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Peter stood on the stairs and just stared down at the main floor where he could see Walter and Olivia making decorations which mainly consisted of various sized circles. Walter looked like a kid in a candy shop while Olivia, though looking happy, looked a little preoccupied as well. Though now that he watched her more closely, he noticed the amount of concentration she was putting into the almost perfect circles being crafted by her small hands.

"I figured I'd find you down here." Booth said walking over to him and turning to fix his gaze in the same direction as Peter's, letting out a low chuckle when he realized what had the younger man's attention. "She's here, she's okay."

"I know." Peter nodded. "It's just, a lot has happened and having her leave and potentially be put back in danger…I'm just glad she's back."

"Yeah I know that feeling." Booth stated. "Bones was abducted a while back. We did everything we could to find her and Dr. Hodgins, another of the squints that was abducted with her. We eventually found them but just barely. It felt amazing to have her back, like a weight was lifted and everything in the world would be fixed."

"That's kind of what it feels like." Peter nodded. "She's now been pronounced dead twice. Once when she got into a car accident and was declared brain dead, and then when she was shot. Do you know what it's like to hold someone you care about in your arms as they bleed out?"

"Sadly, yes." Booth sighed, looking away from him. "One of the men I worked with in the army. He was just a kid when he got shot."

"I'm sorry."

"We're supposed to be planning a party right?" Booth said changing the subject.

"Yeah we are." Peter smiled at him and saw a grateful look in Booth's eye at letting the subject go. "I think we have all that we need."

"Yes." Booth agreed, walking past Peter and down the stairs to see everyone else ready as well. He passed Olivia who looked up at where he had just come from and saw Peter looking at her.

Peter left his spot on the stairs and walked over to her, taking her face in his hands and kissing her soundly before pulling her body against his and hugging her tightly. He felt her arms wrap around him holding him just as tight. He never wanted to let her go and just stay like they were for the rest of their lives but had that fantasy quickly squashed when Walter walked into the room and they slowly pulled apart.

"Come on you two." He urged and went behind them; literally pushing them into the kitchen where they could see all the hard labor Astrid and Brennan had done in preparing food. There were the ten fat pies in the middle now surrounded by sandwiches, soups, pasta salads, potato salad, and tons of cut up fruits along with numerous different types of alcohol. Walter and Olivia's circle decorations had been put up all around the kitchen, hanging from the ceiling or being used as makeshift coasters for drinks.

"This looks great!" Booth cheered happily, noticing a still intact apple pie that literally had his name on it, written on a sticky note in Brennan's hand writing. "Thanks Bones." He beamed.

"You're welcome." She shrugged and handed a full pie to Olivia whose eyes widened at the amount of weight the pie held. "Astrid said that this one is for you."

"Astrid you're going to make me fat." Olivia sighed considerably happy to have such a large strawberry rhubarb pie, though she wasn't sure if she'd ever be able to actually finish it before it went bad.

"You're way too thin; some meat on your bones won't hurt you a bit." Peter said smiling at her. "Did you actually eat while away?"

"Not much." She shrugged placing the pie on a counter. "I was more concerned with getting the guy and come back in one piece than to eat."

"Well we have to fix that then." Astrid beamed handing her a plate that was near to over flowing with every type of food available and burst into laughter when Olivia's eyes looked about ready to pop out of her head.

"Well, let's eat." Peter said pulling Olivia and the massive plate over to the table where they were quickly joined by the others and everyone started to dig in. The first few minutes were pretty uneventful and relaxing, that was until Walter went to get a forkful of watermelon only for it to shoot off his fork and hit Booth square between the eyes. Booth being, well, Booth, grabbed a forkful of potato salad with intent on hitting Walter with the slimy salad only to end up hitting Astrid instead. Before any of them knew it most of the food was on them instead of the plates. A huge pile of discarded food was gathering on the floor making it hard for them to run and avoid the flying objects, many of them slipping and finding themselves flat on their backs laughing hysterically.

Soon the 'fighting' died down and everyone lay on the floor wiping their eyes and trying to catch their breath. It had been a long time since any of them had actually had any fun, all of them so wound up about the case to really take the time to relax. They all started to get up, slipping and sliding on the slick floor and helping each other clean the food debris from their hair and clothing. Once everyone was relatively clean they all headed upstairs to their rooms to get dressed into clean clothing, Olivia grabbing her still intact pie on her way up, Booth doing the same with his.

"Olivia?" Peter asked knocking on her door about an hour later once everyone had showered and gotten the sticky mess off of them.

"Yeah, come in." Olivia called from her spot on her bed, a fork in hand as she slowly started in on the pie. "I didn't exactly eat much at dinner."

"No but it was fun." Peter shrugged and beamed at her when she handed him a fork. "Thanks."

"You're welcome." She beamed at him. "What did you guys do while I was away?"

"Truthfully, we didn't do much." Peter shrugged. "We were all just scared for you."

"You don't have to be scared for me."

"You're always scared for the person you love."

"Peter?" She asked putting her fork down and staring at him, her heart rate speeding up with every second that passed.

"I love you Olivia." He elaborated, reaching out and cupping her cheek. "You've meant so much to me for so long now and sadly it took you dying for me to realize just how much."

"I love you too Peter." She said putting the pie aside and closing the distance between them in a searing kiss.