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Chapter two: A Promise That Can't Be Broken
It had been a week since Chloe's death. Booth sat on the couch exhausted with a bottle in one hand and Libby snuggled up against his chest.
His eyes were red from the lack of sleep and empty cans of coke and Star Buck's coffee cups were spread out all over the floor because Booth had tried to stay awake with all of the caffeine.
Booth had a slight beard and mustache because he hadn't had time to shave and his clothes were stained with baby spit up.
There was a knock at the front door.
"Hey, Seeley! It's us, Hank, Teddy, and me!" Jared called.
"Come in." Booth yawned.
The door creaked open and in walked the trio.
"God Seels, you look like hell bro." Jared said.
"I sure feel like it." Booth mumbled yawning again.
"Listen Seels, why don't you give Libby to me and you can get cleaned up and get some shut eye." Hank offered.
"Uh…I don't know…she's kinda fragile and…" Booth yawned again.
"Sarge, we'll be careful with her, we promise." Teddy said smiling.
Booth looked at the faces of his buddies. He let out a sigh and handed Libby to Jared.
"You'd better be-" Booth started to say.
"Careful, yeah, we know, or you'll slit our throats or something worse." Jared said rolling his eyes.
Booth nodded, "That's right. I'll take a shower and take a quick nap. Formula is in the fridge just in case she wakes up. Oh, don't heat up the bottle, run it under really warm water and test it to make sure it's not too hot. Diapers, baby powder, and wipes are in the bathroom sink cabinet."
"Got it, Mr. Mom!" Teddy said giving Booth a sign of thumbs up.
Booth smiled tiredly, "Thank you y'all."
Hank nodded, "You're welcome. You're our friend."
Booth yawned and walked into his room and shut his bedroom door.
"So…what do we do now?" Jared asked looking at the baby in his arms.
"I don't know. You're the baby daddy's brother." Teddy said smiling.
Jared glared at Teddy before sitting on the couch.
"She looks so peaceful when she sleeps." Hank said plopping down beside Jared.
"She looks just like me when I was a baby." Teddy said.
"Teddy, don't insult the baby." Jared said smugly.
Hank burst out laughing while Teddy looked angrily at Jared and Hank.
A small gurgling sound came from the small figure in Jared's arms.
"Now you've gone and done it! You woke her up!" Teddy growled.
"Well at least she isn't crying!" Jared snapped.
"Uh, do you guys smell something?" Hank asked sniffing.
The three men looked down at the baby.
"Well I'm not going to change her! I don't know how!" Hank said.
"Don't look at me!" Teddy said.
Jared sighed, "We'll change her together."
Hank ran and got a diaper, some wipes, and the baby powder while Jared and Teddy laid Libby on the couch.
"Claire tried to teach me how to put on a diaper. She's in medical school training to become a pediatrician." Teddy said pulling the diaper off of Libby.
"Hank, hand me the wipes." Jared said holding out his hands.
"You know, I kinda of feel queasy. Baby crap kinda grosses me out." Hank whispered shutting his eyes as he handed Jared the wipes.
Just then the phone rang.
"I'll get it. Seeley's my brother anyway." Jared said quickly getting up before the two other men could stop him.
"Hello?" Jared answered the phone.
"Hello, this is the United States government, can I please talk to Sergeant Seeley Booth?" a voice asked.
Jared's heart dropped, "H-he is busy, this is his brother Jared."
"Corporal Jared Booth? I guess I can trust you to deliver this message to your brother. This applies to you to, also to Sergeant Levi Thompson, Dr. Sidney Lucas, Judge Dario Beedia, Corporal Hank Mumford, Corporal Ted Parker, Judge Carson Drew, Dr. Aaron Bryce, Benjamin Tanner, Frank Pychaski, Trey Bolter, and many others." The voice said.
"May I hear the message please?" Jared asked not really meaning it.
"The federal government is calling you men to defend your country." The voice said, "In a shorter note, you all are being stationed in Baghdad, Iraq."
"How much time do we have before we have to leave?" Jared's voice shook.
"You leave tomorrow morning. Your first flight is at seven in the morning from D.C to the O'Hara airport in Chicago. Then at one in the afternoon, you fly from O'Hara to Heathrow, London. Then at eight in the morning you fly from Heathrow to Baghdad, estimated time of arrival, ten o' clock at night Baghdad time. All flights are American Airlines except the flight to Baghdad, you'll be on a private government jet." The voice informed Jared.
"Thank you for calling." Jared said before he hung up.
Jared walked out of the room stunned.
"Hey Jared we did it…" Teddy's voice trailed off when he saw Jared's face.
"What's wrong Jared?" Hank asked worriedly standing up.
"We're being called to defend our country." Jared said faintly.
"When?" asked Teddy, "Who?"
"I just said, we are! We leave tomorrow." Jared said.
"But-Libby…" Teddy whispered.
Jared stared down at the small baby cradled in Teddy's arms. Her eyes were open and they seemed to be staring right at him. It actually scared Jared a little bit.
"I'll go talk to Seeley." Jared said walking down the hall way that led to Booth's room.
"Seeley!" Jared's voice shook as he knocked on the door.
"Jared?" a voice mumbled, "Is something wrong with the Libby?"
"No, Libby's fine. Can I come in?" Jared whispered hoarsely.
Jared heard a groan and a creek. There was a click at the door and Booth stood there. He looked better than before.
"What?" Booth asked tiredly.
"We-you got a call from the government. We're being sent to Baghdad." Jared said weakly.
"WHAT? No! I can't Libby doesn't have anyone to take care of her!" Booth hissed.
"What about mom and dad?" Jared asked.
"You know I won't leave her with that son of a bitch who made us live in a living hell for seventeen years." Booth growled.
"What about Chloe's parents?" Jared asked.
"If they knew that Libby was alive they would get full custody of her. They never liked me anyway and since Chloe wasn't married to me, they could gain custody of her." Booth said, "Jared, she's my daughter, I can't leave her. I promised to never leave her alone."
"SHE'S A BABY SEELEY! SHE'S NOT GOING TO REMEMBER THAT PROMISE! AND YOU KNOW AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH HER!" Jared yelled.
"Get out!" Booth's voice shook as walking towards the living room. "GET OUT!"
Libby, who was startled by the yelling, started to cry.
Booth scooped her out of Teddy's arms and hugged her to his chest.
"GET OUT ALL OF YOU NOW!" Booth yelled out.
Teddy and Hank looked at each other.
"Come on guys, Seeley needs to cool off." Jared growled opening the front door. "See you tomorrow morning Seeley at the airport at eight." Jared growled.
Booth picked up a bottle and flung it Jared. Jared quickly shut the door and the bottle shattered against the door, breaking into a million pieces.
"Sh…Libby's sorry baby girl…sh…it's okay…I love you…I'm not going to leave you…" Booth soothed the baby.
Libby cooed and looked up at her father.
Suddenly a crazy idea popped into Booth's mind. Booth smiled down at his daughter.
"Libby, daddy's going to take you with him." Booth whispered rocking the baby in his arms.
Booth walked Libby to his room and placed her in her crib beside his bed.
He took out a suit case and pulled out his uniform and a lot of Libby's clothes, toys, binkies, bottles, diapers, wipes, baby powder, formula, a blanket, anything of her that would fit in the suit case.
"A promise made, can't be broken." Booth whispered leaning into the crib to kiss Libby, "I love you."
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