Thanks again for all the reviews! I try and respond to everyone, so if i haven't responded yet don't worry, life is getting in the way.
This chapter is shorter than the last one and it ends abruptly. I suck at ending stories in the right spot. It is what it is.
The doors to the Jeffersonian slid open and an anthropologist, an artist, and a FBI agent all came storming in. Everyone on the platform knew better than to ask what was going on, even the interns knew not to ask Dr. Brennan anything until she came to them. The three angry people in question went straight to Brennan's office.
"I can't believe that guy!" Angela shouted. Out of the three of them she was the only one that was pacing the room. Booth was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands while Brennan was at her desk typing away at her computer.
"What I don't get is how this happened." As soon as those words were out of his mouth two 'are you stupid?' looks were shot in his direction. "No, I GET how it happened. What I mean is, Bones is so responsible, so what happened?" This question made Angela wonder as well.
"Sweetie, is there something you aren't telling us?" Angela was one of the few people that could get through to Brennan, the other happened to be sitting on her couch. They both looked at her with concerned faces and she couldn't turn them down.
With a sigh she started to tell them what had happened. "About a month ago Bryce and I went on a weekend get-a-way to Chesapeake Beach. I'll skip the details but long story short, we were both a bit drunk and forgot the condom and I was in such a hurry to get back to home when Booth called about the case that I guess I forgot to take my pill that morning. Now a month later I got a biscuit in the oven." Once Brennan was finished she looked at her friend and partner waiting for a response.
"Its 'bun in the oven' not biscuit." Booth corrected her a couple minutes later.
"Out of everything she just said, the only thing you comment on is the incorrect idiom!" Angela said and hit Booth on the arm. "Sweetie, you NEVER get drunk. Why then?" she asked her best friend.
"I find that I always do the things I would normally not do when I am around Bryce. I know that sounds completely irrational, but that is what happened." Brennan responded.
Some found that exact moment to knock on the door snapping everyone back to reality. Booth shouted keeping his eyes on Brennan "One second. Bones, are you going to be ok?" Booth had real concern in his eyes. Brennan walked up to him and gave him a 'guy hug'. The way Angela saw it, that was no 'guy hug' that was an 'I need you but don't want to tell you' hug.
Once the hug was over Angela opened the door only to find Bryce on the other side with Hodgins right there with him. Hodgins could see the anger building up in Angela's face and acted quickly. "I tried to stop him, but he was determined to see Brennan. He said something about a baby and he has a right. I don't know what he's talking about."
"Where is Tempe? I need to talk to her." Bryce told the fuming artist. Behind said artist stood a very confused anthropologist and an even angrier FBI agent. "Temperance, we need to sit down and talk about this." Bryce spoke over Angela's shoulder.
"Are you sure you can handle talking to me? I may be too much for you. You might feel the irrational need to tell me that I need to learn to act like a human and walk out on me again." Brennan shot back. Everyone in the room stood there in shock at Brennan's words. No one had any idea why the two of them broke up, but from that one statement they started to get an idea.
"Tempe, you know I never meant that. I just need more time to get used to the way you-"
"4 months weren't enough for you!" Brennan cut him off. "You need more than 4 months to get used to how someone lives? I went from foster home to foster home and managed to learn their ways within a week. So, what's your excuse?"
Everyone was so shocked at the outburst that no one said anything for what seemed like eternity. Finally a poor defenseless intern walked in. "Dr. Brennan I have the results-"
"NOT NOW!" Screamed the good doctor and the intern in question ran away. "Bryce, tell me you can help me raise this child or get the hell out of my lab."
"Better yet, why don't you just leave and never come back." Booth told Bryce. With that Bryce was gone and didn't even look back. Once Bryce was out of the lab Brennan walked over to her couch and broke down. It was clear to everyone around who was to stay and comfort her and with that, everyone assumed their position.
"I don't know what I'm going to do Booth." How did she know it was me? Booth wondered. "I'm not ready to be a mom, I'm not good with kids." Once she felt him sit down she turned to him and buried her face in his shoulder. It broke his heart to see her like this.
"Bones, you are going to be a great mom. You are wonderful with Parker, he loves you. Remember Andy? You were great with him too. There is nothing to worry about here." As he spoke these soothing words and rubbed her back he could feel her relax and calm down a bit. As they were sitting there everything hit him like a ton of bricks. Bones is going to have a baby. Holy crap! My partner is going to have a baby!
"I don't know the first thing about raising a child Booth." Brennan finally said sitting up and wiping the makeup that had been smudged.
"No one does Bones. When Parker was born I had no idea what I was doing. It takes a village to raise a child, Bones; no one can do it on their own." Booth told her while taking a thumb to her cheek to wipe the tear that had fallen. "You have an entire village in the lab that would do anything to help you."
Booth was right; her team would help her with anything that she needed. With a tiny smile on her face she asked, "You really think they would help me raise this child?" Even though she knew the answer she had an irrational need to hear the words come from him.
"In a heartbeat." Came Booth's reply. With that the two got up and went to the platform to see what her intern had to show her before she blew up in his face.
"Mr. Bray, I apologize for yelling at you earlier, I was not in control of my emotions and I hope it doesn't happen again." Brennan told her intern of the week. She couldn't make the promise that it wouldn't happen ever again because who knew what her hormones had in store for her emotions in the next 8 months.
"It's OK Dr. Brennan, we all have off days. I found a strange mark on the back of the skull. It doesn't look like a normal gunshot wound." Wendell Bray told Brennan. Wendell was used to the random arguments that happen around Booth and Brennan, so he just went on like nothing had happened.
"Excellent work Mr. Bray, give Hodgins the skull to see if he can get any particulates from it. Hodgins what about the particulates you found earlier? Anything we should know about? " It was clear to everyone that Brennan didn't want to talk about what just happened in her office so, for her sake, they played her game and didn't push the subject.
"I thought there was but it turned out to just be the grass that the victim was buried around. Nothing too ground breaking." Hodgins informed them. Booth looked at Brennan who was in a world of her own.
"Earth to Bones" Booth said snapping his fingers in front of her face to get her attention. "Bones, hey, you with us?" Seeing Brennan finally come out of her trance he asked, "Are you sure you're ok? Now seems like a good time to go get something to eat. Let's go." And with that the two partners were off to the dinner to eat.
There will be more B&B coming soon, not in the next chapter though, sorry. Next time we get to see a peek of how much this is affecting Booth. Grandpa Max gets an appearance as well.
I feel like I'm that guy who narrates promos and whatnot.
Anyhow, I'll try and post chapter 4 sometime in the next few days. its done, i just need to tweak it. as for chapter 5, well, that might be a Christmas present to you guys..if you're good :P