Sequel to : A little boy's prayer
Two years later…..
Temperance Brennan had gotten used to being greeted at the door by two young boys. So when she opened the door and was only welcomed with silence she felt a little worried and out of place.
Where in the world were her sons?
Yes, eight year old Parker was really her boyfriend's son with his ex girlfriend Rebecca. However, she treated Parker the same as she did the biological son she shared with Booth. That would be three year old Cory.
Speaking of….where was Seeley Booth? He almost always beat her home. He usually parked in the garage. Which was already closed when she had pulled in the driveway. They hadn't had a case this week. Meaning he couldn't still be working.
She checked their answering machine, no messages. She hadn't spoken to him since when he dropped her back off at the lab after lunch with him. One option left.
Seeley Booth was up to something and she knew it.
She decided she'd corner him on his absence after the boys were in bed that night. However for now she need to start dinner. It was Wednesday April 2nd and It was her famous Mac n Cheese night. The first Wednesday of every month was Mac n Cheese night. All three of the boys were deathly addicted to it.
It had been two years since she'd walked back into their lives, and Seeley Booth was thinking more often these days of asking his beautiful anthropologist to marry him…..again.
"Okay guys remember no telling Mommy where we were today after school. It's a little secret." Booth warned his two very intelligent sons.
"But Daddy…" pondered his three year old Cory "…Isn't that lying?"
He had such an observant son. "Well…um…no Cory because I'm going to tell Mommy, just not yet."
"Oh.." Cory seemed to have accepted the response, but just in case.
Meanwhile Parker rolled his eyes. He though quickly then changed the subject to distract his brother. Cory being only three this was an easy task.
"So…tonight's Mac n Cheese night."
Booth threw a smile Parker's way and mouthed a thank you to him. Booth decided to play along "Yeah Park, isn't that awesome Cory?"
"Yay! Mac n Cheese. Yummy. I can't wait!" responded Cory as they pulled in the garage. The boys quickly got out, grabbed their backpacks, and rushed through the side door loudly.
This door just so happened to be connected to the kitchen where Bones was cooking.
She was taken by surprise at the sound. "Ah!" she screamed and jumped about a foot in the air. Parker grinned and laughed at her. Cory just smiled sheepishly at his mother.
"Now where have you been?" Bones asked after recovering from her near heart attack.
Cory froze.