Two and a half hours later Parker gave a huge yawn.
"I'm going to bed. Night Dr Bones. Good night Dad!" he said standing up.
"Goodnight Parker." They said in unison. He left and Booth turned to Brennan. He was about to talk to her about Sophie. But suddenly lost the nerve. She was looking at him waiting for him to talk but when he didn't she stood up.
"I'm quite tired too."
"Right. Well I better head home. I'll talk to you soon." he went to leave.
"Booth Rebecca isn't collecting Park until twelve you can stay here if you like and talk to him in the morning" she shrugged.
"Really?"
"Yes. But there is no room I could give you, since I have one, Sam has one and the third is unofficially Parkers."
"I'll take the couch." He smiled. "Thanks Bones."
"No problem." She pulled a throw off the back of one of the chairs and handed it to him. "Night."
"Night Bones." He watched as she left the room. He turned and saw the mess the table was in. he decided to clear it up for her, since he had no thought of going to sleep yet. He stacked all the bowls on top of each other and tried to pick up the three glasses. But as he turned he dropped one and spilt the remains of Parkers coke all over his shirt. He placed every thing else down on the table and inspected the damage. His shirt and vest were soaked through.
"Sugar!" he said. Looking around he decided that it would be ok to take them off since everyone had gone to bed. He took them both off and placed them on the radiator to dry. He then turned and took the remains of the bowls and glasses into the kitchen were he put them all into the sink. On his return into the sitting room he got a fright. The door opened and she walked in. she looked him up and down, her gaze resting on his bare chest.
"Am… Booth?" she asked, looking back up at him.
"I spilled coke down my shirt and put them over there to dry." He gestured towards them.
"Right." she nodded. She was holding two pillows. Holding them up she said. "I thought you might need these." She walked over and placed them on the couch. He was about to reply when a noise outside caused him to leap into action. It sounded like a gunshot. He grabbed Brennan and pushed her onto the couch covering her with his own body. They were still for a few seconds.
"Booth I think it was a car." she whispered into his ear which was only a mere inch or two from her mouth due to their current position. He rose slightly. And looked at her.
"Are you sure?" then the door opened and Sam walked in. she wasn't looking at them.
"Hey thank God you're up! I was afraid Melissa's car backfiring would wake Parker up!" then she saw the two on the couch. "Well that's not Parker! Sorry I'll just… Bye." She went to bolt for the door but Booth jumped up.
"No Sam it's not like that I though the car backfire was a gunshot…" he started to explain but she was gone. Brennan laughed.
"God Angela is going to give us some interrogation tomorrow!"
"Yeah." He agreed. She stood up.
"Well goodnight." She too made for the door.
"Bones…" she turned back to him. "…I haven't decided yet wither or not I'm going to go with Sophie." He said. She came back over to him.
"Booth don't go!" she said taking his hand but immediately dropping it. "You can leave us again."
"Why?" he asked.
"Everything was wrong when you were away. I couldn't seem to function as well as normal. And Parker was fierce upset." She sank onto the couch.
"Bones if this baby is mine I have to go back."
"Booth you know as well as I do that the chances are that this baby isn't yours!" she said.
"But you know there is a slight chance that it could be!" he replied sitting down beside her. She looked into his eyes.
"Don't go." She pleaded both with her words and with her eyes. He couldn't help himself. He took her face in his hands and kissed her. She melted into him. And returned the kiss. They broke apart and he smiled. She went to smile to but then her forehead creased.
"No. No Booth that was a mistake." She stood up and left the room.
"Bones…"