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"Rebecca…what? Why? I don't understand." Seeley said, bemused.

"I can't…do this anymore…I just—I need you to take him." Rebecca gasped through sniffles and tears.

"What? I don't—this doesn't make any sense, Rebecca…You've threatened to take him away from me more than once and now you're just gonna drop him off?! What the hell?! If you couldn't take care of him before, then why didn't you let me have him?! Why did you spend four years only letting me see him every other weekend?! You know I can take care of him! You've always known that! Why now?! What's changed?!" Seeley yelled into the phone. Tempe glanced around at her neighbors' lights turning on and the heads poking out to look at her exasperated boyfriend yelling on her front porch. She grabbed Seeley's hand and dragged him into the house.

"What's changed is that now I don't have any money, Seeley! I lost the apartment, I lost my job and I have no way to support a four year old! And besides…I'm moving to California…I've accepted a job there…and I can't take Parker…I'm sorry…but, I can't…" She said, through tears.

"How long have you been planning on moving?" Seeley asked.

"A month…"

"A month?! And you told me nothing?! When are you leaving?" He asked angry and upset.

"Tomorrow morning…" She trailed off.

"Tomorrow morning?! Why didn't you tell me?! Damn it, Rebecca! How can you just up and do this?! I'm not even home right now! You just expect me to drop everything and accommodate to you?" Seeley sighed, trying to get control of his anger. "I'm coming home right now. Once you drop him off, that's it. You are not allowed to just come back one day and take him away. You understand that, don't you?"

Rebecca took a deep breath and closed her eyes. "Yeah, I understand that."

"What did you tell Parker?" Seeley asked, biting his lip.

"I told him that he was going to live with his Daddy now…and that, no matter what, I'll always love him." Rebecca said crying fervently now.

Seeley sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

"I dunno what to say, Rebecca. I'll be home soon. When are you coming?" He asked.

"Whenever you get there, I'll come…" Rebecca said.

"And everything is packed? All of his stuff; toys, clothes, everything?" Seeley asked.

"Yeah, everything…" Rebecca said.

"Fine, I'll call you when I'm home. I gotta go." And with that, Seeley snapped his phone shut.

Temperance had been sitting at the dinning room table, behind the couch where Seeley was sitting. Once he got off the phone, Tempe got up and walked over to him. She sighed and sat down next to him on the couch. She placed her hand on his leg and looked at him.

"Hey, are you okay?" She asked.

He looked up at her and gave her a small smile.

"Yeah. I just—I can't believe that she's doing this…No notice…no nothing…She acts as though he's a meaningless package that she can just drop off…he's not…he's my son…" Seeley said, on the verge of tears. Tempe turned and wrapped her arms around his neck. He held her close as the tears fell. She pulled back and placed her hands on his face, wiping the tears away with her thumbs.

"It's gonna be okay, Seeley. He's gonna be okay." Tempe said, staring into his eyes.

"Oh God, I hope so…" Seeley said, rubbing his hands up and down her bare arms.

"He will be. I'm not gonna lie, it's going to be tough without his mom for awhile, but he loves you and he loves being with you so it's going to work, okay?" Tempe said, running her hand through his soft, short hair.

"Yeah, I just wish she would've done this earlier…I have no idea what I'm going to do with him tomorrow…Do we have a case or anything important?" Booth questioned.

"Not that I know of, no. Are you gonna stay home?" She asked.

"No, I was just gonna take him with me…That probably won't be appropriate though…" Seeley said, sighing.

"No, you can bring him. Just explain to Cam that you have no other choice." Tempe said.

"I don't really wanna tell Cam about this…" Seeley said.

"Don't. Just tell her that you have to take Parker with you tomorrow until you get a babysitter. You don't even need to mention Rebecca." Tempe said.

"Yeah, okay. Look, I gotta go. Rebecca's bringing Parker over when I get home. I'm sorry that I can't stay. I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" Seeley said, kissing Tempe on the cheek and standing up. Tempe got up too and walked him to the door. He leaned in and kissed her on the lips tenderly for a few moments. He sighed, making it evident that he wanted to stay. He kissed her forehead and stepped outside.

"Seeley…" He turned back to Temperance and gave her a questioning look.

"It's gonna be okay…" He smiled and gave her a hug.

"I know. Thanks. I'll call you later." He kissed her again and walked down the steps. Noticing that her door was still open, he turned and gave her a look.

"What?" She asked.

"Door, Bones. I'm not leaving until it's closed and locked." Seeley said.

She laughed and flashed her gorgeous smile.

"Bye."

"Bye."

She shut and locked the door. She smiled as she looked through the peek hole and watched him walk away.

At midnight, Temperance's phone woke her with a start. As she looked around, she realized that she was in her living room and not in her bed. The pile of papers on the coffee table reminded her that she was working when she had fallen asleep.

"Brennan." She tried not to sound tired.

"Hey, sorry to wake you up." Booth's melodic tones soothed her startled appearance.

"It's okay. I should be working anyway. I didn't mean to fall asleep." Tempe said, picking up the file in front of her.

"Bones, what did I tell you about staying up all night and working? Honestly, you need sleep, you know?" Booth said teasingly.

"So, how did it go with Rebecca and Parker?" Tempe asked, getting him off the subject of her.

"It went as well as I could hope. I was up talking with Parker for two hours. He finally got so tired that he fell asleep on the couch. I just put in bed…" Seeley said.

"I'm sorry, honey. I know how hard this must be. He's a strong kid, he'll be all right. What did you guys talk about?" Tempe asked.

"It took me a long time to convince him that he wasn't the reason for Rebecca's leaving. He kept saying that no one wants him. I kept telling him that I want him, that I have always wanted him. He was so upset…for hours…I just held him and talked to him until he fell asleep. It hurts so much that my son is in so much pain…it's even worse that it's his mother causing the pain. God, I hope he's going to be okay." Seeley sighed.

"He will be, Booth." Tempe said, trying to stifle a yawn. Booth couldn't help but smile at her attempt to stifle the yawn.

"It's late. We gotta get up early. I'll call you in the morning. Now, go to bed Bones, now. No staying up for another hour or so to finish looking at some files, all right?" Booth scorned.

"All right, I'll go to bed." Tempe said, laughing at his humor.

"Good. I'll see you in the morning. Good night." He said.

"Night, Seeley."

Booth walked over to Parkers' room and checked in on him. He was sleeping soundly, just as Seeley had left him.

"I love you, Bud." He whispered from the door. He quietly shut the door and walked into his room.

Tempe smacked the snooze button on her alarm clock when she awoke to the loud noise of beeping. She lay in bed, staring up at the ceiling when the alarm went off again. She groaned in frustration and shut it off. She got out of bed and walked over to the shower. As she turned it on, she heard her phone ringing from her bedside table.

"Brennan."

"Hey, Bones."

She couldn't help but smile.

"Hi."

"I don't think I can come to work today…" Booth trailed off.

"Why? What's wrong?" She asked, concerned.

"I don't wanna wake Parker. He was up a lot last night. Too late for him. I can't wake him." Seeley said.

"Don't wake him. Just take him to work with you and he can sleep on the couch in my office." Tempe said.

"Really? That's okay?" He asked.

"Of course. I don't mind at all." She said, getting ready to get in the shower.

"All right, thanks. I'll see you soon." Seeley said.

"Okay, bye."

"Bye."

As Tempe walked into the Jeffersonian, she was bombarded by Angela about her and Booth.

"Ange! Stop! We'll talk about this later, okay? Just don't mention anything around Booth because he's had a rough night." Tempe said as Booth walked in, carrying his sleeping four year old son in his arms. Since no one was around but Angela, Tempe placed her hand on his face and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.

"Are you okay?" She whispered, trying not to wake Parker.

"Yeah, I'm okay." Seeley said, walking with Tempe and Ange toward the lab.

"Seeley! I need to talk to you!" Cam yelled from inside her office.

"She's gonna be pissed about Parker." Seeley said.

"Yeah, probably, but oh well, he's your son. He's more important than Cam's opinions. Here, I'll take him so you can go and talk to Cam." Tempe said.

"You sure?" Seeley asked her.

"Yes, Booth. I can take care of a sleeping child for 10 minutes." Tempe said, holding her arms out for Parker.

"I didn't mean…" Seeley tried.

"I know." Tempe said.

He handed Parker over to Tempe gently so as not to disturb his sleep.

"I got him, go." Tempe said as she wrapped her arms around the small child and began walking toward her office to lay him down.

Seeley walked around the stage and to Cam's office where he found her sitting behind her desk staring intently at him.

"What is your son doing here?" She asked.

"He had no where else to go…" Seeley said.

"Why isn't he with his mother? You never have him on weekdays." Cam said.

"Look, I couldn't find a babysitter for him. He's not going to be any trouble. He's really tired, so he's just going to sleep in Tempe's office for now. We don't really have anything going on today as it is…I'll just stay Bones' office and help her with some files and such. You won't even know he's here." Seeley said.

"You didn't answer my question as to why he's with you and not with his mother." Cam said coldly.

"Yeah, well, maybe there's a reason that I dodged the question, Cam." Booth said.

"Yeah, well, maybe there's a reason that I asked you again, Seeley." Cam said.

"It's none of your business. It's not evident to you or anyone else, so you don't need to know. All you need to here is that Parker is not going to be a problem and you won't even know he is here." Booth said.

Cam shook her head. "Does Dr. Brennan know the reason for Parkers' presence?"

"Why does that matter?" Booth asked.

"Because if I don't need to know, then neither does Dr. Brennan." Cam said.

"I'll decide who needs to know why my son is with me and not his mom right now." Booth said, testily.

"Fine, but if he causes any problems what-so-ever, you will have me to answer to." Cam said with authority.

"Yeah, I'll keep that in mind." Seeley said, walking out the door. He turned the corner and headed to Brennan's office. He knocked lightly at her closed door. She waved for him to come in.

"I shut it so the noise of the lab won't disturb Parker." She whispered as he opened the door and walked over to the seat across from Brennan.

"Thanks Tempe." Booth said, indicating to Parker.

"No problem. So, what did Cam say?" She asked determined to keep her voice low.

"Oh, nothing much, just trying to pry out why Parker is with me and not Rebecca."

"Did you tell her why?"

"Hell no. The only person that I need to know right now is you." Booth said.

Tempe smiled. "And did you tell her that?"

"No, I just told her that she doesn't need to know and that she won't even know Parker's here." Booth said, glancing over at his son sleeping on his stomach. He smiled at his small back rising and falling to accommodate his breathing. Tempe saw the flash of worry in his eyes and reached out to hold his hand that was resting on the desk.

"He will be okay." She assured yet again.

"Yeah, I know." He said, smiling at her.

"Okay, so I have to do some work here…" Tempe said, trailing off.

"Yeah, I talked it over with Cam; I'll just help you with whatever you need help with in the office today. If that's all right with you?"

"Yeah, that's fine. Here." She handed him a file of a 12 year old girl whose bones were found in Lake Havasu. He glanced over at Parker yet again and got to work on the file.

He'll be okay…Tempe says he's going to be okay. He's going to be okay…

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