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Bones: "Middle of Nowhere" Scene 3
Format: Script
(Commercials stop. Scene fades in from black. Camera shot of the Squint Squad unpacking the camping equipment from the trunk of the car.)
Brennan is wearing a white blouse with blue jeans and is sporting a tiny silver dolphin necklace. Booth has on a black AC/DC t-shirt with blue Wrangler jeans and he is sporting some light brown aviators shades to protect his eyes from the blazing sun. Angela is wearing a flowery blouse with blue jeans and is wearing a set of white pearl necklace that Hodgins gave her. Hodgins is wearing a blue polo and a beige khakis with sandals. Zack is wearing a suit in 80 degree weather…for whatever reason.
(Brennan is having trouble lifting the cooler out of the truck. In the background, Angela and Hodgins are setting up the tents. Booth is ordering Zack to get some firewood with Parker before nightfall. Booth sees Brennan struggling and is walking up towards her.)
Booth: Need some help Bones?
Bones: No, I don ‘t. I can do it myself.
Booth (chuckles): Doesn’t look like you can.
Bones (angrily): Here, You want to do it? Be my guest.
(Booth cracks his knuckles.)
Booth (straining from the weight of the cooler): Did I offend you Bones?
Bones: I don’t get it….
Booth: Don’t get what?
Bones: Why you’re so bossy all the time….
Booth (smiling): Isn’t it obvious? I spend most of my time around people that don’t speak English.
Bones (grinning): Are you saying you’re intimidated Booth?
Booth (defiant): Who me? No way! I’m not intimidated by a couple of….Squints…
(Angela and Jack finish setting up the tent. They overheard Bones and Booth bickering.)
Angela (disgusted): Look at them.
Jack (smiles): I’m glad we’re not like them.
(Jack moves closer to give Angela a kiss. His hand touches Angela’s hips and moves upward on her back.)
Angela: Hmmmm…I love it when you talk dirty.
(Camera close-up on Angela and Jack’s kissing and Booth and Brennan seemed to have made up their differences for now in the background. Camera shot of that and we see the lake nearby, the water starts to glow and the whole moment eventually glowed out. The moment is quickly replaced by a night shot and the Squint Squad and Parker are having a good time near the bonfire.)
Booth and Brennan are sitting next to each other on those portable camping chairs. Angela and Parker are singing around the camp-fire. Zack is roasting marshmallows with Jack.
Jack: For someone who’s a genius, you’re having a hard time of not burning your marshmallows. You do know they’re supposed to be edible?
Zack(annoyed, doesn’t know Jack is joking): If I can just figure out the intensity of the fire, then I will know the perfect time of when to rotate my marshmallow.
(Cut to Angela and Parker. They are both sitting on a log and are roasting marshmallows. Long silence until Angela tries to make a conversation.)
Angela: So….Parker…what do you want to be when you grow up?
Parker: I don’t know….
(Silence.)
Parker: Maybe what you do auntie Angie.
Angela (surprised): Me???
Parker: Yeah, drawing people’s faces.
(Booth and Brennan are nearby and they hear Parker’s response.)
Bones(chuckles): Your kid wants to be a squint.
Booth: I heard.
Bones: Don’t you have something against squints?
Booth: You know, Bones…things change…
Booth (sighs): If that’s what Parker wants to do, then it’s his life to….you know……choose what he wants to be.
(Bones and Booth looks at each other with those deep watery eyes.)
Bones: Are you speaking from experience?
(Booth picks up a rock and skips it down the lake.)
Booth: Heh….
Booth (softly): You know, when I was 18, Bones….I signed up to be an army ranger…my father….he never approved of my life choices…even with my choice of joining the bureau.
Bones: Do you ever talk to your father?
Booth: We lost touch a…..few years back.
(Silence follows. Cicadas and cricket sounds are in the background.)
Booth: So…ah……How are things with you and your father?
Bones: I’ve seen him lately…We talked…..mainly about my mother…
Booth: Hmm…that’s good that you’re talking with him…..
(After Booth says this, he puts his hand on Brennan’s shoulder. Brennan is still thinking about something.)
Booth: It’s good for the soul Bones….
Bones: You know I don’t believe in any of that.
Booth: You have to believe in something Bones….
Booth: I’m going to go to sleep.
(Brennan looks up at Booth at a slight angle.)
Bones: Good-Night Booth.
(Booth has already started walking to the tents, but waves his hand. He notices there are only three tents. Cut to Angela and Parker laughing.)
Angela: There. The S’mores are done.
(Angela chuckles. Parker speaks with his mouth full.)
Parker: hmm…they’re so chocolate-ly and marshmallow-ly.
Angela (laughs): Here, you got something on your face sweetie.
(Angela grabs a napkin nearby and wipes Parker’s face; which, is covered in chocolate. As she is doing this, Booth storms up walking to Angela. Angela sees this.)
Angela: Ut oh…looks like we got trouble…
(Angela quickly defends herself.)
Angela: Hey, if your kid wasn’t suppose to have chocolate, I didn’t know. He never told me.
Booth: Look, It’s not that.
(Booth points to the tents.)
Booth: Am I imagining things? I only see three tents.
Angela (grins): Good job! You can count.
Booth: Where am I suppose to sleep?
Angela: With Brennan….
(Booth looks at her angrily. Angela is enjoying this, but she wipes the smirk off her face as soon as she sees Brennan walking up to them.)
Booth(to Brennan): She said there were enough tents from the Jeffersonian.
Angela: Well, I lied.
(Brennan out-raged)
Bones: You what???
Angela: Hey, this is for your own good, honey.
Bones: Ange!! Booth and I are partners.
Angela: yeah sweetie, but you’re also partners in a love relationship. It’s obvious that you guys need to work some “issues” out.
Booth: Who’s idea was it to go camping anyway?
Angela: Mine.
Bones: Ange!! You told me it was Hodgin’s idea.
Booth: Yeah and she lied….Again!!!
Booth (frustrated): Unbelievable!
Bones: Can’t I share a tent with you Ange?
Angela(smirking): Nope, sorry! I’m taken by this cutie here.
(Angela points to Parker. Jack and Zack are apparently eavesdropping. They notice Brennan looking at one of them.)
Zack: I-I-I’ll share a…..
Jack: Nope, sorry! Zack is sharing a tent with me!
Zack (puzzled): I am?
Jack: Remember? Male-bonding.
Zack: Sorry Dr. Brennan….
Bones (sigh): It’s okay Zack. It’s not your fault.
(Brennan gives Angela a look.)
Angela: Hey! Look, Why don’t we all just go to sleep and forget about this? We have to get up early to hike tomorrow.
(Parker suddenly speaks up.)
Parker (glee): Dr. Brennan is sleeping with my daddy!!
(Parker says this repeatedly in a child-like sing-song voice. Everyone, except Booth and Brennan, laughs. Booth and Brennan are walking away toward their tent, but they leave muttering comments about Angela and the camping trip under their breath. Everyone else retires to their tents a little bit later. Cut to the inside of Booth and Brennan’s tent.)
The inside of the tent has two very simple blue sleeping bags and Brennan’s beige knapsack is next to Booth’s odd green-colored camping bag. The tent is not very wide.
(Booth is heavily snoring. Brennan is trying to sleep over Booth’s heavy snoring. She covers her ears with the pillow, hoping to minimize the sound of Booth’s snores.)
Bones: Booth……
(No response. Brennan tries again, only louder.)
Bones: Booth!!!!
(No response. She tries repeatedly, but all her attempts are futile because Booth has fallen fast asleep. She will have to cope with the pillow trick. She drifts off to sleep several hours later not realizing she is cuddling closer to Booth with her hands on Booth’s chest. Scene fades out to black. Cue the commercials.)
EXTRA!!! EXTRA!!!!(comments I wrote for each moment in order in my notebook.)
*Booth is clearly the alpha-male in this scenario(as always on BONES)
*Yes siree, the whole crew(except Cam, hate her) will be roughing it. What could possibly go wrong?
*Hey! Got to keep it PG-13 ^.^.
*I feel like I should cue the song “Talk dirty to me” by Poison.
*I can just imagine this scene on television and what it would sound like…the great acting that is TJ Thyne.
*Oooooo, I love it when Zack talks technical.
*Haha, loving Angela at the moment.
*Hey Booth! No sense in denying your love for Bones hehe. After all, you two are already in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship.
*Relax, there won’t be no “Brokeback Mountain” thing going on in this story…or maybe there will be in a sequel…^.^.
*That’s all for this scene. I bet I got you wondering what’s going to happen next and what will go wrong on the hike…hmmmm should be a lot of fun to write the next scene.
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