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Glad you liked Booth's parents and their reaction so far…. Here we go, the next part is ready.

Chapter 27

Brennan was in heaven. Not that she believed in the concept of heaven… but she had to admit, since her pregnancy was progressing more and more, a place that provided delicious food in great amounts - as restaurants do - came as close to heaven as possible for her.

It didn't hurt that she enjoyed the company of Booth and his parents, either. They were easy-going and nice and Lynn had just told her that she was a big fan of her books.

"Although, I have to admit…." Lynn gave her a slightly embarrassed look. "It's a little odd to read certain…. scenes and know where you get your…hm… inspiration from." Lynn looked at her son, who squirmed under her gaze uncomfortably.

Brennan let out an amused snort. "All the books now published were written long BEFORE Booth and I were in a relationship." Which didn't mean she hadn't occasionally pictured him - accidentally of course – when she'd thought up steamy scenes between Andy and Kathy. But that was – she guessed – that kind of information her boyfriend would prefer to leave unvoiced in the presence of his parents. She saw how he visibly relaxed beside her at the sound of her words. Obviously their sex-life was not what he deemed a proper topic to discuss with his parents. And she could see why. She wouldn't be comfortable with giving her father details, either.

"Oh, of course." Lynn winked at her and there was relief in her eyes. "I'm a little curious. Are you going to write more books, Temperance?"

Brennan thought about it for a moment. "I always wanted to write more books, I enjoy writing very much. But… my life changed these past months. I doubt there will be much time for me to spare as soon as the baby is born. Maybe, I'll keep on writing, but I'm not sure I'll be able to publish a novel anytime soon."

"Didn't you get contracted for more books?" Lynn asked, a little worried. "Wouldn't that be a problem, if you end up breaking the contract?"

"I got contracted, that's right… . for two more novels. But I reserved the right to postpone writing in case there were severe changes in my professional or personal life. Maybe I'll have to pay a fee to the publisher. I don't really care." She shrugged. "Our child is far more important than money or books."

A warm feeling blossomed in Booth upon hearing her words. She hadn't mentioned the contract or the possible consequences of breaking it to him. Simply because she didn't think it was important. And the fact that their child meant so much more to her than something that had been a substantial part of her life before their relationship had changed, made his love for her shine even brighter.

"God, I love you." He said without thinking and his parents grinned knowingly.

Brennan gave him an astonished look, but after a moment, she smiled. "I don't know why you're telling me that right now, but I never object to hearing it."

"Because you'd give up writing for the baby." He explained, his tone gentle, his hand covering hers.

"Maybe not entirely, but it's…. far less important now." She smiled and their gazes locked, emotions clearly visible in both their eyes. James and his wife exchanged another look. They really didn't mind being ignored if the cause of it was their son being head over heels in love.

James winked at Lynn and reached for his cup of coffee, took a sip and said. "My sweet, you hear wedding bells a-ringing, too?"

Seeley Booth winced at his father's jovial and teasing words and was quick to throw in. "About that… Bones doesn't really believe…."
But he got interrupted by his girlfriend. "We haven't really talked about that yet… with the accident and everything … there wasn't time."

Her words caused the FBI agent beside her to cough, his eyes widened in surprise. He stared at her, clearly astonished to hear her so casually talk about the possibility of getting married. Was that really the same woman that had given him speeches about how marriage was an archaic, needless custom? Or something along those lines, anyway.

"What?" She gave him a long, measuring look. "We haven't talked about it."

He blinked and nodded. They hadn't. Surely she was just saying this not to embarrass him in front of his Mom and Dad. Surely she was just holding back, trying not to offend his parents, who'd been married for a very long time and probably wouldn't appreciate her saying how unnecessary that institution was. That had to be it.

"Yeah. We had other things on our minds." He confirmed. "All this happened pretty fast…" Booth smiled when he recalled how they had found out about her pregnancy and what had happened since. "…but we're happy, right, Bones? We're a good team."

A soft smile covered her face. "Yes. A very good team." Then a sly grin suddenly appeared as she eyed the remaining chocolate cake on his plate. "Would you give up the rest of your dessert? For the team?" She patted her belly and he had to laugh. "For the team." He winked at her and exchanged their plates. Hers was already empty… and nearly looked as if had come out of the dish washer. He could only admire her appetite. Or fear it.

He shook his head. "Why not eat the whole plate, while you're at it?" He asked, watching her stuff in chocolate cake.

"Funny." She mumbled, her mouth still filled with cake. Remembering how Angela had reacted to a mouthful of fries, she decided to keep it shut until she'd swallowed. She didn't want to scare Booth's parents off. But they just smiled at her knowingly.

She swallowed, then gulped down water and glared at Booth. "Before I got pregnant you were constantly nagging at me about not eating enough. Now you mock me for eating too much."

"I would never mock you." He leant in towards her to press a kiss against her forehead, kissing away the frown. "I only tease a little."

"Lynn was like that, too, when she was pregnant." James shook his head, recalling his wife's pregnancies.

"It's a little scary to have a woman eat twice as much as you do. And sometimes in the strangest combinations. What was it you were so obsessed with?" Booth senior narrowed his eyes while trying to remember. "Ah, right…. You would have killed for strawberry ice cream. And those days it wasn't so easy to come by as today." He gave his son a long, meaningful look. "Strawberry ice cream with peanut butter on top. Disgusting. And when I say she would have killed for it… I mean it."

"I'm not scary." Brennan frowned a little and turned her gaze towards her boyfriend again. "Do I scare you?"

"Constantly." Booth grinned. "Now, stop scraping the fork over that poor plate, baby. Face it: There's nothing left."

Brennan looked down at the plate in front of her and sighed. "What a pity. It was really good. You think…. maybe they got ice cream? I've got strawberry ice cream in my head now."

"You hate strawberry ice cream." Booth commented.

"I do?" She wrinkled her nose a little. "No, I don't think so. I think it would taste great."

"We'll get some." Seeley Booth gave in. He had learned his lesson…. It was never a good idea to argue with a pregnant woman. Especially not, when it came to food.

Resigning, he motioned for the waiter to come to their table and asked for strawberry ice cream. In case Bones would find it disgusting when it was in front of her – which was still possible – he could always eat it. After all, she had stolen half his dessert.

The waiter hurried away to bring the desired ice cream and Booth's gaze collided with his father's.

The knowing and compassionate look on James Booth's face did nothing to encourage him.

"Five months to go, son" The older man whispered in a grave voice, while the women were talking about other things.

"Yeah… cheer me up, will you." Seeley rolled his eyes at his father's comment.

"But it's worth it." James smiled at the younger man, his brown eyes twinkling.

"I know. God, don't I know it." His son agreed, watching his girl friend talking to his mother and thinking of how it had changed his life to see Parker for the very first time.

And he recalled how Bones had explained to his son how he was going to be a big brother.

God, what a team, he thought. Our family.

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