A/N: Michael is 14 Christine is 9 Parker is 22

Christine headed to the school office with her backpack, she didn't know why she was called to the office, so she was a little nervous. Christine walked into the office to see Parker standing there. "Parker?"

"Dad's fine…. Bones got into an accident on the way to a crime scene she's okay, she broke her ankle. They're doing surgery, dad wants us to go to the hospital."

"Okay."

"We need to get Mikey."

"Okay."

Parker slipped Christine's backpack off her shoulder and carried it to his car. They both went inside when they got to Michael's school. Booth had called and told them that Parker would be picking him up early so Michael was waiting on them.

"Parker…"

"Hey buddy. Are you ready to go?"

"Not time to go home…"

Parker knelt down in front of Michael. "it's not, you're right. We're not going home we're going to the hospital. Mom got into an accident; she got hurt, but she'll be okay. Dad wants us there for a little while."

"Okay…" Michael started picking at his thumbnail, Parker gently blocked his hand.

"Michael, she's going to be fine, she'll need to rest for a little bit and not be able to do things for a while. She'll probably have to stay in the hospital a few days. I'll stay with you at home, it'll be fun." Parker picked up Michael's backpack and waited for Michael to stand up and put his arm around him and the three of them walked out of the school.

B&B

Booth met them at the elevator on the floor Brennan was on. "DADDY!" Michael and Christine ran to him.

"Hey guys. Mom is fine, she had to have surgery to fix her ankle. She'll have to stay here for a couple days. She's really sleepy, but we can go say hi for a little bit." Booth started down the hall to Brennan's room with Christine and Michael death gripping his hands, Parker followed behind them.

Booth slowly opened the door to Brennan's room and noticed she was sleeping. "Mom's sleeping, we can go in, but you need to be quiet." Booth let Michael and Christine enter the room.

"MOMMY!"

"Shh buddy…"

Brennan's eyes slowly opened as she turned her head and smiled, "hi sweetheart, come here."

Michael dropped Booth's hand and walked to Brennan's bedside. He stopped short when he noticed her leg in a cast and propped up on pillows.

"It's okay, sweetheart, it's just a big band aid."

"Home now?"

" No, I have to stay here for a few days."

Michael started biting his lip and shaking his head. "NO!"

"Sweetheart, it will be fun with daddy. You can go to the diner for dinner every day until I come home. "

"NO!" Michael continued to bite his lip.

"Mom does it hurt?"

"No, not much…"

"That's good. I got an A on my math test."

"That's great, I'm proud of you. Make sure daddy takes you for ice cream."

"Okay."

Booth could see Brennan was struggling to stay awake "Guys mom needs to rest let's go to the cafeteria for lunch then you can go home with Parker."

"No, I stay here!" Michael grabbed Brennan's hand.

"Michael, go get lunch with daddy, Parker, and Christine. You can call me later… Come give me a hug…" Brennan sat the bed up a little then she carefully hugged Michael, Christine and Parker.

"Bye mom. Love you."

"Bye Christine I love you, too. I love you, Michael." Michael turned and grinned slightly at Brennan; she could tell his anxiety was going rear its ugly head any moment. She hoped it waited until Parker got them home.

Bye Bones. Love you."

"Bye Parker. Love you, too. Thanks for staying with Christine and Michael. His Anxiety is coming…"

"You're welcome. I know, we're going to go have lunch with dad and go straight home so he can be around all of his things."

'"His medication…"

"Is in the locked med box in your bathroom… I know… hopefully we won't need it…..We'll call you guys later…."

"Okay."

Brennan watched Parker leave and fell asleep as soon as the door shut behind him. A few hours later Brennan and Booth were sitting in her hospital room when Booth's phone rang.

"Hey Parks!"

"Dad, I can't get Michael to calm down he was fine after we got home. He went to the swings for a while then came in and put on the audio books that Bones made for him when we went on vacation for the rest of the afternoon. Then we went to the diner for dinner then we stopped for ice cream. When we got home he and Christine wanted to watch movies, I suggested they get their pajamas on while I made popcorn for me and Christine and grabbed the cheese crackers Michael likes. As soon as I said pajamas Michael freaked out. He's pacing and if I get close he starts pushing me away and yells. "

"He hates going to bed if we're not home, he thinks that's you're trying to get him to do. I'm going to give the phone to Bones, see if you can get Michael to listen…"

"Okay."

Booth handed the phone to Brennan, she winced when she heard Michael yell at Parker.

"Michael Joseph Booth do not yell at Parker like that! You know better than that!"

"Mommy?!"

"Hi sweetheart, go sit down. Parker can you get him some water?"

"Yep. Mikey take my phone and go sit on the couch while I get your water." Michael went and sat down and grabbed Brennan's blanket she kept on Booth's chair and tried to cover himself up. Parker came back and sat the water on the end table and reached to cover Michael up.

"NO!"

"Michael, let Parker help you…" Michael relaxed and let Parker cover him up. Parker handed him the cup of water.

"Sweetheart, drink some water and calm down." Michael drank some water and sighed and Brennan smiled . "How come you don't want to put your pajamas on?"

"I not want to go to bed…" Brennan laughed, Micha\el had never learned to lie to them.

"You don't have to go to bed yet, Parker just said to put on your pajamas so you'd be comfortable when you were watching your movie…"

"Home?"

"Sweetheart, I have to stay here a few days so the doctor can make sure my ankle is getting better."

"No! Daddy?"

"Michael, I'm going to stay here with mommy at least for tonight."

"HUUUMMM…."

"Michael, remember when you don't feel good mommy stays with you?"

"Uh-huh…"

"Well, it's my turn to stay with mommy while she doesn't feel good…"

"Hum…." Michael yawned slightly. Brennan could tell he was coming down from his anxiety and had tired himself out.

"Sweetheart, why don't you get your pajamas on and go watch your movie in mine and daddy's room? You can sleep there until daddy or I come home…"

"K." Michael handed Parker his phone and headed for his room, still wrapped in Brennan's blanket.

"Thanks, Bones."

"Of course, Parker."

"Bub, if he's not settled in an hour call me and I'll come home for a while at least."

"Okay. I've never seen him act like that before. The pacing yeah, but the yelling is new to me."

"The stress of neither of us being home is borderline too much for him to handle without meds. When he hit puberty, he started yelling when he gets stressed. It's loud, but I'm thankful he's not violent."

"Me too."

"PARKER!"

"Gotta go start his movie…"

"Okay." Brennan hung up the phone and handed it back to Booth. "I need to go home tomorrow…"

"Bones, the doctor said you'd be in here three days minimum. It was a bad break in all of the years we've worked together I've seen some nasty stuff, but when I got to the ER and saw the bone sticking out of your ankle like that I thought I was going to puke…"

"I don't remember you coming to the ER…"

Booth stood up and kissed Brennan's forehead, "that's because the doctors gave you the REALLY good pain meds…."

"I'll need more soon …"

"Don't worry, Bones if Michael doesn't calm down soon I'll go home for a while."

"You need to go home tomorrow morning and take him to school and let Mrs. Fischer know what happened in case he acts out. I'd also like my own pillow and the novel from my nightstand. And I need some sweatpants or something, my jeans will be hard to get on over the cast."

"Want me to go get your pillow now?"

"No."

"Okay. If you change your mind let me know."

"Okay. We need to go out more at night to get him used to going to bed without us being home."

"We do. Going on dates more often would be nice." Booth's phone beeped with a text, "it's Parker." Booth looked at his phone and handed it to Brennan, she smiled at the picture of Michael sleeping in the middle of their bed.

'He's calm now…"

"Yes, I just wish he hadn't had to work himself up and crash to get calmed down."

"I know. Hopefully things will settle back down when he completes puberty."

"I need to call his doctor he's grown a lot recently; I think he needs a new dosage ."

"Probably. We can take him next week while I'm off…"

"Booth, you don't have to take time off to stay home with me…"

"Yes, I do if I don't you'll try to go to the lab or something."

"No, I won't."

"You're cute when you lie, Bones."

"I'm not lying, Booth…"

"How's your pain?"

"It's a little worse now." Booth hit the call button. A few minutes later Brennan was comfortable and Both was holding her hand as she fell asleep.

B&B

Three days later Parker was driving Michael and Christine home from school. "I want see mommy."

"We'll go see her in a little while we need to go home first and get something she needs so we can bring it to her." Parker turned in the driveway.. "Look…"

Michael looked up to see Booth's SUV parked in its spot. Mommy home?"

"Probably. We'll see in a minute…" Michael tried to get out of the car before it stopped. "Hang on, bud." As soon as Parker parked his car Michael had his door open and was headed in the house Booth was waiting right by the door for him. "slow down, buddy…"

"Mommy home?"

"Yes, she's home. She's on the couch you and Christine can see her just be careful you don't bump her leg."

"K." Michael and Christine headed for the living room. "MOMMY!" both kids climbed on the couch to sit on either side of Brennan.

"Hi Michael. Hi Christine. Did you both have a good day at school?" she kissed the tops of their heads.

"Uh-huh."

"Yeah.

"That's good."

"Mommy, can I sign your cast?"

"Yes, go ask daddy to get a marker for you."

"Okay." Christine went off to get a marker. A few minutes later she was writing her name across d\the top of the cast and decorating it with hearts and stars. "I'm done!"

'"Thank you, Sweetheart. It's pretty. Do you want to sign my cast, Michael?"

"NO!"

"You can. It doesn't hurt me." Christine handed the marker to Michael and went in the kitchen. "Daddy, can we have pizza for dinner?"

"Yeah."

"I'll go get it."

"Thanks, Parker. Get a triple meat, a veggie and a cheese, half with mushrooms and onions. Cheese sticks and cinnamon twists."

"Got it."

Booth gave Parker money. "I'll be back in a while."

Booth went in the living room and watched Michael write his name on Brennan's cast. 'Good job, buddy!" Michael grinned and climbed back up on the couch next to Brennan while Christine sat at the counter and started her homework. "Michael, are you happy mommy is home?"

"Un-huh. Love you."

"I love you too, Michael."

"I hungry…"

"Parker should be back with the pizza soon…"

"Yummy!" Michael snuggled closer to Brennan and closed his eyes.

Sweetheart, don't fall asleep yet, dinner will be here soon…"

"I not…"

Brennan chuckled and kissed the top of Michael's head. "Okay, buddy."

"…And he's out…"

"I know. He can sleep until Parker gets back…"