Rating PG at the moment

Summary: A skeleton is found in Washington DC, and it is linked to a missing woman who had vanished, Las Vegas had found three of the four roommates and the last one had vanished until now so the Las Vegas crime lab have to work together with Special Agent Seeley Booth and Dr Temperance Brennan.

Disclaimer: CSI do not belong to me I am poor and not going to make any money from this, neither does Bones. You know the usual gumf

N/B I know that all Grissom and is crew wouldn’t go to Washington but just like my last crossover I wanted all of the characters to interact and as per usual it is my story so tough LOL.

Special Agent Seeley Booth raised his long lean legs and placed them onto the desk in front of him, he crossed his arms behind his head as he relaxed on the chair, his lids covering his deep brown eyes and a smile on his face.

“Get your feet of my desk, get out of my chair and my office, in that order.” A feminine voice said calmly but full of authority.

Booth couldn’t help himself his smile got bigger and it took years of his face, he didn’t move but he did think about the woman whose voice it was Dr Temperance Brennan. It still amazed him how well they worked together, originally he had said yes so she would work with him on that one case but as it turned out they actually worked really well together and he had to admit that he now got more interesting cases because of her because she kept telling the FBI that she would only work with him. Booth felt his ego swell at the other agent’s faces when cases where passed out, every single one of them would love to work with the opinionated doctor but she wouldn’t work with them and plus she was a famous author as well.

But as it turned out they were actually a great team and that also did include her little group of squints, his instincts and her brains it was a hell of a combination and yes they argued a lot most of the time it was about the case but sometimes it did fall onto personal things, with him going on his guts and her knowledge they would finally get to the truth which she had an obsession about. Bones really was the best partner he had ever had, well before her he was generally a ‘never played well with others’ kind of guy but there was just something about her. She could take care of herself there was not doubt about that and even going into dangerous situations she would ignore what he said to her which annoyed him but that was mainly because he was worried about her safety and there was no way in hell that he was going to get her a gun the good Doctor was dangerous all on her own without carrying a weapon.

“Out Booth and I can’t help you because I have a lot of other skeletons to look at.” The slender brunette muttered as she pushed his feet of her desk.

Dr Temperance Brennan stood there with her hands on her hips glaring at the FBI Agent, the annoying thing was that no matter how many times she said no he either gave her a really interesting case or he would go to her boss Dr Goodman and persuade him to say yes by pointing out how it would make them look but this time she was determined no meant no!

“Bones, bones, bones. When will you learn that when it comes to you working on a case with me I get my way.” Booth’s grin turned into a smirk.

“Well the good Dr Goodman said yes.” Booth looked at her triumphantly knowing that he had won and that at some point he would pay for it.

Her shoulders sagged with defeat she couldn’t go against her boss but she would speak to him about this, again.

The graveyard shift team looked up suddenly as their supervisor rushed into the room.

“Do you remember the three bodies of those roommates and one that we never found?” Grissom asked as he looked around the room and watched as they all nodded. “Well her skeletal remains have been found in Washington so we are going to work with the FBI on this.”

“Do we know who we are working with?” Sara asked looking forward to getting out of Las Vegas for a case.

“Special Agent Seeley Booth and Dr Temperance Brennan.” Grissom answered he was looking forward to meeting the Doctor she was the foremost expert as a forensic anthropologist and if anyone could find anything from that skeleton it would be her. “Go home and pack people we are leaving in two hours.”

Chapter 2

Catherine Willows arrived back with case in hand, she hated to go away suddenly it meant that she spent less time with Lindsey but she did have a job to do and it was one that she loved. The elegant strawberry blonde walked into Grissom’s office and watched her old friend as he stared, totally engrossed in the file that lay in front of him. She smiled as she watched him. Catherine could feel the feelings that she felt for this man start to come to the surface but she forced them back down before she said something she regretted like telling him she loved him.

“Interesting is it?” Catherine asked.

Grissom looked up at her and grinned, it was a new puzzle and his eyes twinkled with excitement, it took years of his face, it made him look boyish once more. Catherine could see the young man he once was.

“Well it would be nice to have the final piece of the jigsaw puzzle just to have the complete picture and this woman is the most important piece, she is going to have all the answers.” Grissom said.

“We hope that she is going to have the rest of the pieces.” Catherine said with a laugh.

Grissom sat there and felt the tingle run down his spine at the sound of the musical sound of her laughter, how he wanted to pull her into his arms and just kiss her and try to wipe away all the hurt and pain that she had been through, to make her forget about Eddie, he wanted to help her raise Lindsey into an amazing young woman that he knew she would be, but that was his dream which he didn’t do often, he was a man who lived amongst evidence, what was real, what he could touch and the one thing about Catherine was that she was so very touchable.

Their eyes met, a smile on their faces, and laughter in their voices, but the laughter and smile faded as they stared at each other, everything around them dissolved like a painting being washed away by the rain and there was nothing in existence but them and this moment.

Grissom stood and to Catherine it seemed to be in slow motion, she knew deep down that he was going to kiss her and her heart started to pound, she wanted this more than anything. A spell seemed to be weaving around them drawing them together, wrapping around and around until neither of them could escape, but freeing themselves of this bond was the last thing on their minds and then it suddenly was broken, like smoke disappearing in the air when a voice spoke and the chain pulling them together broke, it shattered into a million pieces.

“Hey Grissom who else has arrived?” Sara Sidle asked as she walked into the office unaware of what she had interrupted.

“Just you and Catherine so far.” Grissom answered suddenly looking down at his desk hiding the hurt in his eyes as another piece of his heart broke away, there wasn’t much of it left and every time they got close but nothing came of it, a little piece was died and to him it felt like a stabbing pain in his chest.

Catherine wanted to scream and shout, she wanted to push Sara out of the door and slam it shut and kiss him, she wanted to finally go into the next stage of their relationship, the one that they both deserved, the one that she craved, it was an addiction to her, he was an addiction one that she couldn’t give up, one that she didn’t want to.

Sara smiled at him, it lit up her face and Catherine sighed mentally. Women seemed to fall at his feet and he never seemed to notice, why would it change just because it was her, they had been friends for so long he probably never thought of her in that way.

“Shall we go and see if any of the others headed straight to the break room.” Sara asked excitedly she was looking forward to this and maybe if they were out of Las Vegas she could get closer to Grissom and there was only one way to find out.

Jeffersonian, Washington

Dr Goodman walked in followed by a group of people.

“Dr Brennan, the crime scene investigators are here.” He called out in his deep resonant voice.

TBC