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Chapter Fifteen: Making Amends
They were awoken early the next day by a loud banging at their door.
"Sir Terrance! Lady Ann! Prince Parker has awoke. You are expected to greet him in the foyer in approximately fifteen minutes!" A voice called outside their door.
Temperance and Angela both let out exhausted groan and Lance simply rolled over with a soft snore, burying his face in is mother's chest. Angela chuckled and wrapped her arms around her little boy.
"Its okay, baby." she said, softly, "You don't have to wake yet. Just sleep."
Temperance smiled at her and sat up, stretching her arms, and making her way towards the washroom, washing her face with a damp cloth and relieving herself. Angela did the same and after making sure that they looked presentable in the clothes that a maid had left them the night before, they started towards the door, a still sleeping Lance, wrapped in a warm blanket, lay in a baby sling wrapped around Angela's body.
Once they had assured that Temperance looked as much as a male as the day before, they exited the room and headed down towards the foyer to meet the prince.
Once they reached the foyer, they encountered a young, blonde, boy. As soon as Temperance saw him, she recognized several facial features of Booth's, including his nose and the beautiful brown eyes.
When Parker saw them, his face got serious, and he turned to his mother, who was standing right beside him.
"Who are these people?" He demanded, somewhat politely, of his mother.
"This, my dear," Rebecca said, gesturing towards Temperance, "is Sir Terrance Brent of Jefferson, and his wife, Ann Brent, and their little boy, um, what did you say his name was, Lady Brent?"
"I didn't, Your Majesty," Angela said, apologetically, "but his name is Lawrence, or Larry, for short."
The prince seemed to find this name quite comical, for he snickered, alerting Temperance to the last physical attribute he got from his father, his charming smile and dimples.
Rebecca sent a warning glance to her son and smiled sweetly at Angela. "That's a very nice name, Lady Brent."
Angela curtsied, holding Lance steady with one of her arms. "Thank you, milady."
"You're very welcome." Rebecca responded before turning back to her son. "Sir Brent will be your new bodyguard and Lady Brent will be your personal nanny. You are to be on your best behavior around them, understood?"
Prince Parker nodded in understanding and turned to Temperance and Angela. "I'm very pleased to meet you." he said in a monotone voice. "Really."
Rebecca seemed satisfied with this attitude as she leaned down and kissed his cheek. "That's my little boy!" She gushed, squeezing his shoulder, before straightening. "Now, I must run. Lots to do today! Take him wherever he wants to go today. His lessons have been excused today." Parker's face brightened at this instantly. "But watch him when you're out and about. He seems to have no trouble getting lost." She said, enunciating the word lost pointedly. Parker rolled his eyes as Temperance and Angela nodded their heads.
"Yes, Your Majesty." They said in unison.
Rebecca smiled at them once more, before patting Parker on the shoulder and walking towards one of the main rooms, leaving them with Parker and a fussy Lance.
Angela began to rock Lance back and forth, smiling at Parker. "Hello, Prince Parker." she said, sweetly. "How are you today?"
Parker turned and glared at her. "Don't even try to be nice to me!" he spat. "Because I will find a way out of here and I will join my father against the Jared."
Angela and Temperance looked at each other, trying to suppress their grins, before Temperance took Parker by the hand, seemingly firm, and dragged him upstairs, with Angela trailing behind them.
The entire way up, she growled things, like, "How dare you!" and "You insolent, little twit!" But when they finally came to their destination, Parker's room, Temperance ushered him in and closed the door behind Angela.
Parker turned on them. "What on Earth do you think you are doing?" he asked, angrily.
Temperance and Angela looked at each other and smiled widely, before Angela turned to Parker and leaned down slightly, wrapping her arms tightly around Lance's form. "Sweetie, do you know who I am?"
Parker squinted his eyes in confusion. "Yes, I do." He said. "My mother says your name is Lady Ann Brent. My new nanny."
Angela smiled and shook her head. "Nope. My name is Angela Montenegro Hodgins. I think you know my husband, Jack?"
Parker smiled widely. "Then you know my father!" he exclaimed and Angela nodded, causing Parker to immediately lock his arms around her legs.
After a moment, Parker stepped back. "Well, if you're Jack's wife, then who is he?" He asked, pointing at Temperance, causing Angela to chuckle a bit as she removed Lance from the sling and set him on Parker's bed, forcing him to sit up.
"She," Angela said as Temperance removed her cap, "is Lady Temperance Brennan, my best friend, and a good friend of your dad's as well."
Parker's jaw dropped at the mention of her bodyguard being a woman.
"You're a girl?" he asked and Temperance nodded.
"Yes," she said, in her normal voice. "I am, and like Angela said, I also know your father."
Parker's smile widened and he hugged Temperance's legs, looking up at her. "You do? Is he okay? Is he coming for me? I bet he is!"
Temperance laughed. "He's trying all he can to get in here, but in the meantime we're here to free a couple friends of ours. Could you help?"
Parker nodded enthusiastically, and began pulling Temperance by the hand, calling over his shoulder, to Angela, "Come on! We must get down to the dungeons to see Pops!"
Angela nodded and grabbed Lance off the bed, placing him on the ground next to her and taking his hand, leading him out the door with her as she followed Parker's lead.
Yay! They're finally gonna save Hodgins and Daisy! But what about Caroline? Where is she? TBC. Please REVIEW!
