Disclaimer: I don't own Bones.
Title: Home
Author: ReadingRed
Chapter Four: No Way to Know
The Booth-Brennan family was eating breakfast but none of them were thinking about food. All three of their minds were occupied with thoughts of two little girls.
"Mama, where are Harper and Ember gonna sleep?" Parker asked across the kitchen table.
"We're going to make the office into their new bedroom. In fact we were going to go shopping for them later on in the day. Would you like to come?" Brennan asked, she knew that he would say yes, after all he was just as excited as she and Booth were, but giving him the choice made him feel more in control of his life.
"Yes! We can make it like Cars, and have Lighting McQueen, and Mater!" Parker exclaimed, getting into the idea of making the girls room fun for them.
"I don't know if the girls will like that Park. Why don't we wait and see what they have at the store before we get to set on one idea." Booth interjected.
"But Mama there's no way to know what they'll like" Parker sighed slouching down in his seat.
The family finished their meal and was soon on their way to the store to buy the essentials for two little girls. They decided to go to Babies R Us, so hopefully they would only have to go to one store. When they arrived they found the parking lot nearly empty.
"At least we won't have to deal with long lines." Booth joked. The family climbed out of the car and Parker raced ahead to the store.
"Parker! Slow down; wait for us to cross the street please."
"Awe mom. Hurry up. We gotta go get their stuff." Parker said tapping his foot impatiently.
They entered the store and decided that it would work out better if they went together instead of splitting up and each going to look for what they thought the girls would need. By going to together they could do a better job of picking items with a consistent theme.
"I think we should get the beds and bedding first then we can find the other stuff to match." Brennan said.
"Sounds good by me." Booth agreed. They found the bedding department quickly and walked around looking for something that peaked their interest. Booth pointed out a bright pink set with a heart print, but Parker and Bones didn't like it. Bones liked a black and white set with swirls; Booth said it looked too old for a child's bedroom. They were beginning to think they might never find a set they both liked when Parker came up to them carrying a blanket. It was light blue, green, and white. More unisex then boy or girl, with an ocean theme and little cartoon sea creatures that adorned the blanket. It was perfect.
"That's great Parker. Can you show me where you got it from?" Booth asked.
"Yup." Parker said with a smile, happy that they both liked his choice for the room. He turned and quickly walked to where he had found the blanket. There was a display set up, complete with everything for a young child's room, all except a blanket for a bed. No wonder Parker had only brought them a blanket and not a package with a blanket inside. He had taken the blanket off the display. The toddler bed was a dark cherry wood stain, and the sheet's that came with the blanket were white with cartoon sea creatures on them. All three agreed that this set was perfect for the girls and Booth went to find a sales associate who could help them purchase everything they needed. Brennan looked around a little bit longer for more to add to Harper's side of the room. She found a similar set made for an older child that matched what they had chosen for Ember but at the same time was slightly different so each child would have their own.
"Parker, do you think the girls will like these?"
"Yeah Mama, they're cool. Kinda like Nemo but different." Parker said looking up at her with a grin.
Once Booth returned with the salesman, they told him that they wanted the complete set of both the toddler bedding and the twin size bedding that Brennan had found. They bought a toddler bed for Ember and a twin size bed for Harper. Harper's was white and came with two side tables; one that's top was shaped like the bow of a boat and one was just square. Ember's bed was dark cherry and came with a small dresser. They bought a lamp for each girl that went with the theme of the room and a dresser for Harper. Because they were spending so much money at the store, the manager gave them wall appliqués and a rug for free. They also bought the girls clothes, not a lot because they both felt like the girls would want to go shopping for their own clothes, just enough for a few days. They purchased the items and the store would deliver the furniture later in the day. Then they left for home in a good mood, happy that they had found everything they had needed. Now all they had left to do was get the children all this stuff was for.
"Daddy?" Parker said when they were in the car.
"What is it Bub?"
"When are 'da girl's gonna be here?"
"I don't know Bub, we hope sometime tomorrow. Before we can go get them we have to get permission from their lawyer, and we can't get in touch with him until his office opens on Monday." Booth explained while driving.
"Oh, I wish Monday would hurry up and get here." Booth and Bones shared a look and a smile when Parker said this. They were both happy that he was taking the news so well.
"Don't worry about it buddy. If all goes well they'll be here in time to pick you up from school when you get out tomorrow."
Booth, Bones, and Parker arrived at their house and spent the rest of the afternoon playing a board game with Parker. They couldn't do much in the girl's room until the furniture got there so they decided to just enjoy the time they had left as a three person family.
The time flew by and before they knew it a truck arrived from the store and unloaded the girl's new things. Parker decided that he didn't want to help set up the beds so he stayed in the living room and played his Wii while Booth and Bones tried to assemble two beds, two dresser's and two end tables before supper time. After much hard work and a little bit of arguing they had finished setting everything up, all they had left to do was roll out the rug and put the wall appliqués up on the wall.
"Hey Parker, come here for a second." Brennan called out.
"Coming." His reply was followed by the pitter patter of his feet on the hard wood floor and then him bursting through the door.
"Yes mama?" he said with a smile.
"Do you want to put the finishing touches on the room?" Parker nodded his head excitedly and Bones handed him the wall appliqués. "Just pull these off the paper and then stick them on the wall. They're like big stickers." Bones directed the child. He eagerly did as he was told, slapping the stickers around the room, one on each wall.
"Done!" He shouted. "Now it's all ready for them to come home."
Booth stood behind Bones and wrapped his arms around her middle. They stood there in the girl's room with Parker by their side all three imagining what it would be like for the girls to come home.
"I can't wait Bones. I just found out about them and I love them already. I want our family to be together." Booth said to Bones tightening his hold just a little bit, trying to bring her closer to him. She leaned back a little bit more and put her arms on Booths. Turning her head so she could look at him she said. "We will be soon Booth. Tomorrow, just one more day and we can all be together."