Hey everyone! I'm at the beach this week, good old Ocean City. My favorite place on earth! But ill still be writing to you all :)

Just a warning, this story gets very angsty... so I hope you're prepared. Not necessarily in this chapter, but later on ;D

Chapter 10

"She wasn't always like this, was she?"

"Maybe she just had a rough night."

"Or maybe it was because she stayed up too late, if you know what I mean."

Brennan woke to the sound of two people talking, a man and a woman. Their voices were very familiar, and sounded close. It took her a while to wake up fully, and she opened her eyes. She was laying on her couch, in her office. She lifted her arm, and looked at her watch. She sat up quickly when she saw the time. 6:30. In the afternoon.

She turned around to see Angela and Hodgins standing behind her, right inside the doorway to her office. They both seemed surprised that she had woken up so suddenly.

"Oh, you're awake!" Hodgins said, stepping backwards.

"Yes, I'm awake. I apologize, I must have... dozed off. Accidentally. I didn't mean to. I'm just tired, and I'm hungry and, and... confused. Sorry, I have to go check the case-"

"Sweetie, slow down," Angela said, holding her hands up, "Everyone else went home. You know, to eat dinner, and go to sleep. The normal things that you do when you leave work."

"What? But, what about the case? I feel like nothing's happened," She said, scratching the back of her head with her right hand.

"Maybe, that's because you slept through all the progress we made. Everyone was wondering where you were, we just happened to find you here, a few minutes ago. Asleep on your couch," Angela said, crossing her arms in front of her chest and tilting her head slightly to the side.

"Did Wendell examine the bones?" She asked, standing up from the couch and smoothing out the wrinkles in her pants with her hands.

"Yeah, he found some interesting stuff too!" Hodgins said quietly. Even though his tone was soft, it seemed at though he was yelling at her. His blue eyes looked tired, and dark.

"Speaking of progress," Angela said, walking over to Brennan, "Booth has been in the loft, waiting for you for about an hour now! You should go see what he wants."

Brennan gave Angela a quizzical look. First of all, she had no idea what that had to do with progress, and secondly, she was confused why Booth was waiting for her. She lifted one eyebrow, as if to ask why he would be here for her, but ignored her two friends as she walked past them and out of her office. She made her way over to the stairs, and climbed them one by one. As she neared the top, she heard a small laugh from Angela and Hodgins as she saw them leaving the lab below. She returned her attention to the small lounge that resided on the second floor.

She saw Booth, asleep on the large comfy couch. His head rested against the back of the couch, and his legs were crossed over each other, elevated onto the coffee table. A small cup of coffee was also on the table, Brennan could still see the steam drifting slowly from the top of the cup. He must have dozed off without even taking a sip. She laughed lightly when she heard Booth snore. And that seemed to wake him up.

"Oh, Bones, your finally ready to go," he yawned, sitting up and rubbing his eyes with his knuckles.

"You didn't have to come pick me up," She said, putting her hands on her hips, "I'm capable of driving myself home."

"You don't even have your car here," Said Booth, standing up.

"Well," She hadn't thought about that, she felt slightly foolish for forgetting, "I could have gotten a cab."

"No, I'm driving you home," He said nonchalantly "Alright, let's go Bones," He smiled as he ushered her towards the stairs.

"Actually, can I just go back to your apartment tonight?" She asked nervously, "All of my things are there anyways," She knew it was a silly request, but honestly, she was afraid of being alone at her apartment. Who knew what could be waiting for her there? Especially without Booth there to protect her...

The thought itself made her shiver.

"Um, sure. You know, what ever you want," he shrugged as he rested his hand along the small of her back while they stepped down the stairs.

She didn't want to admit it, but she felt safer around Booth. No one would be able to hurt her while he was near.

They walked outside, and got into the black SUV that Brennan had come to enjoy. Once they were out of the parking garage, Brennan stared out the window. The dark sky was very taunting, it was filled with large clouds, just visible with the lights from the city shining on them, making them a slight orange color. She could see small snowflakes falling from the sky. It was early December, she was surprised it would be snowing so early in the winter.

She looked over at Booth, who was focusing on the road. His hands were tight on the steering wheel, his face expressionless.

"Booth?"

"Mhmm."

"What do you think about abortion?"

Brennan saw Booth's head turn her direction. His eyes were wide, and he mouth open slightly.

"What?" He choked out. He looked at her as if she were crazy.

"What? I just asked you what you thought about-"

"Yes. I know Bones," He said, holding up his right hand, signaling for her to stop talking, "But why now? It just... came out of no where. I mean, what would make you think of that?"

"I don't know, I was just considering the possibility of-"

"So, your telling me, that you're actually considering... killing a baby?" He asked, the concern apparent in his voice.

"Well, it's not as much killing a baby, but it's-"

"Terminating a life?" Booth asked.

"I don't understand why you're so against it," She said stubbornly as she folded her arms.

"It's not right, it should be illegal," He said quietly, looking back at the road.

"But, I don't want a baby," She said, twiddling her thumbs.

"Well, why don't you give it up for adoption then?" He suggested, "That's better than killing it anyways."

"No! Who knows what kind of people it would end up with?" She said, shaking her head.

"So, you would rather kill it, then give it to an abusive family?" He said, wondering where her logic was coming from.

"It wouldn't even know what was happening," She argued. Why was he so against it? It wasn't unheard of.

Booth was silent for several minutes. He didn't even look at her, he just stared at the road. After a while, Brennan just leaned against the inside of the car door, and rested her head in her hands.

"You know," Booth said quietly after a few more minutes, "Rebecca wanted to get an abortion with Parker."

Brennan's head shot up, and she looked at Booth. She was confused, why would she want to do that? Did Rebecca not want Parker as a child either?

"Sorry Booth, I had no idea," She said.

"I just, can't imagine my life without him. Just think about it Bones, do you want to miss out on the experience of raising a child? You always wanted kids, didn't you?"

She had to admit, that was true. She even remembered the time she had asked Booth to father a child for her, and she wondered if he was thinking about that as well. It would be selfish to not. And he was correct, she did want kids. But not like this, it just wasn't right.

"Well what am I supposed to say to the child when it asks about its family? I'm your mother, but I don't know who your father is because he raped me and the result was you?" She said, the pain clear in her voice. She let the tears the swelled in her eyes fall freely as she looked Booth in the eyes.

"Bones, don't do this to yourself," He said, looking at her with concern, "You'd figure it out. I know you would. I mean, I'm sure the kid would understand. And besides, he'd have the best mom in the world," He smiled.

Brennan was touched by his words, but wasn't really feeling the joy in the situation. She wiped away her tears, and looked out to the road in front of them. She knew he was trying to cheer her up, but it didn't work. She was still as sad as she ever was.

"Do you think we should tell people at work about the pregnancy? They might get confused if I appear pregnant and they haven't heard anything of it," She said, looking back to Booth after a moment of silence.

"Wait, does that mean you're going to keep it?"

Brennan bit her bottom lip. She knew it would be beneficial to have offspring. She could pass down her excellent genes down. After all, she was very intelligent and attractive. Maybe her child would have the same benefits as she did.

"Yes, I think I will," She said, nodding her head slightly.

She saw Booth smile, and she did too. But not because she was happy about keeping the child, but because she knew that Booth cared about it just as much as she did. And that meat a lot to her.

"Well then, if you want to, I guess you should tell everyone," He said, a bright smile still on his face. "But don't feel like you have to, If you don't want to tell everyone what happened... then don't."

"I'll compare the pros and cons before making a decision," She said, looking out the window again, "Besides, I don't think it would matter to them much."

"So Bones? What are you gonna name the kid?" He asked, very enthusiastic.

"I'm not quite sure... I don't want to think about that right now though," She said. The aspect of parenthood still frightened her. She didn't want to care for a child anytime soon, but she knew there was really no other 'humane' option.

But Booth was right, she needed to start considering her future with a son or a daughter. She needed to find a nanny, or a daycare. And she needed to find a school that would be challenging enough, and teach the child to its full potential. And she needed to buy a crib, and clothes, and a car seat...

All the things she had on her mind were overwhelming her. She didn't want to plan this far ahead, it frightened her to think of raising a child by herself.

"You should name him Eric," Booth said, turning into his parking spot by his apartment.

"What if it's a girl? You can't be so certain that the fetus is male," She said, unbuckling her seat belt.

"Well, then you name it Erica," Said Booth as he put his SUV into park and pulled the keys out of the ignition.

"Clever," She said sarcastically as she stepped out of the car, and shut the door behind her.

Once they had gotten back up to Booth's apartment, Brennan immediately sat down on the couch, and lifted her legs onto the other side. She closed her eyes and relaxed. Work was over, and she hadn't really done anything anyways. Yet, she was still tired. Mostly just tired of the people she had to deal with while working, but that was beside the point. She was just glad to be at Booth's place for the night.

"Want a drink Bones?" Asked Booth, as he opened the fridge.

"I can't have alcohol Booth," Brennan mumbled sleepily.

"Right... Okay, I have water... and milk..." He suggested.

"Water's fine."

Booth shrugged and grabbed a beer for himself, and filled a tall glass with tap water for Brennan. As he made his way over to the couch, he realized that Brennan had fallen asleep. He set down their drinks, and put a blanket on top of Brennan. He felt kind of bad for leaving her on the couch, so he decided to sit in one of his armchairs and catch up on the sports for the night. He flicked on the TV, and flipped to a hockey game.

As the sound of announcers yelling at plays and the crowd cheering at goals, Booth soon fell asleep as well, resting peacefully in the armchair next to the couch.

Blah blah boring chapter I know...

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