wow, can't believe i actually wrote all one hundred words, sure they're a little late but it's the thought that counts right?! i just wanna say how much i have seriously enjoyed writing this challenge and i hope to participate in the next one! also, thank you all like heaps for the wonderful words! ive been writing fanfiction for over two years now but this was my first real attempt at something bones based and i seriously cannot wait to write more (hopefully, if college doesn't get in the way)! -Megan x
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100. Family (Writer's Choice)
"Pops?"
Rebecca Temperance Booth peered up thoughtfully at her grandfather, resting her chin on his knee.
"Yeah, baby?"
"How did you meet Nan?"
Tiny heads turned, eagerly awaiting an answer, while the adults in the room grinned.
"Well now, I believe your Nan should be present for this, don't you think?"
All at once the children nodded, a chorus of shouts drawing their grandmother and the rest of the family into the living room.
"Woah, what's with all the shouting?"
"Come sit, Bones, it's story time."
Head tilted she glared at him, finally obeying when their grandchildren all whined loudly. They squeezed themselves onto his armchair, her arms full of their youngest grandchild, the remaining nine crammed themselves onto the floor in front of them, much to the amusement of their parents who stood aside, watching with wide smiles.
"Now, where shall we start? How about that Bones and I met back in 2003. I was struggling with a case—"
"With a dead body?"
"Yeah, Billy, with a dead body. Anyway, Cam recommended that I get some help from the best forensic anthropologist in the world, and that is when I met your Nan for the very first time."
"Was it love at first sight?"
"Definitely not." Brennan chucked, laughing at the gaping mouths of their grandchildren, "We didn't get on at all. We solved the case but we also argued, and I may have hit him—"
"May have?! Bones, you very nearly broke my jaw!"
"Nanny, it's not nice to hit!"
"You know what, Noah? That is exactly what I told her! Anyway, about a year later we became partners and we started to bring justice to almost all of the victims we found."
"We had, and still do, have the highest crime solving rate of an FBI agent and a forensic anthropologist."
At the looks of awe Booth continued, "We went through a lot, but they're stories for when you're all older and can understand better. Now, the year was 2011 when we finally got together and your Nan found out she was pregnant with Christine."
"We got married in 2013, and I found out I was pregnant with Henry 2 years later, just after we'd moved into this house."
"And then, baby Addie was born in 2019, and now here we are; you four are all married—"
"To four wonderful people, might I add."
"Speak for yourself, Bones, no one is every going to be good enough for our babies," Pausing, he grinned, eyes shifting from Parker and Emily, to Christine and Michael, Henry and Katie, and finally to Addison and Calum, "They come pretty damn close though."
Smiles widened as he turned his attention back to their grandchildren.
"Finally, now I'm gunna have to work through this slowly and logically 'cause there are so goddamn many of you, what'd you think, Bones?"
"Logic is best."
"Okay, you heard your Nan. So first we have Matthew, then we have Amber and Billy of course, Rebecca and Monique and Zoe, Caroline, Noah, Phoebe and how could we forget baby Zach, huh, buddy? Now, Bones, I'm gunna need your help with the maths."
"Ten, Booth." Her smile widened as he grinned, "We have ten incredible grandchildren, for how long though is another question." She chuckled.
"We're done!"
"Woah!"
"Three is enough!"
"No more!"
"I think you're safe guys." Calum laughed.
"Well that's good, I was beginning to lose count, how many again? Eleven?"
Her answer accompanied that of their family, the shouts turning into loud protests when he closed the small space between them, pressing his lips gently to hers.
"You know," Parker chuckled, grinning at his siblings, "Some things will just never change."