Booth stood outside Brennan's door it had been four years since he was last here he didn't know why he was there, he didn't even know if he should be there, but he was willing to take the chance. Booth knocked and waited, Brennan appeared a few seconds later with a baby in her arms. "Booth!"
"Bones, you- I guess I'll be going…"
Brennan grabbed Booth's arm, "Booth wait let me put Lilly to bed and we can talk."
"I don't want to interrupt."
"You're not. Go sit down, I'll be out in a few minutes."
Booth started to refuse, but something in Brennan's eyes told him to stay.
"Okay."
Brennan returned ten minutes later, and took a seat next to Booth.
"It's good to see you again Booth, I can tell by your face that it isn't good."
"No, it's not, Mom died a month ago."
"I'm so sorry Booth."Brennan hugged him.
"Thanks Bones, we had a good 3 ½ years together, Jared was there for the last three months. Things got resolved and said that needed to be, it was good. Now, who is the baby you just put in bed?"
"That was Lilly, my daughter, I met someone shortly after you left we got married, two years later and he divorced me, five months before Lily was born, John doesn't even know about her one day he decided he didn't want to be a husband let alone a father . For the last 4 months it's just been me and Lilly."
"I'm Sorry Bones." Booth put an arm around Brennan's shoulders, she leaned into him.
"It's fine Booth, I have Lilly and everyone at the lab, and I'm okay. Are you back for good or are you going back to Philly?"
"I'm here, Jared took the house for a home base between assignments, he's got another three months in Germany then he's coming back till they need him somewhere. I'm reporting to Cullen on Monday, are you still working for the FBI?"
"Yes, and I'd like to be your partner, but things can't go back to how they were before, at least not right away. I'm still getting use to being somebody's mom."
"That's fine Bones I can wait, it took us four years the first time what's a few more?'
When he didn't get a reply, Booth looked down, Brennan was asleep. Booth smiled she probably hadn't slept much in the last four months, and him coming home probably gave her peace. Booth picked her up and carried her to her bedroom and checked on Lilly on the way back, then he made himself comfortable on the couch, he didn't know why he stayed the night, it just felt right.
