I had written Chp1 & 4 for the B.Y. several months ago . Sitting in a Uni lecture today....I realised there was some unfinished 'Bones' business! There was actually an obvious link.....Duh!!!!

So....Chpts 1 & 4 have been 'tweaked' and Chpts 2 & 3 are courtesy of a "Old Kingdom Egyptian" lecture today......I really am old enough to know better!!!!

Scenario: Chapter 1 is after Critic in the Cabernet.....and before Season 5 promos began leaking out.

4 Moments in Time....4 Snapshots of Booth's future.....

Daddy's Little Girl

It is an anthropological fact.....

A daughter, no matter what age....will always be Daddy's Little Girl....

Well....if it isn't already a fact....it really should be!

Brennan was sitting in Sweet's office. One yawn followed another. She wished Booth was here as well, there was always the possibility of fun when Booth got annoyed with Sweets. However here she was, flying solo. She hadn't had a session with Sweets in over 18 months and this was the first since the birth of her daughter, some six months ago. Another yawn....

"Bored Dr Brennan?" Sweets asked.

"No, just tired. Christine is not sleeping well at night. She is not following the schedule that I drew up. I don't understand. According to my manual she should be almost sleeping through the night by now. Booth reckons it's her teeth...but what have teeth got to do with sleeping patterns I have no idea."

With a smile, Sweets begins. "This session is to make sure that there are no underlying issues due to motherhood and your workload Dr Brennan. Well let's start at the beginning. There can sometimes be some lingering emotional issues regarding the insemination process and the clinical approach to becoming pregnant. Is there anything you need to discuss from you initial stages of pregnancy Dr Brennan?"

"No. No issues... particularly as I wasn't inseminated Sweets."

"I'm sorry, did you say you weren't inseminated? H....h....h....h....how did you fall pregnant?" Sweets can't quite believe what he has just heard.

Frowning, Dr Brennan said, "I would have thought a man of your intelligence knows how that works by now Sweets! It's how the species procreates...it's a natural biological function between a man and a woman...."

Sweets cut in, "Of course I know how the process happens! I...I....I.... just didn't know that you and Booth had decided to have your baby naturally." He stutters, still in disbelief.

"Well Booth did come up with a logical plan. I weighed up the pros and cons and decided to proceed rationally. It worked rather well, not only did we satisfy biological urges, four months later I was pregnant." replied Bones.

Sweets was dumbfounded. He was somewhat speechless for a moment or two....thinking he would love to see Booth's logical plan on getting his partner into bed! He tucked that bit of information away to annoy Booth with at a later date.

Finally he managed to refocus.

"So do you feel that your interrupted sleep patterns are affecting your work at the Jeffersonian?"

"I think we're doing okay," she replied.

"We have a roster system in place. Booth and I get up alternate nights so we both get a good night sleep at least every second night." Brennan explained.

Sweets starts stuttering....again..... "Are you saying....do you....is Booth...."

He takes a deep breath and starts again. "Dr Brennan, are you and Booth living together?"

"Well Booth did demand to be involved and he wanted full participation. He still has his own place, but I can't recall when he slept there last. Parker now has his own room at my apartment and he seems to like staying at my place and playing with Christine. And I must admit our unconventional relationship appears to be working. I entertain Christine with a program of visual and auditory stimulation and Booth does the....well I'm not sure how you would describe it. But he does make Christine smile often."

Sweets' mouth had dropped open....again.... Nothing was coming out.....again.....

Brennan's phone interrupted the silence. After listening to the nanny's conversation she apologised to Sweets saying she had to leave, she needed to get home to feed Christine. As Brennan left Sweets' office she cast a look back at the psychologist. He was still staring blankly at her....mouth open! With a quick 'bye' she was gone.

The evening routine was always a busy one, particularly when Booth was on a stakeout. Brennan fed Christine, allowed time for auditory perceptions, a little spacial awareness, they then shared a bath and soon it was time for her last feed of the night and a long cuddle. This was her favourite time of every day, the final cuddle. Staring down at her daughter, Brennan couldn't help thinking how cute she was. Rationally speaking most babies look like one another, however, Christine was, in her unbiased opinion just so cute! Apart from her big blue eyes, Christine's little face was all Daddy! A fact that Booth never got tired of hearing!

With baby settled, Bones finally crawled into bed and was asleep within minutes.

Several hours later Booth quietly let himself into the apartment. He made his way to his daughter's cot and placed a kiss on her little forehead. It never ceased to amaze him how beautiful she was. Many said she looked like him, but she had her mum's gorgeous eyes, and he loved those eyes. He never got tired of watching this little angel that he and Bones had created. He had missed so much of Parker's baby days that he loved spending every possible moment with his new family.

Booth had a quick shower and then crawled into bed, wrapping his arms around 'his' Bones. "Hi babe," he whispered.

"How was your stakeout?" she mumbled.... "Did you square them up?"

"Round them up Bones, and yep we rounded them up." He began nuzzling her neck.

"How did your session go with Sweets?" he asked in between kisses.

"It was quite odd Booth. The boy could not stop stammering. He would ask me a question and when I answered him he would just stutter."

That made him smile, he could just imagine the information that Sweets had found out tonight. Life with this woman was never dull! She kept him on his toes. Sometimes it was damn exhausting coming up with logical reasons on why she should keep him around! But damn, it was worth it...

He loved his family!

Brennan smiled. She wondered what logical reasoning he was working on now. She couldn't believe the logics he came up with to ensure their family stayed together. But damn, it was worth it...

She loved her family!

Booth whispered, "Bones....with the little Angel asleep would you like to discuss our biological urges......"

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