This chapter took me like an hour or something. I couldn't sleep and looked up all the symptoms of pregnancy week by week, i felt like i was doing a paper. Anyway, this chapter was a breeze to write for some reason. Thanks to everyone who reviewed.
Oh, and i realized that i never really described how Bryce looked. Every time i hear the name Bryce, i think if Bryce Larkin from Chuck, so i guess Bryce looks like Matthew Bomer. Interpret that information as you choose. :)
A couple weeks had passed after the altercation at Brennan's apartment. It was time for her next ultrasound appointment to see if she was having two girls, boys or both. Angela had invited herself to go and had called dibs on being the godmother. Brennan had no objections; she was just going to ask Angela anyway. Remembering that she had told Bryce that he would be allowed to try and be a dad she decided to give him a call. Before she could make said call, a certain FBI agent walked into her office. "Hey Bones! I brought you some breakfast kolaches. I know you have been craving them lately. What's wrong?" Brennan had the 'sad little girl' look on her face that Booth hated seeing on her.
"I have to call Bryce," she said while eating her kolache, "it's time to find out the babies genders. I told him that he could partake in the father things. He deserves to know the gender of his kids." Taking another kolache from Booth she dialed his number.
"He isn't going to pick you up is he? I can take you." Booth wanted to be there, but he didn't want to force her to do something she didn't want to do.
"Angela is taking me and he is going to meet us there. I would invite you, but the last time we were there the nurse made a big deal and I don't want to cause trouble again." Brennan saw a slight look of her in her partner's eyes.
"Yeah, I understand Bones." Booth said quietly looking down. Brennan got up and moved towards him, putting her hand on his arm. He felt her hand and look up at her.
"I can bring back a DVD and we can watch it when I get back." She told him with a little smile. "You can go get Tai and maybe a slice of pie and we can have lunch in here and watch it together." Booth nodded and smiled. Brennan went back to her desk to call Bryce.
"Hey Bryce, how are you?"
"Good, how are you?"
"Im doing just fine. I wanted to call and tell you that I'm having my ultrasound appointment today and was going to find out the gender and thought you might want to be there."
"That's fantastic. I would love to be there! Thank you for still keeping me in the loop even after I acted so rude to Booth's son. This means a lot to me Temperance." Bryce was trying to get on Brennan's good side so he could still be involved.
"Well, you ARE their biological father and you have the right to know." Brennan gave Bryce all the information he needed and hung up the phone. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. The hands that landed on her shoulders startled her for a moment, but then relaxed when someone began to rub them. Brennan let her head fall back and hit someone in the stomach. She opened her eyes to find chocolate brown ones staring back at her. "Thank you Booth." Brennan whispered and closed her eyes once more.
"Hey Bren…oh, sorry." Angela came walking in to give Brennan the paperwork that she needed earlier. "I can come back."
"No, it's fine Ange. I just came to give Bones breakfast." Booth said, stopping the shoulder rub, but not missing the faint groan that came from Brennan when he stopped. This made Booth a little bit happier. "I heard you were going with Bones to her ultrasound today. Fair warning, Bryce is going to be there."
Angela went from smiling to a straight face. "I guess I should have seen that coming. I can put on a fake polite attitude for a couple hours." A small 'thank you' was heard from Brennan who had her head down on her desk. The two people in the room looked at her and smiled. "Headache Bren?" Angela asked and receiving an uncharacteristic thumbs up from the anthropologist.
"I should get back to the office, things to do and such. Make sure he doesn't hurt her." He whispered that last part so only Angela could hear it. "Bye Bones, have fun and I will see you when you get back." He didn't receive a verbal good bye, but a tiny wave from the lady half asleep at her desk. Booth laughed to himself and left the Jeffersonian.
"Bren, are you ok?" Angela asked walking up to her desk.
"My boobs hurt." Angela's eyebrows shot up and the response she got. "I mean look at them Ange," Brennan sat up and pointed to her breasts, "they are huge! They hurt and I have a headache all of the sudden."
"Bren, I am jealous of the increase in boob size you are having. I wish mine were a bit bigger and that headache is probably stress caused by Bryce." Angela was doing her best to keep Brennan upbeat and happy.
"I guess. So, do you have the paperwork I asked you to do?" with that it was back to work until her appointment.
A couple hours later Brennan walked into Cam's office. "Cam, Angela and I are going to my appointment. We will be back after."
"Thank you for telling me Dr. Brennan. I hope all goes well." Cam smiled and Brennan and Angela walked out to her car to go to her doctor's office.
It was the same scene as before, except Booth wasn't there and Bryce was pacing the room. "Bryce, will you please sit down. You are making me nervous." Brennan asked the man pacing before her.
Bryce sat down and said, "Sorry, im just a bit jittery. First time having kids, kinda nervous."
"Temperance, Doctor Green will see you now." The nurse smiled and let all three of them through to her room. "Doctor Green will be right in, if you could put that gown on that would be great." The nurse closed the door and left.
"Sweetie, I'm so excited for you! We get to see what you and nervous man over there created." Angela said, pointing to Bryce, who was sitting down tapping his foot. Brennan shook her head and got into the hospital gown. A knock on the door startled Bryce and he jumped up as Angela told them to come in.
"Hello Temperance and Angela, right?" Doctor Green asked as he shook Angela's head. She smiled and nodded politely. "And this must be the father." Doctor Green turned to Bryce and shook his hand. "Doctor Green, it's nice to meet you."
"Bryce." Bryce shook Dr. Green's hand and went to stand next to the bed.
"So, Temperance, how have you been feeling? Anything out of ordinary you would like to talk about?" Dr. Green asked.
"Nothing too bad, just the standard stuff; headaches, boobs hurt and really odd cravings. Nothing to drastic." Temperance told the doctor everything he wanted to know.
"Sounds like you are right on track. Today we are going to take a peak and the babies and see if we can tell what gender they are. Are you wanting to know the gender or do you want to wait till you give birth?" Doctor Green could tell the three of them hadn't discussed this.
"I want to know today." Angela was the first to speak up. She wanted to know what she needed to buy to make sure her nieces or nephews were as spoiled as possible.
Brennan turned to Bryce with a questioning look. "I want to know. Temperance, what do you want?" Bryce asked hoping she would want to know as well.
"I would like to know as well. I will need a DVD copy of this please and I guess some pictures." Angela gave her a shocked look. "I told Booth he could see the video when we got back." Bryce tightened his jaw at the thought of the FBI agent seeing his kids.
"Ok then, we will get you what you need. Now, this is going to be a little cold." The jelly was cold but it was worth seeing her kids on the monitor. "Ok, I see one girl," Dr. Green said, ignoring Angela's squeal, "and one boy." Angela was jumping up and down in excitement.
Brennan looked at Bryce, who was staring at the monitor. "Bryce, are you ok?" Brennan was slightly worried about her ex.
"Yeah, I'm good. Those are my kids." Bryce smiled and started to get teary eyed. "I'm having a baby girl and a son. Those are our kids." Bryce turned to Temperance and smiled.
"Yeah, those are our kids," Brennan looked at the doctor and said, "and if I'm not mistaken, they can hear us now?" Doctor Green nodded.
"Yes, you are 16 weeks along and are doing just fine. I will be back with the pictures and DVD's for all of you." He left the room and left the three of them to celebrate.
"Sweetie, you are having a boy and a girl! This is so exciting! Im going to have a niece and a nephew! We have to go shopping!" Angela was listing off things that they needed to do while Bryce and Brennan were in their own little world.
"Thank you for letting me be here for this. This means the world to me. Can, can I say hello to them?" Brennan nodded and Bryce got on his knees. "Hey little guys, this is your dad. I just wanted to let you know that I love you very much and can't wait till you are born. Your mom and I have some issues to work out, but I just want you to know that we both love you kids and nothing will change that." Doctor Green came back with all of their things and told Brennan to schedule a next visit. Brennan made her appointment and they left the office.
When Brennan and Angela arrived back, Brennan walked straight to her office to sit down. She sat down on her couch and did something she never thought she would do. Rubbing her belly, she started to speak, "Hi. This is your mom. I can't believe I'm having you two. This is all new to me; it still amazes me that in about 5 months I'm going to be a mom. You two are going to have crazy lives. Your biological father really isn't all the reliable, but he IS your father." Brennan was all caught up in talking to her stomach that she didn't see Booth walk in the room. He didn't want to interrupt this rare moment, so he just stood in the doorway. "I know I shouldn't be giving him a second chance after what he did, but that wouldn't be right. What am I going to do?" Brennan laughed at her thought, "I know who I would pick to be the father, but he has too much going on, so I guess I'm stuck with your dad." Brennan sighed and got up off the couch. When she turned she saw Booth and her eyes got wide.
A BOY AND A GIRL! AHHH!
I have names picked out, but the girl's name is causing me issues. Feel free to give suggestions, preferably 'M' names :)