A/n: First Bones story, I'll continue if I get positive fee back. If anyone has any tips I'll be happy to hear them.
Booth was in his office when he received the call; Bones was seated in front of his desk because they had just finished talking to a family member of the victim from their latest case. They were about to go to the dinner when the ringing caused them both to pause. Booth looked at the phone surprised to see his ex's name on the screen. "Hey Rebecca, what's up?"
"Seely, about you're weekend with Parker…" She paused on the other end and Booth became worried.
"What about it? Did something happen to Parker?" Almost immediately Booth's heart rate increased as he thought about all the terrible things that could have happened to his son. Bones also took notice when Booth asked if something had happened, up to that point she wasn't really paying attention to the conversation, she was just reading a file.
"No, nothing happened it's just…" she paused and Booth didn't like where this seemed to be going. "This weekend Brent and I are going to see my parents, and I'm going to take Parker with us. I'm sorry, but this is really important." She seemed hesitant to explain further, but Booth wasn't going to let her get away with such a pathetic excuse for another missed weekend.
"What? No, this is the second time in a row that I don't get to see him. I haven't seen him in almost a month now, what's going on? Why can't you just go next weekend or something, it's not like they're going anywhere." He was angry, he didn't get to see his son nearly enough and now she wanted him to miss a second weekend. This meant that the next time he would be able to see his son would be in two weeks, by then it would be over a month since he saw his son.
"I'm sorry Seely, but I really have to do it this weekend, I have no choice. I'm only telling you out of courtesy, I don't have to let you see him at all, you don't have custody." Her sentence hit him hard, it killed him that he was at her mercy, that she could just take his son away from him at any time, and there was nothing he would be able to do.
"Why? What's the difference between this weekend and next weekend?" He knew she was hiding something from him, something big.
"I didn't want to say anything until I knew for sure, but, I got offered a job back home near my parents. They're getting older and Brent and I agreed that it would be for the best, we've been talking about moving out of the city for a while, and now that we're married and thinking about more children, we decided that this would be for the best."
"What? You want to move back to Maine? What about Parker, how will this be better for him, Maine is 12 hours away, I'll never be able to see him." He couldn't believe what he was hearing; she was going to take his son away from him.
"I know, I'll try and let him come down for either Christmas, or a week during summer vacation if he wants. I think that this will be better for him though, he'll have a more stable home environment, and he won't feel like he's being passed between the two parents that love him, but hate each other. I think its best that he sees more positive relationships, like the ones between me and Brent, and my parents. Plus, I won't have to worry about him as much, every time he goes to your place I can't help but worry about what could happen to him there."
"Are you calling me a bad father? Nothing has ever happened to Parker when he was with me, ever. Parker needs his father, he doesn't need to be near his grandparents all the time, but he does need his father. What will happen when I'm not there to coach his sports teams, and tell him about girls, you can't do that for him, that's a father's role."
"Sure nothing has happened yet, but that possibility is always there. You're a FBI agent, people you arrest get out, what happens when they come after you while Parker is there, he could get hurt, or even killed. As for needing someone to coach sports teams and talk about girls, Brent is perfectly capable of doing those things. He has already told me he looks at Parker like his own son."
"I can't believe you're trying to replace me, you're trying to get Parker to see Brent as his father and forget about me. That's low Rebecca, and I'm telling you now I'm not going to let this happen, whatever I have to do, I'll do it. You're not taking my son away."
"I'm sorry Seely," That was the end of the conversation, Rebecca hung up the phone, leaving a very angry Booth on the other line.
Booth whipped his phone from his hand into the wall, not thinking about the fact that he was going to most likely brake the phone, and possibly damage the wall as well. "God damnit, I can't believe this, she's going to take him away, she's going to move to Maine and play house with he new husband and most likely tell Parker that I don't want him any more. I can't believe this, I knew we didn't get along, and that we haven't gotten along for years, but I never thought that she could be so cold. She's going to take him away and try and replace me in his life, give him a new home, and a new life, with a new dad. It's not fair Bones, what can I do? She's right, she has full custody, and it probably is safer for him to be with her, but I can't lose him Bones, I can't lose him." And that was when it really hit him, Rebecca was going to try and take his son away, and he had no idea how to stop her.
Bones walked around the desk and perched herself on his desk. Once she was seated she gently took his hand into hers. "Booth, no mater what it takes, we'll stop her. She has no right to try and take your son away, none at all. We can find a lawyer and sue for custody, or at least joint custody, that way she has to let you see him."
"We? You don't have to do this Bones, I appreciate the fact that you want to help me, but I can't ask you to invest yourself in this, this is my problem." Booth said as he ran his thumb over the back of her hand absently mindedly.
"You're not asking me, I want to do this. I understand it's going to be hard, and I'm going to have to make some sacrifices, but after everything you've done for me, I can't just sit back and let you deal with this on your own." She said this shyly, not making eye contact with him.
"You know, if I hadn't just found out about this problem moments ago, I would swear you had Angela's help putting together that little speech." Booth said with a small smile, which without it, Bones would have though he was making fun of her. He wasn't though. "Okay let's do this, but before we even do anything, we can talk details over dinner." Booth stood from his chair, not letting go of her hand. He then moved towards and then out the door, pulling her with him.