Me no own bones (Sad ain't it?)

A/N every one please welcome (Drum role) Zach Addy.

Chapter 4

Later that week, everyone was buzzing about Halloween. Tempe and Angela had agreed to be a themed group. Booth and Jack wanted in, so they agreed to be superheroes. Tempe decided to be Wonder Woman, Jack wanted to be Batman, and Booth was going to be Superman. Angela was originally going to be Hawk girl, but later changed to Batgirl. She said it was because she couldn't find a Hawk girl costume, but Booth and Tempe knew that she really changed in order to match Jack. They could tell that she had a little crush on him.

On the Friday before Halloween, everyone was allowed to wear their costumes to school. Tempe, Angela, Jack, and Booth all came in together and everyone else in the class stopped what they were doing and stared at them. Angela and Jack were pretty confident, but Tempe and Booth blushed as they quickly walked to their seats.

Because it was a Halloween party, they were allowed to move their desks so they could sit together. Tempe and Angela moved their desks over to a corner of the room and Booth and Jack quickly followed. As they sat down, Jack stood up and cleared his throat to make an announcement. Tempe and Angela stopped chatting, and Booth stopped eating all the cookies he'd taken from the snack table. "Umm, guys, I have something to tell you. My parents are adopting a little boy. I'm going to have a 4 year old baby brother."

Booth, who had been started eating cookies once again, almost choked on the chunk of chocolate chip he'd been swallowing. "What!"

"I'm getting a baby brother. And, uh, there's something else. Um, he's what my parents call a 'genius'. He's really smart, so he's going to join our class pretty soon."

Tempe and Angela smiled. "What's his name?"

"Zack Addy."

"Is he here yet?" Tempe asked.

"My mom and dad are actually going to get him today, and we are going to have a party for him on Halloween. My mom said that if she and daddy got back in time today, they'd bring him into class today."

"Hey Jack?" Booth asked, having finished all his cookies. "Does your mom have brown hair and black pants on with an orange sweater?"

"Wow, how did you know?"

"She's standing right over there." Jack turned his head to look where Booth was pointing. Tempe and Angela saw the little 4 year old boy clinging to Mrs. Hodgins, and at the same time they broke out into a big "Awww!" They ran over to them to try to see little Zack. He hid behind his mom as he saw the girls rush over.

Mrs. Hodgins knelt down and put her hand on his shoulder, and then beckoned Jack over. "Jack, honey, this is your new brother, Zack." Zack stuck his thumb in his mouth and held out his other hand to grab Jack's. Angela went up to him and introduced herself. "Hi! I'm Angela, and welcome to first grade."

Zack looked up at her and with perfect vocalization said, "Hi Angela. I'm glad to be here." Booth and Tempe stood open mouthed, looking at the 4 year old who spoke like an adult. Angela and Jack were smiling. For the second time that day, the girls broke out into a big "Awww!"

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The next day was Saturday, Halloween, and the day of Zack's party. Jack had agreed to take his brother with his friends around Tempe's neighborhood when they went trick or treating, so Mrs. Hodgins had gotten Zack a 'Robin' costume to follow the superhero theme. Everyone at the houses they went to thought that the group was adorable and gave them extra candy.

As they headed back to Jack's house to trade their candy to each other, they ran into Cam and Sully. They were dressed as Dracula and a Vampira. They recognized the group and began taunting them.

"Sully, look at them all! They're superheroes. Don't all their costumes look so stupid?" Cam giggled to her partner in crime.

"They look even worse than they do for school every day!" Sully sneered right back. At that moment, they noticed the new member of the group. "Who's the baby?"

They had addressed the question to Jack, so they were very surprised when Zack answered, "My name is Zack Addy, and I was adopted by the Hodgins family yesterday, and you two are just big, stupid, buffoons!" Zack got louder with every word until he had shouted the last few words at them.

Sully and Cam stood in stunned silence for a moment, obviously surprised at a 4 year old giving them lip. The group took this time to quietly slip inside the gate of Jack's house. Cam broke from her trance as she noticed them trying to get away. "Sully, we gotta stop them!" She tried to follow them, but didn't realize that the gate had closed. She grumbled to herself as she grabbed Sully's arm and sulked off into the darkness.

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Zack was still surprised at his outburst as they entered the house. "Don't worry about it." Booth told him. "Sully and Cam seem to do that a lot. He was mean to me when I first moved here."

Zack looked at him with curious eyes. "When was that?"

"About two weeks ago." Zack was about to ask another question, but was interrupted by Mrs. Hodgins, who had appeared in the room. "Zack, did you have fun?"

"Yes Mommy."

"Would you all like to play in Jack's toy room?"

The group perked up. "Sure!"

When they sat down in the room, everyone dumped out their candy to trade. Things worked out perfectly. Tempe didn't like Baby Ruth bars, but Zack did, so she was able to give them all away. Zack gave his Good and Plenty bars to Angela, and Booth didn't like Butterfingers, but everyone else did so he gave a few to everyone. Yes, it worked out perfectly until Zack fell asleep in the center of the candy pile, sucking his thumb. But hey, no one's perfect.