The Snapshot In The Expecting.
A/N: This deals with Booth and Brennan fixing up the nursery and the ensuing baby shower as organised by Angela.
Chapter Five:
Booth and Brennan had just finished doing up Brennan's first guest room for Parker with the things from his room at Booth's a few weeks ago and it was now time to start the nursery. They had been both buying some things for it since Brennan went into her second trimester, but they still needed some things. Since they had found out they were having a daughter, Booth had been going out and buying things for a baby girl. So far, he had gotten a few little dresses and girly onesies. Booth and Brennan had gone out and gotten the paint for the walls a few days earlier and were now starting painting the walls a mix of baby pink and baby purple stripes and little pigs and rabbits along the top and bottom runners of the walls. Bones was wearing an old shirt of Booth's and had a splash of pink on her nose, thanks to Booth. Booth turns around and smiles at the sight of his fairly pregnant girlfriend painting the room for their daughter.
"What?"
"Have I told you how beautiful you look lately?"
"Yes, quite frequently."
"Well it's the truth." Booth says as he wraps his arms around Brennan and kisses her deeply.
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The next day, Booth and Brennan walk into her office and all of a sudden the lights come on and the Squints jump out yelling "Surprise!".
"It's your baby shower." Angela says as she takes Brennan's bag and hugs her best friend.
"Booth, did you know about this?"
"Maybe…"
"Come on, sweetie. Sit. Everything is planned and everyone's here."
Brennan sits and sees all the Squinterns, even Zack, and the presents start to flow. Apparently news that Booth and Brennan are having a baby girl has spread and all the presents revolve around a baby girl. The one gift that stands out in particular to both Booth and Brennan are two onesies everyone kicked money in for.
"This is from everyone."
Brennan opens the gift and there are two onesies. She passes Booth one which reads "Little FBI Agent" and Brennan holds up the other that reads "Little Bones". Everyone laughs appreciatively and Brennan tears up happily.
"Thank you. All of you. They're wonderful."
They play some games after gifts, starting with one Angela likes to call, "Guess Mum's Tummy Size."
"Okay, guys.", Angela says, "We're going to play a few baby shower games. You ready, Bren? This one is called "Guess Mum's Tummy Size". Basically, you all have to pull this yarn to what size you think the circumference of Brennan's belly is. Whoever is closest to this wins."
Angela passes the yarn around the group and Booth whispers to Brennan, "You know, this really isn't a good idea for a game with geniuses and scientists in the room.", to which Brennan giggles.
"Okay, now that you've all picked your yarn, it's time to compare it to Bren's belly."
"Wait, what about Booth?"
"Bren, Booth has an advantage. You live together and he's the father. I can bet you he probably knows how big your belly is. And that's not being mean."
"Angela is right. With me guessing, you'd all have never stood a chance."
Everyone laughs as Brennan gets up and they all compare.
"Okay, so I measured the circumference of Brennan's belly and the closest, well, the person who got it exactly right was… Zack."
Booth laughs and claps the young man on the shoulder as Zack wins a party hat with 'King of Measuring Bellys" on it.
"Okay, this gets out everyone's creative sides out. It's The Baby Shower Name Game. Basically, you write a name for a boy or a girl. But, seeing as we know there's a little Baby Girl Booth on the way, you all have to write a first and middle name down. To win is pretty simple. The person with the most names wins."
Angela hands out pieces of paper and gives everyone 5 minutes to think up as many first and middle names as possible and when the time is up, she collects the name cards.
"Does everyone want me to read out the names? More importantly, do mum and dad want me to read the names?"
"Yes. I want to see what everyone came up with."
"Okay, so there is Ainsley Claire, Katherine Cindy, Elanora Harper, Natasha Sage, Candace Ellie, Chantal Indira (A/N: Just thought I'd put my name in there *Chantal* :D), Sydney Helena, Kaley Hope, Aleksia Bridget, Gabrielle Holly, Kelsey Paige, Nathalie Sara, Rachel Elena and Charlotte Helena. So the winner is, with 5 names… Sweets."
Everyone congratulates Sweets as Angela gets down to her last game.
"Okay, this last game I think you'll all like. Especially you, Brennan. It's called How Well Do You Know Mummy-To-Be. This involves guessing what traits and features Brennan might want her daughter to inherit from either her or Booth. On this piece of paper, I have written down some things I think Brennan would like her baby to have. These are eyes, ears, nose, hair, smile, intelligence, humour, strength, commitment, decisiveness, determined, independent, confident, loving and gregarious. And Booth, this is a game you can play!"
About five minutes later, Angela collects the papers and tallies the scores.
"Not surprisingly, the winner is Booth."
A/N: I'm not really impressed with this one, but they'll get better! Stick with me! :)