Chapter 7 || Tell Tale Signs

If there was anything Temperance didn't do well it was being sick. The fact that being pregnant meant she couldn't stop herself from being so? Was even worse on the scientist. Her body absolutely ached, she was nauseous all day and all night and she felt absolutely miserable. She was hormonal, she was exhausted, and she absolutely hated how perfect her partner was at all times.

Her alarm had long gone off but she refused to move from the perfect position she had found herself in bed. Worried if she had moved from her ultimate comfort she would find herself hovering over the commode again, she stared at the ceiling listening to Booth shuffle around the room trying not to disturb her. "I'm awake." She mumbled her arm shielding her eyes as he flipped on the table lamp. "Though I'm fairly certain you already knew that."

He chuckled as he moved to her side and sat on the bed before leaning down to kiss her. "I wish you would take the medicine your doctor prescribed, she said it'll help." He whispered and she frowned having no intentions of taking the nausea medicine unless it was absolutely unbearable. Which honestly it was but she was stubborn but he also knew that already. His soft hands moved to her face moving her hair out of her eyes and she smiled at him. "I love you, Bones."

Gently she pulled him closer to kiss him again. "I know." She smiled before sighing and forcing herself out of the bed, rubbing her back as she moved to get ready. He was already in the kitchen with her bag and a box of heating patches waiting for her. "For when you're on your feet all day, it'll help your back." The amount of care he was giving her was heartwarming but she still narrowed her eyes at him as she took the mug of tea from him. He was tethering the edge of overprotectiveness and it was not a discussion she wanted to have with him yet.

By the time she made it to work, she had decided that taking the medicine was for the best but wasn't anticipating it to make her as drowsy as it did. Standing in bone storage, her eyes glazed over while staring at the right ulna and she sighed stepping back and ripping off her gloves frustrated by the entire day. "Sweetie? You okay?" Angela asked as she walked in and the doctor put on her best 'I'm fine' face and nodded.

"There is something peculiar going on with this set of remains that I can't figure out." She said but didn't make an effort to investigate further. "I think I'm going to head to lunch." Temperance murmured before excusing herself past her best friend and heading home.

It wasn't usual for her to head home for lunch, typically she went to the diner or Wong Fu's but today she longed for the comfort of her apartment and to just tune out the rest of the world. What she didn't plan on was falling asleep.

Nearby Booth was at his desk doing some paperwork when his phone rang. "Booth." He mumbled as he moved the stack of papers away from him hating filing and wishing he had something to shoot at instead.

"Booth hey, it's me. Is Bren with you?" Angela's voice rang through and he immediately got concerned. "No? Why? What's wrong?" He asked sitting up straight. "Nothing, it's just that she left for lunch over an hour ago and hasn't come back. I thought maybe you two were off having an afternoon delight."

He quickly hung up and sprang into action trying to figure out where Bones could be. When he called and she didn't pick up for him either he got even more worried. His first stop was her place where he let himself in and sighed in relief finding her on the couch fast asleep.

Kneeling next to her he took her hand and smiled sadly at how exhausted she was. "Bones." He whispered gently watching her slowly stir away. "You scared the hell out of me." Kissing her hand he stood up as she sat up quickly.

"What time is it? I didn't mean to fall asleep." She panicked as she stood up quickly only to sit right back down as a wave of dizziness washed over her. "Oh God." Temperance mumbled as she put her head in her hands.

"Bones, easy. You know you can't make sudden movements. You told me yourself your equilibrium is off kelter during your first trimester." He eased as he sat next to her and rubbed her back. "Angela called me worried when you hadn't come back from lunch. She thought we were having sex which I would much rather be the case than how miserable you look." Booth frowned before kissing her head.

"I took that medicine and it made me really tired which I have since concluded that I cannot take it anymore, not if it's going to affect my work. I'd much rather be nauseous than unable to concentrate." She said stubbornly and he rolled her eyes. "So I came home just to relax and I guess I fell asleep."

Temperance grabbed her phone and uttered a quick apology to Angela and some sort of lie about working on her latest book and losing track of time as he made her some toast. "Here, you need to eat something." He whispered as she frowned at him but took the offered food anyways. "I'm sorry, Bones. I hate how miserable you are. Thank you for being so amazing, for growing our child inside you."

She grinned as she took a bite of the toast and took his hand with her free hand. "Booth, it's fine. This should pass in a week or two when I enter the second trimester. Of course there is a chance it may not because it's not guaranteed with every pregnancy but most of my symptoms will lessen." She kissed him gently before standing up to grab her things. "I need to get back, I am proving to be a very irresponsible employee which I am not at all."

"Bones, you are not being irresponsible. Things happen, your friends were just concerned when you didn't come back." He whispered and she sighed and nodded. "Maybe tell Angela, she told you about Michael Vincent before Hodgins knew. It'll help her feel included and less worried."

With a kiss goodbye she made her way back to the lab and wasn't shocked when she saw Cam and Angela both in her office and she closed the door feeling like she should let them in on her secret. Women tell secrets right? Wasn't that how things worked?

"I apologize for my disappearance again. I appear to not be myself today and let it get the best of me." She murmured watching both the doctor and her best friend eye her quizzically. "Which is why I should tell you that things have changed drastically in my life and I am pregnant. So I may be a little less energetic as I seem to be very unfortunate and feel incredibly ill most of the time."

Before she could continue Angela's arms were wrapped around her and she laughed at her blubbering as Cam joined them in a very awkward hug the Anthropologist wasn't expecting. Perhaps like her and Booth's joining romantically, the unexpected wasn't so bad afterall.

|| I only have like one more chapter planned for this verse knowing that canon s7 starts when Bones is 5ish months pregnant and not having a lot of fill in moments between the beginning of the 2nd trimester and then so here's to an 8 chapter story instead of 10?