CHAPTER 27
Three months later …. September 1, 2008
"Are you sure?" Seeley asked with apprehension in is voice.
"Yes sir, I am sure. Look here, there's one, there's two and over here is number three," Dr. Brown said as he then promptly watched Seeley fall off the stool he once sat on, and faint.
"Seeley? Are you OK," shouted Tempe.
"Stay relaxed Dr. Brennan, it is common for the father to be to fall off stools and/or faint when he finds out he is going to be the father of triplets," Dr. Brown said and he held a bottle under Seeley's nose.
The strapping FBI agent shook his head as he came too.
"What happened?" he asked as he tried to stand up.
"Dr. Brown showed you the ultra sound and you fell off the stool and fainted," Tempe replied without hesitation.
"Why would I faint while looking at …" he stopped mid sentence. " You said there were three babies, didn't you doc?"
"Yes I did. Would you like to know the sexes?" he asked with little concern for Seeley's condition. He had seen it many times before and will see it many times again.
Tempe spoke first, "NO!"
Seeley was still in shock, no make that he was in distress.
"We want to be surprised, right Seeley?" Tempe asked. "Seeley, are you listening to me?"
"Sure I am. You don't want to have sex anymore."
The doctor couldn't help but chuckle. Usually he heard something like 'Whose getting fixed?' after a couple found out they were having multiple babies at one time.
"Your wife just said she doesn't want to know the genders of the babies." He held back his laughter as only a true professional would.
"Thank you doc," Seeley said as he shook his hand and headed out of the room, oblivious that Tempe was still on the table lying down and needed some help getting up.
"He'll come around, they always do," Dr. Brown said as he helped Tempe off the table. "I'll see you in two weeks, but call me anytime if you have any concerns."
"Thank you," Tempe replied as she made her way out into the hall looking around for her husband.
She took his hand as he stood hoping he would be more conversable now.
"Triplets." That was all Seeley Booth could manage to say for the next two hours.