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A/N: Halloween chapter, hope you guys enjoy. Oh and I just wanted to say thank you to Jenntte, mendenbar, Laura, and Becky for reviewing. You guys are great. If you're reading please R&R. Reviews make me happy. Happy New Years guys!


Halloween was on a Saturday this year and since last night Parker out right refused to take the costume off. Brennan worried that Mrs. Jones would not find his antics funny when she showed up for a brunch meeting to discuss how Parker was and to sign the adoption petition so that it could go to a judge. Brennan had woken up early to make sure everything was spotless even though she had never seen a space she occupied dirty. Mrs. Jones planned on arriving at the house at ten thirty and she planned on waking Parker thirty minutes before hand. Soon that time had come so she put Molly in her space that they had made in a spare room attached to the living room and walked up the stairs to wake him.

Before she could make it to his door, a wave of nausea over comes her and she runs quickly to the guest bathroom. She there deposits most of her breakfast and for some time she cannot find the strength to get off of the bathroom floor. It had been a week since Angela brought her the pregnancy test, she had already been to the doctor who told her that she was a month and a half along. She had not told Jared, who had found an apartment a few minutes from the house, or Parker. Angela was the only one who knew. She figured that Parker would be the one who deserved to know next, since he was the baby's sibling. She planned on doing it today after Jared brought him back from trick or treating. The nights were the worst. Dizzy spells usually happened more frequently at night so she tried to stay in one place and not move too much to contain the spells.

She finally gets up off the floor, rinses out her mouth, and checks her watch. She just killed ten minutes right there so quickly she walks to Parker's door and opens it. She sees his Superman costume lying on the floor and she figures he must have grown tired of it at some point last night. She picks it up and folds it, laying it in his desk chair. She opens his blinds and lets the sun shine through. She hears him groan and the covers are automatically pulled above his head. She chuckles to herself. Parker is not a morning person, just like his father. It still amazes her how 'Boothy' he really is.

"Nope, come on, baby. Mrs. Jones will be here in twenty minutes, we need to get you dressed."

"I wanna sleep, mommy!"

She yanks the covers off of him and starts tickling his sides, his laughter fills the room. Soon she starts to laugh too because she loves the way his laugh sounds and the way his eyes close half way when he is happy. She can only think about what a great big brother he'll be to the child she is now carrying.

"Do you surrender? Come on, tell me baby, do you surrender?"

"Yes, I surrender, mommy! I'll get dressed, I'll get dressed."

She stops tickling him and opens up his closet door. And she feels as he comes to stand next to her. She picks out three different shirts for him to pick out and she informs him that he can wear jeans. He goes to his bathroom with the clothes and brushes his teeth and hair while Brennan goes downstairs to cut up fruit and to make sure Molly is okay in her pen. When she is content with everything she checks the time and notices Mrs. Jones would be arriving soon.

"Parker, are you ready? Mrs. Jones should be here any minute now!"

Simultaneously as Parker's feet hit the bottom step of the staircase the doorbell rings signaling the arrival of the social worker. Brennan smiles at Parker as she opens the door.

"Mrs. Jones, it's nice to see you, please come in."

The woman walks in and Brennan and Parker lead her to the kitchen where the food is set up to eat and there are plates and silver wear set up. Mrs. Jones, as she takes a seat, notices that Parker almost immediately sits in Dr. Brennan's lap. She watches as Brennan pours some fruit and butters a piece of toast for him before putting it on his plate. She likes to see when a foster parent treats their foster kid like a real kid, because she's seen cases where that does not happen. She eats some of the fruit and other things on the tray before speaking.

"So, Dr. Brennan, how have things been going in regard of Parker?"

"I think they have been fantastic. He is on a normal schedule now, his grades are up, he is playing soccer now and I believe he plans on playing baseball in the spring. My work schedule is perfectly malleable to accommodate for him, in fact since he has been with me my work days end at three instead of five so that I can spend time with him."

Mrs. Jones nods and writes down something in her booklet that she's holding. Parker wonders about her, and what she's writing, but instead of asking he sticks a piece of strawberry in his mouth and ignores the urge. He does not want to mess up whatever is going on right now. He noticed before how Mrs. Jones only comes around when something is going wrong, but nothing is wrong here. Does she know that?

"Dr. Brennan, I'm going to need a few moments alone with Parker and then this meeting should be adjourned and I can process the adoption papers."

Brennan nods and stands up with Parker still in her arms and places him in the chair she once occupied. She notes of the fear in his eyes, she's gotten extremely good at reading him. He doesn't like strangers and even though he's seen Mrs. Jones on several occasions it doesn't make him any less scared.

"Baby, it's okay, I'll just be in the next room with Molly, okay? And when you're done, I'll come right back."

"Okay, mommy."

She kisses his forehead and then walks into the other room where Molly's space is. She worries about her son, even though she knows he's safe with Mrs. Jones, she just always worries about him. She sits with Molly, petting her with one hand while the other rests gently on her abdomen as she waits to be let back into the room.


Parker sits as still as possible as Mrs. Jones gets her notes in order. He wants this to be over all ready, because being with Mrs. Jones makes him think about the time he spent in the hospital. Which makes him think of Drew and his old mom. He doesn't like thinking about that time anymore, it makes him sad, just like thinking about his daddy which also makes him sad.

"So, Parker, how are you doing?"

"I'm doing good. It really scared me when my old mom tried to take me back, but mommy promised she wasn't gonna let me be taken so I'm okay."

"Has Dr. Brennan been a good mommy to you?"

"Mhmm, she's a really good mommy, the best really. She's never let me be late for school and she's never been late for picking me up from school. She always takes me to soccer practice on time and that means I never have to run extra. And when I have nightmares, I know I can go get her and she won't be mad. Oh and, and she loves me lots, she tells me so."

Mrs. Jones smiles and nods at him.

"That sounds really good, Parker. So you wouldn't mind living with Dr. Brennan until you're a big boy?"

"No, I wouldn't mind! I'd love that, that's where I want to be. I wanna be here with mommy."

"Okay, well I'll make sure this is where you stay, I promise. Now will you show me out please?"

"Sure Mrs. Jones."

He walks her to the door and then calls for his mommy to come and say goodbye. She comes walking in, her black clothing now covered with golden dog hair.

"Thank you so much for your time, Dr. Brennan. I will sign these papers and get them processed as quickly as possible. I will then call you to give you the court date."

"Thank you so much, Mrs. Jones. We will see you soon, hopefully."

Mrs. Jones walks out the door and Parker closes it behind her then he turns back to his mommy.

"Go get your costume on, please. The squints and I have a surprise for you at th Jeffersonian."

His eyes get wide and he runs upstairs. She lets Molly out of her area and then she goes to the kitchen to get the candy bowl ready for tonight. She pours four bags of candy in two separate bowls. She plans on putting them at each end of the gate so that she doesn't have to constantly open the door tonight because she knows it will frustrate Molly. Parker runs into the kitchen with his Superman costume on and he's carrying his candy bag with him.

"You ready to go, sweet heart?"

"Yes!"

She gets him in the car and drives them to her place of work. She notices how excited Parker looks when he doesn't even know what the surprise is. She knows at this point it doesn't even matter to him, he's just happy to be with her people-their people- her and Booth's people- his squints. Together they walk into the Jeffersonian and all of the squints yell 'surprise'.

They had decorated the entire area in Halloween decor. In each office there was a specific candy station and Angela had even decorated her and Hodgins' office as a G-rated haunted house. Parker couldn't believe it, he had never seen the lab like this.

"Do you love it, Baby Booth?"

Angela asks him, even though she can see his excitement written on his face.

"Yes! Mommy, can I go look around?"

"Of course you can, go have fun."

She smiles as all of the squints follow Parker to wherever his destination will be. She sits on the stairs that lead up to the platform and looks around at the details. There are skulls hanging in different location plus Hodgins let some of his bugs free in different areas and they're crawling around. She remembers the last Halloween she celebrated, she still has the costume. She was Wonder Woman and Booth pretended to be a 'Squint'.

The lab is dark and empty as they both enter. The doors open automatically for them and she examines him further. He looks terrible, but then again so does she. But Geller is dead and the girl is safe, that's all that really matters.

"Where is everybody?"

It's an obvious question, but she asks anyways.

"At the party, I guess."

"Well, we could still go, we're in costume already."

"Bones, we look like hell, probably even worse than hell."

She was not sure how that was even possible, but if it was they would be the definition of it.

"It's a Halloween party, Booth. We could be Wonder Woman and, what is Superman's secret identity again?"

She watches as he searches his shirt's pocket for something. He grins, his dimples coming out. When she sees him pull out those glasses she can't help but let out a small chuckle. He puts them on and she shakes her head. His claim of being a Squint is incorrect, none of them wear glasses like that.

"Clark Kent."

"Yes, we could be Wonder Woman and Clark Kent after a really, really bad date."

She sits on the steps that lead up to the platform while he remains standing.

"Yeah, a really bad date because you shot me."

"It was only a flesh wound and you dropped me on my head."

"After you shot me. I seriously think I got you on this one. Okay Wonder Woman?"

He sits down next to her and lets out a heavy sigh.

"I'm sorry you had to kill someone."

She knew how much he hated that, how it killed him inside. She knew, she could see it on his face. He was adding Geller to his list of names and that hurt her because if hurt him. She hated seeing him like this, so down on himself when he was saving her life. Like he had done many times before.

"He had it coming."

"You hate it, I know that. I'm still sorry it happened to you."

"We saved the girl. That's a pretty good date."

"Except not really a date."

"I know. It was….."

"…Work. Not a date."

"Really, really hard one."

"And we're not really Wonder Woman and Clark Kent. We're Brennan and Booth."

She sighs to herself. Because now in this moment all she hoped to be was Wonder Woman again if it meant she could have her Clark Kent back. He was all she wanted back. So that they, Booth, Bones, Parker, and this new baby, could be a big family. She still doubted her ability to be a mother to two children. She needed Booth. She needed Booth to be her teacher like he was before, because that was his job. He was supposed to teach her things that books and professors could not and he had done an excellent job of it.

"Mommy!"

He comes running into her arms and she smiles at him so she doesn't show how surprised she is. Angela comes running behind him along with Hodgins, Wendell, Cam, and Sweets. She gives him a kiss on the cheek and then looks at her people. She's so thankful for them and the little boy in her arms. If it were not for them, she would not have survived these past months without her partner, best friend, and the man she's beginning to realize she loved.

"Did you have fun?"

"Yes, look at all the candy Wendell gave me! Aunt Angie made him stop but he was gonna give me more. And..and Uncle Hodgins' office was all decorated it was so cool! And Auntie Cam yelled at him for all the buggies cause they got in my shoes."

She wrinkles up her nose at the thought but smiles as she see Cam apologize to Hodgins, mainly because Cam had no clue that Parker heard her. Angela just kept smiling because next year there would be a little pumpkin baby along with Parker and she just could not wait to spoil both of those kids rotten.

"What do you say, Parker?"

"Thank you so much. Trick or treating tonight won't be as much fun as this."

"Oh sweetie, Jared called me, for whatever reason he couldn't get you on your phone. Anyways, he asked for you to feed Parker dinner so he wouldn't have to worry about his dinner being candy and that he's be around your house at seven to get him."

By seven it would be dark and at first that really worried Brennan, but she knew Parker wouldn't go anywhere and that Jared would take good care of him.

"Thank you. All of your actually. I should probably get Parker home so that we can play with Molly so she'll be calm tonight. Say goodbye to everyone Parker."


Parker and Brennan ate around thirty minutes before Jared was scheduled to come pick him up. Then he got dressed and put all the candy from the Jeffersonian away so that it would not just sit out. Brennan warned him to only take the small candy so that the candy would not go to waste. The door bell rang exactly at seven, luckily Parker was completely ready to go. Brennan gave him a kiss, told him to be careful and then made sure Jared understood to not lose sight of his nephew.

"Alright Squirt, let's go. I have your jacket so if you get cold just tell me, okay?"

"Uncle Jared, I'm Superman, I don't get cold, duh."

The first few houses went well, however the tenth house made Jared feel a bit uneasy. Mainly because it had a long, dusky path leading up to it that was lined by bushes. It gave Jared the creeps, but he decided to go against his feelings and take Parker to it anyways. He's sure it'll be okay.

Before he knows what's happening, these teenage boys are jumping out in front of them and yelling and screaming. They spray something at them and before Jared knows it Parker is missing from his side. The bag of candy is dropped next to his feet. His breath becomes heavy. Where did Parker go? He didn't even hear him scream.

"You idiots! My nephew is six and he has a history of being abused. Now he's run off and it's freezing out here. You better hope I find him."

The boys don't say anything as Jared pulls out his phone and calls Tempe.

"Jared, are you on you're way back? It's beginning to get late and even though I know Parker is probably having fun he needs to go to-"

"Tempe, you need to listen to me. I'm at 123 Maple Drive. It's about two blocks from your house. Parker got scared and he ran away. I don't know where he is."

The phone goes dead and he knows she's on her way. He goes searching around for his nephew. He needs to find Parker. It's dark and cold and his nephew is little and alone. He needs to be found. Now.

"Parker! Parker it's okay, come out, we'll go home. Come on! Parks!"

He looks at the teenage boys that scared Parker.

"What are you four doing? Help me!"

They all start calling his name and they spread out to the back yard and the surrounding houses' yards. They can't find him anywhere, there is no sign of him. Jared is getting scared. What if someone took him? People get kidnapped all the time at Halloween because masks are normal. If Parker is gone, he'll die inside. His nephew is all he has left of Seeley, he needs Parker, Parker is a lifeline. Brennan's car pulls up and she runs to Jared.

"Tell them to be quiet."

It's not a question, it's a direct, harsh command.

"Guys, shut up!"

"Parker, come here, baby! It's okay, I'm here."

Parker comes out of nowhere and flies into his mommy's arms. He was hiding under the porch of one of the houses. Brennan could tell he had been crying by the streaks going down his cheeks. She kisses his cheek and tells him that it will all be okay. The teenage boys apologize to Brennan and Parker. She continues to glare at them, until she decides it is time for them to go home.

"I'm so sorry, Tempe. I should have not gone on the path the second I had a bad feeling about it. I shouldn't have let him out of my sight. I'm so so sorry. I really am. I'll do better next time, I'll be better for him."

She looks at him as she closes Parker's door so that he can't hear their conversation.

"He is your nephew, he depends on you and he loves you. I trusted you with my son today and believe me that is not easy for me to do, because he is my entire life. I trusted you with him and you failed, Jared. I don't know if I can give you a 'next time'."

"But Tempe he's my nephew."

He follows her as she walks to her side of the car so she can get in and drive.

"He's my son! And you almost lost him tonight. What if he had been kidnapped, huh? You know Booth had enemies and so do I. What if they wanted to take him to get back at me? They could've if they wanted to and it would've been on you Jared. He's all I have. He's the last part of Booth and I promised to keep him safe. Look I'll call you later and we'll see if you can come over. I need to get Parker to bed."

He looks at her with defeat in his eyes and just nods his head before walking away.

"Mommy is Uncle Jared in trouble?"

"Don't you worry about Uncle Jared, Parker, he'll be okay. Let's get home."


She finds herself laying in his bed with him tonight. She holds him close and just cuddles with him, he doesn't mind. Instead he finds being loved makes him so happy and no matter what he does his mommy will never hit him and that's comforting to him.

"Parker, remember how a few months ago I had that procedure?"

"Yeah."

"Well, it worked and in about seven months you'll have a new baby sibling."

"Really?"

He turns to her and she sees the excitement playing on his features. Soon the excitement falls though and he looks forlorn.

"What's wrong, baby?"

"Will you love this baby more because it lives in your tummy and I never did?"

"No, no, no. Never, Parker. This baby may live in my tummy and yes I love it, but as its mother I have to love it, there is no choice for me. But with you, Parker, I chose to love you, from the day I met you and you called me Dr. Bones and you held my hand, I loved you. And guess what? Now you're mine, just as much as this baby. So no, you and your sibling will be loved equally. And I will always make time for you, okay? You are so important to me now and that will continue, forever. And you know what, you have a special job."

"What's my special job?"

"Well this baby and you share the same daddy biologically. So when the baby gets older you'll have to tell her or him all about your daddy. Do you think you can do that?"

"I can do that, I'm going to be the best big brother mommy, I promise."

"I know you will be, baby boy. It's time for bed. I love you. Good night, sweet heart."

"Night mommy, I love you too."


Did Bren do good in explaining how she'll love Parker and the baby equally? Was she right in yelling at Jared? Are you guys still reading this? Please R&R to tell me your thoughts :)