Elephants and Elegance
**Mature content ahead..just a warning**
BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP BLEEP
Brennan blindly reached over to the nightstand to hit the offending noisemaker. Half of the night the baby had spent seemingly standing on Brennan's kidneys. Then last night's stir fry started to give her heart burn. Finally, the constant waking and walking to and from the bathroom to relieve her bladder kept Brennan from reaching any real recordable REM sleep.
Brennan looked over her should at Booth, one arm flung over his forehead, still slightly snoring. He did not even appear to have head the annoying sounds of the alarm. Brennan shook her head in disgust. How dare he sleep when she was the one who was having to deal with the torture of pregnancy and bringing his progeny into the world.
Brennan struggled to her feet and shuffled to the bathroom. She again made her way to the toilet to relieve her bladder yet again. As she finished washing her hands she started to hear the sounds of Booth starting to move from the bed. Brennan adjusted the shower and closed the glass door, waiting for the water to heat to the desired temperature. She opened the medicine cabinet and retrieved her hair clip and messily gathered her hair into a quick twist and held it with the clip. Booth entered the bathroom then.
"Morning Bones," Booth walked by her, kissing her cheek. He reached down to rub her large protruding stomach "Morning Baby. How did my girls sleep?" Booth walked past Brennan towards the toilet for his own morning ablutions.
Bones leveled Booth's back with a dark stare. "We didn't. 'We' spent most of the night walking back and forth between our bed and the toilet…unless you count the four hours your daughter was dancing on my internal organs."
Booth stopped, his eyes closed. Crap! One of these mornings. He turned around to face Brennan. "Bones, why didn't you wake me?"
Brennan took off her sleep shirt as she dryly said, "It seemed pointless for both of us to be sleep deprived. At least one of us should be able to get a ngiht's rest. Thankfully, it was once again your lucky night." She opened the door to the shower and stood under the warm spray.
She could hear Booth move around the small bathroom. Finally she heard the door to the shower open and felt the cold air as he walked into the shower with her. He reached over and put his hands one the back of her neck, starting to massage the tense muscles there. He leaned down and placed small kisses on the back of her neck.
"I'm sorry Tempe. I just meant I would have gotten up and tried to help you relax and get some sleep."
"No…It's not your fault. You need your rest. I don't want you to lose your concentration while you are in the field. I'm just tired and feeling…fat."
"Fat?"
"Enormous. I now have a better judgement of what it must be like to be an infant elephant."
Booth chuckled in her ear. He moved his hands down her arms, massaging the muscles as he moved. "You don't look like an Elephant Bones."
Brennan let out a soft snort. "Let's take a brief inventory, shall we, Booth? My ankles are constantly swollen…"
"Your skin is more soft than ever, "Booth murmured as he nuzzled just under her right earlobe, his breathe warm and tickling her skin.
"My bladder is in constant need of relieving…"
"Your hair has gotten so long and shiny…and swings so sexily as you walk by me…" his mouth traveled to her jawline, tracing the bone towards her mouth.
"Maybe you are sleep deprived. You certainly sound delirious. My breasts hurt so much that I end up having to use ice packs at work to relieve the pain when I need to stand for more than an hour at a time."
"Mmm…they are much more than just a handful…but they are getting ready to provide nourishment for our daughter. And I have to say, you looked beautiful before, but you are just as beautiful now that there is more of you there Bones." Booth brought one hand down to gently trace the outline of one nipple, already peaking towards his touch in the spray of the water.
"I can't wear my jewelry anymore because my hands and fingers swell so much throughout the day!"
"Do you know when you think no one is looking you are always cradling our daughter? Rubbing your hands over your stomach…calming her?" Booth's hands covered her own, which were already on her stomach, rubbing gentle circles.
"My stomach is bigger every day…I don't even remember what my feet look like anymore!"
"Bones…You are beautiful. You are graceful…full of curves and glowing…everything I have ever heard that expectant mothers were supposed to be…but more. I know these last few weeks are uncomfortable for you and for the baby…but to me and everyone who sees you…we see the elegance…the beauty and the miracle of a mother creating life…not the pain and exhaustion."
Booth turned Brennan to face him, pressing her body as close to his as possible. She could feel the evidence of his arousal, proof that his words were more than just his attempt to make her feel better.
The couple kissed in the warm spray of the shower, their hands roaming over each other…Brennan's making wide circles over Booth's back until finally one hand reached up and speared into the hair at the base of his neck and pressed his mouth closer. Booth's hands started gently holding and caressing her full breasts, then glided down her wet skin to the large swell of their child. He could feel the outline of their daughter's head as he moved further down towards Brennan's hips.
They both reached for the other, Brennan finally reaching Booth's hard cock, wrapping one hand around his length while the other hand reache3d out to steady herself on top of his strong shoulder. Booth kept one hand wrapped low around her hip while the other sneaked between her thighs to find the hot moist center waiting for him there. He gently positioned first one, then two fingers deep in her center, plunging them in and out, matching the pace she was keeping on his own arousal.
"Now Booth, please make me cum now"
"Yes…cum for me baby….release and relax for me…"
Brennan leaned her head into his chest as he brought he over that final crest, moaning loadly. "God Booth! Yes! Yes…right there!"
Booth smiled as he felt her muscles clench, grabbing at his fingers as he curved them up towards her most sensitive spot. She gripped his cock even more firmly and he groaned himself as he felt his own release approach. "Yes Bones…God I love you!..."
They held each other, the water starting to cool as their breathing slowed. Booth reached over for Brennan's loofah, pouring some of her shower gel into it and using it to gently clean her skin. He finished, then turned them so she was not standing under the water, which was quickly growing too cool to be comfortable. He quickly used the loofah to clean himself and briskly rinsed. Turning off the spray,Booth reached for Brennan's towel, wrapping it around her and gently drying her skin. He reached behind her to get his own towel and quickly dried himself off, then threw the towel around his hips.
He led Brennan into the bedroom and sat her on the bed. He reached for the lotion she kept on her dresser and poured some in his hands, rubbing them together to warm it before putting it on her skin. He gently smoothed the cream on her arms, her legs and her stomach. He kneeled on the bed behind her and pulled her down, rolling her onto her side to rub the lotion onto her back, giving her back and neck a massage. Brennan moaned in relief at the pleasure of his steady and strong hands on her stiff and twisted muscles. Booth continued until finally he could hear her breathing slow and the gentle sounds of her heavy breathing. He reached down and pulled up the comforter, covering her nude body, then reached over and placed her body pillow in front of her, supporting the weight of their daughter.
He quickly dressed in jeans and a T shirt, then gently closed the bedroom door behind him as he made his way to the kitchen. As the coffee was brewing he called Cam.
"Hey, it's me. Yeah. She's going to work from home today. No, but I'll convince her when she wakes up. Yeah, you could say it was a rough night."
Booth listened for a moment before answering. I know, but do you want to try to convince her to start maternal leave early? Me either."
He reached for his coffee cup as the machine beeped its completed cycle. "Yeah, I'll be in touch, but unless you guys come up with anything new, I'm going to work from here today too. Okay, thanks. Bye Camille." Booth smiled as he put down the phone.
