Just a quick note: This chapter is set about 4 months after the last one. For a while there, the chapters were just following on from each other, but I felt I should speed it up a bit.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bones, because my name is neither Fox nor Hart Hanson.
Christine ran to the door as soon as the doorbell rang.
"Michael! Michael! Michael!" She squealed, waiting for someone to open the door.
"Hop out the way, bub." Booth said as he made his way to the door.
"Hey Booth!" Angela greeted him happily, "Hi Christine!" she said to Christine.
"Hey Angela. Thanks for taking her." Booth replied.
"Aunty Angie, where's michael?" Christine asked Angela, tugging on the bottom of Angela's dress.
"He's in the car with Uncle Jack, honey. I'll just say hello to mommy and then we can get going, okay?" Angela replied to the little girl.
"Angela, hi!" Brennan appeared at the doorway.
"Hey honey! How are you feeling? You look great!" Angela said to her best friend.
"I'm feeling good, thanks Ange." Brennan replied. "Christine, honey, do you have everything?" Brennan asked her daughter.
"Yes. I checked everything twice, mommy." Christine replied.
"Okay, give daddy a kiss then baby girl, then you can go play with Michael." Booth said, as he bent down and received a hug and a kiss from his daughter. Booth scooped Christine up, and stood up with her, giving her to Brennan.
"Bye mommy." Christine said, hugging and kissing her mother.
"I'll see you tomorrow, okay?" Brennan said as she handed Christine to Angela.
"We'll see you then!" Angela replied for Christine. "Let's go find Michael and Uncle Jack, huh?" Angela said to Christine as they walked to the car.
"You ready to go, Bones?" Booth asked Brennan, who had retreated to find her handbag.
"Yes, I'm just getting my bag." She replied.
"Okay then." Booth said. "Let's go take a peek at this baby of ours." He said smiling.
"If you would please disrobe and get changed into this, the doctor will be in a minute." The smiling nurse instructed Brennan, handing her a gown. After following the nurse's instructions, Brennan lay down on the bed.
"Are you excited, Booth?" She asked Booth who was sitting on the chair next to the bed.
"Are you kidding, Bones? I can't wait!" Booth replied excitedly. "What do you reckon? Boy or a girl?" Booth asked Brennan.
"How would I know, Booth. That's what we're here to find out." Brennan replied.
"Oh come on, Bones. Just guess." Booth said. Before Brennan could answer, the doctor came through the door.
"Dr Brennan, Agent Booth, how are we today?" The doctor asked them.
"Fine, thank-you." Brennan replied.
"Excited." Booth replied.
"Alright, so you are 18 weeks along, is that correct?" The doctor asked Brennan as he got everything prepared.
"Yes, as far as I know." Brennan replied.
"You are quite large for 18 weeks, Dr Brennan. Did your previous Doctor mention anything at your first check-up?" The doctor asked. Booth looked at Brennan and rolled his eyes, Brennan had deemed the first doctor unfit to deliver her child.
"She did say I was larger than expected for the first trimester, she suggested an ultra-sound, but I didn't want the baby to undergo more ultrasounds than necessary." Brennan explained.
"Alright." The doctor replied, "Perhaps we are just a little off with date of conception. That's usually what it is. Let's take a look." The doctor squirted some gel on Brennan's stomach. "Now are we wanting to know gender?" The doctor asked, looking at Brennan and then Booth. They both nodded, Booth took Brennan's hand. The doctor placed the wand on Brennan's stomach and an image showed up on the screen.
"Oh." Both Brennan and the doctor said simultaneously, Brennan's gaze snapped to Booth, and she tightened her grip on his hand.
"What?" Booth said, confused.
"It seems you're having twins" The doctor smiled, he was only saying it aloud for Agent Booth, it was obvious Dr Brennan could read an Ultrasound.
"Tw-twins?" Booth stuttered, staring at Brennan.
"Twins." Brennan repeated, letting it sink in.
"Two." Booth said. Both of their stunned faces turned back to the screen.
"Alright, we good?" The doctor said, quietly laughing at their reaction. "Are we ready for gender?" The doctor asked.
"Uh-huh" Booth responded, nodding his head.
"Okay, it looks like we've got...a boy over here, and...a girl over here. One of each!" The doctor said, looking at the faces of his patients, they were still in shock. "Alright, well I'll give you four some time alone, I'll be back in a little bit." He said as he exited the room. Booth and Brennan were both staring at the screen, speechless. Booth turned to look and Brennan, and Brennan saw a smile developing on his face, which made her smile too.
"Well, I didn't see that coming." Booth said, breaking the silence.
"Nor did I." Brennan replied. "Although I should have. Bigger than expected for my gestational age, excessive morning sickness, extreme fatigue..." Brennan listed all the signs she had missed.
"It doesn't matter now Bones." Booth interrupted her. "We are double as lucky as we thought we were." Booth said, smiling.
"I don't think Christine will agree with you, Booth." Brennan said.
"Are you kidding? She gets a brother AND a sister to boss around!" Booth laughed. Booth lent over the bed and kissed Brennan on the lips.
"I love you, Bones. You keep giving me our little prodigies, I couldn't be a luckier man."
"They won't necessarily be prodigies, Booth." Brennan responded. "Although it is quite likely." She added. Booth sat back down on the chair.
"Booth-" Brennan said, holding her arm out for Booth to hold her hand again, "I love you too.". Booth smiled.
"Bones." He said, looking overwhelmed again, "We're going to have twins."
"Yes, Booth. And we can handle it. We can do anything together, you and I." Brennan said, squeezing his hand. Booth looked up to meet her gaze, he seemed to have snapped out of his overwhelmed state.
"You're right Bones." He agreed. "We can do anything." He smiled, and returned his gaze to the screen. "Look at that, Bones. Two of our three little munchkins. Parker will be so excited when we tell him." Booth smiled. "How did I get to be this lucky?" Booth asked, leaning into Bones and kissing her on the check as the doctor returned to the room.