Hi again everybody. Thank you all for your reviews. And once again, it took me quite long to update this story, but I hope you understand. After all I finished Case or Cake and started Under Cover(s). Ah, well… here we go, hope you'll like it.

Chapter 25

3 weeks later…

Brennan scowled at her closet. And she could have sworn it scowled back.

"Bones? We need to leave soon to meet them, are you ready?" She heard Booth's voice from the living room.

She swallowed hard upon hearing his words. 'They'. His parents. God, meeting them already made her nervous enough. But to her shock she'd just found out that most of her wardrobe didn't fit anymore. Angela had been right when she'd told her it was soon going to be time to go shopping for maternal clothes.

Her carefully planned outfit lay crumpled on the bed and she was not too far away from either starting to cry or tearing the damn closet apart with her bare hands.

"Temperance?" Booth's soft, but also subtly impatient, question from the doorway startled her.

She gave him a look of desperation and his eyes widened. "Are you in pain, baby?" He asked, concerned.

Brennan sighed. His display of worry somehow helped her to feel more normal again. "No. My clothes don't fit. I'm … I'm getting fat." She spat the words out.

Booth shook his head, trying not to laugh at her. He simply knew laughing would only make it worse. He closed the distance between them and took his all but naked girlfriend in his arms. "You're pregnant, Temperance. And you're beautiful. Some of your clothes don't fit anymore, but that only means our child is growing. Isn't that wonderful?"

She pulled back and eyed him suspiciously. "You've been reading that book!" Her tone was almost accusatory.

"Huh?" He made an innocent face.

"That book Cullen gave you. Oh, don't pull that face, of COURSE I know about it. That…. "How to live with a pregnant woman" book." Her eyes had narrowed a little and he couldn't hold back his laughter anymore. "Guilty." He admitted. "Baby, if you don't want to meet my parents today, I can just go alone, tell them you're not well enough."

"You'd lie like that to your parents?" Brennan asked, amazed.

He shrugged. "If that's what it takes to make you feel better."

"I need new clothes." Brennan glared at her closet. "The skirt I wanted to wear today doesn't fit anymore. The one that would be the best alternative doesn't either." She let out a deep sigh. "I should have gone shopping with Angela yesterday, just as she wanted me to."

She looked at her boyfriend again, tears already glistening dangerously in her eyes. "I'm nervous about meeting your parents as it is, but now I don't have anything to wear that goes with that blouse." She gestured towards a blouse in plum. "And it's the only nice one I have left that I can button over…. Them." She pointed at her breasts, that had gained a little in size.

"They" Booth mimicked her tone. "Are gorgeous."

"They are big." She corrected and sighed.

"And gorgeous." He insisted, then winked at her. "Now you're telling me you have nothing to wear? You have jeans and t-shirts that fit you perfectly." He pointed at a pair of jeans in her closet.

"I want to look nice. I'm not going to wear… something that casual." Brennan wrinkled her nose.

"Well, what a good thing it is then….. that Angela brought something for you while you were in the shower." Booth grinned at the astonished look at her face.

"What? She did…. She bought something for me?" Brennan's eyes were huge. "What is it? Where is it?"

Booth wordlessly left to retrieve the bags from the living room, where he had left it. He'd meant to hide the clothes in case she wouldn't need them. After all, you never knew if she'd be pleased or pissed at him and Angela for taking the initiative. She'd been moody these past two days, ever since he'd commented on her slightly bigger breasts.

He had learned to avoid the topic…. And had started to read the book Cullen had handed him with a grin. He had known that pregnant women could be a little complicated, but Bones had been like that before actually being pregnant. God only knew what she had in store for him. He smiled to himself, wondering how she'd react upon seeing the clothes Angela had chosen for her.

When he returned to the bedroom, he handed her a bag and Brennan impatiently dug into it, pulling out a pair of soft black pants, a black skirt that promised to skim her knees, a blouse the color of red wine and another one in white. The last thing she smoothed out on the bed was a black jacket, which was adjustable in width, so that it was going to fit

"Ohhhh." She made. "She chose well. But…. She shouldn't have… I have to pay her back." Brennan said after a moment of consideration.

"Nope. It's taken care of." Booth smiled at her.

Her eyebrows rose. "You paid for these?"

"We we're conspiring. She did the work and I paid. And you've got new clothes. Now, if you want to come with me to pick up my parents at their hotel, you'll have to hurry." He watched her nod at his words, then a frown appeared on her face again.

"My bras don't fit anymore." She sighed. "And going without it is uncomfortable… they're not only bigger, they're aching."

A sly smile on his face he wordlessly handed her the small bag he'd been hiding behind his back. She pulled out a practical white bra and a black lacy bra with matching panties. "Angela?" She asked.

"Nope. I bought those all by myself." He gave her a warm smile. "Figured you'd want a sensible one, too. The black underwear … well, I think you know why I took that" He gave her a lusty smile and she placed a quick kiss on his lips. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me yet. I hope they'll fit, I had to grope all the women in the shop to 'feel out' the right size." He joked and she punched him playfully. "I know you didn't do that. You'd be locked up for sexual assault."

"That's not the only reason why I didn't do that." He said, snaking an arm around her waist.

"I know." She gave him a genuine smile, then leant in to him to brush a soft kiss over his lips. "You don't need the book, you always now what to say anyway."

Her words caught him by surprise and he felt touched by the simple statement. He pressed a kiss on the top of her head, then held her on arm's length to admire her naked body. "Well, as much as I enjoy the sight of you like that, you'll have to put clothes on or I'll have to shoot every man who lays his eyes on you."

She smiled and nodded and hurried to put on the black bra and panties he'd bought her. "Do they fit?" He asked hopefully.

"You tell me." She said and winked at him. "Perfect." Booth said, desire gleaming in his eyes. "Now stop tempting me and put on clothes or we'll never get going."

"Thank you, Booth." Brennan said in that sincere tone of hers and he simply nodded. "I'll wait outside."

She quickly put on the new red blouse and black skirt, enjoying the feeling of the soft material, then she hurried into the adjoining bathroom to fiddle with her make-up and put on jewellery. Five minutes later she was finally ready and Booth nodded approvingly when she stepped into the living room. "You look great, Bones."

"Thanks." She drew in a deep breath, then calmly said. "Well, then let's go meet your parents."

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