That Great Love
By Meekerprincess9778
Ch 36
Angela laughed at the fact that Livi didn't want to share her mother. Brennan held Livi. "Mommy loves you. Angela is my friend. It is okay. Honestly, Angela, she doesn't act like this around Booth or Parker." Brennan was confused.
"She is used to sharing her mom with her brother and father. She's not so sure about me. It's okay. I completely understand." Angela put her hand on her own stomach, thinking about her own baby.
"You know you're really the first one to point out that I have a family. No one else has really said it out loud. I am a mom."She laughed.
"Mama Bones." Livi giggled.
Angela squealed. "She says Bones! You didn't tell me that."
"She picked it up from Parker and Booth. I find it very cute." Livi got a book out of her bag.
"Mama Bones, book."She showed her mother.
Angela stepped in. "Can I read you the book, Livi?" She wanted some time to bond with her.
"Book, read." She handed it to Angela and snuggled close to her. She went by Angela's side and stood on the couch, but held her close. Angela held on to Livi and started reading. Brennan took a picture. So it seemed that Angela was just fine.
After a while, Brennan had to go and pick up Parker. She was nervous about this. Rebecca had the whole situation in her hands. Brennan hated not having control. She knew the universe was not at her whim, but she wished she could control the things that affected the people she loves.
She pulled into the school's parking lot. Livi was already asleep in the back seat, in her car seat. Parker was sitting on a bench with his mother. Brennan looked at their facial expressions. Parker was nervous. Rebecca was being strict with him. It was like her mind was made up. They were talking back and forth. Rebecca started crying. Parker tried to comfort his mother. Brennan got out an anthropology journal to make it seem like she wasn't watching. Finally, they both got into her car.
Parker got into the back seat next to Livi. Rebecca looked at Brennan. Rebecca had tears in her eyes. Her makeup was running everywhere. "Is it okay if I come back over tonight? I think we have a lot of things to discuss. I think Parker will be staying with you."
Brennan handed her a tissue from a box in the car. "Yes, of course. Come over for dinner at around six. I am sure we can come to some agreements." Rebecca nodded.
Brennan waited for Rebecca to be inside her car before she left. She looked back at Parker. "I know you are upset because you're Mother is upset. However, you have a right to be happy as well." He smiled at her.
"I am both. How did you know that, Bones?" Parker asked. Then his eyes lit up. "Maybe you do know everything." She laughed at this.
"No, silly. I just know how good of a boy you are. I know that you will miss her. But I know that if you left you would miss your Father as well."
"And you and Livi and Pops, Grandpa Max and everyone at the Jeffersonian, all of my friends, all of my sports. She was going to take it all from me. I love her but it wouldn't have been fair to me." He said with a sad puppy dog face.
They went to the Jeffersonian. Brennan put Livi in the daycare. Afterwards, Parker gave her a big hug. It was just the two of them in the hallway. "My Mom is going to be gone. Will you be like my second mom? I always thought of you that way. I just never asked if it was okay." Parker looked very nervous.
"Parker, I will be whatever you need me to be." She hugged him again and they went to the afterschool program. Max was waiting for him. Brennan went to the lab. Everyone was around the platform. Not only were the squints there, but Booth and his team were there as well.
Wendell and Hodgins were going over how Lauren Eames was distracted. How she got hit by the car. The team looked sad because it could have been any car. There was an unlikely way to find justice for this woman. Brennan quietly went up on the platform while they were finishing speaking. She didn't realize she still looked a little teary from the day. Everyone was talking.
Wendell looked a little sad. She went up to him first. "Wendell, just because we didn't find the killer, doesn't mean you didn't do your best work. With these facts and evidence, I don't think I would have found the killer either. You did well." His face perked up a bit.
"Thank you, Dr. Brennan." Hodgins gave him an "I told you so" look.
"Hey, Bones, are you okay?" Booth looked at her.
"Some things I don't want to discuss here. We are having Rebecca over for dinner tonight. Good reasons." He smiled at her. Things were actually looking up. Things were going their way. "We need to start house hunting. However, the nanny hunt begins first. They are coming tonight as well." Booth looked at his Bones and felt like the luckiest man alive.
Sully looked over at his friends. He longed to be with his Tempe. But he couldn't deny the way that she looked at Booth. He wonders if she ever looked at him that way. He thought he had something close. Shaw looks over at him. "Come on; let's go back to the Hoover. I will even let you drive." He smiles at her. Perotta looks over thinking that she is stuck with Charlie. Charlie is talking with Angela about something. Every time Perotta walks around them they get really quiet and eventually Angela takes Charlie into her office. She decides to go sit on the couch in one of the waiting areas. She wonders why no one talks to her.
Booth and Brennan are in her office. She has the list of credentials for the upcoming nanny interviews. They are going over the list. Rebecca calls Booth to tell her she will be a little late for dinner, but she will definitely make it.