Disclaimer: I don't own Bones. I wish I did though. Santa? There are some original characters.
Anyway, this is a Christmas gift for WeAlwaysHaveParis. The team go to Paris for Christmas with the kids. Apologies if the French is inaccurate as I don't speak French (I study Spanish – doesn't mean I know Spanish either) so I had to use a translator. Again sorry *cringes*. Also I know that the rides in Disneyland may not exist in ten years but I have to make do. I know there are some inaccuracies but anything in the future is possible. This is a two-shot so one tonight, one tomorrow.
Set around December 2022
Traîneausonnerie, tu m'écoutes,
Dansle couloir, la neige scintille
Une belle vue,
Nous sommesheureux ce soir.
Marcher dansun paysage d'hiver.
Christmas was always the busiest time of year for Dulles Airport. There were people going back to their families, or people wanting to escape their families. Among these people was one family that was directly related but they had formed an emotional bond with each other that made them a family. They had spent Christmas together for the last few years, even though they all had their own children to spend Christmas with.
The first family had an olive-skinned male with near-black hair, a woman with nut-brown hair and pale skin. The oldest girl and the only boy looked more like their mother, the youngest girl was like their father, but had her mother's bright blue eyes. These were the Booths. The three children were named Katy, Izzie and Harry. Ten, nine and five respectively.
"Your name please?" asked the woman at the check-in desk.
"Booth." said Brennan. She handed the woman five passports. The woman checked each passport and typed onto her computer. She handed them boarding passes and wished them a good flight.
The second family, like the first, had three children. The father had curly reddish-brown hair and the mother was Eurasian with brunette hair. The two boys, eleven-year-old Michael and almost ten-year-old Damon, looked like their father. The girl, Katherine (twin to Damon), was the spitting image of her mother.
Cam and her son Jordan, who was seven, followed after the Hodgins and continued the same process as the previous families. Her husband, Paul, was extremely busy so he could not come on this vacation with the rest of them. Michelle couldn't come either as she was working as well.
The last family had Sweets and his long-term girlfriend Lisa and their daughter, six-year-old Allie. After the death of Daisy, Sweets found someone he enjoyed being with and loved. Allie looked exactly like her mother but had the nosy personality like her father.
Finally, they were all checked in and they had moved to the departure lounge to wait for their flight to Paris, France.
"Sweets, what are you doing?" asked Booth while he was trying to settle Harry down. Harry didn't like flying very much so both Brennan and Booth had to settle him as it was an almost eight-hour flight.
"I am reading a French translation book." answered Sweets.
"Why?" asked Hodgins. "You have me and Angela to help."
"I speak French as well." said Brennan.
"What if we lose you guys and none of us know how to ask a police to put a missing person's report out on you?" asked Sweets.
"Well, maybe we should have out phones on us so it is simply a case of calling and saying where you are." said Cam. "I was just reading the guide book, and there is a Disneyland."
As soon as the word Disneyland was said, the ears of the children pricked up.
"There is a Disneyland?" asked Katy.
"Mickey lives in Paris?" asked Jordan.
"We can see Princesses?" asked Allie.
"Does this mean we can go on all the cool rides?" asked Michael.
"I would hardly call rides at Disneyland cool." mumbled Angela.
"On the contrary, there is a very fast rollercoaster called Space Mountain 8 and there is Indiana Jones et le Temple du Péril." said Lisa.
"I don't mind going with the kids." said Sweets
"You are going to a theme park with about thirteen kids." said Hodgins.
"Bear in mind that this is Disneyland you are talking about. You'd need about four adults and not all the kids can go on the same rides." said Angela.
"Okay, someone is going to need to keep an eye on you so I may as well come." said Lisa.
"Why do I need to be kept an eye on?" asked Sweets.
"You and theme parks do not mix." said Booth.
"Flight AF7629 to Paris CDG is now boarding. Please ensure that you have all your belongings and your boarding passes as you will not be allowed on the flight without one." a voice said over the tannoy.
"That is us." said Brennan collecting her bags.
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Everyone had found their seats in business class and had strapped himself in. The flight was in the air and Harry had settled and fallen asleep on Booth.
Hodgins got out of his seat as soon as the seatbelt light went off. He walked over to Booth and said, "Booth I need to tell you something."
"What?" asked Booth.
"I am thinking of surprising Angela with us renewing our vows while we are in Paris." said Hodgins.
"Really?" asked Brennan, who had Izzie and Katy lying all over her.
"Well, our actually wedding wasn't exactly what we expected." said Hodgins.
"It wasn't what anyone was expecting." said Booth. "So what were you thinking?"
"I was thinking we find someone to do the service, get an entirety ring and we do it under the Eiffel Tower." said Hodgins.
"Do you need me to do anything?" asked Brennan.
"I need you to get a dress for Angela. Don't make it obvious though. Make it either a midnight-blue or violet dress." said Hodgins. "You can take her shopping in the city."
"Are you sure this plan is going to work?" asked Booth.
"If we can keep hush then we'll be okay." said Hodgins.
"Am I allowed to tell Cam because I think she would like to come shopping with Angela and me." said Brennan.
"Sure but that is it. It'll only be between us four." said Hodgins.
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The hotel that they had booked was the Gare de Lyon Bastille that was about four stars and had enough room for the children in each room that they had booked. They had slept because of jet lag but Booth and Brennan still tired because they didn't get to sleep on the plane as their families had decided to sleep on top of them during the flight.
"Morning." said Sweets.
"Bonjour." said Brennan.
"So what are we doing today?" asked Cam.
"Well, I was thinking that Booth and I should do some sightseeing while the kids are at Disneyland." said Hodgins.
"What are Cam, Brennan and I supposed to do?" asked Angela.
"We were thinking of going shopping in the city." said Brennan.
"Wait, did you just say shopping? I thought you would like to go sightseeing." said Angela.
"I have been to Paris many times so I have seen all that I have needed to see. I have never bought clothes in Paris before so I was wondering if you and Cam wanted to come along." said Brennan sipping her coffee.
"Okay, that sounds like a good plan." said Angela.
"Just don't spend too much." said Booth.
"We won't. Speaking of which," said Brennan pulling out a pile of Euros, "here is some money to spend at Disneyland." she said handing the money to Sweets. Hodgins and Cam did the same.
"Okay, so we should reconvene here about seven this evening." said Angela.
"I was thinking that we reconvene at Disneyland." said Hodgins. "We can see the Christmas parade then."
"Fair enough. So we'll get going as soon as we have finished breakfast." said Booth.
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"Okay, so how are we going to do this because Jordan, Allie and Harry cannot go on the big rides?" asked Sweets.
"I can take them to Fantasyland where the rides are mainly for little kids." said Lisa.
"I bet they have It's a Small World." said Sweets.
"No way."
"Uncle Sweets." said Izzie. "Can I go with Lisa to Fantasyland? I don't like the big rides."
"Okay, you can come with me. I might need a second pair of hands." said Lisa. "Where are you going first?"
"I was thinking Adventureland." said Sweets.
"Okay so I will meet you back at Main Street when you are finished." said Lisa as she took Allie's hand. Izzie took Jordan and Harry's hands and set off towards the Sleeping Beauty Castle with Lisa in tow.
"So guys, what do you want to go on first?" asked Sweets.
"Aladdin's Enchanted Passage." said Michael.
"Are you sure?" asked Sweets.
"I am sure." said Michael.
After they had gone to Aladdin's Enchanted Passage, Katy had decided she wanted to go on the Pirates of the Caribbean, which was her favourite movie. By the time they had done all the rides in Adventureland, it was time to go to Discoveryland.
"Okay, so we have Damon, Kathy and… Wait where is Michael and Katy?"
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"So, where do we go first?" asked Booth.
"We need to find someone to perform the service so where is the US Embassy and someone with the power to perform a vow renewal." said Hodgins. They drove past Notre Dame on the Quai de Montebello and carried on up until Port Royal and drove straight onto Avenue Gabriel where the US Embassy. Once there, they walked into the building and walked to the reception desk.
"Bonjour." said the receptionist.
"Hello, we need to find someone who is able to perform a ceremony to renew marriage vows." said Booth.
"Are you both American citizens." said the receptionist.
"My wife and I are American." said Hodgins.
"Okay, we need to see your wife's identification to prove this." said the receptionist.
"Look, I haven't got our passports but this is supposed to be a surprise for my wife." said Hodgins desperately.
"I'm sorry, there is nothing that I can do." said the receptionist.
Hodgins and Booth left the embassy and sighed deeply.
"Now what?" asked Hodgins.
"You know what we can do. We can just do it and let someone perform the ceremony." said Booth.
"Like who?"
"Me. I represent the law and I have seen many weddings in my life time."
"I thought you were going to be my best man."
"Let Sweets be someone's best man for once."
"Okay, let's do it." said Hodgins.
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"Okay, so what dress should I buy?" asked Angela while she, Brennan and Cam were shopping at Au Printemps.
"I was thinking a dress in violet or midnight-blue." said Cam.
"Maybe with some silver shoes to match." said Brennan.
"Right, so let's get moving then." said Angela moving over to an assistant.
"Puis-je vous aider?" asked the female assistant.
"Oui, j'ai besoin de trouver une robe en bleu nuit ou violet, alors j'ai besoin de chaussures argentées. Pouvez-vous me conduire aux robes s'il vous plaît?" said Angela is a distinctive French accent.
"Oui, si vous pouvez me suivre s'il vous plaît." said the assistant who walked in one direction towards the elevator. "De cinq étages."
"Merci." said Brennan.
"I didn't get a word of that." said Cam. "I speak Spanish."
"We are going to the fifth floor." said Angela. "Wait, why do I need a dress?"
"I spent all my clothing budget of a present for Michelle. Brennan, as you said, doesn't really do shopping unless she needs to." said Cam quickly. Angela raised her eyebrow but looked at the rack for a dress.
"You need to relax." whispered Brennan.
"I want to tell her but I don't want to see the look of disappointment on Hodgins' face especially after the whole everyone knowing about Angela being pregnant with Michael fiasco." Cam whispered back.
"Listen, she will not find out if we keep quiet and just act normally. Angela is very good at uncovering suspicious body language and she is relentless when it comes to getting information out of you." said Brennan. "Just act normally okay and everything will be alright." At that moment Brennan's phone rang and she answered, "Brennan."
"Doctor Brennan, I don't wish to alarm you or Angela, but Katy and Michael have gone missing." said Sweets on the other end of the phone.
"What?" asked Brennan with a hint of anger in her voice.
To be continued…