I know, I know. I'm a horrible person. But I made this chapter long to make up for it, so don't worry! :)
PS: I'll be uploading two chapters tomorrow due to the fact that Indiana got hit with a blizzard and there is a foot and a half of snow where I live and I can't leave my driveway. I may get one up for the Vow tomorrow too, but DEFINITELY two for this story tomorrow.
Enjoy! :)
Seeley looked up from his spot on the couch, seeing the glow of Temperance's laptop coming from the study. He stood up off the couch, Natasha asleep on her stomach on a blanket in the middle of the couch. He stepped over the sleeping child, and walked up behind Temperance. He wrapped his arms around her, causing her to jump.
"You should come to bed soon." Seeley said, kissing the top of her head.
"But Booth, I need to finish this paper." Temperance argued.
"That paper isn't due until three days from now. It's late. You're tired, I'm tired, Tasha is already asleep. You've barely been in school two months and you're already stressing out, you need to sleep, you've been at this all day." Seeley said, tugging gently on her arm.
"I...okay." Temperance said, saving her work.
Seeley went into the living room to get Natasha off the floor. He lifted her, her head on his shoulder. He felt a drool spot begin to form on his shoulder and he smiled. Natasha was seven and a half months old now. She could sit up on her own and she was absolutely fascinated by the game peek-a-boo. She was even beginning to babble a little and already had a couple of teeth. Seeley had been trying to get her to say 'da-da' for the past week or so, after she had said 'ma-ma' to Temperance, but he'd had no such luck yet.
Seeley walked up the stairs, Temperance following behind him. He walked into Natasha's room, which was completely girly thanks to Angela. He placed a light kiss on her forehead, then carefully placed her in the crib. Turning on the baby monitor, he walked out of the room, shutting the door softly.
Walking into him and Temperance's room, he lightly chuckled to see her laying on her stomach in the middle of the bed. He stripped of everything except his boxers and his socks, and climbed under the blankets. He pulled back her side of the covers and she snuggled down into them, and then into his side. Pulling her close, he softly inhaled the smell of her shampoo, and closed his eyes.
Temperance woke up with a content smile, which slowly disappeared when she realized she was alone in bed. Curiously, she reached across the bed, it was cold. This surprised her because normally she was up about an hour before Seeley.
She checked their daughter's room, only to see Natasha sitting up in her crib playing with a stuffed dolphin. Temperance walked over to the crib, and reached down to retrieve her daughter. Natasha was immediately hoisted onto Temperance's hip, the infant's tiny hand digging into her arm.
Temperance walked downstairs, Seeley no where in sight.
"Booth?" She called out, receiving no answer.
That's when she heard a soft snore coming from the couch, she walked over to the couch curiously, and found him asleep.
"Booth." she whispered, shaking him slightly, "Wake up."
His eyes fluttered, then opened completely. He sat up slowly, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Booth why are you down here?" Temperance asked, sitting down next to him.
"I...I got a call at like five thirty this morning."
"From who?" she asked, bouncing Natasha on her knee slightly.
"I...I don't know how to tell you this Bones but...basically I have to report to that base in New York tomorrow morning."
Temperance turned her attention from their daughter to him, her eyes welling up with tears.
"Wha...What do you mean? You're leaving?" she asked heartbrokenly, a single tear making its way down her face.
"Yeah baby, I am. I'm...I'm so sorry Bones. This is the last thing I want to do, you know that. But I was given direct orders, I have to go." he said quietly, wiping away her tears with his hand.
"I don't want you to leave." she admitted, more tears flowing.
"I don't want to leave Bones, but I have to. I just...I'm sorry." he said, kissing her forehead. They looked into each others eyes, both finding sadness in the other's eyes.
It was a noise of protest from Natasha that made them both snap back to reality. Temperance laid her on the floor by their feet, and Natasha began playing with her dolphin again.
Temperance snuggled into Seeley's side, and he wrapped an arm around her. He kissed the top her head, his own eyes filled with tears.
They sat there a moment, the only sound being Natasha's babbling from the floor. Seeley looked down at Natasha, removed his arm from around Temperance and bent over to pick up the child.
Natasha gave him an look of objection, not pleased that she'd been picked up off the floor.
"I'm sorry. Did Daddy make you mad baby?" Seeley asked, leaning in to kiss her cheek. Natasha turned her head at the last second so he kissed the back of her head instead. She began struggling against him to be put down, and he obeyed her orders. Though she wasn't a year old yet, Natasha was starting to develop an attitude of her own.
"I don't think she likes the idea of you leaving either." Temperance said with a small laugh, wiping the remaining tears off her face.
"Yeah, me either. I'm going to miss you both so much Bones." he said, stroking her cheek.
"We'll miss you too Booth."
"Okay, you know what? I want to forget about this for right now. We're spending the day as a family." he whispered to her, "Alright?"
He felt Temperance nod against him, "Why don't we go get something for breakfast, then spend the rest of the day however we want?"
"Okay."
It was late, and the couple now lay in the comfort of their bed, holding each other. They'd had several rounds of 'I'll miss you' lovemaking earlier that evening that had been slow, yet passionate. Almost like they never wanted it to end.
Despite the evening's activities, both of them were still upset with the fact that Seeley had to leave in the morning. Temperance and Natasha wouldn't be going with him on the drive to New York, he was going by himself. He didn't know how he was going to be able to leave his girls tomorrow without breaking down, but he'd worry about that tomorrow. Taking in one last wiff of Temperance's hair, he fell asleep.
"Daddy's gonna miss you baby girl." Seeley chocked out, tears streaming down his face.
The little family of three was standing in the middle of their driveway, in front of Seeley's car. Natasha had her hair in tiny little pigtails, and was in a little sundress due to the hot july weather. She was looking up at Seeley's teary cheeks, confused as to why her father was crying.
Seeley looked down at his watch, which indicated he needed to leave. He handed Natasha back to Temperance and wiped the tears off his face.
"I gotta go Bones." he said reluctantly, looking down at her.
"I know Booth."
He pulled her in for a gentle, yet passionate kiss. He put his forehead on hers,
"I love you." he whispered.
"I love you too." she whispered back.
He gave her one last peck on the lips, then moved down to Natasha who's head was in the crook of Temperance's neck, and gave her a peck on the cheek.
"I love you girls." he said, opening his car door.
"We love you too Booth."
"I'll call when I get there okay?"
"Okay."
"I love you Bones." he said, starting his car.
"I love you too Booth. Be safe."
"I will." he said, closing the car door.
Temperance gave him a small wave as he went down the driveway, and he gave one back.
Once he had turned out of the driveway, Temperance took Natasha back inside. She took the infant into the living room, grabbing her phone in the process. She dialed Angela's number, walking around the living room and bouncing Natasha on her hip.
"Hello?"
"Hi Ange." Temperance said sadly.
"Sweetie! Why are you...? Oh yeah, Booth had to leave today...didn't he?"
"Yeah."
"Do you want me to come over? You know I'm only a few blocks away."
"If you wouldn't mind. I just need someone to talk to."
"Sure thing Sweetie, I'll be over in like five minutes."
"Okay, thanks Angela." Temperance said, ending the call.
Temperance sat down on the couch with a sigh, she looked at Natasha, who was currently trying to pull out her pigtails.
"No baby, you need to leave those in." Temperance said, gently pulling Natasha's hand away from her head.
The mother and daughter sat there for a few moments, then Angela walked into the room.
"Hey Sweetie." Angela said, causing Temperance to jump.
"Holy shit," Temperance said breathlessly, "Ange how did get in here?"
"That fake rock on the front porch isn't fooling anyone Sweetie." Angela said with a small laugh.
"Booth put that there when we first moved in because he always forgot his key." Temperance said sadly.
"I'm sorry Sweetie."
"Why are you sorry Ange?"
"It's just...you and Booth have finally gotten your shit together. Then he just had to leave. I mean...he only found out yesterday, right? Then he had to leave today?"
"Yeah."
"That's awful. Did you guys at least have a nice day yesterday?" Angela asked.
"Yeah, we went out and had breakfast, then went to Hank's house for a little while, then came back here, played with Natasha for awhile, put her to bed, then...you know." Temperance said with a sly smile.
"Sweetie! You did not! Oh you guys totally did! Okay we definitely can't watch movies in your room now. No way I'm sitting in the same bed you and Booth romped around in last night." Angela said jokingly.
"Oh shut up Angela!" Temperance exclaimed with a laugh.
"Hey, I mean his sperm is probably radio active! I mean, you got pregnant the first time either of you ever had sex! The last thing I need is to get pregnant from sitting on your guys' bed." Angela said, making herself laugh.
"The probability of that happening is impossible Ange!" Temperance said, laughing herself.
"I mean, if you guys have sex a lot I'm surprised you're not pregnant again Bren!"
"You wanna know a secret?" Temperance said, looking at Angela as she sat down next to her on the couch.
"Sure."
"Booth told me he wants to have another baby."
"WHAT?!" Angela exclaimed, her eyes wide.
"Yeah."
"Whoa whoa whoa! When did this happen?!"
"The day we moved in here."
"Oh my god! Does that mean you haven't been using protection when you have sex?!"
"Well...we have but...we didn't last night." Temperance said, her voice almost husk.
"Wait...you're on the pill though...right?!"
"I am but...I haven't been very good about taking it the past couple of months..."
"Brennan! What if you get pregnant again?! How would you be able to go to school while having two babies?!" Angela exclaimed.
"I don't know Ange...I'm doing very well in all my online classes now with one baby. I'm sure I could manage with two. I guess I haven't really thought about it."
"Bren...if you were to get pregnant now, that'd be two kids before you're twenty. I mean, you're only eighteen. Do you think you could handle another kid so young? And what about Booth? What if he does the same shit to you he did while you were pregnant with her?" Angela said, gesturing towards Natasha, "Speaking of which, let me see my niece."
Temperance handed Natasha to Angela, who immediately showered her in kisses.
"I mean, don't get me wrong Sweetie, I wouldn't complain about having another kid as perfect as Natasha around but...what if he does shit to you again? I mean, I know you guys are on better terms now, but what if he goes back to his old ways?"
"I...I don't know Angela. I highly doubt that's going to happen and I highly doubt that I'm pregnant again. I just...I don't know. I need to get away from it all."
"All of what?" Angela asked.
"Just...Booth leaving. Stress. Home. I don't know. Life I guess."
"Why don't we go on a vacation? You, me, and Tasha?"
"Where would we go? We don't have any money." Temperance said.
"Honey, you have to remember that our families are loaded. You know what? I'm going to ask my dad if he'll get us plane tickets and a condo down in Miami. Sound cool?"
"Angela, I don't want you to have to ask your dad to..."
Angela cut her off, "Sweetie, don't worry about it okay? I'll tell him it'll be like an early back-to-school present, okay?"
"I...I guess Ange. When do you think we'll be able to leave?"
"Tomorrow or the day after."
"When you get the tickets and room I'll call Stacey and tell her."
"Alright, I'm going to go make us some popcorn and call my dad because it looks like Little Bit here has fallen asleep on me. How about you take her upstairs and I'll go call my dad. When you're done, pick out a movie on Netflix, alright?" Angela said, handing a sleeping Natasha carefully to Temperance.
"Okay." Temperance said, standing up and walking up the stairs, Natasha in her arms.
She walked into her daughter's nursery, placing the small child carefully into the crib. Temperance looked at Natasha's sleeping form for a few moments, wondering if she'd be able to handle another baby. While to probability of her being pregnant was still very low, there was always that small chance that she could be. She softly walked out of her daughters room and down to her own, grabbing the baby monitor off of her bedside table. Baby monitor in hand, she walked downstairs, hearing Angela talking in the distance to her father. Sitting on the couch, she picked up her Xbox controller and opened Netflix, trying to keep the thoughts of the possibility of her being pregnant, out of her mind.
Okay guys so I'm actually typing the next chapter for this now, I will FOR SURE have two up tomorrow. I mean, theres a foot and a half of snow outside, I can't really go anywhere ;) Anyways, REVIEW! I want to know your thoughts! :)