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Booth was going to flip. It was Angela's idea Brennan repeated to herself. Angela had decided to throw a birthday party for Booth. She had been given the job of making him come. She sighed and pulled on her coat. "Hey Bones," said Booth as he walked in "Time to eat. It's almost 8." She shrieked "Eight!" "Hey relax. Come on". She cursed herself for agreeing to this, they were going to be late and Ange would be mad. She grinned like a child "Only if I get to drive" she said pouting a bit for emphasis. "No it's my birthday, my day, I'm driving. Come on Bones I'm starving" he needled her. Bones shrugged "Fine". She grabbed her bag and they got in the car.
"My day my choice right?" Booth asked her. "What?" Bones looked up from her phone. "Food". "Oh" she said hesitating "what were you thinking?" "Wong Fu's, ok?" he replied. "She sighed pleased "ok". She quickly texted Angela Almost there. "You text" he said looking surprised. "Yeah doesn't everyone, I need it to stay up to date and talk to my publisher". "No TV but she know how to text" he muttered under his breath. "What?" she asks. "Nothing we're here" he says distracting her.
They go in and everyone shouts "Surprise!" Booth is beaming. Everyone is there Cam, Zach, Hodgins, and Angela, even the kid Sweets. "The biggest surprise is yet to come Stud" Angela tells him. "Really, happy birthday!" she says. "Happy birthday G-man" Hodgins says giving him a pat on the back. All of a sudden out of nowhere Booth is hit square in the stomach "Daddy!" he looks down to see Parker squeezing him around his stomach. "Happy birthday Daddy" Parker says grinning up at him. "Hey buddy" Booth smiles at Angela. Thanks he mouths. It was all her she mouths back pointing at Brennan. "Now time for your surprise" Angela says. "Ready sweetie?" Brennan nods and walks up to the counter.
She grabs a mic and begins to sing to him. She sings "Lean on Me" by Bill Withers "So just call on me brother, when you need a hand. We all need somebody to make it. I just might have a problem that you'd understand. We all need somebody to make it. Lean on me when you're not strong and I'll be your friend. I'll help you carry on. For it won't be long till I'm gonna need somebody to lean on. Lean on me..." Booth is happy, tapping his foot and snapping his fingers. He loves that she just goes up and sings even though last time she did it she had to shoot a woman.
He looks around Parker bouncing up and down in his lap, Angela and Hodgins with their arms around each other swaying to the beat, Cam, Zach, and Sweets chatting and laughing, and her singing to him pure joy radiating off her face and wishes he could freeze this moment. She's smiling boldly not frightened at all. There's more than one kind of family he decides and all he needs is the one right here.