Summary: Booth and Brennan have been happily married for 5 years and at the age of 15 Parker gets to choose who he wants to live with. Seeing as Rebecca married Captain Fantastic he decides to live with Booth and Brennan. For his 16th birthday he invites his best friend Ripley over just for a family night. How will Lee react to Parker’s parents. BB through the eyes of a 16 year old girl. Slight BB, Parker/OC. Spoilers for IWTB.
A/N: Came up with this at school today after hanging around with the guys all day, I decided to make some fluff for myself.
Ripley is an OC based loosely (yeah right) on myself. Basically, she is the person that I want to be. NOT based off of real events. Nope. Defiantly not….-runs-
Disclaimer: I only own Ripley….and IWTB on DVD!!!
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-Ding Dong-
Ripley Forbes could hear the hurried steps of Parker scrambling to the door; she heard a thud and a crash of what sounded like a phone.
“You alright there Park?” She called from the door, holding back her laughter. He was possibly the most uncoordinated son of an FBI agent, she only knew one other and William was possibly the most coordinated person she knew!
The door was flung open and Ripley was pulled into possibly the most awkward hug she had ever been in.
“Rip! You’re here!” Said parker louder than he probably should have.
“Jeez Park, what the hell happened, you sound like I just saved your life!”
“You’re about to, Bio Mum’s here with Captain Fantastic.” He whispered as he released her from the death grip he had on her.
Parker and Ripley headed down the hall to where they found Rebecca and Captain Fantastic sitting opposite Booth and Bones.
Everybody stood up to greet Ripley and as usual got an extended hug from Bones. She was like a big sister to Ripley, they would joke around, and seeing as Ripley wanted to be a scientist they got on great.
Plonking Ripley down beside Bones parker re-took his spot next to Rebecca.
After a few minutes of conversation Rebecca and Captain Fantastic stood up and said their good-byes and a ‘happy birthday; to Parker.
Bones and Ripley went over to the kitchen while Parker and Booth stayed by the TV watching the football.
“Hey Dr. B, have any interesting cases lately?” Ripley asked. She always took an interest in Bones’ line of work; after all it was what she had wanted to do since she was thirteen.
“A few, we got a skeleton that was found in the closet of a woman’s recently deceased husband.”
“Skeleton in a closet,” she paused. ”That’s just a little clichéd…. just a bit.” Both of them started to chuckle, even in her line of work Bones could still find the humor in idioms.
“Hey Bones, what’s for dinner” Booth asked as him and Parker walked over to the bench top.
“Well,” she started. “I was thinking we could let Parker decide seeing as it is his birthday.”
Parker thought for a minute, taking what everyone else would want into consideration. Well, Bones would want something healthy like a salad or something. Dad, well he’ll want pizza or something totally contradicting what Bones wants. Hmm…Rip looks like…. let’s see…. Left eyebrow’s slightly higher than the right that means Thai! He quickly checked Ripley to make sure that the left was higher because anything else probably meant Italian.
“I’m thinkin’” He paused for dramatic effect. “Thai.”
The smile on Ripley’s face grew with not only the prospect of food, but Thai food at that!
After ordering their food they all sat down on the two large, brown leather couches that resided in the living room. Booth and Bones on one, Parker and Ripley on the other. Flicking through the channels for a few minutes everyone settled on a movie. Ripley could hardly contain her excitement as the opening credits of the movie rolled in and the theme started up, that theme she knew so well and had heard on so many occasions.
“Rip, please, I’m really begging you here. When Scully comes on, please, PLEASE don’t scream.” He whispered to her, just sending her into a repressed fit of laughter. “Or, say every word before it comes on screen” he added.
“Take away all my fun why don’t ya.” She whispered back, unaware of the two adults watching them, hypocritically wishing that they would just snap and break the tension between them.
The food arrived just as the director of medicine asked for the name of the red-headed doctor. Ripley almost burst when the doorbell rang.
Paying the young delivery boy and tipping him Bones came back to an eager family awaiting their food.
Everyone shot up to help, Ripley doing the majority of it as she was desperate for both food and X-Files, grabbing bowls, serving spoons and cutlery she made her way down to the coffee table once Bones had set the plastic food containers down. Ripley and Parker fought over the Pad Thai and how she had to go and order it with Tofu and chicken both in it.
Booth and his wife looked at each other, holding back their laughter as Parker gagged on a piece of Tofu.
Settling down with their food everyone went back to watching the movie, except Ripley, she was watching Booth and Dr. B, wishing that her and Parker could be that close. She watched as Bones sank back into Booth who wrapped his arms around her middle as she finished her food. Ripley still watched them, even as Scully walked into Mulder’s home office, missing all the references to past episodes when Mulder makes a perfect shot into the wastepaper bin, and the panning shot up to the ceiling where pencils are hanging down but still not falling.
She was brought back to reality by a small tap to her shoulder, leaning back she was greeted by a bowl with the last of Parker’s noodles with bits of tofu nested in them. “You want that?” he whispered.
“Yeah, you sure?” she replied.
“Of course I am, just take it.” Ripley gladly obliged, taking the small white bowl out of Parkers hands and slowly nursing the small bits of tofu in it. She sat back up from he slouched position to set the bowl on the table. As she sat back she unexpectedly felt two arms wrap around her and leaned back into Parker’s chest as she propped her feet up on the end of the couch. Feeling his steady heartbeat quicken as the climax of the film came around she turned her head around, looking back at the couple on the other couch she smiled, they just…..fit she thought seeing Booth tuck a wayward strand of hair behind her ear. ‘But let it try’ she heard in the smooth voice of David Duchovny, she turned her head back to the tv watching her two beloved characters share their first kiss-kiss since 2002.
After the movie had finished (as in really finished) Booth and Bones began clearing up, refusing to let Ripley help. Ripley sank back into her previous position, wrapped up in a Parker
Summary: Booth and Brennan have been happily married for 5 years and at the age of 15 Parker gets to choose who he wants to live with. Seeing as Rebecca married Captain Fantastic he decides to live with Booth and Brennan. For his 16th birthday he invites his best friend Ripley over just for a family night. How will Lee react to Parker’s parents. BB through the eyes of a 16 year old girl. Slight BB, Parker/OC. Spoilers for IWTB.