Lucy Hodgins was 19 when she first met Parker. He was 6 years older than she was; she met him after accidentally bumping into him on the sidewalk outside of the Lincoln Memorial. Well… that was a lie, she had actually been tumbling down the steps... thinking that it probably wasn't a good thing to leave a red stain on the gorgeous monument when she was caught. She'd lived in D.C for about a year then, just starting her sophomore year at George Washington University when she realized she'd never seen the sights of D.C.
"Are you okay?" he'd asked worriedly. She had just stared at him, blushing instantly. Parker was tall, with curly bronze hair and worried brown eyes. When she didn't reply he got even more worried, "Hold on! I'll call 911!" he exclaimed, whipping out a cell phone. That spurred Lucy to talk.
"No! Sorry, I'm fine…" she said, blushing again.
After that, they had talked for awhile and soon started going out. It was about two years later was when Lucy's father, Jack, moved to D.C.
She drove to meet him, using the patented insane driving methods ever D.C.-er needed to know and gave him a giant hug, "DAD!" she exclaimed happily, "Did you move out here just to be close to me?" she teased, Jack just smiled, hugging his daughter close. The family had always had a house out in D.C, but Lucy could never remember going there at all. It was huge, much bigger than even the main building of the apartment complex they lived in back home.
"So dad, what do you want to see first? The Jeffersonian, the White House, the FBI building? I haven't seen those yet." She said as an afterthought, "But I hear they're really cool. The Jeffersonian has this huge lab in it – I'd bet you'd love it! With your credentials I bet they'd let you go in and see it." She said. Hodgins laughed nervously.
"That's alright hon, I did used to live here you know." Lucy rolled her eyes.
"I know... How about dinner?"
While his daughter drove, Jack watched the landscape of D.C roll by, and turned to look at his daughter instead as they passed the Jeffersonian. She was only about 5'5", if that. And she had inherited his brown hair, though it wasn't as curly as his own. Her eyes were the same color as his, but despite their matching color, her eye the exact same shape as her mother's. Jack's eyes flickered back to where they had passed the Jeffersonian seconds before.
"Lucy, there's already someone at this table." Hodgins said warily. Lucy blushed and went up to the man, who gave her a hug, causing Hodgins' dad-alarms to go off. Who was this punk, and why did he look so familiar?
"Dad. This is Parker, he's my boyfriend." Jack's eyes narrowed in his "meerkat" as he searched his memory from where he could have met this guy. He looked so familiar.
"It's nice to meet you, sir." The boy stuttered.
"Nice to meet you too mister…" Jack trailed off. The identity of the man suddenly became clear as Parker said it.
"Booth… I'm Parker Booth." Jack's eyes widened in alarm.
"Oh… awesome to meet you." Hodgins said after a long pause, "So… what do you do for a living?"
"I just got my doctorate in Psychology." Parker said with a smile. Jack's eyebrows shot into his hairline – a Psychologist? No wonder he seemed so much like Sweets.
"Really? Lucy tells me that your stepmother is a scientist. From what I've learned through working with them, the two don't seem to mesh well." Parker let out a deep, all around booth-laugh.
"Yeah, but one of my non-blood uncles is a Psychologist and I spent a lot of time around him, he must have rubbed off." Parker explained, "So you've worked at a lot of the big labs?"
"Oh, yeah." Hodgins said, suddenly looking nervous, "I'm an entomologist… that means-"
"Bugs and slime." Parker finished with a nod, "yeah- and the Jeffersonian Bone, I mean - my step-mother has one on her team. He always kind of freaked me out."
"Really? What's his name?" Hodgins asked.
"Oliver Parson, I think…" Parker said, trailing off as Jack wracked his brain trying to place the name, "I don't know him as much as I know the rest of the staff." He said with a shrug, "maybe you should work there." He joked with a laugh. Hodgins let out a giant awkward laugh.
"Anyway, so Parker… did you grow up here?" Hodgins asked
"Yep. Born and raised in D.C!" Parker said proudly, "I plan on working in the FBI building, or maybe opening my own practice."
"The next Sweets." Hodgins acknowledged before realizing his slip, "I mean… Sweet!" he said with a smile. Parker and Lucy exchanged a suspicious glance, "So… do you play any sports?"
"Hi Mr. and Mrs. Booth." Lucy said nervously
"Oh, I'm Mrs. Brennan, I don't believe in taking a husband's last name." Temperance said, whilst still smiling and shaking Lucy's hands. Lucy promptly flushed bright red, and Temperance and Seeley stood and walked into the kitchen.
"You kids just make yourselves comfortable; we'll grab you some snacks." Booth paused a moment. He had tried running Lucy through the database the other day, but had gotten nothing, "Lucy, what was your last name? Harper, wasn't it?"
"Oh no, my last name is Hodgins." There was a large crash in the kitchen, and Booth looked like someone had punched him in the stomach. Parker and Lucy exchanged a look.
"Dad-" Parker started.
"What was that hon?" Booth yelled loudly, before turning to walk into the kitchen after Bones.
"What's wrong with my name?" Lucy asked worriedly, "Do you think it's the name of one of the psycho killers they captured awhile back?"
"It's alright babe, I'm sure it just sounds familiar." Parker assured her, giving her a hug and a kiss.
"So, do you live-" Bones started, coming into the room. Parker and Lucy hopped apart, "Oh, it's alright you two. We know that young people today have open sexual relations."
"BONES!" squeaked Parker, both him and Lucy (and Booth who had followed her in afterward) turned bright red.
"What? You two have been dating for about a year, and you're meeting the other parents, it's perfectly acceptable that you've had sex."
"BONES!" exclaimed Parker again, Booth joining in this time.
"So, Lucy, Are your parents from here?" Temperance asked, sipping her tea while the other three merely gazed at theirs awkwardly.
"My Dad is, but I'm not sure about my mom." Lucy said, her ears turning red again, "I was just raised by my Dad in New York City."
"Oh that's interesting, what does your dad do?" Booth asked, swirling his tea around.
"He's an entomologist." Lucy said.
"Did your father ever remarry, or date again?" Bones asked calmly, sipping her tea again. Lucy blinked in confusion.
"N-not really." She said, "My Dad's always afraid that women are just using him for his money, so he hardly ever dates."
"Oh, I see." Bones said, sipping her tea again with a poorly disguised smirk, causing Lucy and Parker to exchange another look.
"Does your father have anymore kids?" Bones asked. Lucy stared and stuttered for a second.
"Hey Bones, why don't we go check on the food?" Booth asked, standing and pulling Bones into the kitchen.
"Booth, why'd you do that? I didn't get to ask her if she knew about her Mom." Bones whispered angrily, "does she know Angela?"
"Bones. If she had, we'd know of it?" Booth said, "Stop interrogating the girl, it's obvious that you're freaking her out, she already came in totally intimidated!"
"Really?" Bones asked with a smirk.
"Totally. And stop embarrassing Parker." Booth added.
"What! How am I embarrassing him?" Bones asked, looking surprised.
"All the Sex talk!" Booth told her sternly.
"Booth! Sex is a natural thing, and in a modern society sex is a normal test to decide whether you've got a suitable mate."
"BONES!" squeaked Booth, "that. That's what I'm saying. Stop that! You're traumatizing the poor kid."
Meanwhile, in the living room, Parker and Lucy were discussing Seeley and Temperance's strange behavior.
"My step-mom has never dropped anything as long as I've known her." Exclaimed Parker in a quiet voice, "I'm honestly kind of freaked out."
"Do you think she dated my Dad or something?" Lucy asked, "She jut kept asking about my Dad's dating habits."
"No, Dad and Bones have been together as long as I can remember." Parker said, "But the name Hodgins does sound familiar." Parker's brow furrowed, "I can't remember, I'll ask Aunt Angie or Uncle Sweets." He rationalized, "And then after we could go out to lunch or something, and you could meet them!"
"I've already meet Sweets, honey, but it'd be nice to meet Angela." Lucy told him, "It's a plan then."
"You know, you are absolutely adorable when you get excited." Parker told her, giving Lucy a warm kiss.
"Oooh Mr. Booth, you are being inappropriate in your childhood home." Lucy told him in a joking serious voice. Lucy giggled and kissed him again before pushing him away, "Now we're stopping because your step-mom scares me."
"Oh, Bones doesn't mean anything by it." Parker assured her.
"Why do you call her Bones?" Lucy asked, "I know she's a big anthropologist, but what's the big deal?"
"Oh, that's the name Dad called her when they first met, and that's how I was introduced to her, so it kind of stuck." Parker said, blushing slightly.
"Aww honey, I bet you were so cute as a little kid!" Lucy said, kissing him on the cheek.
"Were?" Parker clarified.
"Don't push it." Lucy giggled, "now shush, you're parents are coming back."
"Hello, Lance Sweets." Sweets greeted as he answered the phone.
"Sweets, I need a favor." There was a pause.
"Hodgins? Jack Hodgins?" Sweets asked, his voice shocked.
"Yeah." Hodgins said, "Wow, hey! What a Long time! So great to hear from you! Yeah, look. I need to talk to you, but I don't want to go into the FBI building, could I, by chance, meet you somewhere today?"
"Wait, are you in D.C?" Sweets clarified, "Where is little Lucy? Is she with you?"
"Sweets! Hey, Focus! Meeting?" Hodgins said sternly, "Can we say… in one hour at the Hollow Bistro on 61st?"
"Yeah, Sure. One hour at the Hollow Bistro, got it." Sweets said.
"Oh, and tell no one – Some sort of Patient Privacy?" Hodgins said before hanging up.
Sweets glanced at his clock; to get over there he should leave now. Grabbing his coat, he left his office… and promptly ran into Booth, "Sweets, do you have a minute?" Booth asked. Sweets paused.
"Ahh…. No." he stated.
"Well, Parker brought home a new girlfriend." Booth said, "And she's a lot younger than him. But that's not the problem, you see, she –"
"Booth. Look, I need to go somewhere." Sweets said, "I don't want to cut you off, but can I call you when I get back to my office?"
"Where are you going? You're sweating."
"No where!" exclaimed Sweets, "Just a normal meeting with a patient."
"Outside of your office?" Temperance asked from behind Booth.
"What? Oh no… I mean, I'm meeting the kids for lunch and I… got to go." Sweets said, dashing from the area.
"Weird kid." Booth said. He turned to his wife, "want to make out in his office?"
"Sweets, good to see you." Hodgins said, shaking his hand. Shockingly, it was – he'd gone so long without seeing the team other than Zack that even seeing Sweet made him feel awesome. (poor Sweets. We love you so much.)
"Wow!" Sweets said, pulling Hodgins into a man-hug, "How've you been? How's Lucy?"
"I've been good." Hodgins said, "I was working at the Museum of Natural History for awhile, but I moved back down here because Lucy actually goes to George Washington."
"University?" Sweets clarified. Hodgins rolled his eyes.
"Yes." He drawled, "She's a senior now." His eyes got 'proud-father' expression and he sighed happily, "She's so grown up."
"I know the feeling." Sweets said happily. He reached into his pocket, and pulled out his wallet to show Hodgins, "See, that's Alexandra – she's 17. And here's Matthew, he just turned 15."
"Wow." Hodgins said, "Nice." Sweets nodded happily.
"So, why'd you call?"
"Lucy took me out to lunch a few days ago, and she introduced me to her boyfriend—"Hodgins started.
"Ahh and he's a shlump?" Sweets guessed.
"He's Parker Booth."
"Parker's a shlump?" Sweets asked, looking confused.
"No. No one is a shlump. Parker's great, they've been dating for two years actually." Hodgins said, a look of realization crossed over Sweets' face.
"Oh… OH!" he exclaimed, "that's what Booth and Dr. Brennan were talking about." He said in realization.
"Wait- they know?" Hodgins asked worriedly.
"I assume so." Sweets said with a shrug, "I didn't get a chance to talk to them. I assume you're worried because you don't want Lucy and Angela to meet?"
"Would you?" Hodgins asked.
"Probably not." Sweets said agreeably, "but if Parker met you, and then Lucy met Agent Booth and Doctor Brennan, then it's probably only a matter of time before Lucy meets the rest of the team, and then when you and they are expected to 'meet' each other." Sweets rationalized.
"I know." Groaned Hodgins, burying his face in his arms.
A/N: Hah. Booth's a teenager at heart but we love him so. I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY OOC-ness. If you want me to write another chapter. Give me a review! And, maybe some advice?
The Time Period is that Hodgins left after the London episode, and came back to adopt Lucy and… well, Hodgins explains it to Parker later. Just reciew and tell me if you'd like another chapter, then you'll know.
