A/N: Continuation of the conversation started in the last chapter. I know some of you guys don't like Sully, but I'm trying to keep him in character with what I saw on the show, and he really is a decent guy. "One of the good guys," as Booth would say. So I'm not going to make him evil, sorry!

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Once again, Temperance and Sully sat in silence as they both processed what had just happened.

Sully looked down and stared at the ultrasound picture in his hands. He kept trying to do the math in his head – he'd been gone four months now, but she looked as though she couldn't be more than three, maybe three and a half months along. But, why come all the way to Miami to tell him if it wasn't his?

As hard as she tried, Temperance couldn't read his expression. Was he angry? Confused? Happy? Shocked? She just couldn't tell.

"Sully?"

He didn't respond, just continued staring at the picture she had placed in his hands.

"Sully? Please say something. Are you upset?"

Slowly he raised his head to look at her, confusion written all over his face.

"If you have questions, ask them. I'll answer anything you want to know."

"How far along are you?"

"Almost five months."

Her answer took his breath away. 5 months? Oh my God, he thought. She was already pregnant when I left. The reality of the situation was finally starting to sink in.

"How long have you known?"

"I found out two weeks after you left."

"Why didn't you tell me? It isn't as if we never talked after I left! All those phone calls when I asked how you were? It never occurred to you to tell me you were pregnant?!"

Now she could definitely detect anger in his voice. She forced herself to stay calm.

"Until now, there was no reason for you to know. There was no reason for anyone to know."

"No reason? There was no reason to tell me that you're having my baby?!"

"There was no reason because I wasn't going to keep the baby."

"Excuse me?"

"I wasn't going to keep the baby. I was going to place the baby up for adoption. I wasn't going to be a mother and you weren't going to be a father."

Sully slumped down in his chair, running his fingers through his hair.

"So you were never going to tell me. What changed?"

"I've changed my mind, and I've decided to keep the baby. As soon as I made that decision, then I knew I needed to tell you. And here I am. I haven't even told Angela yet. Just you."

"What changed your mind?"

"See that picture?" Brennan asked, smiling as she pointed to the ultrasound in Sully's hand. "That's our daughter. She changed my mind."

"It's…you mean…we're having a girl?" Sully's tone seemed to soften quite a bit at this thought, and his whole body seemed to finally relax as he ran his finger over the picture.

Temperance only nodded, deciding it was best to let him make the next move.

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As the sun set, Temperance and Sully were still sitting there in silence. Seeing her shiver from the slight chill that now hung in the air, Sully led her down to the living area to continue their conversation.

"Temperance, what exactly do you want me to do?" Sully finally asked.

"I don't know Sully. If you don't want anything to do with the baby, or me, I'll understand. I'm not going to be chasing you down for child support or anything like that. I've got more than enough money from my books to take care of myself and my baby. I just thought that you would want to know, so that you can make your own decision about how involved you want to be."

Sully moved to sit next to Temperance, taking both her hands in his.

"I don't know what to say, Tempe. I do want to be a part of our baby's life, and I want to be there for you. You know I still love you."

"I know. But Sully, we can't just start over. I think we both know that even though you love me, and I love you too, we aren't really in love. And it wouldn't be fair to either of us, or to our baby, to put ourselves through a relationship that we both know isn't going to work."

Sully nodded, knowing that she was right.

"So what do we do now, Tempe?"

"I guess we still have a lot to talk about, don't we?"

"I suppose we do."

Once again, they sat in silence, mulling the situation in their minds. Finally, Sully broke the silence.

"When do you have to be back in D.C.?"

"I took leave until Monday. I definitely have to be back then, though. Cam almost killed me for taking these four days as it is, and I have an ultrasound after work that evening."

"Well, why don't I sail you back up to D.C.? That way, we can have some time to talk things over. If we left in the morning, we could probably be there by Friday."

"Well, I suppose it would give us a chance to talk," Temperance said as she considered Sully's offer.

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"Good heavens, Temperance, how much stuff do you have?" Sully laughed as he loaded her bags onto the boat the next morning. "How did you even get it all here? Didn't they have a baggage allowance on your flight?"

"Well, if you must know, I bought most of it once I got here. My regular clothes don't fit. I am pregnant, you know."

"So I've heard," Sully laughed again, as he reached out and gently placed his hand on her belly.

A few minutes later, what she'd said finally hit him.

"Wait a second! You actually went shopping? And on your own? Temperance, are feeling alright?" He loved teasing her about things like this.

"Hormones," she said, shrugging at his perplexed face. "I'm pregnant. Isn't it an accepted fact that I get to blame hormones for everything?"

Sully laughed as he loaded the last of their supplies and prepped the boat to set sail.Well, at least the trip won't be boring, he thought to himself as he began to maneuver the boat out of the harbor.