"We should drink." Dr. Sweets said slumped over in the back seat of Booth's SUV as Seeley drove towards Brennan's house.
"Well the bowling alley has a bar." Booth said glancing back at him in the rearview mirror.
"Thank god." Lance gasped closing his eyes and sighing heavily.
"Ok Sweets." Booth said as he pulled into Brennan's garage and climbed out stretching.
"Where are we?" Lance asked looking around.
"Bone's house." Booth said jogging up the stairs and leaning against the wall.
"Why are we here?" Lance asked looking confused as Brennan dug in her bag for her keys sighing.
"To change." Booth said rolling his eyes and grabbing his keys and using his spare key to her place to open the door.
"You have a key to her house?" Lance asked looking at them funny as Brennan followed Booth into the house.
"Don't make it a big deal." Booth said walking into Brennan's bedroom to grab some spare clothes.
"Is he going to your bedroom?" Lance asked shaking his head feeling like he was on another planet.
"He keeps clothes here because he lives in BFE whatever that means." Tempe said handing Lance a beer from the fridge.
"You don't know what that means?" Lance asked watching as Booth shut the door to her bedroom just making himself at home.
"No do you know?" She asked looking excited. "Booth won't tell me."
"It means Bum Fuck Eqypt." Lance said and Booth groaned glaring at him as he walked out wearing jeans and a tee shirt.
"What that doesn't make sense." Tempe said frowning. "There's no such place in Eqypt." She said and Booth laughed and Lance shook his head.
"Bones you wanna change?" Booth asked opening her fridge and grabbing an apple.
"Don't eat the pears I'm making Parker's fruit salad." She said as she walked towards her bedroom.
"Parker doesn't like pears." Booth said looking into the fridge hoping for some cheese since they'd missed lunch.
"No Booth you don't like pears, Parker loves them." She called out from her room.
"Since when?" Booth asked frowning.
"Since I made him poached pear ice cream." She yelled. "Now you remember?" She called out and he rolled his eyes remembering.
"Bones did you eat all the cheese?" He asked squatting down to search for the huge block of cheese she'd had several days before.
"I used it." She said walking out in a red sweater and a pair of low rise jeans.
"When?" He asked frowning.
"Last night I made mac and cheese." She said and his jaw dropped and he almost looked hurt. "What?"
"For who?" He asked watching her.
"Mr. Jenkins." She said shrugging and looking at her mail.
"You're cheating on me." He said a small smile on his face.
"What, don't be ridiculous." She said rolling her eyes. "I froze some." She said and he grinned.
"Great we can eat it when we get home." He said looking over at the shocked look on Lance's face. "I mean when I bring you home, to your house." He said and she rolled her eyes.
"Do you live here?" Lance asked loudly.
"No." Booth said sighing. "We spend a lot of time together that's all I'm saying."
"You can be honest, I released you both." Lance said watching them.
"We do not live together." Brennan said pushing Booth out of the way and closing the fridge. "He's a slob."
"I'm not a slob." He said looking annoyed.
"Yes." She said nodding as she wiped the counter where he'd put his half eaten apple.
"No." He said shaking his head.
"I just picked up your pants." She said hands on her hips staring at him.
"Fine let's go." He said changing the subject.
"I am right." She said smiling brightly as she tossed his apple remains in the trash.
"Hey I was gonna eat that." He said frowning as she walked to the door.
"What do we do with him?" Tempe asked as Lance snored loudly in the back seat of Booth's SUV after several hours of bowling and drinking.
"Your floor?" He asked shrugging.
"He can sleep on the couch." She said and he frowned looking at her. "What?"
"Bones you remember I'm staying with you for a few days, they're fixing my plumbing?" He asked and she sighed remembering him saying something about it. "I know I'm not sleeping on the floor." He said and she sighed.
"I don't know we'll just take him in and go from there." She said and he nodded pulling into her garage. "Can you carry him?" She asked and he shook his head annoyed. "Booth be careful with him." She said gasping as he roughly pulled Lance out of the SUV and put him over his shoulder in a firemen's hold.
"Just get the door." He said holding onto the man with both hands shocked at how heavy he was. She jogged ahead and dug through her bag. "Oh hell." He said carefully grabbing his keys and tossing them to her to use. "I'm not sleeping on the floor." Booth said as she flipped on the lamp in the living room.
"Put him in my bed." She said and he looked confused but started walking towards her bedroom.
"You're gonna sleep with our therapist?" He asked.
"No you are." She said and he stopped cold. "Booth it would be inappropriate for me to sleep in the same bed as him but you're both males." She said hands on her hips.
"Hell no." He said turning around and walking to the living room. "We'll just sleep in your bed." He stated dropping the tall thin man onto the couch.
"Booth." She said frowning as she adjusted Sweets legs. "We can't sleep together."
"We did in South Carolina." He said rubbing his face knowing that tempting fate wasn't smart but he wasn't sleeping on the floor.
"That was different, there was no other space." She said frowning as she grabbed a blanket for Sweets.
"Yeah not different I'm not sleeping on the floor, besides you have a huge bed." He said walking into her bedroom and grabbing a pair of sweats.
"Booth." She whispered following him into her bedroom. "What will Sweets say?"
"I'll get up early." He said shrugging as he kicked off his shoes and moved to unbutton his jeans. "I'm changing." He said raising his eye brow at her.
"It's my room." She said crossing her arms over her chest knowing that he was shy and would never do something as daring as to change in front of her.
"You're think you're pretty smart Bones." He said watching her, seeing the challenge in her eyes. "Fine." He said flipping his jeans open and kicking them off before calmly pulling his sweats on aware that she was watching.
"Fine." She said shrugging and walking to her dresser. "Two can play at this game." She said reaching for the hem of her shirt and laughing as he choked and turned around facing the wall.
"Comfy bed." He said flopping onto the soft mattress trying to act like normal, like she wasn't just half naked in front of him.
"You left your pants on the floor." She said softly as she curled up on her side. He huffed and she had to smile as she closed her eyes. She worried that she wouldn't be able to sleep with someone laying next to her but found her mind getting heavy.
"Mmh Booth." Seeley whispered waking up to his cell phone ringing at nearly 4am.
"Seeley." Rebecca said tearfully. "My mom died."
"Oh man." He said sitting up wincing as he realized he'd been curled up sleeping with his head on Brennan's chest. "You ok?"
"Yeah but I was wondering if I could drop Parker off, it's not something I want to drag him through." She said and he nodded knowing that her parents were very different people. "It will probably be for a week."
"Yeah that's fine." He said voice thick with sleep. "Bring him to Brennan's though." He said stifling a yawn.
"Oh I forgot about your building." Rebecca said nodding. "Ok I know it's early but our flight leaves in a bit so we'll be by."
"Aright." He said flipping his phone closed and sighing.
"Everything ok?" She asked voice husky from sleep.
"Rebecca's mom died, she's bringing Parker here." He whispered rolling to his side to look at her. "That ok?" He asked knowing that she enjoyed her space and having Parker here would definetly be a distraction. He'd brought his son over several times and Bones seemed to genuinely enjoy him but you just never knew.
"Booth I love Parker." She said stretching. "Of course it's fine." She whispered tiredly. "When are they coming?"
"Anytime." Booth said watching her in the slight strip of moonlight. "I should get up." He said breaking away from her eye contact and stretching.
"I'll go sleep in the chair, you and Parker can have the bed." She said standing up and stretching the tank top she was wearing with dark shorts creeping up her flat belly.
"That's not fair." He said frowning.
"It's not going to be for long." She said yawning and walking into the kitchen to silently pour a glass of water.
"Thanks." He said taking the water from her and draining the rest of the glass jumping as they heard a light knocking on the door. He walked over and for a second wished he'd put on a different shirt. He'd just worn a white wife beater to bed but he didn't want Rebecca to get the wrong impression. "Hey." He whispered squinting in the bright light of the hall as he opened the door.
"Can you come get his stuff?" Rebecca asked shifting a sleepy Parker in her arms.
"Yeah." Booth said smiling lightly as Temperance moved over taking Parker.
"Hey Bones." He whispered resting his head in her neck.
"Hey Parker." She said rubbing his back and yawning. She stood awkwardly as Booth put on his shoes. "I'm sorry Rebecca." She said and the pretty blonde nodded and smiled lightly.
"I'll be right back." Booth said kissing Parker and heading out the door.
"Parker you wanna lay down?" She asked and he squeezed her shaking his head no.
"Can I lay with you?" He asked and she nodded walking to the soft rocking chair and sitting down shifting him so that he was comfortable. She glanced over seeing Sweets curled up on his side with his eyes closed. "Bones my grandma died." He whispered resting his head on her chest.
"I know I'm sorry Parker." She whispered resting her face in his soft hair.
"Bones what happens when you die?" He asked yawning.
"Well your father believes that when a person dies the soul is released and if you're good and you love God you go to heaven." She said after thinking carefully about what to say.
"What do you think?" He asked and she stopped closing her eyes not sure what to say. Booth was a religious man and he brought his son up to believe in God and the christian values. "I think your dad is very smart." She whispered kissing his head softly. She didn't believe and part of her felt like she should educate Parker but she knew better than to undermine Rebecca and Booth. She looked up tiredly as Booth walked in and closed the door. "Hey." He whispered heart thudding at the sight of Bones curled up in the chair holding a nearly sleeping Parker. "Buddy you wanna come lay with me?" He asked softly squatting down by the chair.
"I wan stay with Bones." Parker whispered struggling to keep his eyes open.
"He's fine." Tempe whispered shivering in the cool night air. Booth nodded and walked into the hall coming back a minute later with a blanket and covering both of them gently. "Thanks." She whispered as he moved the coffee table over and put a pillow on it before lifting her legs up so that she was more comfortable. "You should get some more sleep." She whispered eyes half open. He nodded tiredly and bent down to kiss Parker and without thinking kissed her on the forehead too.
'Holy shit.' He thought as he quickly walked back to her bedroom. He was shocked she hadn't kicked him or something. He hadn't meant to kiss her it just seemed like the thing to do and she hadn't said anything so maybe she wouldn't even remember.
"Bones." Parker whispered waking up to Dr. Lance Sweets watching them.
"Hmm." She whispered forcing her tired eyes open and seeing Sweets looking at them and Parker looking a little scared. "Parker this is Dr. Sweets he's a friend of me and your dad." She said voice thick with sleep. "Dr. Sweets this is Parker Booth."
"Hi." Lance said throat burning and head throbbing. She put her legs down and yawned noting that it was nearly 8am.
"Park go wake dad up, tell him I said it was time he got up and made us breakfast." She said and he smiled and nodded hugging her before running to her bedroom. She had to smile hearing sounds of Parker jumping on Booth and Seeley groaning loudly. "Coffee?" She asked Sweets who nodded looking a little confused. "Parker's grandmother died, his mom brought him over about 5." She said and he nodded a confusion expression on his slightly green face. "Booth carried you in after you passed out in the car." She said and he nodded shaking his head. "Booth is only staying here because his apartment is under repairs so don't even think it." She warned as she got up and walked into the kitchen turning on the light and smiling hearing laughing and little boy giggles coming closer.
"Bones daddy said you should cook." Parker said laughing as Booth carried him in both boys bright eyed with messy hair.
"I don't make breakfast." Brennan said and Parker looked up at his dad and they both laughed. "What?"
"Dad said if you tried to make breakfast we'd end up going out." Parker said and she rolled her eyes as both men chuckled.