I came up with this story while reading several stories from FanFiction that dealt with Booth's son Parker. These stories brought the memory of a remark that a little boy made about his relationship with his father. The little boy's description of his relationship with his father was: "My daddy takes me to baseball and football games with him. I am like a built in friend."

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I am having a lot of problems in posting my story. Please be patient as I try my best to fix it. Although I have the correct quotation marks and such in my original story, for some reason it is not transferring with the chapters as they are copied into FanFiction. I've sent an email to customer service almost a month ago about this problem, but have not received any answer. I know that I had this problem once before but I can't remember how I fixed it. If you know how to fix my problem please let me know. Thanks.

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TITLE: MY SON

Chapter 1

3 p.m. Friday afternoon in front of Lincoln Elementary school.

Parker waited in line to load up on the school bus with the rest of the school children. There were 21 children waiting in line today. Up until last week there had only been 20. A new kid had moved onto Parkers street just two weeks before. He was seven years old, the same as Parker so they were in the same class. Mrs. Brighton, Parkers teacher, was having a hard time with Danny Case, the new boy, already. He had already been sent to the Principles office for causing trouble in class. Danny was slightly bigger than the other children and would pick on the smaller children during recess. Parker was his favorite target.

While waiting in line to load up on the bus Danny purposely stood behind Parker. "Hey Parker." Parker just ignored Danny like his mother had told him. But Danny wasn't going to let it go. "Hey Parker, what does a dork like you need with a nice back pack like that?" Parker's father had just bought it for him two weekends ago so he held on tighter to the strap and continued to ignore Danny and his two cronies. Danny had quickly picked up two new friends while they were all sitting on the outside of the Principles office.

"I think that back pack would look better on me. Don't you think so Carl and Fred?"

"Yeah, a lot better than this little runt." Carl said as he shoved Parker.

Parker backed away from the trio and stood closer to the large tree and thick bushes that were right next to them and about 20 feet from where the bus had just pulled up. Danny and his friends looked around for the teacher that monitored the children while they waited for the bus. They saw her attention being given to the smaller children as they made their way up the large steps to the inside of the bus. There had been a heavy snow fall the night before and the teacher had to help each child so they could make it over the snow in order to reach the first step.

When there was only 5 kids left before Danny he quickly grabbed the strap of Parkers back pack while Carl and Fred shoved him into the bush. Parker fell backwards as he tripped over the slippery rocks that circled the tree. As he fell his head hit a large rock that was right next to the tree and had been hidden by the large bushes. The last thing he remembered, just before losing consciousness, was the sound of the bus doors closing. He tried getting up but was so dizzy that he fell backwards again and finally lost consciousness. Since he had fallen in among the thick, snow covered bushes no one saw him.

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Booth and Brennan sat up in the front of his SUV while Cam, Angela and Hodgins sat in the back. They had been in court all day and were returning to the Jeffersonian so the rest could pick up their own vehicles.

"I must say Bones your doing a lot better in explaining your findings to the jurors." Booth said with a grin.

"What do you mean by that?" Bones asked in a defensive tone.

"I just mean that you're learning how to explain your findings in a non technical term. I was talking to the prosecutor and he commented on how much you have improved on explaining your findings while investigating the latest case. He said he still has to stop you sometimes from getting too technical but that at least now you stop and rethink how to deliver your answer to his questions." Booth said as he weaved in and out of traffic.

"Yes, I noticed how much better your doing in explaining things to those of us with a much lower IQ." Cam said as she looked at Angela and Hodgins.

"It's a strain on my brain but I can bear the pain once in awhile." Brennan said with a smile.

"Whoaaa! Bones made a funny." Booth said as he patted Bones on the shoulder. They were all laughing when Booths cell phone rang. He pulled it out and flipped it open. "Booth." He was on the phone for a few minutes then they heard him say. "Yeah I can pick him up. I was just returning to the Jeffersonian after being in court all day and I have the Labsquints with me. We're close to your house so we should get there just as he is let off of the bus. Okay, I'll see you on Sunday." Without saying goodbye he closed up his cell phone and returned it to his pocket.

"If you guys don't mind I have to make a little side trip to pick up Parker. I get him this weekend and Rebecca is working lat and her usual sitter is out of town."

"No problem." Everyone said.

Booth was taking it slow as he pulled off to the residential area just outside of downtown DC. The recent snow storm had dumped almost 12 inches of snow and the snow plows had piled it pretty high on the sides of the road. The right hand turn lanes weren't always cleared properly so he pulled over as far as he could. They were all glad that they had decided to ride in his 4 Wheel Drive SUV instead of their own cars which were all smaller and closer to the ground.

As they sat in the right turn lane a school bus made a left turn into the street that Booth was waiting to turn right on. They watched as the bus stopped at the railroad crossing before going over the tracks. Just as the bus driver was about to go forward the safety gates started to light up and come down as the bell started ringing and signaling the approach of a train. Booth heard everyone starting to grumble.

"Alright, settle down back there. The train that comes at this time of the day is usually a passenger train and is short so we shouldn't have to wait too long." They could see that the train was coming up pretty fast.

What happened next all seemed to happen in slow motion. Just as the train was almost to the crossing Booth could see an 18 wheeler loaded with hay attempting to stop at the stop lights on the street to his left. The truck was heavy and the streets were starting to get slick as the temperature started to go below freezing again. Since everyone was stopped and waiting for the railroad tracks to clear no one was in the middle of the intersection so the truck had nothing to stop it from skidding all the way across the intersection. It slammed into the back of the school bus and pushed it forward into the path of the oncoming train. The front of the bus cleared the tracks so that the back of the bus took the full impact of the train. They could hear the brakes on the train squealing as the engineer attempted to stop the train. As the train hit the back of the bus the front of the bus spun around and hit the other side of the train then slammed into the snow pile that was on the other side of the tracks. The diesel in the bus exploded into flames as the gas tank was punctured. The train, fortunately, had been unsuccessful in stopping until after it cleared the crossing.

After making a call to 911 Booth jumped out of the SUV and joined the rest who were already running towards the bus. Working together Booth and Hodgins were able to pull the door open and pull the driver out. Neither one noticed the small boy that had fallen in-between the front seat and the guard rail that separated the passengers from the steps leading out of the bus.

When they got the driver away from the burning bus Booth asked him "Were there any kids on the bus?"

"Yes, one boy was sitting in the front by me." When they turned back to the bus they could see the flames reaching the front. The whole bus was now engulfed in flames. Booth still tried to go back in. He jumped up and in through the doors before the flames pushed him back. The flames were so close to the front that his coat caught fire. He jumped back down to the ground and rolled in the snow to put the flames out. Hodgins was there to help him get his still smoking coat off.

Within minutes the police and fire department were on the scene. The fire fighters had quickly pulled out their hoses and were working on putting the flames out. Paramedics had also joined them and were taking care of the bus driver. Ten minutes after the police had arrived the local television stations had arrived also with their satellite connections to report on the accident.

When Booth had a moment to think it suddenly dawned on him that his son was supposed to be coming home on a school bus. Suddenly he had a cold feeling go through his body. The adrenalin rushed through his veins and he ran to the bus driver that was being loaded up into an ambulance. He shoved his way through the reporters and paramedics and grabbed the driver by the front of his shirt. "Who was the boy in the bus?"

"I don't know his name all I remember is that he had blond hair."

"What school did you come from?"

"Lincoln Elementary."

Booth turned white and backed up and away from everyone. He looked towards the bus and slowly started walking towards it. At the bottom of the steps by the door he saw a child's back pack. Without thinking of the danger he started walking towards the flame engulfed bus. Hodgins and Brennan tried to stop him but he easily pushed them aside. The adrenalin that was fueling his body gave him the strength he needed to push everyone out of his way. He had one thing on his mind and that was that he had to save his son.

"Booth you can't do anything for him. Think Booth, think. Even if you were able to pull him out he would be so badly burned that it would be a miracle if he survived. " Hodgins yelled at him. He continued walking towards the bus, he couldn't hear him. All he could think of was that his son was on the bus and he needed him. Two police officers saw the altercation and joined Hodgins in pulling Booth back and away from the bus.

"My son is in there!" Booth shouted at them as they tackled him to the ground.

"If he is in there it's too late to save him Booth." Hodgins yelled at him again. The TV news reporter had come over to the men and had the camera on them.

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At FBI headquarters Cullin, Booth's boss, was watching the news for the weather before he made his way home for the day. On the TV the Special Report words came on the screen. Cullin watched as they reported on the school bus and train accident. He fell back in his chair when he saw Booth and the Squints on the TV. He watched in horror as Hodgins and the two police officers dragged Booth down to the ground as he tried to get to the bus. The camera picked up Booth's words "My son is in there!"

Cullin picked up his phone and called Sweets, one of the FBI psychiatrists.

"Dr. Sweets here." He answered cheerfully.

"Sweets, this is Cullin, I want you in my office now." Without waiting for a response Cullin hung up. He knew Booth would need help in dealing with this tragedy. Sweets knocked at Cullin's office door within 3 minutes. "Come in." As Dr. Sweets opened the door he saw Cullin just point to the TV.

The news reporter was describing the scene of the accident again and once again they replayed the scene of Booth being dragged down by the police and Hodgins. Sweets watched in horror at the pained look on Special Agent Booths face.

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Brennan had been pulled back and away from the men when the police joined in on restraining Booth. Brennan watched everything from the side along with Cam and Angela. She wanted to run and help Booth but Cam and Angela held her back.

As Booth got up one of the firefighters had been able to get close enough to the bus to pick up the back pack that had fallen out of the buses front door. He brought it over and gave it to the nearest police officer. The back pack was covered in mud from the water that had been used to put out the fire. The police officer pulled his handkerchief out and wiped off most of the mud. He opened the back pack and pulled the contents out. Inside he found a school book and a picture with the owners name on it.

TBC……………..