Hello everybody... I know it's been like forever multiplied with eternity. But, to explain my absence: The past few weeks (make that months) were quite busy for me and I also suffered from writer's block. So, please, please, please be patient with me.

Thank you for still being interested in this story!

Special thanks to the wonderful AnabellG (AnaG), for beta-ing this chapter!!

Chapter 16

Booth kissed his girlfriend good-bye and was about to leave the Jeffersonian. The thought of telling the squints that they were expecting a baby had not bothered him at all. But he had to admit that the prospect of telling his boss made him a little nervous.

He walked towards the exit of the lab and turned around, to look back at his Bones, who was already bent over a bone that Zach had retrieved like a very eager puppy a few moments earlier. The sight made him smile. God, how he loved that woman... He took in a deep breath and left the lab.

"Damn." Brennan muttered. "Where did I..." She shuffled through the papers on her desk for the third time and shook her head, confusion showing on her face.

"Something wrong?" Angela's voice asked from the doorway.

"I can't find my notes on the Brookman case. I already asked Zach, but he did not take them. Maybe I took them with me? I don't think so, but I was so distracted yesterday I might have taken them home with me.." She sighed, shaking her head in disbelief over her own stupidity.

"I guess I'll just have to drive home and search for the file." She sighed and reached for her coat. "Good thing I left my car here yesterday." She mumbled.

"Should I come with you?" Angela asked her best friend. Brennan shot her an irritated look.

"Ange! I am only driving home to look for a file. You're even worse than Booth."

Angela raised her hands in mock surrender. "Calm down there, Bren, we're all friends here."

"Sorry." Brennan half-heartedly smiled at her best friend. "I am..."

"Pregnant." Angela grinned and waved off the apology before it was even voiced. "I understand."

"Thank you, Ange. I'll be back soon." Brennan hurried out of her office.

Booth sat in front of his boss, waiting for him to get off of the phone. He sighed and shifted nervously in his seat, a movement that earned an irritated stare from Cullen. Booth blushed a little.

A few moments later Cullen finished the call and hung up. "So, Booth. to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit? Things not working out with Saunders?

Booth's eyebrow shot up in surprise and he quickly answered. "No, no, Sir. That's not it, not at all. Saunders is okay, in fact he is learning very fast. He is a good addition to the team. I wanted to talk about something else."

The phone rang again and Cullen rolled his eyes. "What, Rachel?" He bellowed in the receiver. "I'd like to be able to talk to my visitors sometime, you know?" Then he listened for a moment and his face showed a bit of a surprise. "How urgent?" His eyes widened a little and Booth nearly jumped when his boss suddenly offered him the receiver. "It's for you, Booth."

He stared at the phone in Cullen's hand for a split-second, and the short moment was enough for him to connect the dots between Cullen's expression and the word 'urgent' and conclude that there was some kind of emergency. One serious enough to interrupt a meeting with his boss. Cold numbness settled in his extremities.

He reached for the receiver, his fingers cold and clammy, and pressed it to his ear. "Booth." He rasped, then he listened for a few moments and his eyes widened. "Yes... Thank you, Angela. I will be there soon."

He lowered the receiver and swallowed hard, then looked his boss directly into the eyes. "Sir, Bones was in a car accident. I need to go…"

"Is she hurt?" Cullen quickly asked, knowing that something had to be wrong. The look on Booth's face told him as much.

"She's unconscious and has some bruises. They don't know anything specific yet. And there is something else, Sir. In fact, I came here today to tell you. She's pregnant." He gave his boss a pleading look, wanting nothing more than to rush out of the office and hurry to the hospital.

"Pregnant?" Cullen repeated, obviously surprised. "You did not waste time, hm?"

A weak and nervous smile appeared on Booth's face. "Yeah, well." He took in a deep breath again. "Please, can I leave now, Sir?"

"Of course." Cullen gestured towards the door. "I hope everything's okay, Booth. Keep me informed."

"Yes. Thank you, Sir." Booth answered hurriedly and quickly jerked the door open and ran down the corridor, fumbling for his car keys. He did not bother waiting for the elevator, but hurried down the stairs instead, fear for the woman he loved and his unborn child driving him forward.

Minutes later his black SUV arrived at the hospital and he jumped out of the car to hurry inside.

"Temperance Brennan, brought in after a car accident." He addressed the young woman at the reception, without a greeting. She looked at him for moment, taking in his appearance and quickly looked for the name on her list. "She's being examined now. And you are?"

"Her boyfriend. Seeley Booth. Please, can I see her?" He quickly asked.

The woman gave him an apologetic look. "Not without the doctor's okay."

"Where. Is. She?" He pressed through gritted teeth.

"Sir, I can't..." she started, but stopped when the man in front of her leaned forward and whispered in a low and confidential tone.

"Look. She's pregnant and was in an accident. I have to see her. So, where is she?" Booth tried to muster up a little charm.

"Booth!" He heard Angela's voice from somewhere behind him and he whirled around. Angela was standing in the door of a room behind him. "Come on, she's awake."

"Exam Room 3." The woman at the reception added, though Booth was already half way there.

"Bones" He sighed when he set eye on her. "Oh, shit." He added in a low murmur. He rushed to the side of her bed and took her right hand in his. "Hey." He made and forced an encouraging smile on his face.

She did not smile back, but maybe it would have hurt too much. Her left side looked like one single big bruise.

"Booth." She whispered and he saw tears form in her blue eyes. "How bad is it?" Booth heard himself ask, his thumb rubbing slow and soothing circles on the back of her hand.

"Dr. Brennan has various bruises on her left side and her shoulder was dislocated, but we were able to relocate it while she was still unconscious..." He was interrupted by Brennan's weak whisper.

"What about the baby? The baby..." Booth swallowed hard and squeezed her hand gently.

"So far, I haven't found anything to be concerned about, but you're not very far along, so I would really like to keep you here for a few days to keep an eye on you and the baby." The doctor said. Booth and Brennan exhaled in unison. Relieve showed on both their faces. "Of course she will stay for a few days, right, Bones?"

She sighed, but nodded slowly. "Good." The doctor smiled at her. "You should rest anyway. Those are some nasty bruises you have. and that dislocated shoulder deserves a little attention too. I will come back in a few minutes, alright?" The doctor nodded towards them and left the room.

"Shall I go too?" Angela asked cautiously. "No, stay, please..." Brennan murmured.

Booth shook his head, looking at his bruised and battered girlfriend and sighed. "Temperance, what happened?"

"I... Ange, please? My jaw hurts" Brennan mumbled.

Angela quickly explained to Booth that Brennan had not been able to find the Brookman file and wanted to search at her apartment for it. But on her way there, a car had smashed her car, right on the driver's side.

"Oh, Bones, you gave the file to me." Booth had to smile, despite the situation. Brennan's lips formed a surprised "oh", followed by a muttered "damn".

"Temperance, I am so glad you are okay. You really scared me, baby." He lowered his head to place a soft kiss on her forehead.

"Don't call me baby. And kiss me right, won't you?" She murmured.

"I thought your jaw hurt?" He asked, concerned.

"Well, kiss it better then." She countered and he grinned at her response... and obeyed. Angela beamed at them, not in the slightest embarrassed about watching them.

"Ow." Brennan grimaced and Booth immediately retreated. "I'm sorry." He cursed himself for kissing her with too much force.

"No. Not you. Get the doctor in here now. It's my stomach." Her eyes were wide, her hand pressed against her belly. Booth stared at her for a moment, shocked to his very core by her words, then he ran to the door and yelled for the doctor.

"Sh, sh, sh, Bren, don't panic. It's probably nothing, right? Sh..." He heard Angela trying to soothe her best friend behind him.

'This is a nightmare.' Booth thought as he watched the doctor and a nurse rush into the room, ushering him out of their way and then exchanging worried glances. "Get the ultrasound ready... and we need a gynaecologist." The doctor said and Booth's heart sank.

I know... quite angsty here... I am a bad person... but I hope to be able to update soon!

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