Brennan's POV
Where am I? Why is it so cramped? Why is Parker snuggled up to me? Now I remember! Booth had me come over last night because the young boy was so upset and needed a stand-in mommy.
Now I have to creatively get up while simultaneously not waking up Parker. Surprisingly more simple than I originally thought and no wonder I was so cramped, I had been stuck in a race car bed. Never mind that I smell pancakes.
"Hey Bones."
"Good morning Booth." He is obviously in the middle of cooking and getting ready for work because he has black slacks on but no shirt. My day is officially made.
"Did you sleep well?"
"As well as I could."
"Yeah, I'm real sorry that I asked you to come over like that and I kind of need another favor."
"What is it?"
"Well it's summer and Parker is out of school and I don't want to leave him here alone. Can he hang out at the Jeffersonian until I find something else for him to do?"
"You should really ask Cam, but as far as I know it should be ok. I'm sure Angela wouldn't mind having him in her office or Hodgins, just as long as he isn't around any remains."
"Yeah that's what I was thinking too." Right now I'm only thinking that you should never wear a shirt again. Those abs are spectacular. "Do you want some pancakes?"
"Yeah, they smell delicious." And you look delicious.
No stop it Brennan! You can't think this way about Booth, he is your partner. Besides he said that there is a line and neither of us should cross it because it could mean our lives. It would really help if he put a shirt on though.
Parker walked out of his room and he looked really sleepy. He rubbed his eyes and sat down at the kitchen table.
"Hey bub, do you want some pancakes?"
"Sure."
I should sit with the boy and so I will, "Good morning Parker."
"Good morning Dr. Bones." His father set down a plate of pancakes in front of both him and me. Parker put syrup on his, a lot of syrup.
"I like a lot of syrup too."
"Really? My daddy says it's disgusting and too sweet."
"Well I think it is perfect."
Breakfast went on like that until Booth said that he really should head to work and parker needed to get dressed. So Parker got dressed and then came with me to my apartment while his dad went on to work. He was quite the whole ride there and when he was sitting on my couch waiting for me to get ready. It was on the way to the Jeffersonian that he started to talk.
"Dr. Bones what am I going to do today?"
"Well my friend, Angela, has a really cool computer that maybe you could play on and her husband, Hodgins, has a lot of bugs that he can show you. Maybe later, if some one isn't busy, they can take you on a tour of the museum and you can see the dinosaurs. Would you like that?"
"Yeah that sounds really fun!" the young boy said, generally excited. "Do I get to be with you today, Dr. Bones?"
"Well sure. I mean after I examine the victim and write up the preliminary report I should have some time. We definitely will have lunch together. How does that sound?"
"It sounds like I'm going to have a lot of fun today." I'm starting to see why Booth is so fond of Parker. I mean of course he is fond of the boy because he is his son but beyond that. Parker is just a sweet little boy. How could Rebecca have done something so terrible to him? I would never be able to lay a hand on him.
