On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…
Booth smiled as he sat in the bleachers of the local pool and watched Brennan and Christine go through their Mommy and Me swim class. With her tiny water wings and brightly colored red swimsuit, he decided that no other little girl that ever lived had ever been cuter. And her mother…oh yes. Booth was certainly enjoying Brennan's form in her modest black one-piece, and he especially appreciated the great view of her spectacular cleavage when she would bend to dip Christine into the water.
He was so preoccupied with his family that Booth didn't notice the man sitting next to him waving at another child in the water. When the man addressed him, Booth visibly jumped.
"Which kid is yours?" The man asked, laughing at Booth's surprise.
Booth glanced at the other man, dressed in comfortable jeans and a Christmas sweater, who looked to be about his age. "Oh. Uh…the little blonde girl in the red suit."
The man nodded. "She's adorable. Is that your wife with her?"
Booth started to answer in the negative, and then decided that the explanation wasn't worth the trouble. "Yeah. That's her."
"Beautiful woman. You're a lucky man." He held out his hand. "Dave Swann. Those kids in the blue suits are all mine."
Booth shook Dave's hand as he counted the blue-clad clan in his head. "Seeley Booth. Wow. Six kids. That's amazing."
Dave grinned. "Yeah, well…we have quads and a set of twins. My wife likes to joke that we're the most economical family on the planet. Six kids, two pregnancies."
"That your wife there with the kids?" Booth pointed to the redhead in the blue suit that matched the children.
"Yep. That's my Cathy. She insisted we get the kids swim lessons so that when we go to visit her family they'll be all set."
"Where is your family?" Booth asked.
Dave grinned at his large brood proudly. "Cathy's from Hawaii. She was basically raised in the water."
"Nice. I've always wanted to go to Hawaii. Maybe our next vacation."
"You should definitely go. Its gorgeous."
Booth stood and grabbed the towels next to him as his girls started to emerge from the pool. "And speaking of gorgeous…" He turned and shook Dave's hand again. "It was nice to meet you."
"You too, Seeley. See you next time." He watched as Booth made his way to the edge of the pool and took Christine from Brennan, wrapping her in a large, fluffy beach towel.
"Did you have a good time, sweetheart?" Booth asked the excited girl, smiling as she slapped his cheeks and called to him.
"Da! Da! 'Ter!" Christine babbled, a grin that looked remarkably like her father's filling her tiny face.
Brennan laughed with them, pulling her own towel around her torso. "I believe she is trying to say 'water'. This was a very good idea. She enjoyed herself very much, Booth."
Booth leaned forward and kissed his partner quickly. "I knew she would. But did you?"
Brennan reached up and pulled on her daughter's little foot affectionately. "I did." She smiled back at her family as she followed them towards the changing rooms. "I really, really did."
