A/N: Here's the next one! I hope you all enjoy and thank you for all the reviews. And thanks for telling me about your Christmas trees. I am infinitely jealous of all those who have had real trees; I don't think I've ever had one.

Have a Holly Jolly Christmas

"Are we going to do this all in one day?" Brennan asked, looking warily at the big list.

"C'mon." Booth cajoled. "It won't take long. I'll buy you a hot chocolate later."

She had to laugh at the way he waggled his eyebrows and after taking another look at the list, she followed him into the mall.

She soon discovered that she had a very methodical way of shopping whereas Booth just liked going into the first store he saw. It was odd, really, because she had heard from Angela that girls like to browse whereas guys just went straight for what they wanted and left.

'Quite the role reversal.' She thought, chuckling softly.

"C'mon Bones, let's go in this store." Booth said, pulling at her arm.

Her brow furrowed. "But we don't need anything in this store."

He rolled her eyes and dragged her in where she realized that he was intent on looking at big electronic equipment that he really had no purpose for. After arguing about how big of a television was really necessary in life, they headed out of the store and on to the next, finally crossing Cam off their list of presents to buy.

When they got to the list of Parker's toys, she raised her eyebrows. "We are getting him all of this?"

Booth ignored the fact that his girlfriend said 'we' (despite the fact that it made him feel quite elated) and moved closer to explain the colour coded list.

"The stuff in blue we are giving him, the stuff in red Rebecca's giving him."

"Isn't that a lot of presents?"

"Some of this is small, for his stocking from Santa. There's only a few big presents. So you feel ready to brave the toy store?"

She nodded and they made their way up the escalator to the store. As soon as they stepped inside, she was overwhelmed by the noise. There were kids running everywhere, and harried parents with carts full of toys.

"Do you think using your FBI badge can help us through this?" she asked Booth.

He chuckled. "Unfortunately not, Bones. Let's go."

He grabbed a cart and they made their way down the aisles. Brennan was glad that Booth was with her. Frankly she did wouldn't know where to begin. There were so many toys and she didn't know any of the names. She didn't even recognize what Booth was throwing into the cart.

After fifteen minutes in the store (and they hadn't even hit all the sections yet), she was definitely beginning to feel overwhelmed and out of her element. That is until she saw something catch her eye and she was off.

Booth grabbed the Batman action figure from the shelf and turned around to show it to Brennan. Unfortunately, she was nowhere to be found. He pushed the cart down the aisles, until he came across her, staring in wonder at something on the shelf.

"Booth." She said, noticing him. "Can we get him this?"

He looked to where she was pointing and a saw a beginner's science kit. Of course. He pushed the cart closer to take a look.

"That's pretty expensive." He commented, pointing at the price tag.

She glanced down at the price and then up again at the kit. She couldn't believe they made stuff like this. If she had this when she was a kid, she would have been thrilled.

"I'll pay for it." She said, resolutely. "I want to get Parker this. I think he will like it and it's educational."

He looked at her face and immediately caved. "Put it in the cart."

"Yes." She said, pumping her fist in the air.

He burst into laughter, at the uncharacteristic move. "Where did you learn that?"

"Parker taught me." She said, shrugging.

He reached for her hand, stopping her from pushing the cart further.

"Listen, Bones, I just wanted to say thank you."

"For what?"

"For caring about Parker and buying him a present..."

"Of course I care about him, he's a great kid."

"Yes, but..." He struggled with how to explain his thoughts. "When you date me, Parker comes as part of the territory. And I know that can be overwhelming so..."

"Booth." She interrupted. "Out of all the things happening in our relationship, Parker is the least overwhelming, I promise." She leaned close and pressed a kiss to his cheek.

"So can I get my hot chocolate now?" she asked, as they continued through the store.

"We aren't even halfway down our list."

"Please?" she asked, giving a soft pout that she knew drove him crazy.

He sighed and rolled his eyes. "Fine. Let's go pay for this."

She smiled and they headed off to the cash register.

At least they got some shopping done.

A/N: Geez, even when Parker's not in the story, he manages to make it cute! I just got bombarded with a couple of ideas, so hopefully there will be two tommorrow! I will try my hardest!