Chapter 14: Trust

Two weeks later

It was the day of the doctor's appointment. Dr. Brennan and Booth were waiting anxiously in the waiting room. Morning sickness was getting the better of Dr. Brennan and she was looking really pale. Booth was nervous and couldn't stop his nervous twitching. Dr. Brennan stopped his twitching by placing her hand on his knee. Booth took Bones' hand and stared into her eyes.

"Booth everything is going to be fine. The baby is going to be fine."

"I know the baby and you are fine. I'm nervous because I wasn't a part of this part with Parker. Rebecca didn't want me involved with the doctor's appointments. When Parker was born, I was in the waiting room. I never got the chance to cut the umbilical cord, to hold her hand during labor. I never saw one sonogram or ultrasound picture. I'm nervous because this is new for both of us."

"Seeley I love you. Thank you for being here, this can't be easy for you."

"Temperance I love you too; and this is the easiest thing I've ever had to do. Sure the memories are hard but that doesn't matter. I'm here for you and the baby."

"We're ready for Temperance Brennan."

They looked up breaking their stare. They stood up still holding hands and followed the nurse to the examination room. The nurse asked the same routine questions and handed Dr. Brennan the hospital gown. Dr. Brennan put on the gown and positioned herself to be examined. Booth stayed in the room and was holding Dr. Brennan's hand until the doctor came in.

"Dr. Brennan it's good to see you again. And is this the father?"

"Yes, this is my fiancé, Seeley Booth."

"It's nice to meet you, Mr. Booth."

"It's nice to meet you too Dr. Paver."

"Are you two ready to see your baby?"

"I am, how about you Bones?"

"I'm ready let's see our baby."

"Ok you're going to feel a cold sensation and some pressure."

Bones was squeezing Booth's hand, not because she was in pain but because she was nervous. In a few short minutes Dr. Paver turned on the video screen. She pointed at a little spot on the screen and smiled at them.

"There's your baby. It's too soon to tell if it's a boy or a girl, but the baby looks good and healthy."

"We have a healthy baby Booth. Why did you scare me about twins?"

"I'm sorry; I wanted you to grasp the possibility of twins."

"Then why tell me at all? Is there something you're not telling me? You said we would never keep secrets from one another."

"Twins run in my family, on my father's side."

"And you're telling this to me now. Why didn't you tell me in the first place?"

"You told me that having our children one at a time would be better for you. So I decided to drop it and wait for this appointment. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you sooner. I love you and I love our baby."

"I love you too, and I'm sorry for being unreasonable about the situation. I understand why you waited. You didn't want to scare me."

"Would you like a picture of the sonogram?"

"Yes could you print off two copies?"

"Actually print out three copies. Angela will want one Booth."

"So who's Angela?"

"She's my best friend and I love her like a sister. She's having a baby too."

"Really, how far along is she?"

"About the same as me give or take a few days."

"If she hasn't found an OB yet I'll be her doctor too. That way if you go into labor at the same time you can share a room."

"Thanks I'll let her know today."

"Ok here are you're pictures and a script for you pre-natal vitamins and morning sickness pills. You need to make another appointment in two months. You can get dressed now, and I'll leave a spot open for Angela tomorrow if she wants it."

"Thank you Dr. Paver. I'll see you in two months."

Dr. Brennan got dressed and called Angela. Angela agreed to see Dr. Paver and Dr. Brennan made the appointment for Angela and herself. Before they headed to the Royal Diner for brunch Dr. Brennan filled her prescriptions and took the medicine. They got to the Royal Diner and took their seats. Dr. Brennan took out the sonogram picture and laid it on the table. Booth took her hand and they began staring at the picture. Dr. Brennan touched her abdomen and broke her stare at the sonogram picture to look down at her pregnant belly. She still wasn't showing but the glow in her face was enough to show that she was expecting. Booth saw someone out of the corner of his eye, and he let go of Bones' hand in pure panic. She was making her way towards the diner and Booth didn't know what to do. Should he greet her, should he stay seated, he needed to tell Bones before she got into the diner.

"Temperance I need to tell you something, and you're not going to like it."

It was too late; the woman walked into the diner and saw Booth immediately. She walked towards him and leaned down to kiss him. Booth reacted quickly and stopped her. Tears were forming in Bones' eyes. She didn't know what to think, she didn't know what to do. She thought she trusted Seeley but didn't know if that was true anymore.

"Seeley what the hell?"

"Hannah I can't."

"You can't what? You said you loved me in Afghanistan."

Temperance had heard enough. She grabbed the sonogram picture and rushed to the door. Booth gently moved Hannah out of his way and rushed into the parking lot to stop Temperance.

"Temperance wait, let me tell you what happened."

"Tell me what happened. It's pretty clear what happened. Were you ever going to tell me about her?"

"Yes I was going to tell you. But things kept coming up. Hodgins' brother being found dead, the gravediggers son kidnapping Parker, Parker's mom dying. And what about the good things that happened. Moving in with you, you becoming Parker's mom, getting engaged, and now having a baby and building a house. After you told me about the baby I decided to wait to tell you. I didn't want to put you in distress that would endanger the baby.

"Well it's a little late for…Oh god."

"Temperance what's wrong?"

"The baby, Booth the baby."

"Ok come here, you need to calm down."

"How am I supposed to calm down?"

"Just breathe, think of Parker, think of Angela, and think about our baby being safe inside of you."

"The pain is going away."

"Good, just breathe. I love you, and only you."

"I'm going to take a cab to the Jeffersonian. I need to be alone for now."

"I'm sorry I endangered the baby. I'll tell Hannah to leave. We'll talk tonight."

"We might, I'll probably stay late at the lab."

"No you won't, if you don't want to come home fine. But you're not staying late at work after this pregnancy scare. You need to take it easy, and know you have new limitations at how far you can push yourself. That means no more all nighters and you go home no later than eight. If you don't want to come home, then go home with Angela and Hodgins."

"Booth I can take care of myself."

Tears were still in her eyes. She had let Booth into her heart and she felt it breaking. She was staring at her engagement ring. Dr. Brennan began fiddling with it before she took it off. The cab drove up and started honking to get Dr. Brennan to hurry up. She put her engagement ring in Booth's hand and entered the cab with tears in eyes and without saying a word. Booth just stood there staring at the ring in his hand. She broke off their engagement. Booth picked up his phone and thought about calling Temperance but instead he called Angela.

"This is Angela."

"Angela its Booth. Are you sitting down?

"Yes Booth, What's going on?"

"Bones just broke off our engagement."

"What? Why on earth would she do that?"

"Something I didn't expect happened at the diner today, but never mind about that. I need your help to keep Temperance and the baby safe."

"Sure, what can I do to help?"

"She hyperventilated and she can't do that again. I need you to keep her calm, so that she doesn't lose the baby. She may not want to come. Don't let her bury herself in her work, so that she wants to stay in the lab. At a decent hour if she doesn't want to come home, take her home with you."

"I'll do that Booth. Hey I need to go she's here Booth. Don't worry I'll talk to her and I'll keep you posted about her condition. I know she loves you, she just needs some time."

Angela hung up and noticed that Brennan was clearly upset. She was holding back her tears and went into her office. Brennan closed the blinds sat at her desk and began to weep. Angela took a deep breath before entering Dr. Brennan's office. Angela slowly walked in, thankful that she didn't lock the door. Angela closed the door behind her and made sure she locked it. Dr. Brennan didn't notice Angela had walked in, she was in her own little world. Angela walked towards her with a chair and laid it across from her. Angela sat down and took Brennan's hand.

"Sweetie what happened?"

"Angela! I don't want to talk about it."

"Sweetie look at me I know you broke off your engagement to Booth."

"How do you know that?"

"He cares for you Sweetie. He called me before you got here."

"What else did he tell you?"

"Just to make sure you don't overdo it and bury yourself and work."

"That's it."

"Yes Sweetie, I don't know how it happened."

"He didn't tell me something, well two things he should have told me by now."

"Ok Bren, why don't you start at the beginning?"

"Well we had a small argument in the doctor's office. He scared me about maybe having twins, but he didn't tell me why."

"Oh my god…Bren are you having twins?"

"No Ange, but that's beside the point. He didn't tell me that twins run in his family until today."

"Sweetie what happened after you left the doctor's office?"

Dr. Brennan took a deep breath and squeezed Angela's hand, as she remembered the horrible lunch.

"Everything started fine. We were happy and couldn't stop staring at the sonogram picture. We were holding hands and Booth suddenly broke our grasp in pure panic. I didn't know what was going on. He told me he had to tell me something and that I wouldn't like it. This woman came up to Booth and tried to kiss him…"

"What? I'm sorry go on Sweetie."

"I began to cry but tried to hide it. She was upset with Booth and…she said…she said…"

"Sweetie it's ok just breathe."

"She told Booth that he said he loved her while in Afghanistan."

"Oh my god Sweetie; I'm so sorry."

"I grabbed the picture and ran into the parking lot. Booth stopped me from getting in the cab, and it drove off. He told me that he was going to tell me but things kept getting in the way. After I told him I was pregnant he decided to wait to tell me until after the baby was born. I began to hyperventilate and I thought I might lose the baby. Booth calmed me down, but he broke my trust for him and he endangered the baby. I took off my engagement ring and put it in his hand; I then got in the cab without saying anything else."

"Sweetie you need to talk to him. And the longer you wait the larger the problem will become."

"I don't think I can Ange. What if I hyperventilate again I don't think the baby can take that much stress again. I don't want to lose this baby or even risk that."

"Sweetie you have to, you have to think of Parker and what this is doing to your family. He's already lost one mother, don't make him lose another. And nothing will happen to your baby, Booth won't let that happen. He'll keep you calm and will rush you to the hospital if needed. I'm sure he was tempted to take you to the hospital after you hyperventilated the first time."

"Ange will you drive me home, I need to think, and I don't think I can do that here."

"Sure Bren, why don't we go. If Booth comes with a case do you want me to tell him where you are?"

"Yes I don't want him to worry, and think that I've left."

Angela and Dr. Brennan left the Jeffersonian. The drive was silent and Dr. Brennan was gathering her thoughts. They walked up to the apartment and entered.

"Sweetie are you ok, you've been very quiet."

"I've been thinking about Booth, and how he's dealing with what happened. I still love him; I'm having a baby with him, building a house with him, and raising Parker with him. I want to be with him more than anything, but for some reason I'm holding back."

"Sweetie hold on a minute, you're building a house with Booth."

"We started construction about two weeks ago. We're building a six bedroom home in Arlington."

"Sweetie I think I know why you're holding back. I think you're afraid of losing someone you love. Like how you were abandoned by your family. You lost the people you loved most, and you don't want to risk that."

"Ange I've been such a fool. I compared my life with Booth with what happened with my family."

"Sweetie you and Booth are nothing like your parents. You aren't criminals and you have no reason to hide your identities to protect your family. You won't abandon your family; you'll be happy and have the life you should have had."

"Ange you're right. I made a horrible mistake; I should have listened to what Booth had to say before I broke off our engagement. I still want to be married to Booth, and I feel empty without my engagement ring on."

"So are you ok now? And don't even think that I missed the part about the sonogram picture, let's see it."

"I'm fine now Ange and I thought you would ask about the sonogram picture. I had Dr. Paver print out a copy for you as well as Booth and me."

Dr. Brennan handed the picture to Angela and she squealed in excitement. They sat down on the couch and began chatting about baby plans. About an hour passed and Angela figured she should get back to work. Dr. Brennan hugged her goodbye and Angela left. Angela made her way to her car and called Booth to ease his worrying. She told him that Brennan was really upset, but that she thought she would come to her senses. She told Booth to go home and talk to her. Booth agreed and Angela hung up pleased with her match making skills. Booth was already at his car by the time Angela hung up. He was going home to tell Bones the whole truth about what happened in Afghanistan. He quickly made his way to the apartment and ran up the stairs just wanting to apologize to her and hold her in his arms. He took a couple deep breaths and walked inside. He scanned the room and Temperance sitting on the couch drinking tea, and reading a bride magazine. Dr. Brennan could feel his presence and looked up startled to see him; she quickly shoved the magazine under the cushions hoping he didn't see it. But the grin on his face told her he saw what she was reading.

Booth why are you home so early?"

"I wanted to talk to you, and you weren't at the lab, so I decided to check here. Angela called me and said I should talk to you."

"What else did she tell you?"

"Nothing else other than I should talk to you about what happened in Afghanistan and about what happened between me and…"

"Between you and Hannah, I want to know, but please don't explain what happened in great detail."

"Ok, do you want anything before I start?"

"Yes. Do you mind making a sandwich? I didn't eat earlier. And could I have some milk with that sandwich?"

"Sure is the baby still making you feel sick?"

"A little bit but the medicine is helping. I'm not hungry because of morning sickness; I'm hungry because I skipped out on our lunch."

"Wait a minute you want a sandwich, you don't eat meat."

"I know, but a sandwich sounds really good to me. I don't understand why I suddenly want to eat meat."

Booth chuckled under his breath and couldn't help but smile. He quickly made the famous Booth sandwich and added some sun chips on the side. He walked over with the milk and sandwich and handed it over to Bones.

"Temperance you're having your first craving. And I have to say I like this craving you're having."

Temperance just smiled and ate the sandwich quickly, she didn't realize how famished she was until she began to eat. When she finished Booth put her dishes away and came back. He took a deep breath and sat down next to her ready for the talk that would either make or break their relationship.