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Chapter Sixteen: No Regrets

"Honey, I'm home!" Booth called out as he walked into the house and four little bodies attacked his legs with shouts of, "Daddy!"

Booth chuckled and knelt down to kiss his kids hello. "Ah, my minions," he said in a faux German accent, "How are my little spawn today? Evil, I hope. Muahahahahaha!"

Luna and Angie burst into giggles as Tony and Joey roared at him and jumped on his back.

At that very second, Bones came in holding 18 month old Cristina. "Hey! Stop that! You're going to hurt your father!" Bones scolded. The boys immediately jumped off of him and stood next to each other, with their hands behind their backs, smiling charmingly like perfect angels.

"Hey, Bones." Booth greeted his wife of nearly six years. He pecked her on the lips, before leaning down to kiss his littlest baby girl. "Hi, Baby Bones." He smiled as Cristina, nicknamed Crissy, reached out to touch his face.

"Papa." She said, smiling all the way to her bright blue eyes. She looked exactly like Bones in every single way. From her beautiful auburn curls to her sparkly blue eyes, all down to her skin tone. The only thing she seemed to have of Booth's was his dazzling smile, which she liked to show off whenever possible.

Booth smiled back at her and kissed her little nose. "How's my precious little minion? Is Mama treating you right?" Booth asked, teasingly. Crissy had absolutely no idea what he was saying, so she just smiled wider and giggled, as if he had made a really funny joke.

Bones, however, scowled at him. "Of course I'm treating her right, Booth. I'm treating all your children right. Even if they are incredibly unpredictable."

"What do you mean?" Booth asked, taking Crissy from Brennan.

"Well, have you noticed something about all their smiles?" Brennan asked.

Booth looked at his kids, who were all giving him the same proud, charming smile they'd inherited from him, and immediately he noticed what was different.

They were all missing teeth. Tony was missing his two front teeth on the bottom, Luna was missing a canine, Angie was missing one of her front teeth, and Joey was missing an incisor.

"Bones?" Booth asked, trying to keep a straight face. "Did our kids get into a brawl or something?"

Bones chuckled. "No, all their teeth seemed to have been lost naturally, though the probability of them all losing teeth at the exact same time is highly unlikely. It's quite the phenomenon." Bones sounded intrigued, as if she'd just made an outstanding anthropologic discovery that should be shared with the world.

Booth chuckled and kissed her on the cheek. "These kids are gonna break us, Baby." He whispered in her ear.

Bones scoffed. "They are not. Not with my movie deal and the new book coming out next month. We can probably afford to get them each a new car."

Booth chuckled and kissed her again. "Why not just start with something smaller, like coloring books for the girls and action figures for the boys?" he whispered.

Bones smiled. "That could work. You wanna go pick them up? I'm exhausted. The boys were fighting like animals when I picked them up and Luna was accepted into the accelerated program at school. And Angie had about twelve new paintings to bring home that she, of course, wanted me to frame for her. I haven't even started dinner yet."

Booth gave her a sympathetic smile. "Aw, my poor baby. That's okay. Don't even worry about dinner. I'll just pick something up."

Bones smiled and leaned against him. "I used to be impervious before you found me again. I was doing so well on my own then you came along."

"You're not regretting it, are you?" Booth asked, a hint of panic to his voice.

Bones shook her head. "Never. I love you, Booth."

"I love you, too, Bones." Booth said, kissing her once more before handing over Crissy and heading out the door.

I hope you all liked this! Who saw the finale? Wasn't it absolutely amazing? If you haven't seen it, then I suggest you visit Hulu right now and watch! Two words: GROUND. BREAKING! Please REVIEW!