"She loves you more than she loves me." Jamie just rolled her eyes at Bones statement.

Leaving Sam and his –their- family was harder than she thought it would be. After a lot of hugs, tears and promises to visit on both sides, Jamie and Bones boarded the shuttle to earth. Sulu was staying, he told Bones that his offer for pilot lessons still stood. When they got back to earth, they didn't expect Mama Ella to be waiting with Fred at the port in Atlanta; the older woman hugged Jamie before she even got to say hello.

"That's not true, child. I've loved you since before you were born and I'll love you until I die. You've gotten more hugs from me, you can share with Jamie and wait a second." Jamie laughed as Mama Ella released her and pulled her son into a hug, "Welcome home, Leo."

"Hello, mama. Missed you," Bones said, giving his mom a kiss on the cheek. After a few more hugs and hellos, they hopped into Fred's hovercar and heading for home.

"How was Ganjitsu?" Fred asked them from the driver's seat.

Bones looked at Jamie and smiled, "It was good. Hung out with Jim's brother and his family. His older son, Peter is smart and energetic, takes after his aunt. Alexander is the calmest baby I've ever seen. Got a tour from Sulu, he's another cadet, his mom works with Sam. Overall, it was good, relaxing." Jamie played with the Ole' Miss ring on his pinky as he spoke, it was one of the few things that Jocelyn didn't get her hands on. Bones turned his hand so that he could hold hers and sent Jamie a wink. Jamie loved to see him like this, happy and playful; it made him seem more his age.

Just like the last time they were here, Joanna met them outside while her aunt watched from the porch. "Daddy! Aunt Jamie!" Jo came running down the walkway and jumped right into Bones' arms.

"Hey, baby girl." Bones held her for a few moments before putting her on her feet, she hugged Jamie next.

"Hey, sweetie. What's up?"Jamie asked. Joanna grabbed Jamie's hand and started talking, Jamie wasn't sure how she kept up with her. Bones laughed at the perplexed look on her face.

"Now you know how I feel when you start talking about engineering." Jamie chuckled as she wrapped her free arm around his waist, his mother just smiled at them.

"I knew it," his mother exclaimed.

"Knew what, mama?" He grinned at his mother, she told him at Christmas that she could see the pair together, but he shook his head, "we're just friends, mama." He told her that they were together the last time he comm'ed but she thought he was joking around.

"I knew that you two would look good together," Mama Ella told him. Jamie thought she heard his dad whisper something about Jamie being an upgrade from the evil bitch, earning a laugh from Fred and Donna. The McCoy's –everyone but Joanna- let them get settled, Jo followed her dad around, not that he minded one bit.

They were sitting on the porch with Mama Ella when David got comm'ed to the clinic for an emergency, "Wanna come with me, son?" Bones thought about it for a second, Jamie could see him weighing his options, it was written on his handsome face.

"Go with your dad. Your favorite girls will hang out," she told him. Bones looked as Mama Ella, Donna and Joanna agreed with Jamie.

"Take Fred with you," Donna added as an afterthought. Bones kissed his mom and sister on the cheek, his daughter on her forehead and Jamie on the lips.

"Stay outta trouble, ladies," he said to the group as he followed his father to the hovercar.

As soon as the men were gone and they got Joanna distracted, Donna looked at her, "Spill it, sweetheart, they won't be gone long, knowing daddy and Leo."

Jamie chuckled; Bones warned her that his sister was going to ask questions, "You met her as my friend but you're not just my friend anymore." After Jocelyn, she could understand why Donna would be leery. The McCoy's issue with Jocelyn was that the woman was family, her parents were in the same circles as Ella and David, Donna was friends with her for years, and they all felt betrayed when Jocelyn cheated on Bones. She didn't just destroy their marriage, she hurt the whole family. Donna wasn't letting something like that happen to her family again.

"I guess it is my turn since my brother had his go at Bones already. I love him." Donna and Mama Ella just looked at her; Donna motioned with her hand for Jamie to give them more information. "I don't know what else to tell you, I've never done this before. I'm not Jocelyn, I would never do what she did, but I can't promise more than that. I love Leonard; I would kill for him or die for him in a heartbeat. That's all I got." Mama Ella nodded, what Jamie said must have been enough for her because she changed the subject to the strawberry social that was in a few days. Jamie smiled at the fact that they could be so advanced but some things from a world long gone still held true.

During the fall, everyone was around for the apples and during the summer, the strawberries. She got excited as Donna and Mama Ella filled her in. "We're entered in the pie contest. I added you to the list, so, if you want to bake with us, you can. There's also the shortcake eating contest, Fred does that one."

Joanna had joined them, "Don't forget the tart toss, Aunt Donna." She sat on Jamie's lap and told her stories about the last strawberry social. Joanna got her Uncle Fred in the face with a strawberry tart and Donna had holos.

"We should run away while we have the chance; they pulled out the holos," Bones stage whispered as the three men returned an hour and a half later. The women had noticed the guys pull up to the house.

Donna looked at her brother, "You can run all you want, we're still gonna show all your baby holos to your girlfriend." He rolled his eyes and sat down next to Jamie. Donna continued, "I bet her brother had plenty."

"Nope. I think the only baby holos of me are the ones that press had after my father got killed and everybody has seen those." They all looked at her.

"So there aren't any holos of you growing up?" Donna asked with a shocked look on her face. Jamie thought about it, her grandfather didn't take many, neither did her mom or Frank and the holos from Tarsus were either missing or destroyed. "Earliest holo I have aside from the 'Kelvin Baby' stuff, I was fourteen."

Bones held her hand, "Pike?"

She nodded, "Yea, there are a few from his cabin. A few from school on Vulcan and one or two from school in Italy. I have plenty of the last year, but that's because Bones or Gaila took 'em."

A look crossed Donna's face, "Well, maybe we should take a whole bunch while you're here."