AN: Here we go... chapter 4... And yes it's good to see that there's a few people who aren't lazy but the rest of you i would love to know what you think... it doesn't take a lot of effort
Chapter 4
"Hey Buddy, do you remember Daddy's friend Bones?" Booth asked his son the next day while they walked to the park near Booth's apartment.
"Yeah, Doctor Bones is cool" Parker informed his father skipping slightly ahead on the sidewalk.
"Yeah, she is" Booth agreed smiling at his son's assessment of his partner "Well Bo – Doctor Bones is going to be spending the afternoon with us tomorrow, if that's all right with you" Booth told his son.
"Yay, can we go to the zoo? Coz I'm sure Doctor Bones will know the names of all the animals" Parker asked excitedly.
"Yeah sure Buddy, whatever you like. But don't you think your old Dad would know all the animals too?" Booth asked somewhat hurt, but mostly just amused.
"Of course, but Doctor Bones knows all about them too, she told me before that her favourite animal is the elephant, because they look really tough but she said they're really big softies, like you" Parker blurted out running ahead of his father to the playground and straight onto the slide.
It seemed like such a long time ago that Rebecca had told Booth the same news as his partner just had, and he had asked her to marry him, not because he thought he should but because he wanted to. The all encompassing fear that Booth had felt at first was still there, though now he feared for his son's life and wellbeing, back then he had feared the change. But even then he had never once doubted that he wanted to be a part of his son's life and Booth couldn't imagine what this Ben character was thinking. And he remembered despite the situation between him and Rebecca, the complete wonderment of watching her belly slowly swell and knowing that it was his child growing inside of her, that it would be his DNA that child shared. He remembered the first time he'd seen his son, he'd been so tiny, Booth was scared he would break when the boy was placed into his arms. And Booth knew that despite the disagreements he and Rebecca had about when Booth would take his son, he could never wish that he did not have a son. And Booth knew he would love his partner's child like it was his own, that the miracle would be no less amazing when the child did not share his own DNA, because it shared hers, it was a part of her and they had become a part of each other. Booth smiled broadly while he watched his son happily slide on the slide and run through the playground and decided to put in a quick call to his partner.
"Hey Bones, I talked to Parker, he's really excited about seeing you tomorrow" Booth told his partner a smile still plastered on his face while he thought about spending the day with his two favourite people.
"Really?" she asked disbelievingly taking a sip from a glass of water while she glanced over her most recent chapter of her novel.
"Yeah, he said you're cool" Booth recounted grinning "That means you're in" he explained.
"Wow"
"Yeah, he want to go to the zoo, says you know all the animals... so Bones better go brush up on your wild animal stuff" Booth instructed, and she could imagine that his charm smile graced his features although it had no effect on her and certainly couldn't when she wasn't in his vicinity.
"My knowledge of wild animals is quite extensive Booth, I don't need to brush up" Brennan replied slightly offended by Booth's assumption.
"Just an expression Bones. I've got to go push Parker on the swing" Booth told his partner waving to his son who was gesturing him over to the swing set.
"Yeah, of course Booth, go have fun I'll see you two tomorrow" Brennan paused for a second "Tell Parker I'm looking forward to it" she finally added, though Booth sensed she wasn't quite sure of herself.
"I'll tell him, bye Bones" Booth agreed before disconnecting the call and sliding his phone back into his pocket, crossing the park easily to his son and easily propelling him into the air.
"I talked to Doctor Bones" Booth told his son "She says she's looking forward to telling you about all the animals tomorrow"
"Can we have ice cream too?" Parker asked happily.
"We'll see. But Parker, there's something else I want to talk to you about before we see Doctor Bones tomorrow" Booth said, suddenly more serious.
"What Daddy?" Parker asked swinging slowly higher with his father's help.
"Well Parker, Doctor Bones just found out that she is going to have her own baby soon. But Parker, her baby doesn't have a father, so I'm going to be the father of her baby, just like I am to you" Booth tried to explain to his son, though he simplified it for the seven year old.
"Which means that if you want you can be her baby's older brother" Booth searched for how to convey what that would mean to his son "Like your friend Dominic has a little brother, only you won't be living with Doctor Bones and the baby" Booth tried to explain.
"Oh, that's sounds cool, Dad. I'd love to have a little brother."
Booth laughed "The baby could be a girl Parker" Booth made a mental note to have Bones explain some of the finer points of biology to his son as well.
"No, it has to be a boy, having a little sister would be embarrassing" Parker insisted causing Booth to chuckle again. The little boy continued to swing in silence for a few moments before posing another question to his father "Does that mean that you and Doctor Bones will be living together with the baby?"
"Um, no" Booth answered thrown by the question "Doctor Bones and the baby will live at your place, like you live with Mommy"
"Oh okay, but we'll get to see them lots right?"
"Yeah" Booth confirmed, the whole situation suddenly seeming more complicated than he had first thought.
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