Chapter# 11: Love consequences…

Booth slept for almost 15 minutes, until Parker woke him up to let him know that they were at Bones' house. Rebecca watched as Parker helped his dad to get out of the SUV and walk toward the door. Once Booth was in his room, Bones ordered him to change his clothes and get into bed. Parker helped his dad and then left him alone. Bones left Parker in the living room to watch TV as she went to take care of Booth. When she got to his room, he was lying on the bed, all covered in the comforter. She gently took his left arm and began to clean the dried blood from where he had ripe off his IV. She feared that this trip to pick up Parker could end up being costly for Booth's health. Especially, since Booth had already had a fever prior to leaving the house.

While Brennan took care of Booth, Rebecca tried unsuccessfully to talk to Parker. He was mad. She smiled as she realized that her son had the same temperament as his father.

"Parker, can you listen to me?" Rebecca began.

Parker nodded his head, but still didn't look at his mother.

"Hey baby, I need to ask you something. If I send you to your grandparents house will you runaway again to be with your dad?" She asked

"Yes, I want to be with daddy. He needs me. Besides, I can help him get better. He said that I'm his best medicine." Parker replied.

"Okay, I think I'm going to go talk to your dad." Rebecca nodded.

Rebecca was walking toward Booth's room when she spotted Brennan on the phone. She was obviously worried.

"His fever is higher than it was this morning…. No, his breathing is normal.… okay, I'll wait for you….thanks." Brennan said concluding the call.

"What's happening Dr. Brennan?" Rebecca asked.

"It's Booth. I'm hoping that it's nothing, but he already had a fever before we left to go get Parker. And since he left the house, something that he was prohibited from doing, he wasn't covered properly. Now his fever is higher, and his pulse rate is increasing."

"I need to talk to him." Rebecca said.

"Rebecca I don't think this is such a good time." Brennan told her.

"Don't worry Dr. Brennan, I think that this might help him to feel better." Rebecca told her.

When Rebecca entered the room she looked cautiously at Booth. He was in the bed all covered up with blankets.

"Hi, how are you feeling?" Rebecca asked him.

"What do you want?" Booth asked coldly. She hadn't been expecting anything less from him.

"I have made my decision." She stated.

"You've already told me what your decision is. You made it very clear." Booth spat out.

"Booth, I'm leaving Parker with you." She said.

"What?!" Booth said, amazement and disbelief in his voice.

"Booth, I talked with Parker a few minutes ago. When I asked him if he would runaway from my parents to be with you, he said 'yes'. I can't do this to the both of you. You need him." Rebecca said.

"I…." Booth began, but Rebecca cut him off.

"Booth, I've already talked with Dr. Brennan and she is happy to have him here. I'm leaving in two days, so tomorrow I'll bring some of Parker's things over here, the rest I'll leave at your home." Rebecca told him.

"Are you sure?" Booth asked.

"Booth, you risked your life just to find your son. I didn't know where to look for him, and I looked for more than an hour. You found him in just five minutes. May I ask you something?" Rebecca said.

"Yes." Booth replied.

"How did you know that he was there?" She asked.

"Because I always use to tell him that sitting and watching the carousel helped me to figure things out." Booth said with a smile on his face.

Rebecca told Parker that he would be staying with his dad from now on, and then she left. Parker was now in his dad bed, and they were both sleeping peacefully. Bones stood at the door to Booth's room watching them. A soft knock on the front door brought Bones back to reality. She walked rapidly to the door to find Dr. Gunman standing there.

"Thanks for coming." Brennan said.

"What happened Temperance?" Dr. Gunman asked.

"It's a long story, but the facts are that he ripe off his IV, went out of the house to pick up his son at the park, and stayed out for nearly 20 minutes. When we got back he was really cold, and his fever had begun to increase." Brennan informed the doctor.

"Okay, let's see." Dr. Gunman replied in a worried tone.

The doctor stepped into Booth's room and smiled when he saw Booth's son sleeping with him. He walked directly to Booth and checked him. After about 30 minutes, he went out to talk to Dr. Brennan.

"I already re-connect him into the IV using the picc line on his chest, but you should take him to the hospital as soon as he can to relocate it to his arm. You were right. His chest is badly congested. He, also, has the flu. But you need to keep giving him the pneumonia medication so the flu doesn't complicate things further. I already gave him the first dose." Dr. Gunman stated. "I won't allow him to re-start the treatment until he gets better, so maybe it will take a few days or weeks."

"Thanks. I was really worried." Brennan said.

"Temperance, I know that this is none of my business, but did you and Agent Booth have a relationship?" Dr. Gunman asked.

"We were partners." Brennan replied.

"So, yes." Dr. Gunman said.

"No, not that kind of partners. We were work partners. Why do you asked?" Brennan said.

"I've had the opportunity to get to know Seeley really well during this time, and everytime he talks about his life there seems to be a sadness that I can't explain. But when he talks about his son his mood changes immediately. He seems happy." Dr. Gunman said.

"Well let's just say that we both made some mistakes. One of us wanted to repair things, and the other just looked for a fast exit." Brennan responded.

"So, you were the one that looked for a fast exit?" Dr. Gunman asked.

"That's right." Brennan replied.

"Look, when I came here last week, you asked me why I let Seeley come here to finish the treatments, and I said that it was his decision. Well, I lied to you. I was the one that suggested for him to take his last treatments here; so, he could be near his family. I've watched him struggle with all of this alone for a long time. I thought it would be good for him to see how other people have worried about him, and that he isn't alone in this. I think that you are doing great with him. He appears to be more rested, and just now seeing him with his son, he actually looks happy." Dr. Gunman said before turning to leave.

The next morning Booth felt so bad that he thought about asking Bones to take him to the hospital. However, when he saw his son's smiling face looking at him from the door, he knew that this was the place he wanted to be.

"Mom brought some of my stuff over this morning." Parker said.

"That's nice." Booth replied.

"I love you dad, and I'm sorry that you got sick because of me."

"What are you talking about?" Booth asked.

"I heard mom talking to Bones. She said that you got a cold because you went to the park yesterday." Parker said sadly.

Booth looked at his son, and a smile appeared on his face. "Come here." Booth waited until his son was beside him, with his head on his chest and they were looking into each others eyes.

"Now you listen to me. You are not the reason I'm sick. Don't ever think that again, you understand me?" Booth said.

"Yes, but…." Parker starts to say.

"Parker, when your mom came here yesterday I knew what I had to do. You are the most important thing in my life, and I was really worried about you. If I had to do it again, I would." Booth told him.

"I love you Daddy."

"I know." Booth said.