"Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad." -- Anne Geddes
"Daddy" a little voice whispered.
Booth awoke immediately upon hearing her voice.
She looked liked a little angel glowing in the moonlight.
He leaned up on his elbow to look at her. "Are you okay bub?" he whispered.
"I have pains in my tummy." she whispered back. "Could I hope in bed with you?"
He smiled softly. He could hear the worry in her voice. Something was bothering her and they were going to have to get to the bottom of it together before either of them got anymore sleep tonight.
He lifted her gently and put her in the middle of the bed.
"Careful you don't wake mummy." he whispered, and could feel her nodding.
There heads leaned in together as if they shared a secret. As was often the way since her birth, they looked like co-conspirators – and he would have it no other way!
"So, a pain in the tummy?" he said quietly, trying not to wake his wife. Bones needed her sleep, this pregnancy had been particularly tiring for her so far.
His little girl nodded.
"Do you think you might be nervous about big school tomorrow?" He could just imagine her furrowed little brow as she mulled this thought over.
She nodded again.
"What happens if big school doesn't like me and I don't like it?" she asked in a worried little tone.
Booth smiled in the darkness. He could just imagine Bones asking exactly the same question as a little girl.
"You like to learn about new stuff don't you?"
She nodded.
"Where do you think the very best place in the world is to do that?"
"School?" she whispered....the word was somewhat muffled as she curled up in the crook of his arm.
He nodded.
"And you like to make new friends right?"
She nodded.
"And where do you think the very best place in the world is to do that?"
She smiled as she nodded. She was only five, but she was catching on to her dad's logic.
"School."
Again he nodded.
"And you REALLY like to paint and draw right?"
Again she nodded.
"Got it daddy." she said. "Love you daddy." She reached up and gave him a little angel kiss on the cheek.
"Love you more!" He whispered as he gave her a big hug.
At that moment Temperance slowly rolled over, her seven month pregnant tummy making her move a little awkwardly. "Everything okay here?" she asked sleepily.
"Yes," a little voice replied. "Daddy's just doing his 'plaining thing for me. Right daddy?"
"Yep, we've sorted our stuff out." Booth said.
"We've got to get to sleep now," Christine said, "I have a very busy day tomorrow!"
Bones smiled in the darkness as her husband's hand closed around hers in the darkness.
Both were thinking that Daddy's little girl was growing up!
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