Here's another chapter my lovelies :) My muse for this chapter wasn't very high, but not to fear. It's probably because I'm still sick. I also have a strong muse for my next couple of chapters, I have through chapter thirteen already planned out, and those all should be up tomorrow and throughout the weekend.

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Brennan put her phone down with a sigh. She had received yet another email from Booth regarding wanting to talk things out again and how he was sorry about how he reacted. The emails have been coming daily for the past three and a half months, since the day that they had their fight. Brennan was a little over eight months along in her pregnancy, and other than her issue with Booth, her life was good.

The guest room in her apartment had been temporarily taken over by Mitch, his lover Antonio had kicked him out of their apartment due to a conflict that they had that caused them to break up. Mitch was currently looking for an apartment, but finding a place in Chicago that was a reasonable distance from everything he needed access to.

Brennan didn't mind having Mitch as a guest as all, he'd actually been a great help around her house. He'd help her clean and cook, he even helped her finish setting up her daughter's nursery, which she was extremely grateful for.

She was still having internal conflicts regarding her situation with Booth, and his emails of forgiveness she received everyday weren't helping. She was starting to pity him, and that was the last thing that she wanted to do. Each email he sounded more and more desperate to talk to her, thus causing her to pity him. She knew that he was a good father, she had experienced it on more than one occasion, but she wanted him to be happy with Hannah, and to build the life that he wants with her. Brennan didn't matter in his life anymore, she was trying to move on, but the constant nagging from him wasn't helping. She allowed him to move on, why couldn't he allow her to do the same?

"Are you serious?"

"Yes. I've been suspicious of this for months now, we haven't even been married for a year, and I'm already having doubts. This isn't how this was supposed to go, I made a commitment to you Seeley, a hard one for me at that. I just, I don't know if I can believe you."

"Hannah, I am not cheating on you! Why would you even think that?!"

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe because three months ago you ran off to Chicago for a day without even telling me, you just stormed off and came back the same night with a broken hand. Now you're telling me that you have to go back out there in a month, but you won't tell me the reason." she argued, "I'm pretty sure that is a good reason to be suspicious."

"Hannah, when it's the right time, I'll tell you. I'm still trying to figure it out for myself. I'm still trying to cope with this."

"Seeley, I'm your wife. You should be able to tell me anything. You told me that the key to a successful relationship is honesty, and you're not being very honest with me right now."

"This is just one of those things that I have to figure out for myself before I can talk to you about it. I'm just really confused and frustrated with the situation."

"Is it work related?"

"I guess you could say that."

"Why don't we go on a second honeymoon? It's obvious that you need a break, and I think I need one too. I love you, I don't want to loose you over you over thinking something. Let's go on vacation, clear our minds..."

"What place do you have in mind?"

"Well, there's this little island off the coast of Italy called Sicily. Sicily, Italy. It's been on the list of places I've wanted to go. It's a peaceful little place..."

"When would we go?"

"Well, both of our passports are still in order, we could probably be out there within a week."

"I can't stay out there for long though..." Booth admitted.

"I was thinking two or three weeks at most, we both need time to clear our minds. I think that this would be a good idea."

"Yeah. I'm going to head to bed though okay? It's been a long day, we'll talk about this more in the morning, alright?"

One week later: Sicily, Italy

Booth still couldn't believe that he had agreed to this trip. He knew that since Brennan was very near her due date, and that made him anxious. He had made a plan in his mind to be at the hospital when Brennan was in labor, so he could see his daughter when she was born, but the only flaw in his plan was that he knew he wasn't going to know when she was in labor, because other than knowing she was due in early March and that the child was a girl, he was clueless.

He wanted to be there, he needed to be there. That's what he kept telling himself. He was going to be a father again, this time to a little girl. Whether he was in a relationship with Brennan or not, he felt that he had the right to see her, because without him, she wouldn't be having that child. He knew that Hannah was set on her decision about not having children, and when he made her aware of the situation of Brennan having his child, he had a reasonable argument planned if Hannah opposed of him being involved with the child. This child, could very well be the last child that he has, and if that was going to be the case, his desire to be involved was even greater.

Hannah's voice pulled him from his thoughts, and he sat up off the couch with a sigh.

"You okay?"

"Yeah. Fine. Where did you say you wanted to go?"

"I found this little cafe don't the street, I figured we could go there for brunch."

"Sounds good." he said, forcing a smile.

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"We don't have to go if you don't want to." she sighed.

"No, let's go. I'm starting to get hungry anyways." he said.

He can tell that Hannah isn't getting what's going through his head, and that it is frustrating her. He'll tell her when the time is right, after the child was born and he'd seen her, so he would have a good motivation not to let him cave in to what he knew was going to be Hannah's demand.

He just hoped that Brennan was okay, that she wasn't alone. He wanted to be there for her, but she wouldn't let him. The fact she wasn't responding to his emails was making him even more anxious and frustrated with each day that she didn't reply. He wouldn't admit it to anyone, but he still had feelings for Brennan. But the fact that he had these feelings made him feel guilty, because he was married to another woman that he loved, he just wasn't sure if he was in love with Hannah. He felt the spark beginning to die down with Hannah, he could tell that he wasn't as into their relationship as he had been when they were in Afghanistan, and he was actually starting to question if marrying her was the right decision.

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Next up: Brennan goes into labor, will Booth be present?

Also: This is the last major time jump I'm making for this story. The largest ones now will most likely only be a week or two, and perhaps a longer one if I decide to include an epilogue.

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