Underwraps (shhh!) Author: Hope1515

The floor was hard. She had a cut on the back of her head. Man was it pounding. She reached her hand down to where her baby bump was. No bump. She looked at her surroundings, nothing she remembered. And there he was standing in front of her.

“ Hello Joy” he said. She knew the voice. It couldn’t be. They had declared Danny Reicher dead hours ago. But there he stood in front of her his stoic appearance ridged in the pale light.

“ Don’t talk to me,” she said backing into the corner as he came closer.

“ But Joy you’re my wife. We promised to work things out.” He said as he kneeled down to her level.

“ I didn’t promise anything.” She spat at him.

“ Sure you did baby,” he said as he brushed her cheek.

She grabbed his hand. He reciprocated by grabbing both of hers and putting a vice grip on them.

“ Now Joy, you don’t want to get hurt do you?” he asked a nasty grin on his face.

“ Come on babe, you know you love me.” He said kissing her jaw.

“ I would never” she said and quickly turned her head.

“ Then you will have o pay the consequences,” he said as her started to hit her, hard.

“ NO!!!!”

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Booth awoke to screams. Registering whose they were he quickly turned to see his love rolling and saying the word ‘no’ repeatedly. He tried to shake her with no avail.

“ Bones!! Temperance wake up please!” He said as he started to shake her.

She sat straight up in bed. The dream was frightening. She put her head in her hands and sobbed. Forgetting where she was, when she felt Booth’s touch she shrieked in horror. She quickly jumped from the bed and ran as best as she could. Booth was up in an instant tracing after her. He caught her as she slid down the door. Seeing her like this brought images up from the night before she left. She was in the same position, it was déjà vu.

“Temperance, it’s ok it’s me, Seeley.” He said trying to pry her from the door.
“ I… cant do anything… right.” She said between hiccups and sobs.

“ Sure you can baby,” he said trying again. She cried harder now and when he tried to touch he she hit his hand away.

“ He said… the same… thing,” she said. Realization clicked and Booth pulled her into a hug. She objected at first than she just cried in his arms. They never moved. Hours later the sun peeking through the window awoke Booth. Deciding not to wake her he picked her up. For being five months pregnant she didn’t weigh as much as expected. He thought again that they would have to go see an OBGYN to make sure everything was ok with the baby.

He laid her in the bed, and then went to get some coffee. He came back and she was still sleeping, the remnants of her earlier tears evident on her face. He climbed back in bed set on getting a few extra winks before hearing her story.

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Across town Zack was waking up to the light of the east. Rises in the east and sets in the west right? Oh well, its not very relevant. The bed shifted her turned to look at the woman in his arms. Though they hated each other at first, they grew a liking to one another.

“ Good Morning” she said and kissed him.

Their earlier activities will not be explained in this section but hey that’s what imagination is for! She was beautiful. Everything was working out just fine. Dr. Brennan was back, everybody was happy and he had the woman of his dreams in his arms.

“ Morning” he replied. No more science. Not until he had to go to work. Since it was Saturday he had the whole day to do whatever he wanted. Which he planned as staying in bed.

“ What are you thinking” she asked
“ About how beautiful you are” he replied kissing her again.

“ what no scientific explanation of the reason im beautiful?” she asked amused.

“ Not on a Saturday.”

“ Oh so I depends on the day?” she asked amused.

“ Always” was his last thought before they started onto other activities.

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Contentment. Something she hasn’t felt in a long time. It’s sort of crazy you know? She had been missing for 5 months and one day she just showed up and he swiped her off her feet. She really didn’t want to have to tell her story but she guessed she would have to. The sooner it was done the better! She felt him move behind her. She instantly closed her eyes, making it look as she was still sleeping.

She tried to keep her breathing as even as possible to give her the appearance of sleep. He leaned over and whispered in her ear.

“ I know your not sleeping” he said.

She had to contain herself from reacting when his hot breath touched her ear. He looked at her. Shoulders rising and falling softly.


“ wow maybe she is asleep.” He got off the bed and picked up his coffee cup. As he got to the door her voice stopped him.

“ Thank you” she said voice cracking softly. He looked back her shoulders were shaking under the covers and he could hear her sobbing. He walked over to the bed and sat down on the edge. With on hand on her bump, he pulled the covers from her face. She had tear tracks down her face and her eyes were red and puffy.

“ You have nothing to be sorry for” this was the second déjà vu he has had in the last 24 hours.

“ I’m sorry for last night” she said again.

“ What happened last night was natural. After all you have been through you have the right to cry. Nobody will think less of you. I certainly will not.” He said as he kissed her tears away.

She started to laugh. He looked at her quizzically then asked what she was laughing at with the look he gave her.

“ It’s always like an alpha-male to save me. Once an alpha-male always an alpha-male.” She said

“ I thought you liked my alpha-male tendencies!” he said playful shock written on his features.

“ I do its just… well.. I don’t know.”

How bout we get some coffee and when your ready to talk we can talk.” He said. He cocked his head as to see her better and then pulled her out of bed.

“ Booth! I’m naked!” she said trying to cover herself up. He laughed and then threw her a pair of shorts and a t-shirt. She recognized this attire. It was the same outfit she wore the one-day when they went running. She slipped on the shorts and the t-shirt. She joined Booth in the kitchen.

“ Hey look!” she said lifting up her shirt “no rubber band.” She said laughing.

“Ha ha remember when they almost fell off while running? At least they fit now.” He said in a joking manner.

She teared up and put her hand over her mouth. She removed it and said “ so… you think im fat?”

Booth knew not to mess with emotional women. He quickly tried to make the situation better.

“ No … it’s just that…. I was kidding babe.” He said as he wrapped her in a hug.

Brennan grew a smile on her face and thought ‘he’s so gullible’


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Three hours later they lay there. She had her head on his chest. He was twirling her hair in his fingers. They were content to lie in this bed forever if it meant they would stay together.

“What do you wan to name her?” she asked out of the blue.

Booth who was not really that much awake asked “ name who?” she tuned and looked up at him. His eyes were closed and he was looking as though he was having a good dream.

“ Booth don’t tell me you forgot I was pregnant! Sure we might not have seen each other for 5 months but you should know after 2 days that I was!”

At the tone of her voice his eyes shot open and he looked down at her. Even though her face showed that she was angry her eyes said otherwise. She had the twinkle there. The same twinkle she had when they first kissed. He couldn’t be angry with her. She was right. She had been gone for 5 months. She had been away from her family, friends and everyone she knew. He had no right to be mad at her. And he wasn’t.

He closed his eyes once again.

“ Booth if you think you can-“

“ Callie James” he said. A small smile ran over his face when he felt her head return to it’s rightful place, on his chest.

“ I like it. Where did you come up with that?” she said.

“Callie was your best friend in high school that was killed in a car crash and James is my uncles name.” He said.

“ I never met your uncle James.” She said as she once again lifted her head off his chest.

“James really wasn’t my uncle. But he was my dad’s best army buddy. We would hang out and talk about the army and guns and all that jazz. When I was about to go into the army, James, or jimmy boy, as we liked to call him, was working as a police officer outside of the city. One night my dad got the call that he was shot on the line of duty. Since he had no family, my dad got his flag. It sits on our mantel and dad said one day he would give it to me.”

“ Ohh. Seeley im so sorry!” she said. She knew what it was like. Her friend Callie was the only person she trusted. She was crushed when she got the call from her mom. She sat on the kitchen floor and cried. Everyone she had ever loved was gone and she would never have any friends. Then she met Booth.

“ I’m ready to tell you” she said “now when I tell you this you have to promise me that no matter how urgent the question you will wait until I’m done and not interrupt me. Please?” the puppy dog eyes. It got him every time. He nodded his head yes.

“Might as well start at the beginning. Well that night that you called me I was listening to your message. I could hear something behind me. So I turned around. Reicher hit me over the head with a pipe. Before I completely blacked out, I heard the tail end of your message. You said you loved me,” she said starting to cry. She quickly wiped the tears away and continued.

“ Anyway. When I woke up I was in a small cell type of thing. My head hurt and the ground was hard, but all I remembered were your words. I knew you would find me or I would get out, either way I would be with you. Well I looked around and I saw Candace or rather she saw me. She told me that it would be okay. She reminded me so much of Angela. It smelled really bad in there. I can take most smells but this was one of the weirdest smells I have ever smelt. I could tell it was a dead body but I didn’t know why everything smelled so bad. It made me sick. After a few days when the smell was gone I was still sick. Candace said it reminded her of when she was pregnant.

She said she had been in there for almost a year. She told me stories of when she was on the outside. She talked of her husband Jason. She talked of her baby boy she had at home when she was taken. She said that she would go with them if they didn’t hurt him. She was really brave. We got to shower everyday, got three square meals and had a huge bathroom. My guess was that the building we were in was an old hotel or something. When I missed my period for the second time I started to worry.

When the bump started to form I knew my suspicions were true. I thought that what if you didn’t find me or what if we hadn’t got out? I didn’t want to have a baby in that sort of place. Reicher never came around much. Come to think of it I only saw him once. He had a man; about 40 –50 bring us food everyday. My guess is he didn’t speak English. He always gave us extra especially once he figured out I was with child.

Candace told me of how her father had been in the same “gang” as my father and that when things went bad he got out. My father always said he and another guy got out before they really had to do something bad. Candace’s father was that man.

She had a picture on the wall. She would use water and fruit and mix them together to create paint. It was of her family. It was pretty big. For as little as she had to work with it was really detailed.

I talked so much of you and the squint squad that she started a wall with our faces. I sat there and told her stories of cases and of Angela and Hodgins. Zack and Cam. And me and you. She said could probably paint their personalities better than she could paint anything else. She said she felt like she knew them.

There was one wall in there that I started to write more of my book. The wall was pretty much full with ideas. I think I went onto a second wall. I would really like to go back there. Not just to get my ideas but to show you. I think if I show you can take in more information and be able to understand better.”

He looked at her as to say ‘go on’

“ I’m done” she said and then laughed at the look on his face.

“ What? I knew that I was trying to let everything sink in you know?”

“ Know what?” she asked genuinely confused.

He just kissed her. There were no words to describe what he was feeling at this moment so he decided to go on actions. They pulled back breathless.

“ So no questions?” she asked. She looked like a lost little girl. She looked as though she was scared and she only wanted to be held. He pulled her tighter.

“ Do you know how happy I was when I heard you voice?” he whispered into her hair.

“ Not as happy as you where when you saw me” she joked.

“ I was just so happy you were still here. Over the past months I was so lost without you. I couldn’t sleep, I was grumpy and on a warpath. Everyone stayed away. Then walking into the lab knowing I couldn’t yell Bones, and having to see all the looks they gave me. I tore me apart. I don’t like pity, and that’s exactly what I got. I know when we had a case, Zack, he didn’t really know how to be an authority figure. But as I walked down to Angela’s office I peeked in yours. The door was open and the light on. I sat at your desk a while. It reminded me of the day when this all started.

I felt like if I lie down, and take a nap that I would wake up there again. In your office, that day I asked you to go undercover. The sleep came easy. Your couch smelled of you. It was like you were right there with me. I felt safe, I felt that you were right beside me and I had my arm around your waist not your throw pillow. I had the best sleep I had in months in your office. I decided to go to your apartment one day. The coffee cup you left on the counter was still there as was the mail. I don’t think I ever threw that coffee out * chuckle* that’s one cup you will have to throw away… I’m just glad your back.” He kissed her head again. Tears slipped down his cheeks unnoticed and untouched. They were together and that was all that mattered.

“ You know I took this from you” she said as she took the cross off her neck.

“ I wondered where it went.” He said as he palmed it.

“ I thought … I was scared… I just thought if you believed enough that maybe I could too. It was just something that told me not to give up hope.” She said a whole new batch of tears rolling out of her eyes.

“ Come on babe, we have to go to Wong Foos. Sid heard or he felt you were back and is making everyone a special dinner. “ He said trying to get out of bed. She pulled him back down.

“ I don’t wanna,” she said like a child.

“ Come on, Angela, Hodgins, Cam and Zack will be there. You can even meet Zack’s new girlfriend. Plus Parker will be there. And you can have as many egg rolls as you like.”

“ Okay I’m hungry lets go!” she said as she got out of bed. She still had on the shorts and t-shirt of his.

“ Umm... Hun?” he said

“ What?” she said turning around.

“ The outfit” he said pointing at her attire.

“ All I need is shoes. Plus nothing else fits so get over it.”

With that she walked out of the bedroom and down the hall. Booth followed laughing. ‘ This is going to be a fun 4 months’ he thought.


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NEW CHAPTER!!!!


When they arrived at Wong Foo’s, Booth pulled into the parking lot and killed the engine. He looked over at his partner, half asleep. With all the ‘celebrating’ they had been doing and the fact that she’s pregnant, Booth didn’t blame her for sleeping. He sat there a few extra minutes. He texted Angela and told her they were outside and to give them a few moments.

He looked at her again. She was so peaceful; he almost didn’t want to disturb her. Her hair was back to it’s natural silky brown color and not that blonde she had when she went undercover. He decided he needed to wake her; or he would never hear the end of it.

“ Bones… Temperance.. Come on babe, time to rise and shine!” he said shaking her arm gently.

“ I’m up! I’m Up!” she said as she opened her eyes. She scanned her surroundings. They were in the parking lot. She must have dozed off she didn’t remember anything after she got into the car.

“ Why didn’t you wake me up? You shouldn’t have let me sleep.” She said unbuckling her seat belt. He followed her and undid his own. They moved out of the car and towards the door hand-in-hand.

“ Because pregnant woman need their sleep. And I don’t think you got much sleep last night. I had to let you be rested for tonight.” He said into her ear. His hot breath on her ear sent goose bumps over her arms and legs and she shivered.

“ You cold, hun?” he asked as he slipped his arms around her small shoulders and ran them up and down her arms.

“ Just a little.” She stated.

He took off his green jacket he always wears and wrapped it around her shoulders. She snuggled into his side and couldn’t help but be wrapped up in the smell of the jacket. It smelled of him. During the 5 months that scent was ever present in her dreams. It haunted her almost, taunting her. But even through all of that she still could never get enough of it.

“Better?” he asked a smile on his gorgeous features.

“ Much” she said.

They walked through the door together. Cheers erupted and hoot and hollers. Angela ran up to her and wrapped her in a hug. She was being wrapped in things lately and it was starting to freak her out. But she hugged back and looked at everyone in one of her favorite places. Cam, Zack and Hodgins stood in the middle of the room clapping. They moved and there stood Deputy Director Cullen. Even though she annoyed him to no end, he still respected the great lady doctor. He glanced at her then her stomach. He then flickered his gaze at Booth. Booth nodded and Cullen gave him a “guy hug”. Cullen then looked at her. She was back to her old self. Well appearance wise that is. Except for the new addition. She stepped forward and this time wrapped him in a hug. Cullen was a little apprehensive and then hugged back.

“Can I have a gun?” she whispered in his ear. He laughed and replied

“ We’ll see.” She beamed with joy and then looked at Booth. He was shaking his head but she could tell he was happy.

Angela grabbed her hand and led her away to a private booth.

“ Nice outfit” she said glancing down at the shorts, t-shirt, and Booth’s green jacket she had on.

“ Hey I didn’t have anything else. Plus none of my clothes probably fit me. It was this or going nude.” Bren said glancing down also.

“ So…. How was sex?” Angela asked excited.

“ Ange! …… It was great!” she said a blush making its way up her neck.

“ So how long you do it for? You look like crap sweetie so I’m guessing all night? Don’t worry if I was away from Hodgins that long I wouldn’t even wait until we get home to jump him!”

“ Ange I’m not you… I could contain myself until we at least got in the door!” the two friends laughed and hugged.

“ I love you to bits and pieces sweetie but why so long?!”

“ You talking about me?” Booth said coming up behind them and he slipped his arms around her waist.

“ No we were talking about that hot Australian doctor on HOUSE. His name is Jesse Spencer. If I weren’t engaged I would take a shot a him. But now Bren can go after him!” Angela said laughing.

“ You know Ange… I might just do that. I love the accent it just makes him that much hotter” she said playing along.

“ Hey what your not satisfied with what you got?” Booth said feeling dejected.

“ Now your still hot but I think you would be hotter if you had an accent. Ange, don’t you think?” she said laughing.

“ Well I can show you my accent later.” He whispered in her ear. He then began to kiss her neck and moved to her mouth.

“ Hey guys?! I know I have waited a long time for you two to get hot and heavy but could you not do it in front of me please?”

They broke apart reluctantly. She was blushing, he was laughing. They were the perfect couple. They all got up from the booth and then moved around to the counter. They could hear pans and things being jumbled in the back but saw no sign of Sid.

“ Sid?” she called.

He stuck his head around the corner and as soon as he saw her he stopped what he was doing and walked around the counter to see her. They met each other half way in a hug.

“ I’ve got my best customers back!” he said

they all laughed in unison and then they let go of each other. Booth seeing all these people touch her was making him antsy. Sure they were all friends but he was… jealous. He didn’t know why but he felt like he was supposed to be the one with her in his arms. When did this all change? ‘when you got her back’ his mind said.

“ I will fix you anything you like. You can call me at 2 in the morning if you have a craving I will have it ready. All you have to do is think. And it’s like magic.. I will have it ready.” Sid said looking at Brennan.

“ Thanks Sid. You know I have had a yearning for some moo shoo pork.” She said.

He went behind the counter handed her a plate and a Dr. Pepper. She sat down and ate, enjoying her favorite food.

In the middle of eating she turned from her seat at the bar and faced Booth.

“ You know after this we could go get strawberry Oreo cheesecake.” She said a dreamy look on her face. Booth wrinkled his nose at the sound of it but complied.

“ Do they even make strawberry Oreo cheesecake? He said

“ I don’t know but if not we can just get one of each and mix them together. Doesn’t that sound good?” her eyes lit up at the prospect.

“ I think I will stick to plain.” Booth said, rocking back and forth on his heels.

“ Party pooper” she muttered and continued her assault on the pork. Angela laughed then moved away from the couple. Booth also moved away after whispering something in her ear. She felt someone sit down in the seat beside her. She turned to look at Zack who was nursing a drink that looked like… ginger ale?

“ So Booth tells me you have a girlfriend” She said out of the blue. Zack’s face turned red and he took another sip of his drink.

“ Uh.. yes Dr. Brennan” he said

“ Ok two things, don’t call me Dr. Brennan all the time, and two when do I get to meet the lucky lady?” she said and took another bite.

“ Uh.. right now Dr. .. I mean”

“ Call me Tempe or Brennan just not doctor.”

“ ok…. Brennan I would like you to meet her now if you have time.” He glanced at her plate then back to her.

“ of course!” she got off the stool and walked with Zack over to where a woman and Booth stood.

“ Brennan, I would like you to meet my girlfriend Ivy, Ivy this is Dr. Brennan.”

“ Please call me Tempe” she said sticking her hand out.

“ I’ve heard a lot about you. Seeley is my mentor at the FBI and an old friend. We never really met yesterday, I guess it was because of all of the excitement” Ivy said.

“ Yeah and Bones was sleeping in the car.” Seeley said.

Everybody laughed and Tempe slapped his arm.

“ well lets eat!” she said and moved off.

Zack got a weird look on his face and said “didn’t she just eat.”

Seeley just shook his head and laughed, then followed her to find Sid.



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OK! I got chapter 19 here for you then twenty after that! i hope you like!


It had been two weeks since the party, and everything was going well. Angela and Brennan had since gone shopping for new attire, that wasn’t Booth’s jogging shorts. He was sad to see them go though; he sort of liked the laid-back Temperance he got to reacquaint with over the past two weeks. Everything was starting to get semi-back to normal around here. She worked at the lab, but now to only reasonable time of quitting. He was nice to his coworkers once again and none were as terrified as they had been for the past five months. But some were afraid of him before that.

She was sitting in the kitchen eating. Today was the day they went to see the doctor. They would have done it earlier but the schedule was booked solid, even for a famous forensic anthropologist.

He stood looking at her. She had no idea he was there until he wrapped his arms around her. She jumped when he did so but soon relaxed into him. He could tell she was nervous he said he didn’t see the point they were just going to the doctors but something showed in her eyes. Was it hurt, fear, and regret? He couldn’t tell at the moment but he knew he would figure it out.

“ It will all be ok.” He whispered in her ear.

She shook her head and leaned against him once again. He was warm; even with no shirt he was still warm. She didn’t know how one person could radiate that much body heat, it was amazing actually. She had never seen a live person, or a body, that ever radiated that much heat without being cooked or heated in some way. If the average body temperature id 98.6 then he would have to-

“ Temperance I can see the wheels turning in your head. Try not to think so hard you might hurt the baby.” He said jokingly.

She whipped her head around and said” Seeley it is impossible to see anything going on inside my head. And how can thinking hurt they baby?! Do you think im hurting it!” she was angry.

“ No babe it was a joke. I have no doubts that you would ever hurt this baby, our baby” he said softly moving towards her. She moved into him willingly and then he felt his chest starting to get wet. He looked down and saw her crying.

“ Temperance why are you crying?” he asked softly.

“ Don’t you think I will leave her too like my parents did. That I’m just as crumby as them and cant even be a good daughter to make them stay. I should have done better Booth, I should have done better!” she said and fell back into him.

He held her. He had been doing that a lot lately, holding her. She was gone for 5 months, is the mother to his child, and the love of his life, of course he should hold her. But he didn’t want to hold her as she cried. He wanted it to be because they heard the heartbeat of their child, not because she thinks she will suck at motherhood. He needed to change her views, show her she can be successful.

“ You are nothing like your parents. I bet if your mother had the chance to do it over again she would have never left you and Russ. And yes if that happened we might not know each other but family is great Bones. I know they loved you when they left. There was nothing you could have done. But now we are here together and we can make a new life one where we will love our daughter no matter who she is. Ok?” Booth said tipping her chin so he could look in her eyes.
She nodded her head and then proceeded to wipe her nose with the back of her hand.

“ Let’s go” she said and he moved to the bedroom to get a shirt and they were off to the doctors.


It was quiet, the only sounds of a phone ringing and the occasional turn of a page were heard. The walls were painted white and a pale yellow. A couple of babies, and their parents right behind them were occupying the toys on the floor. They giggled as they chewed on mommy’s necklace or earrings. Page turn, phone ring, page, phone ,page, phone.

“ How much longer” he asked

“ Are you that impatient?” she said not looking up from her magazine.

“ No its just that all of these moms are staring at either me or you and its creepy.” He said.

Brennan looked up and saw all the mothers look away and continue as if nothing happened. She glanced at the woman behind the desk. Gray hair, maybe 64 years of age, she looked up at Brennan then the mothers and then chuckled. She then motioned to Booth to come closer. He stood with caution and approached the desk, he looked down at the woman.

“ Why are they staring?” he asked, yet again she chuckled.

“ World renowned forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan is in the waiting room, pregnant none the less, and has a hot FBI man sitting next to her., if I hadn’t seen her before I would have been shocked too.” She said.

“ How did you-“ he started.

She pointed at his jacket then to him. He looked down, it was his black FBI jacket with his name on it. On the back written in bold letters was “ FBI”. He chuckled and then asked another question.

“Can you get them to stop?”

“ Honey, your cute and smart I suppose. Why would any woman not want to stare at a FBI agent?” she asked.

“ Because my girlfriend knows 9 different types of martial arts and has a hunting license. She could take them down!” Booth said and chuckled.

“ Don’t you forget it” came a voice from behind him.

He turned and she was standing there. “ Lets go they called our name” she said and went through the doors pausing to wait for him. He threw a charm smile over his shoulder at the receptionist and walked on.


The table was hard. She had a gown on. Not the best outfit but she would make due. The doctor entered and went over to lay her chart down. She then turned and looked at Brennan.

“ You know when you called and said you needed to see me, I about fell out of my seat. Then when you said you were pregnant that’s when I actually did fall out of my seat.” Both women chuckled “ So this must be the father I suppose” she said

“ Special Agent Seeley Booth” he said sticking his hand out.

“ Dr. Ryan Jens at your service.” She then turned to Tempe “ where’d you find him? Special Agent?” she said with raised eyebrows.

“We are partners” they both said in unison.

“ Yeah I got that, I thought they used to say boyfriend girlfriend, sorry I’ve missed the last few months.” Ryan said

“ No work partners. Me and Booth solve murders together.”

“ Wait. Wow. This is “the” Booth?”” she said using air quotes, after she put on her gloves.

“ The one and only” he said proudly. They all laughed and Dr. Jens did an examination. Then she proceeded to put gel on her stomach and the wand over top of it. She moved it around while she taped keys on the machine. Then the sound of a tiny heartbeat filled the room. Bones smiled as Booth reached down and kissed her. Ryan printed out the sonogram pictures and then scheduled another appointment. They both left the office happy as could be.

The day continued on with not much activity. Until Brennan restated her fears about Motherhood.

“ Would you stop putting your self down! You’re a wonderful person, with a lot of love to give. Why do you keep doing this?” he stated as he paced.

“ Because I’m not you” she yelled. He stopped dead in his tracks.




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Previously: “ Would you stop putting your self down! You’re a wonderful person, with a lot of love to give. Why do you keep doing this?” he stated as he paced.

“ Because I’m not you,” she yelled. He stopped dead in his tracks.


“What” he said as he stopped his pacing and turned to look at her.

“ I’m not you. I don’t know how to treat kids. Heck I never even wanted kids. I spent 5 months in that hole and this baby made me feel close to you. It changed me, because I never thought I would get out, then when I did and realized that I would be a mother it scared me, and it still does. I can’t stop thinking that I’ll abandon her like my mother did to me, or that you will grow sick of having me around. Then I would be left with our child! Alone! I can’t do this by myself.” She said the tears pouring out of her crystal blue eyes.

“ You don’t have to” he said moving closer.

“Everybody leaves, they say they will never leave never forget that I’m here and I’m a person. But they do, and they never come back. Have you ever had someone leave you Seeley?!” she backed away as he got closer.

“ No. I haven’t. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t express your feelings to me-“

“ Express my feelings? I just tried to do that and you reprimanded me for it! See that’s why I like the dead better they don’t talk back!” she said as she moved past him to the door.

“ I’ll be back later.” She said as she grabbed her keys and opened the door.

The door closed behind her and Booth punched the wall.

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She didn’t know what she was doing. She always had people walk out on her. Now she was walking out without thought. She didn’t know where she was going, the only thing she knew was she needed to get away. To be somewhere else. If anyone wanted her they would come and find her, until then she was gone.

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He knew he should have gone after her. But he also knew she needed time to think or logically work things through. He would give her that time. And as much of it as she needed. Until it gets dark at least.

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Hours later Booth still sat on the couch. It was dark outside and though he said he would go after her when it did get dark he restrained himself. He was growing increasingly worried but figured she was at Angela’s or her mother’s grave. Maybe she was even visiting her father. No the last part wasn’t logical, he told himself.

So being concerned he dialed Angela’s number.

“ Hello” a very tired Angela answered the phone.

“ Hey Ange it’s Booth… is Bones at your house?” he asked politely.

“ No why Booth what’s wrong?” she asked panicked.

“ Nothing she just got mad before and walked out I thought she might have come to see you… I’m sure she will be back any minute now.” He said. He was trying to reassure her, but he was also trying to reassure himself also.

“ Ok call me when she gets in. And Booth?”

“ Yeah?”

“ Don’t mess this up..” with that the line went dead and he stared at the wall.

He had to find her….

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She didn’t know where she was, didn’t even want to think about it. She wanted to clear her head, rid it of her thoughts. The field was looking inviting so she pulled her car to the side of the road and pulled the blanket from the back seat. She was glad she remembered to keep it in her car. She maneuvered her way through the tall grass until she found a place to sit. She spread the blanket and laid down gazing at the stars. She ran through the constellations in her mind. She thought back to the case she and Booth solved a year ago. The mother killed her daughter and dumped the body. She loved to look at the stars and the sky all day long.

She thought if the mother didn’t want her anymore or couldn’t handle her she should have gotten help or gave her a good home. Not kill her and shove her in a puddle. All this thinking of the girl made her remember her own problems. She was having a child she didn’t even know that she wanted. But she knew that if she kept her child she would make the love of her life happy and maybe even herself.

She felt pressure in her stomach but quickly put it aside saying ‘ jitters’. She still didn’t know where she was or what she was doing but it seemed right. She was commemorating the girl who wanted so much more but yet her life was cut short. She didn’t want to do that to her daughter. No she couldn’t it would be unethical. Illogical. She couldn’t and she wouldn’t. She went to stand up as another pain shot through her body. She didn’t know what was happening but she did know it wasn’t good. When she got to her car she pulled out her phone and dialed a very familiar number.

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He had driven around the whole city. Looked at all her usual spots. No sign of her what so ever. He was worried, even though she was mad at him, he expected her to come back. He even called home a couple of times hopping to hear her sweet voice. But the voice he wanted to hear was recorded saying the same thing over and over. He looked for any sign of her little sports car but didn’t see that either.

He was going passed the grave once again when he heard his phone ring. He quickly looked down at the caller id and saw BONES written in big bold letters. He hurried to answer it.

“ Temperance where have you-“ but he was cut off

“ Something’s wrong” she managed to get out through the pain.

“ Where are you I’m coming to get you?” he asked already hurrying to his truck.

“ The fields. McCormick road. Just hurry please,” she said to him. She was trying so hard not to cry but it just hurt so badly.

“ Call an ambulance” he said as he raced down the highway.

“ No I need you” she said tears evident in her voice.

“ If something’s wrong with the baby they can help you more than I can. Call I’ll be there in ten minutes.” With that he flipped on the siren and ended the call.




She sat with her back against the car. She had just called the ambulance and told them to hurry up. They said they would be there as fast as they could. She saw headlights coming towards her at a fast speed and she hopped it was Booth. The car pulled up in front of her own and he jumped out of the drivers seat and ran to get to her. She was holding her stomach and her face was contorted in pain. Booth looked around, ‘no bleeding, that’s good’ he said to himself.

Her voice brought him back to reality.
“ It hurts so much” she said as she was hit with another pain. They were coming about 15 minutes apart and she could have sworn they were contractions.

“ Don’t worry baby, look they’re coming” Booth said pointing toward the flashing lights of the ambulance.

“ Make them hurry!” she was saying over and over. They finally got out of the big truck. A young man and a woman with EMT badges brought a gurney out and maneuvered her onto it.

“Doctor, how pregnant are you?” the female EMT asked.

“ Six… months… how do you… know? I’m a Doctor?” Brennan questioned.

“ I’ve read all your books, we need to get you to the hospital your going into labor.” She simply sated as they got her hooked up to all the machines and IV.

“ Labor!” Booth and Brennan said at one time.

Booth went to get into the ambulance when the male attendant said he had to stay back.

“ But, it’s my baby too! “ Booth tried to reason with him.

“ WE have to work on your wife. That means that you would only get in the way. I’m very sorry. We will take her to DC General. You can meet us there.” With that the attendant shut the doors and they sped off down the road leaving Booth standing there.

He locked Brennan’s car, called Angela explained what happened and asked if she could pick her car up, then sped towards DC General. When he got there they were just taking her out of the ambulance.

“ How’d you get here so fast?” the male attending asked.

“ Siren” Booth and Brennan said at the same time.

They then wheeled her into the ER, where anything could happen.



20

ust a little sample of 21!

" Seeley you said it wouldnt hurt this bad!" Brennan said at the top of her lungs. The pain was unbarable and she didnt know how much more she could take.

" I know Bones but, I'm sorry." He said as he watced them hweel her into the trauma room. He went to follow but the doctor stuck her hand out to hold him back. Booth looked down at the woman infront of him .

" Sir you can't go in there, she is going into premature labor and we need to see if we can stop it.She is in alot of pain so we don't know the outcome yet. You need to stay out here." She said as she started to walk back to the room.

"Will she be ok?" he called out to the doctor as the door open.

"I'M GONNA KILL YOU SEELEY!!" he heard her say at the top of her lungs. Booth chuckled a little as he sat in a hard plastic chair.

" Bones, Bones, Bones" he chuckled under his breath.

21- part 1