Okay guys, here's the next chapter. I'm sorry it took so long to write and that's it's so short, but in all honesty I was having trouble writing it. I know all too well what the next chapters are going to be and all, but this chapter to get to them just wasn't coming to my mind. I had so much trouble thinking of something to write that it's unbelievable. Still, it's up now and I'll get to writing the next chapter as soon as I possibly can.
Booth's Pov
Surprisingly, Paris had been better than I'd thought it would be after Christine started dating Michael. Bones had found some interesting things to do, which I had been a part of some of the time, and I had been able to spend some actual quality time with my daughter. Ever since Christine had started high school we hadn't spent as much time together because whenever she wasn't with her friends and at school I was usually at work. Still, we had been able to talk and I understood her more now.
I could also be more accepting of the fact that she was dating Michael now, who she was presently sightseeing with. We'd been in Paris for over two weeks now and still they found a lot to do. I was enjoying to holiday. I mean solving crimes was what I lived for, other than taking care of my daughter and loving Bones and Parker, but it was nice to take a break.
Just then though my phone rang and I saw it was Caroline, which meant something was wrong because I'd told her not to call me unless something happened. Actually I had told both her and Cam not to call.
"Hello Caroline, what is it?" I asked. Was I a little disappointed she had called, yep, because there went the rest of my drama free holiday?
"Cheri, I hate to do this to you but you to come back early. We have a big problem here." Caroline said and I could hear it in her tone that she wasn't talking about a case, not after only been gone for two weeks. Plus Caroline only called when it was an emergency.
"Caroline, what's going on?" I asked her.
"I don't want to tell you over the phone Cherie, just come back as soon as you can. What's happening here, it's bad, and despite the fact that it's safer for you over there Cam needs help. We need you, Angela, Dr. Hodgins and Dr Brennan here ASAP." Caroline said and I knew she meant it, but it made me worry. If we went back, would I be putting the kids in danger? Then again, Christine would want me to go back if I could help.
"We'll be on the first flight back." I said and hung up. Now all I had to do was talk to the others.
Christine's Pov
Michael and I walked through the city, having a pretty good day. Still, I had this odd feeling that something was going to happen. I didn't know why, I mean since we'd come to Paris it had been nothing but great, but I still had the feeling something bad was about to happen. And isn't it funny that a second later my phone rang, and it just so happened to be my dad. I sat down near a fountain and answered, Michael sitting right beside me.
"Hey dad." I said casually.
"Christine, I need you and Michael to come back to the hotel." Dad said and I could tell something was wrong by the sound of his voice.
"Why, what's wrong?" I asked him, concerned.
"Caroline called, she needs us back in Washington." Dad said and I knew something was wrong.
"We're heading back now." I said and I hung up. I had been there the day dad had made the rule with Caroline. If it wasn't extremely important, then she was not to call about a case if we were on holiday.
"Babe, what is it?" Michael asked and I turned to look at him.
"We need to go back to the hotel, something's happened." I said and he didn't ask any questions.
X
We got back to hotel half an hour later and went straight to mom and dad's room so we could both find out what was wrong back home. I hoped it wasn't too serious, though I knew it would be bad.
"Hey dad, what's going on?" I asked as I saw both mom and dad packing their suitcases.
"I don't know, all I know is that we need to head back today, so can you both go pack your bags and be ready to leave in an hour." Dad said and all I could do was nod, then I grabbed Michael's hand and led him back out into the hall.
"I've never seen your dad look that way." Michael said and I had to agree, even though I knew exactly what the look on dad's face meant.
"He's worried about what's going on; Caroline wouldn't have called him unless things were really bad back home. Even I'm worried." I admitted. The uncertainty of not knowing was excruciating and troublesome because we didn't know exactly what was happening.
We entered our room and both went into the bedroom we'd been sharing for the last two weeks, both instantly grabbing our suitcases and dumping them on the beds so we could start packing our clothes.
"You know, normal people end a holiday early for emergencies like someone they care about has been hurt or died, or their house was burnt down. But not us, we end ours early because of murder." Michael said and I laughed.
"Yes, but when have any of us even pretended to be normal. Crime is in our parent's blood and it's in ours. Plus, we can't exactly say we don't want to go on home yet because we need to." I said.
X
Quite a few hours later we were on a plane heading home. I was on my laptop of course, but instead of watching a movie, this time I was looking at pictures. Mainly pictures of Darius, Kate, Michael and me. There was the picture of Michael's and Darius' first football game. A picture from Halloween of Kate and Darius dressed up as vampires (contacts and fangs included) and Michael and I dressed up as pirates (my outfit being more on the sexy side then my dad thought it needed to be). That had been for our schools Halloween carnival. There was the normal school carnival with Michael and I at the ring toss. A photo of all four of us at the beach and many more, but my favorite out of all was the photo of Michael and Darius with wigs on and makeup, dressed as girls.
"I thought you said you deleted that." Michael said and I smiled at him.
"What, did you seriously think I was going to give up the best blackmail photo I have?" I demanded and he glared at me. Well, this photo wouldn't even exist if he and Darius hadn't entered a bet against Kate and I and of course lost. "Plus it won't matter if you delete this Michael, Kate has hard copies and backups and so do I."
"Is there any way I can convince you never to show another living soul that photo?" He asked and I just keep looking at him, which made him sigh. "Just do me a favor and never show Ford, or else I am never going to hear the end of it and neither will Darius."
"I promise." I said, though I wasn't going to tell him that if he ever, ever changed the password on my computer again, I might just accidently break that promise or have Kate do the dirty work for me. I'm sure she'd be frilled to do it, though I had a feeling she'd take Darius out of it – unless of course he did something to annoy her.
Thanks for reading guys, and again I'm sorry for the wait. I'll do my best to get the next chapter up.
