Title: What If . . .? Summary: What if Brennen kept little Baby Andy after her and Booth found him with his dead mother in the episode "The Baby in the Bough"? Will Andy help bring Brennen and Booth closer together? Started on: 1/05/10 Disclaimer: All characters and events were created and owned by Hart Hanson. I just used them for my, and hopefully your, entertainment. Author's Note: This idea came from seeing the episode and seeing how much Brennen and Booth wanted to keep Andy at the end. I thought it would've been awesome if Brennen kept him. Hopefully this story won't be too cliche. Status: I wan't this to be my first multi-chapter fanfic. I want to write at least 5 chapters but I may write more! Feedback: Expected. Constructive criticism is allowed and not oppressed. Review your honest opinion. Spoilers: Of course, there are spoilers for "The Baby in the Bough"
Brennen awoke to the sounds of birds chirping through her closed, bedroom window. She took a minute to wake up completely and then rolled over. Her alarm says it was 7:55 a.m. It was 5 minutes before the alarm would blast it's annoying music and wake her up. After Brennen adjust the alarm that way it wouldn't go off, she put on her white robe hanging from the hook on her bathroom door and quietly padded her way to get her morning coffee.
She got to the island in the kitchen and noticed there was no fresh coffee. She quietly prepared the coffee machine and, while it was brewing, she walked down the hallway leading to the guest room. She stopped when she reached the door and smiled. Every morning she couldn't wait to enter the room and wake up the most precious thing she has ever had. That thing was her foster child, Andy.
After the Jeffersonian team solved the latest case, with the help of Brennen and Booth, she contemplated whether or not she was fit to handle a child with her busy and dangerous work schedule. She really enjoyed being around Andy and she even grew a close bond with him. After his mother was found dead in her car and his father didn't want him, he really needed a motherly figure to be with. Brennen knew about the foster care system and didn't find it satisfactory enough for Andy. So after much persuading from Booth and Angela and after signing the custody papers, Andy was hers to care and look after.
Brennen was jolted from her thoughts by a shrill cry of a baby. Brennen hurridly opened the door and made her way to Andy's crib. The whole guest room was transformed into a nursery practically overnight. She bought the best crib money could buy and had painters paint the room light blue with white trimming. After hanging pictures of zoo animals and bought all the other things that a child needs, the room finally looked suitable for a child to sleep and play in.
Brennen picked Andy up and tried to examine him to find the source of his cries. "What's wrong, huh?" she soothed to him. "Wet?" She checked his diaper but found no wetness. "Are you hungry?" she asked, but Andy wouldn't stop crying. She goes to the fridge and grabbed one of the bottles that were already prepared and heated it up for a little amount of time. She tried to offer it to him but he looked away and began to cry harder. She set the bottle down on the counter and tried to awkwardly rock him up and down, but nothing seemed to relent his cries. "Are you hurt?" she said as she started to panic because she didn't want him to keep crying and she didn't know what to do.
She started to look at his legs, his arms, and his head to see if there was any sign of injury, but the didn't seem to be any. "Okay, it's all right. It's all right. Please stop crying!" she begged, tears threating to fall down her face. She couldn't break down. She wouldn't let herself break down in front of Andy. That would just make him cry harder, too.
There was a knock at her door. She composed herself before opening the door, only to find Booth on the other side carrying a bag of what looked to be donuts."Hiya Bones! Wow, you look so cute today!" he exclaimed. He looked very suave in his black suit with a tie that had wierd designs on it, and of course his "Cocky" belt buckle and crazy,striped socks underneath his black leather shoes.
"No, I don't! I haven't showered yet and my hair is all tangled. I look like a mess," she said tiredly, still trying to soothe Andy but he was still bawling.
"I was actually talking to Andy. But you look . . . fine, Bones," he replied sheepishly. He let himself in and set the donuts on the breakfast bar and turned back to Bones and Andy. "What's wrong with him?"
"I, I don't know he won't stop crying!" she explained. "He's not wet, he isn't hungry, and I've tried to rock him and soothe him but nothing seems to work. Maybe we should take him to the hospital or something. He has been like this for a couple days," she began to get teary-eyed but tried to hold it back, "I don't know what to do!"
"You said he's been like this for a couple of days?" Booth asked. She nodded. "You have any frozen waffles?"
"In the freezer. Why?" she asked.
He ignored her and made his way to her freezer and pulled out a frozen waffle. "Booth, what are you doing?"
"He's teething, Bones! The coldness will help," he said, putting the waffle in little Andy's mouth. Andy instantly began to calm down.
"How did you know that?" she wondered.
"Parker went through the same thing when he was Andy's age. I learned the waffle trick from my Pops. He said the spaces in the waffle were drool cups," Booth chuckled.
Brennen laughed too. They met each other's gaze and looked at each other while Andy bit on his waffle excitedly, finally getting relief from his throbbing gums. Brennen finally looked down and remembered her question as to why her partner in crime solving was here so early.
"What was your reason for coming here, Booth?" she asked.
"Oh, I almost forgot. Thanks for reminding me! Hurry up and get ready! We got a case!" he said clapping his hands excitedly.
Did you like? Sorry of it was boring, It was mostly a filler chapter. I heard about the waffle trick from an episode of "Roseanne." Please review and hopefully I will update by this week.