Tempe had been living with Booth for over a month and since the day Parker left, two weeks after she was asked to move in, they hadn't seen nor heard from the child. Tempe sat at her desk looking over a few thins on some ancient-Native-American body that was being examined by Zach.

"Hello, beautiful." A male voice called walking into her office, pulling her away from her work.

"Hey, Booth." She said and lifted her head so he could place a gentle kiss on her lips.

"Alright get a room already." A female voice called breaking them apart. "Hello sweetie, Booth."

"Hello Angela." Booth said smiling at her, though upset because she broke them apart. "I just wanted to tell you dinners at seven." He said then left the room.

"So, you've been dating for how long?" Angela asked sitting on a chair across from Tempe's desk.

"A little over three month's I think, I can't remember." Tempe said truthfully.

"Has he proposed yet?" she asked happily.

"No, and I'm ok with that."

"You are?"

"Yeah I mean marriage is really big and all and I don't think I could handle that just yet."

"Why not?"

"I see marriage as pointless. Sixty-seven percent of all marriages end in divorce and I don't want that to happen to us."

"It won't. If you really love each other, you will be the other thirty-three percent. I know he won't let you go that easily."

"I know, but there's still that greater chance, Ange."

"Look for once don't think just act. If he proposes just say the first thing that comes to mind. Use your heart, not your head." Angela said and got up to walk out of the room.

Tempe at in her office thinking about what Angela had said, when out of nowhere she was pulled out of her thoughts by a loud scream. She jumped from her desk and ran over to the door to see a little blonde headed boy headed her way and behind him a blonde woman telling him to stop running. Before Tempe could even say a word the child had thrown himself at her and embraced her.

"Hi Dr. Bones." He said happily hugging her, then in a low voice whispered. "I missed you mommy."

"Hi Parker." She said holding him close. "I missed you too."

"Sorry Temperance, but he wouldn't stop crying until he got to see you." Rebecca said watching the bonding between the two.

Tempe pulled Parker out at arms length and saw his eyes were red and puffy, clearly he had been crying. She wiped away a few remaining tears and held him close again, trying to give him the love he searched from her.

"I'm sorry to bother you at work. I'm sure you were busy."

"No it's fine in fact nothing much is really going on." There was an awkward silence between the two, until Parker jumped out of Tempe's arms and headed towards another person.

"Hi daddy." He said hugging Booth.

"Hey buddy. What are you doing here?" he asked walking over to Tempe.

"Mommy brought me by to see Dr. Bones."

"Well that was nice." He said and placed him on the floor.

"Something wrong?" Tempe asked looking over to him and wondered why he had returned.

"No, I just had to tell you something, but it can wait." He said and watched as Parker raced over to Hodgins.

"Parker!" a scream sent Parker towards Angela's office and into her waiting arms.

"He really seems to like the area around here." Rebecca said watching how well the child got along with the 'Squints'.

"Yeah he's part of our odd family." Booth said.

"I'm sorry if I interrupted anything." She apologized again. "But he wanted to see Temperance here and I had to let him."

"It's fine." Tempe said again.

"Yeah he might be seeing a lot more of her around." Booth said and smiled to Tempe, who gave him an odd look.

"Parker watch out!" Tempe said running over to where the body sat, she quickly covered it up so he couldn't see anything.

In the distance she watched as Booth talked to Rebecca and watched her expressions to whatever he was telling her. She began to wonder what he had meant by what he said and what he could be telling her.

A few minutes later Parker and Rebecca left, leaving the lab quiet and boring again.

"What was that all about?" Tempe asked confused.

"Nothing really." Booth said smiling at her.

"What did you stop by for?"

"I wanted to tell you to go home before dinner; I want you to know we're going to that new Italian restaurant."

"Why?"

"To try something new."

Tempe opened her mouth to say something, but found herself watching Booth as he left the building. 'He couldn't have called for that?' she wondered to herself, then shrugged and headed back to her office.

Later that night Tempe sat across from Booth at the restaurant he had told her about. He was dressed nicely in a tux and she was in a long blue dress. They had filled most of the night with mindless chatter about work and all when the food came and they were soon discussing when they could get Parker for the weekend again.

"You seem rather attached to him." Booth said.

"I am. I mean I don't want kids of my own, but he is like a child I can still watch grow up."

"So that's final? No children?"

"Yeah, no children." Tempe said digging into her dinner.

"Too bad, I think you'd make a great mom." Booth said taking a bite of his food.

"Maybe, but I just don't want to be one."

"Like it or not you are."

"I don't know what that means." She said confused.

"Like or not, Parker sees you as his mom, so no matter what you are one."

"Oh, well that I know, but I don't want any children that are my blood."

"And why not?"

"I'm not sure." She said pondering the thought.

"Well whatever your reason is, I'll stand by you one hundred percent." He said getting a smile form her.

"Thanks, most men would leave after me saying that."

"I won't, if you don't want kids, that's your choice. I love you and I'll make that sacrifice to be with you." He said holding her hand fro macros the table.

"Thank you Booth. I love you too."

Suddenly Tempe watched as Booth got up from the table, bent on one knee in front of her and pulled out a ring box.

"I love you." He started out. "And I know you love me, I would do anything to make you happy and I hope to spend the rest of my life doing so. Will you make me the happiest man on earth? Will you marry me?"

Tempe sat in her chair looking at Booth, he had just proposed, her breathing stopped as she held her breath and she locked eyes with him as he awaited her answer.