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8. Check yes or no.

Temperance Brennan had missed out on a lot things growing up. As a child, she had rarely looked up from her books long enough to notice things happening around her with other children her age. Then, when she was older, the struggle to survive outweighed the ability to have any typical teenage experiences.

She sat at the kitchen table typing away at her newest work in progress and smiled as she caught a glance of her daughter happily coloring with giant crayons on the floor. Booth was in the living room watching a Flyers game and every once and a while she would hear a loud cheer.

She was happy, like she had never known existed until Booth, Parker and then Christine. As happy as she was, she knew that there was something missing. One more thing to make everything complete. It was an impulsive act, an attempt to bring something from her childhood to the present. She moved away from the table and asked Christine for a crayon. She grabbed a piece of blank paper from her printer and began to draw two small rectangles at the bottom of the page and labeled them accordingly.

You are my best friend and the father of my child, I love you. Will you marry me? Check yes or no.

With a large grin, she folded the paper into a neat square and picked Christine up from the floor, blowing raspberries on her neck until she squealed. She handed Christine the note.

"Will you give this to Daddy for me?" Christine, excited because she had been given a job to do, closed her little hand around the note. Temperance dropped a kiss on her forehead and sent the toddler on her way.

Still smiling, she sat at the table and waited. The TV became quiet and she heard another squeal from their daughter, and then her little footsteps as they ran across the floor. Christine jumped into her mother's lap and handed her the note. Temperance took a deep breath and opened it where she saw a giant "X" in the yes box. Movement from the corner of her eye caught her attention and she turned to see Booth standing in the doorway with his most incredible smile.