Booth snapped off the T.V. and let the remote bounce on the bed.

"What's wrong, Booth?"

"Now they're forecasting a Nor'easter next week…"

"Before or after Parker's flight?"

"The day of… so either it'll be delayed or canceled…"

"Call Rebecca and see if she'll reschedule his flight…"

"The only day left is the last day of school or the day before the last day to be safe."

"It wouldn't hurt him to miss two days of school…"

"Bones, you want Parks to miss school?"

Brennan turned and smiled a little, "This is the first time she's ever let you have him the whole break and if he waits for his scheduled flight he might not be able to come over at all."

"True." Booth grabbed his phone and dialed. A few minutes later Booth walked across the bedroom and rested his chin on Brennan's shoulder "Becca is letting him miss the last three days of school and come here early. She was going to call later. She's taking care of changing his flights. "

"That's great, Booth."

"Yeah. I'm making waffles today. "

"The blueberries need to be used up…"

Booth grinned, "I'm making blueberry waffles today…" Brennan grinned and kissed him.

B&B

Four days later Booth waited for Parker in the international terminal at Dulles International airport.

"Hey dad!"

"Hi Bub." Booth pulled Parker into a bear hug.

"Where's Bones?"

"She's working. She and Christine will be home later."

"Okay. Do you have to go back to work?"

"No, Bones suggested I take the next two days off so we can hang out. She'll be home with Christine at night. We're both off until the day after New Year's."

"Cool. Can we just stay home? I stay home a lot by myself, but it'll be nice to stay home with you guys. Mom works a lot."

"Sure, but whatever you want…"

"I need food, the airplane food sucked…"

"Lets go to the diner for a burger then we need to go to the store and stock up. The weather is predicting a record snowfall on the day of your original flight."

"Yeah, mom saw it on line or something and decided I should come early."

"That was good of her…"

"Yeah, plus she and Garth can go to Ireland early …"

"Hum."

B&B

A couple hours later Booth looked up from unpacking the grocery bags when Brennan

walked in the door. "Bones, what are you doing home early?"

"We didn't have a case so Cam suggested I come home early and take the next two days off along with our preplanned vacation. If you'd prefer to spend the next two days alone with Parker I can work on my book or go work in limbo…" Brennan took off Christine's pink jacket and matching hat.

"No, two extra family days is perfect." Booth smiled and put down the eggs as Christine reached for him." Hi Angel, I'm so happy you and mommy are home early and get to spend two extra days with me and Parker." Booth kissed the baby's cheek and smiled as she made a grab for his face.

"Where's Parker?"

"He's taking a nap. Why don't you and Christine go wake him up? He didn't want to sleep long."

"Sure." Brennan took the baby back and headed upstairs. Booth waited a minute and followed behind them. Brennan quietly opened Parker's bedroom, she adjusted Christine on her hip and walked over to the bed and lightly kissed Parker's cheek, the teen's eyes fluttered and slowly opened "Hi Bones."

"Hi Parker. Welcome home."

"Thanks." Parker pushed himself up and noticed Christine on Brennan's lap. "Hi Christine, remember me?"

Christine squealed and reached for Parker, Brennan smiled and handed her over. "I don't know if she remembers you, but she'll get to know you more over the next two weeks."

"Yeah, I can't wait. I'm happy mom let me come here for the whole break plus a couple extra days."

"We are too."

"What do you want to do tonight, Bub?"

"Just stay here. Mom is always on the go and sometimes drags me along…"

"Okay."

I'm going to go start dinner."

"I'll come help you, Bones."

"No need, Booth stay with the children…" Brennan leaned over and kissed Parker and Christine's cheeks. As she walked by Booth she kissed him "Love you, Bones…" Brennan smiled as she heard Christine giggle as Booth scooped her up

"Love you too, Booth."

A few hours later Booth put his arm around Brennan as she sat down next to him on the couch. " Christine asleep?"

"Yes, she didn't want to get out of her bath, she was enjoying splashing…"

"She's going to love the water table she's getting for Christmas."

"Yes…"

"I'll set it up in the laundry room so she can play with it when she opens it instead of waiting for warm weather."

"She'll enjoy that."

"Yeah… Bones, do you think Parker is happy living in England with Becca?"

"No, when he was loading the dishwasher while I was washing Christine's daycare bottles he was talking about how much he misses a lot of things here, not to mention seeing us more. He said the American school Rebecca is sending him to is a waste of time…"

"Yeah, he said the same to me at the diner… after the holidays I'm going to get a layer…a different one than I had when he was a toddler… and try to get custody from Becca…"

"I think you should, Booth. I will help in any way I can…."

"Thanks Bones."

B&B

Booth quietly but quickly got out of bed the morning of Parker's original flight and got a fussy Christine out of her crib. After changing her Booth scooped her up and headed downstairs. "Let's let mommy sleep in a while." Booth grabbed a bottle from the fridge and put it in the warmer. Even though Brennan was home she still had a couple bottles in the fridge so Booth could feed her. Booth walked into the living room and pulled back the curtain, he held Christine up so she could see the large amount of snow that had accumulated on the ground and that was still falling. "Your first snow is gonna be a big one, Angel." Christine looked at Booth and started sucking on her fist. Booth kissed her forehead and headed for the kitchen. A few minutes later Booth sat on the couch and turned on the local news, muting the sound. He smiled at Brennan as she sat down next to him. "Morning, Bones. I was hoping you'd sleep in…."

"I would have, but I got an automated text from the Jeffersonian, the museum and all offices are closed…"

"Most of D.C. is. The FBI isn't though. I'm off only because I put in for the time off last month. I think I'll get out the Christmas decorations, I would have done it all ready, but I wanted to wait for Parks…"

"I miss your decorations, Booth…""

"Me too, Bones…"

"I got a gingerbread house kit that we can assemble while Parker is here…"

"That will be fun. Gran made them sometimes with me and Jarred. She'd bake the gingerbread and cut the pieces the night before and then jarred and I would I put them together and decorate the next day. Jarred would start decorating and get mad about ten minutes in and stomp off to his room…"

"Jarred has anger issues…"

"Yep."'

"Since Christine is content and Parker is still sleeping I'm going to go make French toast bake. The one with whole slices of bread, not cubes…. "

"Sounds good. I'll cook the sausage in a bit…"

"I can do it, Booth…"

"Are you sure, Bones?"

"Yes. I can handle it Booth… "

"Okay. Let me know if you change your mind. Brennan nods and heads for the kitchen. After breakfast Booth got out the boxes of decorations and the three of them spent the rest of the morning and most of the afternoon decorating for Christmas, Booth made Pops' grilled cheese for lunch and he and Parker made spaghetti for dinner.

"Parker, do you want to move back here and live with me and Bones?"

"Yeah, but mom won't let me… I've asked….lots of times…"

Booth put down the pan of meatballs he was adding to the pot of sauce. "After the new year I can get a layer and see if we can get her to give me custody."

"You mean sue her so I can live with here with you and Bones?"

"I'll try to not sue her but if I have to…"

"Don't do that, it'll just make her madder at both of us…."

"Okay, I won't. Why don't you go tell Bones dinner is almost ready?"

"Okay." Parker went to find Brennan.

B&B

Later that night Booth sat next to Brennan. "Christine down?"

"Yeah, Playing with Parker all day wore her out. She was out before she drank less than half her bottle."

"That's good that she enjoys playing with Parker, but she'll probably be up soon for the rest of it."

"I'll get up with her…"

"Booth, are you okay? You were quiet at dinner."

"Yeah. I asked Parker if he wanted to move back and live with us. He said he did, but when I said I'd get a lawyer he asked if I would sue his mom….I said I would if I needed to… he doesn't want me to do that because it'll make her more mad at the both of us…."

"Booth, I don't know what to say to you. I just wish Rebecca's attitude didn't upset Parker so much…"

"Me too, Bones…"