Chapter Four || Everything Changes

His absolute delight in his smile meant everything to her as she beamed back at him, the two of them just staring at each other for a moment before he finally took a step towards her. "Really?" He asked and she nodded his arms going around her as they hugged. Tears sprang to her eyes as he kissed her out in the open and she didn't care if anyone saw them.

"You're happy." She murmured and it was when his own happy tear slipped down his cheek that she knew that everything was going to be okay, no matter how scared she was.

"I just, I can't believe it. This is the happiest moment of my life." He hugged her tightly and she couldn't help but laugh joyously with him. Pulling back she took his hands.

"I still have to get an appointment and get it confirmed and anything could go wrong, but I wanted you to know. You had to be the first person who knew."

Scientifically she knew the factor that went into pregnancy and had already formed a mental list over the last few hours of what could go wrong. Yet, and she knew this was because she had spent too much time with Booth over the years, something told her that this was real and it was good.

"Just tell me when and where and I'll go with you." He said and she sort of shrugged.

"It's just bloodwork, Booth. You don't -" He cut her off with a single finger to her lips.

"No, I want to be there for everything. Please." She knew he had missed a lot with Parker so she chose to just nod before looking around at the same spot they had been frozen to.

"Okay, I'll let you know. Now would you like to take me home so that we can have sex?" Bones asked immediately seeing Booth turn red as he called them a cab.

Booth's hand lay resting on her bare stomach as she slept beside him. Booth hadn't managed to calm his mind enough to find rest, instead he watched Bones sleep as his thumb rubbed circles against her skin.

A father, he was going to be a dad again and he just couldn't believe it. He and Bones had been going in circles around each other for years and the second they finally gave in and they became a family. It was amazing to him. A miracle.

Of course she had been rational and made sure he was aware that they were to stay on the cautious side until they were certain but he couldn't help it. He also knew that as rational as she was, she was just as happy as he was.

Booth wasn't sure when he fell asleep but was woken by a hand on top of his own still on her stomach pinching his skin. Grunting he opened his eyes and peered over at her.

"Move." She grumbled pushing at his hand until he finally moved it.

"Sorry, hey you okay?" He questioned watching her move from the bed to the bathroom. The sounds of retching gave him his answer and soon he was behind her rubbing her back. As bad as he felt for her he couldn't help but smile at the life she was growing inside her. "I love you."

The words came out of his mouth before he realized and he winced at the side eye glare he got from her. While she knew how he felt for her, he hadn't said the words since they made things official. He had loved her for years. He loved her when they were just partners. He loved her when she rejected him and afterwards when they parted ways. He loved her when he went to Afghanistan and fell in love with someone else. And he loved her every day afterwards no matter what.

The thing was, she never loved him.

Temperance leaned back into him her stomach gurgling but thankful that he was there with her. She refrained from saying anything back to him, she knew he wasn't expecting anything but nonetheless she still felt terrible about her lack of response. Perhaps she was still impervious or maybe she was just terrified of all the changes in her life and how fast they had happened. "Thank you for being here, though it is not necessary for you to sit on the bathroom floor with me I truly do appreciate it." While it wasn't a declaration of love she felt as if it had the same meaning. At least to her it did.

He smiled at her and kissed her forehead before reaching up to grab a cloth to dampen for her. Once she felt stable enough to move from the bathroom she accepted a cup of hot tea before getting ready for the day ahead of them. She wanted to stop and see Angela and Micheal Vincent before going to the lab and had a conference call with her publisher later that day. Adding call her doctor to the list she turned to Booth.

"What do we tell people?" She asked as a thought occurred to her. "What do you mean?" Booth asked as he wrapped his arms around her. "Booth, no one even knows we're a couple. What are we going to say when they find out I'm pregnant?" She didn't plan on telling anyone yet, it was far too early and she didn't like the thought but rationally she didn't realize that their secret romance quickly evolving into a family would not fair well with their friends.

He hummed as he kissed her. "We don't, I mean we tell them when we're ready but why make a big deal of it? It's not like they're not all waiting for us to be together anyways." Booth always somewhere the more logical one in his own way she thought to herself before shrugging anyways. "Come on Bones, we'll figure it out. Just like we have this entire time. Their opinions don't matter to me, we're happy and that's what matters. Okay?"

"Okay." She murmured before hugging him quickly to prepare for the day ahead of her.