Brennan knocked on the front door. Taylor opened it and beamed at her mother.
"Hey mom!" she said opening the door wider. Trinity walked up behind her.
"Hey girls!" she smiled. They walked into the house.
"Dad's in the kitchen." Taylor called out as the two girls went into the living room. Brennan walked on down the hall and opened the kitchen door. Booth looked up from the kitchen counter where he had been chopping vegetables.
"Bones, hi!" he said wiping his hand on a towel. "I thought I was supposed to drop them off after dinner?" he said.
"yeah I know. But we need to talk…" she said sitting down at his kitchen table.
"Yes we do actually." Booth said sitting down opposite her.
"Booth…"
"Bones…" they said at the exact same time. They both laughed.
"You first." She said. He smiled.
"I'm transferring back to the city." He said. "Cullen's working on my transfer." He said.
"why?" she asked quietly.
"I cant take living out here by my self anymore! There's nothing to do and besides I miss it…"
"Booth…" she started.
"I miss you Bones!" he said.
"I…"
"I know you don't want a relationship and that I really hurt you. but you need to know that I still love you."
"I love you too Booth." she finally admitted, both to him and to herself. "But how can I know that you wont hurt me again."
"I probably will. Not intentionally, never intentionally. But chances are I would." She just looked at him. "I just had to tell you. the place I'm looking at moving to is near the Jeffersonian."
She looked at him in silence. She thought back to before he'd left, she'd been so happy. They all had been. And they all could be again. she couldn't be scared for the rest of her life. She had others to think about. Others besides herself.
"I don't want you to get a place in the city." She said suddenly.
"what… but Bones.." he stopped short.
"Move in with us. I can't be scared anymore"
"Bones are you…"
"I love you." she smiled. "And I know you love me and that's all that should matter. You thought me that. So I forgive you." he stood up grinning.
"Really?"
"Really." She nodded. He walked around the table to her and pulled her up towards him. she wrapped her arms around his waist and breathed in his smell.
"Bones you have no idea how happy this makes me." He said kissing the top of her head.
"There's something else." She whispered.
"What?" she moved back and looked up at him.
"I'm pregnant." His arms dropped, jaw opened. "And it's most certainly yours." She continued.
"I… wow… this is…" he started, and she but her lip afraid of what he'd say. "…perfect!" he finished. She smiled.
"I thought so."
"Have you told the girls?" he asked.
"No…"
"Come on let's tell them." He was grinning madly. She laughed at his reaction.
"Hang on Booth. I want you to promise me something."
"Absolutely anything." he said taking her two hands.
"Promise me you'll never, ever lie to me again." he nodded. "And never break my heart again. once was more then enough."
"I promise Bones." He said and then he kissed her.
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Taylor's hand was firmly placed on Trinity's mouth to stop her screaming. They were both leaning against the kitchen door listening to their parents.
"I promise Bones." They heard their fathers words. And they both ran off up the stairs.
"YES!" Taylor jumped up and down and Trinity joined in as they burst into their room.
"Wohoo!" Trinity grinned and fell down on her bed.
"I cant believe this!" Taylor laughed.
"I know! Angie was right. We didn't have to do anything."
"I guess we wont have to bring Roxy into this at all." Taylor gestured to their mothers dress which was on a dressmakers bust that Booth had bought Taylor during her clothes making phase.
"Too bad I was getting rather attached to her." Trinity smiled.
"Hey no one said we had to put her away." They both sank down to the floor smiling.