AN: I don't own Bones, here comes Chapter 7, Enjoy!

CHAPTER SEVEN- I Love You Mom

"Parker, Parker are you in there?" I ask as I tap my wrists lightly against Parker's bedroom door.

He was ignoring me, I wanted to know if he wanted to come to the park with Christine and I but he wasn't opening up his door.

The last time Parker did this was when he first met Christine and he was making her a baby mobile. Booth and I thought that he was jealous but he was actually being a really good big brother.

"Parker, Parker I'm your stepmother, I want to speak with you" I had had enough, I just push down on the handle and the door opens without a slight problem.

I glance inside to see Parker laying on his bed, his face pressed into his pillow. I knew he is crying, it was obvious.

I sit down on the end of his bed and I wait for him to turn around and look at me. Parker sits up and makes eye contact with me.

"Bones what are you doing in here, dad said that you wouldn't get home till late tonight?" the young boy asks.

I smile "Cam said I could come home early today so that's what I did" I tell him. "Are you alright Parker, you seemed to be crying when I came into your room"

Parker just nods slightly "I'm sorry Dr Bones but everything that has happened over the past week has just made me think about what my life is like now and what my life was like then, back with mom".

I just nod at the young boy "Last night it was late and it was dark and I just couldn't sleep so I walked over and looked out the window at the stars, one of them seemed to be shining just a little brighter then all the others, it reminded me of something that one of my friends had told me at school, he was with his mom one night and he really wanted a great mate, she said to wish on a star and then the next day at school we bumped into each other at recess and his wish came true" I watch as Parker recounts the story.

I don't believe in wishes and luck but I didn't have the heart to tell him.

"So then when I saw the star I made a wish, a wish that I'd wanted for as long as I could remember…"

I nod "And so Parker what was this wish?" I ask my stepson.

He turns away from me and looks down at his feet which were covered with Minecraft socks. "Well Dr Bones my wish was about my family… I wished for something practically crazy…" he continues.

I smile at him. I was really starting to enjoy his enthusiastic way of saying adjectives; it was a trait he had obviously gotten from Booth.

"I wished that I could move in here with you, dad and Christine and I wished that it could be permanent because I really want to be here with my family and my mom and dad. I want to be with the people who actually love me and care about me"

I look over at him the slightest bit confused, his mother didn't live here she was murdered but then I realised that he counted me as his mother and something about that touched my heart. It reminded me of when I first met him as a little four year old on Christmas and how he had immediately taken a liking to me.

I nod at Parker "Parker you are going to stay here with us we're your family" I promise.

I knew what Caroline had told me that very morning but I was going to fight for my rights and it was all going to be fine. I still had one more question and I was ready to ask Parker.

"Parker, what makes you think that your mother didn't love or care for you?" I ask.

He just makes a face "That's plain obvious Bones, firstly she'd never be sitting with me and discussing things like we're doing now…" he begins.

I just nod and give the young boy a little hug.

He then continues "People that care don't always put their boyfriends first, mom never helped me with homework, she was barely ever there after school. She was always out partying with her boyfriends, is that love?"

I shake my head. I had never known love until Booth showed me and I was eternally grateful for that.

"When I was little mom used to just use me as a cute kid to impress her men but as I grew I sorta became less cute and a plain nuisance…" he trails off "I love it here Bones, you're my mom and you're a proper mom"

I just nod and hug the little boy up to my side. "I love you mom," he whispers.

I was touched "I love you too Parker"

I smile as I watch my two children run off into the playground. After my little talk with Parker I had asked him if he wanted to come to the park with Christine and I and of course he did. I think some fresh air was required after all those tears.

"Hurry up Bones, that snail is beating you!" Parker cries.

"Yeah mommy the snail is beating you" Christine giggles, she always found it funny to imitate her big brother; she really did idolise him.

I smile "You two go play on the playground" I say as I point to a slide and some play equipment which were near us in the park "I'm just going to read my book" I tell the two of them.

Parker nods and he helps Christine climb the slide "That's great Bones we'll just have some fun on the slide now" he laughs.

I nod, I love these two children (and Booth) more than anything in the world and even though I wasn't Parker's biological mother that didn't make me love him any less.

Soon enough it was getting a bit late so I round up the children and tell them that it's time to go home.

"Parker can we play Minecraft when we get home, I really want to play it with Uncle Sweets" cries an excited Christine.

I see Parker turn around in the passenger seat. He smiles at his little sister "Yeah Chrissie we'll have to ask Sweets but I'm sure he'll want to play with us" Parker gives his little sister a wink and she giggles.

I was really happy that the children got on well with Sweets; I think that he needed some little children in his life especially after his breakup with Daisy, which left him upset for some time.

"Well that will mean that your father and I will have to then ask Uncle Sweets to dinner because it is getting late and it is probably time that we should have a nice meal" I tell them.

They nod excitedly, something made me think that they didn't mind having Sweets over for dinner.

"Uncle Sweets, I want to plaaaay with you!" cries a high-pitched scream out of Christine's little three-year-old mouth.

I watch as Sweets turns off YouTube and puts his iPad down on the coffee table.

"Yeah Chrissie what's up?" asks the twenty eight year old psychologist.

I watch as he bends over so he's at the same height as my young daughter. "You have to grab your iPad silly" she giggles "Parker and I want to play Minecraft with you and we can all go and visit each others worlds"

Sweets just nods and grabs his iPad.

Christine nestles down into his lap and she calls out after her brother "PARKER IT'S TIME TO PLAY!"

Christine had been yelling a lot lately and Booth and I had tried to tell her off but it didn't work. Parker suspected that it had something to do with Christine being the shortest in her kindergarten class and her having to use her voice as the main way of being noticed.

Soon enough Parker was sitting on the couch next to Christine and Sweets.

"Lance-a-lot joins the game" laughs Parker "That is such a stupid name"

Sweets just makes a face "Wow Parker what a house" cries Sweets.

Parker just nods and begins to tell Christine off for letting loose hundreds of farm animals, or something like that.

I only caught glimpses of their conversation but I think that they were having the time of their lives. Which was good considering that we might have to tell Parker about what Caroline had said that very next day.

I hurry into the kitchen. I had to talk to Booth about the dinner plans and about the issue at hand, the one concerning Caroline.

"Booth I need to talk with you" I cry quite softly considering that I didn't want to capture the attention of Sweets and the children.

Booth looks up at me from the cutting board, which he was using to chop up some cucumber for a salad that we would have with dinner.

"Yeah Bones what's up?" he asks calling me by my special nickname reserved only for him and Parker.

I smile at Booth; he seems to have calmed down a bit since this morning. He'd gone out on an afternoon jog when I had taken the children to the park and I think the fresh air may have calmed his nerves.

"I was just wondering about what to have for dinner" I reply as I lean against the kitchen bench and help to peel a carrot.

"Well stop wondering I've already though of that" he laughs "There's a chicken in the oven along with some oven fries" I nod, what a man.

"Good job Booth is there anything else I can help you with?" I ask.

He shrugs "Well you can…ah…put the iPod on the docking station and just turn on some music quietly" he replies.

I nod "I doubt the children will be even listening though" I reply.

Booth just nods "Some things just don't quite outdo Steve and Creepers" he laughs.

I shrug sometimes he could be so confusing.

"Parker, Sweets, Christine no iPads at the table, you know better" I announce.

The children and Sweets just couldn't pull their eyes off the iPads for even a slight second.

Sweets puts the three iPads down on the sofa and we begin to eat dinner. I ate some of Booth's oven fries but had to leave the chicken to the others considering that I am a vegetarian.

Soon enough the children and the psychologist were all back on the sofa playing yet again on their devices.

I smile over at Booth. We shared knowing glances and started to clean the table.

"Bones any leads on the murder case yet?" asks Booth as he slides a sponge along the table top scrubbing in the Spray and Wipe.

I nod and sit down on a chair "Well yes the team at the Jeffersonian found cause of death today, the victim was shot fatally and died instantly" I tell Booth.

He nods "I can't believe someone actually shot Rebecca, God it took them long enough" Booth adds sarcastically.

I nod "But before she was killed she also suffered from a large blow to the frontal lobe of the skull" I continue, "Hodgins found some metal particulates, we have to speak with Agent Sparling about anything that can fit this description that she may have found in the office, we have to interrogate…" I begin but Booth cuts me off.

"Bones remember when we told Sweets about how we shouldn't talk about cases at home, you know when we were doing that case about that crime-scene cleaner that was found on a beach"

I nod unsure of what this had to do with the murder at hand.

"So yeah we are home now right? So let's not discuss the case"

I nod "We deserve at break don't we?" I ask.

Booth nods "Of course we do Bones, of course we do"

Well our break came quite soon after washing up and cleaning the kitchen. Sweets was staying over and the children were very excited about the 'Sleep Over' as they called it. They were building a fort out of two kitchen chairs and a white sheet and were going camping.

Booth and I were snuggled up in bed, I had my head cuddled up to Booth's chest and we were just talking about life after a little bit of kissing and making some love.

Booth then leans over and presses his lips against mine. I roll over and kiss him hard. Our tongues come together and love rushes over me.

We were having a good 'break' up until the point when I hear my default Apple ring tone blare out of my iPhone that was on the bedside.

Booth rolls over and glances at me "Just ignore it Bones" he yawns.

I shake my head and lift up my smart phone it was Caroline. She had perfect timing every time we began to enjoy ourselves my phone bleeped.

I slide the answer bar and slip my dressing gown on over my bare shoulders. I stand up and walk away from the bed feeling the soft fabric against my naked body.

"Brennan" I say into the receiver.

I then hear Caroline's loud New Orleans accent yell into the phone "Good to hear that you picked up Cherie," she cries.

I yawn and I glance over at Booth who was under the sheet and laughing at me. He was just lucky she didn't ring his phone.

"Yes Caroline what is so important that it couldn't wait until the morning?" I ask,

"Don't get all Dr Temperance Brennan on me now Cherie, I promise you'll like the news and be very happy with me" she replies.

"Yes what is the news?" I ask hurriedly considering that I just wanted to get back into bed.

"Well I pulled some strings, you know when you're just a lowly prosecutor that is quite hard" she continues "So you know Seeley's son Parker, well I got Booth full custody considering that this Eva woman didn't even like children in the first place"

I breathe a sigh of relief "Great Caroline, I suppose that this phone call was actually worth it" I reply.

I hear Caroline chuckle "Why would you ever doubt me Cherie" I say goodbye and hang up.

Booth looks at me "What did she say?" he asks.

I smile "Booth we got custody!" I yell.

He looks so happy as he wraps his arms tightly around my bare shoulders and back. I toss my dressing gown on the nearby armchair and look back at Booth.

"Yeah Bones now we have an even better reason to make some more love," he laughs.

I just nod and snuggle my face up to his bare chest.

AN: Hope you liked that Chapter. Chapter 8 "Reasons, Evidence and Alibis" will be up soon. My new Sweets story will be up soon as well. I am thinking about writing a Sweets/Sparling story because I just rewatched Season 8 Episode 7 "The bod in the pod" and I'm feeling inspired by their relationship. Tell me if that is something you'd like to see in the future. Anyway I watched the Bones season 6 episode "The Finder" yesterday and it is now my least favourite. That was not Bones there wasn't enough Booth, Bones, Cam, Hodgins, Angela or Sweets. It was such a let down that I gave it half an hour and turned off. The Sweets final thoughts thing on the internet was way better.

Please R&R! Thanks for being such loyal readers!

One last thing: I'm going to see a stage play of Grease tomorrow so updates will probably not be going up then!