Can't Get Enough

Thanksgiving, 2010

"There's your daddy. See him? He's playing football. You'll learn about football from the moment you can walk, I'm sure." The Booth men, Katherine, back from her first year of university, Susanna and Margaret, in junior high but tomboys if there ever was one, and Lilah, were playing football in the backyard. Tempe stood on the sidelines and watched Ben, Chris and Kelsey crawling carefully around the blanket, holding another infant, Lily.

"A girl?" Parker had said doubtfully when he heard the news. "Aw. I'd rather it were a boy."

"Sorry, kiddo." Tempe had said. "It's kinda hard to pick and choose."

"Thanks." Lucy said, bringing her back to the present. "Mom still doesn't trust you or Alice in the kitchen. Sorry."

"That's okay. I'll take any chance I can get to play with Lily."

"And another Booth on the way."

"I know!"

"Are you talking about me?" a very pregnant Alice asked, coming out of the house with the bowl of salad she couldn't be trusted to make alone.

"About TJ." Lucy corrected, taking her daughter from Brennan. The ultrasounds told them that Parker was getting his wish. The name, which stood for Thomas Jared, was Alice's idea.

"Wash up, guys!" Tempe called.

"Do I have to?" Parker asked.

"What do you think?" she asked. He stuck his tongue out at her and then crossed his arms sullenly as he walked into the house. She made a face back and he couldn't help it. He laughed.

"Yeah, do I have to?" Seeley whined.

"Depends."

"On what?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Fine." He rolled his eyes and followed his son into the house. It had been three years since her first Thanksgiving with the Booth family and she still couldn't get enough of them.

A/N: Okay, so as of right now I'm thinking I'll post the rest of what I've got seperately. There's a completed long one-shot set when BB are together and Parker's mid-teens, and a (shorter) multi-chap half-done about their proposal and marriage in which the family figures strongly again. If anyone's interested in helping me with that one, I've sort of hit a wall and a fresh writer might do it some good. I've also got an idea about Brennan going back for Christmas (and them getting together), but nothing good's been written yet.

Thanks for all your support. It's been a (wonderfully) overwhelming welcome to the site. If you're interested in co-writing something, please PM me.