"best friends and families"

2 months later

"Hey Booth!" Angela shouted, when she saw Booth leaving Brennan's office.
"Hi Angela! ... Wow... You know what? Pregnancy definitely suits you... you look even more beautiful than usual." Booth smiled at Angela, who was now 5 months pregnant and seemed to have some kind of inner glow.

Angela cocked her head and thought of Booth's slightly too enthusiastic tone
"You know, Booth... I love compliments, but ... what is bothering you?"

Booth smiled. Of course she knew, how could he have even thought of hiding something from Angela's supernatural senses?

"Ah... well... it's nothing really ... Just had a little argument with Bones..."
Booth admitted.

"What about?" Angela asked curiously.

"About the marriage..." Angela's eyes widened when she heard these words and Booth quickly added. "Not about the marriage in general... just about the date... you remember, we agreed upon May, but now she insists on July... I don't understand why she would want to shift it? She was the one talking about May... and now... I asked her if she wants to get married at all and if this shifting is only... well... some kind of respite for her to think it through... but she said she still want's to marry me next year, but not in May... " He shook his head... he simply could not understand why she changed her mind.

"Oh, Booth, she wants to marry you... she is desperately in love with you, a blind man could see that... maybe she remembered something of her past that made her reconsider the date..." Angela tried to calm him. "Just go to work now, she will tell you as soon as she is ready!"

Booth shrugged, then smiled at Angela once again. "You look happy and beautiful Angela... I meant it, when I said it!"

Angela smiled back "I'll do my best to find out what is bothering her, okay?"

"Thank you." Booth said and gave her a quick peck on the cheek and left.

After Booth had left Angela immediately moved towards Brennan's office, but then she remembered what she had wanted to do before. Eat. She was hungry as a wolf... She smiled to herself and briefly touched her slightly rounded belly 'We are hungry, aren't we?' she thought and quickly went to her own office to get the tuna sandwich she had prepared earlier.

Before her pregnancy she had not been all too keen on tuna, but now it was one of her favourites. The tuna sandwich in her hand she entered Brennan's office.

She saw Brennan sitting at her desk, a sandwich in her hand. "Heya, Bren... just met Booth... God Brennan, what are you eating... that smell..."

Angela stepped back, her stomach rebelling. While her pregnancy had made her fond of tuna, it had made her sensitive on some certain smells... she simply could not stand the smell of cheddar. Funny enough, she had always thought her best friend could not stand cheese.

"Bren, ... I ... oh God!" Angela quickly placed her sandwich on Brennan's desk and fled towards the bathroom, a hand covering her mouth.

Brennan looked after her, then looked for some time at the tuna sandwich that was now lying directly in front of her. She wrinkled her nose when she smelled the tuna and suddenly a wave of sickness hit her... moments later she quickly sped after Angela.

Angela was washing her hands and looked in the mirror, "God I really thought I had my share of sickness already" she murmured, when Brennan literally flew into the restrooms.

Only a moment later Angela could hear the unmistakable sound of gagging.
First she was feeling concerned, but then a smile crept on her face. 'Shifting the marriage? Suddenly eating cheese sandwiches? Sickness?"

When Brennan stumbled out of the toilet Angela smiled at her knowingly and finally asked: "Best friends share everything, huh?"

Brennan frowned. "This morning sickness thing is something I am going to hate!"

Meanwhile Booth had reached his office and still was thinking of his argument with Bones. He simply could not understand why she suddenly seemed to become moody.

"Oh, my God, Booth... what happened?" Agent O'Brian was standing in the doorframe.

"What?" Booth looked up, completely confused.

"The expression on your face... something bothering you?" O'Brian asked. Booth looked at him and gave him a wry smile. Since the whole Marks case they had become friends. Since O'Brian was happily married, he decided to give it a try and tell him.

"Bones is moody... she wants to find a new date for the marriage..." he murmured.

O'Brian laughed. "Women... maybe just the monthly... they change their moods so fast."

Suddenly Booth's eyes widened. "Oh my GOD!" he exclaimed and looked at O'Brian. "I have to go... I'll explain later."

Booth quickly took his jacket and nearly ran out of the office, leaving a very confused O'Brian behind.

Angela looked at Brennan's pale face. "Since when do you know?"

"I did not know it... I thought it might be possible, but ... You know sometimes I do not get my monthly because of stress... so... but I felt sick today in the morning and well... I am going to the gynaecologist this afternoon to be sure... I did not want to tell Booth and then maybe it's only been the stress, you know?" Brennan explained.

"He wants children... I wanted to tell him that I made my decision, that I want a child too, but I think that's too late now." Brennan shrugged.

"This" Angela pointed towards Brennan's abdomen "Was not planned?"

"Uhm... not really... I am on the pill... but I had this stomach flu two months ago... after our evening at the restaurant, funny, eh? I guess that affected the efficiency of the pill..." She shrugged.

"You still have to tell him that you had made your decision... that you wanted a child too... maybe not now, but you decided to have children... it's important!" Angela looked at her and Brennan returned the warm smile.

"I think this is great, Bren... our kids can play together!" Angela laughed.

"Oh, please, Angela ... don't tell anybody yet, okay? It's still too early! And I want to be sure and of course tell it Booth first." Brennan objected.

"Sure, sweetie! Ah... that's why you wanted to shift the marriage to July, right? Because you think the baby will be born around May or June?"

Brennan nodded. "Booth told you about the argument?"

Angela winked at her "I could see that something was wrong."

They exchanged knowing smiles again and left the women's restroom.

As soon as they closed the door behind them, they heard Booth's voice.
"Where is she? Bones? Temperance?"

Brennan looked confused "What is he doing here?" she asked herself in a low voice.

Angela shrugged and decided to get out of the way.

"Booth?" Brennan shouted. "I am here!" She walked towards her office, but Booth already stormed out of it.

"Temperance!" He seemed to be totally out of breath and his eyes were wide open.

"What's wrong, Booth? Has something happened?" She was alarmed and searched his face for a hint.

"You... You... Into your office!" He managed to utter and quickly closed the door behind them.

"Booth... what happened?" She asked, but he interrupted her. "Are you pregnant?"

She stood there dumfounded, unable to say something.

"I ... Temperance... I just remembered you did not have your... and usually it had been as regular as a clock...and the shifting of the marriage... maybe I am wrong, but..." Booth stammered.

A smile crept on her face. "I think I am pregnant. I am going to the gynaecologist in the afternoon... I wanted to be sure before telling you..."

He slowly exhaled and looked at her curiously. "Are you... are you happy about it?" he whispered ... he did not yet dare to show how exited he was.

She closed the distance between them and took his hands in hers "Yes. I did not plan if for now, but I already knew I would want children with you."

Together with the relief about her answer the need to kiss her aroused in him and he lowered his lips to hers and kissed her gently.

"I love you Temperance. And I am looking forward to having this baby with you." He murmured. She smiled and kissed him back, then whispered "You have to teach me how to be a good parent."

"You are going to be a good mother, Temperance... don't you ever doubt it!"

Suddenly he pulled back a bit. "But how did you get pregnant... Don't laugh... I do know HOW, but I thought you were taking the pill?"

She nodded, then grinned "You remember the stomach flu I had after our wonderful evening when you asked me to marry you?"

"How could I forget?" He asked, looking a bit confused.

"Well... I guess... it affected the effectiveness of the pill" she explained.

He lifted a brow. "So... I should thank the cook at the restaurant for your illness?"

She laughed. "Let's go see the doctor this afternoon together, okay? Then we will know for sure... and the exact date too... If I am right it should be around end of May... and we could marry in July... as a family."

"As a family." Booth whispered and kissed her once more and he tried to put all his love in the kiss... to let her feel how happy he was.