Disclaimer: I don't own Bones but if I did it might happen something like this.

Summary: Parker manages to tie up all the loose ends on the robbery case but that only poses more questions than it answers. As he is searching for those answers he gets into a little bit of trouble. Some old friends of his will show up to help him out. Meanwhile he tries to keep his feelings for Belle buried. Bailey and Seeley Jr. have united to try to get Booth and Eli together but they might just find themselves falling for each other instead.

Chapter 1: Case Closed

Belle stood outside of the two way mirror watching Parker interrogate his suspect. She couldn't help but feel some of her old feelings for him coming to the surface. That was understandable though hell they had been together for five years. She really thought that he was the one. Everything about him was perfect he was blessed with rugged good looks and a pair of big brown eyes that could still make her melt. She still remembered how he had asked her out on the their first date.

Belle was leaning up against the hood of her car talking to some of the other girls on the cheerleading squad. They were discussing the guys on the football team and ranking them in order of doability.

"I don't know Parker just about has them all beat. I mean he has everything a great body and he is such a nice guy." Kara one of the cheerleaders gushed. Every girl in school had a crush on Parker. But they realized they stood very little chance of getting with him.

Belle was listening to them ramble on and on. The truth be told she had a bigger crush on Parker then any of them did but she was afraid to act on her feelings.

"Claire look at that cute little boy coming over here." Katie her best friend said pointing to a dark haired little boy who couldn't be much older than six or seven.

Belle smiled when he walked up to her. "Hi there cutie." She said cheerfully.

"Hi my name is Hank and I supposed to give you this." Hank gave her a toothless grin and thrust out the rose he was holding. She took it from him.

"Thank you sweetie." Belle replied kissing him on the cheek. He blushed as red as a tomato.

It took him a minute to remember what he was supposed to say. "To your beauty this rose can't compare. Your ruby lips and your golden hair. You make my heart skip a beat and a cause a tear to roll down my cheek. Yes you're the one it must be true and the truth is I have a crush on you. I'm under your spell now and forever more. You are the girl that I adore. Eyes glowing like embers in the night let me know that my feelings are right." Hank recited just like he and his brother had practiced.

Belle grinned like a fool at him. "That was so very sweet of you."

Hank just smiled he had a part to play and he wasn't going to let his big brother down. "Now I know that I'm just a little bit too young for you but maybe you would like to go out with my brother sometimes."

Belle laughed when he pointed out their age difference. "That would depend on who your brother is." She replied. This kid was such a little ham but he was so damn cute.

"There you are Hammer I've been looking all over for you mom and dad wouldn't be very happy with me if I lost you. I hope you're not making a nuisance of yourself." Belle's heart skipped a beat when she saw Parker Booth the hottest guy in school standing there with his hands on Hank's shoulders.

"Hi, Parker, is this your little brother?" She had managed to find her voice to ask him that much.

"Hi, Claire, yeah this is one of my three little brothers. They are a real joy be glad you only met this one." Parker replied just looking at him was setting her on fire.

Belle tucked a strand of her brown hair behind her ear and smiled at him. "I thought you told me the other day that you weren't going to call me Claire anymore?" she liked it that he had come up with a nickname for her.

Parker tapped his finger to his temple like he was remembering something. "That's right I forgot that to me your name is Belle now." he was so cute when he made his thinking face.

Belle laughed at him lightly to get over her own nerves. "I like that a lot better than Claire. But let me tell you something Parker you're going to have to watch out for your little brother here. He came up to me, told me his name was Hank, gave me a flower and recited a poem, and then he asked me on a date. He is going to be very popular with the girls when he grows up."

Parker looked down at Hank. "Hammer is that true?" he asked.

"Yes it's true." Hank replied with a big toothless grin.

"Belle I think I caught the end of your conversation and you never answered his question." Parker smirked. Oh that smirk was so sexy he had no idea what he was doing to her.

"I didn't, did I? But I think I forgot the question." Belle said coyly. She hoped she knew where he was going with this.

"Belle would you like to go out with me?" Parker asked. She could tell that he was nervous but so was she.

Belle gave him a big smile that showed all her white teeth. "I would love to go out with you Parker. How about tomorrow night?" she wanted to do a little dance right there in front of everyone. The hottest boy in school had just gone through a minor production just to ask her out.

Parker's eyes danced with joy and she wanted nothing more than to get lost in them. "Tomorrow night sounds great. I'll pick you up at seven."

"Ok, I'll see you then." Belle replied grinning like mad. Then she bent down so she was eye level with Hank and she kissed him on the cheek again.

When they finally walked away she let out a little squeal. "Oh my God Claire, did Parker Booth just use his little brother to ask you out?" Kara asked her.

Belle squealed again. "Yes and he is so perfect we're going out tomorrow night and I'm so excited I just can't believe it." She gushed.

Belle was brought back to reality when Parker slammed his hand down on the table.

Parker ran his hand though his dark brown locks and tried to collect himself. This was his first interrogation he just couldn't blow it. His dad would never trust him again and that was important to him.

"Damn it Hicks just level with me on this one. I know everything. I know that you know your father's real name is George Swanson. I know that his cousin and partner in crime was Tom Ewing. I also know that you help your little cousin run his meth lab out of that cabin. Now the very least I have you on is drug manufacturing and using your office for ill gotten gains. If I were you I would start talking." Parker laid out for him trying hard to keep his temper from flaring again.

Roger Hicks put his massive head in his hands and sighed. "My father's name is George Swanson and he did hold up that bank. He changed his name after he skipped town and that was after they killed two cops. We lived off of that money for years. The reason I became a cop was so I could keep my ear to the ground and see what was going on with the investigation. If you need me to I can sign something that says I was knew about it all." He was just tired of living a lie.

"Fine just tell me where the rest of the money is." Parker replied.

"It's buried underneath the boathouse in a lockbox. I didn't trust the meth heads with it so I hid it." Hicks admitted sounding like he was about to cry.

Parker patted him on the back. "Just hang tight and we'll get you out of here." he walked out the door and pumped his fist in triumph he walked to where his parents were standing with Belle.

"Very impressive Bub you got him to confess in fifteen minutes I am very impressed." Booth said looking at his son in disbelief this certainly was not his little boy anymore.

"Very nice job Parker." Brennan told him giving him a big smile.

"How about it Belle? Not bad for a guy who can't be trusted with a warrant?" Parker asked he hadn't forgotten about her little dig at him the night before.

"I must say that that was Very good work Agent Booth." Belle replied coldly professional.

Parker locked eyes with her. "Can I have a word with you?" he asked politely.

"Sure let's just go to my office." Belle said.

"Mom, dad could you excuse us for a minute?" Parker asked and his parents nodded their heads.

Belle led him to an office that was the size of a janitor's closet but she had done nice things with it. She had photos of her parents out and her diplomas hanging on the walls. "What do you want Parker?" she asked taking a seat behind her desk.

"I want to know what the hell your problem is with me Belle. I haven't done anything to you." Parker demanded he was sick of her treating him like her whipping boy.

"I don't have a problem with you Parker you must be projecting your insecurities." Belle replied not backing down from him.

Parker narrowed his brown eyes he couldn't be distracted by her beauty like he normally was. "That's bullshit and you and I both know it Claire. If you have a problem with me you need to tell me. You're the one who started this you took a dig at me last night not the other way around." He could feel his temper rising. He very rarely called her by her given name.

"I didn't mean anything by it Parker." Belle tired lamely her blue eyes scanning every inch of his body she knew that he was about to lose his temper but she wasn't going to back down from him.

"The hell you didn't Belle if this is about me and you I need to know now." Parker put his foot down.

"Parker me and you haven't been me and you in a very long time." Belle said pain showed in her blue eyes and there was sadness in her voice.

Parker ran his hand through his hair and sighed. "Belle I wanted to stick it out you didn't I can't help it that you're having second thoughts about that now." watching her eyes fill up with tears as he said that he wished that he had never joined the Marines. He should have followed her because that is what you did when you loved someone.

When he spoke those words Belle found herself wishing she had never walked out on him. There was so much pain and sadness in his voice and eyes. It killed her to know that she was the one who had made him look and feel that way. Things had been a hell of a lot less complicated four years ago. But really and truly they still hadn't been adults then they weren't ready to try to make a relationship work in the real world. Or at least she hadn't been and she hadn't given Parker the chance to prove whether or not they could make it. "I'm not having second thoughts Parker I'm just having all these old feelings come rushing to the surface right now. I don't know what to do about that Parker it's just going to take time to adjust to working with you."

"Belle you're kidding yourself is you think that this is easy on either one of us. But fuck we are grown adults we can at least manage to work together with a little bit of civility I don't think that should be that hard." Parker flared. Maybe he was being unreasonable or maybe he was just hurting but whatever the reason he was starting to lose his temper. That wasn't a good thing when his temper exploded bad things tended to happen.

"Parker I don't think that there is anything left to discuss on the matter at the moment. We both have a job to do. Right now I have to make sure that you have made an iron clad case against them. And you have more suspects to go arrest. That is just where things are going to have to stand for now." Belle said pointing towards the door. She couldn't take looking in his eyes and seeing all the pain that was in them a moment longer.

"Fine then Claire I suppose I will be seeing you again when I interrogate my other suspects." Parker said walking out the door and slamming it behind him. He leaned up against the wall and took a deep breath. He was just going to have to bury his feelings again there was no way that he could go through this every time they had to work together. The bottom line was this she wasn't his anymore and he was just going to have to accept that.

Opening Credits:

Theme:

On My Highway- Jason Aldean

Starring:

Parker Booth- Jensen Ackles

Seeley Booth- David Boreanez

Temperance Brennan- Emily Deschanel

Jack Hodgins- TJ Thyne

Angela Montenegro- Michaela Conlin

Camille Saroyan- Tamara Taylor

Lance Sweets- John Francis Daley

With:

Elizabeth Booth- Eliza Dushku

Bailey Hodgins- Sophia Bush

Booth Hodgins- Chris Evans

Seeley Booth Jr.- Channing Tatum

Hayden Hodgins- Rachel Bilson

Harper Hodgins- Drew Roy

Henry Booth- Eddie Cibrian

Lance Booth- Sean Faris

"Really I would like to know where those little people get such raw energy. I'm in the prime of my life and if I ran around like those holy terrors did last night I would still be tired. Hell I still am tired." Booth Hodgins groaned he felt like he was falling asleep at his piano.

Bailey Hodgins was draped across that couch that her brother kept in his studio. "Booth I think you're being a tad bit dramatic. Then again you did get mom's genes so you are always being dramatic. I don't know why I always forget that." She was more or less mumbling to herself.

Booth picked his head up long enough to glare at his older sister. "Bales you have no idea just how bad it was. I honestly thought that Gizmo was going to tie them up and she never loses her cool with those kids. The only good one was Dalton and we didn't see him half the night because he was on the phone talking to some girl." He was trying hard to make his sister see just how bad the situation was.

"And this wouldn't by chance have anything to do with you being forced to play tea party now would it?" Bailey asked her brother a smirk on her lips and a gleam in her eye.

Booth's head shot up again "That traitor I'm going to kill Seeley." His blue eyes burned with rage.

Bailey laughed at his reaction "He was even kind enough to supply me with blackmail pictures."

Booth frowned "When did you talk to Seeley?" he asked those two together was not a great idea bad things happened.

"He came over last night Booth. The boy is still on the prowl and I had to dress him. I know that we bet against the younger half of the Squint Squad but I couldn't just leave him high and dry." Bailey pointed out to him.

"No the bet is that Operation Get Seeley laid crashes and burns miserably. On the other hand we are all for Operation get Seeley a bunch of dates to build his confidence he just doesn't know that." Booth reminded her. That didn't even sound right and he shook his head.

Bailey just laughed at him again. "So what were you and Gizmo doing last night before Uncle Lance showed up?" she asked changing the subject on him. She may have been more into science like her father but she was still her mother's daughter. She was not going to rest until her brother and her best friend got together.

Booth shrugged, "We weren't really doing anything Bug we were just sitting around enjoying the peace and quiet. That was until Uncle Lance showed up with the little typhoons."

"So you guys weren't doing anything at all?" Bailey asked in a tone that suggested she thought he was keeping things from her.

"Bug we were not doing anything we were sitting on the couch." Booth stressed. He really didn't think it was wise for him to tell his sister that he had almost kissed her best friend. Hell he was kidding himself he hadn't almost done anything he had been thinking about doing it. Just like he had been thinking about it every other time that they were alone but he had never once allowed himself to act on his feelings. When it came down to it he was nothing more than a chicken when it came to her.

Bailey picked herself up off of the couch in a huff she just didn't know what to do with the two of them sometimes. She had set it up perfectly so that they would be alone for a few hours and they hadn't even capitalized on the opportunity. It had taken her and Seeley days to come up with a plan that good and still those two idiots insisted on being blind. "I've got to get out of here I can't stay in this studio all day." She said starting for the door.

"Where you going Bug?" Booth asked his sister he wasn't aware that she was pissed off at him.

"I'm going outside to get some sun." Bailey mumbled as a reply. In all reality the first thing was going to do was get on the phone with Seeley and let him know that they had more planning to do.

Seeley Booth Jr. and Eli Booth were both in front of their house stretching they had just come back from a run. They tended to do a lot of things together and this was the one thing that they did every day without fail. They were highly competitive by nature and running was a good outlet for them. Despite having longer legs though Eli had a step up on her brother when it came to speed.

"Did you enjoy eating my dust again today loser?" Eli asked her younger brother in a very cheerful tone. She loved giving him a hard time.

Seeley stuck his tongue out at her and shoved her playfully. "I will have you know that I beat you a lot too. I just have to push myself harder than you. Now I really shouldn't tell you this because it will only go to your head but you're really fuckin' fast."

Eli punched him affectionately on the shoulder. "And I shouldn't tell you this because you're already impossible to live with but for a little brother you're not half bad." She was just as rough as any of her brothers dared to be but she had no sisters. So she had to learn to fight back or she wouldn't have survived her childhood. Well that wasn't true because Parker carried her around on a pedestal. If her little brothers ever did anything to her they personally got a talking to from Parker about how they were supposed to protect her.

Seeley punched his sister lightly in retaliation. "Well as far as older sisters go you're not so bad yourself." He informed her. Those two were really close they were only ten months apart so there were times when it seemed like they were twins.

Eli punched him again a little harder this time. "I think we can both agree that Lance is pretty annoying when he wants to be though."

Seeley punched her again careful not to hit her too hard. "We are totally in agreement about that. Hank isn't so bad he leaves us alone for the most part. And besides we all know that he hero worships Parker. But Lance is such a little Squint all the time."

Eli gave him a shove and he was off balance anyway so he fell backwards. "Oh, Seel I'm sorry I didn't mean to push you down." She said sounding contrite but she was laughing. She really hadn't meant for him to fall but it was funny.

"I'm glad you think this is so funny Eli." Seeley couldn't help but laugh to. But that didn't stop him from grabbing her leg and causing her to fall on the ground with him.

That was all it took and it was on. The two Booth children started wrestling around on the ground like they didn't have any good sense at all. First Seeley was on top of Eli but then she flipped him over and started poking him in the chest. He finally managed to get out from under her and when he did he pinned her arms underneath her and started tickling her.

"Seeley Jack Booth you stop that right now." Eli ordered him but it was hard for him to take her seriously when she was squealing like a little girl.

"I'll stop when you say the magic words. I see you don't think things are so funny now. You know that you have to ask me nicely Elizabeth Grace Angela Booth." Seeley replied as he proceeded to tickle her.

Eli didn't want to give into him but she was having trouble breathing. "Ok, ok, you win. Seeley Booth is the best little brother in the whole entire world." She relented.

"That'll do the trick." Seeley smirked getting up off of her and he helped her to her feet.

Eli pointed her finger at him. "That was a dirty trick to play on me. You know that I'm not on top of my game right now I had to watch the tiny tornadoes last night." She pouted.

"I know I walked in on the middle of that. That is why I left so fast that and well Bailey insisted on dressing me last night because I had a date that she set me up on." Seeley rolled his eyes. Bailey may have claimed to be a scientist but she had the Montenegro genes for sure.

"I know you, you most likely left with blackmail. There is no way you didn't take pictures of Booth playing tea party with the girls." Eli gave him a look that dared him to lie to her.

"Hey I could make a lot of money off those pictures. A lot of people would give their arm to see Booth Hodgins best selling author and musical prodigy dressed up for a tea party." Seeley laughed. "Speaking of Booth what were you guys doing before the terrors showed up?" he asked.

Eli shrugged. "We weren't doing anything we were just chillin'. Then those four little brats swept through here the way Sherman swept through Georgia." Being highly intelligent they always had to work in something smart when they were being sarcastic.

Seeley sighed at what he was about to do. But Bailey had put him up to it and he couldn't refuse her anything that she wanted. All she had to do was bat her eyelashes at him and his heart skipped a beat. It wasn't normal at all and what was worse he was sure that he had feelings for her. "So nothing at all happened because the kids showed up?" he asked. And then he kicked himself for being so forward. Oh, yeah that was really fuckin' subtle there Seel.

"No nothing at all happened before the kids showed up. We were just talking about how nice it was to have peace and quiet for a change. I hate to break it to you but you and Hank argue a lot." Eli was not about to admit to her brother that she had feelings for Booth. He would either tease her or go run his mouth about it and that was the last thing that she needed. Hell she didn't think that anyone knew how she felt about Booth she had always tried really hard to keep those feelings from coming to the surface. Little did she know that she wasn't doing as good a job of that as she thought she did.

Seeley groaned inwardly and rolled his brown eyes. Bailey was going to kill him for this and he just knew it. Never mind that it wasn't his fault she would be pissed that their plan hadn't worked and she would take it out on him. He was the one who had come up with the plan but that was because he had a better mind for shit like that. "Oh I was just wondering because when I went to see her last night Bailey asked me what the hell you two were doing." He explained lamely.

"You know Seel and you Bales sure do spend an awful lot of time either together or talking to each other." Eli pointed out like she had just noticed it. In all actuality she had noticed that a long time ago. She couldn't help thinking that her brother and her friend would be cute together. Jesus Eli you're starting to sound just like Bailey you two spend way too much time together. She chided herself.

"Gizmo you have no idea. Bailey has these horrible powers over men and I can't refuse her anything she asks of me." Seeley deadpanned trying to act like it bothered him. When the reality was he was always making up excuses to spend time with the older girl. The Booth-Hodgins clan sure had messed up love lives from the oldest to the youngest.

Later on that night after they had finally booked all their suspects and brought them up on charges the gang from the Jeffersonian sat in Founding Fathers their favorite bar to hang out in after work. Cam and her husband were there, Wendell and his wife, Jack and Angela of course were there, and Sweets and his wife had again pressed the Junior Squints into service. Daisy had a business trip to get to so she had declined the invitation.

Booth stood up and cleared his throat. He raised the glass that he had in his hand. "Well here's to Parker. I'll admit that I wasn't exactly thrilled a few days ago when he joined the team. But he's a damn good agent and without him there is no way we would have been able to solve this case. Son you've made me more proud over the last couple of days than I can put into words. Welcome to the team." He said before sitting back down. Brennan leaned over to kiss him she knew how hard that had been for him to finally admit that.

Parker blushed as red as a tomato. "Thanks dad you have no idea how much that means to me to have your approval. Actually it means a lot to me to have the approval of all the people sitting at this table. I wouldn't be where I am today without every last single one of you. We may not be the most orthodox family in the world but we are family." He said in reply.

Angela pulled a box out of her purse and handed it to Parker. "Parker, Uncle Jack and I got you something." She told him smiling.

"Aunt Ange you guys didn't have to do this." Parker said opening the box. He laughed when he saw what it was. It was a Cocky belt buckle just like his dad's. "Uncle Jack this is great. Thank you so much. You guys seriously know me too well."

Booth rolled his eyes when he saw the belt buckle. "Just remember that I've been wearing it since before you were born." He chuckled.

"Yeah sure I've got dad." Parker replied rolling his eyes just like his father had.

They had been sitting there just drinking and having a good time for a while when Parker recognized a blonde woman that was sitting at the bar. He smiled when he saw her it had been a long time since he had talked to her. "If you guys will excuse for a moment there is a lady at the bar that I just have to go talk to." He said excusing himself. Sweets gave him a look. "It's not like that Lance you'll understand in a minute." He informed him before walking off.

Parker walked up behind the blonde and put his hands over her eyes. "Guess who," he challenged her.

"Well given that only one man I know always smells like wood and seawater I'm going to have to say Parker." The blonde replied.

"Aw, Amy that's not fair you weren't supposed to use my cologne to guess who I was." Parker told her smiling as he took his hands away from her eyes.

Amy got down off of her barstool to hug him. "Parker Joseph Booth it's so good to see you. I haven't heard from you in months." She lectured him before she smacked him playfully on the chest.

Parker laughed because she really hadn't hurt him when she hit him. "Well I will have you know that I have been very busy Amelia Alice Johnson."

Amy looked at him with a twinkle in her green eyes. "I will have you know that Lex is going to kick your ass for slipping back into town without telling anyone." She informed him.

"You tell Lex that I'll be at home and the last time I checked Lex knows how the hell to find me there. If not I'll draw Lex a map." Parker replied sarcastically.

Amy laughed at him. "It still doesn't change the fact that Lex is going to be pissed." She reminded him.

Parker rolled his eyes and gave a derisive snort. " The last person on this earth that scares me is Lex Bishop. We go way back there is no way Bish would hurt me." he assured her.

"Ok, enough about Lex I'm dating Lex. I know more than I want to know about Lex. What brings you back to town Booth?" Amy asked him.

"I'm the junior FBI liaison to the Jeffersonian." Parker reported proudly.

"In other words you work for mommy and daddy." Amy told him bluntly.

Parker clutched his heart like the comment had wounded him. "That one hurt Amy that hurt really bad. But yeah that is basically what I do." He admitted once he was done being dramatic.

"I can't imagine that Seeley was very happy with that." Amy was such a good friend of his that she was on a first name basis with his parents.

Parker made a face at that remark. "He was less than thrilled at first but he's ok with it now."

"And Tempe?" Amy asked.

"I don't think I could do anything to make her more proud of me if I tried right now. You know her she is going to try to be professional about this but I can read her." Parker laughed.

"So I guess you found out the hard way that Belle is back in D.C. then?" Amy asked him. She and Lex had had to nurse them both through that horrible break up they had practically been married.

Parker snorted again. "You've got that right if you and Lex were my friends you would have told me that she was back in town." He commented with an arched eyebrow.

"Booth I wanted to tell you but Lex harbors this hope that you two will get back together." Amy shrugged.

"That'll happen when pigs fly and hell freezes over. And since I don't see either one of those things happening anytime soon unless my Uncle Jack has an experiment go bad. I think that we had our chance." Parker admitted sadly.

"Amy I see that you managed to find Agent Booth." Belle said as she walked into the bar.

"No I didn't find him he found me." Amy replied hugging her friend hello.

Parker took in a deep breath he didn't know if he could do this. "Belle I need to apologize for earlier I was less than a gentleman and for that I'm sorry. I would really like it if we could be friends."

"Well since I really don't want to spilt Lex, Jamie, and Amy here between us like they're children from a broken home I think we can manage that." Belle smiled at him.

"No I don't think that we can have that either." Parker replied giving her a big grin.

A/N: Here is the first chapter I hope you guys like it.