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This chapter is rated T and is set about four months into Booth & Brennan's relationship. This is another one that wasn't really edited very much, so I'd appreciate it if someone could point out any huge/obvious mistakes that I may have missed.

As always, Bones isn't mine, and please review!

Temperance Brennan sat at her desk, carefully working on a case file, flipping through autopsy reports and crime scene evidence. A suitcase lay next to her desk, and the lab outside of her office was dark because it was Saturday, and the forensic anthropologist was the only one there. She held a foot x-ray up to the light emanating from the small lamp on her desk as the sounds of footsteps filled her ears.

"Dr. Bones!" a little voice squealed.

Brennan looked up and found her boyfriend of four months leaning against her doorway while his little boy ran towards her. The seven-year-old flung his arms around her.

"Hi, Parker," she said, hugging him back.

Seeley Booth smiled as he watched his son crawl up into his girlfriend's lap. The smile on his face grew even larger when, instead of telling him to get down, she wrapped her arm around him, securing his place on her lap. Booth slowly walked over to them.

"Two weeks you've been gone, and instead of coming to see your loving boyfriend, you go to work," Booth said.

"While I know you love me, I also know that this is your weekend with Parker, and I'm not deluded enough to think that I rank of higher importance to you than spending time with your son," she said.

He grabbed the hand that wasn't wrapped around Parker and clasped it underneath his own. "I haven't seen you in two weeks, Bones. That's a long time."

She sighed and looked up at him, into his chocolate brown eyes. "Yes."

Booth leaned down with the intention of kissing Brennan, but Parker had other ideas and placed his little hand over his father's mouth before he could reach Brennan's lips.

"Don't kiss," Parker said.

"Parker!" both Booth and Brennan exclaimed.

"Don't kiss," Parker said again.

"I haven't kissed her for fifteen days, kid," Booth complained.

"Don't kiss," Parker said for the third time. "It's yucky."

Booth sighed and covered his son's eyes with his hand. Brennan smiled and pulled Booth's face down for a kiss. The kiss was warm and soft but brief, leaving both of them wanting more. Parker groaned at the sounds of their lips separating, despite not being able to see the kiss, and Booth pulled away from his girlfriend, uncovering Parker's eyes in the process. Parker scrunched up his face in contempt, causing Booth to chuckle.

"Sorry, buddy," Booth said. "Wanna tell Bones why we're here?"

"Daddy said you have a pool in your building," Parker said, hopping off of her lap and standing in front of Brennan.

"Yes, that's correct," Brennan said.

"Can we use it?" Parker asked.

"No," Brennan said. "It's for residents."

"Daddy!" Parker cried. "You said we could go swimming!"

"Come on, Bones," Booth said.

"You're not residents," Brennan said. "Rules are rules."

"But you're a resident," Booth reminded her. "Surely you're allowed to bring guests."

"Well, yes, but…" Brennan started.

"Please, Dr. Bones," Parker said sweetly, giving her a pouty puppy dog face.

Brennan scrunched up her own face. "Booth, why is he looking at me like that?"

Booth peered down at his son's expression. "He really wants to go swimming, Bones."

"Yeah, Dr. Bones. Please take us swimming," Parker said again.

Brennan glared at Booth, finally realizing she was being manipulated. "You put him up to this." Booth laughed.

"No! The pool was his idea."

"Fine," Brennan sighed. "We can go swimming."

"Yeah!" Parker exclaimed.

"Booth, I'll need a ride. I took a cab here from the airport," Brennan said.

"Sure thing, Bones. Let's go," Booth said.

Brennan dragged her suitcase into her bedroom when they arrived at her apartment. Booth and Parker changed into their swimsuits in her guest bedroom. When Booth was finished, he slipped out of the room to let Parker change and knocked on Brennan's door. She called for him to come in, so he entered the room to find Brennan in a blue one-piece bathing suit.

"What are you wearing?" he asked.

She looked down at her body. "This is the suit I wear when I do laps," she said. "Is there a problem?"

"No," he said, wrapping his arms around her. "I was just, you know, hoping to see the red bikini again."

"What red bikini?" she asked, wrapping her arm around his shoulder.

He kissed her and spoke in a low whisper. "The red bikini I took off of you in that Jacuzzi tub in Paris the first time I saw you naked."

"Ohhh…" she smiled, placing a kiss on his lips. "That bikini." She kissed him again. "I had forgotten about that, since Paris was the last time I wore it, but that's not really appropriate for your seven-year-old…is it?"

"No," he sighed. "I guess not."

"Maybe next time," she shrugged.

"Maybe," he said.

They looked into each other's eyes as they remained locked in their embrace. They began to lean together to share another kiss when Parker loudly knocked on the door.

"What's taking so long?" he called.

"Coming, buddy!" Booth called, letting Brennan go. After he released her, she began stretching and groaned as she relaxed her muscles. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah," she said. "I was on a plane for half a day. I'm a little stiff."

"I'll give you a massage tonight," he offered.

"Well, not tonight because you and Parker will be going home," she reminded him.

"Oh," he realized. "Right."

"Guys!" Parker called again.

"Come on," Booth said. "I'm sure you're tired, but the cool water will feel good on your stiff muscles." Brennan nodded. "Thanks for doing this, by the way."

"Sure," Brennan said. "I want Parker to have a good time when he's with you."

The three of them took the elevator down to the basement of Brennan's building, where the pool was located. Brennan laid the towels, her keys, and her and Booth's cell phones onto a table. When she turned around, Parker was already standing on the steps leading into the water.

"Dad!" he exclaimed. "Let's show Bones the Shamu game!"

"The Shamu game?" Brennan asked. "What does that mean?"

"I pretend to be Shamu, and Parker is my trainer-slash-performing partner," Booth explained, hopping into the shallow end of the pool.

"Who's Shamu?" Brennan asked. Parker giggled.

Booth smiled and said, "The killer whale…Sea World's mascot."

"Oh," she said. "Well, let's see this game."

Booth backed up to the steps, where Parker hopped onto his back immediately. Booth took a few steps into the pool, moving away from the steps.

"Ready?" he asked Parker.

Parker nodded and sucked in his breath. Booth did the same, held onto Parker's legs, jumped, and dove underwater, swimming a little ways before coming up for air. Both boys took another deep breath before diving back underwater, twirling beneath the surface. They came up for air again, and Parker stood on Booth's shoulders, clasping his hands. They stood like that for a moment before Booth fell backwards, submerging them both again. Parker came up laughing, while Booth swum over to where Brennan had sat down at the edge of the pool, her legs dangling into the water. He folded his arms on her lap and placed his head on his forearms.

"What are you doing just sitting here?" he teased. She smiled.

"I didn't want to get in the way," she said. "That was very impressive."

"I'm glad you think so, Bones."

"Why?" she asked. He grinned.

"Because it's your turn."

Booth grabbed her waist and pulled her off of the ledge, dragging them both underwater. She gasped as she came up from the water, brushing loose tendrils of hair out of her face. Booth surfaced behind her and playfully tugged on her ponytail. As the adults were splashing each other, Parker let out a gasp.

"We left the pool toys upstairs!" Parker exclaimed. "Can I go get them?"

"By yourself?" Booth asked.

"It's a secure building," Brennan said.

"Take my phone," Booth said. "If anything happens, press the number two to call Bones." Parker nodded and climbed out of the pool.

"If I'm speed dial two, then who's number one?" Brennan asked.

"Voicemail," Booth answered.

"Oh," she smiled.

Parker left the pool area, and Booth swam Brennan up against the pool's wall. Floating in the cool water, she curled her legs around his and parted her lips to receive his wet kiss. They shared a few kisses in the water before Booth pulled away.

"I want you to come home with us tonight," Booth said.

"Okay, I'll have dinner with you," she said. He smiled and used his thumb to lightly brush her cheek.

"No, Bones, I meant…I want you to sleep over."

"You have Parker," she said. "We never share a bed on your weekends with Parker."

"We haven't yet, but it's bound to happen eventually, since I don't see this relationship ending anytime soon," he said.

"Me neither," she smiled.

"So…spend the night," he said again. "Though, I know you've been gone for a while, so if you want to sleep in your own bed, I understand."

She shrugged. "Your bed's nice, too."

"So come over. I don't want to wait until Monday to wake up with you again," he said.

"We can't with Parker in the next room," she said. "What if he hears us?"

"Okay," he said. "I like where your mind is, but we have plenty of nights where sleep over does not mean have sex."

"I know that, but I know you, and you want it to mean have sex tonight," she said.

He awkwardly laughed. "Fifteen days you've been gone. Fifteen days, Bones."

She laughed and caressed his back. "I know, sweetheart, but I'm exhausted, so one more night won't kill you."

"Even if we don't do anything, I still want you to sleep over."

She thought about it for a moment. "What do we tell your son?"

"Don't worry about that," he said. "That's my job. Is that a yes?"

"Yes," she nodded. "If you think everyone's ready for that, I'm not going to argue."

"Okay," he smiled, leaning in for another kiss.

They kissed in the water until they heard the sounds of Parker returning. They broke their kiss but stayed locked together in a hug when Parker walked back into the room.

"Ugh, gross!" Parker sighed as he found Booth and Brennan kissing.

"Aw, come on, buddy," Booth said, still holding onto Brennan. "Doesn't your mommy kiss Brent in front of you?"

"Yeah," Parker said, getting back into the water with some of his toys. "But they're less icky. They don't look like they're trying to eat each other's face."

Brennan chuckled, burying her face into Booth's shoulder. Booth rubbed her back and let her go, swimming over to his son to play. He grabbed the diving sticks Parker was holding.

"You locked the door before you came back down here, right?" Booth asked.

"Ah-huh," Parker nodded.

"Good," Booth said, throwing the diving sticks towards Brennan. She was floating on her back, and the sight of diving sticks coming at her caused her to lose her balance. "Go get her!" Booth called.

Parker began swimming towards Brennan, diving under the water to grab his toys before they sunk all the way to the bottom of the pool. He surfaced, holding all three diving sticks, and crawled onto Brennan's back.

"Swim me over to Daddy," he requested.

She did as he asked, and Booth grabbed the toys to throw them again. They remained in the pool for a few hours, and when they were too tired to keep playing, they wrapped themselves in towels and headed upstairs. Brennan walked in to her bathroom right away to take a quick shower, while Booth and Parker toweled off in her living room.

"Hey, Parker, let me ask you something," Booth said.

"Okay," Parker said.

"How would you feel about Bones spending the night at our place tonight?"

"Would I have to give up my room?" Parker asked.

Booth chuckled. "No. You wouldn't. You would get to keep your own room and your own bed. The only difference will be that Bones will be there when you go to bed tonight and when you wake up tomorrow morning."

Parker shrugged. "Okay."

"Really? Just like that?" Booth asked.

"As long as you're not sleeping in my bed, I don't care if you have a slumber party," he said. "Mommy has them all the time."

"She does, huh?" Booth asked, suddenly a little concerned.

"Mm-hmm," Parker confirmed. "She thinks I don't know about them, and pretends that Brent only came over for breakfast the next morning, but sometimes I don't go to sleep right away, and I hear her letting him in at night."

"That's…hmm," Booth said. Brennan walked out of her bedroom, dressed in sandals and a casual sundress. "Hey, look, Bones is out of the shower. Why don't you go take one?"

"Okay," Parker said, walking into the bathroom.

"You okay?" Brennan asked, grabbing two water bottles from her fridge. She passed one to him and took a seat on her couch.

"I was just informed that Rebecca has sleepovers all the time and tries to lie to Parker about them," Booth said.

"So I guess he doesn't have a problem with me spending the night," Brennan said.

"Nope," Booth said, taking a big drink from his water bottle.

After Booth and Parker had taken quick showers and gotten dressed, they headed for a dinner at the diner. After dinner, they made their way over to Booth's home. Parker had fallen asleep in the car ride home, so he was tucked into bed immediately.

Booth walked in to his bedroom and found Brennan lying width-wise across his bed, eyes shut and legs dangling off the side. He pulled off his shirt, crawled onto the opposite side of the bed, and gave her an upside-down kiss. Despite being caught off-guard, Brennan leaned into the sexy kiss and opened her mouth, curling her hand around Booth's face as his tongue met hers.

"I missed you," he whispered against her lips.

"Mmm…" she moaned. "I missed you, too."

"Just so you know, Bones, you don't really rank below Parker on the list of important things in my life," he said.

"You're just saying that," Brennan said, never opening her eyes.

"No, Bones. You are the two most important people in my life, the two things I love more than anything else. I'd be lost without either of you," Booth said honestly.

"Love you, too," she whispered.

The upside-down kisses started again as Booth stretched his arm down to pull Brennan's sundress up and off her body, leaving her in only her panties.

"Booth," she mumbled. "Too tired…"

He placed two more soft kisses on her lips. "Hasn't anyone ever told you that sleepy sex can be incredibly romantic?"

"Yeah?" she whispered, opening her eyes for the first time since he entered the room.

They shared one last upside-down kiss. "Come here," he said.

Booth pulled the rest of their clothes off and climbed under the covers with her, pulling the bed sheet all the way over the tops of their heads. He pulled on a condom and curved his chest around her back so they were spooning, and she leaned her head back into the space between his neck and shoulder. He pulled her leg back over his and wrapped his arms around her body, and she clutched the strong arms that were holding her as they slowly made love beneath the sheets. She turned her head and gave him a deep kiss.

"God, Bones, I really missed you," he sighed.

She let out a soft, low laugh as his fingers danced across her skin. "I'm glad I'm here tonight, Booth."

"I'm glad you're here, too," he said.

Brennan woke up the next morning in Booth's arms. She snuck out of bed, got dressed, and headed out to the kitchen to make a surprise breakfast for her boys. After breakfast, she gathered her stuff to leave. They had both driven their cars to Booth's apartment the night before so Brennan could take herself home and give Booth a day alone with his little boy.

"You look sad," he said, cupping her face in his palms. They were standing by the front door, getting ready to say goodbye.

"It's silly," she said. "But we had a nice day yesterday, and I kind of feel like I'm leaving my family."

His face softened, and he gave her a long kiss. "That's not silly, baby. I want us to be a part of your family."

"You are," she nodded, kissing him again. "I'll see you tonight?"

"Definitely," he said. "See you then."

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