Sorry, sorry, sorry! I have been so worked up over finals, not to mention exhausted, and I forgot to update. I'm doing a really long chapter today to make up for it. Enjoy!
Chapter Thirty-Six: Month Three Mayhem
"Booth!" Brennan called into her fiance's ear for the third time that morning. "Get up! We're running late!"
Booth grumbled, and rolled over, squinting at Brennan, who was slipping a shirt of the tiny bump on her lower-stomach. He smiled at the sight.
I'm having a baby with Bones. He thought, still not over the shock, even though its been more than two months since Brennan had told him about the baby. She was now in her second trimester.
"Hailey! Peter! Are you getting ready?" Brennan called into the hall.
Hailey appeared, with Peter in her arms. He was squirming in her arms, giggling like crazy. Hailey was tickling him.
"Hailey! Stop!" He cried, in between giggles, "Mommy! Make her stop!"
Everything froze. Hailey stopped tickling Peter. Peter stopped laughing. And Brennan and Booth just stared at them.
Peter jumped from his sisters arms, looking at the ground. "I'm sorry." he whispered. "I meant to say 'Aunt Tempe'."
Brennan looked from Peter to Hailey, who, for some odd reason, looked as if her heart had been crushed.
Brennan gave her an apologetic look, which gained a sad smile from Hailey as she walked down the hall to the kitchen for breakfast.
Brennan kneeled next to Peter, who had a tear rolling down his cheek.
"It's okay, Petey," she said softly, putting her arm around the little boy, "You just made a little Freudian slip."
Peter looked up at her, dumbfounded, "A what?"
Brennan smiled to herself, remembering that Peter was still too young to get her references, as bright as he was. "A mistake." She clarified. "That's all. It happens to everybody. Okay? It's nothing to be ashamed of."
Peter shook his head. "I'm not ashamed, Aunt Tempe. Hailey is."
Brennan gave him a concerned look. "What do you mean, Peter?" she asked.
"Hailey is afraid I'll forget my mommy, but I told her I won't. I think she thinks I lied now." Peter explained, letting another tear fall down his face.
Brennan pulled him into her arms. "She doesn't think you lied to her, Petey. She's just a little upset because of the mistake, but she'll get over it, okay. I promise. Okay?" Peter nodded.
"Good. Now go get something to eat...and don't forget to hug the birthday girl!" Brennan said, remembering that today was Hailey's 16th birthday. She remembered how, when she turned sixteen, she had missed having her mom there to share her birthday with. She imagined that's how Hailey was feeling today, when her mother was gone, and the murderer, even after all these months, had yet to be found.
Brennan found her self wanting, irrationally, to cry and could already fell the lump forming in the throat, and her shoulders tensing. Then she felt a relaxing hand on her shoulder, as Booth stepped behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "Hey," he whispered in her ear, "are you okay?"
Brennan nodded, and leaned back into his touch. "I'm fine." She whispered. "Just a little hormonal."
Booth nodded. "Will it make it better for me to remind you that we have a doctor's appointment today?"
Brennan's mood instantly brightened, and she turned in his arms. "We do, don't we?"
Booth smiled and nodded, kissing the top of her head. "And today we get to find out what it'll be?"
Brennan furrowed her brow at him. "What do you mean? It's obviously going to be a human, Booth."
Booth chuckled softly, not quite sure if that was a joke or if she was actually serious. When he saw the playful expression on her face, he knew that that was her idea of a joke.
He nipped her neck and she squeaked. "Very funny." he said, and she laughed. "You know what I mean."
Brennan nodded. "Yes, I do, and I'm anxious to find out. What time is the appointment?"
"Last I checked it was at ten." Booth said, nuzzling her neck as he spoke.
Brennan looked at the clock. It was only a quarter to seven. They had about three hours left. And in that time they had to get the kids off to school, and work for about an hour. Brennan was okay with this, as she let go of Booth, and began walking out of the room, leaving him with a sad expression on his face."
"Hey!" he whined, like a child.
"Hey nothing," Brennan said, over her shoulder, "we have to get Hailey and Peter to school, and we'll have about an hour of work before the appointment. So, get ready."
With that, she walked out, leaving Booth grumbling as he got ready for school.
Brennan stepped into the kitchen to see Hailey trying to get Peter to eat, something that he usually refused to do in the mornings.
"Come on, Petey!" she whined, becoming exasperated with the little boy, "Just have, like, a banana or something."
"I'm not hungry!" Peter whined, crossing his arms over his chest. He seemed to remind Brennan of somebody she knew.
"Peter..." Brennan said, and Peter turned to him. "don't you have that school trip to the Zoo today?" Peter nodded. "Well if you don't eat breakfast then you're gonna stay home with Uncle Seeley and me, and you're gonna come to the Doctor's office with us."
Peter's eyes grew wide. He absolutely hated the doctor's office, for whatever reason Brennan didn't know, but when he had gotten sick a couple of weeks ago, she'd had to trick him into going, which she absolutely hated doing.
Quickly he grabbed an apple and juice box out of the fridge, and began to eat quickly. Brennan smiled and looked at Hailey, who seemed relieved.
Brennan walked over to her, and pulled her in for a hug. "Happy Birthday, Hailey." she said, kissing Hailey on the forehead.
Hailey hugged her back. "Thanks, Aunt Tempe." she said, smiling.
"You're welcome, Hailey. And, by the way, dinner's on me tonight. Anywhere you want to go. Money's no object. Okay?"
Hailey nodded, smiling, and hugged her 'aunt' once more before grabbing her backpack and running out, waving goodbye, and kissing Peter's head.
Later, as they wait for their turn in the waiting room, Brennan began to feel an uncomfortable pain in her back, alarming Booth.
"Bones?" He asked. "Are you okay, baby?"
Brennan nodded. "I'm fine, Booth. Just a little uncomfortable. My back feels a little painful... and don't call me 'baby'."
Booth chuckled and kissed her forehead. "Turn your back towards me." he whispered.
"Why?" Brennan asked, confused by his request.
"Because I'm gonna give you a back massage. Now, come on, turn around." Booth urged her. Brennan complied and felt instant relief as Booth began to massage the pain away.
Another couple watched as they interacted. The woman was about five months into her pregnancy, and was amazed at how helpful Booth was being to Brennan, wondering why her husband wasn't like that. She turned to him, reading a Sports Magazine, and elbowed him in the chest, giving him an icy glare. He seemed to be very confused at why she was angry, and his confusion and her anger continued as Brennan and Booth were called into the Doctor's office.
When Brennan was completely situated, she lay back on the patient's bed, and looked at the monitor, holding Booth's hand, waiting for the sonogram technician to start so she could see whether she was having a healthy little baby boy or girl.
When he finally started, she got a chill from the cold cream on her stomach. Booth clasped her hand tighter when she shivered, and kissed her forehead.
Then, when the doctor began moving the sensor around Brennan's stomach, she felt a slight panic that maybe there would be something wrong with the baby, and they didn't even know it yet. Those thoughts were put to rest when she saw a little head appear on the monitor.
"Ahh, there it is!" the Doctor said. "that's your baby."
Brennan couldn't stop the tears from falling freely as she looked at her baby moving on the monitor. She felt Booth's hand squeeze her own, and looked up to catch a tear run down his cheek. She smiled up at him and he leaned down to place a kiss on her lips.
Then Brennan looked at the doctor to ask the question she'd been thinking about all day. "Can you tell the sex yet?"
The doctor nodded. "Yes, at this point I should be able to." He did something to the monitor to close up on the baby. "Let's see...this here is a baby...girl."
Booth and Brennan smiled at each other.
A baby girl. A beautiful, intelligent, sweet little baby...
"And this one seems to be a boy." The doctor said, startling them out of their thoughts.
"What?" Brennan asked, confused, "you just said that it was a girl."
The doctor smiled. "Yes, once of them is, but the other-"
"The other what?" Booth asked. "We're having twins?"
The doctor nodded. "Yes, I thought you knew."
Brennan shook her head, but still smiled. "We didn't." She turned to Booth. "We're having twins, Booth."
"How did this happen?" Booth asked, smiling back at her.
"Do I really have to explain it to you, Booth?" Brennan asked, playfully.
Booth shook his head and kissed Brennan again.
Twins. He thought. We're having twins!
I hope you guys enjoyed that! There'll be plenty more where that came from.