Here is the long-awaited epilogue that I've FINALLY finished! Enjoy!
Epilogue: Five years later
"Parker!" A small voice whispered in his ear. "Wake up! Wake up!"
A fifteen-year-old Parker Booth opened his eyes to see his blue-eyed little sister staring at him. "Chrissy? What's up?"
Christine Joy Booth smiled at him. "It's Christmas! Santa came! We gotta go open presents!" She pronounced every "r" as a "w" and lisped so her "s"'s made the "th" sound.
"Okay, Elmer Fudd." He said, sitting up in his bed. "Let's wake up Mommy and Daddy first, huh?"
Chrissy cheered and pulled her older brother by his hand to their parents' room. (Well, his dad and step-mom).
When they got to their room, Seeley Booth and Temperance Brennan-Booth were sleeping soundly, wrapped in a tight embrace. This ended once Chrissy jumped on her father. "Daddy!" she squealed, and Booth instantly awoke.
"Wha-?" He looked around, confusedly. But upon seeing his four-year-old daughter, he smiled. "Hi, baby. What's the matter?"
"Nothing, Daddy! It's Christmas! We gotta go open the presents Santa Claus left us!" Chrissy gave him a pout when he looked reluctant to get up.
Booth sighed. "You are just like your mother, you know that?"
At that, he received a swift punch to the side from his wife. "I heard that!"
Booth chuckled. "I gathered." He rubbed his side and leaned over to kiss his wife, then turned back to his little girl, pleading with him to get up. "Sweetie, don't you think we should wait until your brothers get up before we-"
"I'm already up, thanks to her." Parker said, and his father turned to him, greeting him with a wave.
"But, Jojo isn't-"
At the mention of his name, the small toddler in the crib across the room began to whimper. "Yes, he is." Brennan sighed, as she went over to the crib and lifted little Joseph Kyle Booth out of the crib, rocking him slightly. "Shh, baby, it's okay." She soothed, as his whimpering died down, and he began to play with her necklace, his big brown eyes looking at it, curiously.
Brennan smiled, thinking about how much the little boy reminded her of his father. If not for his auburn hair, he would be an exact replica of his father. "Looks like after a quick diaper change and a bottle Jojo will be ready for gifts." Brennan said, placing the small boy on his changing table.
While she changed him Jojo began to squirm and whine loudly, so Brennan gave him a bottle from the bottle-warmer and he instantly popped it into his mouth and began to suck hungrily.
Booth sighed, but reluctantly got out of bed, grabbing the little girl and placing her on his shoulders, before walking to stand next to his wife. He leaned down to kiss her cheek. "I'll put on some coffee and meet you downstairs before Chrissy has a heart attack."
Brennan grinned and looked up at the little girl who was trying to steer her father towards the door by pushing his head in that direction. "I highly doubt that will happen, but I'm pretty sure she'll fall off if she keeps doing that on your shoulders." Brennan's voice was in a warning tone that Chrissy recognized enough to get her to stop and stay still, her arms wrapped around her father's forehead as he legs wrapped around his neck.
Booth chuckled and kissed Brennan once more before walking out with his daughter on his shoulders and Parker in tow.
When they got downstairs, Chrissy gasped loudly and Parker let out a low whistle. The tree was practically buried in gifts, the Angel on top barely visible over an unusually tall one, which Parker raced to see whose name was on it. He pumped his fist when he saw it was his and was about to start ripping it open when he heard his father clear his throat. He turned slowly to see his father and his little sister still on his shoulders, crossing their arms.
"Wait til Bones gets down here with Jojo, okay? You'll get to your presents soon enough." Booth said as he made his way to the kitchen to start the coffee, placing Chrissy on the floor on his way. She was about to make a run for the living room when Booth grabbed her and paced her under his arm. "Nuh-huh! I'm not letting you outta my sight this time. Not after last year's little fiasco!"
Chrissy pouted, but didn't fight it as her father kept her close while he made the coffee and got out two cups for himself and Brennan.
When he returned to the living room, Brennan was already seated on the couch, with Jojo and Parker sitting in front of the tree, looking at the gifts hungrily. Jojo looked up at his father with a pleading look. "Prezzie!" He shouted, pointing at the gifts.
Booth chuckled and patted the little boy on the head. "Okay, little man, you go first." Booth handed him one of his gifts and the little boy excitedly ripped away the paper to reveal a toy truck, which he immediately began to play with.
Booth chuckled and took a seat next to Brennan, placing his arm around her as he gave her a cup of coffee. "You're next, Chrissy."
Chrissy squealed and grabbed one of her gifts from under the tree, unwrapping it quickly and pulling out a princess doll. She oohed and ahhed at the doll and hugged it tightly, while Parker opened the large gift he'd been eying, pulling out an electric guitar. "Yes!" he shouted, pulling the guitar over his shoulder and strumming a few chords. It didn't make many sounds but Parker still beamed at it, then smiled at his dad and mouthed, "Thank you!"
Booth nodded at him and him and Brennan watched as the kids took turns opening their gifts. Parker had wanted only a few, very expensive, gifts, so he was finished first and carried everything up to his room with him, where they could hear him strumming his guitar from the amp they'd gotten him.
Jojo finished next, playing with his gifts right in the living room while Chrissy continued opening her gifts, the last being a miniature version of a Jeffersonian stand-issue lab coat that read, "Princess of the Lab" given to her by the Hodgins family. She immediately put it on and the tiara she had received and twirled around. "Look, Mommy! Look, Daddy! I'm a princess!"
Booth chuckled. "Yes you are! Now, go clean up the wrapping paper and put all your new toys away. Okay, your majesty?"
Chrissy shot him a look but didn't fight it as she began to pick up the paper and carry it all the garbage. When she was finished, she gathered up her things and carried them up to her room.
When she was gone, Booth smiled at Brennan and leaned in the give her a slow, passionate kiss. "Merry Christmas, Bones." He said, affectionately.
"Merry Christmas, Booth." Brennan replied.
Booth smiled and pulled a small wrapped box out of his pocket. "Now, open your gift." Booth said, giving her the box.
Brennan smiled at him and took the box, unwrapping it and opening the box. In it was a delicate necklace with a sliver skull at the end with five stones in it. "What's this?" she asked, looking up at him.
"It's a necklace with our family's birthstones in it. There's you, me, Parker, Christine, and Joseph."
Brennan smiled. "Oh, Booth, this is so sweet. I love it." She fastened it around her neck and it came just above the necklace he'd given her on their first Christmas as a couple, the one with the five gold rings with the image of the dolphin that was beginning to fade.
Brennan kissed him sweetly and got up to retrieve his gift, maneuvering around a sleeping Jojo on her way. She got his gift from behind the tree and picked up her sleeping son on her way back to hand him his gift. She gave him his gift, before sitting back next to him on the couch. The gift was small, rectangular, and flat. Booth ripped off the paper, to reveal a painting of himself, Brennan, Parker, Chrissy, and Jojo. It was titled "The Booth Family".
Booth smiled at this and put his arm around Brennan. "Angela?"
Brennan nodded. "She thought it would be appropriate since we have our own family outside of work. And, you know, she left plenty room for more, just in case..."
Booth looked down at her and realized she was absently rubbing her stomach. "No!" he said. She smiled at him, and he grinned, leaning down to kiss her. "We're gonna have another baby?" Brennan nodded.
"I'm only about six weeks in, but there's definitely a baby in here." Brennan said, rubbing her stomach.
Booth placed his hands over hers. "Another little girl?"
"Or a boy. I'd really love another son." Brennan confided, motioning towards the sleeping boy in her arms, which Booth leaned down to kiss his head.
"Well, if we don't get one the next time around, we can always keep trying." He leaned in to nuzzle her ear and she giggled.
"I love you, Booth." Brennan said, lovingly into his ear.
"I love you, too, Bones." Booth replied, before leaning in to kiss her once more.
I hope you liked this ending. I just have this obsession with B&B kids! I can't wait til they actually do hook up and have one of their own! And I got the best Xmas gift to keep me occupied until that happens! "Santa" got me the first two seasons and then my Aunt and cousin got me the last three. I've been watching them since Xmas! Anyways, enough about me... Please REVIEW!