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Title: Ringing in the New Bones: A New Year's Story
Chapter 4: Midnight Plans
Chapter 3 ended with…
"Squintify isn't a word, Booth. And besides, you know you secretly like watching your son excel in science."
"I'm not admitting to any such thing."
"We'll see come midnight," smiled Brennan mischievously as she looked over her shoulder at him.
Angela's jaw dropped. "What did you do to her, Ange? Not that I'm complaining."
*** an hour earlier ***
"Parker, I'm not sure you're dad would approve. You know I'm not good at determining these things. Anthropologically speaking, males like to stake claim on the women in their lives, but you're not old enough," explained Brennan.
"Please..." begged Parker.
"Baby Booth, what are you doing that will get her into trouble?" Angela laughed at Brennan's look of indignation.
Parker grabbed Angela's wrist and pulled her to the side of the door. Parker whispered, "Look over there. See the pretty girl with blonde hair in the pony tail?"
Angela looked over at Brennan. "Oh, this is good."
"No. It's not a good idea, Ange."
"He's fine, Sweetie." She looked at Parker's expectant eyes. "You've come to the right person."
*** December 31, 2010, 11:55 PM ***
Booth walked up to Brennan and wrapped an arm around her. "Five minutes, Bones!"
"You look happy." Brennan was amused. She never understood the New Year's Eve rituals.
"Of course, I am. I have my favorite squint in my arms, we're getting our glasses of champagne, and we're going to count down the final seconds to 2011."
"You sound rather sure of yourself."
"I should be. You even reminded me of it not too long ago." Booth wiggled his eyebrows up and down. "And we can get to all that after we find Parker."
"Parker is fine. Do you really want him to watch you claim your New Year's Eve ritual?"
"Geez, Bones! I already kissed you on stage. What did you think we were doing?" He looked at her and his eyes widened at the change in her eyes.
Brennan crooked a finger. "Come with me, Booth."
"Huh?" Booth knew. He knew he was in for a surprise. And a surprise from his Bones could truly be… anything.
"Booth? Are you coming? We don't want to miss anything."
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Angela had all of the kids and teenagers in their small entertainment kitchen. Brennan had helped her prepare everything. She just hoped she could pull it all off.
"Baby Booth, are you sure we're doing this right?"
"Ooh! I think I'm ready!" squealed Shayla. Parker grinned. "That's really great. I have to help Angela. Be right back." He walked backwards for a few steps not wanting to stop looking at the young girl he had just met.
Hodgins walked in. "Ange? What are you doing?" He laughed as he watched his wife trying to maneuver around the miscellaneous items on display and her growing belly at the same time.
"What does it look like I'm doing, Hodgy? I'm Queen of the Lab."
Hodgins couldn't help it. He roared with laughter.
Angela huffed. "Jack! You're going to mess everything up. We need to time this right."
"Okay. Okay. Relax. What do you need me to do?"
"Dr. Hodgins! I'm so glad you're here. If you can help Angela, I can go back over to my spot over there," said Parker.
Hodgins looked to where he was pointing and saw the pretty girl with the blonde pony tail. "Alright! Give me five, Parks!"