I know what I said about the element of surprise and everyone guessing about the pregnancy, well here is where the element of surprise comes in. I would like to congratulate mendenbar on guessing right, thank you for playing. And to everyone else SURPRISE!


Tempe stood looking at Booth in the mirror, then turned to face him. "What do you mean, 'my condition?"

"Look Bones you need to stop pretending I know alright, I know you're pregnant." Booth said looking her in the eyes and giving out the knowledge that he knew. "And throwing up blood isn't good while you're in this state."

"Booth, I don't know where you got that notion, but I'm not pregnant." She said looking at him as if he were crazy.

"What? But you had all the symptoms of it, are you sure?"

"I'm sure I went to the doctors remember? You took me. I'm not pregnant."

"Then what's wrong with you?"

"I have a stomach ulcer, I've been working too much and the stress has finally gotten to me."

"But I thought that with an ulcer you lost weight."

"in some cases yes, but in rarer cases people do tend to gain because by eating it eases the pain brought on by it." She explained making her way into her medicine cabinet.

"Wow, I'm sorry Bones, but Angela made a good point." Booth said watching her as she pulled out a bottle of pills.

"You listened to Angela? Well no wonder you thought I was with child." She said laughing and placing a pill in her mouth, then grabbing a glass and filling it with water.

"What's that?" he asked curiously.

"Some pills the doctor gave me for if blood appeared in my sick."

"Are you going to be ok?"

"I'm not sure I haven't been getting much sleep. The pain is too much to deal with, so I work." She said making her way to her bed.

"Doesn't that make it worse, with the stress that brings on?"

"Yes it does, I'm tired, but can't find myself to sleep."

"If you want I'll stay the night and keep an eye on you." He offered helping her get into her bed.

"No, remember what happened last time?" she asked making a slight joke.

"I'll stay on your couch, I won't come in here unless you want." Tempe looked in his eyes and saw he spoke the truth.

"I'd like that, thanks."

Booth walked over to Tempe and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead and walked out of the room.

"Good night, Bones. Sleep well."

"You too, the sheets are in the hallway cupboard."

The lights went off and Tempe closed her eyes. Booth walked into the hallway, pulled some sheets out of the cupboard and made the couch into a temporary bed. Laying down on it he began to think on how his life had almost changed.

If Tempe had been pregnant with his kid he would have been a father yet again and that made him feel great, finding out she was just sick came kind of as a downer on his life. He knew he loved her, he just couldn't admit it to her yet, but after thinking she was going to have his child he knew it had to be soon.

But he also knew that by telling her he loved her it could push them further apart, she had made it clear she was incapable of loving anyone, that she locked away her heart so she couldn't feel pain. But if he told her how he felt would she run? Or would she stay? Would she hate him? Or would she feel the same? Whatever the outcome Booth knew he had to take his chance and tell her how he felt.

Booth had been asleep for no more than an hour when he heard odd sounds coming from her room. He quickly rolled out of bed and ran into her bathroom where she sat hunched over the toilet again. He rushed to her side and held her hair back as she continued to throw up.

"Are you alright?" he asked once she had finished.

"I'll be fine." She said flushing the toilet again and got up to brush her teeth. "I'm sorry for waking you up. But like I said this gets out of hand."

"Its fine you thirsty?" he asked walking out of the bathroom.

"No I'm fine I'm just going to start on my work for tomorrow." She mumbled making her way into the living room and sat on the couch, Booth walked in behind her and sat next to her.

Tempe opened up her computer and started typing away, desperately seeking sleep, but knew she'd find none as her stomach was aching. After 5 minutes at starring at her monitor, Tempe shut the laptop and walked into the kitchen.

"You hungry?" she asked going through her fridge in search of anything good.

"No not really." He said watching her pull out a pudding cup and started to eat it.

"Booth I'm sorry for waking you up, I didn't mean to." She said making her way over to him on the couch.

"Its fine, I wasn't even really asleep." He said as she came up to him and rested her head on his chest, though it was unlike her he didn't say anything, knowing she was in pain and needed some comforting.

'It's now or never.' Booth thought as he could feel her breath on him. 'Tell her how you feel; you never know how she'll take it until you tell her'. Booth sat there looking at her smiling, she looked so peaceful just sitting in his arms her head resting on his chest and her hands in her lap.

"Bones, there's something I need to tell you." He started out. Looking down at her he saw her lift her head and look him in the eyes. "I'm not sure how you're going to take this, but it needs to be said."

"Tell me Booth." She whispered, so low he felt it more than heard it.

"I love you."


Ok how should she react? Please tell me what you'd like to see from her.