Summary: Parker writes an essay on the subject "my family". BB Hodgela
Author's Note: My second Bones-story. Please review! I want to know whether I should continue this one or not :) And by the way, I have no idea if a six year old is capable of writing something like this but…well. You get the point :P The story is titled after a South Park quote
Part 1
Exhausted, Booth walked around his apartment, aimlessly picking up stuff from the floor. He had Parker this week and his whole apartment were scattered with toys. Now he came across Parker's backpack and picked it up. He went through it, fishing out his lunch box. Booth was just about to put down the backpack by the door when he spotted a crumpled paper. The words by Parker Booth´ caught his attention and he picked it out. Unfolding it he realised what it was. Parker's first essay. He remembered how the boy had called a few weeks ago, telling his father about his first essay. Booth could recall how Parker had a few list of subjects to choose between. Knowing his son, Booth also knew that it must have been a long process for the child to choose one of the subjects on the list. Parker loved to write and come up with stories. He reminded Booth a lot about Brennan. It was a fairly long essay for being written by a six year old. Apparently someone had helped him type it. Booth slumped down in his chair, paper in hand. Reading the headline, Booth wasn't surprised at which subject Parker had choose to write about.
"My family by Parker Booth
I have a very strange family. Mommy and daddy don't live together. I can't remember how it was when they did. It must have been funny. When they meet, they always do funny faces at each other and say very weird stuff. I live with mommy because my daddy work all the time. But he always calls and say goodnight. Mommy is often mad at him when I can't stay with him but I'm not. Daddy has told me what he does at work. He works at the FBI and catches the bad guys and put them in jail. Like a superhero like Batman. Cause Batman has a helper and so does my daddy.
Daddy calls his helper Bones. I think that's a very weird name. She's kinda strange sometimes, but nice and daddy told me she's very smart. Daddy's helper Bones, she has a friend, Angela. She's always happy, draws me pictures and calls me sweetie´ all the time. Daddy calls me bub. I think it is called a nickname. I think Bones is daddy's helper's nickname. He told me her real name once but it's long and I can't spell it. Zack, Bones' helper, tried to help me but it was too hard. He is very smart too. He says funny things with long words daddy and I don't understand. But Zack is a hero too. He saved Bones and the bug guy when they were trapped in a car in the ground.
I think the bug guy is called Hodgins. He and Angela are getting married. Cool, huh? I like daddy's friends. When I'm at daddy's place I always want to go to the lab and visit them. They have such cool stuff there and Bones has many skeletons. Real skeletons. Daddy doesn't want me to see them because he says I'll have nightmare. I don't have nightmares. Cam also works there. Daddy told me she was his girlfriend a long time ago. I've met many of daddy's girlfriends but I haven't liked them that much. I like daddy's friends at the lab much better. He calls them squints. My daddy knows many funny words.
They always do fun stuff at their job. Angela spies on daddy and Bones. I use to spy with her and then she sometimes cover my eyes. She says they need privacy´ I don't know what that means. Then she always goes to tell the bug guy, Hodgins.
Daddy's job is very dangerous, that's why I can't go with him. Everytime he gets hurt, mommy gets angry with him but we always visit him at the hospital. Bones is always there too. I asked daddy about Bones' family once. He said she didn't have one. At least not a real one. I don't know what that means either. When we saw her the next day, I hugged her and told her not to be sad cause she had my daddy. She comes over pretty often when I'm there. Maybe because she's lonely. She always brings food from Sid's place and then she and daddy has to work. That's when daddy tells me to go to bed. I get angry then. I want to play with him and Bones. But sometimes Bones tucks me in and then I'm not angry anymore.
But when Bones leave my room, I do what Angela taught me. I spy on daddy and Bones. I can see them from my room. It seems like when I'm not there, they don't have to work anymore. Instead they sit on the couch and talk. Grown ups always talk a lot. Daddy use to hug her and they tell each other strange jokes. Then they go to bed and daddy kisses Bones goodnight. I told Angela and she said that Bones is daddy's girlfriend and helper. I always tell Angela about when I spy on daddy and Bones. She laughs at me and pats my head. She's kinda weird sometimes I think. I still want to know what privacy means. Maybe daddy and Bones fight and say bad words? I think I should spy without Angela sometime.
I think they are my family. They like me and I like them back. I have a big family. Mommy and Drew and then daddy and Bones. And everybody at the lab. They are weird but very cool.
Smiling, Booth put down the paper. He couldn't help but feel proud but also a bit embarrassed that Parker had snuck up on him and his Bones´. For being six years old, Parker was a very talented writer. Just like Bones´ Booth stated as he stood to go to bed.
How was it? Should I continue? Please review!!
