This is the first of what should be a series of short snippets based on speculations from sides released for upcoming episodes. I love reading spoilers and then speculating on what will actually happen when the episodes air. Since we have a while to wait before new episodes air this year, I decided to take on the challenge of writing at least a snapshot based on each set of sides. This won't be a story that flows from chapter to chapter as a new set of sides may render an older set irrelevant. Rather these will be small shorts that I pull out and develop into a stand alone story. If my past expansive history of speculating based on sides is any indication, I will be totally off base approximately 95% of the time … but still it should go without saying that these stories will be excessively spoiler heavy and should be avoided at all costs by anyone who wishes not to be spoiled for season seven.

When Brennan crawled into his bed it was well after midnight. She thought he was asleep and was slightly startled when he spoke, "I wish you would've called Bones."

"Oh, I-I'm sorry, do you not want me here?" Her confusion caused him to sit up in bed and face her.

"No, that's not what I meant. I want you here. But I thought you'd be here hours ago. Then I wasn't sure if you were going to come at all and I was afraid to call you because you would've thought I was checking up on you."

"You would've been checking up on me Booth."

"Well, what's so wrong with that?"

She didn't respond, she wasn't really sure what she should say.

"Look, Bones, I worry about you. I'm sorry if it bothers you that I want to know where you are when you don't come home before dark, but I do."

"I was fine Booth, I was just at the lab, this case has me stumped."

He knew that there was more to her strained demeanor than just a difficult case. "Yeah, Wendell called, said you had kicked him out of the lab but that you were deep in thought, staring at the bones. Of course, that was about five hours ago."

She avoided making eye contact with him, not sure if she should be open about her feelings, this case was bothering her more than she wanted to admit to either of them. "I know that it's more than just the case that's bothering you Bones."

"I wish my Mom were here Booth." Her voice was barely above a whisper and it broke his heart.

"Come here," he reach out and pulled her into his arms so that her back was laying against his chest, "That's normal Bones."

"I don't know how to be pregnant. I don't know how to be a Mother, I wish she were here to tell me."

"You're going to be a great Mom, Bones."

"I know," leave it to Brennan to be confident even at her most vulnerable. "I mean, I know I can do it, anthropologically a maternal instinct of care giving will kick in and take over. That doesn't stop a part of me from wanting my Mom. I suppose that's an anthropological instinct as well though."

"Regardless of the science behind it Bones, you're having a baby. It's stressful, it's okay to want to talk to your Mom."

Tears formed in her eyes as she spoke, " I want to know when she first knew she was pregnant with me, I want to know how she told Max, I want to know what foods she craved, I want to know if she was as scared then as I am now. I just, it's been a long time since I've missed her this much Booth, and this case on top of that, is just almost too much."

"I know baby, but I'm right here, I need you to talk to me when you get upset."

"I'm sorry Booth, I wasn't-"

"No, hey, it's okay, I just don't want you to be afraid to talk to me. What else is on that brilliant mind of yours, huh?"

Brennan took a big breath before she just let it all out. "I don't want our child to look back on her childhood and regret anything Booth. Ever."

"Everyone regrets something from their childhood Bones, you can't stop that from happening."

"Maybe not but I can promise our child that I will never purposely do anything to hurt her. When this baby is grown I want to be able to say that I kept that promise. Neither of us can say that about our own parents, Booth."

"Where are you going with this Bones?"

"I think that not doing whatever it took to make sure I kept her father in our lives would amount to intently harming our child."

"Whoa, Bones, slow down, I'm not going anywhere, okay? You know that."

"I've been pushing you away."

"You've been trying to. But I'm not going to let you do that anymore Bones."

"We need to decide where we're going to live Booth. And it really doesn't matter to me. I mean, I won't be this big that much longer, until then you can just hand me the toast."

"That's true, you'll probably get even bigger."

"Booth, that is not a very nice thing to say," she started to continued but the smile on his face finally registered with her and she smiled back at him.

"Would you rather we lived at your apartment Bones?"

"This is Parker's home too Booth, you need to discuss this with him and give him time to absorb all the changes. His life is unsettled enough, I don't want to disturb it any further."

"So we'll live here? Isn't it too small for all four of us?"

"We'll live here for now. I'll sublet my apartment, and after we have significant discussion time with Parker, we'll consider finding a larger home for all of us."

"In the suburbs?"

Brennan snarled her nose at the thought. "I'm not sure. We'll compromise."

"Deal," they kissed and Brennan rolled onto her side, facing away from Booth. "Bones, I understand that there'll be times when you need space, but I need you to at least text me and let me know when you'll be late, so that I don't sit and worry about you for hours."

Brennan leaned back up on her elbows, "You did that?"

"I've always worried about you Bones, all the time. And besides, part of me was afraid you had went back to your apartment, that you didn't want to stay with me tonight."

"I did go to my apartment tonight Booth. I wanted to be alone, I needed to think. About the case, about my Mom, about me and you, about our baby. But I didn't seem to be able to think properly, I kept thinking about you instead. I hadn't seen you since early this morning."

"Awww, you missed me."

"I didn't say that Booth. I just felt very unsettled being alone in my apartment, I'm not sure why, I've spent many nights there alone." She flipped back onto her side, facing away from him.

"In other words, you missed me."

"Fine, I missed you." Her reluctant admission brought a cocky grin to his face, and he settled in for the night snuggling against his partner, his arm draped around her, holding on to her and their future with all the strength he had, there was no way he was letting her get away from him this time.