Temperance sits in the chair and nervously fiddles with the buttons on her jacket. Angela stands off to the side holding Liam.
"You seem nervous do you want some water?" the interviewer asks her.
"No I'm... I'll be ok."
"Are you ready?" the blonde interviewer asks her.
"Yeah," she nods.
The cameras start rolling and the instant they do Liam starts crying. Angela attempts to quiet him down, but is unsuccessful.
"Could you excuse me for a minute please?" Temperance as she gets up. She takes the baby from Angela and returns to the chair. She sits down and pats the baby on the back, and puts her finger in his mouth. He starts chewing on her, and stops crying.
"Angela can you bring me..."
Angela reaches her with a diaper bag before she finishes her thought. She turns the baby around pulls out a teething ring. She swaps the teething ring for her fingers.
"Dr. Brennan we need to do your interview."
"I think we should reschedule. He just started teething and I just don't think now is the best time."
The interviewer looks at her in puzzlement. She studies her notes and looks at Temperance peculiarly.
"Your bio doesn't mention anything about kids."
"No it doesn't."
"So he's..."
"He's mine."
"Your what?"
"He's my son."
"I wasn't aware that you had a baby."
"Most people aren't."
"So how did you find time to write a book with a new baby?"
"Most of it was already written."
"But you wrote part of it after he was born?"
"No. I was done by the time he was born. I wrote the last portion of it while I was pregnant with him."
"How did you write a book, work, and prepare for a new baby all at once?"
"I didn't. I had to stop working because my doctor put me on bed rest."
"Why?"
"My doctor was concerned about my blood pressure. He felt that the stress from my job caused my blood pressure to increase. He didn't want the baby to come early."
"So how long were you on bed rest?"
"It wasn't strict bed rest, but being at home all day everyday made me a little bit antsy. I ended up only being on bed rest for three weeks because he decided to come early anyway."
"How early was he?"
"He came about five weeks before his due date. He was bigger than they expected, and he was healthy."
"So how old is he?"
"He's three months old."
"He's gorgeous."
"I think so."
"A lot of people have speculated that your real life partner is the basis for the love interest of the main character in your book."
"He's not."
"So your little boy doesn't belong to your partner?"
"No. My partner is a part–a very important part– of my son's life, but my son doesn't belong to him. You have to understand that what I write is fiction. I do use some of the characteristics of the people around me for the characters in my book, but what I write is strictly fiction."
"So you have no interest in your real life partner?"
"I don't think that is at all relevant to my book."
"So will you be taking a break after this book?"
"A break from what?"
"Writing? I'm sure that you don't have a lot of spare time with a new baby."
"I actually have a couple of ideas for a new book, I haven't started to write the next book yet, but I have been thinking about it a lot."
"Where will you find the time to write a new book?"
"He's a very good baby, he sleeps through the night so I don't think that it will be a problem."
"When will you have time to sleep if you write while he sleeps?"
"He is normally asleep by eight or eight thirty."
"So you are planning to do another book?"
"In my line of work there is no shortage of inspiration for plot. It might be a while before I finish another book, but I'd love to write another one."
"So are you doing a book tour, or book signing for this book?"
"It depends. I'm very doubtful that I'll do a book tour, because I don't want to leave him, or expose him to all of that chaos, but if I can I'd gladly do a couple of book signings as long as they're in the D.C. area."
Temperance shifts her gaze to the infant boy sleeping in her arms. She sighs and returns her glance to the interviewer.
"I think that about covers it. Thank you," the interviewer stands up and moves into shake her hand. "You're hands are pretty full..."
Temperance holds Liam with one hand and shakes the interviewer's with the other. The cameras stop rolling.
The interviewer turns to one of the cameramen. "Mike is the camera off?"
"Yeah Jess we're done."
"Good," she smiles. She moves towards Temperance. "He's so quiet."
"He's a good baby," Temperance answers.
After the interview Angela and Temperance meet Seeley at the diner for lunch. He's waiting on them the second they walk in the door. Before Temperance can even reach the table he's motioning for the baby.
"No," she tells him.
Seeley looks at her in confusion. She sits the carseat down in the seat next to the window. She takes the seat across from Seeley, and Angela grabs the chair on Booth's side of the table. Angela and Seeley stare at Temperance intently. Angela cracks the silence, "Sweetie are you ok?"
"I'm perfectly fine," she answers.
"Are you sure?" Angela asks as Seeley sits silently.
"Of course. Why are you asking me this?"
"Why wouldn't you give Liam to Booth?"
"He's sleeping."
"So?"
Temperance stares at the sleeping baby and says absolutely nothing.