In the week and a half since Temperance Brennan's world got flipped upside down she had managed in large part to, her almost never ending bank account buy a house, replace their belongings that were destroyed and unpack what had survived. She had heard form Caroline that Booth was doing better and had been moved to the prison infirmary to complete his recovery. She also was told she'd be able to see him weekly starting next week. The one thing that she had not been able to do was convince Christine that Booth would be home soon. The little girl would no longer go to sleep at night without listening to Booth's message to her at least six times. Brennan had copies of both messages on every device she owned plus Angela had them saved at the Jeffersonian just in case.

It was Saturday afternoon and Sweets had picked Christine up for their weekly park date so Brennan could work Booth's case or just relax. He had just parked his car when Christine asked, "Uncle Sweets is Daddy in jail?" he turned in his seat and looked at the scared little girl in the back seat. "Why do you ask?"

"Mommy was talking to Aunt Angela last night when she thought I was asleep on the couch. I was I just woke up for a minute-"

"It's okay Christine. Why do you think your Daddy is in jail?"

"Because I heard Mommy say 'jail' and 'Booth', that's what Mommy calls daddy…"

Sweets smiled, "let me make a phone call then I'll answer your question."

"Okay."

Sweets got out of the car and closed the door. Letting out a sigh he called Brennan.

"Brennan."

"Dr. Brennan, Christine just asked me if Booth was in jail. Apparently she woke up for a few minutes when you were talking to Angela last night and heard you say 'Booth' and 'jail '."

"Is she okay?"

"Yes. She's more upset about the fact that she woke up when you thought she was asleep than what she heard. She's scared about not seeing Booth again, but that's her temporary normal right now."

"I thought she would have asked me before now. I've tried to keep her from seeing the news and newspapers, but I can't hide everything. I'm not upset she asked, now I won't have to lie to her as much when I go see Booth next week. What do you think?"

"I think she should know where her Dad is. Not all the details, but enough. She's highly intelligent Dr. Brennan, if we don't tell her she'll figure it out on her own…"

"Booth wouldn't want her to know until she's older…."

"What do you want Dr. Brennan?"

"I think she should know, not everything, but enough…"

"I think so too. I can talk to her about it if you want or we can come to you."

"I want to tell her, but I have a meeting with Caroline in five minutes, I need to take. I trust you to tell her Sweets, just don't upset her more than necessary. If she doesn't want to talk about it don't push her…"

"I won't Dr. Brennan. We just got to the park when she asked, I think we'll go to my apartment and talk then if she wants we'll come back here or hang out at my place."

"Okay, thanks Sweets."

"You're welcome, Dr. Brennan." Sweets hung up and upend Christine's door. "What do you say we go to my apartment and talk about your dad? We can come back here later if you want."

"Okay."

"Christine, I just talked to your mom she's not upset that you heard her talking to aunt Angela or that you asked if your dad is in jail."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, if your mom wasn't in a meeting right now I'd let you call her back and ask her."

"Okay…" Sweets went around to the driver side of his car and mentally went through his freezer, they would need ice cream after this conversation. He didn't want to really have this conversation with Christine, but when he moved in with Booth and Brennan and began having a more active role in her life he promised them he'd never lie to her unless it was absolutely necessary.

The ride to Sweets apartment was silent. When they got in to the apartment Sweets hung Christine's jacket on the coat tree. "Go sit wherever you want, I'll be right back."

"K."

A few minutes later Sweets came back to find Christine sitting in a chair in the corner. He went over and sat on the ottoman in front of the chair. "Christine, your daddy in in jail-"

"He's a bad guy then?"

"No Christine your dad is anything but a bad guy-"

"But daddy said bad guys go to jail…"

That's true, bad guys go to jail, but that's not why your dad is in jail. The bad guys that hurt your dad and made a mess of your house, they say your dad hurt them too."

"Did he?"

"Yes-"

"Why?"

"Because…they were hurting him and the only way he could get them to stop was to hurt them."

"But hurting people is wrong, mommy and daddy said so…"

Sweets Smiled," your Mommy and Daddy are right; hurting people is bad. But sometimes when you're an adult, you don't have a choice."

"Oh. If daddy says he's sorry for hurting the bad guys can he come home?"

"No."

"Why? When I do something wrong and tell mommy or daddy I'm sorry sometimes I don't get in trouble…"

Sweets took Christine's hands in his," Sometimes that doesn't work when you're an adult."

"Why?"

"It just doesn't."

"I want Daddy to come home now…"

"I know. We all do. We have to find proof that your dad didn't mean to hurt the bad guys. Your mom and everyone she works with is working on getting the proof."

"You too?"

"Yeah."

"Did you get it yet?"

"No, it is going to take a while-"

"Why?"

"Because we have a lot of things to read and look at to find the proof that your dad didn't know who they were when he hurt them."

"Oh. When you do that means daddy will come home right?"

"We hope so, but we have to give whatever proof we find to Ms. Caroline and then she has to take it to the people at the jail. They have to read it and decide if it's enough proof that your dad didn't know who the bad guys were when he hurt them, if it is he'll be able to come home."

"Oh." Christine looked at her shoes, Sweets tipped her chin up. "Don't worry about it okay? It might take a while, but your dad will come home."

"Promise?"

"I promise." Christine slid off the chair into Sweets' arms, "I love you, Uncle Sweets."

"I love you too, Christine. Do you want to go back to the park?"

"No, I want Mommy!"

"I know, but she's talking to Ms. Caroline about your dad and what we found so far. She'll come get you in a few hours. How about we have some ice cream and watch a movie?"

"Okay."

"Chocolate or vanilla?"

"Chocolate!"

"Okay. I'll be right back. "He put Christine back in the chair.

A few minutes later Sweets returned with one extra-large scoop of chocolate ice cream covered in whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles in a bowl and a dishtowel. "Here Christine, tuck the towel into your shirt so if you spill your shirt won't get dirty," Christine took the towel and tucked it in to her collar then Sweets gave her the bowl and turned on the TV finding a My Little Pony movie that he knew Christine liked. Once she was happily eating her ice cream and was enthralled by the movie Sweets snapped a picture and sent a quick text to Brennan.

She had lots of questions, she wants Booth home. Didn't want to go to the park, wants u... she's ok. She's eating chocolate ice cream and watching my little pony for the hundredth time!

Across town Brennan glanced at her phone, Caroline noticed "Go ahead take it."

"Thanks Caroline, Christine asked Sweets if Booth is in jail he's talking to her about everything now." Brennan read the text and smiled a little. She replied with

Thanks Sweets, I'll be there in about an hr. Tell her I love her…. Booth too.

"Is Christine okay?"

"Yes, she wants Booth to come home…"

"Soon hopefully."

"Hopefully."

When the movie went to commercial Sweets went over to Christine. "Your mom will be here in about an hour to get you. She asked me to tell you that she and your dad love you very much."

"I love them too. Does that mean I can finish My Little Pony before mommy gets here?"

"Yes. Are you done with your ice cream?"

"Yeah." Sweets took the bowl and dishtowel into the kitchen. He came back and put a blanket over Christine before going over to the couch and settling in with his copy of Booth's casefile.

An hour later Brennan had just made it past the doorway in Sweets' apartment when Christine launched herself in in to Brennan's arms. "Mommy, I missed you!" Brennan picked Christine up and stood up. "I missed you too, sweetheart. Did you have fun with Uncle Sweets?"

"Yeah, we had ice cream and watched My Little Pony. We talked about daddy." Christine played with Brennan's necklace.

"I know. It's okay. Go watch some more T.V. while I talk to Uncle Sweets."

"About Daddy?"

"Yes. We'll talk about daddy too. He's okay. He can't come home yet, but hopefully soon." Brennan kissed Christine's cheek and sat her on the couch. Sweets nodded towards the spare bedroom that he used as an office. Once they were in the room and the door was shut, Sweets stated in. "I told Christine that Booth is in jail, but he is in no way shape or form a bad guy, even though Booth told her that bad guys go to jail. I explained to her what happened without most of the details. I told her that Booth hurt the bad guys, I couldn't make myself tell her he killed them…. She asked why Booth hurt them because you both told her that hurting people is bad. I said that it was the only way Booth could get them to stop hurting him. I told her that when you're an adult sometimes you don't have a choice but to hurt someone. "

"Its fine Sweets, I couldn't have told her either."

"She's okay, she wants him home though. Just reassure her you're not mad at her for asking. I think that's what she's more worried about."

"I will. Thanks for taking her today, she'd rather be with you than dad."

"You're welcome, Dr. Brennan. What did Caroline have to say about Booth's case?"

"It's not enough, she wants more to make sure everything is covered. I don't know what else there is…."

"We'll find it. But for tonight don't worry about it, just spend the night with Christine. She might be clingy tonight, but for now that's okay. Finding out your dad is in jail is a huge deal for a kid…"

"Thanks Sweets, I will." They walked back into the living room and over to the couch. "Are you ready to go, Sweetheart?"

"Yep."

"The two of you are welcome to stay for dinner. I'm making veggie stir fry." Brennan looked at Christine.

"I wanna go home, Mommy."

Brennan nodded and looked at Sweets, "perhaps another time Sweets."

"Sure. See you next Saturday for our park date Christine."

"Okay." Brennan helped Christine with her jacket and carried her to her car. The ride home was silent, Brennan knew not to push Christine into talking about Booth yet. They got home and Christine took her jacket off and climbed on a stool at the counter while Brennan looked through the refrigerator and cabinets, trying to come up with something for dinner. Brennan turned to Christine. "What do you want for dinner, Christine?" Christine shrugged her shoulders. "Do you want noodles with parmesan cheese and butter?"

"Yeah."

Brennan smiled and started the water boiling and then she got little bits of all of the short cuts of pasta she had in the kitchen and mixed them together to add to the water once it boiled. Next she made herself a small salad to go with her pasta. "Do you want some salad, Christine?"

"No."

"I'll make it without lettuce…"

"Okay."

Brennan smiled a little and cut up cucumbers, tomatoes, fresh mushrooms and a few broccoli florets and added some shredded carrots before putting a little dressing on it. Dinner was mostly quiet and it broke Brennan's heart, but she was going to give Christine until after she cleaned up after dinner then they'd talk about Booth, they had to. Brennan was headed to Christine's room when the little girl came down the hall in her pink princess pajamas. "Honey, it's a little early for bed, you didn't have to put your pajamas on yet."

"I wanted to."

"Okay. Let's go sit on the couch and talk about Daddy."

"K."

As soon as Brennan sat down Christine climbed in her lap," Uncle Sweets said Daddy isn't a bad guy even though he's in jail..."

"Uncle Sweats is correct, daddy isn't a bad guy even though he's in jail."

"Then why is he in jail?"

"Because the bad guys that hurt him and made a mess of our house say that daddy hurt them when he knew that they were people he knew and shouldn't have hurt."

"So daddy lied?"

"No, sweetheart daddy didn't lie. He didn't know who they were because they had masks on so he couldn't see their faces."

"Why?"

"Because they didn't want him to see who they were."

"Why?"

"Because they wanted to stop him from doing his job."

"Why?"

"Because he, with my help figured out that someone the bad guys worked for was doing something wrong and they didn't want us to stop them."

"Oh. Uncle Sweets said that you and aunt Angela, uncle Hodgins, and aunt Cam have to find proof that daddy didn't do it."

"Yeah, we are finding proof that daddy didn't mean to hurt the bad guys like he did. It's going to take a while, but we'll get everything that we can that prove daddy didn't mean to hurt the bad guys like he did."

"But what if you don't find everything and daddy can't come home? I want daddy to come home now!" Christine started crying, Brennan started rubbing her back and kissed the top of her head.

"Shh sweetheart daddy will be home soon. I talked to Ms. Caroline today and she said we have almost enough proof to prove that daddy didn't do it. Then she will show everything we find to the people at the jail and they'll decide whether we found enough proof. If they decide that we didn't find enough we'll just have to find more, we'll do it."

"I want daddy!" Christine was still crying.

"I know, I miss him too and I wish he was home with us."

"Do you think daddy misses us?"

"Christine, daddy misses us very much, probably more than we miss him."

"Oh."

"I'm not mad that you heard me taking to Angela last night or that you asked Uncle Sweets if daddy was I jail. You know that right?"

"Yeah, I didn't mean to listen..."

"I know, its fine that you did Christine. I didn't want to hide it from you, I just didn't know how to tell you."

"Why not?"

"Because it's hard for me to even think about daddy being in jail and I didn't want to make you sadder."

"Oh. Are you sad Mommy?"

"Yes, I'm very sad that daddy is in jail. "Brennan leaned over and got a handful of tissues out of the box on the end table and handed them to Christine. "Blow your nose." Christine did as Brennan asked as Brennan leaned back on the couch and started rocking Christine "I get to go see daddy on Wednesday-"

"I wanna go!"

"I know and I would take you but I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because it's a little dangerous and besides you wouldn't be able to touch daddy, we can only talk to him."

"Why?"

"It's the rules."

"Oh."

"You can draw daddy a picture and I'll take it to him. He'll love it, but he might have me bring it back home so it doesn't get messed up."

"Okay."

Brennan figured Christine would get down and start her picture, but she just got more comfortable on her lap. "Do you want to watch a movie?"

"No."

Brennan turned on the TV and found a movie Christine liked, "It'll be okay sweetheart daddy will be home soon." Brennan kissed Christine's cheek," I love you, Christine."

"Love you too, mommy."

A few hours later Brennan stopped by Christine's room for her stuffed bunny and continued to her own room. Christine stirred when Brennan laid her down, 'go back to sleep honey, I'll be back in a minute." Christine clutched her bunny and fell back asleep.

Wednesday came and Brennan dropped Christine off at daycare and headed to the prison to see Booth. After going through security checkpoints Brennan was led into the visitor's room to wait. After what seemed like an eternity Booth waked slowly over to the table Brennan was sitting at.

"You're hurt and I don't mean the injuries you sustained in the attack at the house."

"I'm fine. How are you?"

"I'm fine also. I found a new house for us, you'll like it."

"That's good. How's Christine?"

"She's terrified that she'll never see you again. She tells me she wants you to come home every day. She knows Booth…"

"You told her?"

"No, she heard me talking to Angela a few nights ago when I thought she was asleep. She asked Sweets when they were at the park on Saturday if you were in jail. He called me and asked me how I wanted him to handle it, I asked him to tell her the truth without all the details. She had lots of questions for both of us, mostly about when you are coming home. Neither one of us could tell her you killed people, she just thinks you hurt them."

"Well I did hurt them in a way."

"Yes. She is doing as well as expended. She drew you a picture." Brennan turned over the piece of printer paper on the table to reveal a rainbow and a smiley face sun.

"Hey would you look at that! Her lines are getting better. Tell her I love it… can you take it home and keep it for me? I'm afraid it won't survive here."

Brennan nodded, "I told Christine I'd probably bring it back home to keep it for you."

"Give her a hug and kiss for me? Tell her I love her and that I'll be home soon…"

"I will Booth."

"Thanks. I love you, Bones."

"I love you too, Booth." Before they knew it their visit was over. Brennan made her way back to the lab and grabbed some files and headed to the daycare to get Christine. Once they got home Christine climbed up on a stool in the kitchen and watched Brennan get the ingredients for broccoli chicken rice casserole out.

"Did you go see daddy today?"

"Yes, he loved the picture you drew him. He asked me to bring it home so it won't get messed up." Brennan put down the head of broccoli she was chopping up and went around the counter and hugged Christine, holding on longer than necessary. "This is from daddy." Brennan kissed Christine's cheek, "that too. He told me to tell you he loves you and he'll be home soon." Christine nodded into Brennan's shirt.

"Do you want to help me make dinner?"

"Yeah."

Brennan went around the counter and got a sleeve of crackers and put them in a bag and sealed it up. "Crush these so I can sprinkle them on top before I bake it."

"Okay." Christine began crushing the crackers in to pieces, "like this?"

Brennan looked up, "yes, but make the pieces smaller."

"Okay." Twenty minutes later Brennan sprinkled the finely crushed crackers on top of the casserole and put it in the oven.

Monday morning Brennan ran into Angela as she came out of the bathroom. "Sweetie, are you feeling all right? You've been in here a lot this morning."

"Yes, I'm fine Ange, we had pizza for dinner last night it didn't set well on my stomach." Brennan walked to her office and over to the desk and sat down.

"Are you sure it's just the pizza? Could you be pregnant?'

"No, I mean Booth and I talked and we agreed to try for another baby, but that was only approximately a month ago…"

"It only takes once Brennan. Plus you've been tired a lot lately-"

"I've had a lot to do in a very short time-"Brennan's eyes fell on her calendar.

"You're late aren't you?"

'Yes, but only 10 days, I have been very stressed out…"

"I'll be right back..."

A few minutes later Angela sat a box on Brennan's desk, she looked up. "Hodgins and I are trying also…" Brennan nodded, "will you wait? I find I'm more apprehensive this time…"

"Sure Bren. Whatever the test says or doesn't say it will be okay."

"I know. I want it to be positive, but at the same time I don't, not without Booth here…"

"I know. Go on the sooner you do it the sooner you'll know."

Brennan nodded and headed for the bathroom. Ten minutes later she returned.

"Well?"

"I'm pregnant."

"Congratulations sweetie!" Angela gave Brennan a hug.

"Thanks Ange. I don't know if I can do this without Booth."

"You can, but don't worry Booth will be home in plenty of time to drive you crazy and help you get ready."

"You don't know that for sure Angela …"

"Yes I do. Booth will be home in time. Go home Bren, relax, you need it."

"I have paperwork. Plus I need to work on Booth's case."

"You can do it tomorrow. Booth would want you to relax today, besides you spent half the morning being sick. You need to rest."

"Fine let me go tell Cam I'm going home then I'll go to daycare and get Christine."

"I'll get Christine and take her home with me tonight. I've got a couple changes of clothes and pajamas at the house for her."

"She may not like being away overnight… she has had a hard time sleeping since Booth has been gone."

"If she wants to go home I'll bring her to you. I have copies of Booth's messages I can access if she needs them. Plus you have your phone and IPad if she wants to Skype."

"She'll want her bunny."

"Hodgins can get it on his way home later."

"Okay. Thanks Ange."

"You're welcome, sweetie. Now go tell Cam you're going home and go."

Brennan nodded and grabbed her bag before heading to Cam's office.

A/N: Up next Booth comes home! P.S. It was always in my outline for Brennan to be pregnant… Before it was announced that Emily is….