WELCOME TO OUR FAMILY TIME

CHAPTER2

At his sister's persistence Seeley had convinced everyone to leave the lab early and head out for the camping trip on Thursday afternoon with his sister. Angela and Hodgins drove one of his cars while Seeley, Tempe, Parker, and Sweets rode in Booth's truck. "Dad, when are Peyton and Sadie coming?"

"They'll be there tomorrow afternoon. Uncle Chase couldn't get off of work early." Seeley responded while looking in the rear view mirror. As they approached his sister's apartment he slowed down in front of the building. He spotted her car a couple spot down. "I'll be right back." Seeley jumped out of the car and set off into a light jog into the building. He took the elevator to the fourth floor and knocked on the familiar door that belonged to his sister.

She opened the door with a big smile on her face and pulled her brother into a hug and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Seel can you grab that bag for me?" She motioned toward her camping backpack. Seeley pulled it over his shoulder as she reached for her sleeping bag, a tent, and a big brown bag. "So is everyone downstairs?"

"Yeah I left them waiting in the car." He walked into the hallway as she pulled the door shut behind her and double-checked it.

"So is my nephew excited?" She asked her brother

"You know he is, he loves this almost as much as I do" Seeley waited for his sister to enter the elevator first then followed her, a petite blonde was in the elevator looking Seeley up and down.

"Seriously?" Cadence said under her breath, some women had no boundaries.

Seeley contained a little laugh, "Anything new I should know about before we all head out there?"

"I told you about Paige." She thought for a bit, "No nothing else comes to mind."

Cadence opened the door leading outside into the warm sun, late march was turning out to be an ideal time for this trip. She noticed Seeley's truck but more importantly her nephew. "Aunt Cadence" Parker yelled as he ran to his aunt, he hadn't seen her in a couple month and she was his favorite aunt.

"Hey angel" Cadence said leaning down to sweep her nephew into a big hug and kissing him gently, "You are getting entirely too big!" he smiled at her.

She looked up and was greeted by four unfamiliar faces, "Everyone this is my sister, Cadence." They all smiled at her warmly. Seeley motioned with his hands to the group, "This is Dr. Jack Hodgins and Miss Angela Montenegro." Cadence shook each of their hands. "That is Dr. Lance Sweet" She shook his hand as well, "And this is my partner Dr. Temperance Brennan" Cadence couldn't help but smile as she shook her hand, she wondered if Seeley even noticed how his voice had changed when he said her name. Well there was no denying she was a beautiful woman, and those eyes were probably what had he brother hooked.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all." Cadence said sincerely, "Dr. Hodgins I'm going to pull out my car so take my spot and I'm guessing someone is going to need to ride with me." Cadence made her way to her car and popped the trunk open, Seeley followed her and placed her bag in the trunk, he noticed there were a couple of things in the back in big bags.

The brown bag she had brought down from her apartment was settled into her front seat as she pulled out of the spot and let Jack take it. She stepped out of the car, with the brown bag. "Have you guys had lunch?" She asked.

"No we thought we might pass a diner or something." Seeley informed her.

"Well I actually made some sandwiches for the ride to the reservation."

"Cookies?" Parker piped up

"Yes Park, there are some sugar cookies in here but you can only have them once you've had a sandwich and some veggies." She informed the young boy

Seeley grabbed the bag from his sister, "Alright let's go."

Cadence jumped on her brother's back and grabbed the bag out of his hands, "Stop being so greedy, or you're going to have to wait for whatever Tristan manages to cook up."

"Question" Angela said with a slight smile on her face from the sibling's interaction, she had a feeling they would be smiling a lot this weekend. "How many Booth's are there?"

Cadence gave a short laugh, 'Too many. There are our parents, then Seeley, Chase who is married to Annalise with two beautiful girls, Peyton and Sadie. Then there's Jared. Then comes Tristan. And finally Logan who is bringing his girlfriend Paige, and then there's me."

'It sounds like a lot of people but it's not too bad, everyone is so different you won't have trouble with their names." Seeley declared.

"Five brothers?" Angela looked at Cadence, "That must have been tough."

"Not when you know how to keep them in line." She smiled and pinched her brother. "Alright let's split the cars up and the food and head out."

Angela, Hodgins and Sweets offered to go with Cadence while Seeley and Brennan went in the other car with Parker. Cadence handed out the sandwiches, veggies, and cookies. "I'll follow you there." Seeley said to his sister as they both climbed into their respective cars.

Cadence pulled in front of her brother and began to lead the way. "Angela" She addressed the brunette in her back seat, "There's some bottles of water in the trunk if you guys want." Angela reached over and pulled out four bottles and handed them out.

"These are really good." Jack said to her.

Cadence smiled 'Thanks." She switched into the next lane and looked in her rearview to make sure Seeley was following her.

"I didn't expect you guys to look so much alike," Angela said to her.

"Me and Seeley?" She asked, when Angela nodded she smiled, "We all look alike, but me and Seeley do have the strongest resemblance other than the obvious. I think it's the dark features."

"You guys seem really close." Angela stated

Cadence couldn't help but feel like she was being interrogated, "Yeah, I'm pretty close to all my brother's. But me and Seeley, we just get each other."

Angela smiled, "Oh this is Sweets first time camping." She blurted out tapping Lance on the shoulder.

"Really?" She asked giving him a sideways glance. "Don't worry it will be tons of fun, nothing to worry about. I find it be a rewarding experience." She reassured him, camping could be a little intimidating.

Meanwhile Seeley followed his sister closely while making sure not to tailgate her.

"She's very attractive Booth." Bones said from her partner's side.

"She's my sister" he said thinking that was an awkward way to bring up a conversation.

"She was very pleasant."

He smiled when he realized that she was just nervous, "See she wasn't too bad and I promise that the rest of them are just as pleasant."

She looked over at her partner and smiled, with just a few words and a look he calmed her down. His sister really hadn't been that bad, there was nothing to worry about.

"Don't worry Dr. Bones" Parker said from the back seat, "They'll like you."

Booth smiled a proud smile at his son, who seemed to have picked up his father's intuition for these types of things. He could see the shock on Bones' face and then a smile creep across her face. 'Thank you Parker"

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A/N: One step closer to meeting the rest of the Booth's. What do you guys think so far?