Sorry the update was so long coming, but I had an assignment to finish. Anyhoo, this is the next chapter. I know they haven't been very long, and seem kinda pointless, but they are establishing the next few.

Brennan was in her office working on a report for an anthropology magazine when her phone rang. She sighed, and wothout looking pressed the accept button.

"Brennan." She answered.

"Dr Tempe?" A young boy's voice said. Brennan pulled the phone away from her ear and looked at the caller ID. It was Booth's.

"Parker? Are you okay?" She asked, worry sparking now that she knew who was on the other end of the phone. Parker told her he was fine. "Why are you calling me?"

"Daddy said to thank you. He said it was very kind of you to help me today." The boyish smile could be heard in Parker's voice.

"Did your daddy take you to the doctor?" Temperance asked, concerned again about the boy's health.

"Yep. But the doctor wasn't as nice as you are, Dr Tempe," Parker replied. "He said I had something called asthma."

"That's was I thought. I'm glad you are feeling better now Parker," Through the phone she heard a deeper voice, and immediately knew it was Booth. She groaned inwardly, feelings from the afternoon washing back over her.

"Tempe, Daddy wants to talk to you now. Thank you. Bye." Parker said. There was a short shuffle before Booth spoke, his voice deep in comparison to his son's.

"I know you probably don't want to hear my voice right now, Dr Brennan, but I don't think I thanked you well enough for helping Parker. So thank you, once again. I do apreciate you taking time out of your busy schedule to help him. It made him so much less scared to have someone he knew standing beside him."

"You're welcome, Agent Booth. We were good friends, there's no need for our disagreement to come between the welfare of a child, besides, you know how much I care about Parker," Almost to much.

"I do, and that helps," Booth said. There was a silence stretched over the phone line, before he spoke again. "Bones, do you think that this would have happened even if I had have done things differently?" There was desperation in his voice, and Brennan almost cracked. However, she stayed strong.

"You said it yourself, Booth, everything happens eventually," Brennan said. "It's time we woke up to our realities, our separate realities. Please, don't make this any harder than it is…" Brennan hung up then, knowing that if she continued to speak, she would have given in and she had promised herself that she wouldn't.

Dr Temperance Brennan did not break her promises.

- - -

Booth held the phone in his hand for a few moments, as he came to terms with the fact the Brennan had always thought they this would happen. Booth himself had always hoped for a more positive outcome. Even though he knew they were complete opposites, he still never thought that their opinions would differ so much.

With a sigh, he re-opened the phone up and dialled Angela's number.

"Angela Montenegro," Was the chirpy greeting that met him when the ringing ended.

"Wow, Angela. Are you always so damn happy?" Booth said tiredly.

"Booth? I'm guessing now is the 'later' you mentioned?" Angela asked, and received an affirmative grunt in reply. "The diner, in 10?"

"No, she might see us. There's a place called Joe's about a block from here. I'll drop Parker home to Rebecca and meet you there. Give me about 20 minutes, okay?" Booth said, already locking his front door and steering Parker towards the elevator.

"Sure," Ange said, waiting a beat before continuing. "Booth, whatever happened, I'm sure you can fix it."

"I'll talk to you in 20, Angie," Booth muttered before shutting his phone. He lifted his son to his hip, and smiled at the boy. "You really like Dr Brennan, don't you?" He asked.

Parker nodded. "She's nice. She made me feel better."

"Yeah. She did the same for me, Bud. She did the same for me." Booth said absently as the elevator arrived in the lobby. He carried his son out to the SUV, buckled him down and climbed in.

He hoped his talk with Angela would do some good.

Next Chapter – more of what happened, from both sides, plus … a twist… Dun dun dun……