Celia Joy - By Ana G (posted 10/09/2007)

Awwwww, Ana. I just love cee cee. That has to be the sweetest thing ever. Just love the daddy, daughter bonding. Her thinking it can't be daddy cause it hasn't been snack time yet and then he just shows up it's just perfect. *sigh* Love it chica and can't wait for the next one.

Sany

aw, you guys are too good to me...thanks so much...really...

and nope, no kiddos for me...somehow i can just hear cee-cee chattering away though...

AnaG

Plus, Parker was still at the big kid camp. She wanted to go to camp too, cause Parker said he was gonna get to stay in the woods and Cee-Cee just knew that there was a whole lot of bugs to see in the woods. But mostly, she was sad cause when she said “Marco” he wasn’t there to say “Polo” back. That made her tummy feel funny and she didn’t like that at all.

right there i started to cry.....and tears were in my eyes until the very end.....omg ana......how do you do it. i so cant wait for the supermarket.....i have no words left...except more and more and more..never ever quit

a2b

oh, a2...dinna mean to make you cry...

but promise, as long as cee-cee keeps talking, i'll keep writing!

and hope to have the trip to the store tomorrow!

great big fluffy bunny hugs to ya sweetpea!

AnaG

You posted Cee Cee! Hooray! I loved that whole chapter! I love her and Booth together, its just the sweetest!

willgirl

aw, i just love her!! and boy if she doesn't have that handsome daddy of hers wrapped around her little finger!

kinseyjo

Oh, Ana I just looove your stories not only because you write amazingly well but because most if not all of your stories are pure fluff!!! or as Sany would say luli-proof. She knows how I don't like angst that much. I actually tried to start a no-angst allowed club but sadly it didn't take off
I loved the part where not having Parker say Polo made her tummy feel bad and the part where seeing her daddy made everything better. And I have to agree with everyone else, I can't wait for the next chapter.

luli27

awww

more more!

Camp isn't for different ages? Just curious
Though I guess younger ones usually do day camp...

DBAngelfan

l love this story. so sweet. cee cee is a cutie

pretty_green_eyes

How adorable...I can't wait to read the shopping trip...please post more soon!!!

CaRiNeSs

Here we go, finally….Cee-Cee’s trip to the grocery store with her Daddy….it’s a little rough, but hope that you enjoy! –AnaG

Oh…and I can’t go before I give a special thanks to our Turi’ray…the idea for a trip to the store was all hers…and inspired not only this chapter but the last one as well….so thanks chica….for the idea and always brightening our days!

***

Holding tightly onto her daddy’s hand, Cee-Cee proudly made her way across the parking lot. She had the specialest Daddy in the whole entire world. The kind that knew to come get you from daycare cause you were sad and the kind that promised that they didn’t have to have vegetables for supper even though they were good for you and made you grow up strong. All the people at the grocery store didn’t know that, but Cee-Cee did and that was enough for her.

As they approached the door, she stopped suddenly, tugging on her daddy’s hand to get him to stop too. Booth looked down at her, his own smile matching hers.

“Ready, Daddy?”

“Of course, princess…..one…..”

“Two…THREE!”

And they both gave a little hop, landing squarely on the black mat in front of the door. Cee-Cee giggled as the automatic doors parted and a small puff of air ruffled her curls.

“Abra-da-dab-RA!”

She spread her arms wide as she said the magic words that had ‘opened’ the door. With another giggle of pure delight, she looked up at her daddy. It was one of their special traditions. Sometimes they said ‘open sesame’ or ‘fee- fi-fo-fum’. But as she led her daddy into the store, she thought that ‘abra-da-dabra’ was her favorite one.

***

Cee-Cee loved to go to the grocery store. And not just because Daddy sometimes bought her something special just for her. But because she got to carry a little basket on her arm just like the ladies that were shopping. (She was very, very glad that her daddy didn’t make her sit in the baby seat of the shopping buggy.) And because there so many things to look at in the store. Rows and rows and rows of stuff to look at. It was like an adventure.

Now the vegetable and fruit part wasn’t her favorite. It made her really nervous sometimes. But there were a lot of colors. As many colors as in Auntie Ange’s paint box. And there neat things too. Like the brown furry kiwis. And the bumpy squashes and hunnerdew melons. And the strawberries smelled real good. Plus Daddy let her pick out the bananas. That was a hard job too, cause a lot of them were green and some had brown spots. But she finally found some pretty ones that were almost all the way yellow.

Then they went to the cereal row. She liked it there too. All of the boxes lined up and seemed to go on forever and ever to the end of the row. She walked down the row, looking at the frogs and monkeys and bears and pirates on all the boxes. Those had to be the good kinds of cereal. She held her breath with excitement when she saw her daddy pick up the box with the tiger on it. Those were the best. But as she watched him put it in the buggy, her eye fell on another box on the shelf. And as much as she wanted the tiger cereal, she knew that this was the better thing to do. She reached up and tugged on her Daddy’s sleeve and pointed.

“Daddy, can we get that one please?”

Booth looked from Cee-Cee’s face to the box and then back again.

‘Um, All Bran? Are you sure about that....?”

Cee-Cee nodded her head. She really didn’t want that one. The picture looked like old tree branches, only littler.. But this was important.

“Yeah, Daddy. It s’pposed to help you catch Chester Hall, like Mama said the last time.”

“Wh….Chester Hall?”

“Mm-hm. Isn’t he the bad guy you gotta get in control? That’s what she said….”

Cee-Cee scrunched up her face and waggled her finger in the air, trying to remember exactly what Mama had said.

“No more kid cereal. You gotta keep the Chester Hall under control. It’s not good for your heart…”

Cee-Cee’s features softened as she looked up at Booth.

“So, Chester Hall’s gotta be a bad guy if it bothers your heart. Some of the bad guys make your heart real sad, Daddy.”

Booth kneeled down in front of his daughter, taking her little hands in his as he struggled not to bawl like a baby right there in the middle of Aisle 4.

“Cee-Cee, baby, Daddy’s heart is….”

“So, Daddy, if we gotta eat the yucky cereal so you can catch Chester, I can do it.”

Wanting nothing more than to get rid of the worry in those brown eyes staring back at him, and knowing that there would be time later to explain the difference between cholesterol and ‘Chester Hall’, Booth stood quickly and grabbed two boxes of All Bran and put them in the cart. So what if it was like eating dried twigs. As he looked down at Cee-Cee and saw the smile on her face and the relief in her eyes, he knew it was worth it.

“Okay, sweetpea. We’ve got plenty of the yuc…the good cereal for Daddy’s heart….but I was thinking that maybe….”

“Maybe what, Daddy?”

“Oh, since we got the good stuff, maybe we deserve a treat for supper?”

“A treat? What kinda treat, Daddy?”

Cee-Cee’s eyes began to twinkle with the possibilities. Daddy came up with really, really good ideas for treats.

“Pancakes?’

“Pancakes for supper, Cee-Cee? Oh, I don’t know….”

“Oh, pleeeeaaase, Daddy. Pretty, pretty pretty please!”

“Well, you have been a good girl…”

“I have, Daddy. A really good girl! Good ‘nough for chocolate chip pancakes, even!”

“That good?’

“Mm-hmmmm. Promise.”

“Okay, then. Chocolate chip pancakes it is then!”

They went really fast through the grocery store after that. There was hardly even enough time to explore at all. But Cee-Cee didn’t mind. They had to get all the ‘gredients for supper. Chocolate chips. The big bag of flour. She was glad that her daddy was so strong because that was a really heavy bag. There was a bunch of other stuff too, but she was too excited to think about that.

Cause like she told the lady that took Daddy’s money, he might let her stir the pancakes in the bowl.

And like she told the big kid that put the stuff in the paper bags, Daddy might make a smiley face out of the chocolate chips.

And like she told the……

***

Booth sat down on the couch with a heavy sigh. It had been a long day. Work. Adventures with Cee-Cee that had started with a wish on an ant and had ended with a kitchen counter coated with flour and pancake batter. It had all been worth it. He loved every minute of it. But he was tired.

He had located the remote and propped his feet on the coffee table when he heard the sound of little feet headed his way.

“Daddy….all done!”

Cee-Cee appeared in front of him. Purple pajama top. Green shorts. And red and white polka dot socks. She gave a quick twirl, a smile of pride on her face.

“Do you like my ‘jamas, Daddy:? I picked ‘em out allll by myself!”

“That’s a lot of colors, sweetpea…”

Cee-Cee crawled up onto the couch, tucking herself under her Daddy’s arm.

“Mm-hm. Auntie Ange says its good to mix up lotsa colors. She said it takes ‘magination. Do you think I have ‘magination, Daddy?”

“You sure do, princess. More than anybody I know.”

“Really? That’s a lot of people!”

“A whole of people.. But……do you have clean teeth too?”

“Mm-hmmm. Brushed ‘em all a lot. See?’

Cee-Cee smiled big, turning her head from side to side so her daddy could see that she had done a good job all by herself.

“Very good….that deserves a bedtime story, I think…”

Cee-Cee nestled her head against his chest, suddenly feeling a little sleepy even though she didn’t want to be sleepy yet.

“That’s okay, Daddy….”

“No story? What about….”

“Daddy?”

“Yeah, baby?”

“I like it just like this. Is that okay?”

“Sure, sweetpea…that sounds like a great idea….”

Cee-Cee smiled against her daddy’s soft shirt, happier than she had been all day. She placed one hand over his heart, the steady rhythm like a lullaby. Her other hand found its way to the curls at the nape of her neck, wrapping them around her fingers as she had done since she was a baby, never realizing that she was doing it. And slowly… slowly…her eyes drifted closed.

And when Brennan opened the door, prepared to surprise them with her early return, that is the way she found them. Cee-Cee curled up next to her daddy, his head resting against hers as they both quietly slept.

ANAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! how in the world do you keep doing this....'chester hall'.....hysterical.....omg.....so freakin good.......you write her so damn perfect.....oh and the sight of those two cuddled on the couch sleeping.....and her other wish came true.....bones to come home early....awwwwww she is going to be so happy when she wakes up.....i am crying right now...i cant explain it.....too cute for words.....every time you out do yourself once again.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I LOVE CEE CEE..LOVE HER.......AND LOVE YOU..........thank you ana.....thank you so much.......a2b

Ana, that was fantastic! Obviously I'm not saying anything you haven't heard before but god that was cute. I love the CeeCee/Booth parts the best! My favourite chap is when she put her chocolate chip hands on his shirt to feel his big heart! Love, Love, LOVE this story!

willgirl

A[Only admins are allowed to see this link] freakin cute was that Ana....so cute!!! I can't wait for them to find that Bren is home! Please post more soon!!! Loved it!

CaRiNeSs

and the Chester Hall was adorable!

CaRiNeSs