I messed up on Parker's age in earlier chapters. He's turning 26 here, not 27.

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Wednesday January 21, 2026

"Happy birthday Parker!" Christine says, as soon as she opens the door for him and Lily. "I can't believe your 26 now!

It was Parkers birthday and the Booth's, the Hodgins', Pops, and Max were going to celebrate it at the Booth's house.

"Thanks little sis. I feel old now." Parker says giving Christine a hug.

After the "hello"s and "happy birthday!"s had gone around, there was another knock on the door. After the Hodgins' had done the same ("hey Chrissy" along with a kiss from Michael) Max and Pops came in.

"Parker! Happy Birthday to my favorite step-grandson!" Max greeted him.

"Thanks my dear step-grandpa." Parker replied back, giving him a hug. They always teased each other like this.

"No hug for your great-grandpa?" Pops asked. After everyone else said their hellos and Parker gave Pops a hug, the family sat down for dinner.

"Wow, Pops, I just realized your gonna be a great-great-grandpa!" Booth said.

"Yea, shrimp, that really made me feel old when Parker told me his beautiful wife was pregnant."

"Speaking of being pregnant…" Brennan began, glancing at Christine.

"Not the time." Christine said quickly and nervously. She was not excited to inform her grandpa and great-grandpa that their little princess had had sex.

"Not the time for what?" Max asked, picking up that something was wrong.

The table was silent. "You know he's gonna find out eventually." Parker half whispered to Christine.

"I was gonna bring it up later, but mom had to take the opportunity now." Christine half whispered back.

"Chrissy, we have to tell them now, or they're just gonna bother you for information." Michael full-whispered to Christine.

"Why do I feel like I'm the only one who doesn't know something? I'm not used to being kept out of the loop…" Max said.

"I don't have a clue what's going one either." Pops added.

"Bren, I think the kids could've brought it up on their own." Angela commented.

"Well there's no turning back now is there. Might as well make the announcement." Christine sighed. "I'm pregnant as well."

Silence once again.

"Well that's…" Pops started.

"Ridiculous! You're only 14!" Max exclaimed.

"Dad..." Brennan warned," we've been through that as a family. Please just move past her age and be happy that you're gonna be a great grandpa."

Silence.

"Might as well make the best of it. Congrats Christine! And I assume Michael, you are the father?" Pops asked.

"Yes sir." Michael wrapped his arm around Christine's waist. She was, meanwhile, staring at her plate holding back the tears. Noticing this, Michael hugged his girlfriend and she held him tightly back, letting a few tears spill. "Don't cry baby. I love you. It'll be okay."

The table watched this affection between the couple, awestruck at how in love two teenagers could be. When Christine looked up, they changed topic and her baby wasn't mentioned again that night.

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Okay, really sucky chapter, I apologize. Sorry I haven't updated lately, but… but what? I wanna say I've been busy but the truth is I've been lazy.

Well, I will probably not continue A Younger Love since nobody really cares and I'm kinda stuck. I had a whole long plot line thought out but I would prefer not to continue it. Which means I will be able to write more of this if I stop being lazy!