Chapter 9

Back in DC - Booth's apartment

Booth has been home for a week and he still has not heard from Brennan. While calling her again someone was knocking at his front door being distracted by his call he just pulled the door open and was greeted by his sullen son. Waving him and Rebecca in he walked into his living room and began leaving a message for Bren saying, "Hey its me again. I haven't spoken to either you or Cece. Call me and let me know when you plan on coming home and tell Cece that I would like to talk to her and I love and miss her. You to Bren. Call me when you get this I don't care what time it is here. Later" He hung and turned to see his unexpected guests starring at him.

"Hey Parks what brings you guys by? Not that I'm not glad to see you but its not like you to just show up when it's not my weekend." Said Booth

"You've been away Seeley and he missed you. Then you come back and you're thrown into a case and he's been acting out so I figured it would be a nice time to visit his father. Unless you don't have time for him." Her snide remark hit a nerve. His sniper senses were going off something was up and she knew what was going on.

"Well little man it's just us men this weekend what do you want to do?" ask Booth

"Nothing can I go to my room?" asked Parker

"Yeah sure go ahead. I'm going to talk to your mother for a minute."

After watching his son sulking to his room her turned on his ex "what's going on?"

"I think you should talk to him. He missed his father and I have to go. Drop him off tomorrow at 3. He has a sleepover to go to." She left a confused Booth to deal with Parker alone.

Walking into his sons' room he said, " Hey bud how about we go to the diner for some burger and fries you can even have a milkshake?" That normally puts his son in a good mood.

Concerned when his son didn't answer him he went and sat next to him and said, "Parks what is going on with you? Come on you know you can talk to me about anything."

"I don't want a stinky sister. Why don't you love me anymore?" Parker mumbled

Booth just sat there stunned into silence before he finally asked, "What are you talking about?"

"Mommy said that you have another child. A stinky girl." Said a red faced Parker

"Did mommy tell you this?" He knew he was stalling this is not how he wanted to tell his son about Cece.

"No she was on the phone talking to Aunt Stella. I heard her when she thought I was playing."

"Ok, I was going to talk to you about this later but since you heard already let me explain so you understand. Yes its true I do have a daughter. She is a year older than you are Parker. I was with her mom before I met your mom. I didn't know about her until recently that is why I had to go to California. She is a very special little girl and I love her very much. And you would to if you give her a chance."

"How come her mommy didn't tell you about her? Didn't she want you to be her daddy?" asks Parker

"We lived in different places because I was in the army. She wrote to me about her but I didn't get her letter. But when she wrote me the letter she wanted me to choose what I wanted to do. Since I didn't call her she thought I didn't want to be a daddy. So when she was born she never told her about me." said Booth"

"Does she live in California?"

"No she is on vacation there with her mother. She lives here in DC."

"She knows I have a son and she wants you to come to her birthday party by the way. She just doesn't know that I'm her daddy and you're her little brother yet."

"Why not?"

"Because her mommy is well we just haven't told her yet. Her mommy and me talked about it and we both think she should know I'm her daddy so I can spend time with her like I do with you."

"Is she going to get to live with you all the time?"

"Not unless her mommy comes and live with me all the time which I don't see happening any time soon. I'm not sure how her visitation will go. I had to come back here for a case before her mother and I had a chance to work out the details.

"Do you still like her mommy?"

"Yes I do very much." After thinking about what else to say to soothe his little boy he said, "Parks you don't need to worry yourself about all the grown up stuff, it's to complicated even for me. All you need to know is that I have a son and a daughter who I love very much. I will always love you no matter how many children I have. Even though I knew you first I still love your sister. I love you both the same and I will always protect you both. Do you understand?"

"Yes sir. What is her name and when is her birthday?" he asked

"Her name is Cecelia and she will be 4 on May 16th."

"That's your birthday. I'll be 3 in September. "

"I know you will Bud. Do you think you would be willing to meet your sister?"

"I guess what if she doesn't like me?"

"What is there not to like? You're a great little kid she'll love you."

"Can we go to the diner now? I want a milkshake."

"Yeah go and get your shoes on and we can go."

Sitting in the diner waiting on their desert Angela walked in to pick up her take-out when she spotted Booth sitting at the table. Walking over to the table she spoke, "Hey Booth I haven't seen you since you left. How's the case going?"

"Hey Ange! I'm still working it. It's going slow but it's going. This is my son Parker. Parker this is Angela."

"Hi" said Parker

"Well hello Parker. You're a little cutie!" gushed Angela

"Ange, when did you get back? Did Bren come back with you?"

"No she stayed. I came back three days ago. I talked to her last night and she was still undecided about when she would return. I gotta go but you should stop by the lab one day next week. Goodman hired an in-house corner from New York. You may want to introduce yourself since she'll be apart of the team and also working on your cases."

"Yeah I'll stop by in the middle of the week. When you talk to Bren please ask her to call me. I've been calling but I guess she's back to avoiding my calls again. I want to talk to Cece and see how she's doing."

With a raised eyebrow at the mentioning of his daughters name in front of his son Booth explained, "Its ok, he knows. Not exactly the way I wanted him to find out but he overheard a conversation his mother was having. So I had a lot of explaining to do."

"I'm sorry this is happening to you Booth. You're a good man you didn't deserve your world to be turned upside down. I'll pass your message along when I talk to Bren." Turning her attention to Parker she said, "It was nice meeting you baby Booth. Check you later."

"Come on bud you done with this?"

"Yes daddy."

"Okay little man lets go!"

After giving his son a bath and putting him to bed he laid on his couch and turned on ESPN to try and distract himself from calling Bren again. When he heard his cell phone vibrate on the table he quickly reached for it hoping it was Bren. After reading the message he threw the phone on the table. It was just Rebecca telling him she wanted Parker home no later than 11am instead of 3. He fell into a restless sleep.

Once month later

Booth heard that she was back to work and decided that if she was going to continue to avoid him he'll just make it easy for her and go to her office. Walking into the office he closed her door and said, "What the hell is going on? I thought we came to an understanding when I left California?" His anger was evident

"I don't know what you're talking about." She said without looking at him

Walking behind her desk he pulled her chair out and pulled her up from her seat to look directly in her eyes, "Why are you avoiding me again? What's going on?"

Letting out a sign she looked around the lab and said, "I can't do this here Booth. This is where I work."

"Fine stop by my apartment when you finish working. Where is Cece?" he asked

"She's in daycare. She won't be with me when I come over she has a date night scheduled with her Auntie Angela. They have one once a month and she missed one while we were away so they are doing it this weekend."

She was trying to calm her heart rate with him being so close she was having differculty. They were standing inches apart when Cam walked into her office to go over a report. Booth made no move to out distance between them, so she gently pushed him back so that she could turn and address her unwelcomed visitor. Cam stood in her doorway with an arched eyebrow. "Dr. Saroyan I thought I asked you to knock when my door in closed and wait for permission to enter? This is my office and I don't appreciate your lack of respect towards my wishes." She said sternly

"We are scheduled to go over this report at this time. I assumed you were ready. Hello Seeley! It's nice to see you again." She smiled flirtatiously at him

"Scheduled or not my door was closed in the future refrain from barging in and knock and wait until I Tell You To Enter!"

"Hi Cam and I've told you to stop calling me Seeley." He said. He turned to Brennan and quietly said; "Since you have a meeting I will see you tonight. I'll stop and pick up so Thai when I leave work. Don't stay to late."

"Bye Cam" He said as he walked out of the office

"Well are we going to begin this meeting or are you going to stand there and stare at Booth walking from the lab Dr. Saroyan." Bren said

She was relived when her meeting with Cam was over. All throughout the meeting the pathologist kept trying to get information about her and Booth. To be a professional woman she was displaying very unprofessionally. After Cam left her office, Angela came strutting in to confirm that it was ok for her to pick Cece up from daycare and keep her for the weekend.

Booth opened his door to find Bones standing there with a tight grip on her purse. "Come on in Bren the food is in the kitchen if you're hungry." He said

Holding out her hand to his she let his necklace he gave Cece dangle from her fingertips. "I decided it was best if I returned this to you instead of my daughter. We have to talk." She left him standing there and went into the living room.

Before he could formulate a sentence she jumped in and said, "I changed my mind. I don't think it would be in her best interest to learn you are her father. I am her mother and it's my responsibility to protect her and that's what I'm doing."

"Why are you doing this? We agreed damn it. I'm her father I have her best interest at heart as well. I would never hurt her you know that!" he was yelling now.

" My little girl cried for a week when you left. It broke my heart that I couldn't do anything for her. What is going to happen when you have to be with Parker? I won't have her feeling like she is second best to anyone not even her brother."

"Parker already knows about her. I'm sure Angela already told you that. I would never hurt her how many fucking times do we have to go over this? You could have helped her by bringing your ass back here instead of staying there and trying to avoid me. Or how about picking up the damn phone when I called or tried returning one of my damn phone calls."

He saw it! As quickly as she tried to school her emotions he saw it. She's not trying to protect her daughter she's trying to protect herself.

"Let's stop running around the real issue Bren who are you really trying to protect?"

Bingo he thought

"I have to go. I need to finish some work at the lab and since Cece is going to be with Angela this would be a good time to get caught up. Booth got to the door just as she was pulling it open. He slammed his hand on the door above her head effectively closing the door before she could walk through it, he pressed her front up against his front door as he leaned into her and spoke in her, "Why do you insist on running from me? Didn't you learn anything when you took off to California? When you run from me I'm going to follow you. Did you honestly think I was going to let you leave my apartment without us hashing this out?" He dipped his head down and placed soft light kisses on the back of neck.

Her hand was still on the doorknob where she had a killer grip. Fighting for control she put on a stony façade as she turned around to face him and said, "I'm not running. I didn't then and I'm not now. I came to return your necklace and to tell you that I decided it was best not to tell her. I did what I accomplished and now I'm leaving."

Without saying another word he leaned in and put his mouth on hers. His tongue teased her lips open and then he swooped his tongue inside. Their kissing grew

Passionate and his hands went to her hips and then up to caress her breast through her blouse. He started undoing her buttons as he began kissing her neck and she head went back against the door.

She couldn't believe this was happening. She knew she should stop him but she hasn't let a man took her since him. He still knew how to touch her to evoke the most pleasure. She was falling and falling fast. She was still fighting for control when she realized he had her skirt up around her waist and he was about to dip his long thick fingers inside of her.

"Is this what you want Bren? Is this what you want to feel?" Let's see if I can still find that spot that makes you go…" He smiled against her lips when he got the reaction he wanted

"Oh fuck Booth yes… No we can't do this. Its not about us." She panted

After giving her two orgasms with his fingers and while he still had her stunned he flicked the button on his jeans and pulled them along with his boxers down his hips freeing his very hard massive cock. He rubbed his cock up and down her hot wet core. Teasing her with his cock and his mouth. She was panting her and squirming trying to get him inside of her. Having enough of the teasing himself, he picked her up and slammed her down on his hard dick.

"Is this what you want Bren? We could have avoided all of this you could have just asked. I am more than happy to fuck you. Tonight I'll fuck you, later I'll make love to you."

He brought her to one more orgasm before he shifted and carried her to his bed and laid her down. He undressed her completely and stepped back to look at her gorgeous flushed body. He then removed all of his clothing and kneeled on the bed between her legs where he was eye level with her breast and he could see the rise and fall of her chest. He took of her hands and held them down above her head. He leaned his head down and takes a nipple in his mouth as he kept his eyes on hers. The sensations he was causing in her body was overwhelming her and he said, "Don't close your eyes baby. Look at me." When she opened her opens again he began sucking and licking her nipples as he ran his hands down the inside of her arms, down her body until he came to her hips. As he went from her right to her left breasts and gently rubbed between her legs. She was so wrapped up in what he was doing to her she couldn't think clearly. Before she knew what was happening, he had aligned himself at her core, he leaned down and began kissing her on the mouth, his tongue sweeping inside and his cock entered her. She was slow, gentle as he worked her into another orgasm. Her hands came up around his back and her legs wrapped around his hips as she matched him stroke for stroke. She could feel the sweet on his back and dripping from his forehead. His eyes were squeezed tight as he kept repeating her name over and over again.

"God baby I'm so close. I don't know how much longer I can hold off Bren. I need you baby. Come for me baby." When he felt her body tense up and tremble under his and her nails dig into his wet back he felt her muscles squeezing his cock he picked up his pace and began pounding into her. Just as he was about to let go he felt her coming again and he couldn't help but join her. They pushed each other the rest of the way over the edge.

He rolled over next to her and they both lay their panting trying to recover and catch their breaths. "Booth that shouldn't…"

"Don't ..just don't say it. I don't regret what happened and neither should you. At some point you have to admit this isn't all about Cece it's about us and the feelings we still have between us. I know your not willing to admit your still in love with me. I on the other hand have no problem admitting I am still very much in love with you."

"I don't know about you but I'm hungry. I'm going to go out in the kitchen and heat up some food. When your ready to join me grab one of my t-shirts and come on out." He kissed her on the forehead and went into the bathroom before he went to the kitchen.

20 minutes later he looked up and saw her walk in and takes a seat across from him. Reaching out for a cartoon of food she began eating. "If you don't Cece that I am her father Bren, I am going to tell her myself. It's not fair that everyone else knows but that little girl. I want her to meet her brother and to have a relationship with him. I have family in Philly that wants to meet their granddaughter. At this point we are lying to her and I won't do that."

"What happened tonight between us just complicated things even more Booth. I don't know if I can do this."

"Do what exactly? Tell our daughter that I'm her father? Or let me love the both of you? I didn't purposely hurt you - you do know that don't you? Bren nothing would have been able to keep me away if I got that letter. By the time I ended up sleeping with her you should have already had Cece. I did not just jump the next warm body as you once put it." He looked down to his food. He knew she needed time to process all of this. Hell he still needed to process all of this. But them it still felt right to him.

"There is a part of me that knows you are not responsible for what happened, that is was beyond your control but I still get over the fact that when I had that little girl I was alone. I went through my pregnancy and the birth alone. So when you told me how you were there to go to her appointments and you were there for the birth, I don't give a shit. There was no one there to go with me to appointments; no one was there to help me, to help us. I don't want to sit Cece up to rely on others only to be disappointed."

"I'm sorry you had to go through all of that alone. I'm sorry if my comment caused you pain. I never meant to do that. Baby I didn't sit you up to disappoint you. Don't punish me for something I had no control over. I'm here now Bren and I'm trying just meet me half way. That's all I'm asking you to do. Tell you what. We talk to Cece together. This thing between you, and me we take it one day at a time and see what it develops. I want this but I won't push you. IF you agree to see where it goes I'm the only man in your life, in your bed and you're the only woman for me. Do you understand?"

"If you remember Bren I don't share!" He said in a husky voice and his eyes black as coal. His eyes dart from her eyes to her lips back to her eyes. She can feel her body heat up under his intense scrutiny.

He gets up from his seat and walks around the table and takes her hand in his and pulls her up, he places his hands low on her hips and pulls her body tight up against his, "What do you say – we talk to our daughter together and see where this goes between us?" He places a quick light kiss to her lips.

She studies his eyes and sees that he is sincere in his request. She licks her lips and nods her head in agreement. He wants to be sure so he asked to which one and she replied. "To both" in a whisper.

He leans down and their lips met in passionate kiss as he backs her up against his kitchen counter. She pulls his shirt up over his head and begins kissing him on the side of his throat where she lightly sucks at his skin knowing she was marking him. She could feel him smiling against her and she sucked harder. He palms her ass in his large hands and grinds her body against his erection. When her breath caught he picked her up and she wrapped her legs around his waist and he started towards his room. Stopping at the closet wall in the living room, he placed her back against the wall where he began sucking on the side of her neck and her nails were digging into his shoulders. Just as they were going to continue their journey to his room there was knocking at his door.

"Booth, the door" she said out of breath

"Ignore it they'll go away." He panted as he tried to kiss every part of her he could reach.

The knocking became quicker and harder. He knew who ever it was better have a damn good reason for interrupting him or he was going to shot them.

Easing her back to the floor he told her not to move. He'd get rid of who ever it was. He gave her a quick kiss and then another. And mumbled damn it as he walked to the door. Yanking the door open not even bothering to put on a shirt or adjust his pants, he said, " You better have a damn good reason to be here." Just then in walks Rebecca where she takes in his ruffled hair, swollen lips and obvious erection. She walks past him into his apartment where she spots Brennan in his living room.

A/N: I was saving this chapter for tomorrow but figured I would go ahead and post it tonight. I should have the next chapter ready on Tuesday. Have a good night and thank you for your continued support. I am so thrilled so many people like this story. To all of the guests that have reviewed I want to also thank you as well since I can't reply to you individually.

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