A/N: Wow! I think that's the longest chapter I have ever written in my entire life! Anyway, as Tempe promised, here is the family-date time everybody has been waiting for. So sorry it took a long time to come. Hopefully I will have time to work more on my stories now that I'm working full-time.

The bright September sun fell on her through the half-shut drapes and pulled Temperance from her slumber. She turned around to find an empty space beside her. Obviously Booth was already awake which was weird considering she hadn't noticed he had woken up. What time was it? Her eyes, still too tired, refused to open.

She listened intently to see if she could make out any noise in the house. Everything was quiet. She knew that Parker would still be asleep in his room until, at least, ten o'clock and that the twins would wake up around eight or eight-thirty since they had gone to bed fairly late the previous night. Booth, happy to have his wife home on a Friday night, had treated everyone to a movie which, Temperance had to admit, hadn't been that bad. Although move animation had gotten better and better over the years, that movie had been pretty well done and Temperance learned that it had been Parker's favorite movie when he had been a kid. She had gone to bed two hours after the movie had ended with a song from the movie stuck in her head that had gone something like "just keep swimming, just keep swimming".

She had been about to drift back to sleep when she was suddenly awaken by giggles. She recognized them immediately. How many times had she heard them in the five past years?

"Sshh!" Lukas told his sister as they walked down the corridor to their parents' bedroom. "Don't make too much noise, you'll wake Mommy up."

"No I won't." Riley replied, indignantly.

"Yes you will."

"Well isn't it what we want? To wake her up?"

"No."

"Okay you two, that's enough." Booth whispered as they stopped in front of the bedroom door.

Booth pushed it open so the twins could walk in easily and not drop the tray they were holding in their hands. Their eyes immediately fell on their mother.

"She's still asleep, Dad." Lukas said. "What do we do?"

Forcing her eyes opened, she saw her two children standing beside the bed, holding what seemed to her still sleepy eyes to be a tray covered with delicious food. Her stomach growled, making her wonder how come she was so hungry. She barely ever ate in the morning. Was it possible that it was later than she had thought?

" 'Morning sleepyhead." Booth said as he sat down on the bed beside his wife and kissed her on the forehead.

"What time is it?" Temperance replied, sitting up in her bed.

"It's past ten." Booth replied, smirking. "You're the last one to wake up. Even Parker got up before you. The twins wanted to say thank you for coming home early last night so they made you breakfast."

Booth relieved his children of the tray and laid it on his wife's knees. He watched as she grabbed the fork and started picking at her omelette.

"Daddy let me flip the egg." Riley said, proudly.

"Wow Rye! That's great!" Temperance replied, cheerfully.

"Yeah and I didn't even drop it!"

"That's fantastic!"

Putting down her fork, she grabbed the buttered toasts laying on the upper right side of the plate.

"And I made the toasts and I didn't burn them this time." Lukas said as he climbed up on the bed and went to sit on the other side of his mother.

"You're surely getting good at this, Luke. And what did Daddy do?"

"He set everything on the tray."

"Yeah, that's all he did." Riley said in a tone almost disapproving.

"Well that's still a lot. Thank you Daddy." Temperance replied, looking up at her husband.

"You're welcome, Mommy." Booth said as he leaned forward and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.

"Eeeewww..." both kids said at the same time.

Booth and Temperance laughed as they pulled away.

Temperance ate in silence for a while, simply listening to Riley's babbling about what she had done at school in the past days. She seemed so proud of herself that Temperance couldn't help but feel proud as well. Her daughter apparently loved her school and was no longer saddnened at the thought that her brother was at some other school. She had made friends quickly with girls who had similar problems to her own and Temperance was really happy about it.

"What do you have planned for today, Daddy?" Temperance asked, after Riley's babbling had ceased.

"I promised Lukas three weeks ago that as soon as school had started that we could give him a try at biking with no training wheels."

Temperance's eyes widened in surprise. Biking with no training wheels? Was he even old enough for it? Temperance voiced her questions.

"Of course he's old enough, Bones." Booth replied. "Don't go all overprotective on him. He's a big boy."

"Yeah Mom. I'm a big boy." Lukas added. "I know I can do it."

"I don't doubt it, Honey, but it just seems so soon."

"He's growing up." Booth replied. "Come on, what's the worst thing that can happen to him?"

"He could fall and hurt himself."

"Of course but that's how you learn. Everybody does. You fall, sometimes you hurt yourself but you get up and you try again."

Temperance nodded. She guessed he was right. After all, Parker had learned to bike with no training wheels at the same age as his brother. Besides, if it didn't work out, he could always go back to training wheels.

She finished her breakfast before shooing everybody out of the room so she could go take a shower.

"Even me?" Booth asked, pouting.

"Yes, even you." Temperance replied, chuckling and shaking her head.

As the water wash all of this week's stress away, Temperance couldn't help but think about the last time she had taken a Saturday off. It had been a least six months ago, if not more. She'd definetely do it again, especially if it meant getting breakfast in bed.

She hadn't realized how much she had missed spending time with her family over the last few days. Guilt swept through her. It wasn't that she didn't love her kids. She really did. But she also loved her job.

Temperance shook her head. There was going to be no thinking about work today. Her entire focus would stay on her family. There would be no skeletons, no Ryan, no interviews, no Melina in her thoughts. Not today, at least. There was always tomorrow.

She took her time in the shower and finally came out twenty-five minutes later, pretty sure that she had used up all of the hot water. Her bathroom was steamy and she immediately felt shivers the second she walked into her adjacent bedroom. She immediately noticed Booth sitting on their bed, looking at her.

"Are you going to watch me change?" Temperance asked, a bit shy.

"Of course."

Temperance nodded, somewhat unsure, but didn't shoo him away. Carefully picking out an outfit, she got dressed under the admiring stare of her husband. She blushed slightly when he told her she was beautiful. She never really got used to it.

Minutes later, her head was thrown in a loose poneytail, clothes thrown on her body and Booth and Temperance were walking down the stairs together. As she passed the front door, Temperance glanced outside. Not a cloud in sight.

"You ready Luke?" Booth asked.

"Yes Dad."

"Okay, buddy, I'm going to hold you until you tell me it's time for me to let go."

"Okay Dad."

Temperance watched as her son started peddling. Booth walked behind him, holding the seat with one hand to steady the bike. She had to admit, Lukas was doing pretty good and soon enough, he was telling his father to let go. Booth complied slowly and stopped walking as he watched Lukas peddling away down the street. Temperance felt tears of pride sting at the back of her eyes. She couldn't believe he was actually doing it.

"Okay Luke. Come back!" Booth called out when Lukas had practically reached the corner of the street.

They watched as their son turned around and came wobblingly peddling back. He had almost reached them when he lost control of his bike and crashed onto the grass beside him. Temperance gasped involuntarily while Booth walked up to his son. Lukas immediately got up and examined his hand. They were full of dirt but they had survived the fall without any scratches. He looked up at his father who was staring down at him with concern.

"Are you okay?" Booth asked him.

"Of course." Lukas replied.

"Would you like to try again?"

His heart was still pounding in his chest from watching his son fall off his bike. At least he had fallen in the grass. As he asked his question, he secretly hoped that Lukas would say no. But Booth knew better than that. Lukas was a thrill-seeker just like his father. He would get right back on that bike and try again.

"Well yeah, that's how you learn. You fall, sometimes you hurt yourself but you get up and you try again."

Lukas looked at his father, his marvoulous twinkle appearing in his eyes. Booth simply laughed at his son's words, ruffled his hair and gently pushed him towards his bike. Walking to Temperance, he smiled.

"He's fine and he wants to try it again." Booth said.

Temperance only nodded.

They watched once again as Lukas got on his bike. The bike wobbled once again as Lukas started peddling and threatned to fall on its side but Lukas kept it in control. He managed to bike to the corner and back without falling. When he breaked in front of his parents, minutes later, a proud smile lit his features.

"See Mom. I told you I could do it." He said, proudly. "Dad, can we do it again?"

"Tell you what. Why don't we all get our bikes and we do a quick spin around the block?"

"Yeah please, Dad. Can we? It would so cool!"

Booth looked over at Temperance who nodded. Surely a small ride around the block wouldn't hurt.

"Come help me get the bikes, Luke." Booth said as he walked off towards the garage.

Temperance turned to look at them and she wondered when had Booth learned to become such a great father. She remembered him with Parker at the beginning of their relationship but she couldn't remember him being so good with kids. Maybe it had been something he had slowly picked up along the way and had been so subtle that Temperance hadn't noticed. She secretly admired him for it. She would never be as good as a father as he was a father. There was no chance.

She felt something tucking at her pants. She looked down to see Riley looking up at her. She knew that look. She knew Riley was going to ask her something and Temperance had a small idea of what it was going to be.

"Mommy, I'd like to try too."

She had been right. Temperance gulped. What was she going to tell the little girl?

She doubted that Riley was ready for this. Her maturity and language skills were those of a three-year-old but she wasn't quite sure if her motricity was also. She had learned to walk at thirteen months old whereas Lukas was not even a year old when he had taken his first steps. Six months before her fourth birthday, Temperance and Booth had finally succeeded at potty-training their daughter and Riley had started eating on her own. Then again, the child had made so much progress since then that Temperance could barely refuse her request.

She looked back at her daughter before looking up at her husband.

"Hey, Booth!"

Booth came out of the garage.

"What is it?"

"Riley would like to try biking without her training wheels too."

She watched as her husband's expression changed. Uh oh.

"Sure. Why not?"

Seconds later, Booth was walking down the driveway holding his daughter's bike in one hand and his tools in the other. He unscrewed the wheels as Riley jumped for joy and hurried him to get it done. Finally, after what seemed like ages to her, she climbed on her bike, her dad holding it firmly by the seat.

"We'll do the exact same thing I did with Lukas. I'll hold you until you tell me to let go."

Riley nodded and started peddling.

She was a little less adventurous than her brother and took a longer time before building up the confidence to tell her dad to let go. Booth reluctantly let go of the bike but stayed close behind her. As she picked up speed, Booth was no longer able to catch up with her. Besides, she needed the confidence that she could do it alone, Booth thought. Lukas and Temperance had walked up to him and they watched in amazement as Riley peddled steadily to the other end of the street.

Parker, who had come out of the house, joined them in the street. He watched his little sister in great surprise.

"Dad, she's doing it!" Parker said, shocked.

"I know." Booth replied, full of pride.

"How is she doing this?" Temperance then asked.

"I seriously have no clue."

Just as her brother had done, Riley turned around at the stop sign and peddled back towards her parents. She could see on their face that they were proud of her. She could hardly believe it herself. She was biking without her training wheels, just like her brother.

She breaked in front of her entire family who watched her in awe.

"I did it!" she exclaimed proudly as she jumped off her bike.

"You sure did!"

It was all that Temperance was able to say.

The quick spin around the block turned into an hour bike-ride as Temperance and her family hit the streets of their suburban neighborhood. Booth in front, Temperance closed the group at the end, with the kids in the middle. She watched in amazement as Riley and Lukas peddled as fast as they could. Neither of them had fallen at all, even if they both seemed close to it a couple of times.

Temperance wondered at how Riley was actually doing this. She would definetely have to talk to her doctor. Could it be possible that Riley would only be behind mentally and not physically as well? She truly hoped so.

Back at home, Riley and Lukas went for a small nap, exhausted by their ride. Temperance decided to work on her novel while Booth watched TV downstairs. The house was calm, Parker having decided to spend the rest of the afternoon with his friends.

Two hours later, Riley and Lukas were appearing in the study downstairs and begging for food.

"Daddy is gone to get some food, kids. It won't be too long."

The answer seemed to satisfy the kids.

Booth came back thirty minutes after having left with plenty of chinese food. Riley was climbing onto her chair in the living room when Booth shook his head.

"Not tonight, sweetie. We're eating in the living room."

"Really?" Riley asked, her eyes growing wide in surprise.

"Yes. We're eating chinese food so we're going to eat it just like the chinese."

"The japanese eat on the floor, Booth. Not the chinese."

"The chinese do too, Bones. It's part of their asian culture."

Temperance simply shrugged.

The whole family sat down on the floor. Temperance filled her children's plates with as much food as they could eat. She wasn't sure if they'd actually like it but it was worth the shot. They had surprised her at biking today, they could surprise her at dinner as well.

Dinner turned out great. The children loved the food and Temperance really felt like they were a family again. Booth, who had kept a small distance between her and him, had scooted over closer to her. They talked, they laughed and, for the first time in a long time, Temperance really felt happy. She couldn't remember the last time, if there was actually one, where they had had so much fun over dinner.

Temperance was clearing the coffee table when she heard Booth announced that they were going to the park. She replied that she'd meet them in a few minutes. Seconds later, she heard the front door close behind her.

As she put the dishes in the washing machine, she thought about her pregnancy. It seemed so far ago today. She remembered the jitters she had felt just before giving birth. She had been scared to death at the thought of raising twins. But, as she had held her children in her arms for the first time, all of her worries had melted away. She had felt a love so great towards these little things that she never thought she would ever feel for another human being.

The first year had been incredible. She had seen them grow up, start teething, make their first steps, say their first words. She remembered holding them for hours as she tried to put them to sleep or to feed them. And now, they were all grown up and Temperance couldn't remember the last time she had held either of them for more than ten minutes. They were too active and independent and she found that she missed it. She missed holding a small baby in her arms.

Fifteen minutes later, she was stepping out of the house and walking towards the park. She looked at her watch. It was past six-thirty. The kids would barely have an hour to play before they would have to walk back home for bath time.

When she arrived at the park, Riley and Lukas were already running all over the place, chasing their friends around the park. She spotted Booth sitting on a picnic table with the Kellerman's, their neighbors. She immediately joined them.

"Hey Temperance." Julie Kellerman said as Tempe sat beside Booth. "We haven't seen you in a while. How have you been?"

And as she watched her kids run around the park, she answered that she could have been better.

Temperance stopped in front of her son's bedroom on her way to her own bedroom. It was past eleven and she was tired. Booth had already retreated to bed an hour before and she was on her way to join him.

She watched her son lovingly. He had fallen asleep the second his head had hit the pillow, exhausted from all the exercise he had done that day. He was sprawled on his stomach, on top of his sheets, his blonde hair spiked by sweat. At that moment, she felt a great urge to have another child. She had felt it in the kitchen after dinner but it hadn't been as strong as right now.

She stepped inside the room and walked up to her son's bed. Sitting down beside him, she gently brushed her hand against in his hair and bent down, giving him a small kiss on the temple. She then got up and walked to her bedroom.

She quietly walked in her room to find him laying on his back, his eyes closed. But the lamp and his irregular breath told him that he wasn't sleeping. Slowly, she changed into her PJs before climbing into bed beside her husband. She cuddled against him.

"Booth?"

"Yeah babe?"

"I want another baby."

She heard him sigh deeply. His hand reached up to stroke her hair.

"Tell you what. After your new investigation is done, we'll talk about it. You really need to think about it before you make that decision. Now I'm not saying no to having another baby but I'm not saying yes."

Temperance nodded, sadly. She hadn't expected that answer from him but she knew he was right. It wasn't something they couldn't plan. She closed her eyes and immediately fell asleep.

2:14 am

"Booth." Temperance stated, sleepily, after picking up her cellphone.

She was only greeted by the sound of silence. She looked at the caller ID: private number.

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