A/N: This is going to be the final chapter of the story, and it's the longest chapter yet! Thank you to everyone who has read and reviewed, and thank you also to my silent readers! :) Sometime in the next 24-hours I will post the Epilogue. Anyway, on with the show! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own them, please don't sue... I already have $60,000 of student debt!

Once dinner was finished Booth and Brennan cleaned up the kitchen while Parker watched "A Christmas Carol" on the tv in the living room. Booth was standing at the sink rinsing off the last few dishes when he felt Brennan come up behind him and place a kiss to the back of his shoulder. Booth set the plate in the dish drainer and turned around to face Brennan. He smiled softly at her and cupped her cheek in his right hand as he placed a gentle and loving kiss on her lips. Booth felt like the luckiest man on the planet. If someone had asked Booth seven years ago if he'd have thought his life would be where it is now, he would have laughed at them. He thanked God every day that he finally 'got the girl.'

"You ready to open presents, Booth?" She smiled up at him lovingly.

"Are you kidding? I've been ready for a week, Bones!" He grinned.

Brennan reached out and entwined her fingers with his as she dragged him to the front room. It was obvious to Booth that something had her extremely excited, which was surprising to him because he never expected to see her so Gung-Ho over Christmas. He didn't question it; instead he let her lead him into the living room to sit on the couch near the tree.

Parker looked up from his movie with excitement twinkling in his eyes. "Is it time for presents now?" asked the curly haired boy.

Brennan smiled and nodded at him. "Do you want to do the honor of passing out the gifts, Parker?" she asked him.

Parker was off the couch and over to the tree in what seemed like a millisecond. He started pulling the gifts out one at a time and stacked them in three different piles. Once he had gone through all of the gifts, he pushed the pile for his dad over in front of him, and the pile for Brennan in front of her, then sat on the floor next to his heaping pile of presents.

"Tear it up, bud!"

Booth and Brennan sat there for awhile with her head leaning on his shoulder as they watched Parker open his presents. Booth wrapped his arm around her shoulder and kissed the top of her head. It didn't take long for Parker to open everything except one gift that remained. It was the gift that Brennan had purchased for him the day of their shopping adventure. Brennan watched with an amused smile as the boy tore the paper off the box, revealing a pair of soccer cleats. Parker stammered in shock, "Really?! These are like the most expensive soccer cleats in existence! I've always wanted a pair of these, but mom always said they were too much money..."

Booth didn't remember buying those, he looked at his partner with a raised eyebrow. "Did you buy those?" He asked her softly.

Her only reply was a soft nod, not moving her head from his shoulder. "I remembered hearing you on the phone with Rebecca arguing about who was going to buy him the next pair. I saw these on our trip to the mall last week and figured they would be perfect." She smiled.

"Thanks Bones!" Parker jumped up and practically flew over to the couch, throwing himself down next to her and hugging her.

"You're welcome, Parker. I'm glad you like them." She smiled at him and hugged him back.

"Now it's time for you two to open your presents!" Parker exclaimed.

Booth reached down and picked up a gift from the floor in front of him. It was the one that Parker had wrapped for him. He tore the paper off the haphazardly wrapped gift to reveal a black, red, and blue colored RC car. "Sweet!" Booth exclaimed.

Brennan chuckled from her spot next to him at his child-like glee over a toy car.

Parker smiled. "I'm glad you like it! I picked it out, but Bones paid for it. She kept calling it a toy, but I told her it's not a toy, it's an artifact." He stated matter-of-factly.

"Well thank you, both of you." He smiled and kissed Brennan on the cheek before setting the car down and reaching down to grab another gift. This one was wrapped in funny pages from the newspaper and was obviously from his son. Inside was a Christmas wreath that was made and decorated by Parker at school. It read 'The Booth Family' on the top of it. "This is really nice, Parker! Did you make it?"

Parker nodded with pride and smiled excitedly.

"Thanks, bud"

"You're welcome, dad!"

Booth reached down and picked up another gift. He slowly ripped off the wrapping paper to reveal a plain box. He set the box down on his lap and looked at Brennan. "I'm not opening this until you open something." He reached down and picked up a gift and handed it to her.

She smiled and accepted the gift he offered her. She slowly slid her finger under the edges of the wrapping paper and gently unwrapped the gift. Inside the paper was a Maurices clothing box. She opened the box to find several onesies for the baby. The first one was pink and had the words 'Trust me, my mom's a genius!' Brennan smiled and held it up so Parker could see it. After Parker had given it the once-over Brennan set it down and picked up the second one, which said 'Scientist in training.' This one made Brennan giggle. "How did you find these, Booth?"

He grinned at her. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

"Isn't that why I asked?" She raised her eyebrow at him.

"Are you going to look at the last one?" He said with a soft smile.

She set down the second one and picked up the last one. She laughed when she read it. "I'm acute baby," she read out loud. Beneath the words was a picture of an acute angle. "I love them, Booth! I think our daughter will look adorable in them." She folded them and set them back in the box for safe keeping then handed the box to Booth to set down on the floor.

Satisfied that Bones had finally opened something, Booth opened the box he had sitting on his lap. Inside he found an ornate tree-shaped wall hanging with pictures Brennan had chosen for it. Booth took a moment to look over the entire object before looking up at Brennan with a lopsided grin. "Thanks, Bones... I love it!"

She smiled back at him. "As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to get it for you."

Booth set down the wall hanging gently and wrapped his arms around her shoulders and pulled her in for a tight hug.

Brennan wasn't prepared for the wave of emotions that overcame her at that moment. She knew Booth would like it, but the expression on his face as he looked it over was enough to send her pregnant body into a mess of hormones. She leaned into him and kissed his cheek as he slid another gift into her hand.

She looked down at the small package that was also wrapped in funny papers. She smiled and began carefully opening the package to find a First Place Prize ribbon from the science fair. She looked over at Parker. "You got first place?" she asked.

He nodded exuberantly. "They gave me two different ribbons for it... since you helped me with my project I wanted you to have one of them."

"Thank you, Parker." She beamed at the boy and placed the ribbon on her lap.

"You're welcome, Bones."

While the two were talking, Booth took that moment to reach down and grab his last gift. He began shredding the paper and pulled out another box from within the wrapping paper. When he opened it he found a manila folder and a 5x7 inch decorative spiral notebook. It was black with pink roses adorning each corner. In the middle of the book in big bold, silver lettering it said 'Reasons Why I Want to Marry You.' He opened the book to find her perfect handwriting outlining in detailed and descriptive writing all the reasons why she loves him and can't imagine her life without him. He looked up from the book to see her eagerly watching him. A grin broke across his face. "Do you mean it? You want to get married, Bones?"

She nodded, unable to speak. She had butterflies still swimming around in her stomach, even though she knew that having butterflies flying around in her stomach was impossible.

He leaned over and kissed her. "I love you," he whispered into her lips.

She didn't realize she had been holding her breath until now. She swallowed and responded. "I love you, too. Are you going to look in the folder?"

In the excitement of his gift he had forgotten about the folder. Sheepishly he looked down at the folder and picked it up and opened it. There were a few sheets of paper inside, but the first one was an application for a marriage license. She had already filled it out, it just needed to be turned in. The second paper was a deed to their new home. The one that she knew Booth secretly loved, but refused to tell her because of the price tag attached. He gawked at her in surprise.

"I knew you loved that house when you saw it in the brochure... and before you complain, I didn't pay for it. Neither of us-"

Booth interrupted her, "If you didn't pay for it, then who did?"

"I was getting to that if you'd settle down." She smiled at him warmly. "Angela and Hodgins paid for it. I had mentioned to Angela last month that you really liked the house, but I knew you'd never let me buy it..." She paused and licked her dry lips. "Angela brought me the Deed a few days ago and said that I wouldn't be taking no for an answer. She insisted that I give it to you for Christmas."

"Wow... I don't know what to say, Bones..." Booth ran a hand through his hair.

"Say that you'll move into it with me..."

"Of course I will... When... when can we move into it?" He stumbled over his words in his excitement.

"I hoped we could start the preparations after Christmas." She smiled.

"Anything for you..." He kissed her again then looked over at Parker who was being shockingly quiet. "What do you think, bud?"

"I can't wait to see the new house!" Exclaimed the boy.

Booth chuckled. "I meant, what do you think about me marrying Bones?"

"I think it's a great idea... I mean you love her, and she loves you... so getting married would be the next step, right?" he asked.

"Of course it is... but I wanted to make sure you were okay with this, too. Your opinion matters to me, son." He grabbed his son by the hands and pulled him on his lap. He put an arm around Brennan and the other around his son and hugged them both simultaneously.

"As long as you're happy, that's all that matters, dad." He said.

"Well, in that case... I have something else for you Bones." Parker got off his dad's lap and Booth stood up and disappeared into the bedroom for a minute. He came back out and knelt down in front of Brennan. In his palm he held a small, black velvet box. He opened it and locked eyes with Brennan as he took her left hand in his and slid the ring on her ring finger. "It was my mother's."

She looked at the ring, then back to him and smiled at him lovingly. "It's beautiful," she said, the words getting caught in her throat that was thick with emotion.

"Not as beautiful as you are." He leaned forward and kissed her passionately. They felt as if the rest of the world had fallen away and left just the two of them there swimming in each other's gaze. The love the two of them shared was ones that had tested many bounds, but finally came full circle. This was definitely the best Christmas either of them ever had and Brennan hadn't even opened her last two gifts that Booth had gotten her.

They were so wrapped up in their emotions for each other that neither of them heard the blond, curly-haired boy groan and tell them to get a room. The only thing they could see was each other. The only thing they could hear was the beating of their hearts mingling together as they closed the gap between them for another passionate kiss; the remaining gifts forgotten.

THE END

A/N: And here is the final chapter, as promised! There will be an epilogue posted hopefully sometime tomorrow. If not it will be Saturday since I don't have to work that day. Please review!