A/N: Thank you for the wonderful reviews, they really made my day! It was funny to see everybody begging for another chapter when that was exactly what I had planned for this story. ;-) Hope you like this chapter and thank you to everyone who read this story!

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"Then what happened?" Elizabeth asked excitedly, a grin on her face.

She had never heard the story of how her parents had met and being the romantic soul that she was, she was squealing with joy.

Pretty much like Angela had done. Temperance recalled.

Temperance grinned as well, remembering what her partner had done after he had left his apartment on that night so many years ago.

"He called me just before he went to bed. He said he just wanted to check up on me and wish me a good night. We ended talking on the phone for an hour before I ended it, telling him to go sleep."

Elizabeth sighed dreamily.

"That's so romantic."

"Your dad is a romantic man."

Elizabeth's smile faded and she turned to her mirror. Temperance grabbed a brush and gently ran it through her teen daughter's hair. Looking in the mirror at her baby girl, she realized that Elizabeth was all grown up. She definitely had her mother's eyes and face but her personality was all Booth. Everybody knew it.

"You see, Lizzie, if I hadn't gone on a date with your father, I would have missed out on so much. One thing your father taught me is to face my fears. I was scared to death about starting a relationship with him. Ask him, he'll tell you. The next morning, everything felt so awkward that I didn't talk to him at all. But with a little persistence, he got me to go out with him again and that was it."

"But Mom." Elizabeth whined. "Justin is just... so annoying. He bugs me all the time, he teases me and we're always arguing. He bugged me for like six months before I agreed, the other day, to go out with him."

"If you don't like him, why did you agree to go out with him?" Temperance asked.

"Why did you agree to go out with Dad?" Elizabeth replied.

Temperance chuckled. Her daughter had a point. Maybe there was a part of her mother in her personality after all.

"It won't be that bad, I promise. You two have been friends for a while now so deep down, he doesn't annoy you that much."

"You were friends with Dad for like two years and he bugged the hell out of you. And he still does now after like what? Twenty years?"

Twenty years. Temperance thought. Has it been that long?

She couldn't believe that they had been together for twenty years and that three wonderful children had come out of her marriage.

Temperance dropped the brush at their side and pulled her daughter to her. She knew how Lizzie was feeling. She was scared of ruining a pretty good friendship, just like she had done twenty years ago. But she had seen her daughter with her date before. They were exactly like her and Booth had been, except younger.

"If you don't go on that date, Sweetie, you'll never know what you'll be missing out on. Now I'm not saying that your date is going to extremely well. You never know, maybe you'll realize you like Justin only as a friend. But that's something you won't know unless you go out with him."

They heard the doorbell ring and Lizzie looked up at her mother. Temperance squeezed her reassuringly before getting up.

"Come on. You don't want to keep Justin waiting too long."

Temperance walked out of the room, closely followed by a rather nervous Elizabeth. She stopped at the top of the stairs and looked down. Justin stood in front of the door, clean-shaved, hair gelled and shaking slightly. She turned her gaze to her daughter who was now walking down the stairs. She watched as Justin looked up and saw her, and Temperance saw a look in his eyes that she had seen often in Booth's. She smiled tenderly. Her daughter would be just fine.

She walked down the stairs nonchalantly and passed her daughter in front of the door.

"Have fun Sweetie." Temperance said.

"Bye Mom!" Elizabeth replied before stepping outside, Justin walking a bit too quickly ahead of her.

Just like Booth had done. Temperance smiled.

She walked into the living room to see her husband standing at the window, arms crossed on his chest, staring out at the two teenagers getting into the car. Temperance slipped her arms around his waist, locking her fingers on his stomach and resting her chin on his shoulder.

"She's too young to go on a date." Booth said, not bothering to look at his wife.

"She's sixteen, Seeley. She's not a baby anymore."

Booth shrugged.

"Still too young for me."

Temperance chuckled.

"He's a good guy. I've seen them together. They're just like us. They'll be just fine."

Booth reluctantly turned his gaze from the window and looked at his wife. He knew she was right, he knew that Elizabeth wasn't a baby anymore and that she could pretty much defend herself on her own but he still felt overprotective of her. She was his first born daughter. He just couldn't help it.

"If you need someone to go all overprotective on," Temperance started, "we still have an eleven-year-old girl upstairs who might need some protection."

Booth smiled at his wife tenderly.

"Of course since she's so much like you."

Temperance gasped sarcastically.

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

Booth leaned in and claimed her lips with his. They might have been together for twenty years but the passion was still there. The kiss intensified in passion but a small cough behind the couple interrupted them. Booth looked up over his wife's head to see their fourteen year-old son and their eleven-year-old daughter looking at them.

"What's up kids?" Booth asked, like they hadn't witnessed anything.

Temperance turned around.

"We're hungry." Kyle replied. "When are we eating?"

"In about thirty minutes." Temperance replied, letting go of her husband.

The two kids nodded and were about to leave when Booth called them back.

"Laura, what's that on your forehead?" Booth asked, approaching his daughter quickly.

He scanned the little bump on top of her right eye and the way the skin was a bit greenish. Booth noticed Temperance disappearing quickly into the kitchen and knew instantly that something was up.

"I picked up a fight with James from across the street. He called me Kyle an idiot and I stood up for him." Laura replied like it had been the most normal thing in the world to do.

Booth sighed and rolled his eyes. He'd never say it enough. Laura was just like her mother. And that was why he loved them both so much.

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