I'm back! I'm sorry its been a few days but I've been hit by horrible fatigue for the last few days and I take three-hour naps after school. But that's different today since the new Bones episode tonight is giving me the energy and willpower to stay up! (Also, I went to bed at just the right time and took a nap ninth period XD) Anyways, enjoy!
Chapter Eleven: Test
As soon as they returned to Booth's apartment, Booth had Brennan lie down in his bed, concerned for her health after she emptied the contents of her stomach into the restroom toilet back at Cristina's office.
Brennan tried to reason with him, claiming that she was perfectly healthy.
"Perfectly happy people don't puke out their breakfast in public toilets, Bones." Booth said ushering her into the bed and tucking her in. He'd left Roxanne in the other room, where she was sleeping soundly in her stroller.
"Expecting mothers do." Brennan said softly. Booth almost didn't catch it.
He froze and looked down into her eyes. "Bones," he said, "what did you say? A-are you pregnant?"
Brennan looked away. "I-I'm not sure, Booth. But from the fact that we had unprotected sex a mere two and a half weeks ago and I've been nauseous over the last week and I just threw up not too long ago today and-" tears filled her eyes as she tried to form words around the lump in her throat. "I'm so sorry, Booth."
Booth furrowed his brow and stroked her cheek. "Sorry? For what, Bones?"
"For getting pregnant right when you just meet your baby girl and for ruining everything between us, and-" She was cut off by Booth's lips on her.
"Bones, baby, none of that is your fault and you didn't ruin our lives just because you got pregnant, which we're not even sure is true yet. For all we know, you could have a bug. And even if you are pregnant, that's not necessarily a bad thing."
Brennan's eyes widened. "Really?"
Booth nodded. "Definitely. What makes you think otherwise?"
Brennan sniffled. "Well, I just thought that you would want to get to know Roxanne a little more before having any more children and for our relationship to develop a little more before we had kids, and I just thought that pregnancy would be out of the question for a while. You know?"
Booth nodded. "I understand, but, Bones, our relationship has grown so much over the last 6 years. Us starting a relationship is nothing new. All it means is that now we can kiss each other anytime we want, among other things..." He smiled and kissed her again. "And you wanted to have a baby with me two years ago, remember?"
Brennan nodded, smiling. "I remember."
"And so many things weren't right back then that are now. For one thing, I'm tumor-free!" He smiled proudly, making Brennan giggle. "And for another, we love each other now, or at least we both know it. I'm pretty sure that I've loved you for much longer than just two years."
"I think so, too. For me, I mean. I was just-"
"Scared, I know." Booth finished for her. "I was scared too, Bones, I'm still scared."
"You are?"
Booth nodded. "I'm terrified. A small part of me still thinks that maybe we won't work out and I'm scared that I'll lose you, but another part of me knows that you're worth the risk. That not having you know how I feel and having you feel the same way is worse than losing you."
Another tear fell out of Brennan's eye and she brought Booth's face down to hers, kissing his sweetly. "I love you, Booth."
"I love you, too, Bones."
Brennan smiled at him and for a moment they were just lost in each other's eyes, before Brennan's eyes got wide and she pushed past Booth, running towards the bathroom, where she again emptied out her stomach.
Booth raced after her to hold her hair for her as she retched into the toilet. When she was finished, she collapsed back into him, wiping her mouth with toilet paper and flushing the toilet. Booth rubbed her back soothingly and kissed her hair, before helping her back to bed.
Once she was all tucked in again, he leaned down and kissed her temple. "I'm gonna run to the pharmacy for a pregnancy test. Okay? And I'll get some flu medicine if it turns out to be just a small bug. Anything else you want?"
"Roxanne..." Brennan groaned. "Bring her to me."
Booth nodded and went to retrieve their daughter, who was entertaining herself with her bunny, mumbling nonsensical baby words to it.
Booth smiled at her and picked her up, carrying her to Brennan, who practically grabbed her out of Booth's arms and held her close to her body.
Roxanne giggled, loving all the attention she was getting from her new mother. Brennan kissed her forehead and laid Roxanne down next to her, on the bed, placing a pillow on her other side so that she wouldn't roll off the bed. Then she turned on her side and Roxanne instantly cuddled into her chest.
Booth smiled at the scene in front of him, before leaning over to kiss his girls goodbye. Brennan kissed him back and Roxanne brushed his cheek with her hand in goodbye, before closing her eyes and leaning into her mother to sleep.
Two hours later, Brennan was sitting in Booth's lap as they waited for the results of the pregnancy test. She had refused to sit on his lap when he first pulled her towards him, but she relented when he began kissing her neck, soothing her nerves.
"What do you want to have?" she asked suddenly, causing Booth to stop his ministrations.
"What?" he asked, his lips still resting on her neck.
"Well, you have a son and a daughter, what do you want now, if we're pregnant? A boy or a girl?"
Booth thought for a second. "I really don't care, Bones. As long as it's mine and yours together, I don't care if it's a freaking mutant, as long as it comes from you, I'll love it."
Brennan smiled. "I know you don't mean that."
Booth laughed. "Oh, but I do. Bones, I swear, if it's your baby, I'll love it, no matter what, but if it's also mine, I'll spoil that kid rotten with love."
"And you won't do that with Roxanne?" Brennan asked, giggling.
"No. Daffy is gonna have me wrapped around her finger. I know that and I support it, because she's my little princess. I'll probably end up buying her a castle, if that's what she really wants."
Brennan laughed. "You called her Daffy."
"So?"
"We changed her name, remember?"
"So? She'll always be my little Daffy Duck. It'll be a nickname. You know? Like Bones?"
"I didn't like that nickname."
"At first, but now, you don't mind it...right?"
"Does it really matter if I say yes?"
"Not really."
"Then sure."
Booth laughed and looked at the clock. "Hey, Bones, it's been five minutes."
Brennan gasped and rushed to pick up the test, raising it to eye-level so they could both see.
"Oh. My..."
"God." Booth finished for her.
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