A/N- So my first fanfiction for Bonesis a tear-jerker. Usually the ones that I write revolve around B/B, but this one came to me as I was listening to my "House & Wilson 4EVA" playlist. (Don't ask...)
Summary- Going against his better judgement, Max Keenan comes out of hiding to attend his daughter's wedding. Will that mistake end up costing him his life?
*Inspired by a medley of Tim McGraw hits =3
"So...will you come?"
"To my daughter's wedding?" He leaned back in his chair and switched the phone to his other ear. "Well..."
"Come on, Max. She wants you to be there to give her away. You're her father," he reminded the man. He winked at the anxious woman in front of him.
"Is she there?"
"Yeah."
"Put her on."
He handed the phone to her and smiled. She smiled back as she put the phone to her ear. "Dad?"
"Tempe, why are you marrying the man who arrested me?"
"Because...I love him." She held her partner's hand, slowly intertwining their fingers. "And he loves me too."
"...Oh alright. When do you want me there?"
"The rehearsal dinner is in two weeks."
"Okay, okay. And how is all of this being paid for?"
"We're using the money I have saved from my books." She smiled. "Don't worry about anything, we just want you to be here."
"Is Russ coming?"
"Yes. There are a lot of people coming."
"It's no surprise. They've been waiting for years for you two to get hooked up." He yawned. "Well, I'm gonna go. I'm old, and I need my sleep."
"You're not old, Dad." She smiled again, supressing a laugh. "Okay. I love you."
"Good night, Dad!" Booth said into the phone.
"Well there's something I'll have to get used to," he said, chuckling. "I love you too, Tempe."
"Do you think he'll come?" Booth asked after they had hung up.
"My father may be a criminal, but he is always true to his word." She opened a drawer and began rummaging through it.
"Wow...so this is really happening," he said. He smiled happily as he pulled the covers up to his waist. He looked at the woman he had fallen for many years ago and smiled as if it was all a dream. For a moment, as he watched her change into a silk nightgown, he wondered what he had done in his life to deserve her. Though he came up with nothing, there she was, sitting on the other side of the bed. He crawled across to her and began gently massaging her back. "You're tense, are you okay?"
"I just keep expecting to wake up and find that this is all a dream." She turned to him. "It just seems too...perfect."
He smiled at her. "I was just thinking the same thing." He kissed her head softly and looked into her eyes, moving her hair behind her ear. "But this time, it isn't a dream. I promise."
She nodded. "I love you, Booth," she said as she leaned back into him.
He held her in his arms and smiled, his heart racing as it did every time she touched him. "I love you too, Bones."
Max turned off the lamp beside his bed, his mind running a mile a minute. He groaned and rubbed his tired eyes. "She's getting married..." He blinked and laid on top of the blanket. "I can't believe...my little girl..."
He looked at the picture under his lamp. It was taken almost five years earlier, when they had had Christmas in jail. He smiled. It was the first time in years that they had felt like a family. To think, the man who made that day so perfect would marry his daughter.
He had to admit that he was pleased. He knew from the moment he had seen them together that there was something deeper between them than it seemed. Booth looked at her with the same sparkle in his eyes that Max had when he looked at his own wife, so he understood the unspoken love, the silent adoration. But even when he had hinted at the possibility, Booth denied it all...
"Are you sleeping with my daughter?"
"No."
"Why? Are you gay?"
He chuckled. "It just took you some time," he said to the darkness. He yawned again and rolled over onto his side. "Still...better late than never."
Someday, some boy will come and ask me for your hand
But I won't say "yes" to him unless I know
He's the half that makes you whole, he has a poet's soul
And the heart of a man's man. I know he'll say that he's in love
But between you and me, he won't be good enough!
A/N- The lyrics at the end were from "My Little Girl". There will be two more chapters, so keep an eye out for them. Please don't forget to review. -bows-
