Chapter Thirteen:

Booth was at home, watching Parker play in the living room. "Dad, where's Bones?" Parker asked, noticing that she wasn't there. Brennan and spent more and more time with them, and Parker just naturally assumed that they were a couple now.

"I don't know Bub." Booth answered, honestly worried about his partner.

"Why don't you go find her?" He wanted to know. Parker was astute for his age. He knew something was going on. "Are you and her breaking up?"

"Why would you think that?" Booth walked into the living room after cleaning the kitchen.

"Well every time Mommy gets a new boyfriend, they stay over a little bit, they get in a fight, and then I never see him again. Are you and Bones like that?" Parker looked at his dad right in the eyes. Booth silently cursed Rebecca for causing their son to have to witness so many things.

"Come here Parker." Booth motioned for his son to come sit on his lap. Parker walked over to him and held his arms up to him. "No matter what happens with me and Bones, Bones will always be there for you. She isn't going to disappear. Bones and I will always figure out a way to work things out. That is what adults to in adult relationships." He explained to his son.

"I still think you should find her." Parker snuggled into his father's arms.

"I think you're right. Go get your shoes on Bub." He ruffled his son's hair, pulling on his shoes the Booth men left to go find their Bones.

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"Dad, I think Bones works way to much." Parker whispered only as he could as they walked up to the platform.

Booth took out his ID and disabled the alarm to let them up on the platform. He glanced around and saw his partner standing over an examination table. Her shoulders were hunched over in defeat. "Parker, go to Bones office and find your crayons and coloring paper. I want you to draw her a pretty picture."

"Kay Daddy." Parker walked carefully around the lab to his dad's partner's office.

He walked up behind her. "Bones . . ." He started. He didn't know what to say to her, all the he knew was that he didn't want to fight with her. He glanced over at the remains on the table, a small skeleton, an infant.

He rubbed her shoulders, trying to provide the comfort that he thought she would need. "Thanks Booth." She sniffled. She fell into his arms. "I'm sorry about what happened at the hospital. I shouldn't have blown up on you."

"I have taken a lot worse, let's not make it a habit though. Bones, you need to trust me. I promise you we will get Elizabeth back. We know where she is, it is just a matter of time now." He reassured her. "Now what are you doing here?"

"I came to see this child off. This is the baby I believed was Elizabeth for all these years Booth." She explained to him. "I'm going to pay for her funeral, she deserves better. Will you be there with me?"

"Of course Bones. You didn't even have to ask." He kissed her forehead.

She looked into her eyes, and she knew then, that he would always be there for her. The clasped hands and walked to her office to find Parker, asleep on the couch of her office.

Booth easily picked up his son and headed with them out the lab.

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Brennan watched as Booth put Parker to bed. He quietly crept out of the room, not wanting Parker to wake up and to start the whole hour long process of bed time. He met her at the doorway.

He took her hand and guided her into the kitchen. They didn't say anything to each other, just watched every movement that one another made. "Coffee or tea?"

"Tea." She answered him. "Booth, will you stop moving for a second?" He stopped and looked at her. "I'm sorry. I lost it after they took Elizabeth back. I took off running and didn't know where I was running, and I went to the one place that I always felt safe, the place where I could forget things."

He nodded. He knew his partner. He also knew that the stunt at the hospital was her trying to push him away, much like the way she tried to push away Sully. "Bones, I'm not going anywhere. You and Elizabeth are safe with me." He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. She buried her head in his t-shirt. She knew he wasn't going to leave her. "I promise you that I will never leave you, you got it?" He gazed into her eyes, he tenderly brought his lips down to hers.

The sound of the kettle going off on the stove, caused the two of them to break away. "Lemon or honey?" He asked her as they pulled away.

"Lemon." She smiled as he busied himself in the kitchen, making her feel like home. She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him. She let out a soft sigh. "Thank you Booth."

"For what?" He grabbed two mugs out of the cabinet.

"For being you." She walked over to him and hugged him again. She could get enough of being in his arms.

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She woke up the next morning to the sound of Parker Booth running through the apartment. She couldn't wait until Elizabeth was finally back home and the two would be running through the apartment together. She hoped they would get along.

The door opened. She was gratefully that she had pulled on a shirt while going to the bathroom earlier this morning. Parker climbed up on to the bed. She kept her eyes shut, waiting for the little boy's next move.

"Bones," He whispered fairly loudly, scrambling across the bed.

When she didn't open her eyes immediately, she felt his little fleshy finger poke into her shoulder, right one the acromion, she thought. "Bones," She heard him hiss again.

She opened her eyes, and looked at the little boy. She shifted slightly in the bed, moving so she was propped up against his headboard. "Parks, is something bothering you?" She wasn't as good as Booth in reading body language, but something was definitely bothering the little boy.

"I had a nightmare." He whispered curling up next to her. Brennan wondered where Booth was. The shower wasn't running, and there were no other sounds in the apartment. She looked over at the clock, it was only six in the morning. She stroked his hair.

"What was it about Honey?" She inquired.

"You left us. I woke up and you weren't here, Daddy was sad." Parker told her. Brennan realized in that second that her actions were affecting another little person that she had come to care for immensely.

She pulled him on to her lap. "Parker you are so very important to me." She reassured the young boy. "I know that you are adjusting to everything that is going on, with your Mom being gone with Brent, and your Dad and me working all the time. You have to know that you are one of the most important people in my life, and even if you dad and I don't work out, and that is a very big if, I hope that you will still let me be important." She explained to him.

"Do you promise?" Parker whispered, wrapping his arms around her.

"I promise. I will not disappear on you." She promised him. Booth heard the promise and knew that he was going to hold on to her. He wasn't going to let her go.

He walked into the room, sweaty from running. "Hmm, what is it that I see?" He looked at the bed. "I see a little Booth boy in my bed." He jumped onto the bed and started tickling his son, lightening the mood. Parker let out a squeal and hugged his father.

"Daddy. . ." Parker paused for a moment, "I love you and Bones."

Brennan placed her hand on Parker's back. "I love you too Parks. I love you too Seeley." She told both of them.

Booth looked over at his partner and leaned over his son, and kissed her soundly on the lips. "I'm not going anywhere either." She promised both of them.


AN: WRITERS BLOCK! It took me a little bit to get this out. Call it writers block. Do any of you have any ideas on where I should go with this - I'm up to suggestions. As always please read and review. I felt like a little bit of of fluff in this chapter.