A/N: Yeah, it's me again. This is more of a filler chapter because I made a promise to myself that I would update my other stories before I updated the same story. So, if you read all or any of my other stories. Never Leave Us is next on my update list. And with me having no school starting Wednesday until Monday, I should probably have a couple updates from now until Monday. So, happy reading!
He woke up with pressure on his chest. He slowly opened his eyes and saw the auburn curls that were lying on his chest. He sighed and shut his eyes again.
"Boof?" Mollie asked quietly.
"Yeah Sweet Pea?"
"Where's my mommy?"
"She should be in the living room. Why?" Mollie turned her head.
"'Cause she's late." Booth turned his head and saw that the clock read 10:32.
"Hm. Wanna go check on her Sweet Pea?" Mollie nodded her head and started to pick herself off his chest, when Booth stood up and set Mollie on his hip as he stood up.
Booth walked out of the bedroom.
"Bones!" He walked down the hall and into the living room to see the couch made up. "Hey Bones you here?"
"Booth, where's my mommy?"
"I don't know Sweet Pea. Here, let me call her."
He walked over to her phone and dialed the Jeffersonian. Once he finally reached the lab, it went to Cam.
"Dr. Saroyan."
"Hey Cam, it's Booth. Is Bones there?"
"Dr. Brennan's been here all morning Booth. Why?" Booth looked to Mollie who was staring intently at him.
"Mollie was wondering where she was and she didn't leave a note or anything."
"Well, Dr. Brennan's been here all morning."
"'Kay. Thanks Cam."
"No problem Seeley." He hung up and looked to Mollie.
"How about we get dressed, go get some breakfast, and then go meet your mom at work?" Mollie nodded and squirmed in Booth's arms. He set her down and she ran towards her room.
Booth walked back towards the bedroom and grabbed a clean pair of pants from the drawer that Brennan had grabbed his pajamas from the night before. He walked out to the living room to see Mollie sitting on the couch in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, trying to brush all the knots out of her hair.
"Booth can you bwush my hair for me? Mommy does it fow me." He walked towards the couch and sat behind Mollie who gave him the hairbrush.
"Here you go." He began to brush her hair and Mollie turned around.
"Can you put bwaids in my hair Booth?" Her brown eyes shining as they met his.
"I can try Sweet Pea, and then you can tell me how I did after, 'kay?"
"M'kay." She turned back around and Booth finished brushing her hair. Once he finished, he attempted braiding one side and then the other. Once he was done, he lifted Mollie up and brought her to the bathroom.
"So. How'd I do Sweet Pea?"
"You did almost as good as mommy!" She told him she shook her head back and forth.
"Good. How about you and me go get some breakfast, and then go see your mom."
"Oh! Can we go to the diner? Mommy and me go there all the time. I always get a chocolate chip pancake shaped like a teddy bear!" She said smiling at him as he walked towards the door.
"Oh really?" He said as he put her coat on her.
"Yep. And the lady that gives me and mommy our food? Her name is E-, Eli-, she tells me to call her Lizzy. And she's super nice."
"Oh yeah." He said as he opened the door and walked down to the lobby.
"Yeah. Oh! And there's this boy we meet sometimes. His name is Pawker."
"Parker?" Booth asked as they walked out onto the sidewalk. Mollie nodded.
"Uh huh. Mommy says that Pawker is one of her fwiends. I love Pawker. He's so nice to me. And he tells the." She took a deep breath. "The bestest jokes." Booth smiled.
"Oh really? So you like Parker?"
"Uh huh. Pawker's the best! Booth can I walk now?" Booth stopped and set Mollie down.
"There you go Sweet Pea." He grabbed her hand and they started walking.
"Mikey and me are bestest friends. Auntie Angela watches me sometimes when mommy needs to do some work and me and Mikey play together. Mikey goes to school now so I don't see him now. But Auntie Angela and I paint pwetty pictures and when she's busy me and Uncle Hodgie look at the pwetty butterflies in his office.
"Uncle Hodgie has a special cage just fow my butterfly. Her name is Lily. Uncle Hodgie helped me take cawe of her since she was this big." Mollie took her hand out of Booth's and held her index fingers close together to show Booth how small her butterfly used to be.
"I have a mouse too but I ain't allowed to tell mommy. Uncle Hodgie says that if I tell her mama won't be happy. Her name is Minnie. Like the mouse on the T.V." They reached the diner and Booth held the door open as Mollie kept on talking. Mollie walked up to the table that Booth and Brennan had always sat at and climbed into Booth's usual seat.
"Uncle Sweets sometimes watches me too. I get to sit on his comfy couch and sometimes I take a nap. I don't get to go to his office that much. Mommy doesn't usually go near Uncle Sweets office. But Uncle Sweets is so much fun. He plays lots of games with me." The waitress came over to take her order and Mollie smiled at her.
"Hi Lizzy!" Lizzy smiled at her.
"Well hi there Miss Mollie." Mollie smiled at Lizzy.
"This is Booth!" Mollie pointed to Booth and Lizzy's smile grew bigger.
"Hi Agent Booth." He nodded.
"Lizzy huh? You've changed a bit in these past couple years haven't you Elizabeth."
"Dr. Brennan has too Agent Booth, but for the better may I add." She said, looking to Mollie as she spoke.
"She looks like you." Elizabeth said. Booth nodded.
"I've noticed." Lizzy smiled and then looked down to Mollie.
"So Miss Mollie, would you like some pancakes and apple juice?"
"Yes please Lizzy." Lizzy smiled and looked to Booth.
"Usual? Eggs sunny side up and bacon?" Booth nodded, slightly bewildered.
"Yeah. Thanks Elizabeth." She nodded and went to the back.
"Susan!" She called as the door shut.
"Yeah Elizabeth?"
"Did you see who's here?"
"No I haven't been out front today. Why?" Elizabeth grabbed her arm.
"Look!" Susan looked out the window and when she spotted Booth and Mollie she gasped.
"Oh my!" Susan opened the door and pretended to be starting the coffee pot.
"She looks so much like him Elizabeth. I wonder where the brilliant doctor is."
"I don't know. Mollie will probably tell me when I bring her her food. Don't forget to remind Kevin to make that order of chocolate chip pancake in the shape of a teddy bear. She gets such a big smile when I bring her those."
"You got it Elizabeth." Elizabeth grabbed a cup of coffee and a kid's glass filled with apple juice. She walked over to their table.
"For Miss Mollie." Mollie gave her a smile. "And for you Agent Booth." Booth nodded.
"Thanks Elizabeth."
"Thanks Lizzy." Mollie told her. Elizabeth smiled.
"Your welcome." Elizabeth went to the back and grabbed the two plates and brought them out. She gave Booth his plate first and then turned to Mollie.
"And here is your pancake Miss Mollie." Mollie gasped, smiled, and turned towards Elizabeth.
"Thanks Lizzy." Elizabeth smiled at Mollie and then walked away.
"And then, Mikey and me hid in this little hole in Uncle Hodgie's room and no one could find us for a while. It was so much fun!" Mollie said as she ate part of her teddy bear's head.
"It sounds like fun Sweet Pea."
"Uh huh." They ate in silence for the rest of the meal. Once Mollie was done, she sat back in her chair and looked up to Booth.
"Can we go see mommy now?" Elizabeth came over and grabbed the empty plate.
"Can I have the check Elizabeth?" Elizabeth shook her head.
"Consider it a welcome home gift from all of us Agent Booth. You've been missed around here." Her eyes glanced down to Mollie and then back up.
"Thanks Elizabeth." She nodded.
"No problem Agent Booth." She squatted down in front of Mollie.
"I'll see you later Miss Mollie, right?" Mollie hugged her.
"Bye Lizzy."
"Bye Mollie." Booth and Mollie walked out of the diner and started towards the Jeffersonian.
"Booth."
"Yeah Sweet Pea."
"I'ves got a question."
"And what's that?"
"Are you gonna stay longer than mommy's other fwiend. Her other fwiends name was was Hac-. Hack-. Oh somethin' like that but then mommy took me to Uncle Sweets office because she started yellin' at him." Booth fought back the urge to laugh.
"Oh really?"
"Uh huh. And I weally like you Booth, so can you stay? I think mama would like it if you stayed too."
"Why do you think that Sweet Pea?" He asked as they walked through the doors to the Jeffersonian.
"'Cause last night when mama was puttin' me to bed she said that she had missed you lots and lots and that she was happy you were home."
"Really?"
"Uh huh. So can you stay?" Mollie looked up at him and Booth kneeled down in front of her.
"I'll stay as long as your mom wants me to stay. Deal?" He held out his hand and instead Mollie jumped into his arms.
"Good. That means you stayin' a long time."