This is my first Bones fan fiction. I have two story ideas that seem to have a will of their own and this is the first.
One to Love
The Question.
Booth and Brennan are in the car after having solved a particularly intricate case. He was driving her back to the Jeffersonian and both were feeling pretty good about the conclusion of the case. Which is probably what prompted Brennan to ask what would probably become the most important question she would ever ask.
"Booth, could we discuss something?" She asked, very hesitantly.
"Sure Bones, we can talk about anything you'd like." He responded, slightly confused as to why she would even ask.
"I need to ask you something. We've had this discussion before, right before your surgery, and it did not end particularly well. I wasn't sure if you'd want to discuss it again. I just… I just wanted to give you the opportunity, because it's what I want." She rambled to an end.
Booth, still completely oblivious as to where this conversation was headed, simply said: "Alright, shoot."
"I still want a baby." Brennan blurted out.
Booth, luckily sitting still at a red light and not actively driving, looked over at her shocked and mumbled something unintelligible.
Finally he said: "Of course Bones, if that is what you want, of course you should have a baby. I think you would be a wonderful mother. Do you, umm, do you have a donor already picked out?"
"I still want you to be the donor." She responded quietly, staring straight out the window.
"Bones, I…"
"I know, I know you can't just not be a part of your child's life. It's not just sperm to you. It would feel more like abandonment. I understand that and I'm not asking you to not be a part of the child's life."
Booth looked at her dumbfounded, this was not at all what he had been expecting.
"You'd want me to have an active part in your child's life?"
"Our child. Yes. That is what I would want. I've come to realize recently how important a father is. You are a really, really good man Booth. And I think that whether it was a girl or a boy they would benefit significantly from having you as a father and an active influence in their lives. I know how hard it is on you to not be able to be with Parker all the time, especially on holidays. But we are together most of the time anyway, even on holidays lately it seems. It wouldn't be like with Parker."
"Bones, I need to think, can I please have some time to think about this?"
"Of course, Booth. I didn't expect you to answer immediately."
Booth just nodded and stared at the road, they were almost to the Jeffersonian.
"I obviously would need no monetary support for the baby. I just want to make that clear."
"Uh huh, yeah, ok." Booth mumbled.
They had arrived at the lab and Brennan jumped out.
"I'll see you tomorrow then? You can take all the time you want to decide on your answer."
"Sure Bones. As soon as I decide you'll be the first to know."
"No, Booth, you'll be the first to know. If you tell me next, I'll be the second." She said with a slightly confused look on her face.
"No, Bones, it's just a figure of speech, never mind. As soon as I decide I'll let you know, ok?"
"Oh, ok. Have a good night Booth." She said as she shut the door.
"Yeah, you too Bones." Booth muttered to thin air. He pulled away from the curb and into traffic to head home, knowing full well that sleep would not come easy tonight.