I don't own Bones.

This takes place after The Prince in the Plastic.

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Booth and Brennan had been sitting on the couch relaxing. Brennan had been leaning against Booth when she said, "You know, I never had a Prince Charmington doll."

Surprised, Booth said, "No? I thought all young girls owned at least one Prince Charmington."

Shaking her head, Brennan said, "No. I owned a Chatty Kathy; but, my mother became angry with me when I hit Russ with it. She took it away from me and told me when I apologized to him then I could have it back. Russ had scared me and I automatically hit him with my doll. My Dad thought it was amusing; but, my mother wasn't amused at all. She said I could have hurt Russ."

Frowning, Booth said, "So you apologized?"

"No. I didn't think I had done anything wrong. After waiting a few weeks for me to apologize, my mother told me I couldn't have any more dolls until I apologized to Russ. I refused to do that so my parents didn't buy me any more dolls."

Shaking his head, Booth said, "Wow, Bones. That's tough."

Smiling, Brennan said, "That's alright. I didn't really need dolls to play with. I was fine without them."

Rubbing Brennan's arm. Booth thought, "I hope I'm not as pig headed as her mother was when it comes to my daughter."

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The next evening Booth carried a bag into the apartment and put it on the couch. Walking into the kitchen, Booth got a coke from the fridge and came back into the living room. Sitting down on the couch, Booth heard Brennan in the bedroom. Smiling to himself, Booth waited for her to come into the living room.

Hearing Booth enter the apartment, Brennan finished changing her clothes to more comfortable clothes and then walked out into the living room. Seeing Booth, Brennan walked over to the couch. Booth seeing her coming towards him, got up and when Brennan was close enough, put his arms around her and then kissed her. Returning Booth's kiss, Brennan saw the bag on the couch.

Breaking the kiss, Brennan said, "What's in the bag?"

Smiling, Booth said, "I bought our daughter a present."

Smiling back, Brennan said, "She hasn't been born yet, Booth. You should at least wait until she's been born and then you can see what she'll be interested in before you buy her presents."

Cocking his head to the side, Booth said, "Oh, she'll like this present."

Curious, Brennan walked over to the bag and found three Prince Charmington dolls. Taking them out of the bag, Brennan said, "Three? Why did you buy three?"

"Well, when she wants to play dolls, I thought we could play with her; so, I bought us each a Prince Charmington."

Shaking her head, Brennan said, "You're going to play dolls with our daughter? I thought boys and therefore men didn't play with dolls."

Laughing, Booth said, "Of course we do. I had a GI Joe when I was growing up. I had his foot locker, his uniforms and his weapons. My friends and I didn't call him a doll though. We called him an action figure. I guess if you called them dolls most boys would have a fit; but, they are dolls no matter how you look at them."

"But you didn't play with a Prince Charmington doll?" Brennan asked.

Amused, Booth said, "Nah, I'm afraid GI Joe would have considered the Prince a sissy. Besides, my old man would have had a heart attack if I had asked for a Prince Charmington doll."

Puzzled, Brennan asked, "Why is Prince Charmington a doll; but, GI Joe an action figure? They're both male dolls."

"That's easy Bones," Booth answered, "Girls play with dolls and boys play with action figures."

Looking at the doll and then at Booth, Brennan said, "So when you're playing with it, it will be an action figure and when our daughter and I play with it, it will be a doll."

Smiling, Booth said, "Of course."

Shaking her head, Brennan said, "Parenthood is more complicated than I thought it would be."

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