Chapter 5

"Rus is on his way; hopefully he can get here soon." Angela said looking at the doors. "I'm sure Brennan will like that." They all went silent just staring at the doors.

"Have they ever called each other by their first name before?" Max asked.

"Booth only calls her Temperance when he wants her attention and it's usually when something is happening and she only calls him Seeley when something is going on and she needs him." Cam explained.

"Is that why everyone looked so worried when she called for him?"

"Yeah, it makes us worry." Angela said softly.

"Where is she?" They heard looking over at Rus as he ran around the corner and over to them. "Is she okay?"

"She's fine, just in labor." Angela said as another cry could be heard from the closed doors making Rus look worried.

"She's not due yet, they need all the time they can get maturing." He said worried making Max look at him.

"What are you talking about?" Angela asked making him look at her and shut his mouth. "Rus? What's going on?"

"I promised Booth I wouldn't say anything." He looked at them sitting.

"The babies were diagnosed with heart defects. One grew out of it but the other they won't know until it's born." Max told them, getting a look from Rus. "Booth told me when I went to get Tempe to the hospital. They didn't want to worry anyone so they've been keeping it a secret."

"Uncle Jared!" They heard before Parker ran over with bottle of orange juice.

"You eat?" Jared asked picking Parker up and putting him on his lap as he nodded.

"When's dad gonna eat? He was sleeping when I had to wake him up? And Bones has to be hungry too."

"Your dad will eat when he has a chance and Tempe, not going to eat until after you brothers or sisters are born." Jared said.

"But she's gotta eat. Dad said to make sure, when he went away." Jared smirked at the boy as the doors opened again and Booth came out.

"Jared. I need you to do something for me." Jared put Parker on the ground to be lifted by Booth before the two men walked to the side leaving the others to wonder. Jared smiled and nodded before he told Padame he would be back and left. Booth put Parker on his own feet before he looked at the time and dialed walking off a bit. "Rebecca, I can't drop Parker off today, I'm up at the hospital….. I'm fine, Bones went into labor… Yeah…...thanks….." He hung up as he saw Rus.

"Is she okay?" He asked.

"Yeah, she doing good." Booth thought for a minute and looked at the doors. "Since everyone else had time in there, you want to go talk to her?" He nodded. "Alright, Parker, your mom's going to be here in a little while to get you. I'll pick you up later, okay?" The boy looked upset but nodded before Booth led the way to Brennan.

"Bones…" Booth said softly as he walked back in making her roll her heard to look at him walk in with Rus who went right to her side.

"Tempe." He said as he hugged her. "How are things going?"

"I'm doing alright, the contractions are getting closer, and they think the babies will be born today."

"Just means we get to see who they look like sooner." He smiled. "Amy and the girls couldn't come, they're at the children's hospital, but they wish they could make it."

"It's alright. It's just going to be a lot of sitting around." She smiled as she tensed up with a small groan of pain making Booth move from his spot at the door to the other side. Rus looked at Booth worried as Booth held her hand and smoothed her hair.

"How far apart are they?" Booth looked at the clock on the wall.

"They're a little less than a minute apart." Booth told him as Brennan relaxed and his phone rang. "Booth… one minute." He said before he pushed a button. "Alright."

"Dr. Brennan, there is a discoloration of the boon on the parietal but I can't figure out what it is."

"Use Masspectrometer, isolate the discoloration and…." She trailed off in pain.

"How close are they Booth?" Hodgins asked.

"Less than a minute. Did you find anything?"

"Nothing yet."

"Wendell….. Isolate the discoloration and filter it to map the pattern, then take the center and map it and it should work."

"Thanks Dr. Brennan." Wendell said before they hung up.

"Tempe you really shouldn't be trying to work while you're in labor." Rus chuckled making Brennan shake her head.

"Just because I'm in labor doesn't mean the case stops." She smiled.

"What's in the bag?" Angela asked when Jared came back.

"Just something Seeley asked me to get from his place." He said shrugging.

"Like you don't know what it is. Let me see."

"No, he said no one knows about it and he wants it to be a surprise." He said with a smile at her as she stood up and went over to where he put the bag. "It's a surprise for Tempe."

"Now I have to see."

"Hey, if Booth wanted us to know he would have told us." Cam said looking at the two as they looked at her for a minute. "You're right, what is it?" she said standing up making Max chuckle. Cam and Angela dug into the bag to pull out two hats. The two women's mouth opened as they looked at them.

"What are you gaping at?" Max asked as Jared could only stare. They turned them around to show making him go silent as he read 'will you marry my daddy?'

"I never knew he could be so sweet." Angela said with a bright smile.

"But doesn't Brennan not agree with marriage?" Cam asked making Angela smile.

"She used to but she's been talking about how she doesn't want to put him in the same situation." The two women put the baby clothes back in the bag before Jared called his brother to tell him he was back and had the bag.

"Hi mom!" Parker called as Rebecca walked over.

"You ready?" She asked and watched him shake his head. "Parker, your dad is really busy right now."

"I know, but Bones is hurt" He said pointing to the door as Rebecca smiled softly and knelt in front of him.

"She's not hurt; she's going to have a baby. That's why your dad is really busy because he has to take care of her."

"Can't we stay?" He asked pleading to be able to stay and wait. She looked at him before she smiled and sighed.

"Alright, we'll stay." She smiled and sat. After two hours, the doors opened and Rus and Booth walked out.

"Thanks for picking him up here." Booth said as Rebecca walked over to him.

"Parker doesn't want to leave. He wants to stay and make sure she's okay." She smiled making Booth look at his son who was sitting in a chair next to Max watching the doors. "How is she?"

"She's resting a bit, but doing pretty good." He said as he took the bag from his brother.

"How about you?" He looked at her for a minute. "I know about the hearts." She said softly. "they told me." He looked at the others talking in the waiting room before he took a deep breath.

"I'm fine." He told her. "I better get back." He said before turning and going back in with Brennan.

"Booth?" Booth said answering his phone softly

"The boys were smothered with a stuffed toy. The chipping on the external acoustic meatus is caused by the corner of something and the discoloration on the parietal looks like strips." Wendell said.

"The weak bones was malnutrition, it's like the mother only fed the babies water and sometimes a formula." Hodgins added.

"Okay, thanks."

"How are things?"

"Things have calmed down, they gave her something to relax her a bit and she's sleeping for now." Booth told them "Let me know if you find anything else." He hung up and called Sweets.

"Is everything okay?" He heard.

"Yeah, everything's fine. Hodgins and Wendell called. They found some stuff you and Perotta might want to use."

"I'll let her know. Hey, call us if you need anything."

"Yeah, Sweets, I gotta go." He said as he saw Brennan tense up. He hung the phone up before she woke up with a groan of pain. "Hey, Bones." He said. He leaned forward in the chair, reaching over the side rail to smooth her hair with one hand and hold her hand with the other. "How you feeling?"

"Tired, and hurting." She said softly.

"Makes you wish you had gone to sleep when you were supposed to, huh?" He smirked seeing her smile.

"I guess so. Then I wouldn't have gotten so frustrated."

"Frustrated?"

"That man, he was asking all kinds of questions about you. And saying all kinds of stuff. I got mad."

"It's alright." He smiled. "He took off before Max got there to get you to the hospital. Parker said he took off when he found out who he was on the phone with." Brennan smiled as she tried to remember.

"I can't… remember what happened. I just remember getting upset and telling Parker to call you and then I was here."

"Yeah, it's okay. Parker made sure to stay on the phone the whole time."

"He's just like you." She smiled before she tensed in pain again.

"It's okay, just remember to keep breathing." He said softly as she squeezed his hand until the contraction was over. "That's it." He smiled as the pain eased.

"When we first started working together, I never thought we would wind up here. I used to always deny anything I was feeling. You were right. I was scared of love." She smiled as he watched her try to stay awake. "But I'm glad we took that gamble." She smiled as she moved his hand to her belly and covered it with hers.

"I am too, Bones."

"You know I never wanted kids before." He nodded remembering all of the talks they used to have while on cases. "I wouldn't trade this for anything." She smiled making him grin. "I love you Seeley." He looked at her as her eyes became heavier and heavier.

"I love you too, Temperance." He smiled as he smoothed a hand against her cheek. "Now get some sleep. Parker wants to see you when this is done. He talked Rebecca into staying." She smiled and nodded. "I'll be right back." She nodded again as her eyes slid closed and he walked out to the others.

"Is everything okay?" Angela asked as she jumped to her feet seeing Booth walk out.

"Yeah, everything's fine, she's sleeping for now."

"You should go get something to eat. You woke up drove all the way here, and have been in there since. Go get something to eat; I'll go sit with her for a bit. And I'm not taking no for an answer." She smiled as he shook his head.

"I guess I have no choice then, do I?" She shook her head and went into the room.

"Here, dad." Parker said as he walked over handing Booth his bottle of juice.

"That's okay, buddy. You drink that." He smiled.

"Come on big brother. It's almost dinner time and you haven't eaten anything." Jared said as he handed his brother a sandwich.

"Booth." He said answering the phone. "Okay…. Make sure to use the names and pictures….. Yeah…." He hung up before walking away a bit and calling someone. "Yeah… thanks." He said as he hung up as sat with the others

"Tempe's doing okay in there?" Max asked.

"Yeah, the doctor gave her something to relax a bit and she's getting some sleep. We're just waiting for the contractions to get closer." He looked up as he saw a man walking over to them. Jared and Booth both did not look happy.

"What's wrong?" Padame asked Jared as both brothers stood up.

"What are you doing here?" Booth asked.

"I was looking for you at your office but they said you were at the hospital. They said your girlfriend was having a baby." The man said. He looked almost exactly like Booth with only slight differences.

"What do you want?"

"I came to see my son and grandchild." Booth took a deep breath and shook his head. "You've grown up a lot, now you're an FBI agent, and are starting a family…"

"You need to go." Jared said making his father look at him.

"Jared? I hardly recognized you."

"You're drunk." Jared said making his father shake his head.

"Dad?" Parker asked.

"Quiet Parker." Rebecca told him seconds before he jumped up and ran over to Booth before he could be stopped. "Parker." She scolded and the man watched him run over to Booth.

"This is your son, Seeley? I thought he looked familiar. He looks just like you when you were a kid."

"Booth." They heard before anyone could answer. "The doctor wants to talk to you." Booth nodded as he knelt by Parker.

"Parker you stay away from him understand?" The boy nodded before he turned and went back to his mother. Booth stood up and glare at his father. "Get lost." He said low before walking over to where Angela was holding the door. She walked out and sat down watching as Jared stood staring the man down.

"Jared…" Padame said making him look at her before back at his father.