~What have you done you asshole!?~ screamed the voice in Booth's head. ~Aaron was right. Your only daughter and you go a push her away because you didn't like that she made a choice that you don't think was a very good one. You should really go and apologize~ said the voice again. Then Booth starts to think to himself answering and replying to what his inner voice had just told him.
*I pushed my daughter away that's what I did* ~Glad to see you admitted it~ agreed his inner voice. *But what if I apologize and then she doesn't accept it?* ~Well there's only one way to find out. Go to her its worth a try~ said his inner voice. Booth got up out of the chair that he had been sitting in for the past hour since what had happened in the kitchen and then traspired into the living room and headed to the stairs but before he got there he heard a little shaky voice. It was Parker.
"Stop Dad" he said, "Before you go in there I need to tell you something."
"OK shoot" he said.
"Now I don't know what happened and I probably don't want to but I do know that you really hurt my sister's feelings and now I'm mad at you. How could you do that Dad? She's up there right now packing her bags and saying that she is gonna get her own place. She hasn't stopped crying yet. I don't know what you did to her but I really wish you would apologize. Please apologize to her Dad" he said as tears started to fall down his face. He then turns and headed to his room.
Booth, now with more tears in his eyes, walked the rest of the way up the stairs and stops at her door and listened.
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(Inside April's room)
"Please don't leave" Tempe begged me. I just look at her through my tears which haven't stopped fallin' ever since they started.
"I have to" I say. Aaron walks over to me wrappin' his arms round me. Right then I didn't want a hug but I accepted it.
"Why?" she asks me. I look at her again.
"Because he hates me" I say. Just then he walks in.
"I could never hate you baby girl" he says.
"But you....and what you said and...." I could even talk now.
"Now of it matters. Bones and Aaron were right it was your choice and I'll just have to accept that no matter how painful it is. So do you hate me?" he says.
"I never hated ya I just didn't handle you bein' disappointed in me. I mean yeah Bruce was sometimes but that didn't bother me but you're my real Daddy and it hurt me to know you were ashamed of me but it hurt me more that you were disappointed in me" I sob. He steps farther into the room and I let go of Aaron. He and Tempe then leave.
"I wasn't ashamed of you. I could never be ashamed of you. I only said those things because I was upset. I didn't mean any of it I swear. Do...do you forgive me?" he says as he starts to cry again. To see him cry like this was a sickin' feelin'. I had seen movies were grown men would cry but those were fake tears. These tears, these tears were real and it sickend me. I started to cry too as I ran into his arms.
"Yes Daddy I forgive ya" I mummble into his shoulder. Now we both start to cry happy tears, "But tell me somethin' why did it upset ya so much?" I then ask. He pulled back and looked into my eyes.
"Because I didn't want my baby girl to be pregnant and not be married first." he says. I smile.
"Thanks Daddy butcha want have to worry bout that cos I'm not pregnant" I say.
"What?" he asks.
"I said I'm not pregnant."
"So he used a condom?"
"Yes and I also have birth control pills too" I say.
"Oh OK but even if you were pregnant I wouldn't care because your my baby girl right?"
"I'll always be ya baby girl Daddy pregnant or not."
"Good. Hey how about you and me go out for some ice-cream huh? Just you and me and I'll take you anywhere you want to go and I'll get you everything you want, well not everything but I'll buy you anything you want, well maybe not anything...you get my point right?"
"Yeah I gitcha point and yeah, I'd like that" I say. He kisses my forehead and we walk down the stairs; his arm round my shoulders and my arm round his waist.