Angela sat up in her hospital bed, looking over at the monitors that were keeping track of her baby's heart rate as well as her own. Everything looked strong, which was a relief to her mind. The past four weeks had been nothing but hell to her as she sat in the hospital all day with nothing to do but wait and be taken care of by doctors and nurses while her friends tried to solve the murder of her mother. The goal was to get her pregnancy to at least thirty-five weeks before they had to deliver the baby. And at thirty-two weeks, she was stable and continuing to progress, but she was growing bored out of her mind sitting in a hospital every day and night. Hodgins was there all the time when he wasn't at work or getting things done at home, which Angela adored and appreciated about her husband. He was probably the most devoted husband anyone had ever seen and she loved him all the more for it.

Her mother's case had progressed a lot over the past two weeks after Booth and Brennan had brought in Preston James for questioning. His DNA matched the samples taken at the crime scene that were mixed with her mother's blood and the watch was exactly the same one that they had been looking for. The shop keeper confirmed it was the watch he had sold to her mother nine years previously. They were also able to hold Preston since he had violated his parole and stole a car, which was good news for Booth and Brennan since it gave them time to build their case and figure out if he was the murderous bastard they were looking for.

Looking around the room, she found her sketch pad on the rolling table and pulled it off, opening it to a blank page to draw. Drawing was something she did a lot of these days. Sketches, mini paintings, and outlines of things were about all she could do in the confines of a hospital bed, but it had kept her somewhat occupied. Most of her sketches and paintings were of flowers or other things she could use in the room to sit in front of her. Occasionally, she'd even draw Hodgins when he was asleep in the room with her. Other times, she would draw what she imagined their daughter would look like based on her features and Hodgins'. Most of the drawings had a little girl with dark hair and bright blue eyes, but she just was using her imagination.

As she drew, she thought about how much she hoped that she would be able to carry their daughter far enough so she could be delivered safely. Her prayer was that the doctors would tell her that nothing was wrong when they delivered. All she wanted was a healthy baby and as easy a delivery as they could manage. Her attention diverted as she heard the door open and saw Brennan walking in. It was good to see a familiar face. She needed her best friend to be there every once in a while, if not for anything else but the company.

"Hey sweetie," Angela said, smiling and putting down her sketch pad.

"Hey Ange, how are you feeling?" Brennan asked, setting her bag down and sitting in the chair by Angela's bed.

"Doing okay," she replied. "The doctor said that the baby and I are doing good, so I assume nothing's wrong at the moment. One less thing to fall apart in my life."

Brennan laughed awkwardly for a moment before looking down at her lap. Angela could tell that something was a little off with her best friend. Normally, she had to get Brennan to shut up most of the time, but today she was awfully quiet. Something was definitely up and she needed to know what that was. She might've been pregnant, but she definitely hadn't gone stupid or blind in the time she'd been in the hospital. Angela knew Brennan better than anyone, aside from Booth, but that was a different story entirely that she didn't want to even go into.

"Something's up," she said, looking at Brennan directly. "You're too quiet. Is something wrong in the case? Was the James guy not the one? You can tell me if it's that…I need to know."

Brennan shook her head. "Oh, it's nothing to do with the case at all actually. Booth and I are still working on it, so you have nothing to worry about." She was now avoiding the question and Angela could tell.

"Okay, then what's wrong…you're not yourself today." There would be no use asking in a round about way, since Brennan most likely wouldn't get that anyways.

"Booth had Parker this weekend," Brennan replied, looking at Angela. "We all spent time together, mostly at the park and I took Parker on a tour of the museum…the parts he wanted to see in particular. We spent a lot of time in the Egyptology department and Paleontology as well."

"What's wrong with that?" she asked, wondering why in the world anything would be wrong with hanging out with Parker. "I thought he loved spending time in the museum with you." As far as Angela was concerned, he was a great kid that acted just like Booth. If she and Hodgins ever had a son, she hoped he would be as energetic and fun as Parker.

"Nothing was wrong with spending time with him. He's a great child and very intelligent for his age…he just asked me a question I was not prepared for," Brennan answered, scrunching her nose slightly.

"And?" Angela nudged, realizing she was going to have to prod this out of her best friend. Getting information out of Brennan sometimes was like trying to get into some high security corporation…nearly impossible.

"He asked when his father and I were going to give him a little brother or sister," she finally said, almost painfully.

Angela started to laugh, knowing that she probably shouldn't in this situation, but she just found it so humorous that a ten-year-old child would know more about when his parents should give him a sibling than the parents did. Even if Brennan technically was not Parker's step-mom, she was close enough to be since she had known him nearly all of his life and he adored her. Angela saw that a mile off. Parker was a smart kid and knew exactly who his father had been in love with all along.

"Angela…I don't see the humor in that at all," Brennan said, arching her eyebrows seriously.

"Bren…sweetie, that is funny," she replied.

"Why?"

"Because I could've told you that was coming years ago," she said, still giggling. "Parker has always known how his dad felt about you, so it's only natural that he would want siblings from that relationship. His mom has had so many boyfriends through the years, but you've been constant in his father's life."

"But Booth and I weren't even together before a few months ago. How could Parker attach himself when I wasn't even his father's girlfriend?" Brennan asked.

Rubbing her stomach, Angela smiled. "Kids are a lot more intuitive than we give them credit for Bren. They see things that adults sometimes don't get for years. Parker probably knew years ago that his dad never had girlfriends for a reason…and that reason was you."

"You're saying Booth never dated because he was in love with me?" Brennan asked, looking Angela directly in the eyes.

"As if it wasn't obvious from the moment he met you?" Angela retorted, laughing a little. "He's been that way from the very beginning sweetie…the whole time it was you for him."

Brennan nodded after a moment, seemingly understanding what Angela was telling her, like she had known the entire time but just had the moment where it all came together for her. For years, Angela had known her best friend loved Booth as more than just a partner like she always claimed to when anyone asked if she and Booth were dating. After everything her best friend had come through over the years, she deserved a little happiness in her life; something she had only seen when Brennan was with Booth. He made her light up like nothing else in the world, even if he was only coming to talk to her. Angela was thankful for Booth being in Brennan's life many times over because he got her out of the lab and into the world.

"There are things that I want Ange, but I've never really allowed myself to have," Brennan said, taking a deep breath. "A family is one of them. I had one. My parents were good people that loved me and Russ, but they left. After my parents disappeared when I was fifteen and Russ left, I just…I never wanted to be a part of something that could easily hurt me again." She looked down for a moment at her hands that were folded in her lap. "Fifteen years later, my father and brother came back into my life and suddenly, I had a family again. Now Booth…I just never thought I would…"

"You never thought you would get the chance to find happiness because of all that you went through growing up," Angela finished her sentence. "Well I can tell you that you do deserve happiness Bren. You deserve it and have found it. When I see you with Booth, you are lit up like the fourth of July."

"I don't know what that means," Brennan said, laughing a little and looking up.

"It means that you smile a lot when you're with him. He makes you laugh and brings out the best in you."

Brennan gave a crooked smile, like she knew that Angela was right. "I know."

There was a small pause between the two of them before Angela looked over at the monitor that was showing the baby's heartbeat. The past two weeks had been so scary for her and she kept a constant eye on her daughter's monitors for any small sign that something was going wrong. It was draining, but Angela knew that it was part of being a mother. Looking out for her child was her job and if anything ever happened to her, she would not be able to forgive herself because she didn't do something to prevent it. Looking up at Brennan, she smiled softly.

"So, what did you tell Parker?" she asked, continuing on the conversation from before.

"What?" Brennan asked, taken off guard.

"When he asked when you and Booth would give him a sibling, what did you say?" Angela corrected herself, knowing that Brennan needed clarity most of the time when someone asked her a question that wasn't directly related to science.

"Oh…I told him that his father and I had not discussed the possibility of children yet," Brennan replied.

"But are you considering it?" Angela asked, arching one eyebrow curiously at her best friend. "I mean, you had thought about it two years ago before Booth had brain surgery. You even asked him to be a sperm donor at one point."

"I know Ange," Brennan said, biting her bottom lip. "But Booth and I have not discussed the possibility of children. We are still just getting used to being in a relationship."

"Are you thinking about it though?" she asked, eyeing her friend suspiciously. "Like, seriously considering it?"

"I've given it thought," Brennan said, breathing deeply.

"And?" Angela prodded.

"I would like a child, with Booth."

Angela clapped her hands excitedly. "Oh a little baby Booth! He or she is going to be so cute…when you guys do decide to try to get pregnant that is. Wait…you are going to do that the right way?"

"What right way is that Angela?" Brennan inquired.

"You know…you get all naked with Booth and devour each other in a passionate frenzy of lovemaking that creates a baby," she replied in a matter-of-fact tone that Brennan would easily understand.

"Of course. The baby would be made by sexual intercourse between Booth and myself." Brennan smiled like she knew there was a lot more to that statement than she was leading on, but Angela wasn't going to ask right then. That would be a conversation for later when Angela wasn't stuck in a hospital bed, waiting on her own daughter to be delivered in less than eight weeks.

"Good," she said, laughing and grinning at her best friend. "You guys are going to have really cute babies…when that happens."

Brennan nodded and smiled before they talked for a few more minutes about how Angela's daughter was doing and what the doctors were saying about her prognosis for the Placenta Previa. The doctors were hoping to get her to thirty-five weeks before delivery was absolutely necessary. After talking for a while, Brennan left to go back to the Jeffersonian and Angela was left to herself in the hospital until Hodgins would get off work. She went back to her drawing that she had started before and finished it. Once she was done, she put aside her sketch book and laid back, falling asleep in a matter of a minutes, content that she was okay for the moment and her baby was not in any danger.

A/N: Thank you all SO much for your reviews! Keep them coming please! This is just a little interlude chapter between Angela and Brennan, since they're good friends. Enjoy and let me know what you think!