Okay, so general stuff. I don't own Bones or anything from the show. Everything else came from my imagination. This goes throughout the story, so it will not be repeated, mostly because I'll forget... Anyway, enjoy!
1995
Master Sergeant Seeley Booth was finally on a plane home. He was thrilled to be going back to the states; five years away was way, way too long to be away. But Booth had done what his country had asked him to, and he had been one of the best snipers (well, that's what his instructors and superiors kept telling him and you don't argue when someone, especially a superior, compliments you). Then again, that meant he had killed people. People that God had placed on this earth; people that had families; people with lives. There were forty-nine people that he had watched fall to his bullet. Booth had given it a lot of thought, and he had decided that the best way to make up for the lives he had ended was to catch those who had murdered others. He had known since he was kid that he wanted to go into law enforcement, and this way, his cosmic balance list would eventually even out- he hoped.
Booth watched as his plane landed in Chicago. He had decided to spend some time with his cousin, since Pops and Jared had gone on vacation. They had planned it before knowing when Booth was going to get home; of course, Pops had offered to change their plans, but the sniper decided that he could catch up with some other family before heading back to Philadelphia. Needless to say, his aunt and uncle were then both forced to go on business trips after they agreed to let him come. They had tried to get out of them, but apparently both of their bosses were stubborn, though. Anyway, Booth was going to be spending one-on-one time with his little cousin, Jett. Booth hadn't seen the kid since he was five, and kinda missed the boy. He couldn't believe that his little cousin was eleven.
As Booth got off the plane, he grabbed his carry on; it was really the only thing he brought back. He walked from his terminal to the baggage claim. He thought his aunt, uncle, and Jett were going to be picking him up. He looked around for his family. Finally, he caught sight of his uncle. A six foot six man is usually pretty easy to spot, though. His uncle, Elliot, had light brown buzz cut and green eyes. He had a thinner build than Booth, and had those thick glasses. Booth knew his uncle was a scientist of sort; he was always squinting at things. He was a squint. Booth let a small laugh out at his new term. His aunt, Tia, Booth's mom's sister, was about a foot shorter than her husband. She was a petite woman with curly, shoulder length, dark hair and hazel eyes. She was a teacher at a local high school; she taught psychology. And then there was the eleven year old Jett who was a blend of his parents. He had his father's green eyes, but with his mother's hair (only it was short, just not a buzz cut).
"Aunt Tia, Uncle Elliot" the ranger called out to his family. Of course, the adults were oblivious to their names, but the eleven year old turned to see his cousin.
"Mom, Dad, there's Seeley!" Jett began to jog over to his cousin.
"Hey, Jett," Seeley greeted him. "How've you been? Enjoying your summer?"
"I'm good. And I've got the most awesome babysitter for the summer! Her name is Mattie. She's been taking me to the park every day. And she's even shown what the inside of a frog looks like. It was so awesome! And she makes really good Mac-and-cheese. Oh and-"
"Jett, take a breath," his mom instructed with a laugh. "How have you been, Seeley?"
"Good. Happy to make it back in one piece."
"We're all happy about that. Hank and Jared have been really worried about you. Especially, when you didn't right to them for those five months."
"Yeah, I got really busy. I wrote them as soon as I could," Booth lied. He had been captured and tortured; his feet and back still hurt from the event, but he really didn't want his family to know or worry about it.
"You know, we were surprised when you told us you were going to come here," Elliot informed Seeley after a moment of silence.
"Yeah, well, with Pops and Jared out of Philly, I thought I'd come see you guys. I wish you guys didn't have business trips this week."
"Well, it helps us. We had been worried about what to do with Jett."
"Well, I'll look after him. Though, he might want to hang out with his babysitter, by the sound of it."
"Hey, Mattie is really cool! You'd like her a lot, Seeley! She has blonde hair and dark brown eyes..." the kid chattered on. Eventually, all those over the age of twelve stopped listening to the rambling and started their own conversation.
"Seeley, I know that you want to spend a lot of time with Jett, but we didn't want to burden you. We asked Mattie Johnston to watch him during the day so that you could have some time to do whatever you want. She's use to watching him until late at night, so you don't have to worry about anything."
"Oh, well, uh, I was kinda looking forward to hanging out with Jett."
"Mattie won't mind if you're hanging out. Or I'm sure that she'd like sometime to hang out with her friends."
"Mattie doesn't know anyone here," Jett informed the adults who all just looked at him to continue. "She moved here like a week before she started babysitting me. She told me a lot of people at her school didn't like her much because she was so smart."
"Poor girl," Tia said with sadness evident in her voice. "She seems like such a sweet girl."
"A sweet girl who dissects a frog for your son?" Booth didn't think those two things went together particularly well.
"She's got Jett more into science in the past month than I ever have. And I've been trying to convince him since he was old enough to talk." Elliot let a small smile out. Booth could tell that his uncle respected the girl.
"Well, if she doesn't mind me hanging out for the few days, then I guess I don't have a problem with her being around. Especially if she's as cool as Jett's made her out to be," Booth answered, winking at his cousin.
"She's even cooler!" Jett began. The way back to the house, Jett rambled nonstop about his babysitter. Booth eventually tuned him out, and just kept nodding as if he understood. If nothing else, his cousin had peaked his interest about this girl, though.
