Chapter 3

"Will it work?"

"If I set it up right it will. I see no reason that your partnership should be terminated. You work better with each other than anyone else." Booth smirked before going back to his paperwork. "So what are you doing about the heart conditions?" Booth looked up at him for a minute before he took a deep breath.

"It looks like one has grown out of it but the other isn't a hundred percent. All we can do now is wait to see after they're born." Booth explained making Sweets nod before they started talking about the case Booth and Brennan had been handed.

"Dad!" They heard after talking about the case for an hour.

"Hey, buddy." He said as an eight year old Parker ran into the office and over to his father. "Where's Bones?" He asked with a small worried tone seconds before she walked into the office and sat in a chair. "You okay?" He asked noticing she was rubbing her stomach.

"Yes." She smirked. Suddenly she took a deep breath and held her stomach. "Ah…" She said softly making both men jump to their feet while Park stood confused.

"Bones?" Booth asked as he walked around his desk to stand in front of her.

"Dr. Brennan…" Sweets trailed off as she relaxed and started to breath normally. Sweets looked confused and worried as Booth sat back some with a sigh.

"You okay, now?" He asked as watched her nod looking up at him.

"What's going on?" Parker asked as Booth went back behind his desk.

"It's nothing. The babies are just kicking really hard." Booth explained making him understand. Brennan looked at Booth as he explained and looked at her. She glanced at Sweets making him smile. "Apparently Sweets followed us that night the investigation started. He's known about everything since." He watched as Brennan narrowed her eyes and looked at Sweets who seemed to squirm under her intense glare. "Bones don't kill him just yet. He's the whole reason we're still partners remember." He said making her sigh.

"I haven't told anyone about anything I knew." Sweets said making Brennan smile.

"You have any homework to get done?" Booth asked Parker who sighed and looked very unhappy.

"It's stupid math and Science." He complained.

"Come on, it's not like it's all that hard, you basically have the squint squad at your service." Booth chuckled and looked at Brennan as she shook her head.

"We should head back to the Lab and see if they found anything any way." She told Booth who nodded and stood.

"Alright, let's go." The group got up and went to the Jeffersonian.

_ (two days later)

"Figures you would be working." Brennan heard making her turn away from Angela and Wendell seeing Jared standing at the bottom of the platform. "Can never rest can you?"

"Not for a second." She smiled as Booth came from Cam's office. "Especially with your brother."

"I know how Seeley can be, believe me." He smiled as his brother stopped beside him.

"What are you talking about me for?" Booth asked swiping his badge letting himself and Jared onto the platform.

"This far along and you still make her work on her feet for hours…." Jared said with a smile as he trailed off seeing his brother roll his eyes.

"Yeah, it's the other way around. You try getting her to stop, I learned my lesson." He smirked to his little brother before getting a small glare from Brennan making Jared snicker as Booth's face went straight.

"Did you find any leads?" She asked glancing over her shoulder.

"I found a few I'm going to go check out. I want you to stay here for now and call me if anything happens." She looked at him for a moment before rolling her eyes. "Angela?"

"I'll make sure." She smiled before Booth turned to walk back into Brennan's office moments before she followed making Jared smile.

"I think my big brother's in trouble." He chuckled before he got a small glare from Angela.

"What did you find?" She asked as she walked into the office seeing him with his folder.

"I found the family. It took a while to track them down but we found most of them. The mother, uncle, grandfather and grandmother. We're still working on finding the father. Apparently, the parents were only sixteen when they had the twins. They are about four a hour drive from here, so I probably won't be back till this evening."

"Alright. You sure you don't want me to go with you?" She asked as a tall blond woman walked into the room.

"I'm training Agent Perotta to take over for a while when everything happens. She has to learn to make nice with the squint squad." He smirked.

"Wow…. I didn't know you were expecting Dr. Brennan." She said walking farther into the room. "How far along are you?"

"Thirty two weeks." Brennan smiled as Booth rolled his eyes.

"Alright, time to go. Bones get back to work and don't let my brother get into too much trouble here." He said making her smile. "And make sure to call me if anything happens." She nodded as Agent Perotta turned giving them a quick chance to kiss before Booth and Perotta were off with her following their path out to the platform. "Jared, do me a favor and make sure she takes breaks to eat." He smirked and glanced over his should to see her shaking her head as she swiped her badge and went onto the platform.

"I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself, Agent Booth." She said making him chuckle.

"Yeah okay, Dr. Brennan." He said back looking up at her before a smile started to spread across her mouth. "Jared, make sure."

"Yeah, I know Seeley." He said as Brennan turned back to her work while the two agents left.

"So what are you? My guard, while Booth is away?" She asked with a smile and watched a smirk tug at his libs. "Figures he would get paranoid."

"Hey, I'm just here to reinforce his helpfulness." Jared said with a smirk making her shake her head.

(Six hours later)

"Brennan." She answered when her office phone rang.

"Hey, Bones. I'm not going to be able to make it home tonight; the traffic is horrible so I'm just going to get a motel for the night."

"What time will you be home tomorrow?"

"We should be back around lunch, maybe earlier. It all depends on what time Perotta wakes up. I'll call you when I get my room and I'm going to sleep."

"Don't forget." She smiled

"I would never forget, Bones. Alright I'll talk to you later." He said making her smile.

"Bye." They both hung up as Agent Perotta glanced at him.

"What?" He asked making her look at him fully.

"I always knew you two were together." She said shaking her head. "You know you could lose your job if the beuro find out."

"What Bones and me? Nah. We told you before we just work together."

"That's not what I heard in that phone call." She looked at him as he shook his head. "You call all your partners and tell them that you're not making it home but you'll call before you go to sleep?" Booth shrugged and nodded trying to get her to just go with it. "Fine then. You and your partner seem very close. Close enough that you would know who the father of her child is." Booth glanced at her as he pulled into a parking space. "Well?"

"Well…. It's not like we…. You know, I….." He sighed as he tried to think of answers quickly making her smile.

"So, you two are together and she's pregnant with your kid?" He looked at her as he shrugged. "How long did it take going out before that happened?" She asked with a smile as he got out of the car.

"It's none of your business."

"What? Come on. You're telling me you're not going to tell me how long you've been going out?"

"It's been eight months." He said softly as he went to the truck to get his spare back of clothes.

"Eight months? And she's how far? You-"

"Perotta, this is a very delicate matter that Bones and I are trying to handle so that I don't get fired and our partnership isn't broken up."

"Right cause, ah, 'your people' would be lost." She smiled softly before they went to the desk to ask for two rooms.

"I'm sorry, I only have one left. With all the traffic, everyone wants to stay the night and head out in the morning." The old man handed them the key and they looked at each other.

"I guess we'll make due." Perotta said with a smile taking the key from him. They went to the room and stood in the doorway of the little room. "Wow, this is going to be a long night."

"Yeah I guess so." He said moving to find extra blankets and taking a pillow from the bed and throwing it on the ground. "Guess I get floor." He said dropping his bag by his makeshift bed.

"I'm going to get a shower." She said making Booth nod as he pulled his phone out of his pocket. "You really are dating her…. There's no interest in other women at all…" She trailed off pretending to me amazed making him shake his head as he looked at the time. "It's only eleven at night, I'm sure she'll be up." He heard as she walked into the bathroom leaving Booth to call Brennan.

"Hi, Booth." He heard making him smile.

"Hey Bones."

"You get your room?"

"Yeah, turns out that because of the traffic they only had one room though. My backs going to be killing me in the morning."

"Well the faster you come home the faster you get to sleep in a bed." He heard noticing the sound of a smile in her voice.

"Yeah, yeah. Jared with you?"

"Yeah, I'm here." He heard from his brother. "You know she does pretty well on her own. Only had to drag her from her work once to eat." Booth laughed shaking his head.

"It gets worse with time, believe me."

"Hey." He heard Brennan making him smile before he heard the click of her taking him off speakerphone. "So how's your replacement working?"

"Replacement?" He heard Jared in the background.

"It's only for a month or so, until we go back to work after the twins are born. But we need someone to take over for us. Murders don't just stop."

"She's not too bad. A little hard off with her methods but not too bad. How are you and the twins?"

"We're fine. We went for our checkup this afternoon. Twin A has been completely cleared, although we still get a bad angle look at Twin B." She said with a small smile. "Did you find anything out with your leads?"

"Not really but I have a few suspicions. How was your search back over the remains?"

"Nothing new. We still have the same-"she stopped talking making Booth's heart race.

"Bones...Bones?" He called and didn't hear anything. "Brennan!" He called into the phone getting worried, when he heard his brother.

"Seeley."

"Jared, what's going on?" He asked worried.

"She's….. She's…. I think she's having a contraction. What do I do?" Jared asked flustered as Booth listened hearing Brennan.

"It's not…. Ah….." She stopped

"Jared listen. It's Braxton hicks….. It's like a fake labor. She's been having it for the last month."

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" He heard his brother making him smile.

"Yeah, watch her grip, the only thing you can do is help her through it till it stops."

"How long do they last for?"

"It shouldn't be too long." He said as he waited hearing Brennan taking slow breaths while Jared made sure she was okay. "Everything okay?" He asked worried.

"I'm fine Booth. Relax." He heard Brennan as Jared put the phone back on speakerphone. "Just… hurry home." He smiled.

"I'll do my best. Try to get some sleep tonight."

"I know. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Jared?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks."

"Any time." Booth smiled before he heard the click of being taken off speaker again. Booth put his phone on speaker as he started pulling things from his bag.

"Be careful and hurry home, Seeley."

"I'm trying my best Temperance." He said softly with a smirk before picking up his phone and turning the speaker off again. "Get some rest and stop worrying, it's not good for babies. I'll call you tomorrow when we're leaving, okay?"

"Yeah." She said as Booth was about to hang up seeing Perotta watching him. "Booth…"

"Yeah?"

"I love you." He smiled as he thought if her.

"I love you too, Bones." He slowly shut the phone as he sat looking at his bag.

"What happened?" She asked, pulling him from his thoughts. "I heard you yelling to her. What happened?"

"She had another false contraction. It's nothing my brother can't handle." He said before he laid down on the make shift bed relaxing as the two went to sleep to be ready for their drive home.