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Brennan pulled into the driveway and shut off the car. She had been in such a hurry that she hadn't even begun to think of what she might say or do to make sure he knew what she wanted. She leaned her head back on the headrest and closed her eyes for a moment and before she knew it, she became unreasonably dizzy. There was a loud panging, zinging sound in her ears and low muffles drones, all of which she could not identify.
When she startled awake, she found herself facing the front door with her keys extended toward the doorknob in her right hand. Confused with how she had gotten there, she turned back toward her car and noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Assuming that she just hadn't been paying attention, she put the key in the lock and opened up the front door to find Booth and the kids playing in the kitchen.
She hurried into the house and slammed the door behind her but was interrupted by a loud beeping. She stopped, startled by the sound and Booth came running into the foyer from the kitchen.
"Sorry, I should have reminded you." He said, rushing over to a rather large panel on the wall that was a home security device. He punched in a code and the beeping stopped. He turned to face her, "Security system." He said passively.
"That's a lot of security for a house this size." Brennan said taking a step towards the panel.
Booth rolled his eyes and laughed, "Yeah; it was a house warming present from Hodgins. If the password isn't entered within sixty seconds there is a lockdown that initiates on the house. All of the doors and windows lock and there is practically no way in or out of the house." Booth said guiding her to the panel, "The code is 07-14-20-09. Then you hit the pound key and the alarm is either armed or disarmed."
Brennan smiled and nodded, "Is that our anniversary?" she asked.
Booth smiled slightly and avoided her eyes, "Yeah." After a moment he cleared his throat and turned to her, "Well, we were just deciding on what we wanted for dinner." He said making his way back into the kitchen.
Brennan followed behind him and entered the kitchen to find all of her children gathered around the kitchen table playing a board game that she couldn't identify. Christine looked up at her and smiled brightly, "Mommy!" she squealed, jumping off of her chair and running over to her fiercely grabbing onto her legs in attempt to hug her.
"Hey baby." She said, stooping over to pick the young girl up and hug her appropriately. Taylor, never having been one to be left out repeated Christine's actions and latched himself onto her legs as well.
Booth smiled half heartedly at the display of affection that their children were showing her and clapped his hands, "So what do you guys want for dinner?"
Christine turned to her father and yelled, "Pasta!"
Taylor said, "Cheeseburgers!" while simultaneously trying to out-shout his sister.
Booth looked at Parker who shrugged, "I don't care."
Booth paused for a moment before clapping his hands together, "How about pizza?" he says excitedly and the two little ones cheer emphatically and Parker watched them with a small smile, which he quickly disposed of once he realized Brennan was watching him, "Okay then," Booth said, "You guys get back to the game and I'll order."
The two youngest scrambled back to the table and restarted the game with Parker and Booth walked to the phone and picked it up off of it's base and began searching for the pizza parlor menu.
Brennan hesitantly walked up next to him, "Booth."
"Hm?" he asked looking up at her momentarily and then refocusing on the task of finding the take out menu.
"I really need to speak to you." She said quietly, making sure that the children couldn't hear.
When she said this, he immediately stopped what he was doing and turned to her, fully attentive, "What is it?" he asked, and even though he was attempting to sound nonchalant it came out sounding somewhat fearful and anxious.
Brennan looked over her shoulder at the kids and then back at Booth desperately, "I don't know that this is a good time." She said.
Booth looked over at the kitchen table and sighed, "I suppose you're right. But you have to just tell me; is it good or bad?"
Brennan smiled, "Mostly good." She said, "But I'll be honest with you; I'm going to need you to answer some questions honestly."
Booth beamed at her and swiftly grabbed her face between his hands and kissed her thoroughly; that is, until Christine caught sight of them and let out a loud and bellowing, "EEEEWWWWWWW! Mom and Dad are KISSING!"
Parker snorted and said under his breath, "They could be doing worse."
Christine's faced crinkled in though and Booth's jaw dropped, "Parker Booth! Innuendos of that sort in front of small children are unacceptable." He said, then a spark of realization hit him, "Wait! How do you know about… that! You're only eleven years old!"
Parker laughed, "Health class, Dad. It starts in fifth grade."
Booth looks between Brennan and Parker with a stunned expression on his face, "Absolutely unacceptable." He said, turning back to the counter and throwing his hands up in the air, "What was I even looking for?"
Brennan laughed, "Pizza menu." She said patting him on the back, "Besides, would you rather Parker be ignorant about… all that… with all of the problems that can occur nowadays?" She asked, walking back to the kitchen table and sat down.
"I would rather he not know what… that is until he's in his twenties… and not practice until he's in his fifties." He said, flipping through the numerous menus, "How many take out places do we actually order from?"
Brennan scoffed, "That is absolutely ridiculous, Booth."
"Mommy?" Taylor whined.
"Yeah baby?" she asked.
"What are you talking about?" Taylor asked innocently and Christine nodded.
Brennan looked up at Booth and then back at Taylor, "Uh…" she said, wracking her mind for an alternate activity.
Parker intervened, "Extreme Rollerblading, Tay. It's really dangerous."
Brennan looked at Parker with a mischievous smile and he winked at her much like his father would have in the same situation.
"Ah ha!" Booth said, turning around with the menu held victoriously high in the air, "That took far too long."
