When Booth and Brennan decide to keep their relationship and the baby a secret, all does not go as planned. It's pretty much a given that once one person knows, the others will follow suit. Mostly humor-based.

The first chapter is focused on Brennan's plan to hide her pregnancy and relationship with Booth. The following chapters will be about how the people in her and Booth's lives find out.

Temperance Brennan had always been confident in her abilities as an actress. So, naturally, she felt more than prepared to face the challenge before her.

It was a simple task really, conceal the truth and deceive those she would interact with. Deceive. That sounded too harsh. Yet that was what she would be doing. Lying? No, just not stating the facts. Facts were where she felt the most comfortable. She would just avoid presenting the facts. But she was Temperance Brennan. She had never withheld the facts. But in this situation she could justify it.

If she was never questioned about those particular facts she would never have a reason to lie at all. All that was required was her profound acting skills.

She didn't imagine that it would be too difficult anyways. Changes in her physical appearance would be almost undetectable for the first four months. Although now she was only left with three. She supposed that after the first three she could inform her friends of her situation. Why did she keep referring to it as a "situation?" A baby was not a "situation." Nevertheless she knew it was too early to reveal anything to anyone, and Booth had agreed.

A small part of Brennan had wanted to tell Angela. After all, she had confided in her about her own pregnancy nearly eight months ago. But she had decided against it. If word happened to get out more than just the news of her pregnancy would be released. No one else in the lab knew yet about her relationship with Booth. And neither did her father.

She was smart. Intelligent in fact. She recalled the ways that the other members of the Jeffersonian team had discovered Angela's pregnancy. Instead of lying on the couch eating crackers, Brennan planned to conceal them in a drawer in her office. And she of course would make sure not to act in any way that would give them any reason to suspect that anything had changed. Hiding her pregnancy would be a "slice of cake," as Booth often put it. Brennan wasn't the slightest bit worried that her acting abilities would fail her in any way.

It isn't often that Dr. Brennan is incorrect, but in this case, she couldn't have been more wrong.

I know it was short but the rest will be longer I promise. Feedback is appreciated. Thanks!