A/N - A B&B story leading on from the season 6 finale! Forgive me if I've made any terrible spelling mistakes. Don't know where I'm going with this story yet...hoping for some feedback so please read and review :)


Seeley Booth opened one eye to glance at his cell phone that was sounding into his left ear. He dared to look at his bedside clock which read 4.43 am and groaned. He flicked open his phone to find that it was Cam calling.

"Booth", he answered.

"Seeley? It's Cam. We have a possible homicide; we need you on the case right away. I'll forward you the details".

"Great", he said before dropping his cell back onto his bedside table and pulling his pillow over his head to wait for a second call. A few seconds passed by and the cell phone on his right bedside table sounded, waking the woman who had been soundlessly dozing by his side. She jumped up and grasped it, simultaneously knocking her watch on the floor that she had slipped off and placed next to her phone earlier that evening.

"Brennan", he heard her rasp before he slipped out of bed to retrieve the briefs he had earlier thrown to the floor in passionate haste, then he made his way into the bathroom to quickly wash his face and brush his teeth. Just as he was finishing up he felt her delicate arms wrap themselves around his torso and looked up into the mirror to see her smiling back at him.

"We should go in separate cars", she offered.

"Right, don't want to arouse suspicion", he smiled and gave her a quick peck on the lips before retiring back to the bedroom to get dressed. When he was fully clothed in his usual smart black FBI attire and bright purple tie, he grabbed his phone and gun ready to leave. "I'll see you there".

"Okay, see you there", Bones voice echoed from the bathroom.

As booth drove to the crime scene he thought about everything that had changed in his life over the past month. He was going to be a father for the second time which he was more than thrilled about. He finally had the woman he had always loved and he and Bones were rather proud that they had been able to hide it so well from their family, friends and colleagues who still had no clue what was going on. Except Max. He seemed to have figured out that something had changed and they had been forced to come clean a couple of weeks ago over lunch at the Diner but he had promised to keep it a secret until everyone else knew. They still hadn't talked marriage, child rearing, religion, where to live or any of those important things yet but Booth wanted to enjoy the honeymoon period of this new relationship before they waged war over how to raise little Bones Jr. The one thing they were both dreading was breaking the news to Sweets…


Temperance Brennan quickly dressed and retrieved her watch from off the floor and fastened it back around her wrist as she headed out of Booth's apartment. She jumped into her car and set out to the crime scene precisely six minutes after Booths departure. No one was going to suspect a thing and she smiled to herself, delighted with her own coy behaviour over the last few weeks. She was also relieved that she had yet to experience the dreadful morning sickness that most expectant mothers always complained about. She stopped at a red light and patted her still flat stomach which disappointed her. She was 9 weeks pregnant and would have to wait a while before she began to show but she was looking forward to a pregnant belly like Angela's. There was little traffic on the roads so after only fifteen minutes she reached the spot near the woods where she saw Booth's car and the sight of flashing police lights. She immediately went round the back of the car to suit up and grab her case and gloves before being escorted by a police officer about 20 yards in amongst the trees that let only the minimal amount of light in from the dawn sky that was getting lighter by the minute. Booth, of course, was already there peering over the set of bones and rotted flesh talking to Cam whilst Hodgins hovered nearby collecting leaves and scooping up clumps of dirt into his glass evidence jars for sampling back at the lab.

"Shouldn't you be at home with Angela and Michael"? Temperance asked Jack as she neared the three of them.

"Angela was fast asleep and so was Michael so I snuck out". Jack Hodgins looked rather pleased with himself if not a little weary from the 5 week old baby that was now a permanent part of he and Angela's lives. Booth turned to face her and winked before going into the details of the crime scene that was before them.

"Young couple called it in. They were camping out here and stumbled upon the body", Booth informed her.

Temperance bent over the sight she had seen hundreds of times before and thought to herself that the victim was female between 16 and 19 years old and estimated time of death to be around 2 or 3 days ago. Before she had the chance to relate any of this information to Cam or Booth, she felt a sudden queasiness come over her and stood up which caused her to feel light headed. She could see that Cam was about to ask her what was wrong when she was forced to turn around and after a few gags, she saw her very first bout of morning sickness very close to contaminating the crime scene.

"Bones". Booth rushed over to her with concern on his face and took her arm and began leading her away from the crime scene. "Have all of this brought back to the Jeffersonian", he told the commanding officer before addressing Cam. "I'm taking her home".

Both Dr. Saroyan and Dr. Hodgins looked on utterly confused as Booth and Bones made their way to his car.


As it happened, Temperance Brennan refused to go back home and instead insisted that Booth call at the 24 hour convenience store to pick up the same crackers she had seen Angela carrying around in the early stages of her pregnancy, along with some bottled water before taking her to the lab. Once seated on the comfortable sofa in her office with a box of salted crackers Brennan smiled at Booth who was eyeing her almost without blinking, as if he thought he might miss something important.

"Really Booth, I find that I'm feeling much better with no traces of queasiness at all. You're going to have to get used to this now that I'm pregnant. The average gestational period typically lasts up to 40 weeks which means we have 31 more weeks to go. It's likely that I'll even experience hormonal changes such as mood swings, being overly emotional, I could even experience a higher libido which seems unlikely since we both already have pretty high sex drives. And might I add that last night you were very satisfying. Your stamina is exceptional…"

"Bones", Booth cleared his throat and looked away blushing. Then he looked up and gave her a smile "Thank you, Bones".

"You're welcome", she smiled back at him and was almost tempted to move closer so they could lock lips but they were interrupted by a soft knock on the door. The couple looked up to see Cam stood in the doorway.

"Do you think you'll be okay to examine the remains now", she asked tentatively.

"Yes. Absolutely", Temperance replied.

"What was wrong out there earlier"? Cam was beginning to look slightly suspicious.

Booth immediately jumped out of his seat. "She ate some bad Chinese food last night, right Bones"?

"Yes! That's right. I think the chicken was way off. I got it from a place down the street…."

"Ooookay", replied Cam already looking disinterested with the story. "Tell me when you find something".

"Okay".

Bones and Booth exchanged one more glance before she disappeared onto the platform to examine the remains and Booth shrugged on his jacket. "I'll be at my office; I'm going to go over missing person's reports from the last few days to see if any of them match the victim. I'll call if we get a hit".