BONES and its characters do not belong to me (sigh).
God bless snow days. This story takes place after Bones and Booth have gotten together.
SNOW DAY
By graceful phoenix
It was still early in the winter morning. The winter blew hard, carrying snow with it as the snow hit the windows of the apartment. Temperance snuggled deeper into her boyfriend's embrace as she felt a cold draft from the windows. This action caused a response from her partner, "Bones, stop it. Your nose is cold," he mumbled to her as he placed a kiss in her hair. "Love you too, Booth" was her reply as they both fell asleep again.
"DADDY, TEMPE, ITS SNOWING OUTSIDE!!!!! DADDY, TEMPE, WAKE UP!!!!!" a new voice join the couple. "Good morning Parker," Booth said as he sat up to hug his son. "Daddy it's still snowing outside" he exclaimed happily. "The snow probably never stopped Parker" Bones said as she got out of bed to inspect the snow from her and Booth's bedroom window. "Wow Booth, it really came down last night." She said in awe. He replied with a "Really?" He pulled Parker off his lap to the bed as he walked up to Temperance, his chin resting on her shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her. "Wow, I guess it did," he finally replied.
A shrill ring tone interrupted the silence of the room. Booth crossed the room to answer his phone. "Booth," he answered, "Hey Rebecca, what's going on?" "Ok, it's not a problem, really Rebecca. Just stay safe, ok?" He hung up the phone and tossed it back on the bed. He looked back at the window to see that Parker had left his place on the bed to join his girlfriend who was still watching it snow. "That was your mom, bub. She's not gonna be able to pick you for school today," he told his son. Parker tore his gaze from the window to ask, "Why?" "Her flight was canceled due to all the snow that came, bub," he told his son. "Come on son, we got to get you ready for school today." Temperance looked over her should to say, "Booth, odds are schools are gonna be on a delay or even closed." Booth looked thoughtfully at her for a few seconds before he grabbed the tv remote to turn the tv on. "With the worst winter storm hitting the DC area in a decade, many schools and business are either closed or on a delay schedule. Please look below to see if this affects your plans for the day."
His eyes lingered on the screen till he saw what he needed. The screen informed him that Kennedy Heights Elementary was indeed closed for the day. He heard Temperance leave her spot by the window to sit on the bed with Parker in her lap. He turned to her as he heard her voice from behind him, "What about his daycare?" His eyes returned to the screen and within seconds the screen gave him his answer, which was that Parker's daycare, Lincoln Youth, was also closed. "Great, what's next?" he wondered out loud as he sat on the bed next to his family and closed his eyes. He felt her lips touch his own as she attempted to put him in a better mood.
He broke the kiss off as he said, "Parker, why don't you find some cartoons on the tv in living room?" Parker jumped off the bed to start the search for Sponge bob Square pants. He opened his eyes and was staring into hers as he spoke. "Bones, I'm gonna be in court all day giving testimony. There is no way I can take Parker with me." He closed his eyes in frustration. Temperance watched as the conflict went on inside his head. She then resumed their kiss as he groaned. She broke the kiss off this time and laid her forehead on his chest. "I can take him to the lab with me and go through the museum today," she murmured into his chest. Booth sighed again, just taking in all that was Temperance. He opened his eyes as he said, "I love you but I can't let you do two full time jobs all day." "It's the only option that we have right now," she replied. He opened his mouth but before he could get a word out her phone rang. She reached over him and flipped open the phone, "Brennan."
I am still thinking about how this will turn out. This is where you come in. You can chose option A-have all 3 snowed in at the apartment, option B- have Booth stuck at work and Bones and Parker at the apartment, option C- have both of the adults stuck at work. You can vote through a review or drop a message. Please help me get through this writer's block. Thanks and pray that my snow-ridden city will declare a level 2 snow emergency again which means only medical and emergency personnel on the roads, leaving me so time to write instead of going to work.