Disclaimer: I'm already sick of these things. I don't own Bones, most likely never will.

A/N: Thank you to those who reviewed! In this chapter you'll see more of Parker's home life, or lack thereof. In advance, please know that I do not like Rebecca and it will most likely shine through in this chapter. Please read and review!

She had made it to Rebecca's house in a record time of six and half minutes, there was no using her cruise control option like she used when Booth allowed her to drive to a crime scene. This was something different. She wondered how many nights Rebecca allowed Booth to do this, allowed him to come and comfort his son when Parker asked for him. From the very beginning, she had witnessed how terrible Rebecca had been to Booth and if there was a life after death she hoped Rebecca went to hell for not being kind and compassionate to the father of her son.

The door was opened quickly for her by Drew, who looked like he was drunk by his large pupils and pale complexion. She pondered asking him where Rebecca was, but dismissed the thought and instead rushed to Parker's room without so much as a second glance to the man. She knocked first on the white door, but when she heard the cry of the eight year she rushed in. She was surprised because that was not like her, she told herself it was an adrenaline rush and made her way to Parker.

"Parker."

Her voice was barely a whisper, as she examined the room. She had never been in an six year old's room, except for her and Russ' as children. It was clean and looked like Parker barely occupied the space. She shook her head as thoughts invaded her mind. This was how all of her rooms had looked when she was in the system, because she never had more than a few possessions. It was a stupid thought because she knew Parker had lived here his whole life so maybe he was just the opposite of his father: clean.

"Bones, you came."

From Booth's teachings she heard how he sounded so surprised, almost like her promises to him meant nothing, but they did. She was about to speak until she saw his mouth opening.

"Mom said she'd call you, but I didn't believe her."

Brennan went to sit with him on his bed and wiped the sweat from his brow before gracing his templ with a kiss. She noticed a large dark hand print on his forearm, it was bruising but from her knowledge she knew that it came from tonight. The print was big making it a man's.

"She called me and I immediately came. Why wouldn't she call me?"

Her curiosity got the best of her, as she knew that sometimes Booth would go two whole weeks without speaking with his son, because Rebecca would simply not allow him to talk with Parker. She never understood it, because Parker spaking with his father would cause no harm.

"She used to do it with daddy, she said she'd call and then I would come out of my room looking for the phone and she would have gone to bed or just said she called and daddy didn't answer, but her phone would be no where in sight. Drew drinks after I go to bed so I knew I couldn't ask him to do it."

She wrapped her arms around 'baby Booth' as Angela affectionately called him. This child had tried to reach out to his father on several occasions and Booth would never know that because he was gone. Booth had often doubted that Parker loved him, because he would never speak with him. Oh how she longed to be able to tell Booth that Parker wanted him, but because of Rebecca never got him.

"Your mom says you had a nightmare. What was it about?"

Brennan had her fair share of nightmares in her thirty-two years of life. The most recent had been good dreams that had turned into nightmares. Such as her, Booth, Parker, and their baby on Halloween. When she woke up though, there was no Booth and no texts from him from the previous night. That was when she once again had to remember that her Booth was not alive anymore.

"It was happy, Bones. Dad and I were playing hockey and you were there watching us, cheering even though we both could tell you really didn't know what was going on. My team beat the other team so all of us, even all the squints went to the diner for a celebration. You and dad announced that you were a couple and that made me so happy. It was perfect-well actually dad said nothing can be completely perfect, so it was as close to perfect as possible. Then I woke up and I was happy, Bones, because I thought it was all still real, then I realized everything. That dad was gone.."

She gave him a tight squeeze, she was trying so hard for Booth to make his little boy feel better, but she didn't know if it was working or not. She still had a lot to learn from Booth and now that he was not there she would have to learn all on her own. She was a quick study under a teacher, but she did not know how she would fare without one.

"Parker, I know this is really hard, because you loved your dad so much-"

"Did you love him, Bones?"

She was caught off guard by the inquisitive child and the question that had plagued her and Booth for years. The logical answer would be to tell him that love did not actually exist, to give him all the facts. Facts wer things that Brennan knew and things she knew Parker enjoyed to hear, but now was not the time, she knew that. So she had to listen to her gut, as Booth had told her many times before.

"Yes, Parker, I loved your father very much."

"Then why didn't you and dad get together if you loved him and he loved you/ He told me that, did you know? He told me he loved you lots. Like this much."

He spread his arms apart as far as they could go and she assumed that was to emphasize his point. She smiled at him, to humor him. She knew Booth loved her, but she had been dumb, if that was even possible, and pushed Booth away. She missed him, she missed him a lot.

"I don't know why we didn't get together Parker, it's just very complicated."

"Is it like complicated enough, that you can't explain it until I have hair under my arms?"

She knew that was Booth's standard for everything. He wasn't allowed to see the bones on the autopsy table, go out into the field to see a body, or talk about sex until he had hair on his axilla.

"Yes it is that complicated. Now why don't we get you tucked in so that I can go back home and sleep. I have work tomorrow and you have school, you've missed a few days so you'll definitely have to get caught up."

Rebecca had pulled him out of school the day of Booth's surgery and when the doctor called Brennan and Rebecca back to give his sympathy Rebecca told her that she would be keeping Parker out of school until the funeral to give him ample time to grieve.

"Is…is Drew doing bills tonight?"

She looked down to him as she pulled the blanket up to his elbows. Her eyebrows rose in confusion and she tried to remember when he had opened the door for her. She then remembered he had a bill in his hand.

"Why yes, I believe so. Why, Parker?"

"Can you stay with me please? Drew gets angry when he does bills and he yells, it scares me."

She looked to the door and then to the watch on her hand. It was almost two o'clock in the morning. She knew Parker had to get up in approximately four hours and there was no point in leaving if Parker wasn't going to get any sleep. So she took off her shoes and coat by his bedroom door, before climbing into his bed.

"Goodnight Parker, sleep well."

"Goodnight Bones. I love you."

For a second she was speechless, but she wrapped her arm around him and brought him to her abdomen. She kissed the back of his head.

"I love you too, Parker."

She was the first to wake up but did not move so she did not startle Parker, who's head was resting on her chest. She checked her watch, it was almost seven, she noticed that his alarm clock was set for seven so she decided to wake him.

"Parker, it's time to get up."

His eyes softly opened and he looked surprised to see her. He thought for sure that the second he fell asleep Bones would've left.

"Bones..?"

"Yes, it's me Parker. Come on and get dressed, I'll see if I can take you to the diner for breakfast."

"Okay Bones."

He quickly got out of bed and started getting dressed. She stood there smiling before leaving the room to ask Rebecca if it was okay to take Parker. No one was in the house it seemed. She walked toward Rebecca and Drew's room. She hears the moans and groans of them and decides not to knock, because she is afraid of making them mad. Instead she sends Rebecca a text message and listens as the woman's ringtone goes off inside the room.

"Leave it, Bec."

Drew groans and everything inside her turns with disgust. After a moment of no response, she decides she's taking Parker to the diner. She finds Parker inside of his room ready with all of his books in his book bag, he's grinning with excitement.

"Did she say I could come?"

Now he's practically shaking with excitement.

"Yes. Do you have everything you need for school? Because I'm dropping you off."

"Yeah I have everything. Lets go Bones!"

She looks at him and takes his hand before leading him to the car. Her and Booth's waitress serves them, after expressing her 'sadness about Agent Booths death'. She doesn't understand why everyone is giving her condolences. They were just partners. That's all they'll ever be, because he's gone and the desire to be more can never be explored. Parker asks for pie for breakfast and for some reasons she can't deny him his wish. So she eats her normal fruit cup and he eats two pieces of pie, explaining that the Booth stomach has no end. She takes him to class and explains to the teacher to not mention his father.

"Bye Bones. Thanks for everything. Will you pick me up today?"

"No, your mom will be bye to pick you up, but you have my number memorized now, right? So if you need me, call me, okay?"

"Okay. I love you, Bones."

"I love you too, Parker. Be good today."

She leaves him and goes to her car. She puts it on autopilot to the lab, but before she puts it into drive she hears her phone ringing. It's Rebecca.

"Hello."

"Temperance. You took Parker to the diner today without my permission and I truly don't appreciate it."

Brennan has heard this tone many times through the conversations Booth used to put on speaker. It takes her all not to yell at the women. She finds herself wanting to release this pent up frustration.

"I was going to ask you, but I heard you and Drew having sexual intercourse and I thought you would not appreciate being interrupted. Parker was very hungry and I did not want to leave him so I fed him breakfast and took him to school. I'm sorry if I crossed some sort of imaginary, metaphorical line."

She hears Rebecca sigh in the background.

"Look, I know you were very close to Seeley and I understand your need to hang on to some piece of him. Parker is so much like him, but I think it would be best for Parker if you and him didn't have any more contact."

She feels herself getting upset at the thought of Rebecca ripping Parker out of her life. She composes herself.

"Fine, but I think you should know that Drew scares him when he's drinking and doing bills because he yells. He knows that when he used to have nightmares and asked for Booth you wouldn't call him. It's despicable, Rebecca, that while Parker's father was still alive you would not allow him contact. And now that his father is dead, you're attempting to take away the one person he has that can relate to what he is feeling. Goodbye Rebecca, tell Parker I love him."

She hangs up the phone and drives to the lab, determined on spending her entire day in Limbo, because she is done working with the FBI. The only agent that was acceptable was Booth and he's gone now, so there's no point. Walking into the lab, she sees the members of her little family, but sees no Booth and inside that hurts her. Angela runs up to her.

"I've been calling your apartment all night, Sweetie. Where have you been?"

"I was with Parker. He had a nightmare last night, so I stayed with him."

Angela placed her hand on top of her heart.

"Are you okay, Ange?"

"I'm fine it's just so sweet, I mean he really needs you now, Bren."

"I am aware of that, but his mother does not want him to need me and is trying to push me out of his life."

Brennan begins to walk to Cam's office, with Angela following her.

"Why not? Is Rebecca crazy?"

"Not to my knowledge, but I took him to the diner for breakfast and she is now frustrated with me."

Angela runs a hand through her hair in anger. She had always resented Parker's mother for the way she treated Booth. She continues to follow Brennan into Cam's office.

"Dr. Brennan, I didn't expect to see you in today."

"Why would I not be in today? If we're going into our relationships with Booth, why are you here today? You were the one who once had a sexual relationship with Booth, he and I were just partners."

"Point taken, I'm sorry. Anyways is there something I can help you with? Hacker said he would find you a new agent to work with in the next week or so, he said he wanted to give you time."

"He'll need to give me more time because I want to sever our ties with the FBI."

Cam's eyes grew wide while Angela's held understanding. Somehow only Booth understood Brennan enough to work well with her. Even when her and Sully were going out, she could not work well with him.

"Dr. Brennan, we cannot just sever our ties with them. I know this is hard on you and don't try to deny that, but that does not mean we can just not work with the FBI anymore. I'm sorry, but it doesn't work that way."

"Then you can find another forensic anthropologist, because I refuse to work with them. I plan on going back and just working with identifying the victims in Limbo. I'm done, Cam, I can't work with them anymore."

Cam put her hands together in deep thought.

"I'm going to give you a few more days, okay? If Seeley were still alive, you would still be working on solving crimes. Wouldn't he want you to continue what he started?"

"I do not know what Booth would want because he is dead, Dr. Saroyan. I do not plan on changing my mind."

The conversation stopped as Cam's work phone rang. Angela and Brennan watched as her face went pale. She only nodded before hanging up the phone.

"That was Hacker-"

"I already told you Cam-"

"No, Dr. Brennan. You see Jared is not available or answering his phone, so Hacker wants you to go clean out Booth's office. I can go if you don't want-"

"I'll do it. May I go now?"

"Yes."

Angela and Cam watched as Brennan rushed out of the room. Their eyes met and they waited for the other to speak first.

"Can I go with her? She won't be able to do this. I don't care what she says, she and Booth were not just partners and she is hurting more than we understand."

"Why don't we all go? You, Dr. Hodgins, and I to help her. I'm sure Booth has a lot of things there, more than she can do on her own. It may be the same way for his apartment."

Both women grabbed their things and then Hodgins before getting in Cam's car and driving to the Hoover Building.

A/N: Another one down. I'd love to hear your thoughts! Please Review, they're like a writer's drug.