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Goofy B
"Hey Bones" Booth says walking into her office. "Booth" she acknowledges glancing up at him. "What are you doing this weekend?" he asks while looking at the artifacts she has displayed. "Working" she replies. "It's my weekend with Parker" he continues like she hadn't said anything. "We are going to the aquarium". "Really?" at this Brennan looks up surprised. "Yes really, why is that so surprising to you?" Booth replies slightly annoyed. "No, I think it's good your intellectually stimulating Parker's brain at such a young age" she answers. "I just though he'd like the sharks" Booth says with a grin. "You should get a guide to show you around and explain the aquatic creature to you," she replies. "Well, Bones I'm pretty sure Parker would be bored and just run around" he laughs at her phrasing, "Why don't you just say fish?" "Because that would be inaccurate the dolphins and some other animals there are mammals not 'fish'".
"Why don't you come?" he offers "Parker would listen to you explain it." She nods "Sure Booth, if you leave so I can finish my work before then." "They're centuries old, I doubt they care" Booth answers knowing he'll end up dragging her out of the lab. "Their families' care" Brennan counters. "Ok I'm going" he agrees, pleased she agreed to spend her Saturday with him. Booth walks out. After this Brennan lets out a very small Angela-esc squeal. She is delighted to spend the day with him and Parker. Booth peeks back in "It opens at 10 so we'll pick you up at 9:30 ok?" Brennan nods her face flushed with embarrassment. "Are you ok Bones?" Booth asks concerned, not having heard her squeal. "Fine" she replies waving him out.
Later Brennan goes to find Angela. "Hey what's up?" Ange asks smiling. "I'm going to the aquarium with Booth tomorrow". "Good for you" Angela approves, determined for Brennan to achieve the same happiness she has. "With Parker" Bren adds to discourage Angela's Booth and Brennan belong together speech. "Oooooo with his son, that's a big deal Sweetie." Brennan rolls her eyes at Angela's gleeful antics. "I've spent the weekend with him before" Brennan adds, knowing it's the wrong thing to tell her the moment the words leave her lips. She may not be good at reading people but she knows how Ange thinks. "So call my cell if we get a case ok" Bren says finishing what she came here to tell Ange. "Ok sure" Ange replies "but won't you know first since you with Booth". "Just in case" Brennan says. "Ok, ok but now you've got to tell me more about you and Booth. You've gotten together with Parker and him before right?" Ange says. Brennan spies Hodgins and looks at him desperately. Hodgins walks over and wraps his arm around Angela. "How about an early lunch?" he asks her. Ange looks torn. "A long lunch" he whispers in her ear trailing his hand down her back. Angela smiles "See you later Bren, ok. We're not finished with this conversation," and they walk away. Thank you Brennan mouths to Hodgins.
The next day Booth and Brennan sit in the car with Parker in the back seat. When they buy the tickets the woman smiles and tells Parker "Aren't you lucky your parents take you here on a Saturday?" "Yep, very" he replies with his Booth-charm smile and a laugh. Parker doesn't quite grasp their relationship. Booth glances at Brennan who takes this in stride, picking Parker up and tickling him. "What do you want to see first?" she asks him. "The fish, then the turtles, then the big fish like whales and dolphins" he says in his cute kid voice. "Ok we can do that," Bren consents "but the 'big fish' are really mammals not fish". "Ok" Parker agrees.
When they get to the fish tank Parker's eyes widen. "It's huge!" he exclaims running around the 360° view tank. Booth grabs him on his 2nd loop. "Look Bud" he says pointing to the shark. Parker frowns are buries his face in Booth shoulder. "He doesn't eat the other fish does he Dr. Bones?" he asks in a tiny voice. Brennan hesitates not wanting to lie. "He eats fish but not those fish just the dead ones the keepers feed him" she replies not telling him about the sharks eating habits in the wild. Looking to distract him Booth sucks in his cheeks and puckers his lips. Brennan and Parker burst out laughing. "What is he doing?" Parker asks Bren confused. "Imitating a fish I think," she answers. She then copies him making her own fish face complete with silly lips. "A fish kiss" she cries out beginning to chase Parker to give him a kiss. "Fish kiss, fish kiss, you get a fish kiss" Booth joins in chasing the small boy. They trap him between them each give him a kiss on opposite cheeks at the same time.
He scrunches his nose "Can we see the turtles now?" he requests. "You don't have a turtle face do you?" he asks looking alarmed. "Nope, just a fish face Bud" Booth replies, both of them making the face again. "You're goofy" Parker giggles. They look at the slow moving turtles, which Parker declares lazy and the whales, which he says, are gigantic. Then they go eat a late lunch with a grilled cheese for Parker, a cheeseburger for Booth, and a salad for Bones, plus fries to share.
Finally they watch the dolphin show. Brennan's face light up as they jump high into the air. Parker watches equally entranced. They have front row seats and get soak when the dolphins playfully slap their tails at them. Brennan jerks her head up surprised her hair now dripping wet. "You do look goofy," Booth says laughing. "Like you should talk" she playfully spares back. "Your parents sure love each other," the woman behind Parker says. "Tell me about it" he whispers back "They act like this all the time".
Booth drops Brennan off at her apartment knowing he'd normally walk her up and end up spending the night, on her couch of course, but that Parker was tired. "See you Monday Bones," he calls out the car window instead cheerfully waving at her. She gives a wave back calling out "Bye Booth, bye Parker" At this Parker who was nodding off shoot up in his seat waving wildly "Bye Dr. Bones thank you!" Parker and Bones continue to wave to each other as Booth drives away, until both have disappeared from each other's sight.
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