Chapter 2

Brennan winced as she looked down at her left hand again, seeing the wedding band that was sitting firmly on her finger that showed she had caved in and married Booth. She knew that he had a right to be there for his daughter, he should have been there from the beginning but he wasn't and there was no way to go back and change the decision she had made when she learned she was carrying Booth's child inside of her. She remembered how panicked and scared she had been at learning she was pregnant. She had gotten lucky that she didn't start showing till much later in her pregnancy and even then it was still a tiny bump. Her daughter had been tiny at birth but she had grown quickly, letting Brennan know that Alana was a happy and healthy child.

Brennan also knew that it would have benefited her daughter to have her father and all of Brennan's friends around, since she didn't understand a lot of the things out in the world today, she might not have been much help in teaching her daughter certain things. She hoped that everyone would eventually forgive her for not telling them about her daughter, she especially hoped Booth would forgive her because she didn't want there to be a very tense environment for her little girl to grow up in. She wanted to make sure that her daughter felt safe and loved, she really hoped she would be able to make amends with everyone.


Booth was sitting back in his office, staring at the picture that Bones had given him of their daughter, he had placed it on the desk beside Parker's. He hoped one day they could do a family picture where he could be sitting there with Bones and Parker and Alana. He wanted to make sure that the four of them had a photo together and he wanted to see his two kids playing together. He knew that Parker would be so excited to have a baby sister and even more, he knew Parker was going to be super excited to have Bones as his new stepmother. Ever since Rebecca had gotten married, Parker had asked Booth when he was going to get married so he could have another mommy just like he had two daddies. Booth had winced hearing that Parker considered Rebecca's husband a father, but he knew that it was best to keep the peace, as long as Parker understood Booth was his main father, that was what was important. He wanted his son to be safe, happy and to feel loved. He hoped that Alana would feel that way too, once they found her.

Once it had been announced that Grave Digger, Heather Taffet, had a federal agents daughter, things had kicked into high gear. Every agent in every state had been notified and put on notice, just like every single local cop. Booth knew that there wasn't a cop in the entire country who didn't know about his daughter and the serial kidnapper/killer that had taken his daughter. Booth knew that everyone at the lab was keeping a close eye on Bones, which he had specifically asked for them to do. He had also told them to not hold everything against her right now, right now she was a frantic mother whose daughter was in the hands of a brutal kidnapper/ killer who had at one time had Bones, Booth and Hodgins.

"Hey, Agent Booth, how are you holding up?" Sweets asked as he lightly knocked on the door and then walked inside.

"I don't know how to feel right now." Booth admitted. "I mean I found out a woman who kidnapped me and tried to kill me, kidnapped a daughter I didn't even know about. Then I manage to find a way to convince Bones to marry me, something that I am sure everyone knows I have been secretly wanting for a while."

"Yeah, it's been pretty obvious that there is chemistry between the two of you." Sweets admitted nodding his head.

"Do you think I was wrong to make her marry me?" Booth asked him with a guilty look on his face.

"No I don't. Look, we all know that Dr. Brennan has very strong feelings for you, but the way she thinks and the way she lives her life would never have allowed her to put aside her pride and admit she wanted to be with you. I think forcing the issue for the benefit of the two of you as well as the benefit of your daughter." Sweets informed Booth, trying to make sure that he understood that everyone was on his side with this one.

"I don't want any of you to be angry with Bones for this. She did what she thought was best for Alana and for her." Booth said suddenly.

"It's natural for a man to want to stick up for a woman he is in love with." Sweets said with a knowing smile on his face.

"Look, just promise me that all of you are going to give her a break? She really can't take much right now, she feels guilty enough, I can always tell when she is blaming herself for something." Booth said with a sigh.


Brennan walked into the house and winced. She had known that Booth had sent some people over to her place and had her stuff packed up and moved into his new house. Booth had bought a house a few months ago, saying he wanted a place where he could teach Parker how to play sports and he felt like it was time to get a house, instead of an apartment. Brennan knew that Alana would love it, her own backyard to play in. She walked over and saw the swing set that was being put together and slowly turned and eyed Booth.

"I figure I owe her a lot of past birthday and Christmas presents." Booth said shrugging his shoulders.

A few hours later they were alone in the house and Brennan was worried about how their first night as man and wife was going to be. She knew that husbands and wives slept in the same bedroom in the same bed, but considering their marriage was different and their relationship altogether was different, she didn't know what his plan was.

"What are you worried about now?" Booth asked her softly.

"Where am I sleeping? I don't even know how you want this marriage to be." Brennan said finally voicing her thoughts aloud.

"It's a real marriage. Where we sleep in the same room, in same bed, together. Bones, we are going to have more kids, there is no doubt in my mind about that, and the sooner you accept that, the better off and easier this will be." Booth informed her with a smile.


Alana was really scared. She looked around the dark room and then down at the chain on her ankle. The lady that had her was real mean, and she said that Alana should feel real lucky that she wasn't being buried alive like she normally liked to do. Alana didn't know the mean lady was, but she knew that her mommy would find her, she had to find her. Alana knew her mommy was real smart and she knew that her mommy was probably really sad and wanted her to come home, and Alana didn't like it when her mommy was sad. Finally Alana pulled on the chain to see if she could get loose, her mommy had taught her how to think of ways to get out of bad situations and this was a bad situation, probably one of the worst ones. Her mommy always said that Alana had a mix of her brains and her daddies brains, maybe when she got home her mommy would let her finally meet her daddy, she would really like that. Now she had to find a way to get away from the mean lady.