A/N: Here is the moment we've all been waiting for. It is written in Booth's POV, something I have never done in my stories before. Hope you enjoy it.
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As I looked in my pockets for my keys, something told me that something was wrong. I looked in the window to find the house deserted. Pushing the bad feeling aside, I took the keys out of my left pocket and unlocked the door. I stepped in and all I could hear was silence.
"Bones?" I called out.
Still silence.
I went around the house, calling her name every few seconds. Then, thinking she might be asleep in her room, I quickly made my way to it. I opened the door to an empty room. I looked down at my watch. It was 1:00 pm.
I walked through the house one more time to see if she'd left a note or anything to tell me where she had gone off to but I found nothing. The house was empty and left me fearing the worst. What if something bad had happened? What if she had gotten kidnapped?
Relax, Booth, she didn't get kidnapped.
I looked around for sign of foul play but didn't find any. Where had she gone off to? I'd be sure to reprimand her for this.
I ran to my room to fetch my cell from its charger. Turning it on, I quickly dialed her number but fell on her answering machine. She had turned off her cell.
Damn it Bones!
That's when I saw it: ten missed calls. Wondering how that was possible, I went through my caller ID. The numbers were all the same. I had never seen them in my life. Curious I hit the dial button.
It rang about six or seven times before I finally hit the answering machine. I heard Angela's voice telling me to leave her a message. Angela? Why had Angela called me? Curiosity got the better of me once again and knowing she would probably know where Bones was, I left her a message before hanging up.
I started pacing back and forth, waiting for Angela to call me back and blaming myself. Why did I have to leave my phone at home? What if Bones had needed me and that she hadn't been able to reach me? What if she had gone into labor?
The thought hit me like a giant wave. She had gone into labor. It just had to be it. She wouldn't have left with her cell phone turned off if she hadn't gone to the hospital. I paced a little bit more quickly. Bones was in labor and I was not with her and God knew how long she had been there. What if she had already been there for the six hours just waiting for me?
The sound of my cell phone made me jump and I quickly answered it.
"Agent Booth." I stated, just in case it wasn't whom I was expecting.
"Booth, where have you been? I've been trying to reach you for the past hour. Brennan is in the hospital, waiting for you."
"Is she okay?" I asked, my throat closing up on me.
"She's fine. Just get down here."
I grabbed a pen and a piece of paper. Jotting down the name of the hospital, I hung up on Angela without saying good-bye.
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I jogged in the emergency room, not quite knowing where else to go. The receptionist at the counter looked up at me weirdly. I could tell she was tired and I caught myself wondering how long she had been sitting there.
Focus Booth, gee.
The woman was looking at me expectantly. I had to find something to say.
"My…"
But I stopped short in mid-sentence. How was I supposed to call her? Girlfriend? She wasn't my girlfriend so I couldn't call her that. And wife was totally out of the question. Bones would kick my ass if I had the guts to call her my wife. Friend? No, they would never let me in her room if I called her my friend. My friend who was having my baby? No, that sounded too bad.
I looked back at the receptionist who seemed to be urging me silently to say something.
"My girlfriend is having my baby." I decided to tell her. "Her name is Temperance Brennan."
The woman nodded.
"Yes, Miss Brennan is on the second floor in the maternity ward. Room 204."
"Thank you." I said before running off to the elevator.
It seemed to take forever to get to the second floor and as soon as the doors opened, I rushed out of the elevator and to room 204. I slowed down near the room and I quietly walked in. I saw Angela sitting on Bones' bed and Hodgins sitting on a chair nearby. How come he was there, I had no clue but I didn't care. I was just glad she was not alone.
She was just lying in her bed with her eyes shut. She didn't see me walk up to her bed and only opened her eyes when she felt Angela moving around beside her. Her wonderful blue eyes focused on me and all I can do was smile broadly at her. She returned my smile, though it was a little weaker than mine.
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Five hours later… 6:00 pm
The nurse just left the room after checking up on Bones. She was slowly making progress. She was barely three centimeters dilated even though she had been here for hours. The nurse assured me that first labors are usually longer and can last up to twenty hours, even more. She advised Bones to get some rest. Fortunately for her, she didn't hear Bones' comment as she was leaving the room. I chuckled silently, not wanting to angry Bones more than she already was.
The minutes ticked by and her contractions grew in intensity. I tried my best to be there for her, I even let her squeeze my hand as the pain grew stronger and longer but everything I did didn't seem to be enough. Okay, I knew she was in a lot of pain but she still could have treated me with respect. Then again, when had she ever?
My family came and went, Angela visited too but didn't stay too long. I can tell she isn't very fond of hospitals. Dr. Goodman even stopped by to say hello on his way home and promised his best forensic anthropologist he'd come visit her in the morning with his wife and twins. Zach and Hodgins dropped by but they left after a few minutes.
My stomach growled and I realized that I hadn't eaten since this morning. I looked at Bones and asked her if I could go get something to eat. She glared at me but allowed me to leave. As I got up, I couldn't help but wonder why I had to ask her permission if I wanted to get something to eat.
I left the room and bumped into Angela. I asked her if she could stay with Brennan while I went home, got changed, grabbed something to eat and came back. She told me sure but added that I better not be gone too long. I promised her that I'd be back in two hours.
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8:00 pm
I was finally back at the hospital, feeling really refreshed and ready to face what was coming to me. As I walked down the corridor to her room, I had the strangest feeling that she was going to be pissed at me.
My feelings turned out to be wrong because the second I walked in the door, she was begging me to come near her. I looked around to find the room empty. Angela had left.
"Where's Angela? I asked her to stay with you."
I could tell she was getting tired.
"She wasn't feeling well and I told her she could go home. The contractions are really bad, Booth. The last one was so strong, I thought I was going to die. I got really scared."
"Well you don't have to be scared anymore, Bones. I'm right here and I'm not leaving."
I grabbed her hand and squeezed it lightly. She smiled back at me.
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10:30 pm
"BOOTH!"
I had never been so thankful to be in a hospital before this very moment. Bones was literally crushing my hands and I was pretty sure she had just broken one of my fingers. I would make sure to get a doctor to check up on it later. Right now I was more focused on getting through this contraction so she could finally let go of my hand.
When she finally let go, I rubbed my hand and checked out my fingers. They seemed in pretty good shape and it surprised me. I looked down at the woman in the bed. She looked so pale and tired. Who would have thought that giving birth could be so difficult for a woman?
I sat back down on a chair and pulled it closer to the bed. Brennan had her back to me and she grabbed hold of the side bar as another contraction swept in. I stared helplessly at her fighting the pain. It hurt me so badly to see her in so much pain. I started wishing that I were the one giving birth. But as she told me in between screams of pains that she hated me, I immediately took back what I had just thought.
Her contractions seemed to die down and I let go of the breath I didn't know I had been holding. I saw her body twitch but she didn't turn to face me. She stayed on her side, facing away from me.
The next minutes were pretty silent. I stared at her the entire time, not able to drag my gaze away. I felt bad for putting her through this misery but at the same time I couldn't help feeling excited. After eight months, I was finally going to see these babies. I imagined that they would look like her, especially if we got a baby girl. I could imagine their blues eyes and their reddish brown hair. I could imagine them with her fighting attitude and her Independence. I smiled at the thought that I was going to be in these children's lives, that we'd be able to raise them together. She didn't know it yet but I had a surprise for her.
I was lost in my thoughts but she pulled me right out of them as she turned around slowly. Grabbing the collar of my shirt, she pulled me roughly towards her. My eyes grew in surprise as I wondered what on Earth was happening.
"Quit it!" she tells me, her jaw clenched.
"What?"
I didn't know what to say. I didn't even know I had done something wrong.
"Quit BREATHING! You're annoying me."
I wasn't sure whether I should have been laughing or stalking out of the room, angry. She wanted me to stop breathing? For a logical woman, she surely wasn't making any sense at the moment.
She let go of my collar and pushed me back into my chair. She might have looked tired but she still had a whole lot of strength. I sunk down in my chair and sighed. This was going to be a long night.
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Midnight
Everything was quiet in the hospital hall when I stepped out with my mom and my sisters.
"Still no baby?" Sea asked me.
I shook my head.
"But how long has it been? Like thirteen hours?"
"First labors usually take longer, See." Renee replied.
And she knew what she was talking about. It had taken her thirty-three hours with her first baby. And she had only had one. I didn't even wanted to think about how long it was going to be with twins.
"Well I hope it doesn't last as long as yours. The woman's nuts when she's in pain."
My sisters and my mother glared at me but I couldn't care less. I was tired, I had been up for eighteen hours and all I wanted to do was go home and sleep. It was Friday and I was supposed to get Parker for the weekend. I guessed that wasn't be happening.
"Seeley, you shouldn't talk like that. Temperance is an amazing woman. She's doing this without an epidural. She's really doing great."
My mom was right. Bones was handling this like a pro. She was probably handling this better than any other woman in this hospital. I should really cut her some slack.
"SEELEY!"
I sighed at the sound of her voice. Excusing myself, I went back into the room.
"What?" I asked her, a little harsher than I should have.
"It hurts."
Her voice was weak and she sounded more like a child than a grown woman. My anger melted like ice cream under the July sun. I walked up to the bed and sat down beside her. I pulled her to me and kissed the top of her head.
"You're doing great, baby. It's almost over."
I felt her nod under my chin and I held her tighter. Our peacefulness didn't last long. Another contraction shortly came.
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2:00 am
I must have dozed off because the nurse walking in the room suddenly awakened me. She turned on the light on the nightstand and began rummaging around the room. She checked the monitors and told Brennan everything was going really well.
"Is it going to be over soon?" Brennan asked her.
The nurse just laughed and walked to the front of the bed.
"I'm just going to check to see how much you're dilated."
Bones nodded and I was suddenly fully awake, especially when I saw the look on the nurse's face. She had this weird expression I couldn't quite read. She looked up at Bones and smiled.
"Ten centimeters. You're about to become a mommy."
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See you in Chapter 10 :-) evil laugh