said bumping his fist in the air.

"Evidence of multiple fractures to the bottom of the feet consistent with methods of torture used in Afghanistan and consistent with Masruk's history. I'm convinced. We have a statistical match." Brennan said turning her recorder off.

"So Masruk's is the bomber?" Gibson asked

"Yes." Brennan nodded her head.

"What about the skull you're having the kid reconstruct it." Gibson said

"This is an educational institution. He want's to learn. Is that okay with you?" Charlie asked

"For a forensic ID we have all we need. Now I'd like to get this data to Booth as soon as I can." Brennan said grabbing all the papers and files but Gibson stepped in front of her as she went to walked out.

"I'll take it." He held his hand out.

"No I don't think so I work with Booth. That's my deal." Brennan told him.

"Dr. Brennan I have jurisdiction." Gibson said with a small smile on his face.

"Then why don't I destroy my notes and let you guarantee the identity of the remains?" Brennan said then walked out.

Charlie smiled brightly and chuckled as she walked out.

"Man I love my sister." Charlie muttered at she followed Brennan.

They went to Theodore's and Booth's apartment cause their apartments are in the same building and Charlie went to Theodore apartment and Brennan went to Booths. Charlie knocked on his door just for him to open the door in a button up shirt that wasn't buttoned up.

"Thomas." He said then looked behind him as he started to button his shirt.

"Yeah." Charlie said looking down at the ground.

"Did we have an appointment?" He asked

"No, I... It's him. Masruk is the bomber." Charlie said walking and giving him the file making him stop buttoning his shirt up half way.

"I guess the wife didn't know the husband very well." Theodore said as he looked through the file.

"Hey." They heard and Charlie turned to see a blonde girl in nothing but a bra, underwear, and one of Theodore's button ups.

"Hi. Sorry." Charlie said as she put her hand on her forehead looking down at the ground.

"Kendall, this is Brennan. Kendall Jankow, Dr. Charlie Brennan." Theodore said finishing buttoning up his shirt.

"Oh, hi. I've heard a lot about you." Kendall said shaking Charlie's hand.

"Really...." Charlie asked looking at Theodore.

"Kendall's an attorney." Theodore said tucking his shirt in.

"Corporate. Keeping the fat cats fat." Kendall said as something popped into Charlie's head.

"I was just studying a cranial fissure on a corporate attorney last week. Of course, he was... dead, so.." Charlie said finishing awkwardly.

"interesting." Kendall said

"thanks." Charlie said as she looked at the ground again as it got silent and awkward as Theodore zipped his pants.

"Well, the Bureau. I was just heading to the Bureau. Santana called, said, uh, something about the bombing, and I thought you were at the lab. Maybe, uh, you should come." Theodore said grabbing his blazer before walking back over to Kendall.

"Sure." Charlie said walking back to the door.

"See you later?" Theodore said then kissed her and smiled at her.

Charlie opened the door as Theodore grabbed the file and shut the door behind him.

They went to the Bureau in a separate then Booth and Brennan who went to the lab instead. They were stood in the elevator as Charlie let a few chuckles slip as Theodore put his head in his hands. They stepped out the elevator doors open and Charlie chuckled again.

"What is so funny?" Theodore asked

"I just never figured you'd be in a relationship." Charlie chuckled again.

"Why? Do you think something's wrong with me?" Theodore asked defensivly.

"No, not wrong. You just have alpha male attributes usually associated with a solitary existence." Charlie said as they walked into the Bureau waiting for Santana.

"Oh, me? You're solitary." Theodore said pointing at her.

"No, no, I'm private. It's different. And we weren't talking about me." Charlie told him.

"I was." Theodore shrugged.

"Well, I wasn't. Look, I'm happy for you. Relationships have anthropological meaning. No society can survive if sexual bonds aren't forged between...." Charlie started.

"I hate when you go all bones. What the hell are you talking about?" Theodore asked

"Grant!" Santana called

"Yeah?" Theodore asked

"You got that ID?" Santana asked walking around the corner into view.

"Yeah, it was Masruk." Theodore said putting his hands on his hips.

"Oh, that's too bad." Santana said looking at the file in his hands.

"He killed four people and injured another 15." Charlie asked walking up behind Theodore.

"The report came back from Ballistics. Now, the explosives were placed underneath the car with a trigger connected to the odometer. Masruk was murdered." Santana said handing Theodore the file as Charlie looking at over his shoulder.

"So Masruk wasn't a terrorist." Charlie said.

"Somebody tried to make him look like one. Any leads on who did it?" Theodore asked

"That's why we're paying you and Booth, Theodore." Santana said it like it was obvious.

Charlie and Theodore looked up at him as he turned and walked away and Theodore made a face looking at Charlie.

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"We're very sorry, Mrs. Masruk." Booth told Mrs. Masruk as he slid a box full of files across the table towards her.

"I told you Hamid was the victim, but you wouldn't listen. You couldn't imagine an Arab who was a peace-loving man." She said walking towards the table.

"That's not true." Booth told her

"No? "We must investigate everything, Mrs. Masruk. We must turn your house upside down because we believe you husband was a good man." Is that the truth?" She asked putting her hands on her hips.

"No, they searched your house because Muslim extremists have declared war on the Untied States. Preliminary findings made your husband a suspect, which we are required to.." Brennan told her.

"It's not bureau policy to target or profile any ethnic group. It wasn't our intention, but I can understand why you may feel offended." Grant told her as he paced back and fourth.

"I can't." Charlie rolled her eyes at the impeccable woman in front of her

"Thomas.."Grant hissed in a low voice.

"What? She's been apart of a criminal investigation, that's all. Her rights haven't been violated. It's unfortunate that her husband's ethnicity is a factor, but to say that it isn't would be disingenuous." Charlie said shrugging her shoulders.

"I have to apologize for Dr. Brennan." Grant said shaking his head.

"It's fine, Mr. Grant. Honestly is always a welcome relief. So when can I bury him? When can I give him peace?" Mrs. Masruk asked looking down at a picture from the box of files.

"Some of the body parts that I'm still examining. Others are still seared to the surface of the wreck rage." Brennan told her

"I'm sure Mrs. Masruk doesn't really need to know the details." Booth told her in a low whisper.

"If I can retreive more remains of her husband, Muslim law requires that I do. I spent some time in Iraq identifying bodies. I'll give you whatever I can so that he can be purified for burial." Brennan said walking over to Mrs. Masruk.

"Thank you. Is that all?" Mrs. Masruk asked Booth and Grant.

"One last thing, a few calls were made to, uh.. his cell phone from your house minutes before the blast." Booth asked

"Yes. We argued. It was a family matter. My final words to him were words of anger." Mrs. Masruk said with tears in her eyes as she stared at the photo of her and Hamid.

"I'm very sorry. That must be very painful." Grant said quietly.

"You looked very happy in that picture." Charlie said as she looked at the photo in Mrs. Masruk's hands.

"Yes." She said putting the photo away in the box and grabbing it and turning to walk out.

"Thank you. If there's anything else that, you know, you can think of, give us a call." Booth said and she nodded her head and walked out.

"I think she's having an affair. Personally." Grant said taking the ball off the table and throwing it at the wall for it to come back.

"Me too!" Booth grabbed the ball and threw

They went to Booth and Grant's favorite restaurant arguing all the way.

"She was having an affair!" Booth yelled as they walked through the entrance.

"I'm sorry, but that's an offensive assumption." Brennan yelled back as they walked in and people stared at them.

"All the signs are there." Grant shrugged as they sat down at the bar.

"You can't make wild accusations about somebody's personal life based on a feeling." Charlie yelled at him.

"It's more than a feeling, okay? That photograph is evidence just as solid as the markers that you squints pick up looking at your little, you know, bones." Grant said grabbing a peanut and eating it.

"The evidence we find is empirical. What you consider evidence is merely conjecture." Brennan told him.

"She dyed her hair, she lost weight, you know? She shoved a little Botox in her forehead, and she's still feeling guilty over the last fight she had with her husband." Booth said

"Oh, you are an insufferable, arrogant... man." Brennan said through gritted teeth.

"Oh, so only a woman can know a woman? I thought woman wanted us to understand them." Grant said pointing a finger.

"Not really. A magician never wants to reveal her tricks." Angela said walking over and sitting down.

"We're having a private conversation." Grant said loudly.

"I'm not here." Angela put her hands up.

"So you think you know women just because you live with some sexy lawyer? Unbelievable." Charlie said pointing chopsticks at him.

"You live with a sexy lawyer?" Angela asked

"She has her own place, okay?" Grant said with a chuckle.

"They think, just because Masruk's wife started working out, had a little makeover, that she having an affair." Brennan told her.

"How long were they married?" Angela asked

"11 years" Booth answer quickly.

"I'm with the boys." Angela said

"Yes, exac- okay we're men." Grant told her

"hmm." Angela looked him over or twice

"There is no concrete proof." Charlie said

"Boobs perkier?" Angela asked

"Mm-hmm." Booth smiled

"I don't believe this. If you're so sure, then why didn't you confront her?" Brennan asked

"Because, if she or her boyfriend were involved, she would warn him." Angela said

"Very good." Grant said looking at Charlie with raised eyebrows.

"I'm a constant surprise." Angela said as she grabbed her chopsticks to get food out of her bowl.

"All right, I will be in the lab getting us some real data." Charlie said standing up and walking out with Brennan hot on her tail.

In the Lab

"How's it coming?" Charlie asked as her and Brennan walked up on the platform putting gloves on.

"The ethmoid and sphenoid fragments won't piece together." Zack said as he tried to put piece's of the skull together.

"Zack, I'd like to return the remains to the widow before her demise." Brennan told him.

"I'm doing my best, Dr. Brennan. The integrity of the bone seems to be compromised. I don't know if it's from the metal fragments from the blast.." Zack told her

"I examined the chemicals used in the explosives. The perchlorates I found can have a degeneratve effect." Hodgins cut Zack off.

"Not this quickly. Excuse me." Charlie said walking over as he got up out of the chair so Charlie could sit down and look in the microscope.

"Unusually soft bone tissue... You know, this has nothing to do with the blast." Charlie said

"I owe you an apology, Zack. Do you have his medicals?" Brennan asked and Zack slide them over and she started going through them.

"Stiff joints, facial disfigurement... There's a disorganized trabecular pattern here that his doctors wouldn't have been able to see. It could be a degenerative disease." Brennan said

"I don't get it. How does his medical condition figure into the murder?" Hodgins shook his head.

"Now its a murder, before it was terrorism, because we didn't have all the facts. You don't overlook anything when you're looking for the truth. Check for lupus and paget's. Do you have enough tissue?" Charlie asked pointing at the bone tissue sat on the clear casing.

"Yeah, I can manage it." Hodgins nodded his head.

"If those come back negative, he might have been exposed to a toxin, which would mean his brother was, too. He's exhibiting similar symptoms. I'll get the brother's medicals." Brennan said as her and Charlie walked off the platform.

They called Booth and Grant and went to Hamid's brothers house where he brought them tea as Booth and Grant looked around.

"Yes, I am a Christian. But Hamid was Muslim, and Sahar... I converted. Hamid could never accept it. Religious differences cause too many problems." Mr. Masruk said after coming back in the room with the tea and saw Booth looking at the cross.

"Seems to be a consistent fact throughout history." Brennan said as she looked through the Bible sat on his table.

"Please. I tried to make peace with my brother, but it was difficult. There was more than religion between us." Mr. Masruk said as Booth and Grant squeezed onto the two person couch beside Charlie and Brennan.

"Sahar mentioned that there were some, uh, family problems." Booth said looking at Brennan

"Yes."

"I can understand how, uh, delicate they can be." Grant said reaching for a tea and gave it to Charlie then got his own.

"Did she tell you any more than that?" He said grabbing his tea.

"No, but, I mean, if you have, uh, any other information that could help us in the investigation." Booth asked him.

"It's not my place." Mr. Masruk said leaning back in his chair.

"We're just trying to find out who killed your brother." Grant said making Mr. Masruk look at them.

"Sahar was seeing another man, but I can't believe she'd hurt my brother." Mr. Masruk said and Grant look at Charlie who glared at him.

"Do you know who this other man is, or is it just a "feeling" you have?" Charlie asked looking at Grant.

"I've met him. Ali Ladjavardi. He worked with Hamid at the Friendship League. I wanted Hamid to confront Ladjavardi." He said

"Did both you and Hamid have contact with Ladjavardi?" Brennan asked

"Yes, once. A meal. I brought Hamid to meet him. Sharing a meal is a gesture of peace. I was trying to save their marriage, but Sahar and Ladjavardi were not going to their affair, so I told Hamid to repudiate her."

"I'm sorry?"

"In Muslim law, it's a method of divorce. It's called Talaq." Charlie said leaning a bit on Grant's shoulder as the four of them were sat shoulder to shoulder on the two person couch.

"I still respected his traditions."

"You and your brother seem to share a medical condition."

"Y-yes. Why is that important?"

"We don't mean to embarrass you, but Dr. Brennan is just trying to figure out the condition. It's routine, part of the investigation." Grant said as Charlie looked at him.

"Have you seen a doctor?" Brennan said cutting off the end of Grant's sentence.

"Yes. He believes it's a genetic disorder we shared. He was going to call Hamid's physician to discuss it." Mr. Masruk told them.

"Would you mind if we saw your medical records?" Booth asked

"Of course not. If I could be helped, I welcome it." Mr. Masruk said and Grant and Charlie looked at each other.

After leaving they got the guy Mrs. Masruk was having an affair with and put in the interrogation room with Grant and Booth while Charlie and Brennan watched through the glass.

"I'm not proud of the affair. I admired Hamid. But Sahar and I are in love. I can't change that." Ladjavardi told them

"You worked with Hamid. You had access to his car." Booth said

"That's ridiculous!"Ladjavardi said

"You also had contact with his brother, Farid, who said you were less than friendly with Hamid." Grant said

"Have you ever been in the middle of a messy relationship, Agent Grant? Or are you a perfect man?" Ladjavardi asked putting his hands up

"I'd prefer to ask the questions, Mr. Ladjavardi." Grant told him

"And I have a right to an attorney. Have you called the number I gave you?"

"Of course. You know, I would never deny anyone his rights." Booth said as Santana walked in.

"Mr. Ladjavardi.... I'm Special Agent in charge, Santana. We're sorry for the inconvenience. You're free to go." Santana said as Booth and Grant made a face.

"Thank you." Ladjavardi said and walked out.

"You're finished." Santana said

"What the hell was that all about? He was a prime suspect." Grant asked

"He's a mole for Homeland Security. They planted him in the Arab-American Friendship League." Santana said

"He admitted to the affair." Booth said

"Maybe, but Homeland Security says he's clean. They do not want his cover blown." Santana said as Grant rolled his eyes.

"But, sir.." Grant started.

"Do I look like I'm discussing this?" Santana asked then walked

"Bitch." Grant muttered as Booth punched the wall.

Booth, Grant, Charlie, and Brennan were sat in the car quiet as Booth drove all over the place. Charlie and Brennan stared at him as he mutter something and honked his horn.

"You want me to drive?" Brennan asked

"No, why?" Booth asked

"You're angry."

"I'm not angry." Booth chuckled

"Yeah, you're furious. You're going to kill somebody." Brennan said pointing at the road.

"I'm not angry. Believe me, you do not want to see me angry. That's the last thing you want to see."

"Okay, okay."

"This is me accepting reality."

"Okay, my mistake."

"My superiors, they make the decisions, Bones. All right? They don't think them through, that's really not my problem." Booth kept going on.

"If I were you, I'd be mad. Homeland Security is preventing you from doing a proper investigation of a murder case." Brennan said rationally.

"I'm a grown-up. I'll deal. You know that thing where you ask for the strength to change the things that you can, and the wisdom to know the difference?" Booth asked calmly

"Not really." Brennan said looking out the window.

"Well, that's a good thing."

"Who do you ask?"

"For what?"

"For the strength and the wisdom?"

"God."

"And it works?"

"Can we talk about something else?" Booth asked

"Sure. Kendall?" Charlie looked at Grant, who's head popped up from leaning against the window, with a sly smirk

"Kendall?No. Why do you want to talk about Kendall?" Grant asked

"Why? Why not? I'm sorry. We won't talk about Kendall." Charlie said raising her hands.

"I prefer if we would just stay on point and talk about things that you like to talk about, like dead people. Dead bodies." Booth said to both of the sisters.

"Sure, sure. You've killed a lot of people, right? When you were a sniper?" Brennan asked

"Maybe we shouldn't talk at all."

"Right, 'cause you're angry."

"I'm not angry. Not." Booth said and it was quiet for a moment.

"We'll find out killed him, Booth. We've got Hamid's body. You can always count on the dead." Brennan said and it was quiet for a really long time before Charlie spoke up.

"Just admit, you're angry." She said

"GOD DAMN IT, CHARLIE!" Booth yelled smacking the steering wheel.

When they got to the lab they quickly walked up onto the platform.

"When Booth sends over the brother's medicals, I want them matched to Hamid's." Brennan said as Hodgins walked over with a paper handing it to Brennan.

"I'm starting on a tox screen." Hodgins said putting his hands in his pockets.

"Farid said that his doctor suspected a genetic condition. Maybe we're overlooking something. What is that?" Brennan asked looking at the random thing on the table.

"We used the trace elements we recovered to try and rebuild the bomb. It might give you another link." Zack said

"Isn't the FBI working on that?" Charlie asked leaning down and looking at the bomb.

"Yeah. This is just for fun." Hodgins said making Charlie look at him.

"To see who's better?"

"Maybe. A little. Yeah."

"Good luck."

"Ta-da." Zack said bringing over the finished reconstructed skull.

"Nice job." Charlie said as he handed it to Brennan who walked over to the microscope.

"No wonder you had such trouble with the reconstruction. Look at the spread of the trabecular pattern in the bone." Brennan said as the other three walked over.

"Microscopic fissures, like cracks." Zack whispered to Hodgins.

"I knew that." Hodgins said with attitude.

"I don't think so." Zack said

"Can we focus? The spread was too rapid for any organic bone disease or genetic condition. It's definitely a toxin. Is there any surviving marrow to test?" Brennan asked Zack.

"I'll try and find some." Zack told her

"Let's do it" Brennan said and Zack and Hodgins walked off.

After doing bone Marrow test and looking at Hodgins and Zack show Charlie and Brennan.

"The marrow's degraded. I can give you basics, but that's it." Hodgins told them

"Well, according to these tests, the liver function was impaired." Zack said

"His body was trying to get rid of whatever was poisoning him." Brennan said as Angela walked up onto the platform.

"There is trouble in paradise." Angela said as Charlie and Brennan looked at her confused.

"I beg your pardon?" Charlie asked

"Kendall does not feel secure in that relationship. I think she's threatened by you." Angela said as Charlie looked at her in disbelief.

"You talked to her?" Charlie asked

"She didn't say much but, even though she was a phenomenal figure, she was chowing down on a fat-free muffin. And she was reading about unsolved FBI cases. She's obviously feeling insecure." Angela scoffed

"She's spying for you?" Hodgins asked in disbelief.

"No. No!" Charlie yelled shaking her head.

"Even if you have nothing in common, it's difficult to sublimate intense sexual attraction. And we hear it's been a while." Zack said after a few seconds.

"Okay, stop!" Charlie said

"He's there for the taking, honey" Angela scoffed at her shaking her head.

"Okay, I couldn't get his medical records." Grant said walking up the stairs with a card in his mouth then took it out as everyone turned to look at him slightly awkward.

"What?" He asked as Charlie looked at the ground.

"Uh...nothing." Charlie said turned and leaning on the table as she looked at the computer.

"Trying to track down the doctor." Grant asked as Booth came up on the platform behind him.

"Don't need him. It's definitely a toxin, but we can't determine what kind." Charlie said

"Too bad the liver is cooked. That could tell us everything." Zack said tapping his knee with a pen.

"I need subtitles walking in here." Booth said pointing at him.

"The liver is like a filter." Brennan said as both agents still just looked at her weird.

"It would contain evidence of any toxins in the system, but we don't have the liver. Or any of the flesh left." Charlie said

"But we do have the beetles." Hodgins said as Charlie and Brennan looked at him and nodding there heads as Booth and Grant made even weirder faces.

They went to Hodgins office we're the beetles we're kept.

"They ate Hamid's flesh and whatever organs remained. And, as we all know, you are what you eat." Hodgins said Zack opened the jar.

"So you can ID the poison from the beetles?" Grant said looking around.

"You can't kill them. They have names." Zack said

"We have to, Zack. Some." Brennan said grabbed a handful of beetles then putting them in the empty jar that Hodgins held

"In Thailand, they're sauteed in peanut oil. Mmm..." Hodgins said putting the lid on and shaking the jar then walked out.

They went onto the lab and got back into work.

"We're gonna to have to run a simulation. I need you to input the skull and give me a face." Brennan told Angela and handed her the skull.

"You got it." Angela said as Charlie spun around in her chair flinging pencils at Zack as he tried to work on the bomb.

"Ow! Dr. Brennan please stop! Throw them at Hodgins." Zack said as he tried to concentrate.

"And no more talk about Grant. You shouldn't have gotten involved." Charlie told her.

"That's what friends are for." Angela bumped her with a smile.

"Please, Angela.." Charlie said

"Hey, whoa. Where did you get this?" She heard Grant's voice behind her making her turn in the chair and she him and Booth staring at the bomb that Zack and Hodgins were making.

"I'm building it-- theoretical construct of the bomb based on the particulates we gathered." Zack told him.

"This isn't your job. Bureau is doing this." Booth said

"Got it! They were poisoned by dioxin. A very pure form. It would stay in his system for years, cause cancer, diabetes, heart attack and facial cysts and bones degeneration we saw." Hodgins said and gave the paper to Brennan.

"Give me the saturation levels. Angela can use it in the simulation to give us an approximate date of ingestion." Brennan told him and he nodded his head walking off.

"How much would it take to poison them?" Booth askd

"Just a little slipped into their food. Like at that lunch they both had with Sahar's lover." Charlie said as Brennan walked away.

"Impressed?" Angela asked Grant and he just looked at her then back at Charlie who was now walking away.

Later

They stood in Angela's office reading stuff off a piece of paper for Angela to put in her computer for the simulation.

"Dioxin levels were 5,600 parts per trillion. Speed of bone degeneration is an 80% increase over baseline osteoporosis. Date of death was..." Brennan said marking stuff on her clipboard.

"I remember that one. Thanks." Angela said

"Run the scenario." Charlie said as all the lights turn off and the 3d body popped up.

"I will never get use to this." Booth said

"Yeah. Chicks with toys." Angela said as she zoomed in on a piece of his cheek.

"Poor bastard." Grant said

"Match it to his INS photograph, see how accurate you are." Brennan said and Angela clicked a few buttons and his picture popped up

"Good work, Angela." Charlie said as Angela continued to click buttons on her tablet making the photo disappear.

"Probable date of exposure about four months ago-- I'd say first week in June." Brennan said

"Let's go pay a little visit to Mr. Ladjavardi." Grant said making Charlie and Brennan look up at him with raised eyebrows.

They all get in the car and drive to were Mr. Ladjavardi is located.

"I thought you were told to stay away from them." Charlie said as they got out of the car.

"Yeah. And, as an FBI agent, I cannot disobey my superior. But you two aren't FBI agents." Booth said as him and Grant took there ties off.

"Hey!Hi. How you doing?" Brennan smiled and clapped her hands as they walked up to Mr. Ladjavardi.

"What the hell are you doing here? You had orders." He said

"No, not us. We just have a couple of quick questions for you." Charlie said

"Look, I'm not involved in this. Sahar won't even talk to me anymore." He said looking behind them out Booth and Grant.

"Yeah. I wonder why." Brennan looked at Booth who shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm calling Santana." Mr. Ladjavardi said getting his phone and turning around.

"Yeah, I don't think so." Charlie said getting in front of him.

"I'm warning you." He said putting his hand up

"I wouldn't threaten her if I were you." Booth said with a chuckle.

"Look, I just want to know where you were in June--first week-- to see if you poisoned Hamid and Farid." Charlie said getting frustrated.

"Subtle." Grant said nodding his head.

"I'm leaving. That's it." Mr. Ladjavardi said and reached out to hit Charlie.

Charlie blocked it and flipped him over on his back. She put her foot on his neck to hold him there.

"Told you. She doesn't like being touched." Booth said

"I didn't poison anybody."

"Then tell me where you were in June."

"In Utah, for training with Homeland security. I didn't get to D.C. until August 12. Check with the department."

"All right, thanks." Charlie said.

They all got back in the car and started to come up with idea.

"How about this? Sahar wants out of the marriage. Hamid refuses. Sahar poisons him so that she can run off with Lajavardi." Booth says

"Doesn't make sense." Brennan shook her head.

"When someone dies, the first suspect is the spouse." Booth said trying to reason

"What about Hamid's brother? Did she poison him, too?" Brennan asked

"Why not? You know, he's pushing his nose into their marriage. I mean, suddenly, Sahar's facing, you know, a devout Muslim and a fundamentalist Christian. And, you know, nobody allows divorce, and she's pushed to murder."

"That eschews logic."

"Aw, come on, Bones! Just work with us here! All right? It's what we in law enforcement call positing a scenario. And don't use to word eschew." Grant called from back seat.

"What if you and Kendall were going to break up, but you didn't want to?" Charlie asked him.

"Which I don't." Grant said

"Well, I'm positing a scenario. Kendall wants to break up, and you don't want to, so she poisons you." Charlie said

"No, no, no." Grant shook his head.

"And then, just to make sure, she blows you up with a bomb." Charlie continued.

"Why would Kendall do that?" Grant asked with a smile.

"Exactly. Thank you."

"See, 'cause Kendall and I that's a bad example."

"You're a couple in love, right?"

"Why do you keep bring up Kendall? I mean, why? What's the big deal? I mean, is it so odd for you that I have someone in my life?"

"We were talking about couples. It's a natural segue."

"All right, you know, you have to quit using the word segue. All right? It, it sounds French."

"You keep changing the subject. I get it. You're sensitive about you and Kendall." Charlie said waving her hand looking out the window.

"Why aren't we talking about you and your boyfriend?"

"I don't have a boyfriend." Charlie smiled

"You just said that as though it's a good thing. And you know? It's a very, very, sad comment on your personal life."

"Look, your angry again." Charlie said as her phone started ringing and Grant chuckled shaking his head.

"Charlie."

The bomb insulation was made from pyrobar, which is used by an architect named William Allard. He was known fro developing the Woodley Park neighborhood around 1910. Zack spoke from the phone

"Hang on a second, Zack. The bomb was made in Woodley Park." Charlie told everyone on the car.

"That's where Farid lives. Okay, hold on." Booth said then made an illegal U turn.

"No wonder we couldn't get his medicals. He already knew what was poisoning him. All right, just stay in contact with your boys, and tell them we're going need them. All right, listen, Bones and Thomas, we're heading into a very unknown situation. I think it's best that you two just stay in the car." Booth said and Grant agreed but both woman gave both the men a look.

"Okay, then, you know, if you have to come in with us, then you stay behind us. Fine. Just be careful, all right?" Booth said

When they got to the house Booth and Grant got there guns out then Booth knocked the door down.

"Okay, anybody asks, that door was open. Stay right here. FBI, Farid." Booth called out.

Charlie and Brennan walked in anyway as Grant and Booth walked in two different directions.

"Show yourself. Okay. Clear." Booth said as Charlie and Brennan walked into the kitchen where there was all kinds of things on the table and Brennan got out her phone.

"Can you get me Hodgins." She asked

Yeah.

"Farid was making something here. Okay, I've got melted plastic, bottles of chlorine." Brennan said

Dioxin. That's how you'd make it.

"Thomas! Bones!" Booth called out

"Yeah?"

"The insulation. Farid definitely made the bomb. He killed his brother."

"Stay with me, Hodgins."

Yeah, yeah, yeah

"Hamid must have been killed cause he found his brother making dioxin. All right, that's probably how they got contaminated. Come on. Mechanic's Guide for Hamid's SUV." Grant said grabbing the book of the table.

"Page on the odometer... dog-eared." Booth said flipping through the pages.

"Ah! He wasn't a Christian. Deceit in the service of Allah is holy." Charlie said pulling out books and pages from a chest for of blankets.

"The Koran?"

"No. An Imam's twisted interpretation of the Koran, so that mass murders don't have to feel guilt." Charlie said as Booth pulled something out from under the bed.

"He's made another bomb. It's out there right now." Booth said after finding stuff in a bowl.

"I'm convinced. What's the dispersal rate for a bomb packed with, say, two liters of dioxin?" Brennan asked picking her phone back up.

A homemade device similar to the car bomb? That could be 300 to 500 meters. If the victims weren't killed, they'd develop cancer, blindness, lesions, diabetes. Hodgins spoke

"Today's day is marked. Call homeland security. They'll secure the apartment." Booth told Brennan then they all got into the car.

"There's a convenience store across the street from Farid's apartment. The owner saw him get on to a bus and head downtown." Grant said into the phone.

"We're not sure what bus. Grant is checking with the FBI now. If you find anything-" Charlie said

I know. It's just these bus schedules are totally confusing. Angela said

"Yeah, we saw his day book. He had 5:30 circled. Just check anything that has anything to do with 5:30-begins, ends, whatever. Yeah. I'm not going anywhere." Grant said

"Angela's checking, too. I still don't understand why Farid would kill his brother." Charlie said

"Because both of them were developing symptoms, man, and people were gonna start asking questions and then Farid- he would have exposed. He had a mission to accomplish." Grant said moving the phone from his ear.

"How the hell does he think he's bringing about a better world by blowing people up?"

"Fanaticism and logic don't go hand in hand."

"It's almost 5:30. Come on, Angela. Anything between Woodley Park and downtown."

Okay, okay. Um... three movies start at 6:00, there's a lecture at Fuller Hall on birds. I can't imagine that will be crowded. And a peace conference at the Hamilton Cultural Center. There'll be speeches by Arab moderates and a congressman. That looks like the one.

"Peace conference, Hamilton Cultural Center. That's it." Charlie said

"That's got to be it. Okay, Gibson, just get your boys over to the Hamilton Cultural Center. Just keep them back when you get there. You understand me? If you spook this guy. he'll blow himself up before we can take him out." Grant said into the phone.

"Thanks, Angela."

"You know, you don't have to come." Grant told him as he closed his phone and put it in his pocket.

"You've got to be kidding me?" Charlie gave him and a look and he shook his head.

When they got there all of four of them walked in calmly.

"We'll start down here and we'll make our way upstairs." Booth said and they all started looking around as they head for the escalators.

"There are too many ways in. Where are the reinforcements? Aren't there always reinforcements?" Brennan asked after stepping on the escalators.

"I'm sure they're downstairs tying up the horse." Grant said

"Sarcasm doesn't help" Charlie turned and leaned into him.

"Okay, they're mobilizing SWAT teams and additional agents, but it takes time. And if Farid has the bomb, spots them, that could be bad." Grant said as they made it to the top and started looking over to side.

"If you see him, will you shoot?" Brennan asked Booth.

"No, he might not have the bomb." Booth said

"You don't believe that."

"I'm not taking out a target, Bones, unless I'm sure."

"Is that how you make it easier? Calling him a target?"

"You know, you really picked an odd time to have this conversation." Booth said as they moved the other side.

"Booth." Brennan pointed at a man they thought me him.

"Farid?" They asked and they guy turned and it wasn't him.

There! That's Farid." Charlie said running to the side where a guy on the floor below them walked with a bag and a limp.

"I'm not sure." Booth said as him and Grant pulled out there guns.

"Look, his walk his labored from the dioxin poisoning, and the parietal bones in his skull match his picture." Brennan said pointing.

"His back's to us. What if you're wrong?"

"This is what I do, Booth. Do you really want to wait? He's carrying something heavy in his camera bag. See? The actual weight is causing his shoulder to-" Brennan continued.

"No, I can't." Booth said frustrated.

"He has all the markers, Booth." Brennan said

"I need a face. I need a face!" Booth said as Charlie and Grant looked at each other.

"FARID!" Charlie yelled making him turn around.

"On the ground!" Grant yelled.

"He's going for the bomb!" Charlie said panicked.

Before Farid could push the button Grant shot his gun hitting Farid in his head. Everybody started screaming and panicking. They watched Agent Gibson walked over and take Farid fingers off the bomb trigger. They opened the case to see wires and other stuff. Gibson looked up at Grant nodding his head. Grant leaned against the railing with his head down.

Later Charlie and Grant went to a restaurant.

" I told them to tell the press that it was an undercover operation." Grant told her

"But it would be a Rose Garden ceremony. That's an honor, right? I thought you FBI guys liked your medals?" Charlie asked drinking a beer.

"There's no pleasure in taking someone's life. It's nothing to celebrate." Grant said drinking the last of his beer in his glass.

"You saved so many people, Grant. Don't forget that." Charlie said putting her hand on his arm and he smiled at her.

"Want another drink?" Grant asked her .

"Shouldn't you be getting home? Kendall will be worried about you." Charlie asked him leaving her hand on his arm.

"Yeah. I guess I should." Grant said standing up.

He grabbed his jacket and got his wallet out taking a ten out and throwing it on the table.

"Thanks for your help, Thomas." Grant said

"Sure." Charlie said and Grant stared down at her for a second before walking away.

Charlie turned watching him walk out before downing the rest of her beer and leaving. She went to the Jeffersonian where she helped Brennan go through all them world war l bones.

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The Deer Hunters

Gilmore Girls masterlist

"Shopping for school supplies. Are you kidding?" Lorelai asked as they walked up onto the side walk.

"Nobody demanded that you come." Rory told her.

"Are you kidding? How often do you get to do things like this? I was thinking, while we're going crazy, we should get toilet paper and a plunger." Lorelai told them as they walked into the store.

"We can just do this later." Harper said sticking her hands on her pockets.

"No. I'm teasing. Okay, get that list of yours." Lorelai said as she grabbed a basket as Rory and Harper walked in.

"Okay, ahem." Rory said as her and Harper got there lists out.

"I need legal pads."

"Got it."

"Tons of pens."

"Right."

"Some number two pencils, three highlighters, an eraser, a stable remover, and a folder." They went over Rory's list first.

"You need three highlighters?" Lorelai gave Rory a suspicious look.

"Yes."

"Three?"

"Yes."

"That's a very random number."

"Three is not a random number." Rory said as she grabbed a folder.

"How'd you get the three?"

"One dries up, one gets lost, I have on left."

"You've really thought this out"

"Yes I have."

"What came first- the chicken or the egg?"

"Can we get back to the list?" Rory asked her.

"Alright. Ooh, hey- legal pads."

"Not those. Those are purple."

"Purple is festive."

"I can't have purple."

"Yes, you can. They're on sale." Lorelai reasoned.

"I'm going to serious school. I need serious paper."

"Paper is paper, Rory." Harper spoke up.

"Not at Chilton." 

"Alright, fine. Here's your serious paper."

"Thank you."

"ooh, and here are your somber highlights, your Maudlin pencils, your manic-depressive pens." Lorelai said grabbing stuff off the shevles.

"Mom." Rory hung her head.

"Now, these erasers are on lithium, so they seem cheerful, but we caught them trying to shove themselves in the pencil sharpener." Lorelai picked up colorful erasers.

"I'm going home." Rory said.

"No, wait. We're gonna stage an intervention with the Neon post-its. And make them give up their wacky, crazy ways." Lorelai grabbed the post-its.

"You're never coming shopping with me again." Rory said walking out the front door.

"Oh, here's a card.." Before Lorelai could finish Rory had walked out of hearing zone.

"You pay for Rory's stuff, I'll shop for my stuff and you can catch up with Rory, make more of her 'serious' paper." Harper said 

"Okay."Lorelai chuckled.

Harper got everything on her list. 

Senior School list for Chilton

Crap ton of No.2 pencils

4 highlighters

3 each Red, Black, and blue pens 

2 stapler

2 stapler removers

printer paper

lined paper

graph paper

Sheet reinforcements

9 tab dividers

10 sheet protectors

2 coil notebooks

3 binders (3 inch)

5 pocket folders

8 report folders

2 white-outs

4 erasers

calendar

Three-hole-puncher

Loose leaf paper

graphing calculator

normal calculator

tape

staples

Once she had got everything she paid. As she walked up to the cash resister and rung everything up she was about to hand the cash lady some cash when Theodore popped up beside her handing the lady a 60 bucks then Theodore grabbed her bags and rushed her out of the store.

"Theodore! Why did you pay for my stuff?" She asked him.

"Cause I wanted to be a gentlemen." Theodore told her as they walked down the street.

"You didn't have too."

"Yes, I did. I'm your boyfriend its what I do." Theodore told her as she shook her head.

"Let me pay you back." She told him grabbed her wallet.

"No, no, no. Listen. Harper. If I want to pay for your stuff let me pay, without paying me back." Theodore told her.

"But I don't want to be using you." 

"You're not. And I know that." Theodore told her switching the bags to his left hand and grabbing her hand. 

%

Rory got off the bus with the last of her stuff and they walked up to the school

"Jeez, Rory. That's alot. You sure you need it all. Even all my stuff fit in my backpack." Harper told her.

"Yes, Harper" Rory huffed at her. 

There was only one class Harper and Rory had together and that was Mr. Medina's class. They were sat side by side as he went to each student handing them there papers.

"Miss Gilmore, girls, take these home. Learn from your mistakes. Look at the large, red circles around various parts of your paper as friendly reminders that to error is human and that here at Chilton we try to beat that humanity out of you. Okay. Next up, the test-- the dreaded test. Shakespeare-- the man we've been droning on about for the last three weeks-- finally comes back to haunt us on Friday. This is a big one, my friends-- multiple choice with an essay section that will count for 20% of your grade this semester. Don't be fooled by mind kind face and charming personality. This test will be hard, and there will be no makeups." Mr. Medina said as Harper stared down at the D+ on her paper and red marks everywhere as he spoke and the bell rang, "Refer to the study materials that I gave you at the beginning of the month and those extensive notes I know you've been taking." He continued as everybody started getting up and leaving. 

Harper stared at the paper a little bit more than closed her test book and opened her bag as she heard Paris speak.

"Hard paper." Paris said as Harper rolled her eyes.

"Killer." Louise said grabbing her bag. 

"How'd you do?" Paris asked her as she stood up.

"A." 

"Me too!"

"Small world."

"Isn't it? Madeline, what'd you get?" Paris asked the dark haired girl as Harper stood putting her bag on her shoulders.

"You know I got a B."

"A B's not bad. "

"Not at all."

"Respectable even."

"I'd be proud."

"A D, however, would be cause for concern." Paris said as she turned to Rory and Harper as they put there bags on.

"A cry for help."

"A job application at McDonald's."

"Would you like fries with that?"

"Hey, you know, not everybody can be smart. As my mother always says, somebody has to answer the phones." 

"Okay, I have no idea what you two are talking about."

"No, but Rory and Harper do." Paris teased as the three girls walked past them.

"Okay, Paris, I've had enough with the teasing games. You wanna keep on, I'll beat your ass right here in this hallway." Harper told her and the three girls walked away quickly. 

Rory walked away looking at the paper as Harper looked down at the paper in her hand as her chest heaved.

"Right here? In this hallway. Wouldn't that ruin your chance of ever getting into college with that on your record." A voice said behind her and she turned seeing Mr. Medina standing there

"I wasn't going to actually. It just gets them away. They're a bunch of teasers and it's annoying. Who teases people over grades, now, and just because they do bad on one paper doesn't mean they're dumb." Harper told him as he gave her sympathetic look. 

"You'll do better next time. Make sure to study for the test." Mr. Medina told her and turned and walked into the classroom. 

Harper sighed and walked away. As she turned down the hallway she saw Tristan with his arm up on the wall blocking Rory. She walked down to them.

"Please leave me alone." Rory told him as Harper walked up.

"Leave, Tristan, now." Harper told him looping her arm in Rory's and pulling her past him.

"Later... Mary." Tristan called after as both girls shook there head. 

They shook there heads before they heard a loud bang and turned around to see Tristan's books on the ground and in front of him stood Theodore who was speaking to him with the most threatening look ever. Theodore then proceeded to walk over to them.

"Hey." His face soften as he walked over to them like nothing happened and as everybody stared.

"What did you say to him?" Rory asked

"I just told him to leave you alone." Theodore told her and she smiled as they walked up to her next class.

"Thanks." She said before going into the class. 

"So, what are you doing here?" Harper asked as they walked towards the lunch room.

"Thought I'd come have lunch with you." He told her as they got in the lunch line.

"Aw, how sweet. So, are you gonna be getting in trouble for hitting Tristan books out of his hands and threatening him?" Harper asked grabbing a tray and started to fill it up.

"Nah. Headmaster Charleston know me since I was born beside he knows how I am and knows I wouldn't do something like that unless the other had done something." Theodore told her as they sat down across from each other as an empty table.

"Tristan Dugray to the office please." They heard over the loud speaker and Theodore chuckled.

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Rory and Harper walked through the Inn's door into the kitchen and Lorelai and Sookie looked up at them.

"Behold-- in theaters now, the thing that reads a lot." Lorelai made fun of Rory who dropped all her bags on the floor.

"Chocolate?" Rory asked

"Glass measuring cup." Sookie pointed to the side.

"Lorelai, look, look." Sookie told her as they looked down at the magazine in Lorelai's hands.

"I'm sorry." Lorelai said as they walked over to the counter and started flipping through the pages.

"Jeez, who's naked?" Harper asked as she grabbed a piece of chocolate and walked over.

"Uh, Lucien Mills-- food critic." Lorelai told her.

"Yeah? How's his butt?" Harper asked as Rory grabbed a piece of chocolate and walked over.

"No, he was supposed to review the restaurant-- Oh! Here it is." Lorelai said putting the magazine against her chest.

"Is it- is it good? Is he mean? Should I cry?" Sookie asked wiping her hand on her apron 

"Here we go. The words Divine, Delectable, and delirious do't began to describe the delicious experience of dinning at the independence Inn. I'm smelling a rave." Lorelai danced a little.

"Really?" Sookie asked

"Only Chef Sookie St. James could make a simple salad of Hothouse tomatoes and assorted fresh herbs seem like a religious experience. Her lobster bisque is worth every sinful, cream-filled sip." Lorelai continued to read.

"See, I don't use that much cream. I just use a very concentrated lobster stock, and it really makes it--." Sookie smiled big.

"Sookie, he's not here." Lorelai told her shaking her head.

"Go on." Harper told her as she grabbed a juice out of the fridge.

"The entrees are as heavenly as the starters. Though the much-lauded risotto was perfectly fine, it was the simple handkerchief pasta with brown sage in a butter sauce the sent me through the roof. This is unbelievable! I'm gonna have this framed for the dinning room! " Lorelai said excitedly as she patted the magazine.

"Oh, yeah. That'd be swell. Can I see that again?" Sookie said not as excited.

"So we should celebrate tonight, huh-- Girls on the town?" Lorelai danced over to them.

"I can't. I have to study." Rory told her.

"Same here." Harper said grabbing another piece of chocolate from the glass Rory had a tight grip on.

"I should really get started on this shopping list." Sookie spoke from the counter making Lorelai look between all the girls.

"What is going on here? We are young and fiery women. Studying? Shopping list? Where's to hell with it all? Where's  throwing caution to the wind? Where-oh shoot- the linen delivery." Lorelai said as then walked away.

"You go, girl." Harper told her grabbing another piece of chocolate. 

That night Harper and Rory were sat across from each other studying while Lorelai sat in the living room watching TV.

"News is on!" Lorelai called.

"One sec." Both girls yelled back before continuing studying.

"For our top story tonight, a grisly, horrible thing happened in a small town where no grisly, horrible things ever happen. Everyone shocked. House slides down hill. Liposuction kills. Stay fat." Lorelai says as both girls look at her for a moment before looking back down at their books.

"Hey, Let's go gt ice cream! I'm bored. Hello?" Lorelai waved her hand in front of the girl's face when they don't answer.

"Mom, we're studying." Harper told her as she sat down in the third seat at the table.

"I'm talking ice cream. Can't you take a break?" Lorelai asked

"Not right now." Harper shook her head.

"Okay. When?"

"Are you 4?" Rory turned to her mother.

"No! I'm hungry!"

Have some more pizza."

"It's cold."

"Heat it up."

"It's not the same."

"Lorelai, go to your room." Harper told her 

"Wow! Smart girls are mean!" Lorelai leaned on the table.

"If you let us study now, we'll play with you this weekend."

"Promise."

"Yes. We can do anything you want."

"Will you go to the shoe sale with me?"

"Yes."

"Will you let me try on anything I want?"

"Yes."

"Will you help me push people out of the way?"

"I'll ever run interference for you."

"Alright. You've got a deal."

"Good." Rory said and Lorelai walked out before stopping and turning back around.

"So-- I'm sorry-- where did we land on the whole ice-cream issue?" Lorelai asked and Rory stood up grabbing her stuff and going into her room. 

"What?" Lorelai said as Harper laid her head down as Lorelai walked out of the room finally letting her study.

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The next day after school Harper walked into her best friends house. 

"Charlie!" Harper yelled for her best friend.

"bedroom!" Charlie yelled back.

Harper walked through the kitchen seeing Shana, Charlie's mother cooking.

"Hi, Shana." Harper smiled walking up and giving her a hug.

"Harper, honey, hey, how are you liking Chilton so far?" Shana asked.

"Good, little bit more hard, but overall pretty good." Harper told her and she smiled. 

Harper walked to Charlie's room to find her studying on her bed.

"Hey!" Charlie stood up hugging her.

"Hey." Harper hugged back then they sat on Charlie's bed.

"So, how's Theodore?" Charlie asked flipping a page in English book.

"He's good. He come's and visit's me everyday and eat's lunch with me at Chilton. He stuck for Rory because there's this one boy there who won't leave her alone." Harper told her getting out her books to study.

"Speaking of Chilton. How's that going?' Charlie asked grabbing a snicker's bar and handing half of it to Harper and ate the other half.

"Good, I guess. It's a lot harder than Star's Hallow high. And the people there, complete snobby rich jerks. There's this one kid names Michael first day there he was trying to date me. And a kid name Tristan who won't stop calling Rory Mary." Harper explained.

"Mary? Sheesh that's rough." Charlie shook her head. 

"What's new at Star's Hallow high?" Harper asked as she opened her book and started to copy stuff down in her notebook.

"Oh, nothing much. Um, Sandra the drum major is dating East Bennett the Trumpet Major now." Charlie told her.

"Really? Man I knew they were making eyes at each other last year." Harper shook her head as they both laughed.

Later that night Harper was sat in Luke's studying when Theodore sat down beside her.

"Hey." He said to her and she gave him a stressed hi back before continuing studying.

"You want some help?"Theodore looked between the paper and her.

"No." Harper rubbed her hand against her forehead as she continued to write.

Theodore laid his large hand down covering paper.

"Come on." He told her packing her stuff up and putting it in her bag.

"Hey-what are you doing? Where are we going?" Harper asked him as he picked up her bag and grabbed her hand dragging her out.

"We're gonna go get some ice cream and cake." Theodore told her.

"What? No, Theodore, I don't have time for that. I need to study. I'll fail my next paper." Harper told him.

"Listen, if you sit there craming and filling your head with no break. Getting frustrated over and over, trying to work through it. You'll get nothing done. You won't remember a thing. You'll fail you paper harder. You need breaks." Theodore told her as they walked down the street,

"The more breaks I take the more time I'll lose and the more likely to fail." Harper told him.

"No, Harper. If you don't take breaks you'll get stuff wrong over and over. Trust me this is coming from a Harvard graduate who tried to spend his college experience studying the whole time and failing the first quarter then realizing breaks are good." Theodore told her and she finally relaxed for the first time all day. 

"Thank you." She turned and hugged Theodore who just smiled and laid his head on her head.  

They got ice cream and cake and went to the gazebo in the middle of the square and sat and ate it and talked about everything and anything. By the end of the night Theodore and Harper were walking up on Harper's doorstep.

"Thank you, Theodore. I really needed that." Harper hugged him and took her bag from him.

"Your very welcome, princess." Theodore told her and she blushed.

"Don't call me that." She smiled at him.

"Mmm. I'll think about it." Theodore said making her giggle.

"Goodnight, Theodore." Harper told him.

"Goodnight, Princess." Theodore said and leaned down kissing.

He pulled back from her and walked down the steps towards his car.

"You better not make a habit of calling me that." Harper called after him.

"Don't worry, Princess." Theodore said getting in his car and driving away.

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Harper was sat across from Rory who was reading Shakespeare on the bench,

"Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments. Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds or bends with the remover to remove-- Oh, no! It is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken. It is the star to every wandering bark, whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. You're going down." Paris leaned over the chair looking between the girls who just stared at her as she walked away.

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"The comedy of errors-- written?" Lorelai asked

"1590." Rory said.

"Published?"

"1698." Harper said putting a chip in her mouth.

"1623. Close." Lorelai told her.

"How is 1623 close?" Harper asked her.

"You got the 16 part right."

"I was of by 75 years."

"Well, anything under 100 is close."

"What kind of a rule is that?" Rory asked her sitting down.

"I'm running the study session here. Okay. Richard III?"

"1591." Harper hoped for redemption but Lorelai imitated a buzzer.

"93?" Lorelai did it again.

"96? Lorelai did it again.

"that's really annoying." Rory said and Lorelai did it again as Harper grabbed her paper. 

Many hours later they were still studying and Lorelai brought them coffee.

"Go on. I'm listening." Lorelai said coming back into the room handing the girls coffee.

"The sonnets are 154 poems of 14 lines." Rory said.

"Except?"

"Except for 126, which is 12 lines." Rory told her.

"Good."

"They're written in Iambic Pentameter." Harper popped in.

"Except?"

"Except for 145, which is in tetrameter." Harper said 

"Rock on, sister."

"Really?"

"Not one mistake."

"Wow!"

"How do you feel?"

"Nauseous." Harper said then sat down beside her

"Well, I don't think the fries and horseradish sauce was the best idea we had."

"It was satisfying in the moment, though." Harper held her stomach.

"You guys are gonna blow that class away tomorrow." Lorelai told them and they both smiled.

"You think?" Rory asked taking a sip of her coffee.

"I think. What do you say we call it a night and get some sleep?" Lorelai asked

"You guys go. I wanna review my notes one more time." Rory said.

"I'm gonna stay and review mine a little bit more too." Harper said grabbing her book. 

"Oh, that's okay. I'll stay up." Lorelai told them as they got up and walked towards the kitchen to put there mugs up.

"Mom, go to sleep." Harper told her.

"No. I'm not eve tired. I was just thinking of you!" Lorelai sighed as Harper sat down at the kitchen table and started to work on her stuff.

Rory got up and walked into the living room then came back in a few seconds later. 

"She's asleep." Rory told her and Harper chuckled a little bit.

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Harper woke up to Rory yelling.

"NO!" Rory yelled getting up and running into her room.

Harper set her head up looking at the clock before shooting up out of her chair.

"We're late!" Harper yelled running upstairs to her room. 

"What?" Lorelai asked

"We're Late! We're Late! We woke up late!" Rory yelled as Harper got on her school uniform in  hurry.

"Calm down." Lorelai said as Harper came down the stairs with her tie in her hand.

"I can't calm down. We missed the bus! Get up!" Harper said grabbing Lorelai's hand and making her stand up from her chair.

"Sweetie, Mommy can't get up right now. Mommy's been sleeping at a right angle all night." Lorelai said rubbing her neck as Rory came out of her room.

"We're gonna miss the test." Rory told her.

"No. No, you're not. I'll get the keys. We'll go right now."Let's go. Let's go!" Lorelai said stuffing their books into their bags then grabbing her purse, but just as she was about to go out the door Lorelai turned to them.

"I can't take you." Lorelai gasped.

"You have to!" Rory said.

"I have a meeting at 8:00!" Lorelai told them.

"Mom!" Harper yelled.

"Okay, wait. Okay. Think. Listen, here, you drive." Lorelai said handing the keys to Harper.

"What?" Rory yelled.

"I'll get a ride from Sookie. Take the phone. Take the keys. Go, Go, Go, Go!" Lorelai yelled and they ran out the door.

"We're gone." Rory told her as they got in the car.

Harper sped to Hartford, as she pulled up to a stop light as Rory got the phone. 

"I gotta call Lane." Rory told her.

"Okay." Harper nodded her head.

As Rory got on call with Lane Harper was about to start driving again a deer came and hit the side of the car.

"Oh, my, god." Harper shook her head.

Rory got out of the car and looked around as she talked to Lane. 

"Rory, it's 7:40, Lets go." Harper yelled and Rory ran back.

They sped the way to the school before parking and running into the school. They walked through Mr. Medina's door where they saw everyone testing. 

"I'm sorry." Harper told him as her and Rory walked to her seat. 

"Everyone back to your test. Gilmore's, you're gonna have to wait in the library." Medina told them

"What about the test?" Harper asked

"I'm afraid you've missed the test." Medina told them.

"No." Rory said.

"We start class at 8:05." 

"NO"

"That's when I need people in their seats."

"Please."

"I'm sorry. It's the rules."

"But you don't understand. We were up all night studying, and then we missed our bus. So I had to drive." 

"Let's discuss this outside." Medina told them.

"I'm driving, I stop and I get hit my a deer." Harper explains to him.

"You hit a deer?"

"I got hit by a deer. You don't believe me? I've got antler prints on the side of my mother's car." Harper told him as he chuckled.

"Girls, come on." Medina shook his head.

"No! You have to let us take the test! We know everything about Shakespeare." Rory told him.

"Okay, calm down." Medina told them.

"I know his birthday, his mother's name...What kind of ink he used." Rory told him before they both heard Paris and Louise behind them.

"Loser." They both said making the girls turn around.

"And just what is wrong with you, huh?! You have everything! You have the grades and the status! What the hell is wrong with you that you have this constant need to be the biggest jerk in the world?!" Rory got down by her head.

"Okay, let's go." Medina tried to grab her and Harper's bag.

"Huh? What's up? What's up, quippy? Why so silent?" Harper asked when no words were spoken.

"Outside-- Now." Medina told them as they both stood and walked with him before Rory bent down by Tristian.

"And, for the last time, the name is Rory!" She told him before they walked outside.

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Harper and Rory were sat outside the office when Lorelai walked around the corner.

"Girls, what happened?" Lorelia walked over to them.

"I got hit by a deer." Harper told her.

"You got what?"

"And then we were late, and they wouldn't let us take the test." 

"Uh, What?"

"They wouldn't let us take the test."

"Oh, no, you're kidding me!"

"Mom..."

"No, it's okay. Just sit right here. I'll handle this." Lorelai told them before getting up and walking into the office.

They both quietly looked at each other before slumping in their seats.

Lorelai came out a few minutes later and just down besides them.

"You got hit by a deer?" Lorelai asked after a few minutes of silence making both the girls look at her.

They walked outside to the car and showed her the dent in the car door.

"You did. You got hit by a deer. It just came out of nowhere." Harper told her.

"You couldn't just run into a wall like the other kids?"

"Can we just go home, please?"

"Yeah, sure. Jump in." Lorelai told her.

Rory got in and Harper was about to get in when an expansive car pulled up beside them and out came Theodore. Harper looked at him as she set her stuff down in the car closing the door. He gave her a sympathetic look. 

"What are you doing here?" Harper walked over to him as he ignored her.

"Hi, Rory, Miss Gilmore. I'll, uh, take her home, if that's okay." Theodore looked between Rory and Lorelai.

"Yeah, sure, kid. And, please, call me Lorelai." Lorelai told him started the car.

"Have a good rest of your day, Rory." Theodore told her as they drove off and Rory gave him a wave.

"What are you doing here?" Harper asked as he led her to the passenger seat.

"My father get's told everything that happens at Chilton the moment they happen." Theodore told her as he closed her passenger door once she got in then walked around the car and got in the driver seat and started the car.

"Jeez. I was kinda hoping no one would talk so you wouldn't find out." Harper told him as she  laid her head back as Theodore started driving.

"Trust, everything gets told, I mean everything down to who everyone is dating." Theodore told her as her eyes went wide.

"No, no, no. Your dad knows where dating and probably hates me, thinks I'm crazy, and doesn't want you dating me." Harper covered her face with her hands as Theodore chuckled.

"No, he doesn't. I promise. He understands more than anything." Theodore told her as he took a left.

"Really?" Harper asked him.

"Yes, promise. And you have nothing to worry about, nothing you do can trump what I use to do in school." Theodore told her and she chuckled

Harper was gonna say something when Theodore stopped the car. Behind Lorelai's jeep. Rory was out of the car, Harper got out the car with Theodore right behind her.

"What are you guys doing?" She asked

"Looking for the deer." Rory told her.

"You're never gonna find the deer." Harper said.

"That's what I said." Lorelai rolled her eyes as she got out of the car. 

"What deer?" Theodore asked as they all followed Rory.

"We got hit by a deer this morning." Harper told him.

"You hit a deer?" Theodore asked concerned.

"No, we got hit by a deer. We were stopped right here and it came out of nowhere and hit the side of the jeep." Harper explained as Lorelai and Rory talked ahead of them. 

"So I had a nice chat with headmaster Charleston. He said you guys went ballistic in class." Lorelai said as Harper and Theodore caught up with them.

"We were just tired. And it Rory that more tired between the two of us. I said like 5 words" Harper told Lorelai and Rory shoved her.

"You wouldn't have been tired if you hadn't been killing yourself all week." Lorelai told her.

"Yeah, next time I take Harper for her break from Homework, we'll take you, you need a break too." Theodore told her as he put his hands in his pockets.

"I was studying. I didn't have a choice." 

"Maybe you shouldn't be studying that hard."

"What are you talking about?" Rory asked

"You're 16 and 18. You should get some sleep and eat a real meal. And come up for air once in a while."

"They kicked us out." Harper stopped walking.

"Of course not. They love you, guys. This is coming from me."

"Are you saying we should quit?" Rory asked

"I'm saying, if you want to go back to your other school, with Lane and Charlie, that would be fine with me. Lorelai explained.

"You don't think we can do it." Rory shook her head.

"You know that's not true. I think you guys can do anything. But you don't lose it in class, either of you. That not part of the Rory or Harper personality. If you're losing it in class because you're tried or stressed out or working too hard, I'm worried about that. I have to be." Lorelai told her.

"I lose it once." 

"Okay. Fine." Lorelai said and they continued walking.

"It's just I can't remember a time when we weren't talking about you going to Harvard. It was just a given. That was what we were working for. Everything went in that direction."

"I know."

"And I'm forgetting where that all started."

"What are you talking about?" Harper asked.

"I'm talking about did it start with me or did it start with you? Was it my dream that you guys went to Harvard? " Lorelai pointed at Harper.

"Mom?" Harper said.

"Because I never got to the big, fancy college thing? Maybe all this time I'm thinking it's all for Harper and Rory when really it wasn't." Lorelai stopped walking again.

"I'm not doing this because of you, neither of us." Rory told her.

"But if you are, you don't have to."

"We know that."

"I'll still love you. Even if you can't support me in my old age in the fabulous manner which I plan on growing accustomed."

"I'll remember that selfless gesture. Thank you." Harper laughed putting her arm on Lorelai shoulder.

"I just want you to be happy."

"We are."

"No, I want you to "Dancing through the woods, crazy" Happy. If Harvard and Chilton is not gonna do that for you, then forget about them." 

"We were just behind. Neither of us caught up on the reading. That's why we got D's. We can catch up. We will catch up. When we do, everything will be fine." 

"Girls.."

"No, Harvard is my dream." Harper stopped her.

"Mine too."

"I want it more than anything. I swear."

"Yeah, but-"

"I appreciate all that you're saying. But we're not ready to give up on Chilton yet."

"Fair enough."

"I do, however, reserve the right to change my mind."

"That's your prerogative as long as you remain a woman."

"Thanks, though."

"For what?"

"For yelling at headmaster the way you did."

"Oh, I didn't yell at him."

"You called him IL Duce."

"Which means "Kind sir" in Cantonese."

"Thank you."

"Your welcome."

"How much longer are we gonna look for this crazy deer?"

"Just a little further. I just hope he didn't hurt himself."

"I just hope he has insurance." Lorelai said as they continued to walk.

"Hey, where's Theodore" Harper asked.

"Oh, he went back to the car, quite a while ago." Rory told her.

"What? That's why he was so quiet." Harper said 

Once they got back to the cars they all went back home. As Harper and Theodore walked through the door they heard Max Medina's voice.

"Anyway, see you in class, bye." Medina said as Harper and Theodore walked into the living room to see Lorelai sitting there as the message box clicked off.

"Hey, was that Mr.Medina?" Harper asked making Lorelai turn to her and Theodore.

"Yeah, he has extra credit work for you guys to do, go upstairs change, we're gonna go to Luke's to study." Lorelai told her and she raced upstairs and Theodore sat down in the love seat. 

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Kill Me Now

Gilmore Girls Masterlist

"Dinner was lovely, Emily." Richard spoke as Harper took a drink of the white wine sat in front of her. 

"Mira does make a perfect cassoulet." Emily nodded her head.

"Who's Mira?" Lorelai asked 

"Our cook."

"I thought the cook was Heidi." Harper asked 

"We let Heidi go month ago. She had a problem closing things- The door, the refrigerator.."

"The liquor bottle." Richard finished for her and Lorelai chuckled as Rory, Harper, and her all looked at each other and smiled.

"Then it was Trina, then Sophia." Emily recalled them.

"I liked Sophia." Richard pointed at Emily.

"You did not."

"I didn't?"

"She was the one who sang."

"That's right-- Terrible woman."

"And then after Sophia, we had Anton."

"That's right. Anton was the one I liked." Richard nodded his head.

"I'm sorry, Dad. How do you mix up Anton and Sophia?" Lorelai set her hand on the table.

"What do you mean?"

"One is a man, and one is a woman." 

"And your point being?"

"That one is a man and one is a woman." 

"I have a lot do in a day, Lorelai. I don't have to keep up with the multitudes of people your mother employs." Richard explained as Lorelai crossed her arms.

"But one is a man, and one is a woman." Lorelai continued as Rory and Harper sighed the maid came in dessert.

"The dinner was so wonderful, Mira." Harper smiled at her as she set dessert on the table.

"It's Sarah." The maid said.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Harper told her and she nodded her head walking away making her look over at Emily.

"Grandma, her name is Sarah." Harper told her as Emily looked down at the table.

"I thought she said Mira." Emily shook her head as Lorelai shook her head.

"Grandma, these plates are really pretty." Rory changed the subject.

"Thank you. they were your great-grandmother's." Emily smiled.

"Lorelai the first." Richard smiled bigger.

"I thought mom was the first." Harper set her arms on the table as Richard shook his head.

"Not in the name."

"No but in so many other things, I was a trailblazer. Just finishing your thought, Mom." Lorelai looked over at Emily who gave her a look.

"Lorelai the first was my mother. She was an extremely accomplished equestrian, a distinguished patron of the arts, and she was also world-famous for her masquerade balls. She was quite the woman, my mother." Richard explained to them.

"Yes, she was. Mira, cut the cake!" Emily rushed. 

"Yes, and why don't you bring Sarah out here with you?" Lorelai said smiling at her mother as Emily stared at her as Harper started chuckling which turned into a laugh making Lorelai and Rory laugh with her till Emily told them to be quite. 

Sarah came out and cut the cake as they continued to talk.

"So, Lorelai, how are things at that charming little inn of yours?" Emily asked.

"They're still charming and little. We're crossing our fingers it doesn't become rude and large." Lorelai smiled.

"Mom's having a huge wedding there this week." Rory spoke up.

"Really?"

"Yeah. There's people coming from all over the country." Lorelai smiled.

"Well, isn't that nice?" 

"Rory, Harper, how's Chilton?" Emily turned to the girls.

"Done with me now." Lorelai looked down at her plate.

"I'm sorry. Was there more?" Emily asked her.

"Uh, The girls have to pick a team sport to play." Lorelai looked over at them.

"It's a requirement." Rory nodded her head.

"Physical fitness is as important as intellectual fitness. So says Plato, and so say I." Richard told them nodding his head. 

"What sport are you going to pick?" Emily looked between the girls.

"I'm not sure. I'm not really the athletic type." Rory told her.

"I thinking of Track." Harper told her and Emily smiled at her.

"I told, Rory, to go out for the debating team." Lorelai said,

"That's not a sport."

"It is the way gilmore's play." Lorelai smiled as Emily gave her a look like she saw crazy.

"So what are all the choices?" Emily turned back to the girls.

"God, there's, like, a thousand of them-- basketball, lacrosse, swimming, track, golf." Rory named off some.

"Golf?" Emily asked.

"Yeah."

"Your grandfather is a golf player."

"He plays every week at the club. He could teach you to play like a pro." Emily said as Richard stared at her.

"Emily.."

"He could take you Sunday." 

"It's not something you can teach in an afternoon." Richard tried to explain.

"That's okay. Rory can pick something else." Lorelai smiled at Rory.

"Why should she pick something else? She needs to learn a sport, and Richard can teach her a sport. You can use your mother's old golf clubs. They're upstairs gathering dust along with the rest of her potential." Emily told Rory.

"What the hell?!" Harper stood up making Richard and Emily look at her like she saw crazy.

"Harper.." Lorelai tried to warn.

"She's your daughter for christ. Do you tell everyone you meet just how horrible and useless your daughter is?" Harper asked.

"Okay, Mom, could I maybe talk to you for a minute?" Lorelai asked. 

"For your information, young lady-" Emily tried to say.

"Don't young lady me, just cause your old." Harper told her as Lorelai stood up and grabbed Emily's arm dragging her away. 

Harper watched with a mad face as they walked away.

"Please sit down, Harper." Richard asked as Harper looked over at him with a beat red face.

"Harp-" Rory tried to say something before Harper threw her white napkin down on her plate and walking out of the kitchen.

She got her coat and walked out of the house. She walked to the bus station and caught the bus home. 

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The next morning Harper walked down the sidewalk heading towards Luke. Harper walked in walking up to the counter where Luke set down coffee. 

"How was last night's dinner?" Luke asked wiping down the counter before setting the towel on his shoulder.

"Same." Harper sighed taking a sip of her coffee.

"Hey, Harper." A voice said and Harper turned to see Theodore sitting down beside her. 

"Theodore, hey." Harper smiled at him as he looked up at Luke.

"Can I get a chocolate muffin, to go?" Theodore asked him and Luke nodded going to get it for him.

"How's your day been?" Theodore turned to her.

"Pretty good, how about you?"

"Good. I was, uh, wondering you wanna go out to Hartford tonight go to a nice restaurant?" Theodore asked her and she smiled.

"Yes, sounds great." Harper smiled as Luke set down Theodore's muffin in a bag.

"Thank you, bye." Theodore leaned down kissing her cheek before walking out. 

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After Harper called Lorelai and told she was going to Hartford with Theodore she got ready before hearing a knock on the door. She went downstairs seeing Theodore standing there with flowers.

"Aw, thank you. You didn't have too." Harper took the flowers and going into the house with Theodore following behind her. 

Harper filled a vase with water then cut the stems and put the flowers in it.

"Oh, my girl deserves the best." Theodore told her and she blushed at the nickname. 

"Come on." Harper grabbed his hand walking out of the house to the car. 

Theodore opened the door for her and she got and watched him walk around the car and get in the driver side.

"Ready?" He asked her

"Yep." She smiled and he pulled out of the drive way and drove to Hartford.

The drive there was filled with comfortable silence with some background music. Theodore pulled up to the restaurant and got out and handed his keys to the vallet then walked around the car opening Harper's door and closing it behind her as she looked up at the restaurant. 

"Wow! This is nice." Harper said as he grabbed her hand and they walked in as Harper continued to look around amazed.

"Reservation name?" The hostess asked when they walked up to the counter.

"Grant." Theodore told her and she grabbed to menu's

"Oh, Mr. Grant. Nice to see you here. Follow me." The hostess told them and brought to a table by the wall and set there Menu's down and walked away.

Theodore moved Harper's chair back for her and she sat down and he scooted her chair in. Theodore sat in the chair against the wall giving him a view of the whole restaurant. They sat quietly as they looked down at their menu's. After Harper figured out what she wanted she set her menu down looking around the place again.

"This is really nice of you, Theodore." Harper told him as he looked up from his menu and set it down in front of him. 

"Well, again, my girl deserves best." Theodore told her and she smiled at him. 

The waiter came back over getting their orders before walking away again. They spent the whole dinner getting to know each other more. Topics ranging from favorite color to their future's. The night ended with Theodore and Harper stood on her doorstep.

"I had a really good time tonight." Harper told him and he smiled at her.

"I'm glad, cause that's what I was aiming for. I don't know what I would do if you had the worst night ever." Theodore told her as she chuckled. 

As her chuckles died down it was silent as they both stared at each other before Theodore leaned down kissing her. Harper put her hands around his neck grabbing at his hair as Theodore put his hands on either side of her face. The front door light started to flick making them part before Lorelai opened the door coming out. 

"Hi, guys! How was your date?" She looked between the kids.

"It was great." Harper told her 

"Good." Lorelai smiled looking between them sticking her hands on her pocket.

"I better get home." Theodore said and leaned down kissing Harper's cheek.

"Bye, thanks for letting me take you out. Bye Lorelai." Theodore gave her a small wave before walking to his car. 

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Harper walked into the house the next day and saw Rory sitting at the table studying. Harper grabbed an apple from the basket in the middle of the table.

"Where's mom?" She asked her little sister.

"I don't know. You probably don't want to talk to her anyway, she'll try to compare boob sizes with you." Rory told her making Harper make a face.

"What?" Harper asked before Rory just shook her head making Harper turn and walk out of the kitchen. 

Later that day Harper was at the wedding her mother was having her Inn for the rich twins. Harper walked over to where she saw her sister and mother holding each other looking around at everyone. 

"Hey." Harper smiled at them sitting down beside them.

"Hi." Lorelai smiled wrapping her free arm around Harper and bringing her in too. 

"I'm so thankful for you sweet girls." Lorelai told them and they all smiled.

Later in the night Rory rung the doorbell of Richard and Emily's house as Lorelai held a big white box.

"Oh, good, your here." Emily opened the door letting them in.

"Hi, grandma." Both Rory and Harper both smiled as they walked in. 

"My goodness. What's that?" Emily smiled looking at the box in Lorelai's hand.

"I brought dessert." Lorelai handed it to her.

"Really? How thoughtful. What is it?" Emily asked

"Blueberry shortcake." 

"I've never heard of Blueberry shortcake." Emily said opening the box and looking at it.

"Yeah, its a Stars Hollow specialty." Lorelai told her.

"Why is it already cut?"

"It's left over... from the wedding...at the Inn." Lorelai smiled at Emily looked at her.

"Yes, I know where the wedding was."

"Sorry. You were just doing the staring thing."

"You brought us used dessert?"

"It's not used. It's left over."

"How nice. I'll just put it in the kitchen next to my half-empty box of cheer." Emily said walking away and they followed after her.

"She's in a good mood tonight." Lorelai whispered to them 

"Can i get you a drink?" Emily asked giving the box to the maid.

"Uh, white wine would be great." Lorelai told her.

"Coke." Rory said.

"Red wine." Harper said.

"So, Lorelai, did Rory tell you all about the wonderful time she had at the club?" Emily asked as they walked into the living room and sat down as Emily got their drinks.

"She sure did."

"Your father was simply flying all week.She really charmed him." 

"Aw. Well, if anybody could, it would be her."

"In this age of MTV and 100 channels, who would have imagined that a young girl could still get a thrill spending a simple afternoon with her grandfather?" Emily continued.

"That wine would be real good right now." Lorelai smiled.

"I second that." Harper spoke up.

"I think we should get her a membership, don't you?" 

"If she wants-- sure."

"To have a place to socialize-- thats important to a young girl."

"Now that the crack den has closed down on the corner, all her really good friends are gone. What do you think, mom, should I pursue the career in comedy?" Lorelai asked as Emily gave her a look.

"It's just very interesting the way things turn out, isn't it?" Emily smiled as Lorelai sighed and Richard walked in.

"You're here. Lorelai..Harper." 

"Dad."

"Grandpa."

"Rory, I have a surprise. Not only did I find that copy of Mencken's Chrestomathy we discussed, I also found a first edition of his memoirs as well." Richard told her.

"You're kidding." Rory sat up.

"It's in my office if you wanna see them." 

"Oh, my, god! I totally would!" Rory stood up walking away with them as Emily came and gave Harper and Lorelai their drinks.

"I'd like to take a look at those myself." Emily said and walked after them leaving Lorelai and Harper sitting there. 

They looked at each other before sighing and take a drink of there wine. 

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Chapter 3

They watched as Suyin looked around for the sub. Eventually she found it, sat down on the ocean floor.

"Oh. There it is." She said and they all looked up at the camera seeing the red sub. 

"I've got visual on the Origin. I can see most of it." Suyin said

"Okay. They're alive." Jaxx smiled.

"I'm going to set up to tow." Suyin told them.

"Range to target. Six meters. Four meters. Target locked." They heard the computer.

"Firing magnetic hook. Three. Two." They heard her say before a bunch of commotion.

"Suyin? Are you okay? What's happening?" Heller asked

"There is something down here. Something just hit my ship." They heard her say then it was quite for a moment before they heard her yell.

"Suyin, What's happening?" Mac asked

"It's a huge squid. It's got the glider." 

"Warning: Capsule Presser."

"Mac, it's crushing me! It's crushing me!I don't think the glider can take it."

"It's not gonna hold." Jaxx spoke up.

"Suyin, engage, the pressure compensator." 

"Compensator will not engage."

"Capsule breach in 10 seconds."

"Capsule breach in 5 seconds."

Suddenly all warnings stopped going off. 

"My god! It's a shark. It's like 20, 25 meters." Suyin said 

"Its a megalodon." Jonas said.

"Impossible." Suyin said as Jonas looked up at the camera.

"I'm so glad I'm not crazy." Jonas said.

"Suyin, power down. It's drawn to the light. Shut everything down and stay dark." Harper said

"Shut down in 30 seconds."

"Shutting down everything but comms." Suyin said then a warning started going off.

"It's circling back. Here it comes, Suyin." Jonas said.

"Shutdown in 25 seconds."

"Suyin, there's not time. Turn off your lights." Jonas said

"Shutdown in 20 seconds." 

"Turn them off. Now." Jonas told her.

"Shutdown in 15 seconds."

"Mac, I have no control." Suyin tried pressing all the buttons.

"Hurry." Jonas said.

"Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One." 

They were waiting for anything, but nothing happen. Jonas started releasing flares distracting the shark. 

"Now's your chance. Blow your tanks." Jonas told her.

"No. I can help you save the crew." 

"Your glider's damaged. There's nothing you can do. Blow your tanks now."

"Damn it." Suyin said then blew her tanks.

"Doctor Zhang, your daughters clear. I'm heading for the origin now." Jonas told them 

(Everyone one at Mana One can not here or see anything that happens after this)

Jonas approached the Origin and connected their subs.

"Water extraction complete."

Jonas open his hatch to see the other hatch damaged. Jonas work to get it open. Jonas smile when they opened their hatch.

"Tell me this isn't the worlds best I told you so." Jonas said

"You came all the way here just to tell me that, didn't you?" Lori said.

"Pretty much. Give me your hand." Jonas reached out and grabbed her hand pulling her up as he pulled her up he saw a screwdriver in her stomach.

"Ah, that doesn't look good. Ready? One, two, three." Jonas pulled her the rest of the way in when he heard beepings.

"She's coming. Let's move." Jonas said

"If that thing hits us while were still attached..." Lori said.

"Then we're all gonna die." Jonas told her.

Come on, I've got you." Jonas reached out for the next person.

It's gonna be close. Come on, move, move!" Jonas yelled.

"Go!Go!Go!." The guy behind the girl yelled.

"We're not gonna make it." The guy yelled.

"Toshi, hury!" The guy yelled.

They heard the hatch close.

"Toshi, no! The guy yelled trying to get to him. The sub shot off. 

"Come in, Evolution. Jonas, come in. Are you all okay? Doctor has vitals on Lori and The Wall, but we don't have Toshi. Is Toshi okay? Jonas, is Toshia okay?" Mac kept asked until someone finally answered explaining what happen.

When the sub came back up they helped get everyone out. Harper walked out when they were bringing Lori out on a stretcher. The Wall came out and handed a piece of paper to Dr. Zhang. Jonas came out when Suyin walked over.

"You couldn't bring Toshi back?" Suyin asked and Jonas blew out a breath and shook his head.

"Why not?"

"He closed the hatch. He saved us." Jonas told her.

"You left him." Suyin said and Jonas just looked at her before turning to walk away.

"You left him because that's who you are. You are the guy who leaves people behind." Suyin followed him.

"You go that deep, you take your life in your hands. It was your choice to send them down." Jonas told her and she just stared at him as Jonas looked up at Mac.

"This is why I don't do this anymore, Mac." Jonas told him before looking at Suyin one more time before walking away.

Jonas walked past Harper who stood their looking at the ground with her hands in her sweatpants pockets. She followed her father to the medbay where Lori laid sleeping, Heller standing by her bed with a check list.

"How is she?" Jonas asked leaning against the doorway.

"Well, the picture just missed her liver. She lost a lot of blood. But she's stable." Heller said walking over and both men just stared at each other. Jonas turned and started to walk away.

"Jonas. I'm sorry. I was wrong." Heller told her.

"You save Lori, we call it even." Jonas told him and he nodded his head. Jonas turned and walked away and Heller walked back into the room.

"So, she's going to be okay?" Harper asked him and he turned to her.

"She's be good as new here soon." He told her and she nodded and stood from her chair and walked out.

Harper went to her room and showered. She stood there as the water poured on her head as thought poured into her head. Ever since her and Jonas left 5 years ago their strong bond slowly faded more and more. It was near extinction now. They're relationship just got worse and worse as she grew, but her father had never really yelled at her like he did on the sub. She just wanted to go with him. If he was going to go out and possible die she was going to do it. She doesn't think she'll live without him. Though all they gave each other the past few days was attitude and disrespect she obviously still cared for her father and if he wasn't in this world she doesn't know what she would do with herself. 

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Chapter 2

They were sat in the medical bay as Heller checked Jonas's blood pressure. Both men just stared at each other.

"He's in perfect shape." Heller told Dr.Zhang.

"Just like the last time you examined me." Jonas said as Mac walked in.

"Suyin took a glider 15 minutes ago. She's planing on taking the Origin back up." Mac said and Jonas took the blood pressure checker off.

"Take me to the sub." Jonas said standing up.

"We're not done here." Heller told him.

"Yeah, we are. Lori's running out of air, and we're in international waters, which means legally I can beat the ever-loving shit out of you and get away with it." Jonas told him and he looked over at Mac.

"It's true." Mac nodded his head and Dr.Zhang looked at him, "Legally, I mean." Mac said.

"Good thing he doesn't hold a grudge." Mac said as they walked out. 

Harper walked off without them and she went to the sub, before she got in she saw that captn bubbles on be written on top. She smiled as she crawled in. When she got in she saw a little girl playing in the captain chair.

"Hey." She said walking over.

"Hey." The girl smiled

"I'm,um, Jonas Taylor's daughter, Harper." Harper told her 

"The crazy guy." The girl said and chuckled with the nod of her head. 

Their was two bags dropped in from the hatch and then in came Jonas. He didn't notice them at first until he turned the lights on and looked over.

"Hello, Skipper." Jonas said.

"You must the crazy guy, her dad." The girl pointed at Harper.

"Now who called me that?" He asked as he opened his bag.

"My mom. Doctor Heller." 

"Yeah, well, I'm not crazy. I've just seen things no one else has." Jonas told her.

"That's the definition of crazy." the girl told him making him chuckle.

"backup power. backup power." Jonas repeated to himself as he looked around for it when the girl leaned over and hit a button.

"So where are your parents?" Jonas asked

"My mom's trying to bring our friends back from the bottom of the ocean. My dad's with a Pilates instructor in Taipei. Granddad says mom needs to move on, but Mom says she needs more time because she was married to an a-hole." The girl told them.

"Sounds like your mom's got a point." Jonas said before walking over to her, "You know a lot."

"8 year olds hear everything." She told him making him chuckle.

"Mind if I give it a try?" Jonas pointed to the seat and she stood up as he turned her chair around. 

"Bye." She said as he sat down in the chair. She started to go up the latter when she stopped.

"Hey, crazy. Is my mom gonna die?" She asked

"I'll have Captain Bubbles and your mom back in no time. I promise." He told her and she smiled and climbed the latter.

"Alright, Harper." Jonas looked at her.

"Let me go with you." Harper told him and he shook his head.

"No, I'm not risking your life." Jonas told her and she sighed.

"Please, Dad, nothing's gonna happen to me." Harper told him.

"How are you so sure, can you predict the future?" Jonas asked her.

"No, but-."

"No buts. I don't care. You're not coming." Jonas told her.

"Dad, please. I'll be fine." Harper tried to tell him.

"No, Harper. Leave." He pointed to the stairs. 

"Dad, p-."

"No, end of conversation. Get out. NOW!" He yelled at her and she turned and went up the latter.  She went into the the room with all the camera and controls where Mac gave her a ear bud so she could listen. 

"DJ?" Mac pointed at a guy with glasses.

"Yeah." DJ gave a thumbs up.

"Jaxx, we good?" Mac asked the girl from earlier and she gave him a smile.

"Doc?" Mac asked Heller and he nodded his head.

"Evolution, we are go for dive." Mac said and they watch Jonas turned to the window in front of him to see out at the ocean.

"Fancy." He said as they lowered the sub into the water.

"System got for descend. System got for descend." The computer said twice and Jonas didn't go yet. Harper watched as her father stared down at the water. 

"Hey, brother. We're good to go." Mac told him.

"System go for descend. System got for descend." 

"Jonas." Mac said as Heller looked over at Mac.

"System go for descend."  Jonas sent the sub down finally and everyone let out the breath they were holding.  He turned in his chair as they sub descended farther and farther down. He started to connect wires.

"Evolution now passing 1,000 meters." The computer said.

"Caution. Evolution secondary systems offline." 

"How is he descending so fast?" Dr. Zhang asked as he looked at the computer in front of Jaxx.

"Looks like he's diverted all nonessential power like heat and life support to the motors." Jaxx said told him.

"He's gonna black out." Dr. Heller said looking over at Mac. Mac and Harper walked over to the computer and Heller pointed to the screen.

"His blood gases are dropping." Heller told them and Mac looked up at the camera that was pointed at the Jonas in the sub.

"Jonas." Mac said

"Tell Heller, I'm not slowing down." Jonas told him and Mac smiled patting his shoulder and him and Harper walked back to where they were standing.

"Suyin, be advised. Evolution is being now en route. Request to return to Mana one immediately." Mac said sitting on the edge of a table, taking his glasses off and cleaning them.

"Negative. He can give us an escort on our way up." Suyin said

"Tell her to get out of the way, Mac. More people means more risk and she's in way over her head." Jonas spoke up.

"Jonas, you just told her yourself." Mac told him

"What?"

"The little green button on your intercom, that's for single channel communication." 

"Brilliant."

"Entering Thermocline." Suyin said.

"Okay, Mac. I am through." Suyin said.

"Warning: Pressure load approaching 16,000 psi." They heard the computer on Jonas's sub.

Harper watched her father trying to pop his ears. He reached up and cupped his nose. When he brought his hand back down it was covered in blood. 

"Dad, you okay?" Harper asked and he looked at the camera and nodded his head.

"At this speed, I'm gonna have to divert power from the heaters and shut down anything that could ice over. Call you from the other side." Jonas said and then they disconnected. 

"You got wi-fi here?" The guy who pays for everything here asked making Harper looked over and him and roll her eyes.

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The Meg Masterlist

Harper Taylor. Jonas Taylor 12 year old daughter. Harper is just like her father. She looks just like him, but instead of having hazel eyes like her father, she has blue like her mother. After giving birth to Harper her mother ran off leaving Harper with Jonas. Harper love the ocean. She very smart. She loves to study about all the animal that live in the sea. Even the instinct ones.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

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Chapter 1

Harper was set on the deck as her feet hung over the water. She looked back her father who had a beer in his hand and his hat over his face. Harper sighed. 5 years ago they're life was different. Her dad was out saving people in the bottom of the ocean. Now they were in Thailand and all her father does is drink all day. As she looked out on the water she heard yelling and looked over at the dock where her father stood with a guy arguing, about his boat again. 

Harper looked back out the mucky water before she heard her father yelling her name.

"Harper! Come on!" Jonas yelled and she stood up putting her sandals back on before walking over where he was sat on his bike. 

Harper got on the bike and Jonas drove home. They turned off the dirt road onto the road when Jonas stopped. Harper looked ahead and saw a helicopter at the end of the road. She smiled as Jonas pulled up to their house. They went inside and before they even got around Harper spoke.

"Mac!" She smiled brightly coming around the corner and hugging him.

"Heyy!" He smiled putting his arms around her.

"Wow, your so much more grown up now." He said as Jonas came around the corner looking at his daughter than at Mac. 

"Now this is shaping up to be an eventful Tuesday morning." Jonas said as Harper let go of Mac.

"You know I like to make an entrance." Mac said smiling.

"Hell, Mac, after 5 years, just showing up is making an entrance." Jonas told him Mac walked over.

"What? Your living above a bar? Really? With Harper?" Mac scratched his neck

"Figured it was the only way to get you to come visit." Jonas told him before Mac made a face. They both laughed and hugged.

"Jonas, allow me to introduce-." Mac tried to tell him.

"Its an honor to meet you, Doctor Zhang. Always had a tremendous respect for your work." Jonas shook the other guys hand.

"You're very kind, Mr. Taylor." Zhang said to him.

"Yeah,no, I'm not. You're a good man. Hey, can I offer either of you two a beer? Cause I'm gonna have a beer. Harper go to your room." Jonas told his daughter.

"But-" Harper tried to get out of it.

"Harper." Jonas said sternly and she gave him a dirty look. 

She walked to the front door and walked out slamming the door behind her. She walked through the bar and walked outside. She walked to the docks at the end of the road. She took her sandals off and sat down letting her feet hang above the water. She pulled out her phone and looked down at the photo on her lock screen. 

The photo was her in the middle. Heller on her left side and Mac on her other side. She opened her phone and another photo of her home screen popped up. This photo was Jonas in a wet suit, with Harper, who was 5 years old in the picture, in a wet suit, and they were sat on top of  a submarine that hadn't gone under yet. The sunset was right there, the water was blue, and Jonas and Harper were both happy as could be with big smiles on her face. 

"Harper!" She heard her name called and and looked up to see her father with his head out the window waving her over. 

She rolled her eyes and shoved her phone in her pocket. She stood up and put her shoes on. She walked through the bar and upstairs. She walked through the door and came around the corner to see Mac and Dr. Zhang sitting on the couch. They both smiled at her. She walked to her fathers room where he was packing a bag.

"Pack a bag. We're going back." He looked at her and she smiled big.

She ran to her room and back clothes and necessities. 

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They got off the plane when it landed and a girl and some guy came over to talk to Dr.Zhang. 

"Sir, we've got a problem." the girl said.

"Its your daughter." The guy said.

"She took a glider to try and save them." The girl said 

"Why did you let her go." Dr.Zhang asked as they went down the stairs.

"Trust me, I didn't let her do anything." The girl told him.

"I was sort of under the impression you're suppose to try and save people who are dying on the bottom of the ocean." The guy said making Jonas and Harper both look at him.

"Who's he?" Jonas asked Mac.

"I'm the guy who paid for all this." The guy told him and Jonas and Harper both just stared at him.

"Uh-huh." Jonas said

"You know, he looks heroic, he walks fast, but he's kind of got a negative attitude." The guy said as the stepped into the elevator and Harper looked at the guy like he was the weirdest person she's ever met. 

"What's the window?" Jonas asked as the doors closed.

"It'll be close." The girl said

"Who are you?" Jonas asked.

"I'm the one that designed all this."

"So my life's in your hands?"

"Pretty much. That a problem?"

"Nah. You look like you might actually know what you're doing."

The door opened on the elevator.

"Dive control level." The computer spoke.

They all went to walk out when Dr.Zhang stopped Jonas and Harper.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Mac, have Doctor Heller meet us in the medical bay." Dr.Zhang told Mac.

"Heller?" Jonas asked 

"Did I not mention that?" Mac asked as the doors closed again.

"You mother-" Jonas was cut off by the doors closing.