The Lives We Take For Granted
Chapter One
By Mistreated and Forgotten
Summary: Booth is undercover on a very dangerous assignment and Brennan is worried. But Booth's safety isn't the only thing that she's worrying about. BxB, AxH
Spoilers: None that I'm aware of but let me know if there is :)
Pairings: BxB, AxH
Disclaimer: I don't own Bones or any of the characters.
A/N: I apologise in advance if any of the characters are OOC.
You're pregnant. Those two words had been running through Brennan's mind since her doctor had told her the previous afternoon. Not even an unidentified set of remains down in limbo could stop her mind from wandering.
It was now lunchtime and Brennan had been down in limbo for almost two hours and forty-five minutes. Angela walked in to find Brennan hunched over the remains she was studying. "Sweetie don't tell me you've been down here since you got here?"
Brennan didn't look up from the remains. Brennan's silence gave Angela her answer. Angela stood next to Brennan. "What's wrong Sweetie?"
"I'm worried about Booth, that's all."
"Bren, we're all worried about Booth too but that's not what's going on in your head."
Brennan sighed as she placed the mandible back on the table and turned to face Angela. Looking at the ground Brennan collected her thoughts. She sighed and looked up to Angela, "I'm pregnant Ange."
"That's awesome Bren, how far along are you?"
"Yes it should be but it's not. I'm seven weeks."
"Oh Sweetie, everything's gonna be okay."
"How? I can't see everything being okay, Booth's undercover, I'm carrying his child and I want to tell him so much it hurts. I can't do this on my own not without him."
"You won't be going through this on your own Bren we're all here for you."
Brennan tried to fight off the tears that threatened to fall. A sob escaped from her lips and several tears fell from Brennan's eyes. Angela immediately noticed the change in her friend and pulled her into a hug.
After Brennan had calmed down Angela let go of her, "I'm going to go tell Cam that you're not feeling too good so go to your office and grab your stuff and I'll take you home."
"Angela I am perfectly fine there is no need for me to go home now."
"Bren don't argue me on this, please."
"Okay," agreed Brennan dejectedly.
"Ange you can go home, I'm fine."
Angela ignored Brennan and walked into the kitchen. She stopped in front of the fridge and pulled out a tub of choc chip cookie dough ice cream. Angela grabbed two spoons before she walked into the living room where Brennan was.
"Sit down Sweetie, we're having a girls night," said Angela as she sat down on the carpet in front of the coffee table and handed Brennan one of the spoons.
"Ange all I want to do tonight is go to bed and sleep."
"Sweetie what you need right now is Booth and we both know that's not possible and I'm the next best thing so that's why I'm here."
Brennan was quiet as she sat down next to Angela and dug her spoon into the ice cream which now sat in front of the pair on the coffee table. The pair had eaten several spoonfuls of ice cream before either spoke again.
"This ice cream is really good Sweetie, where did you get it from?" asked Angela.
"I got it from a gourmet ice cream shop around the corner."
"Well it's real good so you have to take me there sometime."
"Yeah, there is a large selection of flavours which is why I like to go there."
"So what are you doing this weekend?"
"I was planning on spending my weekend at the lab working on remains from bone storage."
"Sweetie the Limbo remains can wait until next week, come spend the weekend with us I'm sure Jack won't mind."
"Angela the weekend is your time to spend with Hodgins, I don't want to interrupt."
"Jack won't mind."
"But won't he ask why I'm with the two of you?"
"If he asks we can tell him that you're feeling lonely without Booth."
"He won't believe that."
"Sweetie I can't let you spend excessive amounts of time at the lab, I can't let you risk losing the baby."
Brennan agreed with Angela's reasoning but that didn't mean she was happy with it.
The pair talked while they finished the tub of ice cream.
"It's late Ange, I think I'm going to head to bed."
"Okay, I think I'll crash here tonight."
"Yes that's okay."
"Is the bed in the guest room made up?"
"Yes it is, I'll grab you an extra blanket it's been quite cold here the last couple of nights."
Angela followed Brennan to the cupboard in the hall who then opened the cupboard and pulled out a blanket. Angela took the blanket from Brennan.
"Night Sweetie."
"Night Ange."
The pair hugged then Angela watched as Brennan walked into her room. After Brennan's door shut Angela turned to the guest room and walked in. Angela closed the door then walked over to the bed and sat down.
Angela pulled out her phone to send a message to Hodgins.
im staying at Bren's tonite
ok. how is she going?
shes coping for now. oh and Bren's going to spend the wkend with us
that's fine. talk to you in the morning. xxx
i'll be home after i've dropped Bren off at the lab. xxx
Brennan woke up the next morning to the smell of breakfast cooking. She climbed out of bed and made her way into the kitchen to find Angela standing in front of the stove.
"Morning Sweetie, I decided to make breakfast for us."
"Thank you Angela."
"Why don't you go sit down at the table and I'll bring it over when it's ready."
"But Ange..."
"Bren don't argue with me, just sit down."
Brennan sat down at the breakfast bar in the kitchen. She sat there and watched as Angela finished cooking their breakfast.
"How are you feeling this morning?"
"I'm fine for now, I haven't started to feel nauseous until later in the morning so today shouldn't be any different."
Several minutes later Angela placed a plate of scrambled eggs and toast and a glass of orange juice down in front of Brennan. Angela sat down next to Brennan. It wasn't until Angela was about to start eating that she noticed that Brennan hadn't noticed that her food was in front of her.
"Sweetie your food's getting cold," Angela got no response from Brennan, "Bren," still no response. "Brennan," said Angela as she gently placed her hand on Brennan's shoulder.
"What?" asked Brennan slightly dazed.
"You were off in a whole other world just then."
"I haven't left this room."
"Sweetie I meant your mind, what were you thinking about?"
"If Booth dies while underco..."
"Bren please don't think like that. Booth is going to come home. Do you understand me Bren?"
"You can't say that Ange. Booth is undercover in a gang, if they find out he's FBI they'll kill him."
"This is Booth we're talking about here Sweetie. They won't find out that he's undercover."
"Are you sure Ange?"
"Yes I'm sure, am I ever wrong?"
"In the past you have always been correct in situations involving Booth."
"Good now eat your breakfast before it gets too cold."
Angela dropped Brennan off at the Jeffersonian before she went home to get ready for her day at work.
As she attempted to finish the paperwork she hadn't finished the previous day Brennan was interrupted by Agent Perotta. Agent Perotta was Booth's replacement while he was undercover and was picked purely because there was no other agent willing to work with Brennan.
"Good morning Dr Brennan."
"Good morning Agent Perotta, do we have a case?"
"Yes we do. Two bodies were uncovered in a shallow grave outside one of the empty FBI warehouses."
Brennan stared out the window and was unusually quiet during the drive to the crime scene and Agent Perotta was a little bit worried for the woman sitting next to her.
"Are you okay Dr Brennan?"
"I'm fine Agent Perotta thanks for asking."
"You don't seem fine. I've noticed that you've been quiet since we left the Jeffersonian and you've been stating out the window."
"There's nothing wrong, I was just thinking."
The pair were both quiet for the rest of the drive to the crime scene.
Brennan began her preliminary examination of the remains while Agent Perotta was interviewing the couple who found the two bodies. She found it difficult to work without Booth's hovering, she really missed it.
After Agent Perotta had finished interviewing the couple. She walked over to Brennan who was still kneeling next to the remains. Brennan looked up from the remains as Agent Perotta stopped next to her.
"What do you have for me?"
"This one here," Brennan pointed to the body on the left, "is female approximately twenty-five to thirty years old. The other victim is male with the same approximate age. All animal activity occurred post-mortem. I am unable to determine the cause of death."
"Is that all you can tell me?"
"Yes, I will be able to tell you more back at the lab."
A/N: I hoped you like this, let me know what you think :)