A/N: Not my first fanfic but I'm not a professional either. This is the first Bones fanfiction I have written. The other one I am working on is a NCIS one. Bones and NCIS are the only two shows that are a must for my DVR and even then I'm watching them.

What Were You Expecting

Chapter 1:Hope Springs Eternal

The further the plane came to landing, the more her anxiety increased. In fact the anxiety was taking over the confidence she had when she decided to return to D.C. Now here she was hoping, no praying that she had not missed her moment with Booth.

She remembered their last time together, telling him that she couldn't give him what he wanted. The life he wanted wasn't the life for her. She had a feeling though that they weren't over. She hoped she was right.

When the plane landed, it was seven o'clock and by the time she picked up her luggage and rental car it was nine o'clock. Remembering Booth's bedtime routine, she knew it wouldn't be too late to go over to his apartment.

It was six- thirty in the evening. Booth was finishing the last of the dinner dishes while his wife sat in the living room nursing their beautiful seven-week daughter. The baby had just finished nursing when Booth gave them both a kiss on the forehead before sitting down. Next Booth took the burping cloth to put over his shoulder then gently takes his baby girl in order to place her on his shoulder.

It was at this moment that his wife stood up and gave him a peck on the lips and their daughter one on the cheek and announced with a smirk on her face that she was going to take a shower in order for Booth to have some father/daughter time. Booth chuckled and said, "isn't it funny that every time you finish feeding Christine, I get father daughter time and a dirty diaper to boot."

She looked at her husband with a confused expression on her face followed by: "I don't know what that means."

"Oh, no, no, no, no. You do not get away with that. You know exactly what I mean, Bones." Knowing that she couldn't play it off, Brennan couldn't contain her laughter as she proceeded towards the bathroom. Booth was able to take hold of her hand in time to ask her to take Christine because he had to go to the bathroom.

Booth returned just in time to hear the baby burp. As soon as he took her from Brennan, Christine scrunched up her face to leave a present in her diaper as a part of their father/ daughter bonding. Apparently, Christine wanted to extend her bath time with her Daddy because her present couldn't be contained in her diaper.

"Awww maan. You couldn't do this while Mommy was holding you- huh? It's a good thing you're still at the mustard stage. Alright Miss Poo-Poo Pants, let's get you cleaned up and ready for bed while your mother gets to relax and pamper herself in the bathroom."

Brennan didn't know if he was serious or not and offered to take care of cleaning up the baby and giving her a bath. "You know Booth, I don't mind. I know you've been working hard all day. I really can take care of it you wa..." She stopped speaking when she saw the glint in her husband's eyes that told her he was teasing.

Booth smiled then went on to explain, "If I let you do that I would be in clear violation of the secret father/daughter time rules."

Brennan knew she would regret asking but did anyway. "What exactly are those rules?"

Booth rolled his eyes in a playful manner and looked at their daughter to ask, "what definition of secret doesn't she understand?"

"Okay,chop,chop. I'm going to take care of Miss Poo-Poo Pants and you by order of the very, very handsome Special Agent Seeley Booth are requested to go take care of yourself. I love you."

"Okay. Only because you said requested. I love you too. Mommy loves you Christine." then she gave Booth and Christine kisses before heading off to the bathroom.

When Brennan entered the bathroom she was greeted with a surprise-Booth had drawn a bath for her and their song was playing at a low volume. There was a special fragrance coming from the water. She recognized it as one of the bath minerals from the hollistic store she had mentioned to Booth. She smiled to herself because she never knows when pieces of their conversations will manifests themselves in a visual way.

Brennan had been permitted only to take showers for so long, that when the doctor gave her the clear to take baths, he wanted her first in a long time, to be special for her. When she looked over toward the basin, on the counter there was a card with a daffodil painted on the outside. When she opened the card to read the inside all it said was: Enjoy. Love You. Booth

On the inside of the card there were also two kanji symbols one meant soul the other destiny.

Those simple words conveyed more than a page full could. It summed up the simplicity that was Booth and why she loved him so much.

A/N: More to come. Humor me. Let me know what you think.

p.s. X-Factor is really making me mad. To have to wait until Nov 3 for new episodes of "Bones" has to be illegal somewhere