"Bones, I'm sorry. I have to go." Booth said, as they lay in his bed together for the fifth time that week.

"Booth, I can't believe you're leaving for New York in the morning. Why do you have to leave me?" Temperance said as tears began to make their way down her face.

"Temperance." He said, sitting up slightly and looking into her clear blue eyes. "Rebecca is trying to take Parker away from me by moving to New York. I told you that. I need to be with my son. I'm so sorry." He said, tears forming in his own chocolate brown eyes.

"Booth…"

"Bones, let's just lay here in each other's arms." Booth said as he gently squeezed her and gave her a quick kiss. "I love you, Temperance." He said, making Temperance's eyes pop open.

"What…?" She asked, looking up at him from where she lay on his bare chest.

"I said I love you." Booth said, closing his eyes and trying to fall asleep.

"I love you too." Was the last thing Booth heard that night. In the morning when Temperance woke, he wasn't next to her. His plane had already left by the time she arrived at the Jeffersonian that morning. Sure, he tried to call. She wouldn't answer. He wrote letters. She refused to write back. On her birthday, she received a dozen red roses along with a box of chocolates. Angela tried to get her to call him, but she once again refused.

"Dr. Bones!"

Temperance Brennan spun around to see a very familiar little boy with blonde, curly hair running towards her in the hallway of the Jeffersonian on a Friday afternoon.

Parker Booth.

"Parker?" Temperance squeaked as the now ten-year-old threw his arms around her.

"I missed you so much, Dr. Bones." Parker said as he looked up at her with his big brown eyes. "Dad and I are living back here now." He said excitedly, and Temperance's jaw dropped.

"Wait. Is your dad here now?" She asked him, her eyes automatically looking down the hall to Angela's office. When they did, her mouth opened even more. Walking towards her best friend's office was none other than Special Agent Seeley Booth.

Anna and Lily were in Angela's office.

Booth couldn't see them. He would find out.

"Parker, I'll be right back." Temperance said as she ran after Booth. Right as Booth reached for the doorknob, Temperance tackled him to the ground.

"Whoa, Bones. Is this the welcoming I get? Because I kind of like it…" He said, giving her his charm smile as he lay underneath her.

"Uh…sure." She said with a nervous smile. She then quickly scrambled off of him and stood up, dusting her clothes off.

"I was just going to see Angela…" Booth began to say.

"No." Temperance interrupted him. "I mean, let's talk in my office." She recovered, looking nervously at Booth.

"Ok." He said as he followed her to her office. "So…how you been, Bones?" He asked once they were in her office with the door closed.

"Fine." She said quickly as she sat down on her couch and motioned for him to do the same. "Booth, there's something you need to know."

"What is it? You're not married, are you?" He joked. When he saw that she wasn't laughing, he became worried. "You are?"

"No, Booth." She said, smiling briefly. "Well…you see…" She began, before the door to her office swung open.

"Sweetie, Anna is hungry…" Angela started as she entered the office, before noticing a very confused Booth sitting next to her. "Booth!" She squealed before running to where he was now standing and hugging him.

"Who is Anna?" Booth asked, looking at Temperance with a confused look on his face as he hugged Angela.

"Bren, did you tell him?" Angela asked her, crossing her arms and looking sternly at her best friend.

"Tell me what?" Booth asked, looking back and forth between Angela and Temperance.

"Angela, I was just about to." Temperance said, gently shoving her friend out of her office.

"Ok." Angela said, and then stopped to look at her friend. "And Lily is sleeping in my office, by the way." She said quietly, trying not to let Booth hear.

"Who are Lily and Anna?" Booth asked. Apparently he did hear Angela's last words before she had exited the office.

"Booth…" She tried to start explaining, but she couldn't think of the words to say. "I…I have to go." She said as she grabbed her jacket off of the rack and rushed towards Angela's office. When she entered, she saw Angela sitting on her couch with Anna on her lap and Lily sleeping next to them.

"Brennan, did you tell him?" Angela asked as Temperance scooped Lily off of the couch as gently as possible.

"I can't, Ange. Not now." She said. "Come on Anna." She said, holding Anna's hand and quickly exiting the office, then exiting the Jeffersonian without letting Booth see her or the girls.