Lila came home a couple of days later to a welcoming committee. Although the Jeffersonian team had already visited Bones and Lila in the hospital, they wanted to help out as much as Booth and Bones would allow when they arrived home. They each brought a dish of food, so the new parents had something to eat, since they no doubt would be busy with the baby. Bones became tired after an hour of chatting and turned to Booth and asked, "I'm getting tired, would you mind if I took Lila with me to our room? I don't want to be away from her for too long."
"Sure, go ahead, honey." Booth said, standing up from his chair with Lila in his arms and handed her off to her mother, but not before stealing a quick kiss from both his girls. "I love you. Holler if you need me."
"That would probably startle the baby, Booth." Bones said, seriously.
"It's just an expression." Booth said, lovingly smiling at her.
Bones took her daughter to her bedroom and laid her down on the bed. She then got in on her side and cuddled the newborn as she dozed off.
Bones awoke about an hour later to the quiet fussing of her daughter. She lifted her head and stared down at the baby before getting out of bed to see what the baby needed. She didn't need a new diaper and she tried to breastfeed, but she obviously wasn't hungry, so she brought her to the rocking chair in the corner of the room and started to rock Lila, hoping to put her back to sleep. She began to hum hoping it would soothe the infant. As Lila continued to cry, she quietly began to sing. "I come home in the morning light. My mother says "When you gonna live your life right?" Oh mother dear, we're not the fortunate ones and girls they wanna have fu-un. Oh,girls just wanna have fun." Lila started to calm down, so she continued, not aware that Booth had been standing in the doorway listening. "The phone rings in the middle of the night. My father yells "What you gonna do with your life?" Oh daddy dear, you know you're still number one, but girls they wanna have fu-un. Oh girls just wanna have…that's all they really want...some fun... When the working day is…"
"I'm surprised you aren't singing our song." Booth interrupted in a whisper.
Bones, startled, said "Oh Booth, you scared me! How long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough. Everyone went home so I decided to come check on you two."
"Well we are doing just fine, aren't we Lila?" Bones said to the now sleeping baby. A sanguine smile spread across her as she continued to admire the little person in her arms. "She's the reason." she whispered.
"What was that?" Booth asked.
"She's the reason." Bones said a little louder.
"The reason for what?"
"Booth, I want to marry you." she said unexpectedly.
Taken aback and in shock, Booth managed to choke out, "What? Where did this come from?"
"I've always said, I found no reason to get married, that it's an antiquated ritual. But I was wrong. She is the reason. She's so perfect and innocent and she deserves to know that her parents loved each other enough to put it in a legal contract and that we are committed to one another." She looked up to Booth, who was now a mere couple of feet away from her, tears brimming her eyes. "I love you so much, Seeley. I want to marry you. I want to be your wife for thirty or forty or fifty years. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and I want everyone to know it." She smiled shyly, waiting for Booth to say something.
"I'll be right back." he said, as he exited the bedroom. Bones had a confused look on her face, but he returned within a minute, holding a small box. "I've been meaning to give this to you for months." He approached her, dropped to his knee and opened the box revealing a platinum engagement ring with one solitary diamond in the middle. "I was always afraid you would say no, but now…Temperance, will you be my wife?"
Still rocking the baby, she smiled as a tear fell down her cheek. "You know I will."
Booth smiled as he stood up and kissed his fiancée. "I love you."
"I love you too."
The End
A/N: I might continue this in another fanfic, doing a series of one-shots about the new family. I know it's been done before, but hey, I liked this story so I want to keep writing about Booth and Brennan being happy.
Reviews are love, btw and so is constructive criticism.