A/N G'day fellow Bones fans! Trying to post this chapter has nearly killed me, but I've finally managed it! Just a short one to fill in a few gaps and make the transition to the more interesting parts of the story...but read and enjoy...and don't forget to review! They really do make me happy! [This chapter was reuploaded on May 24th 2010 due to formatting errors]

The ride back to the Jeffersonian was interesting, to say the least. Booth wanted to discuss Temperance's pregnancy, but she had made him promise not to say anything to anyone about it, which made talking about it difficult. Especially when Zack was in the car too. Even though, much like Temperance herself, her assistant was not so good at reading between the lines or taking hints. Booth knew this all too well.

"So this...uh...this...thing," he began, "How long have you known about it?"

"I told you, I wasn't willing to discuss this right now," she replied, throwing a quick glance at Zack in the back seat, who was oblivious to the conversation going on and found re-reading his notes much more interesting.

"Well when would you like to discuss it? We sort of have a time limit, you know? If you wait, oh I don't know, say nine months before you're ready to talk about it, then it will be to late."

Zack had to have picked up on that one. She looked behind her, and saw him still with his head down, caught up in what he was doing. If they started talking about him he probably wouldn't even notice. She looked back at Booth.

"I've known about for about two weeks. I have had it...uh...confirmed. Officially."

"What about unofficially?" He wasn't really sure what that meant, but asked anyway. Sometimes he hated that she was smarter than him.

"Yeah, me and Angela...It was positive." Even after showing her the sonogram picture, Angela still wanted Temperance to do a pregnancy test. She had said it was an important moment, and since she hadn't been informed straight away about the baby, she thought it was only fair if she got to see her do the test. So after work they went to the pharmacy, went back to Angela's place and did another test.

"What was positive?" Zack was now leaning forwards eagerly awaiting an answer. She felt sick, and almost needed to roll down the window and lean out, but she composed herself in time for Zack to ask again.

"You didn't let me finish. I mean it was positively fine. An easy test." What was she talking about? This baby was making her crazy.

"What test? Positively fine?"

"That's what she said, Zack, now lets leave it, shall we?" Booth wasn't sure what she was saying either, and as he reached out to turn on the radio she gave him a thankful look.

The rest of the journey was spent in silence, with Temperance staring straight ahead out of the windscreen.

As soon as Temperance got into her office, Angela was sitting behind the desk looking at a pregnancy magazine.

"I got you a present." she said, holding it up and waving it at her. "How did it go? Did you tell him?"

"Yes, I told him..."

"And? Did he freak? Or was he cool about it? He wasn't was he, I knew he wouldn't be, are you OK?"

"He didn't 'freak' but he wasn't exactly 'cool' about it. We haven't had chance to really talk about it yet. And I'm fine. Although I think Zack might know."

Angela laughed. Even if she had shouted 'I'm pregnant' in the middle of the conference, Zack wouldn't have noticed. He might have only had an inkling if she had said gestation.

"It's not funny. You know he can't keep his mouth shut, and I don't think I want everyone knowing just yet." Temperance took the magazine, and looked at the page Angela had been looking at. It had an article about the benefits of breast-feeding and an advert for Baby Gap. She couldn't really see why so many women thought baby clothes were cute and squealed at a very high pitch whenever they were presented with a pair of booties – they were just small versions of normal clothes. And was it really necessary for them to be so overpriced? In some places she had seen (although she didn't want to admit to herself that she had been looking in shops selling baby things) the clothes were the same price as the adult versions. And maternity clothes weren't exactly cheap either.

"Aren't they cute? We will have to go shopping soon, so you're gonna have to find out whether you're having a boy or a girl."

"I'm making another appointment with my doctor as soon as I get home. But I don't want to know what I'm having. I'd like it to be a surprise."

"Well how can we buy cute little dresses or dungarees if we don't know what we're having?"

"We? Are you going to give birth for me? Are you going to feed it in the middle of the night? Change it, bathe it?"

"No, I'm just excited about this! Aren't you? When you were a little girl, didn't you want a little sister to dress up or to brush her hair or ...?"

"Am I having a baby or a doll? It's going to be hard work, not all fun and games."

"Well you're the mother, so you can do the hard stuff and I'll do the fun stuff – like shopping. Want me to come to the doctor's with you?" Angela found it best to change the subject at this point – whenever she got into a heated discussion with Temperance, she always lost.

"Yes please. I don't want to go alone, but it's not like I can really ask Booth."

"Can't ask me what?" Booth himself put his head around the door as soon as she had said it.

"To go to the doctor's with her. She doesn't want to go alone."

"Angela!" She always did this, she always blurted out what Temperance didn't want people knowing. Now there would be an uncomfortable silence and Booth would say he had some work to do and...

"Sure. I'll go with you," he said, "You're not scared are you?" He was joking, but when she didn't answer right away, he quickly said, "So what time is your appointment?"

"I...I don't know, I haven't made one yet. You don't have to come with me, it's fine."

"Bones, I want to go with you."

"Oh. OK. Thank you." She was right, it was awkward.

And thank you, Angela, you always know just what to say...