A.N: Sadly, I own nothing of Bones.

CHAPTER 36- BABY

"What? Booth, are you the one in some kind of shock right now?Telling Sweets? You don´t even like him! You don´t take anything he says seriously at our sessions. You think he is twelve years old,as you keep reminding him every time. You mock him all the time. Why in heavens would you want to share this pregnancy with Sweets?" She honestly thought that her husband was finally having some bad, scared reaction at the perspective of having a child. He was so calm since everything had happened. It was obviously a case of post traumatic shock.

" Whoa, Bones. C´mon, I´m not that horrible with Sweets. I´m mean, I never said I don´t like the kid. It´s just fun to annoy him, especially during our sessions,which are usually boring. But the true is, Sweets is good, and we both know it. He had already gave us very good advice in the past, both professionally and personally. I mean, remember when I was worried with Parker and he just figured out what to do? And when you were mad at me because of that brainy smurf thing?" He stated carefully,not really believing that he, Seeley Booth, was actually defending Lance Sweets. But hey, desperate times called for desperate measures. " Look… I just think that he can help us to place our thoughts in the right place now. To help us to gain some perspective and do things smoothly. It has been a big surprise for both of us, and now so much is going to change, and we´ll have to adjust to it. He may have some idea to help us to go through with this process. I know that you hate psychology and all, but someone that is not as involved in the situation as we are may think more clearly. Plus, there´s the professional issue. We have to think about it. I mean, what to say to Cullen, and Sweets is the one evaluating us. Of course that, right now, we´ll use our rights as doctor-patient secret. He can´t beat that." Temperance just looked at Booth for a long time, thinking about what he had just said. And Lord helped her, she could see some sense in it. A third person might help them to figure out this mess. She drank her tea and grabbed a toast, her stomach grumbling with hunger, and stared at Booth not quite believing in what her mouth was saying.

" I can actually see some reason in this. And despite the fact that I hate to admit it, we definitely need help with this situation. As I´ve said before, I have no clue about what to do. I don´t even know from where to begin with." She took a deep breathe and sighed, feeling defeated and tired. " Fine. We´ll tell Sweets. I don´t know what else I can do anyway."

Booth smiled lightly and kissed her gently, his fingers caressing her hair for a while as he watched she eating eagerly. He grabbed a toast himself, still watching that amazing woman that was is wife.

" Ok, then. Sweets it is. We´ll just finish having breakfast and head to the headquarters. Then, we can go to the institute so you can talk to Angela. Sounds good?"

It actually sounded scary, but what else she could do besides nod in agreement? As Booth had put the night before, it wasn´t something that it was just going to disappear. So, she could very well start to deal with it as fast as she could. And she was never a woman to flee from a good fight.

Lance Sweets jumped at his chair as the silence of his office was suddenly interrupted by the bursting of his opening door. He groaned inwardly when realizing agent Booth and dr. Brennan entering, locking the door behind them and immediately seating on the couch. When those two came, nothing good could come up from it. But it was a kind of relief to see them there, well and complete after the accident they had yesterday. Especially after the strange scene developed afterwards, when the couple just left the hospital without a word and not answering the worried calls of all the team, him included. But still, he had to say something about that invasion.

" Guys, seriously. We´ve been through this before. You can´t just barge in here anytime you feel like. I Mean, I have other people to see in the building. What if I was in the middle of a session? You need to understand that there are boundaries here. My office is not a dinner or something." But as he spoke, his clinical eye could tell that Booth and Brennan probably had a good reason to be there. For instance, just by looking at dr. Brennan, he could tell that she had been crying. A lot, judging by her puffy eyes that make up was not able to hide entirely. Plus, there was her body language. She seemed kind of lost, and seated the nearest she could by Booth as if seeking for security. Agent Booth, on the other hand, seemed ready to provide anything that his wife and partner needed, an arm slung around her shoulders protectively, his features full of worry and kindness every time he looked at her. Which was intriguing. Since their marriage, no matter what happened, Booth and Brennan had always agreed not to have any body contact and signs of affection in public while at work environment. And now, there they were, completely violating their own rules.

" Well, sorry Sweets. Call this a 911 intervention, session, or whatever. We need to talk." Now, this was just odd. Agent Booth was shutting all the blinds, making sure that no one was seeing or hearing anything. Knowing now that there was no use in arguing, Sweets just leaned against his chair and gazed at the couple.

" I´m assuming this has to do with your car crash and your absolutely odd behavior yesterday, am I right?" Dr. Brennan actually seemed to shrink in her place, and Booth´s embrace tightened, as he kissed her forehead lightly. Now, this was getting as strange as it could, it was all Sweets could think.

" yeah, it does. But before I say it, before we continue with this, kid, be aware of this: If this conversation gets out of this room to anywhere besides your brain, I´ll torture, shoot you, then kill you. We´re pledging full doctor patient confidentiality here. If you don´t follow, you better run for your life. Do you get the picture, Sweets?" Just by looking at the psychologist, Booth knew he had reached his goal of scaring him beyond belief. Which was fine by him. Sweets raised his hands in surrender, his eyes wide as he gaped at the agent.

" There´s no need for being aggressive, agent Booth. What happens on this room, stays inside this room. You have my word. Now, care to share what is that is causing such a fuss in your lives? Because I can totally see the stress in both of you. Especially you,dr. brennan. You definitely need to relax." Temperance just looked at Sweets with scorn, feeling her muscles tightening at this comment.

" Well, it´s very easy for you to say, dr. sweets. Unfortunately, I´m finding very hard to find anything that remotely reminds me of relaxing right now." Her voice was a mixture of tiredness and anger, which only made Sweets more curious. What the hell was happening? Booth placed a soothing hand at Bones´s knee,a questioning look gazing at her face, and she finally acquiesced. " Fine. Go ahead. I don´t care who says it." Sweets actually found himself bending forward the couple, to hear whatever it was better. Booth gave him a warning look, taking a deep breathe, his brown eyes defensive and at the same time, showing a emotion that the young psychologist couldn´t quite understand.

" Remember, Sweets. Death menace. Ok. Here we go." The agent laced his fingers with Brennan,giving her a tranquilizing smile before finally speaking in a whisper. " Bones is pregnant."

First, Sweets thought he hadn´t heard it right. Then , he thought he was being victim of a bad joke, and gave the couple what he judged was a nasty look, only to find complete serious faces staring at him, and then, for a few good minutes, he found himself completely speechless.No freaking way. But apparently, yes freaking way, judging by the expressions he was getting. Sweets felt himself choking at his own words,and if the situation wasn´t so serious, Booth and Brennan were sure they would burst out laughing, because Sweets reaction was priceless so far.

" Wait. Wait. Did I hear it correctly? Dr. Brennan is pregnant? With a baby?" He felt as his eyes could pop out of his face any minute by now while Booth just rolled his eyes and sighed.

" No, Sweets. She´s pregnant with a watermelon. Of course its a baby! Jeez, what kind of question is that?" That actually caused Bones to laugh a little, and Booth was a little glad. At least she was being able to find something funny in this whole situation.

" Wow. You guys…I mean,just…wow. How did this happened?" Of course, by the moment he said it, Sweets realized how lame he sounded. But damn, he couldn´t help it. He was expecting anything from this couple except this. If Booth and Brennan had told him they were planning to move to the moon, he would have believed in a second. But a baby? Holly Lord. Again, Booth rolled his eyes in utter impatience, and starting asking himself if telling Sweets was a good idea, after all.

" haven´t you learnt any biology in highschool, Sweets? Seriously, no sexual education classes? Well, let´s put this way: When a man and a woman love each other very , very much, they like to hug a lot. And when they you know, hug, there´s this small seed that the daddy places inside the mommy, and this seed grows and grows…" He could have proceed with this forever, but was cut by Sweets, who was rolling his eyes and trying to calm down at the same time..

" there´s no need for irony and sarcasm, agent Booth. I apologize for my reaction, I know it was dumb. I was just very surprised. I mean, for what I know about the two of you, a pregnancy wasn´t exactly in your plans, at least for now. Especially for what I take from dr. Brennan. You have always told that you didn´t want children." Sweets turned to the woman seated in front of him, and was surprised to see that her eyes seemed to fill with tears. But she just took a deep breathe and stared at him, her fingers squeezing Booth´s with force as she managed to keep her voice even.

" That´s exactly how I felt, dr. Sweets. This pregnancy wasn´t planned at all. We were being extremely careful regarding contraception. But no method is completely safe, unfortunately. We were caught completely out of guard. But it happened. And there isn´t exactly anything that we can do about it except accept and live with it." Her voice wasn´t exactly sad, but Sweet s could detect a hint of exhaustion and a lot, lot of fear and worry. He glanced at agent Booth to read his expression, but there was nothing there except worry and tenderness for the woman seated by his side.

" So, I´m taking by your answer that abortion is not an option for this." He half asked half stated, and wasn´t surprised by the decided expressions he saw in both of them. Booth was the one to speak.

" No. Not at all. We just need…to gain some perspective. That´s why we came here. As Bones´s just said, it was a complete surprise. We were, hell, we still are kind of shocked. It´s very hard to think rationally right now, and we know that we have to. There are too many decisions to make, too many changes to come, and we need to get over with it and start acting. But it´s scaring us like hell." He didn´t b mean to be so honest, because he never liked to actually speak about his personal life with Sweets. Sure, he would come now and then for some advice, but heck, now it was no time for pride. Sweets gazed at them for a moment, his hands clasped together as he reflected and finally decided what strategy he should use. Because with Temperance Brennan and Seeley Booth, you had to think and act carefully, for there was nothing ordinary about them.

"Ok. First of all, I think I should ask how are you about your feelings about these news. What´s on your mind? Agent Booth?" He turned to Booth first, knowing that it was an easier issue for him than it was for Brennan. Sweets knew that the anthropologist would need extra attention. Booth shrugged and inhaled before passing his hands over his head and smiling a little bit.

" Well, surprised,obviously. It was totally unexpected. But The upcoming of a new child is always a reason for joy. I´m going to be a father again. So, as out of time and complicated this may be, I´m happy. How couldn´t I be?" He was sincere. He was having a baby with the woman he loved. Sure, he would have liked to wait a little longer, to have the time to enjoy their time alone as newlyweds , but he guessed that God had other plans, and who was he to question it? All he had to worry about now was Bones.

Sweets nodded his head at Booth´s answer, not feeling particulary surprised by it. It was just the kind of man Booth was. He enjoyed parenthood from the first time he had parker by his arms. He had always expressed the desire of one day enlarging his family. And now it was happening. So, the psychologist turned his attention to the woman who remained silent by her husband´s side, a fact that it was worrying just by that. Dr. Brennan was never a woman to be quiet and just listen. She usually liked to meddle and give her opinion about every thing. But now, she seemed satisfied with just standing there, hand in hand with Booth, her expression airy as if she was millions of wards away from where they were.

" Dr. Brennan? What about you?" Temperance blinked and eyed Sweets suspiciously, not really knowing what to answer. How did she feel? So many things were passing by her mind since the moment she heard the words " you are pregnant" that she could no longer filter her emotions and tell which ones were dominating her. But she tried anyway, because she knew they needed help.

" I´ve been trying to compartimentalize it, but I´ve found that it´s impossible and that it would be utterly contra productive, since this pregnancy is not going to simply vanish. It´s all very confusing, because I was completely unprepared for this situation. I´ve never gave much thought about it, because I simply was sure that it would never happen. And now that it did... Right now, I´m finding myself useless. As if I couldn´t have a clear thought. And it´s very frustrating, especially because I see how well Booth is able to deal with this situation. I mean, anthropologically speaking, it´s the normal reaction of a married couple to be happy and excited about the arrival of a child. And the fact that I´m not experiencing this particular emotion just makes me feel…" She couldn´t finish her speech, because again the emotions were surfacing and her voice became thick with unshed , she didn´t have the nerve to say what she was really feeling. What if Booth just thought she was a horrible person? But dr. sweets seemed to catch things in the air, and raised his eyebrows to her, a sympathetic smile over his lips as he finished for her.

" Guilty?" Booth immediately turned to stare at his wife, not believing in what he was hearing. Could Bones be more unbelievable? There she w as, facing an enormous emotional turmoil, and she was feeling guilty for being afraid.

" Bones! There´s nothing for you to feel guilty about! Jeez, It´s not a simple fact that is happening, it´s a baby. You have every right to feel confused and a little lost. It doesn´t make you a bad person at all, you know. I think you´re handling it very well. I´m proud of you, temperance. Really." Sweets smiled inwardly, always amazed by the perfect dynamics that Booth and Brennan shared. One always seemed to know the exact right words to the other.

" Agent Booth is completely right, dr. Brennan. It´s perfectly normal for someone at your condition to have conflicting feelings right now. You have been facing a lot of changes lately, and not small ones. Your marriage, for starts, was a huge step. And now, being pregnant without any planning, it ought to upset you. It doesn´t make you different of other women or a prospective bad mother, if that´s what you may be thinking. I actually think that you have everything to be an outstanding mom. But you need to give yourself a little time. Both of you need time. I mean, c´mon guys. Cut you some slack. You had been in a car crash just yesterday. Then you found out that you´re becoming parents, all in less than 24 hours. It´s too much to deal. You need to adjust to the idea first, before thinking about big decisions. You need to put your emotions in the right place, and it takes a little while. So, my advice as your therapist is: Give it time. Don´t think about what to do too much right now, about the changes, about everything that will have to be done in the upcoming months. Just raise every morning with that thought: You two are having a baby. That´s all. Deal with the emotions of this single fact. Talk about it. Feel the reality of this pregnancy. Take a deep breath. But No big decisions right now. The two of you need to be with your emotions in equilibrium first. So, let´s make this deal. We have a session next week. Until then, all you´ll do will be just think about this;You are having a baby. Get used to the idea. Then, we´ll set a plan."

Booth and Brennan gaped at the young therapist, a s if he was some kind of alien that had just got out of the mothership. How could a twelve years old be so sensate? But then again, it had to be a reason for all of his doctorades. So, they just nodded and raised from their seats and headed to the door, until a voice behind them made them stop.

" Oh, and you guys? Congratulations. I´ll be happy to be uncle Lance. It will be totally cool."

The team watched as Booth and Brennan approached the platform silently, his hand guiding her like always on the small of her back, all the squints studying carefully their expressions. It was pretty obvious, since the previous day, that something big was happening, and it seemed to be quite distressing judging by the couple´s faces. They looked tired and stressed. But there was also something else, a gleam around them that no one could quite figure it out.

Angela immediately went to Brennan´s side, watching her friend carefully, shocked by the realization that she had been crying. She casted an angry look at Booth, and the agent just raised his hands .

" Calm down, Ange. Actually, all of you. Everything is fine. We´re both fine. Right, Bones?" He placed a careful hand grabbing her waist, and she just looed at her team with a calm expression.

" yes. I was just hoping I could talk to Angela for a moment. Maybe go to the dinner to eat something. If there´s nothing too important at work right now." She looked in expectation at Cam, but was pulled without any ceremony by her best friend.

" Sweetie, there is no work that could keep me away from you if you need me. C´mon, let´s have a girl talk." Brennan looked at Booth and smiled a bit, her hands suddenly grabbing his collar shirt pulling him into a light kiss, an absolutely unusual act of public affection that amazed all of them. But apparently, since yesterday, things had changed. It was just that nobody knew the extent of the change yet.

TBC…

So…wanna see how the conversation with Ange goes? And how is life with a pregnant Brennan? Press the review bottom and let me know!