Untrès Joyeux Noël,
Et une bonne année.
Espérons que c'estun bon,
Sans aucune crainte.
"YOU LOST OUR CHILDREN IN DISNEYLAND! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU DOING? WHY WEREN'T YOU KEEPING AN EYE ON THEM?" shouted Angela down the phone.
"I'm sorry Angela, but I thought they were right beside me. They cannot have gone far." said Sweets nervously.
"VOUS CHATTE STUPIDE!"
"Sorry, I don't understand you."
"JUST FIND THEM!"
The phone went dead and Sweets put it to his head. "Did your brother say anything about where he was going?" he asked the twins.
"No." said Damon.
"What about Katy, did she say where she was going?"
"No." said Kathy.
"Okay…" said Sweets looking around. He found someone who had a cap saying, 'We are here to help," and he walked over to the man and held the twins' hands so they didn't do a runner like Katy and Michael. "Excusez-moi, J'ai perdu deux chats, on est dix et l'autre est onze et ils sont un poulet et un garçon, respectivement. Pouvez-vous m'aider?"
"You have lost your cats and one of them is a chicken?" asked the man.
"Oh, you speak English." said Sweets. "I have lost two children and they are ten and eleven. The boy looks like the one holding my hand only taller and the girl looks like Temperance Brennan."
"Temperance Brennan? Is it her daughter you lost?" asked the man.
"Yes, and she is going to castrate me unless I find them." said Sweets.
"What are the names of the children?"
"Michael Staccato Vincent Hodgins and Kaitlyn Sarah Addison Booth." said Sweets. "Can you ask them to wait outside the restaurant in Main Street USA?"
"Okay, I will make an announcement on the tannoy." said the man leaving Sweets standing with the twins.
"Come on kids, we'll go to get something to eat and then we'll wait for Michael and Katy." said Sweets walking towards the exit of Adventureland.
bxbxbxbxbxb
It took a quick trip to the café to calm Angela down before they could return to Au Printemps. Angela picked out a couple of dresses from the rack and was in the fitting room trying the dresses on.
"Do you think Angela would calm down if we tell her about Hodgins' surprise?" asked Cam.
"She might do but remember the look of disappointment that you feared that Hodgins would have if the surprise was spoilt." said Brennan looking at her phone.
"Katy is going to be okay. I think they may have wanted to use the bathroom but forgot to tell Sweets."
"I hope so because if they are not back by the time we meet them at Disneyland then I will use the Japanese martial arts form of jiu jitsu on his ass." said Brennan.
Angela emerged from the fitting room wearing a Chanel midnight-blue dress that looked like the dress Audrey Hepburn wore in Breakfast at Tiffany's only it was just above the knee.
"What do you think?" asked Angela.
"Wow, you look beautiful Ange." said Brennan.
"Are you sure it isn't too short?" asked Angela.
"Angela, you have worn shorter to Jeffersonian functions. The length is fine. Would it got with some tights though?" said Cam.
"I would say some thin ones though. It would look strange with the silver shoes." said Brennan. "I'll go and look for some."
Brennan got out of her seat and walked over to the shoe section of the floor they were on. Angela looked at the price of the dress and raised her eyebrows. "Wow, this is more than I thought."
"Angela, it is a Chanel dress that is in a Parisian department store. Of course it is going to be pricey." said Cam.
"Two hundred and fifty-nine Euros is pricey to you." said Angela. "It is a nice dress though."
"Do you want me to pitch in?" asked Cam.
"I have two hundred Euros though." said Cam.
"What about the other fifty-nine?"
Angela thought about it for a moment and nodded.
"Here are the shoes that I thought would go well." said Brennan holding a pair of silver coloured heels. "I think they are in your size."
Angela removed the shoe from her left foot and placed the heel onto her foot.
"It fits fine but does it look with the dress?" asked Angela.
"It looks fine Angela." said Cam. "Shall we purchase it and then get some lunch? I fancy some éclairs."
"Sure, I am actually a little hungry." said Angela.
They made the purchase and made their way out of the store. Only for the alarms to go off. The security guard looked in the bag that Angela had her items in and saw that the items were purchased. He then checked the bag that Brennan was holding and found a lip-gloss that still had the security tag on.
"Did you pay for this?" asked the guard.
"I was looking in the makeup aisle but I did not take that lip-gloss." said Brennan.
"Then how did it come into your procession?"
"I must have knocked it by accident and it must have fell into the bag." said Brennan.
"Okay, come with me please. All of you." said the guard leading them to a room. "I am going to have to call the police."
bxbxbxbxbxb
Booth and Hodgins had driven to a jewellery store to find an eternity ring. "Wow, these rings look expensive." said Booth.
"I can afford it. I just need to find the perfect ring." said Hodgins.
"Bonjour." said the man behind the counter.
"Parlez-vous anglais?" asked Hodgins.
"Yes I do." said the man. "Are you looking for an engagement ring?"
"An eternity ring for my wife. I am planning a surprise vow renewal while we are in Paris." said Hodgins.
"What does her wedding ring and engagement ring look like?" Hodgins pulled out a picture that he had taken of Angela's left hand while she was sleeping on the plane. "How long have you been married?"
"Twelve years." said Hodgins.
"Okay, I think I have an idea of what ring to use." said the man going into a room behind the counter.
"He reminds me of Olivanders from Harry Potter." said Booth. The man returned with a clear plastic bag that had a gold ring with twelve diamonds embedded into the gold. "Wow that looks pretty."
"It is fifteen carat gold and the diamonds are of a very high clarity and cut." said the man. Hodgins took the ring out of the bag and inspected it carefully. "It was just imported today."
"Do you think this is good enough for Angela?"
"I think it is perfect for Angela." said Booth. Just then, Booth's phone rang and he answered, "Booth."
"Booth, you might need to bail Angela, Cam and me out of jail." said Brennan.
bxbxbxbxbxb
Sweets was sitting outside the restaurant that was on the edge of Main Street USA. The twins had ordered some hot dogs and fries and Sweets was waiting for Katy and Michael to emerge.
"Hey," said Lisa being trailed by Jordan, Allie, Harry and Izzie, "how did you lose Katy and Michael?"
"They were behind me and I thought they were there but when we were ready to go to Discoveryland, I counted the kids and I only had the twins." said Sweets.
"Uncle Sweets," said Izzie, "isn't that Katy right there by Mickey?"
Sweets turned his head towards the Meet Mickey area that was right by the restaurant and found Katy standing next to Mickey Mouse.
"That sneaky little…" murmured Sweets.
"Katy!" shouted Harry. Katy waved over to Sweets and he mimed, "Where is Michael?"
When Katy's go to meet Mickey was finished, Michael was brought up and Katy moved over to where everyone else was.
"Hi." she said.
"Where have you been?" asked Sweets.
"I wanted to go to the bathroom but I was scared of getting lost so I asked Michael to come with me and then the tannoy went off saying to come to Main Street but you weren't there so we went to meet Mickey." she explained.
"I called your mom and she was worried."
"Can you call her and tell her I am fine?" asked Katy.
"That would actually be a good idea." said Lisa taking her phone out. She dialled Brennan's number but it went straight to voice mail.
bxbxbxbxbxb
"I find it strange that I thought that we would end up in jail because Angela had murdered Sweets." said Cam.
"I still don't know how that lip-gloss ended up in my bag." said Brennan.
"I cannot believe this has happened." said Angela.
"Booth will bail us out." said Cam. "Either that or he goes to the US Embassy."
"I'm sorry." said Brennan.
"Why are you sorry? It wasn't your first." said Angela.
"If I had checked my bag before we left then we wouldn't be in a French prison on the 23rd December and at risk of being extradited and banned from France." said Brennan.
"Listen, it was an accident and as soon as the police realise that it was an accident they'll release us." said Cam.
"Temperance Brennan, Angela Montenegro, Camille Saroyan, votre caution an été posté." said the policeman.
"Our bail has been posted." said Brennan standing up.
Once they collected their belongings, they met Booth and Hodgins out in the waiting area.
"Hey." said Booth. "What happened?"
"A lip-gloss fell into my bag and we got arrested." said Brennan.
"Now we just want to get out of here." said Angela.
"And get some food because I am hungry." said Cam.
"What time are we meeting Sweets?" asked Booth.
"About five. It is two now." said Hodgins. "Food sounds good."
bxbxbxbxbxb
Booth, Hodgins, Brennan, Angela and Cam paid for their tickets into Disneyland and met Sweets, Lisa and the kids at Main Street USA. Thankfully, Brennan and Angela did not flip at Sweets for losing the kids. They had a rough day themselves.
"The parade starts at half five so shall we go and get a place?" asked Lisa.
"Sure." said Brennan.
"What did you get up today?" asked Sweets.
"We got arrested but everything is fine now." said Angela.
"It was a mistake over a lip-gloss." said Cam.
"We did buy some stuff before we got arrested." said Brennan. "Well, Angela did."
By the time they go to the parade barriers, the area was packed and the music started over the loud speakers.
"Ange, before the parade starts, I have a surprise for you." said Hodgins opening the box to reveal the ring to Angela. "While we are in Paris, I was thinking we could renew our vows. I know our actual wedding was not what we planned so I was thinking that you have always wanted to get married in Paris; we could do a small mock-up of the wedding you wanted. Only Booth will be performing the ceremony. What do you say?"
Angela looked shocked for a moment and said, "Yes, of course."
Hodgins smiled brightly and kissed Angela passionately as the surrounding people applauded.
"Best Christmas ever." said Booth kissing the top of Brennan's head.
"Best Christmas of your life so far." said Brennan.
The End