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Chapter 4:
After a few miserable minutes of retching she washed her face with cold water and brushed her teeth. When she opened the bathroom door, Booth was waiting outside, a concerned look on his face.
He pulled her in a light embrace and mumbled. "My poor Baby." Against her hair. "I am sorry."
She pulled back. "What? You are sorry for what?" Her voice was full of suspicion.
"That you feel sick, of course. What else should I be sorry about?" He looked at her, utterly confused.
She shrugged and looked away, a little bit embarrassed.
"You think I could be sorry about your pregnancy?" He asked, and his index finger under her chin gently lifted her head, so she had to meet his eyes. "How could I? The only thing I am sorry about is, that we lost those 7 weeks, Bones... 7 weeks we could have been happy already. But better late than never, right?"
She smiled and placed a soft kiss on his lips. "Right. Sorry... I guess you better get used to... sudden changes of mood and touchiness." She paused and frowned a little. "And hunger!" She added a second later.
He looked at her incredulously. "You've just been feeling sick and now you are hungry?"
She folded her arms and said in best lecturing tone: "It's fascinating... I am pregnant. I need more nutrition now!"
"Oooookay... I guess I better get you fed, before you chew my head off." He teased and led her towards the kitchen. "What do you want? You can just sit here and I'll prepare it... Boiled egg? Toast? Bagel? Cereals?" The last word was uttered with a certain hesitance. She had to smile... Seeley Booth was obviously no fan of cereals.
"Booth... I am not sure if I can offer anything ... besides cereals." She said, trying to keep her face serious.
He paled a little. "Only cereals? Nu-uh... I am going to buy groceries, then... You can not only eat cereals, you have to think of the little one... Healthy and varied food!" He quickly said.
She pointed a finger accusingly at him. "Hah... YOU are using our child as excuse to worm yourself out of having cereals for breakfast."
When she saw the guilty look on his face, she had to laugh. "You won't have to. I've been grocery shopping yesterday... The doctor gave me a "Do's and Don'ts during your pregnancy"-folder.
I fear boiled egg is out... You would have to cook it stone-hard for me... I should not eat raw eggs or raw meat.
I have to cut down my coffee ration, too. But ... pancakes would be great." She had meant to tease him, but he nodded.
"Sure... I'll make you the best pancakes you ever ate... As long as you've got everything here..." He stopped when he saw the surprised look on her face.
"Hey... Don't look surprised, just because I know how to make pancakes. Parker is addicted to them... and you'll be too... They are irresistible."
She shook her head. "Booth.. I have to go to work soon... and you too. No time for pancakes."
He sighed. Work... right. He wished he could just stay here with her... Breakfast, then back to bed... an appalling thought. But then suddenly another thought occurred to him... Work... colleagues... people who would soon find out, he and Bones were together now... and expecting.
"Toast it is then..." He mumbled and started to prepare coffee for him, orange juice for her and toast for both of them. "And... about work... when and how are you going to tell people? That you are pregnant... and we are together?"
"I just don't know, Booth... I don't want to hide, that we are together... and the pregnancy ... I'd like to wait for the first trimester to be over... I am not going to be showing and the first three months... are the most critical time. I just... I don't want to tell people we slept together and forgot about it... it's... embarrassing."
He smiled understandingly. "I know. But how do you want to tell people then? Angela for instance knows very well we have not been together until now... but don't you think she'll get a bit suspicious when you tell her the expected date for the birth? She'll find out... it's simple math... Hey, the date... When is it?"
She smiled a little. "28th of April... back to Angela...Can we not just... tell her a wrong date? You know... play as if ... " She broke off... it was ridiculous, and she knew it herself.
"No, Bones. It won't work anyway... and she's you best friend... You have to tell her the truth. We can tell all other people we've been together for two months and were just afraid to admit it... Because of our jobs... Half of the FBI already thinks we are together anyway."
Her eyes widened. "What? Why would they think that?... We have always been professional!"
He smiled wryly. "Hey, I know that! But they only see a woman and a man that care about each other a lot. I don't know when the rumours started, but I think me flying to New Orleans had something to do with it."
"But... they will think we... spent half the time on our cases... with..." She stopped, shaking her head.
"Hey,... we solved the cases... That's what is important, not what other people think... and we will stay professional at work and after some time people will just accept it and they will find other things to gossip about... besides... you won't be coming out to field work with me now anyway." He stated.
"WHAT? Why not?" She gasped.
"You are pregnant! This is not only about you anymore! Think of the baby... And you don't have a say in it anyway. It's FBI politics. As soon as Cullen knows you're pregnant, he won't let you work cases with me. Not outside... inside your lab you can still do whatever you want." He quietly explained.
Brennan frowned. "You are happy, that there is this FBI rule... A rule that does not even apply for me!"
"God, yes I am, do you really think I want you... you two ... out there? Dealing with suspects and all that crap? No... Temperance... It was hard enough with only you out there, constantly thinking of how to protect you... but now that you are pregnant. I could not... It would drive me insane, don't you understand?" He lowered his coffee mug and stared at her.
She understood... But she did not have to like it, right? She sighed. "Okay... I don't want to put the baby in danger either... but how are we going to explain this now? There are still five weeks to go until the first trimester is over... and I don't want everybody to know...not yet."
"Well, you had a doctor's appointment yesterday and took the rest of the day off... Maybe you can... think of a kind of illness, something harmless, that would explain you don't want to go out to field work?" He suggested.
She shook her head. "Booth... everybody knows that there is no illness that would keep me from working cases with you. And there's something else we have to talk about: I don't want you to work cases alone... I am not going to put our child in danger, but the child needs a father, right? So you'll go get yourself a partner... You are not going out alone."
He grinned at her, her concern for him made him feel warm inside. "Yes, ma'am... Okay... how about that... I tell Cullen, you don't have time to work cases with me now, cause you... hmmmm... you... have to do some very important identifications, but I can borrow Zach for expertise... He will buy it... I hope. And we've got a new agent in the homicide division and I can offer to train him in the mean time... Does that sound good?"
"For now. But don't expect me to believe you'll be training that agent for nine months!" She said, looking at him pointedly.
"As soon as we can officially announce you are pregnant, I can ask Cullen for a real partner, okay? It's just for these 5 weeks." Booth explained and she nodded.
"Are you... are you going to tell him that we... are ... a couple now?" She asked hesitantly.
The word 'couple' sounded wrong and incomplete... they were so much more... partners, friends, lovers... and in a few months they were going to be parents.
He nodded. "I have to, Bones... He'll understand it. Since you found out what happened to Amy, he really likes you. He is going to grumble a bit, but since I am going to tell him you don't have time to work cases with me now anyway, he'll just accept it."
She nodded and gulped down her orange juice. "I have to tell Angela... and the others. Booth... how... am I going to tell them we are together ... it's... awkward."
He smiled at her. "You'll manage. You know what, just tell Angela and don't say anything about keeping it a secret and news will spread in no time. And remember to tell people we've been together for two months now. Though Angela won't buy it, but... I suppose you can tell her you are pregnant and how it all happened... she'll understand why we do not want to tell the truth. Oh, come on, Temperance... don't pull that face... she's your best friend. You'll be glad to have her support."
Brennan sighed. "What if she tells Hodgins? He would tell Zach and I don't want them to know..."
Booth shook his head. "Bones... Angela is going to keep it a secret if you ask her to. You know that... You just don't want her to fuss over you, because that's what she is going to do as soon as she knows you're pregnant.."
Brennan smiled wryly.. "You really know me too well."
He reached over the table and took her hand in his, squeezing it gently. "If you want, I can stay with you, when you tell Angela..."
Her eyes widened in surprise. "You don't want that... not really."
He smiled. "No...but if you want me to be there, I'll be there."
She drew in a deep breath and finally shook her head. "No... I can do that... Just pick me up for lunch, please... I don't want to have to spend my entire lunch break giving her details..."
He smiled. "Sure... I planned to pick you up anyway. I want to spend time with you!"
She gave him another smile, then they hurried to get ready... they were already late compared to a usual week day... but what about their life was usual, exactly?
During their drive to the Jeffersonian another thought occurred to Brennan: "Booth... What should I tell Cam? I... You've been together..."
Booth nodded slowly. "But things between Cam and me never were... that serious, you know. How about that: I still have a little time left before I have to be at my office...you talk to Angela and I tell Cam... okay?"
She nodded. "Okay..." Somehow it felt odd: Booth was now her boyfriend... and he was going to tell her boss, who was his ex, that they were a couple. She briefly closed her eyes at that thought. Life was going to be very complicated...She could only hope Cam was going to be okay with it... She did not want to be on daggers drawn with her again.
"There's something else..." She suddenly said. "What should I tell Cam, why we are not working cases together anymore?"
Booth frowned. The thought had not occurred to him before... he had just been thinking about how to con Cullen. Cullen... now that was the key! "I am going to give Cam a call this afternoon and tell her, that Cullen did not react well to us being together now... that he ordered we should not work together until he made up his mind what to do with us... sounds good?"
"Yeah... that's a pretty convincing story... I hope." She answered. "I don't like that we have to lie to people we work with every day... but... "
"Temperance... they will understand... As soon we tell them you are pregnant they will understand why we had to play this game." Booth tried to calm her. "You don't want to tell them, cause it's too early... I understand that... for now it stays our little secret. Yours and mine."
"And Angela's" Brennan added after a moment.
"And Angela's" He confirmed. "You have to tell her... she'll find out anyway... she's close to being psychic."
That caused Brennan to chuckle lightly. "Yeah... she's very perceptive"
When they finally entered the Jeffersonian, she had become very nervous, a lump in her throat made it hard for her to breathe. She stopped for a moment, trying to pull herself together.
Booth shot her a side glance and reached for her hand, briefly squeezing it. "No need to be nervous, Babe. They are your friends – it's going to be alright." He whispered.
"Don't babe me." She narrowed her eyes. But despite her objection to the term of endearment he had used, she felt better after his words. She straightened her back a little. "Okay... Let's go."
Next chapter will probably be split in two: Booth talking to Cam and Brennan talking to Angela...
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