The Whole In The New Family.
A/N: I know this has probably been done to death, but I am as bored as hell at the moment, especially knowing uni will be going back in 2 weeks, so I am going to get as much fiction written in this time as I possibly can because I really need to focus on my uni work because I was lazy and spent too much time on fanfiction and Tumblr and my marks suffered, so yeah. Til at least November, don't expect too much fanfiction from me. But when it gets closer to the premiere, maybe… just sayin, it may be a long time between drinks. Also, please remember that yes I know American's spell Mom with an O, but I am Australian and we spell Mum with a U, so please don't point this out. Yes, I know it may be from Brennan's perspective and she's an American character, but growing up spelling it with a U, it is just second nature that I spell it the way I've been taught for 13 years at school and 2 and uni. I don't mean to sound mean, but yeah. Just tellin it like it is. :) Don't hate me! :D
SO. On to the story. This is basically a week by week fic as Brennan moves through her pregnancy. It may be fluffy and sweet some chapters, but it may also be a bit T as Brennan gets to the point in her pregnancy where she's wanting Booth more than she would before, but who DOESN'T want Seeley Booth? :D And don't worry, I've done my research so I get the weekly preggers factoids right. :)
This chapter is going to be basically the night of The Hole In The Heart and maybe Brennan's thoughts as she notices changes in her body in the few weeks between THITH and TCITG. :D Enjoy! P.S. Sorry if the dialogue is wrong. I'm working at 11pm, so yeah. And haven't seen THITH in like a month or 2.
Chapter One: Comfort and Changes or 4-6 weeks.
Dr Temperance Brennan is laying on her partner Seeley Booth's lounge wide awake in the wee hours of the morning as she remembers watching her intern die in front of her and his words race back into her mind. Please don't make me leave. I love being here. Don't make me leave. She remembers the desperation on young Vincent Nigel-Murray's face as he fought for those breaths that would be his last. She sits up wiping away her tears as she looks at her phone's clock. 4:15. She tries to sleep again but it is failing. She needs comforting right now and the only person that can give that is asleep in the next room. She decides to quietly pace Booth's apartment and at 4:47, she opens his bedroom door. She expects to see him asleep, but sees him pointing his gun towards her. He slowly lowers it as she enters. Booth tries to reassure her that it wasn't her fault and she asks for a hug and they fall back onto his bed.
"I know it's hard. I'm here." Booth says as he slowly rubs her back and strokes her hair.
As he feels the silent sobs wrack through Brennan, Booth places gentle kisses to her hair and rests his chin on her head. Once she stops crying, she looks up from Booth's chest into his warm brown eyes and timidly smiles.
"Sorry about your shirt."
"It's okay. You needed to let that out."
"Thank you."
"Not a problem, Bones."
"It could have been you. It could have so easily been you."
"It wasn't though, Bones. You feel this?" Booth says as he grabs her hand and places it over his chest to let her feel his beating heart. "I'm still here."
"It scares me though that it could have been you. I thought I'd lost you once before. I don't know how I'd do if I lost you now. You mean too much to me."
"You mean too much to me too, Bones. It scares me to think that I could have passed it to you and I wouldn't have been able to stop it." Booth says as he swallows back tears. "I couldn't handle loosing you, Bones."
"I don't want to loose you before I have the chance to say what I want to say to you."
"Life is short, Bones. We should know it the best out of anyone."
Brennan looks up from Booth's chest and their faces are mere centimetres apart. Her heart is beating hard and fast as she closes the gap between them and presses her lips to his. It is a chaste kiss but grows in passion as Brennan pushes herself up the bed and closer to Booth and he pulls her more into him. Booth teases Brennan's lips apart with his own and as their tongues meet, he knows to put a pause on.
"Bones. Are you sure?"
"I've never been more sure." Brennan says as she presses her lips back to his. "I love you."
"Oh, Bones. I love you so much."
Booth presses their lips back together as he rolls them over and their hands begin the slow exploration of the other. The next time they break apart is when Brennan's hands find their way under Booth's snug shirt and she pulls it off. Booth's hands make their way under the sweatshirt Brennan wears as her hands roam over his well muscled and hairless chest. When the sweatshirt joins Booth's sleeping shirt on the floor, Brennan is exposed to Booth for the first time. She timidly tries to cover herself from being exposed, literally and metaphorically and Booth pulls her arms away.
"Don't. Bones, you're beautiful."
It is now skin to skin as Booth passionately kisses Brennan and soon, their pants both make their way to the floor. Both are breathless and covered only by a sheet as Booth pauses to make sure Brennan is sure.
"Bones. Are you sure?"
"Yes, Booth. Make love to me."
"With you."
And with that, Booth presses into Brennan in the most intimate way and she draws in breath and Booth pauses.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes. It's just… it's been a while. I need to adjust."
"Oh, I'm sorry, Bones."
"You didn't hurt me. It's okay. Keep going."
It is soon a passionate flurry of limbs and kisses and they both let go soon after. Booth and Brennan collapse into each others arms as sleep soon finds them.
It has been about 3 weeks, give or take, since the night Booth and Brennan came together and since then have been spending most nights talking through things with each other and occasionally making love. During that time, Brennan has been noticing changes within her body that only she would be able to pick up. She is sure of the fact that either one or both of them had used some form of protection since that first night, but she cannot recall if either of them used protection on that first time. She has noticed that her breasts have become more sensitive, this may or may not have been noticed in the throws of making love or in the morning ritual of getting dressed, but what she does know is that her breasts are more sensitive than they usually get before her period.
That's strange. My breasts aren't usually so sore before I menstruate. Either is my lower area so… so, as Booth would say it, achy. Maybe I'm getting close to my period.
Once Brennan checks when her last period was and she is shocked.
I'm 4 days late. It's never been this late ever. I've always been smart. It's always been on time ever since I was 14. Could I really be… pregnant?
Brennan quickly does the math and it is nearly very possible she could be pregnant.
One thing that could give me away is my gait.
Brennan stands in front of her floor length mirror and notices the subtle shift of her hips. She knows the odds of her being pregnant are greatly increased now and she runs out of her apartment to get a pregnancy test from the store on the corner. An hour later, Brennan is sitting in her bathroom watching the three white sticks and her egg timer, ironically, as she waits for the 3 minutes to be up.
What if I am really pregnant? How will Booth react? We've only been seeing each other for under a month. I don't even know if I would be able to even be a mother.
The sharp chime of the egg timer breaks her out of her thoughts as she looks at the tests.
"POSITIVE." is answer on all three tests. Just as Brennan is about to react, her phone rings. It's Booth, ironically.
"Hey, Bones! We have a case."
She tells Booth to meet her at the diner as she places the three tests in the bathroom bin.
"I'm… I'm pregnant. You're the father."
Once she sees the smile spread across Booth's face, Brennan can't help but feel a sense of relief wash over her for the first time since she found out she was pregnant.
"Really?"
"Yes, Booth."
Booth smiles wider and embraces Brennan tightly and lifts her off the ground and spins her around.
"Booth! Put me down!"
"I'm going to be a dad again!"
"I know that, but if you don't put me down I'll be sick!"
"Sorry, Bones. I'm just so happy!"
Booth and Brennan happily stare at each other as their lips meet in a happy and passionate kiss.
"I love you so much right now, Bones."
"Only right now?"
"You know what I mean."
"Yes I do."
A/N: So? What do you think? Please review. They always make me feel loved. :) xx