I am SO sorry that it has taken me this long to update. My life has been turned upside down again and no one was kind enough to just let it be for 3 days with those cool goggles. November 3 has come and gone and that hour of joy has helped me not feel so crappy. Now we know there is 5 months between the Season 6 and 7 so I have that to work with.

Here's another chapter in my story. I hope you all like it. Thanks for reading.

~Abbigale

Don't own them… wish I did. Ok, here we go!

Chapter 9

Saturday… They still had half of Saturday and all of Sunday to themselves… just them, together, and happy. This is how things should be, always.

At the park, they saw lots of children playing. They say parents sitting on benches watching those children. What a happy sight. Booth is a regular at this park, seeing as how this is one of Parker's favorite things to do. Brennan, only remembering scenes like this from her own childhood, was absolutely captivated and it was all over her face.

"Like what you see, Bones?"

"This is nice." She said happily, but then it was gone. "I can remember going to a park with my parents, by I don't remember much about it."

"Hey," he said, putting a hand to her cheek. "Look at me." She looked up, meeting a very compassionate set of eyes. "None of that, ok? No more sad. All happy, all of the time, ok?"

"Booth, you can't be 'all happy, all of the time.' It's just not possible."

His had slid down her cheek, down her neck, down her side to rest on her hip. He wrapped his other hand around her, pulling her close. He looked her in the eye. A calm seriousness moved over his face. "It is for today. It is for as long as we are together. Our work may be sad but as long as we are together, between us we are happy. Outwardly, during cases, we may be sad, angry, confused, or hurt but as far as we, me and you, are concerned, it is all happy, all of the time. We may argue. Hell, we will always bicker. Honestly, I sort of enjoy the bickering, sometimes. But, at the end of the day, we are together and happy. We are getting what we both have wanted but could never have. This, me and you, is happiness. I love you with everything I have and I'm going to make sure that you know that every day."

She had no words. She was feeling more things than her mind had ever let happen. She felt loved, for real. This is what love feels like, she thought. She just kept looking him in the eye. A small smile started across her lips. He matched that smile. She leaned in, kissing him softly. She wrapped her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss.

She pulled way, just enough to look him in the eyes. "I love you too, Booth. I never thought I could feel this way. It is hard for me to express exactly how I feel. I'm happy. It's a strange feeling for me. A lot of things in my life make me happy, or at least that is what I thought that feeling was. My work makes me happy. But this… me and you… this makes me happier than anything. I didn't even think I wanted to be in a relationship until you. Now we are together and trying to start a family. This makes me truly happy. Before, when wanted to have a baby alone, I thought that I would have been happy. You did everything you could to make that happen for me. But, when you said that if you were going to be the father you had to be the father, I was sad… disappointed. I realized then that true happiness could not happen that way. I'm glad I didn't go through with it. What we have now so much better. You are right. This is happiness. Thank you for finally showing this to me."

She looked down, slightly embarrassed for showing so much emotion. He knew what was happening.

"Hey," he said, pulling her face up to his again, "I'm not just showing it to you. I'm giving it to you and you are giving it to me. We are in this together."

"Together. I like that."

He slowly released her, but not completely. He grabbed her hand, intertwined their fingers "Let's go sit over there." He pointed to a bench in the shade.

They made their way to the bench. It was out of the way, but close enough so that they could see the kids playing. They sat in silence for a while, content to just be there, together, holding hands and feeling loved. Booth knew how all of this worked, being a parent and all, but Brennan didn't. She was intrigued. Of course, she had seen parents before. Obviously, she had a set of her own. But this was different. She had always just seen them, never watched them. Booth could see the awe in her eyes. It was him who finally broke the silence.

"You know, next weekend I have Parker. We could bring him here if you would like."

"We… Don't you want your time with you son, just the two of you?"

"Yes, we…" He turned to face her, "Me and you, we are going to spend time with Parker. He loves you. We need to tell him about us. Plus, it won't be long before it isn't even just the two of us, me and you." He reached over and placed a hand on her stomach, a move that, to him meant the world. "It will be the three of us and then with Parker, that makes four."

She looked down at his hand on her stomach and smiled. She wanted to cry. Nothing had ever felt so… so… right. She looked up at him, her smile widening. Tears in her eyes, "I'm… I'm just so happy." She threw her arms around his neck so fast that she nearly knocked him off of the bench. He wrapped his arms around her, steadying both of them. He leaned down, resting his head on her shoulder.

They just sat there, holding each other like they were the only people in the whole park.

"Hey, are you ready to head out… maybe go get some lunch." He said, not quite ready to move physically, but definitely emotionally… ready to move along in this newfound openness they had.

"I could eat."

Without having to discuss it, because that is just how things were and had been for quite some time, they ended up at the diner, at their usual table, with their usual order.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Sorry, I've got writer's block… I have a 2 year old that is demanding extra attention because his wanna-be father is a POS that barely visits… I'm trying to get ready for Christmas… oh the list goes on and on… I WILL update this story. If anyone is just dying for more, let me know and I'll try to hurry it up. Thanks for reading!