That Great Love
By Meekerprincess9778
Ch 11
They went to see Hank. Hank was in the main lobby, talking to a woman. Parker went ahead of them, running to hug his Great Grandfather.
"Parker, you surprised me. Hiya, Shrimp. Temperance, who is this angel you have with you?" Hank's eyes lit up when he saw the young little girl.
"I assume you are talking about Olivia. I plan on adopting her." Brennan smiled. "But you know that I don't believe in…" She was interrupted by Booth.
"Some people do, Bones." Booth smiled at her.
Parker took Olivia and went up to Hank. "This is Pops." He repeated "Pops" a few times. Hank watched, curiously. Brennan explained that Olivia came from special circumstances. Olivia was very open with Hank right away. They decided to go to a playground nearby.
Brennan put Olivia in a baby swing. She was gently pushing her. Parker wanted to try. The Booth men were impressed with the young boy.
"So, I take it that the young journalist that you were dating is gone. It's about time you opened your eyes." Hank scolded his grandson.
"I got distracted. Bones turned me down last year. What was I supposed to do, Pops?" Booth sighed.
"You were supposed to wait and keep trying. She's the one. That little girl is just darling; you are perfect dad material. What is the problem?" Hank just didn't understand these two.
"When I was with Hannah, I wasn't that good of a friend to her as I should have been. She was even telling Hannah good advice on how to keep me happy. Add to that her ex- boyfriend is back. My boss wants to date her. It's a little complicated."
"Tempe was telling your new girlfriend how to keep you happy and she obviously didn't listen. What happened?" Hank knew he was missing something.
"She wouldn't meet Parker. She wasn't all in. I didn't know where I stood with her. I told her how things were here at home. She obviously wasn't listening. She didn't know who I am."
"Tempe all ready knows who you are. I don't understand why you didn't wait."
Brennan came up to them. She snapped a picture of Parker pushing Olivia with her camera phone. Livi was giggling like crazy.
"It looks like Parker got his sibling after all." Hank commented.
Brennan was confused. "What do you mean, Hank?"
"For the longest time, he would come and visit. He used to say that he always wanted a brother or sister. I think he wants to be that for her." Hank explained.
"I love Parker very much. He can come spend as much time as he would like. I missed him terribly while I was gone to Maluku." She was careful in her sentence. She missed him more when she came home, but didn't want to ruin the good time they were having.
Booth couldn't believe her words. She was being so open about loving his son. The past few days had completely surprised him. He noticed that Bones was acting more open now. He wondered what had happened to make her feel like that. If he thought about it, she was more open with the people at the Jeffersonian as well. He was so wrapped up in trying to ignore his feelings for her that he was in a fog about how much she had actually changed since she had been back. "He loves you too Bones." At those intimate words, Hank got up and went to play with the children a bit. "You know, you never told me what you found there."
"In Maluku, we didn't find anything of great value. However, personally I feel like I found myself. Isn't that how the saying goes?" Brennan asked, she was nervous about getting phrases right.
"Yes, finding yourself is exactly how the phrase goes. You got one right, Bones." He leaned forward a little bit and gave her a quick kiss.
She smiled back at him. She wanted the kiss to be longer but with the restraints of being in front of the children and Hank, it would have to do. "Next time a longer one."
"Bones, you are pretty demanding."Booth smiled at her. She is a demanding person. He has seen it every day for over six years.
"I only demand for what I deserve, you know that. I have very high standards." She smiled at him. "Besides, it's been a long time since I had sex, Booth. So just kissing you has quite an effect on me."
"Come on, the queen of satisfying her biological urges hasn't done it in a while? How long has it been?" Booth was surprising himself with talking about sex at all with her. Usually he just couldn't talk about making love with this woman. She has always been so unreachable. It would literally drive him crazy to talk about it.
"Mark, the deep sea welder; you remember him. Don't you?" She asked him almost embarrassed about how long it has actually been for her.
"Bones, that was forever ago. Why the wait?" Booth was so curious about this. His child and grandfather were not too far away. This isn't the appropriate time or place. But he wanted to know.
"What you said after the pony play case changed my mind. I wanted to be made love to. I dated, but I didn't think I found anyone who would do what I needed." She was looking him in the eye.
Booth about took her right there and then. He didn't understand why she rejected him outside the Hoover when she was clearly giving him signals now. "I can help with that." He took her hand and held it.
At that moment, Hank and the kids came to see them. They were "starving" by Parker's standards. They chose a restaurant nearby. It was similar to the diner. They sat down and Hank began flirting with the waitresses. Bones excused herself and Olivia, to tidy Olivia up and a diaper change. She also hinted that maybe Parker should wash his hands. Parker went willingly.
"So what does this boss and ex-boyfriend have on you that you won't fight for her?" Hank asked Booth.
"Nothing; I think she has been flirting with me." Booth downplayed the whole situation.
"She's been flirting with you for six years, boy. I didn't raise you right." Hank was amused. He wanted this very special woman to be a part of his family. He knew she was the one for his grandson just by watching them bicker. It reminded him of him and his late wife.
At this point, Parker had come back to the table. "Dad, did Bones say we were allowed to go swimming later? I really missed doing that."
"Yes, bub, she did. Do you like being around Olivia? She is really small and can't do everything that you can do." He asked his son, not wanting all the limelight to be on the little girl.
"That's what's great, Dad. I can show her." Parker beamed.
Brennan had a hard time with Olivia in the bathroom. This particular place did not have a changing table. She was doing the best she could. Olivia just knew she wasn't supposed to be up by the sink. She kept giving her mother strange looks as to what she was trying to do with her. She was also giggling a lot.
They came back out and sat down. She put Livi in the high chair. "There was no changing table in there. Livi was giggling the whole time. It was an adventure." Brennan sighed.
They ordered. Parker was quite excited about swimming again. "Bones, you said after this, we could go swimming?"
"After we eat and take Hank back, your stomach will have settled enough. I haven't been in the pool for a while either, Parker. I bought Livi several bathing suits and floatation devices. She loves being in the shower and bath. We still have your goggles at my apartment and some pool toys."
Hank watched Tempe with Parker. He had never seen them together. He thought it would have been more forced. Booth looked at Pops, knowing he was impressed how well she got along with Parker. It started after he started going to the pool at her apartment building. She had gotten less anxious about being around kids.
They talked about their cases and adopting Olivia during the meal. Parker talked about his school. It was just general catching up. Booth was surprised when Bones revealed she was nervous about being a parent. She said, "I feel like every choice I make will affect Livi forever." He was most surprised because he felt as if he was one of those choices.
They dropped Hank back off at the retirement community. He hugged them all close. He noticed how the little girl loved to be cuddled. Hank watched as they drove away.