Holiday
"Did you check the house list?"
"Yes, Booth, I did"
"Me too. I have the nagging feeling we're forgetting something…"
"We are not"
"How can you be sure? Last time we had to come back because we only thought about it at the airport"
"YOU only thought about it at the airport! And it was nothing!"
"Bones, go with me on this one, ok? This is nerve-wrecking. I don't wanna come back and find everything's gone up in smoke…"
"I gave Angela the key"
"And how does that help?"
"Trust me Booth, it will"
"Bones, start the suitcase count, please"
"Booth, stop it. This is supposed to be a holiday, not an army camp!"
"Please?!"
"Ok, I'm counting."
"Did you cross it against the master list?"
"Booth, for the final time: YES!"
"Ok, ok… I'm gonna be ok once we're on the plane"
"No you're not. You're just going to find something else to worry about"
"No, I'm not. Ok guys, line up for head count"
"Shouldn't you bring the car to the front first? We always loose at least one from headcount to doors locked!"
"Stop sassing me Bones… I better go get the car first. Can you do the head count?"
"Why? You'll just want to do the counting again…"
2 minutes later
"OK, guys, head count! Line up. Get into the car when I call your name! Sam?"
"Here, Daddy"
"Katie?"
"I'm in"
"Harry?"
"Yes"
"Susie?"
"Here, Daddy."
"Parker?"
"Dad… seriously… this is humiliating…"
"Told you, Booth. This is not the army"
"Only way I can be sure no stays behind"
"Control freak!"
"TEMPERANCE!"
"Sorry!"
At the airport
"You've got their passports, right, Bones?"
"Yes, Booth, I do"
"What's with the tone?"
"Look, I crossed it off the list! Just relax. It's a holiday, Booth"
"I'm trying… The oven! That's what's bothering me. I don't think we switched it off…"
"I crossed it off the list"
"The garage doors… did I close them?"
"No, you didn't"
"Oh God"
"I closed them!"
"Uff! You're an angel!"
"I know!"
2 minutes later
"I know what it was!"
"What was what, Booth?"
"I didn't check on all the taps. What if one of them is running?"
"They are not!"
"We need to check. Stay with the kids! I'll go back and check!"
"Oh, no you don't. That's why I gave Angela de key. I'll just call her"
"We need to put this on the list for next year. Bones… I only count four heads. There is one missing"
"Susie is sitting over there. They are all accounted for. Relax"
"Wish I could"
"Booth… can we have a holiday alone next time?"
"Alone? I wonder how THAT feels like!"
The end
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