Here's a longer one for ya! Tell me what you think! And I only own Bones in my dreams...
"Booth, I'm glad you're here! Angela just uncovered the murder weapon; the victim was strangled with one of her own leather belts."
"Any prints?"
"Only the victim's; we found what Hodgins determined to be latex powder, the assailant was wearing gloves."
"I'm no closer to figuring out who this John Doe character is, it would be a lot easier if we had a description, but none of Olivia's friends could give me anything other than the fact that he was medium build with brown hair."
"You want to question the children." she didn't say it as a question.
"I know they've been through a lot, but it might be the only way we get this guy."
"We can do it first thing tomorrow morning. You have to pick up Parker at 12:30; he texted me to ask if we could see a movie, so I figured we could go out to lunch somewhere first and that way we can introduce Parker to Emily and David."
"Parker texted you?" Booth asked incredulous.
"Well I assume he was using Rebecca's phone." she said seriously.
Booth laughed.
"What?" she asked defensively.
"You sound like such a mom right now." he told her backing them into the corner.
"Very sexy," he whispered against her lips as he pulled her firmly against him and started kissing her intensely. A little too intensely for their current surroundings.
As painful as it was to do so, Brennan pulled away. "Booth, we're at work," she warned him.
"I know," he said. "But you don't know how many times I've wanted to kiss you in this office, without Caroline watching that is."
"Yes, about that, it was nothing like kissing my brother."
"I'd hope not," he laughed.
"I love you." she whispered.
"Hmm, I'm not sure I believe you Dr. Brennan," he said.
He looked at her; she was so cute when she was confused, his face broke out into an ear-splitting grin.
"I think I'm going to need some evidence; you are a scientist after all."
She laughed and kissed him hard. He lifted her off her feet and spun her around, his lips never leaving her mouth.
"Booth, put me DOOOWN," Brennan howled laughing.
"I love you too," he whispered in her ear as he gently guided her through the door.
When they exited the office the whole group stopped talking immediately and Booth could have sworn he saw Wendel pass Hodgins over a few bills. "Very suspicious," Booth thought glaring at the whole lot of them.
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The next morning as Booth and David were flipping chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast Brennan was getting Emily dressed and ready for the day.
"You know what Em? I believe I over-estimated your size a bit; you'll grow into these clothes, but I'm thinking after the movie we might need to do a little shopping. What do you think?"
Emily's face lit up. "Really? Mommy used to take me shopping, it was lots of fun!" Her face fell, "Until she got sick," Emily said sadly.
Brennan was going to wait until they were all sitting down at the table to start discussing this, but if Emily was going to volunteer information she sure wasn't going to stop her.
"What do you mean sick?"
"David and me haven't seen mommy for the whole school year," she said sadly.
Brennan was so startled by this piece of information she forgot to correct Emily's grammar.
"But, your mommy has only been gone a few days," Brennan said bewildered.
Emily looked confused. "John told us mommy had to go away because she was sick."
Brennan's eyes widened. "You know what sweetie, we're all going to talk about this together, but first let's get some food in that belly." Brennan tickled the child's stomach and she giggled. For the first time in her life Temperance Brennan finally felt like she belonged somewhere; she could not believe how well she fell into the domestic role.
"Coming for breakfast, girls?" Booth asked poking his head through the door.
"Yes, it seems we all have a lot to talk about," said Brennan who was now sitting on the bed with Emily on her lap while she braided the child's hair.
The little family gathered around the breakfast table. "Alright guys, Bones and I have some stuff to talk to you about, is that okay?"
"Yeah," said David and Emily shook her head in agreement.
"Emily said you hadn't talked to your mother in quite some time?" Brennan asked looking at David.
"Yeah, John told us she had to get sent away cause she was sick and we weren't allowed to visit her."
"How about you guys tell us about the rules when your mom wasn't there," Booth asked going on a hunch.
"We weren't allowed to have friends or go anywhere but school." David said.
"Yeah, it was really boring," Emily piped up.
"Anything else?" Booth asked.
"We weren't allowed to go in the basement and all our toys were down there; John put up a fence near the steps and he told us we'd get electo-cuted if we touched it. I didn't know what that was though, but it sounded bad."
"Electrocuted, it means..." Brennan started, before Booth silenced her with a look.
"Bones, can I talk to you real fast?" he asked pulling up and out of her chair.
"You know Booth I am plenty capable of standing up by myself," she protested.
He led her into the kitchen. "Bones, Olivia was found in the kitchen, but the kids told us they hadn't seen her in over a year. The case became a federal crime because the kids were found in a gas station 5 minutes away in Virginia, instead of in Maryland, where their house was, so there was confusion over jurisdiction."
"Yes, Booth I read the report," Brennan looked confused.
"They were scared and wouldn't tell police how they got there; we always figured they walked there after they found their mother's body, but..."
"Emily just told me they hadn't seen her in a year," she finished for him.
Brennan ran back into the dining room where the children were sitting looking slightly frightened.
"How did you get to the gas station?" Brennan asked them.
They looked at each other. "We're not supposed to tell," Emily whispered.
"It's okay; Booth and I, we are here to protect you, it's our job, I promise I won't let anyone hurt you ever again," Brennan told them.
Emily looked hesitant, but it was her who spoke first. "John dropped us off."
Booth was already dialing. "Assistant Director Hacker please. Yes, I want crime techs back at the Bradley residence; re-sweep the basement, I want every inch of that place looked over; look for loose floor boards or wall panels, anything like that. Thanks."
Soon enough it was time to go pick up Parker. "Are you guys excited?" Booth asked.
"Parker is a great kid, I'm sure you'll all get along," Brennan added and Booth beamed at her.
They were both itching to get over to the crime scene and solve this case, but it was Saturday and they had three kids to take care of, so they would let the techs take care of it for now.
As soon as they arrived at Rebecca's house Parker came running out; he had obviously been watching for them from the window.
Emily, David, Brennan, and Booth got out of the car.
"Hi, I'm Parker," he said to the kids.
"I'm David," David said excitidly, but Emily just backed up to hide behind Brennan's legs.
"Em, say hi," Brennan whispered to Emily, getting down to her level.
Emily waved shyly to Parker and he waved back excitedly.
"We're going to see an awesome movie today, are you guys excited, I love the movies."
"Emily and me have never been there before, we've only seen movies at home."
"Emily and I," Parker corrected sounding so much like Brennan that Booth was impressed.
"You've never been to the movies before?" Parker asked incredulous.
"Uh-uh," said David.
"Then today will be super fun!" Parker exclaimed.
Rebecca came down the driveway.
"Hey Seeley, Dr. Brennan, and you two must be Emily and David," she said smiling at the kids.
"Good afternoon Rebecca," said Brennan respectfully.
"We should get going, I'll see you Sunday," Booth smiled at her.
When everyone had turned to get in the car Booth gave her a quick hug and whispered, "Thanks for the advice."
Rebecca smiled knowingly. "Of course." she said as Booth hoped into the driver's seat.
"Where are we going for lunch?" Booth asked them.
" Oooo oo Friendlys, Pleaseee?" Parker asked.
Brennan laughed. "Hmm, I'm thinking Friendlys," she told Booth.
A few hours later they walked out of the movie theater laughing. It had been a cute movie and all three children were discussing it animatedly.
"Once we get home I'm going to take Emily shopping for a bit, you boys find some dinner to cook, and try not to loose too many brain cells with those video games," Brennan told them.
"Yes ma'am." Booth laughed giving her a quick kiss after making sure all three children's attention was elsewhere.
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"How about this one?" Brennan asked Emily holding up a pretty light blue dress.
"Ooh, it looks like the sky," said Emily.
"Should we try it on?" Brennan asked Emily.
"Mhm, yes please." she answered.
On the way to the dressing room Emily spotted the same dress in an adult size.
"You should get it too, Bones" said Emily pointing it out.
"It would look pretty with your eyes." she continued.
Brennan felt her eyes water a little bit at that.
"Thanks Em, you know what? We should get something nice for the boys to wear too; Sunday we can all go out to a fancy dinner before we drop Parker off at Rebecca's."
"Thanks, mama." said Emily without realizing what she had just said.
Brennan had to hold on to a clothes rack to keep herself from falling over from suprise.
Her heart swelled... metaphorically of course.