Here's part 3 of Chapter 7, hopefully the last part for that chapter.

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She was barely aware of Booth talking, too focused on her surroundings. She still couldn't believe what Booth had done and in such a short time period. Everything was so nice, from the light green and blue on the walls, to her new bed at the far end of the room and the two cribs beside her. She noticed a changing table near where she was standing and a dresser across from it. How Booth had managed to place all of this in the room and not make it look smaller simply amazed her.

She tore her gaze from the room to look at Booth. He looked worried. She knew she hadn't said anything yet but she was too speechless. He took a few steps towards her and locked eyes with her. The tension was too strong for her and she looked away.

"It's beautiful, Booth." She said softly. "Everything is."

She was tearing up just looking at the room. It was so unlike her but then again, everything else had been unlike her lately. Never had she dreamed of having children and now here she was expecting twins. Never had she thought her and Booth would be a couple but then she had gone and surprised herself by dating him for two months. Everything had been unlike her and she found that it felt great to do things differently once in a while, that it felt great to just… live.

It was amazing how examining one particular room could make her feel that way about herself. Never had she felt anything like it. She turned to Booth once again and saw that he still looked worried.

"Really, I mean it, Booth. Everything is so nice."

Her voice had broken and a few happy tears had trailed down her cheek. Laughing lightly, she wiped it off and smiled at Booth.

"Thank you." She added in a whisper.

Then turning around, she noticed that Booth's entire family stood behind her.

"Thank you to you all." She said to them and was rewarded by a big group hug.

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"Come on, Parker, your mom is here!" Booth yelled at his son from the living room.

"What is he doing?" Temperance asked from the couch.

"I don't know but if he doesn't hurry up, his mom is going to be mad at me. Parker, come on! Let's go!"

"Coming Dad!" he heard his son say from his new room.

He finally came out two minutes later with his bag and a few toys.

"I'm ready." Parker announced.

"Oh yeah? You're going out without your shoes?" Booth asked, teasingly.

"Oopsie."

Parker dropped to the floor and grabbed his shoes. He tried to hurry. He didn't want his mother to be mad at his dad because of him. He tried tying his shoes but found that it was an impossible task to do when you were in a hurry.

"Need help, buddy?" Booth asked.

"No, I can do it on my own, Dad. I'm not a baby anymore."

Booth chuckled and looked over at Brennan who was also laughing at Parker's comment. He then watched his son putting on his shoes and tried not to let the sad feeling get to him. There would be other weekends when he'd be able to spend some time with his son. Next time he'd see him, Parker would have two new siblings. He found that he couldn't wait to introduce them to him. Maybe Rebecca would let him come to the hospital?

"All set?" Booth asked his son.

"All set." Parker replied.

Parker stood up and looked at his dad.

"Hug?" Booth asked.

Parker nodded and got caught in a giant bear hug from his dad. After ten seconds, Booth finally put his son back on the ground and opened the door for him.

"Bye Tempe!" Parker called out.

"Bye Parker! See you in a few weeks!" Temperance replied from the living room.

Booth watched as his son made his way to his mother's car and climbed in. He watched them as they drove out of the driveway and only closed the door once they were out of sight. He joined Temperance in the living room and collapsed on the couch.

They sat quietly for a few seconds, Temperance not quite sure when it would be right to talk.

"Thank you." Booth told her after a while.

"For what?" she replied, confused.

"For making me do this. For keeping me in the babies' lives even though we're not together."

"Well I wasn't going to deprive you of your children. Your DNA is in there too."

Booth chuckled.

"Well, when you put it that way…"

He turned to her and smiled but his smile quickly faded.

"I just don't think I would be able to do this again with the twins. Doing it with Parker is hard enough but having to let go of your children, I don't think I would be able to do it. It's not that I don't love my son, I guess that I just got used to it."

"Seeley, that's a horrible thing to say."

"I know but then again, I've been doing this for almost seven years. I learned to cope with it. I learned that there would always be other weekends and that my child wasn't leaving me forever."

"I understand."

There were a few more minutes of silence. Everything was so quiet. For Booth, it seemed quieter after all the action that had taken place in his house over the weekend. He thought he could still hear the drills, the saws, the fans, the people talking and laughing, Parker running around in the background, plastic being stretched out or stretched off. The whole weekend had been perfect. His parents had finally seen Parker after almost a year, he had seen his sisters and brother for the first time in ten months and his parents for the first time since he had come back from his undercover assignment. Yes, the weekend had been perfect.

He turned to look at Temperance and smiled once again. She wasn't looking at him, she seemed to have zoned out. So she didn't see when his smile disappeared and that in his eyes appeared unspoken love. She didn't see when his eyes cried out to her to look at him and when she finally did look at him, everything in his eyes had disappeared.

Booth cleared his throat and turned his gaze away.

"So you really like the room?" he asked her.

"Of course. I was so happy you did this."

"Think nothing of it. I figured that now was the time to start preparing for the twins' birth. I mean, we don't know. You could into labor tomorrow and then nothing would be ready."

"Well thank you for being so logical." Temperance mocked him.

Booth chuckled.

"There's still one thing though that we still haven't figured out yet."

"What?"

"Names. What are we going to name the babies? Got any ideas?"

"Angela and I talked about it a bit last night. She came up with a few ideas that I think you will like."

"Okay. Shoot."

"Well, she came up with Anthony and Skyler if we're having two boys and Mia and Paige for two girls."

"I'm all for Anthony but the rest of the names, I'm not sure I like them."

"What about you? Have you got any ideas?"

"My mom told me that a cousin of mine had a baby girl and she named her Lily."

Brennan seemed to consider the name for a second or two. Lily. Lily Brennan. Yeah, that could work.

"I like it."

"Good."

"So, so far, we have Anthony and Lily. We're still missing two names."

They both paused to think for a minute. Choosing baby names was difficult, Booth realized, and he suddenly found himself happy that he never had that experience with Parker. Rebecca had been the one to choose his son's name and he was now quite thankful.

He looked over at Brennan who seemed deep in concentration. She seemed to be having the same difficulties when it came to names.

"How about Caitlin?" She finally asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Nah. Zoey?"

"I don't think so. Brooke?"

"Brooke Brennan? Too many Br's."

"Fine then. You pick one."

"Okay. How about Riley?"

"Riley? For a girl or for a boy?"

"For a girl. It was be original since it is usually more of a masculine name."

Booth watched as, once again, Temperance seemed to consider the name. She did like the name Riley and the fact that it was original. She could almost picture her daughter, ten years from now, running around the yard, climbing trees just like a little tomboy. She could also see Lily, sitting in the grass, playing some girly game with her best friend. Yes, she liked that name.

"I think we have a deal."

"Okay so now we're just missing one name. Our baby boy's name."

"How about Lukas?"

"Lukas? Where did you get that?"

"From the book I read a few months before I found out I was pregnant. The heroine finds the body of a missing twelve-year old and his name is Lukas. The name just stuck with me ever since I found out I was pregnant. So, what do you think?"

"I think I like it."

"You mean to tell me that we actually agree on something here?"

Booth chuckled.

"I know, I'm surprised too. Let's enjoy it while it lasts."

The two of them fell silent. That was one less thing they would have to do. They had found their babies' names: Riley and Lily, and Lukas and Anthony. They were both really surprised that they had managed to agree so quickly on something. Could it be the end of their bickering? For some reason, they hardly doubted it.

It had been quiet for a few long minutes when Booth was brought back to reality by Brennan's laugh. He turned to face her and upon seeing his confused expression, Brennan laughed again.

"What?" Booth asked her.

"Sorry I was just thinking about… Who would have thought when we first started working together almost three years ago that we would be here today, sitting on a couch in a house that we are sharing, picking out names for our future twins?"

Booth laughed too.

"I know what you mean. Then again, who ever thought we would get together?"

"I know I didn't."

Booth lost his smile once again and looked at her seriously. He felt his heart start to race faster and he swallowed hard before asking what he had wanted to ask her for the last month.

"Tempe, if -- I mean if I do find another solution for Cullen's decision, would you -- I mean, would you be willing to give me another chance? I do love you, Temperance, and I know that I made a mistake. But if you promise me to give me another chance, I promise you that I will straighten everything out with Cullen as soon as I find a solution."

Temperance felt her heart beat faster in her chest. She did want to give Booth another chance. A part of her wanted him back into her life, wanted him close to her, wanted to feel him close at night but another part of her had gotten really hurt by all of this and wasn't willing to trust so easily.

She debated for a few minutes, Booth anxiously waiting for an answer. Finally, after a few seconds, a kick in her stomach seemed to help her make up her mind.

"I think one of the babies wants me to say yes." Temperance replied not quite ready to put her own desires into words.

"But what do you want Temperance Brennan?"

She looked in his eyes and she knew that she had done a mistake. Now she would never be able to say no.

"I want to be with you but if your boss doesn't mind his own business, I don't think…"

A finger on her lips interrupted her.

"I'll straighten everything out, I promise. I just needed the motivation to do it and you just gave it to me."

On that, he kissed her quickly on the lips before getting up and walking off to the kitchen.

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Finally, it's done. I actually couldn't wait to finish this chapter. Three parts for one chapter, I think that's a new record for me. Don't forget to review, especially if you can't wait for Temperance to give birth. Eighth month is coming soon (if I get more than twenty review for this, it might just be up tomorrow night) so that means the birth is coming soon!

So the winners from the survey were obviously Lily and Riley for the girls and Anthony and Lukas for the boys. It was a really close call but these four names won. Thank you for everyone who voted, your help was really appreciated!