A/N: I'm back, and I'm finally over my horrible writer's block!!! Which means more updates!!! Here's chapter 5. Hope you like it!

Chapter 5

August entered Booth's apartment and headed straight for the shower. She turned it on as hot as possible, stripped out of her pajamas, and jumped in. She yelped at how hot the water was.

"Crap! Wow, August, nice work. You turned the shower on as hot as possible. Nice job," she grumbled to herself. She quickly turned the cold water on and sighed as the water reached a more bearable temperature. The hot water pounded against the long cuts that adorned her back, arms, and legs, but it felt good. August had long ago learned to tolerate that pain.

After about 15 minutes, August got out of the shower and toweled herself off. She was thinking a change in hair color was in order. "I'll ask Booth later today," she murmured to herself as she got dressed. She combed out her hair, brushed her teeth, and put on some eyeliner and mascara.

As she walked down the hall towards the kitchen, she heard Parker talking animatedly to Booth. She sat down at the table and waited for Parker to stop talking. Suddenly, he noticed August and stopped talking right away.

"August!!!! You're 'wake!!!" He ran over and hugged her. Although bewildered, August wrapped her arms around the little boy and smiled. He then started his whole story all over so that August could hear it.

Booth set their lunches – ham sandwiches – down on the table.

"So August, what do you have planned for today?" Booth asked.

"I don't know. I'm thinking about dying my hair."

"Why? It's so pretty the way it is!" Parker said.

"I just need a change. I'm thinking ash brown."

"But August! I like your hair!" Parker exclaimed in protest.

"But Parker, wouldn't you like it if it was brown? It would still have the same style, but it would be different."

"Well, I guess if you want it that way. But if it doesn't work, don't blame me!" Parker grinned, and August laughed. Booth was sitting across the table, amazed at how well August and Parker got along even though they'd only known each other for a day.

"Booth, can I take Parker to the swimming pool today? I'm going to show him how to dive off a diving board. You could just head to the lab," August said, interrupting his thoughts.

"Well, I suppose you could, but I want to watch."

"But you have to be at the lab!" August exclaimed.

"That's okay. I'll call and tell them I can't make it for a couple hours. I'm sure they won't mind."

"Yes!" August and Parker yelled at the same time. They each ran out of the room to get their bathing suits.

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August wore a navy blue Speedo suit that was high in the back to hide the cuts. Parker wore his swim trunks. They headed to the car, and drove to the pool.

When they arrived at the pool, August and Parker ran inside, which left Booth in the foyer to pay. By the time he got inside, August was already climbing the low diving board to show Parker the dive. Booth walked over and he and Parker watched as August walked to the end of the board. She bounced a few times, then walked back to the middle of the board and turned a wheel with her foot. She went back to the end of the board, bounced again, and then turned around and stood with her heels off the end of the board. She raised her arms in the air, bounced the board just a bit, pulled her arms down, and threw herself up into the air. She then tucked her legs, threw her arms down, and opened up. She went into the water head first, in an inward dive.

"Wow! I wanna do that!" Parker ran up to the end of the board, turned backwards, and was just about to try when August said,

"Wait! Parker, you can't just get up and try that dive!" He gave her a pleading look, but, much to Booth's relief, August was adamant.

"You need to learn just a normal dive first." August showed him how to dive in a normal dive, then how to jump off backwards, and how to move his arms. Finally, after about 45 minutes, Parker decided he wanted to do the dive. He went to the end of the board, moved his arms in a circle, and –

SPLASH! Parker belly flopped painfully. He climbed out of the water and ran over towards where August and Booth were standing. Booth held out his arms to hug him, but Parker ran towards August and hugged her instead. Booth was surprised at this, but he didn't say anything.

"'Gust I hurt!!!!" He sobbed into her arms. August just held onto him and stroked his back. After about 10 minutes Parker pulled away.

"Can I try again?" August laughed and told him to go for it. They spent another hour or so at the pool, and Parker finally did the dive semi-right. They drove home talking animatedly about how amazingly Parker did. He was grinning ear to ear.

Suddenly, Booth's cell phone rang. "Booth," he said into the receiver. He visibly paled, then said, "I have to drop Parker and August off, but then I'll be right over." He hung up.

"What's happening?" August asked.

"Angela's gone. I'm dropping you guys off at home, then I have to head to the lab."

"What do you mean Angela's gone? Like k-i-d-n-a-p-p-e-d?" August spelled, making sure Parker didn't know what she was talking about. He sat there puzzling over it, but didn't seem to understand what she meant.

"Yeah. Like that."

A/N: if you don't know what an inward dive tuck looks like, go look it up. They're really cool and fun to do (I'm a diver, that's how I know). Review?