This is my first Bones fic. It's not the greatest…since it's my first. But I hope you can enjoy it nevertheless. And no, I dont own Bones. I would love feedback of all sorts and critiquing to let me know how I could improve. That would be great.

Enjoy.

Summary: Booth, it seems, can make Temperance change her mind on just about everything. After she finds out something about "one night" she finds out that it wont just be a mere memory, for it will come with a souvenir…but is it one that Bones can accept after a lifetime of not wanting?

Chapter One: The Truth

Her palms dug into the wooden corners of her cabinet as she stared down at the thin, stick like objects that were lined up in front of her sink. They all read the same thing - positive. Dr. Temperance Brennan reeled backward two steps, her hands unclenching from the cabinet as she sunk down against her bathtub. Her knees curled up against her chest, her hands draped uselessly across them as she stared blankly at the wall before her.

There was no way she could doubt the information presented before her, even if her brain, as well as her heart, wanted to. She hadn't wanted this…never wanted this. To bring a child into the world and then to provide it with the care it needed…she couldn't even deal with adults most of the time!

She stood up slowly, her body trembling from the burst of reality. As she left the room, she pushed the line of tests into the trash can next to the sink, having some small amount of satisfaction at hearing them clatter against one another as they hit the can; out of sight, but not out of mind.

Numbly, she grabbed a Yellow Pages from a drawer in the kitchen, flipping through it until she found the right number. Picking up her phone from its resting place, she dialed the number slowly, then brought it up to her ear, forcing herself to remain calm as the phone on the other end rung.

"Hello? Yes, good morning too you too…," she said, speaking into the phone with a strong voice that surprised even her, "Yes, I'm calling to see when your next free appointment is?…8:30?…Yes, no, that's fine…uh, yes, this is Temperance Brennan…yes, I'll see you in half an hour, thank you." She turned off the phone with a sigh, and reality came crashing into her once more. She was pregnant. Unwelcome tears slid down her face as she buried her face in her hands. At least she knew who the father was, without a doubt in her mind.

Forcing her tears to stop, she picked up the phone again, her fingers automatically dialing the next number. "Hey Ange," she said softly into the phone, "I'm going to be late for work today…yeah, I'm fine…I'll just, I'll be late, okay?…yeah, that would be great…thanks Ange."

She could hear the suspicion in her friend's voice, but at the moment, she had no means to care. Looking down at the clothes she was wearing, she decided that they were decent enough, and she headed for the door, scooping up her keys as she went. As her fingers touched the doorknob, memories from that night came back to her…

-Flashback-

New Years Eve of that year found Brennan sitting at her coffee table, her fingers rhythmically flying over the keyboard as she worked on her next chapter for her third novel. It was halfway through said chapter when the knock on her door sounded. Heaving a sigh and doing a quick save so as to not loose her work, Brennan got up and pulled her door open.

"Booth," she said in surprise, her eyebrows climbing her forehead. "What are you doing here?"

Said man hoisted a box up onto his hip before speaking. "Well, I was just driving by when I saw your lights on…"

"You saw my lights on from the road?"

"And I figured that you were probably all alone on New Years Eve instead of out celebrating…"

"Why would I be out? It's just the Earth finishing yet another complete orbit around the Sun, the same thing is going to happen next year…and the year after…"

"And since I figured it was such a special night," Booth continued, yet again ignoring Bones' interruption, "That maybe you'd like a little bit of company."

"Shouldn't you be at a party? Or with Parker?"

Booth touched a hand to his heart. "Bones, I'm hurt that you don't want to spend time with me," he mocked, and Temperance narrowed her eyes at him. He sighed, giving in, "Rebecca has Parker this year, and the party I was going to was going to be full of loud, drunk FBI agents that I wasn't looking forward to spending time with. Come on, Bones, don't tell me you've never stayed up for New Years Eve…"

She pressed her lips together, but the smile still wormed its way onto her lips. "Once," she admitted, bowing her head as she remembered the memory. "Russ convinced me to stay up with him, even though our parents had sent us to bed hours before…"

"See! If you've done it once you can do it again," Booth said. He grinned hopefully as he continued, wiggling his eyebrows, "I brought Chinese…"

Temperance considered him for a moment, watching as he begged silently with his eyes and smile. Finally, she stepped back, pulling the door open to let him pass. "Yes! Bones, you will not regret this," he said, pulling out a brightly colored cone shaped hat from the box on his hip and placing it on Brennan's head as he walked past.

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That's the end of chapter one, I hope you enjoyed it! Like I said, not the best, but, eh? Please, stick around for more. Thanks for reading.

-Aria