A/N: I know it's been like 4 ½ months since I updated, sorry my second to last semester of college kicked my arse and musie decided she didn't want to work on this one for a bit. I hope to finish the last two chapters in the 12 days I have before I start the summer semester.

It was the end of a very long week and Brennan was looking forward to finishing her paperwork and grabbing a pizza and going home to watch a movie and cuddle with Booth. Brennan groaned a little when her phone rang.

"Brennan."

"Temperance, it's Sarah."

Brennan smiled, "hi Sarah how's Madelyn?"

"She's good. Temperance I was wondering if you and Agent Booth could watch her for a few days. I just found out that I'm needed to go to Texas on business and Mom and Dad are cruising Alaska. I've got her enrolled in a summer day camp that starts on Monday. I know its short notice-"

"Sarah, it's fine when are you leaving?"

"4 AM tomorrow, I was hoping I could drop her off tonight."

"Booth and I are working late tonight, but Madelyn can come here if she wants."

"She'd love that, thank you. I'll be there in about an hour."

"See you in an hour." Brennan hung up and called Booth to tell him their change in plans and to ask him to add plain cheese pizza their takeout order and bring it to the lab instead of waiting until they got home. An hour later Eric, the afternoon security guard brought Madelyn and her suit cases to Brennan's office.

Brennan stood up to give Madelyn a hug, as was what they always did every time they were together, but this time Madelyn didn't hug Brennan back. Brennan stepped back, "Madelyn, what's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"I know you well enough to know it isn't nothing. What's wrong?"

"Mom isn't letting me go to gymnastics camp! I've gone to gymnastics camp every summer since I was five! My leg is fine; Dr. Meyer says it's healed you agreed with him!"

Brennan steered Madelyn to the couch, "I do agree with Dr. Myer, but I also agree with your mom; it's too soon. You had that setback after you got the cast off and ended up in a brace for three weeks. None of us, including Booth want to see you get seriously hurt. I bet by the time school starts you'll be back to competing. Science camp will be fun, they come here on Fridays and your mom said you can spend Friday afternoons with me and when it's not our weekend you can still come home with me and have dinner. "

"That doesn't sound so bad."

Brennan smiled and pulled Madelyn into a hug, "it won't be. Booth and I are going to be working late tonight; he should be here in a little more than an hour with pizza. We'll eat and then Booth and I will try to finish our paperwork somewhat quickly and then we'll go home "

"Okay, mom let me bring the portable DVD player and a lot of movies and books." Madelyn dumped her bag on the couch cushion.

"Okay, I'm going to go work on the platform until Booth gets here. Theirs water in the mini fridge behind my desk."

"Okay." Brennan watched as Madelyn booted up thru DVD player and curled down in the couch. An hour later Booth sat 2 pizza boxes and a box of dessert pizza on the table. "Pause it kiddo, I'm going to get Bones then we'll eat."

Madelyn smiled and paused the DVD, "What did you get?"

"Cheese for you and veggie for me and Bones and cinnamon apple dessert pizza for all of us. I'm going to get Bones, if we're not in here in 5 minutes go ahead and eat while it's hot."

"Okay."

Booth left Brennan's office and heeded for the platform, "Bones, pizzas in your office lets go."

"In a minute, I need to finish this test so the computer can get the results while we eat." Brennan put the sample in the machine and hit button, stripping off her gloves Brennan headed off the platform. Booth smiled to himself, ever since Brennan had Madelyn every other weekend she easily stopped working when asked to spend time with her.

After dinner Booth cleaned up the remnants of the pizza while Brennan got their paperwork together, "Madelyn are you going to be okay in here while Booth and I go to the lounge to do paperwork?"

"Yes, Tempe." Brennan smiled at the slight eye roll that Madelyn didn't that she saw and got up placing a kiss on Madelyn's forehead, "Love you."

"Love you too."

Many hours later Booth packed Madelyn's stuff while Brennan helped the half asleep teen to the SUV. The remainder of the weekend passed as it normally would have with lots of time together and a compromise of bike riding instead of rollerblading (Brennan had visions of Madelyn's leg getting broken again). The week wasn't normal there was no sleeping in until 45 minute before Brennan had to be at the lab, jumping in the shower, grabbing a cup of coffee before the pot quit brewing and heading out the door. Now Brennan was up at least an hour before they had to leave and breakfast was made.

The week passed a little too quickly for anyone's liking. Brennan took a shortened day on Friday and picked Madelyn up after science camp and they went shopping at the mall for the afternoon then they went out for dinner at a nice restaurant rather than the diner. They capped off the evening with a movie and ice-cream. Brennan and Madelyn found Booth asleep on the couch with the TV on, Brennan kissed Booth's cheek and turned off the TV threw a blanket over him before going to bed. Sunday Madelyn packed up her stuff and moped around, Booth stopped her mid mope in the kitchen.

"Sit." Booth pointed her toward a chair, grabbing the milk and a box of cookies before taking a seat himself. Booth poured the milk and slid the box of cookies between them."Why are you moping around, Madelyn?"

Madelyn took a cookie and dunked it in her glass of milk."I don't wanna go home."

"Why?"

"Because mom is always too busy and even if you and Tempe always are you always spend time with me somehow. Mom only spends Saturday with me, during the school year it isn't so bad because I'm busy, summer is boring. I go to summer camp then I come home and do something until mom gets home."

Brennan came in then, "Madelyn I just talked to your mom, and she'll ne here in a little while. She asked me if Booth and I can take you every other week while she goes away on business this summer and you still get to spend every Friday with me at the lab regardless of what week it is. That is of course if you want to."

"I do."

"Okay then we won't see you this weekend, you'll spend it with your mom and Friday you'll come home with me and stay with Booth and I."

"Cool." they sent the next few hours they watched movies until Sarah arrived