A/N: Here's the short opening to the last story of the series, To Have and To Hold. I hope you like it!

"Sweetie, what are you doing?" Angela said, taking in the scene before her. Dr. Temperance Brennan, world-renowned forensic anthropologist and best selling author had her gloved hand in a paper mache skeleton. Booth as usual was leaning against the rail, smirking. Parker was next to Brennan looking anxious.

"Parker's school project." She replied. "He built a paper mache skeleton, well the top half anyway and now he has something stuck in it and he needs it for this afternoon."

"I really, really need it." Parker said, shifting from foot to foot.

"What's stuck?" Angela asked smiling at how determined Brennan was to get the object out for Parker.

"A marble." She replied, continuing to carefully dig through the skeleton with her forceps.

Angela smiled and thought of how natural Brennan seemed being a mom. Even though it had only been three months since it became official, it felt like she had been Parker's mom forever. There were definitely changes. She worked less hours,(although not by much)and took most weekends off as well.

"Hey, what's going on here?" Cam asked, coming up the platform, Hodgins and Zach in tow.

"Mom is fixing my skeleton for my class." Parker piped up.

"Wow, impressive!" Hodgins said.

"My mom helped me make it amatronically correct." Parker replied. Everyone smiled at Parker's mispronunciation of the word.

"I think I've almost got it." She said, tugging harder.

"That's good." Cam replied. "Because we need the table soon."

"Sorry about this." She said. "It's for a project and apparently Booth couldn't get it out at home so they brought it here."

"Hey." Booth said. "I left it to the professionals."

She gave another hard yank with the forceps and pulled out not a marble, but a ring.