Disclaimer: I do not own Bones

Ryan reentered his mother's room to find his mom sleeping and Parker holding her hand. Ryan slipped into the chair besides Parker and sighed. "She is going to be ok, right?" he asked.

Parker nodded and let go of Temperance's hand. "The doctor said they are keeping her in the hospital for evaluation for a few days, and then she will have to have a few months for recuperating. But, overall, she will be fine."

Ryan nodded, and his eyes shot downward. Parker didn't have to be an expert to know that Ryan was upset. "Hey, what's the matter?" he asked, laying a hand on his brother's shoulder.

Ryan sighed, "Mom is going to need me here. I am going to have to stay since Dalton is now out of the picture."

Parker couldn't help but smile at those words, "What did you do?"

"I just told him," Ryan responded, "that if I ever saw him anywhere near my mother ever again, I'd stick my FBI father on him to kick his ass."

Parker laughed, "he would do that too. For Bones, he would do anything."

Both men smiled quietly. Finally, Parker turned to Ryan, "You need to go back to DC."

"But I can't leave mom, She-"

Parker cut him off. "I will stay with her until she is fit to be on her own."

Ryan shook his head, "you can't do that, you have to teach and-"

"Ryan," Parker said. Ryan calmed down and looked Parker in the eyes, "I can postpone all classes until after the new year. I teach less than fifteen students anyways, it won't be a big deal. Besides," Parker said when he still noticed the uncertainty in Ryan's eyes, "your mother and I have a lot of lost time to make up." Ryan smiled, "I would love to take care of Dr. Bones."

"Fine," Ryan said, "I really do need to get back to work. The squints rest of the squints are nothing without me!

A few days later, Ryan was getting ready to head back to DC. He hated that he was leaving his mom, but he knew he was leaving her in good hands. Parker would take good care of her, he knew that for a fact.

"I promise I'll call you when I get to the Jeffersonian," Ryan told his mother. "Besides, I am positive a lot of people are dying to hear how you are doing. They are probably all worried about you."

Temperance smiled and held her son close to her. She was still in the hospital; however, she was scheduled to be discharged in a two days. "Do you think Booth knows yet?" She asked the two boys.

"No," they answered in unison. Both Ryan and Parker were completely sure that everyone who had known that Ryan was in fact Booth's son would not betray Dr. Brennan's trust and tell him; even if they were dying to do so.

"Mom," Ryan said slowly, wondering how he should tell his mother what he had decided just a few hours ago. He looked over to her and saw her blue eyes starring at him, waiting for her son to continue his thoughts. "I decided that I am not going to tell Booth that I am his son."

This was news to both Temperance and Parker. "Why?" Temperance asked Ryan.

"Because," Ryan answered, silently praying that his mom would not take this the wrong way, "I have decided that it needs to be you who tells Booth. He has waited 20 years for you, it's the least you could do for him." Ryan saw the fear in his mother's eyes. "He deserves that much."

Temperance groaned, "you are right."

"I am?" Ryan was shocked that his mother had agreed with him so quickly. He was honestly expecting more of a fight from her.

"Yes," Temperance smiled to Ryan, "you are right. It is time I grow up and face my fears; they are irrational anyways. Life is too short to let these types of things go unsaid." The next part she whispered quietly to herself, however both boys in the room heard it. "I might have never saw him again."

Ryan hugged his mom tightly. "you will see him again," he told her.

"He'll hate me," Temperance said, "I kept his son away from him. He will never be able to forgive me for that."

Now it was Parker's turn to speak, "he will be angry, I am almost positive of that. He might not forgive you," Temperance's face fell at those words, "but," Parker said to try to cheer her up, "he does love you. That much will never change."

Temperance smiled at those words. She had never stopped loving him either, even if her actions showed the opposite. "When I get the ok from the doctor to travel, I will come to DC and talk to Booth. Until then, you can't say a word."

Ryan agreed, and then hugged her one more time. "I got to go, my plane is leaving in 3 hours." Ryan felt his mom's grip around him tighten, and at that moment, he was just thankful she was alive. Sure, she'd be very weak for a while, but she was alive; that was all that mattered. "I love you mom."

Parker arrived back in Temperance's room after dropping Ryan off at the airport. He was happy he had decided to return to DC; he needed to be there. He walked and sat in the chair beside Temperance's bed. She was sleeping, he better keep it that way.

Soon, Parker found himself drifting into sleep. He knew it wouldn't last, the nurse would be in here soon to kick him out for the night. He would be back first thing in the morning because, despite that it was what she had done to him and his father, nobody deserves to be left alone.

Surprisingly, it was not the nurse that woke him up from his slumber, it was Temperance's phone ringing on the bedside. Temperance awoke at the sound as well, and she rolled over to answer it. "Brennan." Parker noticed Brennan's face fall. "Ok, of course," she said in her Dr. Brennan tone. This must be serious.

"We need to go to DC now," Temperance said in a shaky voice once she hung up the phone.

"That's impossible," Ryan told her, "The doctors-"

"Parker," Temperance interrupted, "Ryan's plane crashed."

I know, two tragedies in a row. However, I needed something tragic to happen to Ryan to get Brennan back in DC sooner (originally I was thinking of having him get shot while in the field with Booth, but that is very cliché.) I think the next chapter will be the last (unless I decide to throw something else in first, therefore, in the next chapter Booth and Brennan will be reunited.