A/N: As I was writing this chapter, the song, "Make You Feel My Love", by ADELE, (which is the song that plays at the end of season six finale in case you're wondering) started playing on my iPod. I'm hoping that makes this chapter well liked by you guys because to tell you the truth I'm not too sure about this chapter. Anyway, enjoy! Oh and partial spoiler for season 6.
When they pulled in front of Brennan's apartment building twenty minutes later, she let the car idle for a minute until Brennan realized where they were. She took the key out of the ignition and got out.
As Brennan reached in the backseat to grab Mollie out of her car seat, Booth turned around in his seat and placed a hand on hers, but at her uncomfortable look, pulled it away.
"Let me grab her Bones."
"No I've got her Booth."
"Bones." She looked up. "Let me get her."
She sighed. "Okay Booth." He got out of the car and opened the back door. He reached in and unbuckled Mollie from the car seat and then rested her head on his shoulder.
They walked to the front of the building and Booth opened the door with his free hand and held it open for Brennan. They took the elevator to her apartment and rode it in silence.
When Mollie began to stir about halfway up, Brennan reached for her.
"Bones I got her." Mollie took a giant sniff of Booth's shoulder.
"Mommy!" She screeched. Brennan quickly pulled Mollie out of his arms and into her own.
"Shh. Mommy's right here sweetie. No one's gonna hurt you. Mommy's right here." Mollie settled her head into Brennan's neck and fell back asleep. Brennan looked up at Booth who looked shocked.
"When she wakes up somewhere other than a bed, she takes a giant breath in through her nose and if she doesn't recognize the smell, she screams. She's done it for as long as I can remember if you're wondering." He looked at her and nodded.
When the elevator stopped at Brennan's floor, they all filed out and she led the way towards her apartment. When they reached her door, she started rummaging in her purse with one hand.
"Bones." She stopped and looked up at him.
"Do you want me to take Mollie or do you want me to look for your keys?" She looked at Mollie and then looked to Booth.
"Mollie please." They gently transferred her in between them while she looked for her keys.
After she found them and unlocked the door, she reached out her arms for Mollie again and Booth placed her in them.
As soon as Mollie was back in her arms, she disappeared down the hallway.
Booth shut the door behind him and walked towards the kitchen. He opened the cupboard next to the fridge, which of course still held the cups, and then walked back towards the living room.
He heard her footsteps coming back down the hallway so he stood in the middle of her living room.
She turned her head towards the clock near her tv and sighed at the time which made Booth look too.
It read 11:46, which in turn made Booth sigh. They both looked at the couch.
"How about you let me take the couch Bones."
"No. I'm smaller; I'll fit on the couch."
Booth smiled, a distant memory coming to his mind. "You know Bones, the last time we had this argument, we ended up in bed creating that beautiful little girl down the hall." Her cheeks flushed and she became speechless. He sighed.
"Are you sure Bones? I can take the couch if you want."
"No Booth. It's fine. I'm sure you haven't slept in a bed in a while, go sleep on my bed. We'll still be here in the morning." He nodded.
"Okay. G'night Bones."
"G'night Booth."
He was in that damn room, tied to that same damn chair. 'Joe' came in.
"I have something to show you Agent Booth." He pulled the two bags that trailed behind him into the room.
"Meet your daughter." He unzipped the smallest bag and showed Booth a much paler version of Mollie. She opened her eyes.
"Why did you let him get me daddy? Why?" Booth screamed against his gag.
"And your partner." He opened the bigger bag to show Booth the lifeless face of Bones. She too opened her eyes.
"You told me you would protect me Booth. Us. Now look at us Booth. Booth. Booth…
"Booth. Booth! Booth come on, wake up! Booth!" He opened his brown eyes to meet her worried, tear filled blue ones.
"You were screaming and tossing around. I didn't want you falling off the bed and hitting you head. You scared me." He reached out and touched her face, his hand settling on her cheek.
"Bones?" She placed a hand on top of his hand and squeezed.
"I'm right here Booth. I'm not going anywhere. I promise." She sat on the edge of the bed and held his hand to her face. She needed to reassure him that she was there, in front of him, in one piece.
"Do you want me to go get Mollie? I heard her name towards the beginning." He shook his head and once he realized that the woman in front of him was in fact alive and moving, made the tension in his body disappear a lot quicker.
"I'm so happy you're alive Bones." She let out a sad chuckle.
"Shouldn't I be the one saying that to you?" She joked.
"Hey you made a joke!"
"I've found that I have become humorous." They laughed and then Booth became serious.
"I missed you Bones." The thumb on the hand that still rested on her face rubbed her cheek.
She let her hand fall and pulled back.
"We all missed you." Booth bit back a sigh and smiled.
"Well I would hope so. The squint squad isn't complete without the FBI Agent." She sadly smiled.
"No, it isn't." She said as she started to back towards the door.
"Bones." She stopped.
"I never meant to leave you two alone. I feel horrible that I missed all her firsts. That she doesn't even know who I am."
"You didn't miss all her firsts. You won't miss her first day of Kindergarten, her first day of high school, her first boyfriend, her first kiss, her first child, you won't miss them all." She told him as she walked back towards him. He swung his feet off the bed.
"I missed enough though." Brennan walked out of the room, shutting the door behind her, and Booth sighed. He had lain back down on the bed when he heard the door open again.
He looked at the door and there stood Brennan holding a sleeping Mollie in her left arm.
She walked over to the bed and sat down next to Booth, Mollie a barrier in between them.
"Bones?" He asked.
"Mollie. Molls wake up." Mollie eyes opened and her brown eyes met her father's.
"Mommy, why we up before the sun?" She asked, her little voice riddled with sleep. Brennan smiled.
"Mommy needed you to help her with something baby."
"What's I helpin' you with Mommy?" Mollie turned her head away from her mother's neck and looked at Booth and smiled.
"Hi Boof." She said, her sleep laden brain not allowing her pronounce her th's.
"Hi Molls." Mollie turned her head back to her mother's and then whispered in her ear.
"Mommy, Boof looks sad. Can I give 'im a hug?" Brennan looked to her daughter, amazed that she had come to that conclusion. Once her shock had worn off, she leaned back into Mollie's ear and whispered,
"Yes baby, I think that would make him very happy." Mollie nodded once and then let go of her.
Once free of her mother's grip, she climbed off of her lap, over the little space of bed in between Booth and Brennan, and then into Booth's lap.
"Why you so sad Boof?" Mollie asked after she had finished the yawn that escaped her mouth.
"I had a bad dream that's all." Mollie looked up at him.
"You wanna hug? Mommy says I got the bestest hugs in the entire world and that they make her feel better when she was missin' the person that was in her bad dreams." Booth looked up to Brennan, who was looking at the floor, and saw her cheeks flush.
"I would love a hug Sweet Pea." Mollie wrapped her arms around his torso and squeezed as tight as she could. As she was hugging him, she asked a question.
"Boof?" She asked, almost half asleep.
"Yeah Sweet Pea?" She snuggled her head closer into his chest.
"Why you call me dat?" Her voice faltering at the end.
"Sweet Pea?" He asked.
"Yeah."
"Because you're so sweet and tiny and a pea is tiny so I called you Sweet Pea."
"Okay." She lost the struggle against falling asleep and her arms relaxed, no longer holding him as tight.
Brennan reached for Mollie but Booth stopped her.
"She's fine Bones. Maybe she'll keep away the nightmares. Plus, it can be one of our firsts. She won't realize it yet, but I will." He gave her a charm look that she knew she wouldn't be able to say no to.
"Okay Booth." She stood up and walked towards the door. "Night Booth."
"Night Bones." She walked out of the room and shut the door quietly behind her.
Booth slowly reclined backwards towards the pillows and adjusted Mollie as he went. As he lay down on his back, Mollie shuffled in her sleep and ended up on her stomach, her face turned to the side.
"Love you daddy." Booth smiled and kissed her head.
"Love you too Sweet Pea." He then pulled the blanket up to her shoulders.
He looked at her once more and then closed his eyes, falling into a peaceful oblivion.
A/N2: Okay, I know this chapter is way over due, and yeah I know you probably don't want to hear my excuses but once I'm back into my school routine and swimming is done I should update a little more often. I am writing three stories at the moment and I usually only write for the one that I have ideas for. Also, the part where Mollie screams because she doesn't recognize the smell is something I came up with from when my mom was telling me how I did that when I was little, so please, no reviews saying how that was unrealistic. Okay, one more thing. REVIEW PLEASE!