A/N: Bienvenue! Before we get this party started, I'd like to say that this chapter is definitely a piece of fiction. It's intended to be humorful and entertaining. I am well aware that you can't hand a child such a large amount of money, that would be weird and really wrong, but since this is fiction, I just ran with the idea XD.

I'd like to thank Kareneb and Nikki for leaving a review. I really appreciate it. Nikki requested a chapter where someone tells Angela she handled confronting Booth wrongly. I'd like to say that I agree with your assessment, Nikki. Though, I am not sure I can write more about that than what was covered in chapters 24 & 27. If anyone has ideas about that, I would love to hear them.

I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Booth hadn't wanted to let Lilly pay for anything while she stayed over. Which frankly, Lilly found weird. Her staying over had to be costing Booth money, especially for food. Of course, she had paid the rent for her own apartment this month and she had managed to sneak in some food that she had paid for into Booth's home, but still, she had more money left over at the end of the month than usual.

The FBI agent had told her that he made more money than she did and that could be true, but that wasn't really an argument for her. The fact was that he was spending money because she was living in his apartment and that felt wrong. When she had tried to discuss it with Booth, he had told her that he had made her stay over and since she hadn't wanted that she shouldn't have to pay for that, right? Again, it was an argument that was riddled with fallacies. However, the way Booth had said it, had made her drop the conversation at that time.

Later on, Lilly had told him she was going to find a way to pay her dues. Booth had laughed and had wished her good luck. I'll make sure to check my vases before you leave. I'll keep the money if I find it after you've left. If I find it while you're still here you're getting it back. Lilly had smiled, she had a better plan than simply a vase or leaving it under the mattress.

Parker:

It was always so great to spend the weekend with his dad. It had been too long since his mom had been able to take him. This weekend they were going to visit Pops with uncle Jared, which was really exciting. Parker didn't really know Uncle Jared that well, because of all the trips his uncle had taken for the navy. The navy was super awesome and the few times he had gotten to see Uncle Jared had been cool, so Parker was sure the road trip would be fun.

Uncle Jared had no problem sharing war stories with him and Parker liked hearing them. His dad always told him they would talk about his missions and work when Parker was older but Parker knew his dad's recounts were going to be even more heroic. Laying in his bed he tried to contain his excitement. Because of the trip ahead, Booth had told him to go to bed at exactly his bedtime.

Seeing Pops again was going to be great as well. Sara in his class always bragged about her grandparents, but Parker was the only one in his class who had a great grandfather. Trying to calm himself down a bit Parker prayed for a safe and fun trip, throwing in a prayer for ending starvation worldwide for good measure.

Nope, that wasn't enough to calm him down. Clicking on his nightstand lamp, he picked up the book he had been reading when staying with his father. Dr. Bones had given it to him and it was about the scientific developments during the middle ages. It had a lot of funny jokes in it and Parker loved the book. Bones always quizzed him about what he had read and always thought him something new. Too bad there probably wasn't going to be any time this weekend to see Bones.

Opening the book at the piece of paper he kept as page marker he was surprised. It wasn't the piece of paper he had placed in between the pages last time. On the folded paper the words Read me were written in neat handwriting. Sitting up straighter in his bed he eagerly unfolded the letter.

Dear Parker,

My name is Lilly. We have never met, but I work with your father, miss Julian and the Jeffersonian. To help me, your dad asked me to stay over for a while. I hope you don't mind that I slept in your room.

Accompanying this letter is some money. It is between the last pages of the book. I left it here as a thank you for the hospitality. Your father didn't want to accept any money, since he didn't want me to pay my share of a whopping $625 in total. So, I figured I'd give the money to you.

From the stories I have heard, you are very smart so I am sure that you'll spend it wisely. Though, ask your dad what you may do with it before you do spend it. I would advise to buy something nice for yourself and put the rest into your college fund or savings account.

Best wishes,

Lilly.

P.S. I can already imagine your dad telling you that you need to give the money back to me. If he tells you to do so, tell him that I have gone home and he failed to find it before I did go home, so he has to let you keep it. He snoozed so he lost ;).

In awe by the letter, he stared at if for a few seconds. Remembering the mention of money Parker quickly turned over the book. Starting at the back he turned the pages one for one. The first six banknotes he encountered were featuring Benjamin Franklin. Trying to keep in a squeal of excitement Parker kept turning pages and collecting the money until he indeed had $625 in his hands.

With an open mouth, he started at the money. Never had he seen this much money together. Maybe his savings account had the same amount in total after almost 10 years of saving pretty much all of the money he had gotten for his birthday and part of his allowance. The letter had said to tell his dad. Pretty sure he definitely couldn't sleep right now, he thought. Might as well get that over with before returning to bed. Putting the money in the front of the book he picked up the letter and got out of bed. He found his dad on the couch watching tv, some ice hockey game.

"Hey Bub, can't fall asleep?" Booth turned down the sound of the game.

"No, I can't." Parker walked closer as he sat down on next to his father, still extremely excited.

A look of surprise crossed Booth's features. Putting his arm around his son he hugged him. "Are you that excited about seeing Pops tomorrow?"

Happily, Parker nodded. "Yes, I was and am, and that is why I decided to read a little, but then I found this. Who is Lilly, dad?"

"Why are you asking?" Booth asked, not exactly following that train of thought.

Parker waved the letter and the book around. "She left me a letter and a lot of money," Parker said.

"Money?"

"Yes." Parker handed his dad the letter, observing him closely as Booth read the letter.

"Wow, I didn't think she was really going to go through with it." Booth shook his head as he reread the P.S., a smile appearing.

"How long did she stay over? If her share is that much..."

Booth smiled. "Not nearly as long as you are thinking right now, little man. You've been here just after your birthday, remember? I think you would have noticed a girl sleeping in your room, right?"

Snuggling into his dad's side, Parker looked up at Booth. "Why did she stay over? She wrote that she stayed over for your help. Did something bad happen to her? Why did she need your help?" Parker looked worried. Even though he didn't know Lilly, she must be really nice if she was giving him all that money.

"Someone was scaring her," Booth said soothingly. "But thankfully nothing too scary happened to her." He pressed a kiss on his son's hair. "So, what do you want to do with the money?"

Parker shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe we can go and get ice cream."

Booth smiled. His kid got the biggest sum of money in his short life and all he wanted was ice cream. "And you're saving the rest?"

Parker nodded. "Yes."

"Smart move Parker", Booth said. "I am proud of you. Maybe we should go and thank Lilly tomorrow before we leave."

Again Parker nodded as he yawned before his eyes grew too heavy to keep them open.

A knock on the door interrupted her yoga flow. Stepping off her mat, she grabbed her sweater and pulled it over her head as she made her way to the door. "Hey, what are you doing here?"

"Good morning to you too," Booth said with a smile as he handed her the letter.

Grinning she looked at it. "Ah, I see you finally found my master move. Took you long enough."

"Actually, the point is that I didn't find it, so that means you have won." Booth stepped aside revealing Parker. "Parker found it and we're here to thank you."

Lilly smiled, surprised. "Oh alright, that is really nice. Hi Parker. I am Lilly, nice to meet you. You two wanna come in?"

The Booth's entered the intern's apartment.

"Can I get you two something to drink?"

"No thanks, we aren't staying long. We're on our way to pick up Jared to visit Pops."

"That sounds like you'll all have a nice weekend," Lilly said, mainly directed to Parker, as she got herself a glass of water.

Parker nodded enthusiastically. "Yes, I can't wait to see Pops again and Uncle Jared is really cool and funny."

Lilly smiled at Parker's cheerfulness. "I've met your uncle once and he definitely is. So, do you already know what you're going to spend the money on?"

Eagerly Parker nodded. "Yes, dad and I are going to buy ice cream and maybe I can buy a book?" Parker asked Booth.

"Of course, bub, maybe we can ask Bones if she wants to help you shop that book. You always love the books she picks out for you."

"Yes! That is a great idea", Parker said.

Lilly laughed. "I think that is a great choice, Parker. Oh, and if I may give you some advice: maybe you can pick something up along the way to give your Pops, I am sure he'd love a present from you."

"Can we dad?" Parker asked.

"Yes, we can pick something up. I think that is a very nice idea.

"Thank you," Parker said and then turned to Lilly. "And thank you for giving me all that money. You must be very rich."

Booth looked horrified at his son's exclamation.

Lilly chuckled. "You are very welcome and I am doing okay, Parker. Living in DC is pretty expensive."

"Right, I think that is our queue to get going," Booth said, wordlessly apologizing to Lilly.

Lilly waived away Booth's apology.

Parker thanked Lilly again for gifting him her share and the Booth's left.

"Wow, she is really nice." Parker said as they were walking out in the hallway of Lilly's building.

Booth nodded. "Yes, she is."

Lilly smiled at the closed door. She had to admit it was very satisfying to beat a seasoned FBI agent like Booth with something as mundane as hiding money. Parker was a very kind kid. Seeing his cheeriness made her miss the days that she was a nanny. The idea of being an au pair had been appealing to help her travel and through law school, but she had really loved it.

She had always hated that she was a single child and being an au pair had made it possible to channel her inner big sister abilities. Sure, the law and her current job were great, but the death, decay, and dishonesty were hard to deal with. There definitely were days where she missed being an au pair and being around children.

A/N: Next up is the accompanying piece of Jared and Lilly meeting. I would have included it at the start of this chapter, but I wasn't quite done with it. Please shoot me a message on what you think of this chapter :).