Booth arrived 6pm at the Jeffersonian. He directly go to Tempe's office where she was busy reading from her monitor.
"Hey…" Booth greeted her.
"You're early." Brennan with her eyes not leaving the monitor.
"Nope. Everybody is out. You're just late. And again, being so, so workaholic." He smiled as he walked towards the table.
"I have something for you."
"What is it?" Brennan spoke still busy reading from her pc.
"I'm gonna tell it to you if you turn off the pc, with your work finished or not finished and lastly looking at me."
"Alright." She turned off the pc, and stood up. Now standing a foot away from Booth. "What is it?"
Booth leaned and kissed her on the cheeks. Smiling as he pulls away from Brennan.
"What was that for?" Brennan asked with a small smile tugging on her lips. She can't help but smile at the sight of Booth giggling over a kiss on the cheeks.
"Ahm..That's my way of saying thank you." He said.
"Thank you for what? I haven't done anything for you."
"You have…. You allowed me to be with you…. You made me whole again." He said looking at her. He saw her blush. She still as pretty as ever. She never answered back.
"That's not all. I still have more for you..I just need you to go with me." He said holding her hands. Tempe just grabbing her bag followed Booth to exit her office.
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Brennan was blindfolded as Booth guided her to the doorway. Brennan complained a dozen of times about the blindfolding thing but Booth wasn't convinced that it has to be removed. It is a surprise, he always reminded her.
"We're here! You ready?" Booth asked as he unties the knot of the blindfold.
She nodded.
"Open your eyes now." Booth spoke.
Brennan is standing on the doorway of their house, which she abandoned 2 years ago. Booth had everything redecorated. From the paint up to the furniture. She can't believe what she was seeing. The house just lit up. She continued to roam around the house and sees their kitchen. She remembered cooking for Booth during the weekends while he hugged her from behind rubbing the expanse on her tummy then. Booth is a strong G-man outside but a very caring and sweet husband at home. Her recollections were interrupted when Booth called her.
"Are you ok in there? I still have something to show you upstairs." Booth claiming her hands as they went up.
The box is carefully placed on their bed. It is wrapped in blue silky paper and tied with a white ribbon. She sat beside the box and held it in her hands.
"That's for you, you can now open it." Booth spoke while standing on the doorway of their bedroom then.
Brennan carefully untied the ribbon, and then works with the wrapper not wanting to torn it. And then finally she opened the box. It was a sculpture of a baby's head made from marble. She can tell that it's a girl. She looked at the face of it wanting to memorize its features. She looked behind the sculpture and saw a name written on it. Shannon Therese Brennan Booth. That's the name they plan to give their baby if she was born. And then she saw a piece of paper; it's the result of her ultrasound then. Brennan looked at Booth who's now sitting in front of her.
"That's our baby.." Booth spoke softly as he hold her hands. "I know you'll never forget about her, but I still want you to have that. To have a picture of what she's like."
"But how?" Brennan mumbled, she couldn't help but cry. She's so happy.
"That paper you're holding. I have met someone who done that job. Doing facial constructions of the unborn child. And then I asked him to make one for you."
"The sonogram, how did you get this?"
"I had that already, the doctor gave it to me, when we visited him for the checkup that day you have the ultrasound. I kept it in my wallet wherever I go, with your picture. That thing kept me going, while I'm away from you. I just looked at the picture and then all the pain starts to fade."
"Booth, I don't know what to say."
"Don't say anything. I just want to see you happy. That already makes my day. That's all that I wanted." Booth said as he bent over and kissed her in the forehead.
"Booth…Why are you doing this? It makes me happy I admit, but it scared me more."
"No, don't be. I just want you to be happy. That's all. These, do not mean anything. There's nothing to be afraid of. I know you're thinking that I want something in return, yes you are right. I want to see that smile in your lips again. If I can make it appear everyday, every minute, every second, then I'll do anything for it to happen. Temperance, I know you know how much you mean to me, don't worry, I am not rushing into things. I am not forcing you to answer the questions I have asked you before. I want you to just think of me as your friend, not leaving you again, doing everything to make you happy and secure." Booth smiling at her, while wiping the tears in her eyes.
Brennan claimed his hand and had it rest on her face; she can't believe this is happening. She loved the man sitting in front of her. Her mind is screaming, wanting him to answer that she also loved him so dearly, but she just can't. She doesn't know what's keeping her from doing it. Here is Booth, showing his love for her. Giving her the assurance that she needed. But she just can't spill it all out. All she can do is touch his hands and hoping that he might get what she wanted to tell.
"Hey…are you alright?" He asked.
"Yah, I am just taking my time to believe this." She chuckled.
"Believe these, they're all true." He smiled at her once again. "I am hungry, how about you? Its already 9."
"Hungry as a bear…" Still staring at him.
"Alright…I'll have food delivered to us. I'll just get my phone in the car. I'll be back in a sec." Booth said as he went up to leave the room.
"Seeley…" She called up.
Booth turns meeting her gaze. "Yup?"
"Thank you. I know you worked hard for all of this..I want you to know that these are all appreciated."
"No problem..By the way, your squints helped me redecorate this. So please be good at them. You can roam around to see everything." Smiling and lastly leaving Temperance alone in the room.
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