Parker picked Lily up at 12 the next day. Well, Booth picked her up. After a semi-awkward car ride, he dropped them off at the diner and reminded them to be safe.

As Booth drove away Parker said, "I'm sorry, that was really awkward."

Lily laughed. "It wasn't that bad. You're lucky my mom isn't living here yet. She would've insisted on pictures and coming to eat with us and to go into the movie theater with us. She would sit in the seat right behind us and tell us to shut up every time I tried to talk to you." She said, a little sad.

"She'll be here soon, don't worry. It can't take that long to divorce. She'll be out here by your birthday." Parker tried to reassure her.

"Yea." Lily said quietly. I hope so. By this time they were sitting down at the table and a waitress came over.

"Hey Parker. How've you been? And your parents?" She asked.

"They're good, as am I. This is my girlfriend, Lily." He said, introducing Lily.

As spark of happiness ran through Lily when he called her his girlfriend. "Hi." She said politely to the waitress.

"Hi! So can I get you some drinks?" The waitress asked.

"I'll have a diet coke." Lily said.

"No you won't. You have to try the milk shakes here." Parker told her. "I'll have a chocolate one."

"And I guess I'll have a strawberry." Lily said.

"Ok, then. I'll be back in a couple minutes to take your order." She said and left.

"Are the smoothies really that good?" Lily asked.

"Yes, yes they are." Parker said. They took a few minutes to look at their menu's (well, Lily did. Parker glanced down, made sure his favorite was still there, and looked back up) and then they started to talk about books.

"Have you read the Divergent Trilogy?" Lily asked Parker.

"No, but I've heard a lot about them. Have you read them?" Parker responded.

"Yea, they're my favorite right now. I finished Allegiant the week before I moved here. I love them. Maybe we can go see the movie when it comes out." She said.

"Yea, totally. When is that?" he asked.

"March 21st. I'm gonna go see it at Midnight with Isabella and Amber. So we could see it on the 22nd. That's a Saturday. And it gives you exactly a month to borrow my copy and read it." She told him.

"Ok then. It's set." He reached across the table and took her hand just as the waitress came back with the milk shakes.

"Here you are. Are you ready with your order?" she asked them.

"Yes we are. I'll have a bacon cheeseburger. Cheddar cheese and no onions or pickles please." Lily said.

"Ok. And Parker you'll have the usual." She half-asked, half-stated.

"Yep." He said, as he took a sip of his milk shake.

"Ok. I'll put that in." She said and walked away.

Lily was about to take a sip of the milk shake. "No!" Parker said. "I have to get this on camera." Lily laughed as he whipped out his iPhone and turned on the camera. "Ok, go. This is Lily's first time having a milk shake from the diner."

Lily took a huge sip of it and her eyes widened. "Ohmygosh. This is amazing. This is better than at In n' Out in California." She quickly drank more.

"I told you." Parker said after putting his phone away.

They talked and ate for the next hour. After leaving they went to the movie theater and bought tickets for a movie called Storm (A/N I totally made this up) and got great seats.

Parker was quick to do the cliché yawn-put-arm-around-girl thing and Lily leaned up against him. At a scary part, Lily covered her eyes and leaned closer into Parker, who hugged her. When the part was over, she looked up and Parker was looking back at her. They leaned in and kissed. It was perfect. They broke apart when lady behind them coughed, which sounded suspiciously like "excuse me". They continued to watch the movie, which finished soon after, and left.

They took a bus to Lily's street, and Parker walked her up to her door. "I had fun today. I love being able to call you my girlfriend." Parker said.

"I love being your girlfriend." Lily said. Is he gonna kiss me now? Should I kiss her now? After a few seconds, they leaned in and kissed. It was even more passionate than their first two kisses. After a minute they broke apart, said goodbye and Lily walked into her house.

"How was it?!" Daisy asked, waiting next to the door.

Lily laughed at her aunt's eagerness, and then explained the details of the night.

Daisy was surprised at how much Parker already knew about Lily. But she knew if Lily was going to have a serious relationship with him, the big secrets were going to have to come out soon.

"You do realize that if you plan to have a long-term relationship with him, you're gonna have to tell him about…" Daisy told her niece.

Lily looked down and sighed. "Yeah. I know. I really trust him, even though I've only known him for a few weeks. But I haven't told anyone here yet. So, I don't know when I'll do that…"

"It's okay. You don't have to do it, like, tomorrow or anything. But, he should know about your… past." Daisy said. "And I'm pretty sure that Booth is going to look you up, so he'll find all the records."

"Oh I forgot about Booth! I would really prefer to tell Parker myself. I'll try to do that soon…" Lily said.

"Okay. Well I'm glad you realize this." Daisy said, and went off to the kitchen.

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"Liliana Wick! Why didn't you call me on Saturday!" Isabella said, as soon as entering 1st period on Monday.

"Sorry Bella! I was…um…a little distracted." Lily explained.

Isabella's eyes widened. "Distracted? By a certain guy maybe? Did you two have some… fun?"

"Oh my gosh, not in that way! We did kiss though." Lily replied, as she sat at her desk.

"You did!" Isabella couldn't believe her best friend had actually kissed someone. Especially since Lily had had a huge crush on Parker since she moved to DC. She wouldn't admit it to anyone, but Isabella knew it was true.

"3 times…" Lily said, as she broke into a smile.

"Oh my gosh!" Isabella said.

"Okay, well I'd love to tell you more, but we gotta finish this spread." Lily said.

"Yea, you're right." Isabella said and the girls got to work.

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By lunch, everybody knew the news; Lily Wick was dating Parker Booth. Though Parker was semi-popular, nobody really cared too much, besides their friends. Lily did, however, get a few envious looks from a few girls.

Lily and Parker, fingers intertwined, walked over to the their lunch tables. Lily and her friends always sat at the one table, while Parker and his friends sat at another, a couple tables away.

"Hey Larker!" Bridget yelled out from the girl's table.

"Larker?" Parker asked Lily.

"It's our ship name. They came up with as soon as they realized that I had a crush on you." Lily explained to Parker.

Parker laughed. "Why am I surprised? It's Bridget and Sara."

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Once Parker and Lily got to the lab, after school (they held hands all the way there, of course), they saw that everyone was on the edge.

"Hey dad, what's up with everyone? Are you guys on the edge of a case?" Parker asked his dad.

"More like we hit a rock wall. The serial killer we're working with sent us a clue, and we have no idea what it means." Booth tried to explain. Lily instantly perked up at the mention of the case. She was very interested in the lab and the work they did there.

"Can we have a look at it?" Lily asked.

"You know what. Sure. I'll talk to Bones. We can use any help we can get. And I know you're very smart, Lily. Wait in Angela's office." Booth responded, then walked off.

Parker and Lily went to Angela's office and set down their backpacks. Soon after, an anxious Brennan, Booth, and Angela came in.

"Hey kids." Angela said, turning on the Angelatron and going into a file. "So, here is a scan of the note that Jim Kenmont sent. It just arrived in box in the mail, like anything else would."

The note was, simply, written on a piece of binder paper. It said "CHECK THE HAIRPINS" in all capital letters. It was written in calligraphy, in red ink.

Lily and Parker took a minute to examine the note. "It's actually quite simple," Lily stated, "to anyone who knows about calligraphy." She got closer to the screen. "This is in the font Old Gothic, a pretty popular font, these lines," she point to thinner strokes around the letters, "are called hairpins."

"Of course." Brennan said. "I did take a calligraphy class once."

"Yea, not that hard actually." Lily said to acknowledge Brennan, then turned to Booth, Parker, and Angela. "Hairpins are completely optional in this font. So you can see that some letters have them, some don't."

"Well, lets look at the ones that do." Angela said, and then pressed some buttons. "There's C, K, I, N, and S."

"Nick's, maybe?" Parker said after doing some mental rearranging.

"And that's where the victims brother claimed to be when the victim died!" Booth said and got out his phone.

"Thanks Lily, Parker. You guys helped so much. I can't believe I didn't see that!" Brennan said.

"You're welcome!" Lily said happily, not believing she just helped solve a murder case.

The adults fled the room to go find some more clues. Lily headed for the couch and coffee table to start doing some homework, and Parker followed her.

"You really are amazing. I think you just officially made it in with my dad and stepmom." Parker said, as he wrapped his arm around Lily's waist.

"Thank you. I'm glad they like me." She responded.

"Oh, they already liked you. Now they love you." He told her and kissed her head.

Lily smiled to herself as she took out her homework. Oh, she loved this new life. Then she remembered her old life, in Cali.

I have to tell him soon.

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Dun dun dun dun… what is Lily's secret from her life in Cali? Please review!