A/N: Thanks for the reviews, I've never gotten 10 reviews with only 2 chapters posted!


They arrived to Brennan's apartment, she opened the door, and Booth went inside.

"What do you want to do, Booth?"

"I just want to go to bed."

Brennan nodded, "the sheets are clean."

"Thanks Bones." Brennan nodded and watched Booth walk to her guest room. Booth stopped just beyond the doorway, the room smelled a little fruity and a lot like vanilla, like Brennan. Booth changed into grey shorts and fell into bed, taking a deep breath of the fruity-vanilla scent of the bedclothes, and fell asleep.


Booth woke up to the smell of waffles, put on a t-shirt, and went to the kitchen.

"Good morning, Booth." Brennan greeted him.

"Mornin' Bones, you're making waffles from scratch?"

"Yes, some weekend mornings I do and today seemed perfect."

"Oh. Bones, I get Parker tomorrow."

"Just for the day?"

"Yeah, his best friend is having a sleepover tonight. I get to take him to school on Monday too." Booth grinned.

"I guess that means pancakes with jelly and a gallon of syrup and hash browns at the diner for breakfast on Monday."Brennan smiled. She knew how much Booth and Parker loved their school day breakfasts at the diner.

"Yep, would you like to come with us?"

"Yes, I might even splurge and get French toast stuffed with strawberries and cream cheese. You're both welcome to stay here if you want."

"Thanks Bones, I'll let Parker decide."

"Okay," they ate and got ready for the day.

Brennan was sitting on the couch typing her new chapter when Booth came in. "Bones, will it bother you if I turn on the TV?"

"No, I turn it on sometimes for background noise; it gets too quiet in here."

Booth nodded and turned on ESPN, as soon as the update was over, he turned off the TV.

"Bones, can we talk?"

Brennan could tell that this wouldn't be a normal talk so she shut down her laptop."Sure."

"When you stayed here last week, I realized that I am truly happy with you and I didn't miss Hannah at all. I want to be with you-"

"Booth-"

"No, Bones, I didn't break up with Hannah because of you, I broke up with her because we weren't good together. We filled each other's needs abd got caught up in the moment. Hannah didn't seem to love me after she moved here, I think she resented me. Then when I was hurt and she didn't call, it became clear that whatever we had was gone."

"Booth-"

"Bones I know you said you weren't ready and I said I couldn't wait, but I can. As long as we're together I'll be okay."

"Booth, will you stop for a minute? I need to say something. I realized the second that I saw you with Hannah that I loved you, when Hannah came in to ask me what to get you for a homecoming present, it tore me up, and I should have been the one to get the phone for you not her."

"You really love me?"

"Yes, but can we take it slow? I want to be with you too, but I need time to adjust to everything."

"We can go as slow as you want just as long as we go somewhere."

"Okay, I'd like that."

Booth scooted closer to Brennan and placed an arm around her shoulders loosely, Brennan leaned into him. "This is nice."

"It is, are you okay with it?"

"Yes."


Sunday, Booth woke up early to get some of Parker's and his belongings, and on his way out, he saw the phone Hannah had given him, he knew he should get rid of it , but he decided to keep it reminding himself that it had been Brennan, the woman he truly loved and knew him better than anyone who had really thought of it. Booth picked up the phone and placed it on top of the box that he was carrying.

As he pulled to a stop in front of Parker house, he saw his son waiting for him on the porch, Rebecca waved from inside the door.

"Hi Dad."

"Hey Bub, you ready to go?"

"Yep!" Booth grabbed Parker's bag and tossed them in the SUV as he climbed in through the driver's door..

"Dad, is Hannah here?"

"No, Bub Hannah and I broke up, I've been staying with Bones, and she said we could stay with her tonight, if you wanted to."

"I'd love to. Dad, I'm glad you aren't with Hannah anymore, I didn't like her."

"Parker!"

"Well I didn't, she talked to me like I was a baby, never helped me with my homework like Bones does and she never watched my soccer games, she was always on her crackberry. At least Bones watches me play even though you have to explain it to her. I'm happy you're staying with Bones, she likes you."

Booth smiled, "I'm happy too, Parker. I like Bones a lot."

Five minutes later, Booth arrived to Brennan's apartment and smiled as his partner greeted him. Parker wrapped his arms around her the minutes she saw her, and she held him tightly. Closing the door, Booth was thankful he'd finally made the right choice.