Brennan stood there unable to move. Her biggest secret since Sam and she can barley go a day with keeping it. She felt scared, pathetic, and exposed. "Ange it's not what you think." Brennan said trying desperately to get her friend to buy her lies.
"Oh really 'cause I think it's one big ass engagement ring." Angela said squaring her shoulders and staring her friend in the eye.
"Really Ange you think Booth and I would get engaged? You know how I feel about marriage." Brennan said trying her hardest to look like she thought the sheer idea of it was ludicrus.
"Well why the hell are you wearing this ring then?" Angela asked. She was officially becoming thuroughly pissed off.
"Oh well that was what Cullen wanted to talk t us about." Brennan said throwing a glance at Booth over her shoulder, "We had to go undercover as an engaged couple when David and Rebecca first died and Cullen said we should just keep the charade up so it will be harder to find us. They will be looking for a single dad with one son and a single mom with one daughter, not an engaged couple with three kids."
"Oh okay well that makes sense I guess." Angela said apprehensively, "Sorry for jumping the gun."
"I don't know what that means." Brennan said automatically.
"Just means she's sorry for coming to a conclusion without all the evidence Bones." Booth told her.
"Oh okay." Brennan said with a smile.
"Let's go check out the house." Booth asked pulling her away
"Is it really that awful being engaged to me Bones? You can't even tell your best friend?"
"Well I am sooo sorry Booth but this is what WE agreed to so do not blame this on me!"
"Mom and dad are still fighting." Eileen said walking back into Sam's new bedroom. All the kids were in there not wanting to get in the middle of there parents wrath.
"We heard. We left the door open when you went to your room." Parker told her.
"I hate this. It's such a stupid fight but they have been going at it for over an hour." Sam said tears starting to well up in her eyes.
"Its okay Sammy. Mom and dad will get through this. We know they always do." Parker said wrapping his arm around her shoulders. Sam let a few tears silently escape and rested her head on his shoulder.
"This is ridiculous. They are freakin' fighting about not telling people they're engaged. Why do I feel like I am in some awful soap opera?" Eileen asked throwing herself on the bed and clutching a pillow to her chest. She was so terrified that the only people that ever cared about her were going to split up over this that she felt like crying. In fact she was surprised that the few tears that had been shed hadn't started a water fall from herself.
"Can we get outta here?" Sam asked, "I can still hear the yelling and I don't know how much more I can take."
"Ya I agree with Sam. How about we explore the beach?" Parker suggested.
"Let's just leave mom and dad a note. They will flip if we just leave with no trace." Eileen said standing and walking towards the copy machine. She quickly scribbled a note, folded it, and left it on the bed. Hopefully her parents would find it.
"Are you ashamed of me Bones? An I such a goddamn dissapointment that you don't want people knowing we are together? Is it the fact that I'm a former sniper? That I got a woman pregnant and didn't marry her? What is so bad about me that no one can know how happy we are?" Booth Yelled getting in her face again. The partners had been having the same argument over and over for the past hour and a half.
"Ashamed? What the fuck is going through your freakin' head?" Brennan asked. She had finally stopped yelling and was letting her sadness take precedence over her anger, "You are the BEST man that I know. I couldn't care less about your past as a sniper. I still can't even believe that Rebecca turned you down and frankly I think it was the biggest mistake she could have made. There is NOTHING wrong with you Booth. I love you and only you. We aren't telling people we are really engaged because we both agreed it would be safer for the kids. We can't let Angela or anyone find out because if it somehow got onto the internet or someting we'd all be in danger all over again." Brennan said. She couldn't believe how much she had cryed in the past two hours and she was starting to again. She hated this new side of herself that only Booth could bring out but at the same time she loved how he made her feel things and if pain and sadness was needed so she could feel happiness and ecstacy on a whole new level she would gladly accept all of it.
"God Bones! Look what we do to each other." Booth exclaimed as he walked closer to her, "I have never felt this way before." Booth told her as his hand came up to brush her tears away, "You can make me go from screaming mad to needing you as close as possible with a single statement."
"Which one is it now?" Brennan asked.
"Which what?" Booth asked confussed. His face scrunched up as he tried to figure it out and Brennan thought he looked adorable.
"Are you screaming mad or do you want me as close as possible?" Brennan asked looking up at him with wide innocent eyes. Booth's only answer was to crush her to his chest and hold her tight. "We should check on the kids."
Booth was silent for a few more moments before he lossened his grip on his fiance. When she pulled back to look at him Booth placed a small, gentle kiss on her lips. "Okay."
The pair walked hand in hand back to where the kids had dissapeared to as soon as the fighting had begun. They checked Eileen's room only to find it empty. The same went for Parker's room. When they reached Sam's room they found a piece of paper folded in half and tossed on the bed. Opening it they found a quick note written inside. It read 'Mom and Dad, we went for a walk on the beach. When we get back you two better not be fighting anymore. ~Eileen'
"I don't like this Booth." Brennan said, "They shouldn't be out by themself's, not when their are people after us."
"They're fine baby. They'll be back soon. I promise." Booth said wrapping his arms around her from behind. He moved her hair out of the way and started placing kisses all over her neck, "In the mean time..."
"Booth it's after ten where the hell are they?" Brennan asked frantically. The kids still had not returned. "It's been over eight hours. There is no way a walk on the beach takes that long." She said as she began to pace. She was going through every senario she could think of of what happened to her kids. Each one was worse than the last.
"I don't know where they are Bones." Booth said dejectedly.
"Call everyone I want you to find out." Brennan said.
"That could take awhile Bones." Booth said as he pulled out his cell phone.
"Well then do it faster!" She yelled turning on him with eyes that were shooting daggers at him.
"Calm down Bones, I'm sure it's nothing." Booth said as he stood so he was closer to her.
"I'm scared Booth." she admitted in a whisper, "I don't know what I'd do if something happened to them."
"Hello kiddies." a menacing voice announced as the dead bolted steal door was unlocked, "and how are we?" it asked. In walked a woman and a man. They were hanging all over each other and looked like they hadn't been somewhere nice since, well ever. The kids in the room refused to talk. They sat on the cold hard ground staring their captors down, "Aww unwilling to talk?" The woman asked in an annoying high pitched voice.
"Clara leave them alone. Obviously they are to afraid to try anything. They're weak little kids." the man said giving off a sickening laugh.
"Oh come on Hank? Can't I have a little fun with them?" Clara begged. She was sounding more and more like a stripper.
"Darling we have all the time in the world to have fun." The man said. He turned his attention back to the kids sitting on the ground looking up at him, "You don't remember me do ya?" he asked looking directly at Parker. Sam and Eileen moved closer to him trying vainly to protect themselves and each other.
"Not at all." Parker said, his voice steady and strong, "Why? Should I?"
"Well ay kid." The man said giving him a grimy smile, "Your dad is my kid, I'm your grandpa."
A/N: Okay am I evil? I really would like your opinion. It doesn't take long just press the button and write a sentence. I appreciate it and thank you to everyone who has been following this story and reviewing it. Love ya! :)