For the third time since they had gotten into his SVU that morning, Brennan sighed. She was hoping Booth would get the hint and ask her what was wrong. She had been trying to be more open with her feelings toward him but she still wasn't comfortable with starting those conversations. She decided to sigh loudly one last time to get his attention.

"Okay, what's wrong?"

"What do you mean?" She didn't want him to think that the sighing had been on purpose to get him to ask her what was bothering her, even though it was exactly what she had intended.

"Bones? You've been acting like you've lost your best friend all morning. Come on, out with it." Booth had known since they had went to bed last night that something was bothering her but he had held out asking, thinking that maybe she'd just tell him without prompting.

"Angela can be rather insensitive at times can't she?"

"What did she say to you?" Booth knew that he had to tread carefully in this conversation. She was right, Angela could say things at times that cut Brennan deeply, but he couldn't actually admit that without risking Brennan getting mad at him once she had gotten over whatever had upset her.

"She said that I wouldn't know how to play with our daughter."

"Then she obviously doesn't know you as well as she thinks she does Bones."

"I'm afraid she might be right."

"She's not right. You have a big imagination Bones, you're great with kids." Brennan stayed silent, her eyes focused on the road passing along as they drove.

"Come on, you know I'm right. The other night you and Parker sat and played with his video games for hours."

Brennan smiled even though she had unshed tears shining in her eyes, "I was playing with one of the dolls from the case, and Angela seemed very unimpressed with the manner in which I was doing it. I thought I was being funny. I guess I was wrong."

Booth's heart broke at the sight of her. She looked like a little girl who had just been told that she wasn't pouring the tea right for Barbie. "I think you're very funny."

"You cringe at some of my jokes Booth."

"Your jokes are unconventional sometimes but that's okay. And you have the best laugh. It's genuine, not fake or phoney like everyone else's. Most people try to reign in their laughter, but when you find something funny, you're not afraid to let out that big, booming laugh. You're your own person Bones, I love that about you." He caught her looking at him and he was relieved to see that her features were softening and losing the tight, worried look that she had been carrying around all morning. "Our daughter is going to love that too. There's no right or wrong when it comes to playing, she's going to love whatever type of story or situation you come up with. You're going to be her Mom, nothing you do will be wrong in her eyes. Okay? Nothing."

Brennan loved the way his voice sounded when he was concerned about her and trying to make everything all right again, and she melted at the sound. "Okay." She smiled and linked her hand with his were it lay on the console between them. "Sometimes Booth, I think that you're the only one who really understands me."