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Max had managed to remain quiet for the rest of the service. He'd found the whole thing pretty interesting; so, he hadn't been as bored as he'd been afraid he would be.

After mass, Booth's little family had waited for most of the parishioners to leave and then got up from their pew and left the church. Hank always said that if you had to run out of the church after the service then the service didn't do you any good.

Walking out into the bright sunlight, Parker looked around and said, "Hey, Dad. I don't think it's going to rain after all."

Smiling, Booth looked up and said, "Well, we do have a forty percent chance this afternoon. We'll just have to hope we're in the lucky sixty percent that keeps the sunshine."

Nodding his head, Parker took the stairs down to the sidewalk, two at a time. Booth, trying to act a little more dignified around his grandfather, walked down the steps with his grandfather, Max trailing behind.

Walking over to the truck, Booth said, "Ok, let's go home and pick up Bones. I'm starving."

Shaking his head, Hank asked, "When aren't you hungry?"

Laughing, Max walked around Booth, opened the back door to the truck and got in.

Entering his truck, Booth looked around to make sure that everyone was buckled into their seatbelt. Before starting his truck, Booth reached into his jacket pocket, retrieved his phone and texted Brennan: Pops invited Max to spend the day with us. Sorry.

Putting his phone back into his jacket pocket, Booth started up his truck and entered traffic. Driving, Booth felt his phone vibrate. Not being able to read the text while driving, Booth ignored the phone. He wasn't sure he wanted to know what it said anyways.

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Arriving at Booth's apartment, Booth parked out front instead of in the parking garage. They were only going to be home long enough to change clothes and then leave again.

Once everyone was out of the truck, they all walked into the apartment foyer, got into the elevator car and rode up to Booth's floor. Getting out, Booth walked down the hall, unlocked the door and walked into his apartment looking for Brennan.

Walking into their bedroom, Booth saw Brennan sitting on the edge of their bed with her arms folded across her chest. Closing the door behind him, Booth walked across the room and sat down next to Brennan.

Leaning over and kissing her, Booth said, "Come on Bones. You and Max have been getting along pretty good lately. It'll be nice to spend the day with our family. You'll see."

Sighing, Brennan said, "I have been getting along with Max lately. That's true. I just don't want to spend Father's Day with him. I don't want him to get the impression that I consider him a noteworthy father."

Putting his arms around Brennan's shoulders, Booth said, "We're celebrating Father's Day for Pops. Pops invited Max to spend the day with him and so that means Max is spending the day with us. I can't tell Pops that Max can't come with us. It would embarrass Pops."

Putting her arms down, Brennan put her left hand on Booth's knee and said, "We are celebrating Father's Day for you too, Booth. This is not just a special day for Hank. You are a wonderful father. Hank was a wonderful parent to you and Jared. My father is not a wonderful father. "

Removing his arm from around Brennan, Booth picked up Brennan's left hand and said, "He's trying, Bones. Give him a chance. He was a good father to you before he and your Mom left and he's tried to be a good father since he came back into his life. Why don't you give him a chance? He does love you."

Looking at Booth's hand holding her hand, Brennan said, "Just because he loves me doesn't mean he is a good father."

Frowning, Booth stood up and said, "Ok, he was a rotten father. I'll go throw the bastard out and tell him to go to Hell."

Pulling Booth's hand towards her, Brennan said, "No wait, Booth. You can't do that. That would embarrass Hank. We'll just let Dad come with us today. We'll know he's with us because of Hank and not because he was an exemplary father."

Nodding his head, Booth said, "Sure, Bones. We're just doing this for Hank." Leaning over and kissing her, Booth said, "Let me change my clothes and then we can go to breakfast. I'm starving."

Nodding her head, Brennan said, "You're always starving."

Smiling, Booth said, "Well, at least I'm consistent."

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While Booth was changing clothes, Brennan left the bedroom and walked into the kitchen to add drinks to the cooler and to make extra sandwiches for their picnic. She wanted to make sure there was enough food for everyone this afternoon.

While she was in the kitchen, Parker walked into the room. He had already changed to jeans and a t-shirt and was ready to go. Looking at Brennan making sandwiches, Parker asked, "Did you make those granola bars you said you were going to make?"

Smiling, Brennan reached into the cooler and lifted up a Ziplock bag of granola bars.

Laughing, Parker said, "Alright. I told Mom you were going to make them. She asked me to bring her one when I go home tonight."

Nodding her head, Brennan said, "I'll put some in a small bag tonight so that you may take them home. I'm glad you like them. They are a very healthy snack."

Smiling, Parker said, "They're delicious. Can we bring some potato chips too?"

Rolling her eyes, Brennan turned around and pulled a bag of chips out of a cabinet and handed them to Parker.

Walking into the kitchen, Hank said, "Hey, I'm hungry. What's the hold up?"

Walking into the kitchen behind Hank, Booth said, "Yeah, what is the hold up? I'm wasting away."

Shaking her head, Brennan said, "I'm almost finished making the extra sandwiches. If I had been warned earlier that Dad was coming with us then you wouldn't have to suffer through this delay."

Sighing, Booth said, "Ok, we get it. We should have told you sooner. We made a mistake. The next time we'll know better."

Frowning, Brennan looked at Hank and then Booth and said, "It would be wiser if there if there wasn't a next time."

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Brennan is irritated. What do you think?