What happens when Brennan decides to have a baby on her own? Booth has apparently moved on and is making a life with Hannah. So, Bones decides that she's going to start the family she's always wanted. The first chapter is a bit short and I'll post the second one soon... Remember to review and I'll post the chapters sooner. Reviews are what every writer longs for...

Once you bring life into this world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.~Elie Weisel

Over a year had passed since Bones had given up on having a baby of her own. Now seeing Booth with Hannah, it made her realize that while she might never have him, she could still have a piece of him. She could still have his baby. So, that was how she found herself at the fertility clinic one Wednesday morning.

She had flipped through the same magazine nearly five times. Not really reading the words that were printed on the page. She was too nervous for that. Too nervous to think about anything except the possibility that in a few moments, she could be pregnant with her child. Not only her child, but Booth's child.

She finally heard her name being called after waiting for the longest time. She looked up and saw the face of the nurse smiling at her. She returned the smile and followed her behind the door. She was ready to start the next chapter in her life. She'd been taking her fertility drugs to increase the chances of conception and had taken her temperature. Everything was set for her starting the family that she had longed for, for years.

She smiled and changed out of her clothes and into the paper gown that the nurse handed her. Once she was laying on the examination table, she had a brief thought that maybe she should have made sure that this was still okay with Booth. She supposed that it was the selfish part of her that didn't want to ask him. She was afraid that now that he had Hannah in his life, he wouldn't want her using his "stuff" to conceive a baby. That thought was worse than any other. Since asking him to father her baby, she'd imagined a little boy with his smile and hair or maybe a little girl that could wrap her daddy around his little finger. She would be the apple of his eye. He was such a good father to Parker.

She decided that even if he didn't want to be a part of this baby's life, she was going to go through with it. Even if she couldn't have him in her arms, she could have a small part of him. A living breathing baby that would always be special to her because, while not conceived in love, it's father had been her best friend at one time.

Ever since Hannah had entered the picture though, she'd felt that friendship slipping away. She'd watched as he fell more and more in love with Hannah and slipped further and further away from her. They rarely saw one another except when they had a case. She was starting to regret telling him that she couldn't be the woman for him. She was finding that she was falling more and more in love with him. Although, she assumed that it was a case of too little, too late. So, she suffered in silence and watched as he made a life with another woman that wasn't her.

So, she decided that she was going to move on with her life. She set about creating a life on her own. She would be a single mom because Booth was with another woman. She couldn't and wouldn't ask him to help her raise her baby. Her baby... The image filled her with fear and made her smile. She was really going to do this.

Her doctor walked into the room and smiled at her and asked, "Are you ready for this Temperance?"

She smiled and him and said, "I've never been more ready for anything in my life Doctor Abernathy."

The doctor smiled and told her, "We have the first sample of Agent Booth's sperm. We are ready to begin. Are you sure?"

Bones nodded and told him, "I want to do this."

The doctor smiled, "Just lay back and try to relax. You're going to feel a bit of pressure, but it won't last too long."

She nodded and leaned back on the exam table. She took a deep breath as the doctor started the procedure that would change her life forever in ways that she would never expect.