Well, I busted this one out while trying to ignore my honors english books that I have to finish in three days. Ugh. This is my first Bones fic, but not first fic overall. This will be mostly one-shots with Brennan and Booth and their growing baby. Some will be companion pieces, but most won't be. Happy reading! Review please! I want to know what you guys think.
Dr. Temperance Brennan had always been happy with herself, mentally and bodily, in her adult life. She was confident and it showed in her private life, as well as her professional one. For the first time since her teen years, Brennan didn't know how she felt about her body. In the recent weeks, her body changed. She was frequently nauseous and had to resort to holding her breath for long periods of time while she examined bodies. Thankfully, her doctor told her that the phase was going to end quickly. Also to her chagrin, she now had to pee approximately every five minutes. Her breasts had grown almost two cup sizes, much to her annoyance and Booth's delight. Her skin had recently started to darken in some places. But her greatest annoyance was her belly.
Or rather, her lack of a belly. She and Booth had told their friends and family, but the only thing they had to show was their ultrasounds. Her pregnant belly was only a mere bump, and almost seventeen weeks in they, she and Booth, wanted to see her belly.
Brennan smoothed a hand down her still-flat stomach and sighed. She turned to the side, looking into the mirror, and was again disappointed to see nothing. Nada. Zip. All that she could see was a tiny, practically unnoticeable bump between her hips. It wasn't even a bump. It looked like she simply ate too much at dinner. Brennan lifted her shirt to her breasts, turned to her other side, and let out a half-sigh-half-scream and flopped on the bed behind her.
"Bones ?" Booth's voice floated to her ears from the kitchen.
Brennan let out a strangled groan-like noise and didn't move a muscle. She heard Booth's footsteps and raised herself on her elbows to look at him.
His eyes softened when he saw her near helpless look.
"Oh, baby. What's wrong?" He walked towards her and laid down hext to her on the bed. He gathered Brennan in his arms and she rested her head against his soulder. She let out another strangled sigh and wiped her wetting eyes.
"I don't know. I find that being pregnant can be very annoying. And these stupid hormones aren't helping at all." Booth smiled softly and kissed her temple.
"We're almost halfway through, you know." He smiled at her, "In a few months we'll have a little baby girl."
"Or boy."
"Or boy," he agreed.
"I just - I wish we had something to show for it. I want to see our baby growing. I'm almost eighteen weeks, Booth. And all we have is untrasounds and a tiny, non-existant bump. Angela has three times as big as me when she was eighteen weeks."
He smoothed her hair back and laid his free hand on her teeny bump, "I know, Bones. I wish I could see it too. but remember what your doctor said? That some women's bellies expand practically over night? Maybe the baby's just a late bloomer. And Angela wasn't that big."
Brennan sighed again. She moved her hand to rest on Booth's at her stomach and she played with his fingers.
"And you know what else, baby? You're beautiful either way. Hugely pregnant or tiny bump, you're gorgeous. All the time, baby."
She smiled and chuckled softly, "You always know what to say to make me feel better." She angled her head to kiss him.
He broke the kiss and smirked at her, "Yeah, I'm pretty awesome, aren't I?"
She scoffed and hit his chest softly, her mood lifting. He feigned a hurt look and scooted down to her stomach. He lifted her shirt and kissed her bump lightly before looking back up at her, smiling.