Chapter Five || Secrets Worth Keeping

The first thing she noticed when she walked into the lab was that everything felt different. Sure it was quieter with Hodgins and Angela both being on leave, but there was something else that she just couldn't quite figure out as she dropped her things off in her office and moved to the platform.

The second she was surrounded by disinfectant and other sounds and smells of the lab it all became very clear what felt different. The smells and environment that she loved suddenly made her queasy and she gulped as she leaned into the table in front of her to regain her composure before anyone noticed her not at her best.

Quickly retreating to her office she closed the door and sunk into her couch her head in her lap taking deep breaths. "Dr. Brennan, I thought I saw you come in." Cam said as she walked in startling her as she quickly sat up and looked over at her superior. "Are you okay? You don't usually startle so easily." The other woman asked and Brennan quickly stood up, almost too quickly as she struggled to keep her nausea in check.

"Yes, of course. I was just getting ready to do some leftover paperwork to send over to the FBI." She smiled as she moved to her desk. "I stopped by the hospital this morning, Angela and the baby are doing well. She'll be released to go home this afternoon." She mentioned changing the subject off of her. Cam simply smiled and nodded before excusing herself to begin her own day.

Putting her head in her hands as she sat at the desk she took a deep breath. "Oh no, I refuse to let my work be compromised due to nausea." Sitting up straight, she dialed the number to her OB/GYN and made the next available appointment.

By the time her lunch meeting with Booth came around she thankfully felt better and as she sat at the Royal Diner waiting for him she sipped at some tea hoping to keep things that way. Smiling brightly as he walked in she had to stop herself from greeting him with a kiss. "Hi." She chose instead as he sat across from her.

They each talked about their mornings and she explained her bout of nausea to him when she first entered the lab. "Thankfully it dispersed and I began to work on a skull reconstruction from LIMBO. Which reminds me that I made an appointment, it's one week from tomorrow at 10am, if you'd still like to go."

"Of course I want to go, I'll be there." Booth said as he carefully reached over for her hand. "Listen, Bones. I want you to take it easy, don't push yourself more than you need to. You and this baby are so important to me. I want you to be okay." Her furrowed eyebrows immediately made him chuckle as he raised his hands in defence. "I know what you're going to say and I know that you can take care of yourself miss Independent, but my words still stand."

She sighed at him before shaking her head. "I'm pregnant not an invalid, Booth." He nodded and squeezed her hand before removing it. "I know, Bones but like I said I worry and I just want you to be okay. Whatever you need, I'm here for both of you." Her pregnancy had been one of the best things he had heard in a long time, only second to her agreeing to be his girlfriend such a short time ago.

Leaning forward he nudged her foot with his own. "I was thinking in regards to telling people about our relationship that we just sort of let them figure it out. Then when we're ready we'll tell them about our other news." Their friends were going to freak out either way but he always believed that is personal life was just that personal and family or not he didn't want their friends inserting themselves into their private lives.

"How are we going to let them just figure it out? We don't act like a couple around them, how are they to know?" She asked him and he shrugged laughing lightly.

"I guess that's the point, it's for them to figure out." Maybe it would end up being one of them giving in and telling the truth but he wanted more than anything to keep it all between them, the more the others new the less it became theirs.

"Angela already knows we slept together." Temperance admitted as she peered over at him above her mug. "The first time, we haven't discussed it since then though. Are you angry?" Apart from Hannah no one except for her knew anything about Booth's relationships and she respected his privacy then and even more now when it came to the two of them as a couple. While she had never been purposely discreet about her own, she did find enjoyment and solace in their quite intimate relationship.

He smiled at her and shook her head. "She's your best friend, of course I'm not angry. I'd probably be angry if you hadn't of told her. That would mean you're ashamed that we were together." He assured her. "Also, if she thinks we're together or has a hunch that makes them figuring it out easier without us having to worry about making an announcement."

They finished their lunch and parted ways, Booth making his way towards his office but not before stopping in a little baby shop on the way. Stepping in, he smiled at the hundreds of different items to purchase, he and Bones hadn't discussed anything with the baby outside of her appointments but that didn't mean he couldn't look at things for him or her.

Picking up a pair of yellow giraffe socks he chuckled at how whimsical they were like the ones he often wore. The little giraffe heads rattled when shook for when the baby kicked his or her feet and he grinned as he took it to the register. The first purchase for their little one.

Ugh this chapter took forever bc I could not for the life of me figure out how they would tell people any of their news. So I've basically decided that they're not going to make a big thing of it and it'll hopefully feel natural. (oy)