34- Stuck in the Middle

"Do you think we should tell them now?" Brennan asked quietly as they all entered the apartment.

"About Jaime or about the baby?"

"Either. Both," Brennan answered nervously.

"I think Jaime deserves to know now. The baby news can wait. It might be too much for them to handle."

Brennan nodded and sat on the couch. "Boys, can you come sit with Mommy and Daddy for a minute?" James happily scampered over and hopped onto the couch, while Jaime ambled towards them and crawled up between them. "Jaime, do you remember the man we talked to about you coming to live with us?" Jaime nodded. "Well, he said if you wanted to, you could live her permanently."

Jaime's eyes lit up. "Mommy and Daddy?"

"That's right, Little Dude," Booth said.

Jaime sprang and hugged each of them in turn, including James, before falling with his head on Brennan's lap. "What my last name?" he asked.

Brennan thought and realized that she didn't know Jaime's last name, or his middle name, or even if he had a middle name. "Well, would you like your last name to be Booth?"

"Booth," Jaime repeated.

"We can have the same one!" James yelled excitedly.

Brennan smiled. "Jaime, do you have a middle name?"

He blinked. "What that?" he asked.

"It's a name between your first and last name," Booth explained.

Jaime looked up at him through dark black curls. "What yours?"

"Well, mine is Joseph," Booth answered.

Jaime stuck his finger at Booth's chest. "I like that one."

"OK, JJ, that can be yours," Booth grinned.

"I scheduled a doctor's appointment," Brennan informed Booth as he crawled into bed that night. "It's in two days."

Booth smiled and nodded. "You know, I think this is a good thing. I mean, it would always be a good thing, but I know we were worried, but I think…he's gonna be the glue."

"Or she," Brennan said as she smiled.

"Or she," Booth conceded.

"You know, that's the same thing Angela said."

Booth smiled. "Angela and I are pretty smart people."

Brennan motioned for him to lay his head on her chest. "I'm usually very articulate, but I find I'm having trouble expressing something," she started.

Booth raised his head. "What is it, Bones?" he asked softly.

"I…I just want to tell you…I never thought I could be this happy." She was tempted to pass her very emotional state off as hormones, but she didn't. Booth's grin threatened to split his face.

He made slow circles on her stomach and laid his head back down on her chest. "I love you, Bones."

"I love you too, Booth."