Now for Brennan's POV
In the jungles of Indonesia, Brennan sat on the edge of the pit watching as everyone was working. She wanted to get down in the pit but her belly was not allowing it so she sat cataloging everything. She'd sent off her heart revealing letter a few weeks before and was waiting for a reply back.
Sweets, Daisy and several others were finding bones and other artifacts now that the full bodies had been removed.
"Dr. Brennan, I found a tibia, it looks almost childlike." Sweets stepped up the ladder and handed it to her. He noticed her half-written letter and moved it, she slammed her hand down on the clipboard. "Right don't touch it."
"It appears to be a child's tibia, I'm impressed by your recognition of the bone. Did Daisy tell you or did you consult your pocket bone chart?"
"Actually I recognized it from my time in the lab." He looked at her, "you appear to be in your fifth month, know the sex yet?"
"No, I prefer to wait, I'm taking my break so Dr. Pejor will be cataloging." She stood with no help, a task at this point that required no help but would later.
Taking her clipboard, she was passed by Raj, the camp's mail carrier. "Dr. Brennan, mail."
"Oh thank you, my stack will be finished momentarily."
"No rush." He smiled and she continued to her tent, sitting down she finished writing her letter and sealed it as Raj came by again. "Finished Dr. Brennan?"
"Yes, thank you." She handed her stack of mail to him and sat down to read her letter.
30 October 2010
Bones,
I received your letter and for a moment there I thought I had stopped breathing. I had to go back a day later and make sure it wasn't the desert affecting my thought process or visual process. I can't believe you would ever think you'd have to change, baby I love you as you are. I love you can be stubborn, a bit too stubborn for your own good, I love how you explain everything in squint speak and I understand nothing, I love that my son can look up to you and not fear you as a woman replacing his mother but instead be another guide.
They say it takes a village to raise a child and I believe they are right, you and the squints help me and Rebecca raise Parker and he's better because of it. Now this baby, our physics-defying child will be raised with more then a village, it has half the world looking forward to helping it grow.
Baby, do me a favor and never think of changing in any way, well maybe forget the any way part since your body is changing and I wish I was there to see each step of change because I bet you are beautiful. They say a woman is never more beautiful then when pregnant and my guys think you are hot, not my words so no overseas punch, but they're right…you are absolutely stunning pregnant.
I love you but I have to go, surprise drill for the guys. Do me a favor and tell our little squint Daddy loves him or her.
Always,
Booth
She folded up the letter and placed it with her others, wiping tears from her eyes.
"Dr. Brennan." She turned to see Sweets, "oh sorry, bad piece of mail?"
"No, good piece not that a piece of stationary can have a positive or negative effect as it is just paper."
Sweets eyed her, "depends of the reader, so ready for that monthly session, have to start with you."
"Yeah, please sit down." She moved a few books from her chair and he sat down as she sat on the bed.
"Alright, lets begin with how the pregnancy is going…you're healthy and fit, not feeling the pressure of being pregnant on a dig right?"
"Absolutely."
"Good, now I've noticed you've spent most of your time either alone or semi-alone, can you tell me why?"
She hated psychology but as it went, Sweets was actually helping her more then he did in DC and that was possibly because she had Booth to talk to everyday.
"Just that I miss Booth and I'd rather be alone then without his company, stupid I know."
"No, not stupid, a bit unrealistic I guess. Are you ready to tell me who the baby's father is, you've avoided that question as if it's the plague." She looked away, "guess not, alright…moving on, you're only halfway through your stay…are you contemplating returning home?"
"No, despite my pregnancy, I feel I need this in order to better my life. Life is full of change and this time away from the world will help me evolve as is the way of change."
"Okay, good then we're getting somewhere. I'll leave you and we'll pick up again next month."
She stood and stretched, knowing she'd have to continue with the prenatal yoga more often then once a day. Sweets looked at her.
"How many weeks are you?"
"Twenty-seven."
"Interesting, very interesting." He left without another word and Brennan just watched him go.
A/N: Uh oh...Sweets is starting to connect the dots.
