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A smiley face.
The face joined the many other tests in the trash can, which all had plus signs and smileys, all which said the exact same thing. Angela Montenegro was pregnant. She sat on the edge of the bathtub in shock. Sure, she and Hodgins had been trying very hard to get her pregnant, but it was still a shock when she found out she was. After a few minutes, she shook off her shock and started hopping up and down and squealing in happiness. Hodgins, who just so happened to pass the bedroom door at that moment, rushed into the bathroom, mistaking her squealing for screams.
"Angela! Are you okay?"
He noticed the pregnancy tests and then grabbed Angela's shoulders. "Are you-?"
She smiled and nodded. Hodgins grinned, then pulled her into a bear hug, both the happiest people in the world.
Angela knew about some of the things that happens during pregnancy, like morning sickness, back pains, even the mood swings... but she really didn't care. She told Hodgins while they were taking care of Andy that she wanted a million babies, so let's start with this one. As she hugged her fiancé, she realized how much she loved her life. She knew that Hodgins and her friends would stick with her throughout this pregnancy, though a thought came to mind.
"Hello Dr. Hodgins," Angela imitated Jigsaw from the movie Saw. "I want to play a game."
Hodgins smirked, "What kind of game?"
"I'm curious to know how long it will take for the rest of the team to figure out I'm pregnant."
"Think you could handle keeping it a secret for so long?"
"As long as I have one more person I can trust with my secret, and I have an idea who that one person might be."
"Hello?"
"Hey Cam, it's Angela."
"What can I do for you?" Then she heard her say, "Eww, I don't like it!"
"I need to talk to Sarah. Is she there?"
"Yeah hang on." There was the sound of Sarah laughing, the ring of a curtain being pushed aside, and Angela almost laughed as she realized that Cam had taken Sarah shopping again.
"Hi Ange!"
"Hey Sweetie. I need someone to help keep a secret from the team. Feel up to it?"
"Cam, I'll be right around the corner. Okay?" Sarah said to Cam and then after a few seconds she replied, "Quick question first. Are you pregnant?"
Angela stood there in complete shock. "How did you know?"
"Morning sickness. I've tried distracting everyone while you did your thing just in case you were and you wanted it to be a secret." She thought for a minute. "Is this the secret you wanted me to keep? If so, I haven't told anyone yet."
Angela laughed, "Actually, yes. I wanted to see how long it would take for everyone to realize it. Think you can keep doing what you have been doing for a while?"
"Of course! It's been kind of fun."
"Hopefully you haven't been telling them insane stories to keep my cover."
"I just told them that you probably either eat something bad or got the bug when me and my friends came over for the huge slumber partly over the weekend. They only think it's been going on for a few days so you should be in the clear with that story."
Angela sighed in relief and smiled at the memory of the slumber party. A group of 8 girls came over with Sarah and they had played about a million games going from twister, to truth or dare, to races in the pool.
"Only Hodgins and you know about this," Angela told her. "The rest of the team can only know if it is a dire emergency. Otherwise, they have to figure out themselves."
"Don't worry. You're secret's safe with me."
--The Next Morning--
"Female, Caucasian, late twenties, around five months pregnant," the facts rolling off Brennan's tongue as she analysed the body on the autopsy table. "Multiple stab wounds to the chest and abdomen."
Angela thought she was going to be sick as she looked at the body. The morning sickness hadn't helped but this wasn't a skeleton. A skeleton she could handle. This was a human body, flesh still on the bones, though not much, even for two weeks of decomposition.
"The victim might have either been starving herself or being starved by her captor and/or murderer. There's nothing in the esophagus," Cam added.
By the time Cam had begun to carefully cut into the body to get any possible evidence from the fetus, Angela had rushed out of the room and into the bathroom. Sarah had spotted her as she came out of Angela's office and rushed after her. She held back her friend's hair as her stomach got rid of the little contents it had and tried to comfort her as Angela began crying. After a few minutes, the crying had come to a stop and Angela looked at Sarah sadly.
"She was pregnant. She never got to really see, hear, or hold her baby. If she was kidnapped, probably not even through ultrasound!" Fresh tears had begun to fall down Angela's face and Sarah hugged her tightly. "What if I end up like that? What if I end up with the same fate?"
Sarah pulled back gently and whispered fiercely, "Don't think like that! You will have that day when your son or daughter comes and you will be able to hear its cries, cradle it, and watch it go to sleep." The next part she said with a small smile, "I wouldn't let any crazy killer get a hold of a best friend and a half-brother or sister of mine and get away with it."
Angela couldn't help but laugh at the statement. Sarah was already protective of her soon to be little sibbling and Angela was only at least a month pregnant, possibly two. Both of them knew that the team would get rid of the murderer and keep each other safe no matter what the costs. Sarah got up and wet a paper towel and began to clean up Angela's face. Once she was done, she looked almost as good as new and Sarah smiled, "Lets go help catch this SOB that killed that poor girl."