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This is a continuation of the first chapter. Hope you like it.

Christine's sitting at the island counter, drinking juice, and waiting for the pancakes her Dad is currently whipping up. "Dad, can I have blueberries in my pancakes?"

Booth turns his head and smiles. "Sure thing, Princess."

"Thanks." She picks up her book and flips to the page she left off of.

"That a book for school?"

She shakes her head. "I already finished my summer reading list, Dad. This is just for fun."

He nods. Of course. "It any good?"

"Some of the supporting characters are kinda dull, but yeah, the plot's interesting."

"What's it about?"

"It's about a hearing impaired six year-old boy who witnesses his best friend's murder."

"That doesn't sound very cheery…or fun."

"It's actually a very uplifting story, Dad."

"Uh-huh," he mutters, setting a plate of three blueberry pancakes in front of her along with a container of maple syrup. "There ya go, Princess." He pauses. "Put the book down and eat up."

"Fine." She closes the book and sets it aside again. She drowns her pancakes in syrup and cuts them into pieces. She pops one forkful into her mouth and looks up at her Dad, her blue eyes twinkling. "Mmmm…thanks."

He smiles. "You're welcome, Baby."

"Is mom and Little Alien gonna be back soon?" She asks, between bites.

He nods and cuts a quick glance at the clock on the stove. "Yeah. Your mom said they were just gonna take little walk down the street. They should be back any minute." He starts to clean up the kitchen, stopping only when he hears footsteps. He turns around and smiles. "Good morning, Bub, Cody."

"Good morning, Agent Booth." Dakota takes a seat beside Christine and rubs the remainder of sleep from her eyes.

"Morning, Dad," Parker grumbles, opening the refrigerator.

Christine turns her head towards Dakota, raises an eyebrow, and nudges her arm. "So?"

Dakota smiles and nods.

Christine squeals and throws her arms around Dakota. "You're gonna be my sister now?" She questions, just to be sure she understands fully.

Dakota nods. "Yeah, Squirt." She holds out her hand, glancing down at the princess-cut diamond ring adorning her finger.

Christine takes Dakota's hand and looks at the ring more closely. "Oh, it's beautiful, Cody. Who knew my brother had such good taste?" She smirks.

"Very funny, Teeny. She knows you helped me pick it out," Parker says, his head still in the refrigerator.

Christine hugs Dakota again before pulling back and continuing eating her breakfast like nothing happened.

Booth blinks and stares at Christine. "You knew? For how long?"

Christine shrugs. "Uh, um, a while."

Parker shuts the fridge door and turns around to face his Dad. "Wait, you know?"

Booth wrings the damp dishtowel, hanging it on the lip of the sink, and nods. "Bones and I were on the deck last night."

"Oh." Parker pauses. "Are you mad?"

Booth looks between his son and Dakota and sighs. "No. We knew you were thinking about it. You said as much. We just didn't think you'd actually do it so…soon."

Parker walks over to his fiancée and slings his arm around her shoulders, pressing a kiss to her cheek. "Yeah, well, once you know, you know, right, Dad?"

Booth, once again, can't argue with that, so he nods.

"And before you ask, no, she's not pregnant or anything. I just…" Parker looks into Dakota's eyes and smiles. "I just love her."

Booth coughs, swallowing hard.

"I said she's not pregnant, Dad."

All Booth can do is nod.

"Anyway, we're not gonna get married until after we graduate." Parker pauses. "Where are Bones and the little guy?"

"Right behind you." Brennan walks into the kitchen, a thin film of sweat covering her face and neck. "What did we miss?"

"Parker and Cody are getting married, which means Cody's gonna be my sister soon! How cool is that?"

"Is that all? I already knew that." Brennan looks at Booth. "I'm going to take a quick shower. What's for breakfast?"

"Christine had pancakes, but I can make you anything you want, Bones."

"Pancakes are fine."

"Cinnamon swirl?"

"Oh, we're going fancy this morning, are we?" Brennan tweaks an eyebrow and smirks.

"Anything you want, Baby." Booth grimaces. "Too much?"

Brennan nods. "Just a little bit," she says, demonstrating with her thumb and index finger.

"Yeah. Sorry. I got carried away."

Brennan laughs, winking at him, before she turns around and heads for the staircase. "Come on, Henry."

"Okay, mommy." Henry rolls off the beanbag chair and jumps up, following his mom up the stairs.

Parker rolls his eyes. "Did you forget we were here or something, Dad?"

Dakota slaps her fiancé playfully on the arm. "Oh, c'mon, Parks. I think it's cute. They're still all flirty and in love after all these years. You don't see that very often anymore. It's something to aspire to."

Booth just smiles, knowingly, and turns back to the stove to make his wife breakfast. Cycles of attraction, yeah okay. God, I love when Bones is wrong.

Still open to ideas for future chapters if anyone has them.

The next chapter will take place a year from this one, unless anyone wants more of this summer...just let me know :)