This huge undertaking of mine is inspired by Survivor's Guilt, a one shot I did earlier.
Disclaimer: I do not own Bones. I do however own season two one DVD, actual bones, and Helen. If you take her without permission I will send Booth and Bones after you.
"Do you Seely Booth take Temperance Brennan to be your wife? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her, in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sadness and in joy, to cherish and continually bestow upon her your heart's deepest devotion, forsaking all others, keeping yourself only unto her as long as you both shall live?" The rustle of her dress sounded far to loud in the hushed silence of the church (she still wasn't sure how he had convinced her to marriage in a church).
"I will." His voice sounded so sure, like he knew exactly what he was doing (then again he did know what he was doing, she was the one who was slightly bewildered). The priest turned to her, "do you Temperance Brennan take Seely Booth. . ." his voice drifted out of her consciousness as she looked her soon-to-be-husband in the eyes. They reminded her of the hot chocolate she'd had in Mexico, dark and almost too rich. But that was back when she was a graduate student, before she'd begun working at the Jeffersonian, before she'd met the insufferable, irresistible, Seely Booth.
". . .Keeping yourself only onto him as long as you both shall live? Reality pulled her back just in time.
"I will," she hated the slight waiver n her voice, she was not emotionally overwhelmed, damn it (thought she could probably blame hormones and get away with it (she was six months pregnant after all)). She blinked when she felt her hand being lifted (she should be paying more attention, this is her wedding after all).
"Temperance Brennan, you are now consecrated to me as my wife from this day forward and I give you this ring as the pledge of my love and as the symbol of our unity and with this ring I thee wed." He slipped the delicate gold band onto her finger and it brought a sudden smile to her face. Jared hands her the heavy titanium ring she'd picked for Seely. She repeated what the priest told her to and slipped the band onto Seely's finger and he suddenly smiles too.
"With the power vested in me by God and the state of Washington D.C. I now declare you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."
They kiss and it feels like she's flying.
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three months later
"Push baby, push!" His voice (somewhere to her left) cajoled.
"Don't call me baby. . ." was all she managed to get out before the pain grabbed and pulled her in again.
"One last push Mrs. Booth." The doctor asks. With a groan she tightens her abdominal muscles and pushes, endorphins flood her hands the system and the pain is gone. She watches in wonderment as the nurse and doctor weigh, clean, and wrap her daughter in a pale pink blanket. The nurse hands the baby to her and she stares at her fussing daughter afraid to move, because if she moves she might drop this precious thing and the would be horrible. A hand settles on her shoulder and she glances up to see Seely smiling and crying and she smiles back. The doctor clears his throat and she looks back at him, slightly embarrassed.
"Name?" She looks at her daughter again and meets brilliant blue eyes (the eyes are the only part of the human body that is fully groan at birth) and freezes for a moment. But Seely's hand relaxes her and she replies.
"Helen Christine Booth."
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Six months later
She looks at her sleeping daughter and regrets what she's about to do (but she's going to do it anyways). She leaves the nursery and returns to the bedroom to finish packing. Picking up her suitcase she goes into the kitchen to check and see if her note is still there, you're delaying the inevitable, now go. Taking off her wedding band and engagement ring she debated whether or not to leave them, deciding not to she slipped them into her pocket.
And then she left.
That's it for now. I'll post the next chapter Pilot soon-ish (I've got it written out, but I want to finish with chapter three before I post chapter one).