Kansas
Disclaimer: I own nothing except the OCs.
This is set twenty years in the future by the way.
Dr. Temperance Brennan sat at her desk in her office.
Her computer cast out a light over the desk, mixing with the bright sunshine that came in from the lab. Those big windows were a big help and as Booth said, it made the squints, squint a little less.
Papers were all across her desk as she tried to sort through them. She had two murders as well as ancient skeleton to identify in the museum.
Brennan glanced at the picture frame that sat on her desk and for a few minutes, she felt the weight of the work load lift from her shoulders. It was a picture that no one knew was being taken.
Brennan's wonderful husband of twenty years, Seeley Booth, was standing in the middle of the picture with his son Parker in a headlock. They had been wrestling and Booth had finally gotten the upper hand.
Parker had actually grown up with Booth and Brennan in their house. As great a mom as she was, Rebecca had hardly had a life since Parker was born. After she had married Captain Fantastic, Parker had felt left out in his own home. Then after the arrival of a baby girl, he felt even more of an outcast. Parker had asked to live with his dad and the court granted the request. Parker saw his mom from time to time but his main family was Booth and Brennan.
Even after twenty years of living together he didn't call her mom, not that she expected him too, or even Temperance. So even at twenty four years of age, he still called her 'Dr. Bones.' It was either that or Temp. His blond hair was still long, but he had lost all of his curls when he was eight. Now it was like a straight mop of hair with a fringe that could be swept to the side.
Even with all the law enforcement in his family, Parker was training to be a teacher. He had taken a few years off to travel but was well into his college education now.
In the picture Booth had failed to see his other son and Brennan's oldest, James Booth, jumping onto his father's back. Booth had a surprised look on his face that was priceless.
James was their first child together and there had been widespread joy when he arrived. Of course they had to make sure Parker knew he was still part of the family but all Parker wanted to know was if he could teach his new brother how to spit.
James was now nineteen and he looked a lot like his mom. He had her brains too and was hoping to follow in her footsteps after college.
Brennan herself was standing beside them in the picture, a laugh captured on her face as she watched them. Her other two sons were besides her, laughing as well.
Michael Booth was the youngest and the only one of them that was adopted. He was ten years old but they had adopted him when he was barely a few weeks old. He had very dark red hair that looked almost black and a brilliant pair of blue eyes. He didn't feel any different to the rest of his family and although he knew he was adopted, he called Booth and Brennan his mom and dad.
And finally there was Cole Booth.
Cole had Michael up on his back in a piggyback in the picture and he had a familiar mischievous look in his eyes. Considering a second after the picture was taken Cole had shouted, "Pile on!" and he had Michael had jumped on the other three causing them all to fall in a heap.
Oh yes, Cole Booth was certainly a character.
He was Booth and Brennan's second child and he defiantly took after his father, even at seventeen years of age. He had the same short cut dark brown hair and the charming smile that could make women go weak at the knees, a smile that all the brothers had. Booth had once said, "The only things that boy got from you were your eyes and your brain. The rest…all Booth!" And he was right.
Cole had a bright pair of green eyes and a brain that would make him valedictorian next year when he would go into his senior year. But there was one down side to Cole.
He was one of 'those boys' in high school, one of the very popular. He was on the hockey team, top of the class and was extremely handsome. And he knew it.
He had many girlfriends but he hardly ever brought them home. And when he did they were all the same. Bottle blonde, make up smothered, mini skirt wearing Barbie dolls. They treated Cole like a king, never saying a bad word about him and nodding obediently when he said something. They never ate anything Brennan cooked saying that they were watching their weight, which was non existent anyway. The boys would shoot each other knowing glances over their plates, all of them calculating how long this one would last. They would usually last the week and then they would be gone.
Brennan knew her son was a good person. He was just going through the same phase that his father went through. But still Cole treated those girls with as much respect as they deserved.
And although he had plenty of girlfriends Brennan knew he was still a virgin. Cole, like his brothers, was raised as a Catholic like their father and sex was one of the things he took seriously. He and his brothers had a St. Christopher's medal hanging around their necks.
Although Brennan had started out as an atheist all her years with Booth had changed her mind. Science could explain a lot of things but not the immense joy she had when she was with her husband and sons. She accepted that there could be a higher powder in the world and she some times went to church with Booth and the boys, listening to the words. Sometimes Angela and Hodgins would join them with their kids, Tom and Suze when the kids were in town but usually they went to their own church.
Brennan sighed when she looked at the picture again. Parker was happy with a wonderful girlfriend and so was James but Cole wasn't. He needed someone special. And Brennan hoped that he found her fast.
She hoped that all her sons found someone to love them as much as she loved Booth.
They had been working together for about four or five years when it happened. They had been sitting at the diner as usual after a big case. Brennan had been ranting about some incompetent cop that nearly ruined the case while Booth had just been staring at her the whole time.
When she finally stopped ranting, there was a moment of silence and then Booth said, "Screw it" and reached over the table to kiss her. To this day, it was still one of the best kisses she had ever had. The other best kisses were from Booth as well.
The rest as they say was history. Angela was over the moon, screaming and giggling with delight. Hodgins and Cam gave them wide smiles while Sweets had said, "I told you it would take this long! You all owe me fifty bucks!" They were married a while later and then the boys arrived. They still worked on cases and were one of the best teams in the country.
Brennan sat back and smiled at the memories.
Suddenly alarms started to go off in the lab, snapping Brennan out of her thoughts. Security guards ran past her office and Brennan sighed.
Alarms, police, panic. Her son was here.
Cole Booth walked into her office a minute later, his duffel bag over his shoulder, his hockey jersey and jeans on and a frown to cap it off. The alarms were turned off and the guards went back to their posts. Cole sat down in a chair in front of her desk, dumping his bag on the floor beside him.
"You will never guess what happened to me today!!" he said.
Brennan sighed and replied, "Honey, you've really got to stop setting off the alarms every time you come here."
Cole shrugged, "Well if you gave me my own pass card we wouldn't have this problem. Anyway, do want to know what happened?"
Brennan nodded.
Flashback.
Cole walked down the hallway of his high school.
Everyone was in the cafeteria for lunch but he had been talking to his English teacher.
They were studying Shakespearian plays and the teacher had given them a huge project that would last for three months. They were partered up by the teacher. They were given a play and had to write a written report on one character while their partner wrote about another character. They would have to read this report out on stage in front of the class and their parents who would be coming for the school open day anyway.
Now Cole had no problem with this. It was the partner he had a problem with. Usually he was with one of his friends on the hockey team or one of the cheerleaders but this time he had been partnered up with a girl he didn't even know was in his class! The teacher did say that she had just moved to Washington from Kansas a few months ago. Cole had argued for ages about it but still the teacher didn't give in.
Now he had to find this girl and lay down the law. He wasn't going to do a lot of work. I mean it was Shakespeare! How is that important in modern times?! This girl was going to have to pick up the slack for him. But of course there was a good chance she wouldn't mind. Most of the girls in this school drooled over him and those that didn't were too shy to say anything.
Cole walked into the cafeteria receiving waves from his friends who were seated at their usual table in the middle of the room. As he walked towards them, he got plenty of waves, greetings and few winks from other people.
He reached the table and stood beside his best friend Matt. "Hey man, I need some help."
Matt smirked and said, "I'd say so. Your shot in the game last week was shit."
Cole punched him and replied, "No idiot, not that! And my shot was just a little off. The rest were fine. No I want to know who Lily Rogers is."
Matt frowned and said, "Why?"
"I'm partners with her on this huge English project and I have no idea who she is," Cole said.
Matt looked around the cafeteria while saying, "She's in a few of my classes. She's really smart." Finally he spotted her and pointed. "That's your girl."
Cole looked over at a table that was full of people that would be labels 'geeks'. Not the kind of people he talked to.
Matt was pointing to girl was sitting backwards on a chair, facing the table. She had light brown hair that stopped just below her shoulders and she was wearing dark blue jeans with a black tank top. A brown jacket lay onto of her shoulder bag that was sitting on the ground beside her.
As he stood up, Cole said, "She's not my girl."
Then he walked over to the other tables. People watched as he did and the volume in the room started to go down. People at Lily's table stopped taking and stared at him.
He stopped beside Lily's chair and said, "Lily Rogers?"
Lily turned around and green eyes meet brown.
Lily looked at him and said, "Yes?"
Cole leaned forward and said, "Ok let's get one thing clear. I know I'm your partner in this English project but I'm not going to do a truck load of work. I don't like Shakespeare and I don't intend to like it. So you're going to do most of the project while I'm busy with important things like winning the hockey championships. So I've got two words for you Kansas. Got. That?"
Lily looked up at him and slowly raised one eyebrow. She smirked and said, "Ya. I've just got two words for you."
Cole was slightly surprised and said, "What are they?"
"Fuck. Off."
End of flashback.
Brennan sat there with a slight look of shock on her face.
Cole was nodding and he said, "I know! I couldn't believe it either but she really did stand up to me! Me! I mean who does she think she is?"
Brennan shrugged and said, "Well, she seems like a very self assured young woman who doesn't like to be pushed around by an alpha male that she feels doesn't deserve the title."
Cole frowned and said, "Great support as always Mom."
Brennan smiled and leaned forward onto her desk. "Cole, she seems like the kind of girl who can look after herself and doesn't like to be bossed around. The two of you are just going to have to find a way to work together."
Cole nodded and picked up his bag. "Ok. It's my turn to cook tonight so what do you want?"
"Is one of your Barbie girlfriends coming over?"
Cole smirked and said, "No. I'm single at the minute."
Brennan smiled and replied, "Then your famous mac and cheese would be great."
Cole suddenly smiled widely and said, "Can we have pie too?"
Brennan groaned. She didn't know what it was with her sons and pie. They must have got it from their father. Even Michael loved pie.
Brennan nodded and Cole smiled at her. He kissed her cheek before he left and he walked out the door of her office.
Booth was walking in at the same time and he said, "Hey, Cole, hockey practise over?"
"Yes, Dad. Oh and its mac and cheese and pie for dinner tonight."
Booth raised both his arms in the air and said "Yes!"
Cole laughed as he waked out of the lab and Booth walked into Brennan office. Booth sat down in the same chair that Cole had just got up from and he said, "So what's up with Cole, Bones?"
Brennan smiled and said, "A girl told him to fuck off today."
Booth laughed and said, "Finally! I bet that made him mad."
Brennan nodded and said, "I think this girl could be good for him. She might shake him out of his jerk phase."
"Bones are you trying to set our son up?" Booth teased.
Brennan shook her head and said, "No! By the sounds of it, they'd rather kill each other then date each other. But she could take the jerk side out of him."
Booth stood up and leaned over the table towards her. "Remember Bones, I used to be a jerk too."
Brennan smiled said, "Well let's hope he grows up to be somewhat like you."
Booth smiled and leaned on to give his wife a kiss.
-Lily-
Lily Rogers was mad.
No she was worst then mad, she was annoyed and mad.
How dare that Cole Booth talk to her like that?! Who did he think he was, the freaking King of England?!
She walked down the street to her house and kicked the fallen leaves as she went.
She stopped outside a black gate that had a huge hedge around it. You couldn't see the house from where you were and that was the point. Lily opened the gate and closed it behind her.
She walked up the drive that curved sharply and she smiled. Her new house was big enough with plenty of big windows. It was painted white with a black roof and it had a connecting garage.
The garage door was open and Lily could see the motorcycle and the two vintage cars that her family owned. She saw the bottom half of some ones body sticking out from underneath one of the cars.
She walked up and tapped the person's foot with her own. The rest of the person appeared and Lily smiled down at her older brother.
"Hey, Chase."
"Hey Shortie," he said with a grin.
Chase Rogers stood up and towered over his little sister. He and Lily's other brothers were all just over six foot while Lily was just five foot one. They all called her Shortie and they were the only ones aloud call her that.
"How was school?" he asked as they walked towards the house.
"Oh you know, I got homework, I ate a gross lunch, I told a guy to fuck off…"
They were now inside the front hall of the house and Chase said, "Wait why did you tell him that?"
Lily shrugged, "He said that I had to do most of the work for a project that we have to do for English."
Chase nodded and they walked into the kitchen. "Oh well in that case, continue to tell him to fuck off. And if he makes a move on you, proceed to kick his ass. You're not a black belt in karate for nothing."
Lily snorted and replied, "Ya, well that's the only sport I'm good at. Well that and hockey. I suck at everything else."
"Yes, you do. Nice of you to admit it."
Lily looked over to where the voice was coming from and saw her other brother Devon appear from the hall.
"Thanks for the support Devon," Lily replied.
Devon messed up her hair and said, "Anytime Shortie."
Chase and Devon were the only ones home on weekdays. Lily's other brothers Lucas and Tyler were at college and they stayed in the dorms. But they came home at weekends and spent as much time as they could with the family.
They were closer then ever on the past year. Their parents had been killed in a car accident just over a year ago and, as Lily was the only minor in the family, her brothers had had to go to court to get custody.
It had been granted because her brothers were amazing people and also because an old family friend was their lawyer and she argued tooth and nail for them. They owed a lot to Caroline Julian.
After that they couldn't stay in Kansas any more and when their uncle left Chase his music shop in Washington, they all jumped at the chance to move. Chase and Devon ran the shop while Lucas and Tyler were at college and Lily was in high school.
Devon rubbed his hands together and said, "So what's for dinner?"
Chase washed his hands and dried them and said, "How about spaghetti? And Lily can make her famous apple pie!"
Devon smiled and her hopefully and Lily nodded. What was it with her family and pie?
-The next day, high school-
Cole was on a mission.
He needed to find Lily and he needed to find her now. He had looked everywhere and finally he found her standing at her locker in a hallway that he had been through twice already. Why did she have to come in so late?
He walked over to her and shouted, "Hey Kansas!"
She didn't turn around until he tapped her on the shoulder.
She looked at him with a blank face and said, "What?"
Cole sighed and said, "Look Kansas, I don't like you and you don't like me. But if we want to get a good grade on the project then we have to work together. So shouldn't we at least try?"
Lily looked at closely and then said, "Alright, I'm up for that. But I have one condition."
Cole sighed again and asked, "What is it?"
"Don't call me Kansas."
Ok so a few things. First if you guys want me to continue this then know that I'm very busy with other stories and work as well. And also this chapter was more of an introduction. Angela, Hodgins and the other in the show will be in it more often then the OCs. But obviously Cole and Lily will be in it a lot. Hope you guys liked this chapter.