The next morning, Lily felt well so they could all go to the Jeffersonian before school. However, she and her sister were being a bit picky about how they looked.

"Mommy, I want to wear my pink skirt." Anna whined as Temperance brushed her wavy auburn hair.

"Annabelle, it's winter. You cannot wear a skirt when there's snow on the ground." Temperance told her daughter for the fifth time that morning.

"But mommy…"

"No buts." Temperance said as she pulled Anna's long hair into a low ponytail with a few ringlets coming down the sides of her face.

"Momma, can I wear my butterfly clip in my hair today?" Lily asked.

"Honey, you're wearing jeans and an purple shirt. Your clip wouldn't match." Temperance said as she pulled Lily's hair back to match her sister's.

"But mommy…"

"No buts." Temperance said, handing Lily her toothbrush. "I have to go get dressed. I'll be right back." She said as she walked out of the bathroom.

"Lily, I gotta tell you something." Anna said excitedly. "Yesterday, when I was with Booth, he said that he loves mommy." She mock-whispered, making Lily's mouth drop.

"Really?" Lily asked. "He said that?"

"Yup. I hope Booth is our new daddy…" Anna said as they both continued to brush their teeth.

"Why hello girls." Angela said as Temperance, Anna and Lily entered the Jeffersonian. "You two are looking especially cute today." She said to Anna and Lily, who were looking around trying to find someone. "Anna? Lily?"

"They're looking for Booth." Temperance said as she walked onto the platform behind her daughters and swiped her ID card.

"So did you tell him?" Angela asked when she was out of earshot of the twins, who were talking to one of the lab techs.

"Not really, but I think he might know. He was acting all weird yesterday when we saw him at the diner…" Temperance said, laughing when she saw Anna and Lily messing with the young lab tech's hair.

"Oh, you saw him at the diner?" Angela asked. Temperance then explained about Anna and Lily introducing themselves, Lily getting sick and Booth keeping Anna so she could finish her pie. "Wow sweetie."

"I know. The girls really like him." Temperance said as she moved towards the twins, who were now putting the young man's hair in a ponytail. "Girls, leave Mike alone." She said, picking Anna up and carrying her over to where Angela was waiting, then setting her down. She didn't bother grabbing Lily, because if she had one twin, the other was sure to follow.

"Booth!" She heard Anna scream as she and Lily ran off the platform. Temperance followed them and watched them tackle Booth, who had just entered the Jeffersonian.

"Hey girls." Booth said with a small smile as they grabbed his hands and pulled him onto the platform, only allowing him to stop to swipe his newly reinstated ID card. "Hi Bones." He said, shrugging as the girls pulled him over to an empty chair.

"Booth, the girls have to go to school." Temperance said, looking at the girls with a strict face.

"Where do they go?" Booth asked with a smile on his face. "I'll take 'em." He volunteered.

"Booth, don't you have a case or something?" Temperance asked, her hands on her hips. "Anna and Lily normally take the bus…"

"Ugh, you make the daughters of world-renowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan take…the bus?" Booth asked with a disgusted look on his face.

"Yeah!" Anna shouted, looking up into Booth's chocolate brown eyes.

"And Mikey Mason always pulls on my pigtails." Lily said, pouting her lip out and crossing her arms.

"Momma, can Booth please drive us to school?" Anna asked, looking at her mother with her big brown eyes.

"Pretty please?" Lily added, matching her sister's expression.

"Fine." Temperance sighed. "They go to West D.C. Elementary School." She said above the twins' cheering.

"Hey, that's where--"

"Where Parker went. I know." Temperance said, smiling at him. "Girls, be good for Booth." She said, squatting so her daughters could wish her good-bye.

"We will." Anna and Lily said simultaneously.

"Love you guys." Temperance said as she hugged them. She then pushed her face forward and smiled. "Kisses." She stated. Anna and Lily giggled, then kissed her cheeks.

"Love you too, mommy." Anna squealed as she ran to Booth and he picked her up.

"Momma, can I call you if I don't feel good again?" Lily asked.

"Of course you can, baby." Temperance said as Lily smiled and ran to Booth. He in turn bent down and scooped Lily up, then carried the twins out of the Jeffersonian.

"Sweetie…" Angela began, putting her hand on her friend's shoulder.

"Ange…" Temperance tried to interrupt her.

"I just have one thing to say." Angela said, holding her hand up. "If this is how nice he's being to his partner's daughters, imagine how wonderful he would be to his own." Then Angela walked down the platform steps, leaving a befuddled forensic anthropologist behind.