I'm so so so so so so so so so so sorry that this chapter is so late, but I've been having a real tough time lately so writing has been the last thing on my mind, you know? Anyways, enjoy this one!
Chapter Eleven: Big News
Booth and Bones walked out of the doctor's office in a silent daze. Once they were seated in the car, Bones broke the silence.
"Four babies." She said, simply, looking over at her husband.
Booth nodded back. "Two girls. Two boys." He replied and Bones nodded, a small smile appearing on her face. Booth saw this and a smile of his own appeared on his face. "You're happy about this, right?"
Bones nodded. "Very happy, but how do you think Parker will take it?"
When they returned home, Booth made the call to Rebecca, asking if Parker would be able to come over for dinner that night since he and Bones had something important to tell him and they'd rather do it in person than over the phone. Rebecca replied that he would be able to and said that she'd drop him off right after school. Booth thanked her and nodded to Bones, letting her know that Parker would be joining them, which, in turn, made her smile widely.
When Parker arrived at half past three in the afternoon he ran straight into his father's arms.
"Daddy!" he practically squealed.
"Hey, Little Man!" Booth greeted, lifting his little boy above his head. "How was school today?" Parker had recently started Kindergarten and was already at the top of his class, with Bones' help.
"It was great! We made pictures of our families in art today. Wanna see?" Parker asked, excitedly.
Booth nodded and placed the little boy on the floor, allowing him to trot to his backpack and pull out a rolled up sheet of paper. He trotted back over to his father and unrolled it, allowing his father to see what he had drawn.
On the piece of paper he had drawn three tall stick figures and one short one, as well as three ovals in the arms of two of the stick figures' arms.
The first stick figure on the far left of the picture had no oval in its arms, but had long blonde hair, blue eyes, and was wearing a black skirt. Parker had labelled this one 'Mommy'. The short stick figure was next to it. The short one also had blonde hair, but instead of blue eyes, it had brown, and was wearing a large smile that matched the stick figure that was next to it. The next stick figure had spiky dark brown and held one oval that had a small circle with brown scribbles on one end, which Booth took to be one of the babies. This figure was labelled 'Daddy'.
The next figure had long brown hair and instead of a skirt, wore a long blue coat that reached its knees as it held two babies, each with light brown hair. The figure also had blue eyes that seemed to be much bluer that those of the first figure's. Parker had labelled this one, 'Bonesy'. At the top he had also labelled the drawing, 'My Family'.
"Do you like it, Daddy?" Parker asked, excitedly.
Booth smiled and pat his son's head. "I love it, Little Man." He said, affectionately, then turned to Bones, who was coming up behind them. "Hey, Bones, come look at what Parker made in school."
Bones stepped closer and took a look at the picture. "Parker, this is fantastic!" She said, appraisingly. "But I think there needs to be one change."
Parker gave her a confused look. "What's that, Bonesy?"
Bones smiled slightly at the nickname and turned to Booth for a pen, which he gave to her right away. Bones took the pen and drew another oval in the spiky haired stick figure's arms, only this one had black hair because of the ink. When she was done, Bones gave the drawing back to Parker. "There." She said, with finality in her voice.
Parker looked at the picture for a moment with a confused expression, before his eyes widened and a large smile broke out on his face. "Four?" he asked his father and Bones.
They both nodded at the same time and Parker's smile widened.
"Boys or girls?" the little boy asked, in wonder.
"Two boys." Bones said.
"And two girls." Booth said grinning.
Parker's smiled widened even more, if that was possible, and he jumped into his father's arms, before hugging Bones' tummy gently, whispering to his little brothers and sisters. "Hi, I'm your big brother and I'm gonna take real good care of you when you're born, you'll see."
Suddenly, Parker turned and ran in the direction of the garage, coming back with a large shovel that seemed to be throwing him off balance, and a hose looped around his opposite shoulder that seemed to be keep him balanced.
Bones laughed when she saw him. "What's all this?" she asked, leaning down a bit to get a better look at him.
"I heard Hodgins say to Daddy that if he has any girls that he's gonna have to build a moat around the house to keep the boys out when she's older and my teacher said a moat is like a lake, so we're gonna have to get started on it now!"
Booth and Bones looked at each other with amused expressions on both their faces, before Booth leaned down to pick up Parker, causing the little boy to let out a yelp and drop the shovel when booth began to tickle his tummy, while Bones stepped away from his kicking legs and began walking towards the kitchen, calling over her shoulder, "Thai or pizza?"
"Thai!" They both shouted over their laughs and Bones picked up the phone to order their dinner, while she placed Parker's picture on the fridge with a magnet over it, thinking about their soon-to-be family.
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