The Snapshot In The Expecting.
A/N: This deals with Brennan giving birth and them discussing names in the days before.
Chapter Six:
Booth and Brennan are sitting in bed one night both reading baby books. Booth looks over at Brennan who isn't exactly holding the book as much as resting it against her huge belly and laughs.
"What?"
"Nothing. It's just funny the way you're holding the book."
"It's much easier to rest it against my stomach then hold it over it."
"I've been thinking about names."
"That's logical. I am only a few days off my due date. I have been too."
"Yeah? What kinda names?"
"Sia. Savannah. Natalie. Ones like that. You?"
"Dahlia. Candice. Morgan."
"You know what? We don't have to decide anything just yet. We've still got a few days til she's supposed to come. We can decide and see what name she suits."
"Yeah. You're right."
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Three days later, Brennan is examining some remains when she gets a shooting pain in her belly. Wendell is immediately concerned for his mentor.
"Dr Brennan? Are you okay?"
"Yes. Just a bit of pain. I'm okay."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes." Just after she says that, another bit of pain shoots through her lower back. "Maybe I'll go lay down. Finish the examination and let Dr Saroyan know your findings."
Brennan waddles off the platform and into her office. About ten minutes later, Booth shows up at her door.
"Bones? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I think I'm getting some contractions. I haven't had one since I came in here."
Brennan winces as another contraction hits and Booth strokes her head soothingly.
"Has anything else gone on?"
"Not just yet. My water hasn't broken and my contractions are still ten minutes apart. We've still got time. I just need to go for a little walk around."
Booth helps Brennan off the lounge and they walk slowly around the lab area until Brennan stops all of a sudden about 8 minutes later.
"Booth?"
"Yeah?"
"It's time."
"What do you mean?"
"My water broke. It's time."
"Oh. Oh! It's showtime, people! Someone get this cleaned up! You okay, Bones?"
"Yeah, just a little nervous. And scared."
"Well it's okay, Bones."
Booth and Brennan hurriedly walk to the exit and Wendell asks what's wrong.
"Agent Booth? Is Dr Brennan okay?"
"Yeah. Her water just broke."
"Mr Bray, can you grab my bag out of my office?"
"Sure thing."
Wendell runs off and is back within a minute with Brennan's bag and coat.
"Good luck, Dr Brennan."
"Thank you, Mr Bray."
Booth and Brennan are at the hospital in the birthing suite when Paul walks in.
"Dr Lidner? What're you doing here?"
"Dr Cooper is busy with another patient. Cam called me to say you were coming in. Let's see how you're going."
Paul checks how long til Brennan has to push and then lets the nervous couple know.
"Okay, it looks as if you are at about 4cm dilated, so I'll come back in an hour and check on you. Okay, Dr Brennan?"
"Thank you, Dr Lidner."
Over the next hour, Brennan's contractions get closer together and more painful and so does Booth's hand. Brennan tries to calm herself by rattling off the names of bones in the body as Booth just looks on amused.
"What?"
"I just find it interesting that you find saying all the bones calms you."
"I can't help if these things help me. I'm sure I could rattle of some anthropological facts."
"Yeah, I don't think that'd be good. I'm here to help you and I don't think I'd be much help asleep."
Another contraction hits just as Paul walks back in.
"So, Dr Brennan, how are we going?"
"Painful. The contractions are getting closer together."
"Well, from what I can see, you're nearly there, Doc. You're fully effaced and you're at about 8cm now. It shouldn't be too long now."
"That fast?"
"I guess you're one of the lucky ones."
"Yeah, I forgot to tell you. Rebecca said her labor with Parker was fairly quick."
"Well thank you, Booth."
"Well, she did say the worst was yet to come."
Another contraction comes and Brennan catches Booth by surprise, grabbing his shirt and pulling him down to the bed in the middle of it.
Half an hour later, Paul is back and it's time to push. It takes about another 15 or 20 minutes and a lot of angry words spouted and screaming and Paul tells Brennan to stop pushing for a minute.
"I'm sorry I said what I said, Booth. I don't hate you. And I don't wish you any harm."
"I know, Bones. I know. Hodgins told me about what Angela said and I get it."
"No. I feel irrationally upset about saying what I said."
"Temperance. It's okay. Believe me. It's fine."
Booth leans down and kisses Brennan as what will turn out to be one of the last contractions comes.
"Okay, the shoulders are out. Just give me one more big push, Temperance. One long hard push."
Brennan gives it all she can and soon the sounds of a baby crying fill the room.
"Congratulations. Your daughter is healthy. Booth? Would you like to cut the cord?"
Booth nervously cuts the umbilical cord as the nurses take their baby to get cleaned up and wrapped up. Booth kisses Brennan deeply as their daughter is placed in her arms and looks up at her with her big blue eyes.
"She has your eyes, Bones."
"She's perfect, Booth."
"Yep. She's perfect."
After some time alone with his girlfriend and newborn baby daughter discussing names, Booth decides to go introduce his friends to his baby girl. As soon as they see Booth come out of the delivery room with a tiny bundle of pink, everyone moves closer to get a look at the new Booth.
"I'd like you to meet my daughter, Kelsey Christine Booth."
Baby Kelsey is the focus of everyone's attention, in particular her big brother Parker and new friend Michael Hodgins. It will be kind of inevitable that these two will be friends, considering Angela and Brennan are best friends. After a few minutes proudly showing off his daughter, Booth takes Kelsey back to Brennan and Parker follows almost immediately.
"Bones!"
"Hey Parker."
"Why are you so tired?"
"Well, giving birth to your sister took a lot out of me." Brennan says as she takes her baby from Booth who then picks Parker up to sit on his lap. Parker watches Kelsey like a hawk until Brennan and Booth allow him to hold his baby sister.
"Hi, Kelsey. I'm your big brother, Parker. When Dad and Bones told me they were having you, I kind of hoped you'd be a boy, but I'm glad you're not a boy because now I get to scare off all the boys that make fun of you. Not that you'll get made fun of, but I get to protect you. That's a whole lot more fun than having someone who'll steal my favourite toys."
Brennan looks at Parker and her daughter and then looks at Booth whose smiling at the sight of his kids bonding and Brennan comments, "Just like his father. Alpha male all over."
"That's a good thing, Bones."
"I know it is. I'm happy about it. I'm happy Parker already loves Kelsey. I'm glad."
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Two days later, Brennan and Booth drop by the Jeffersonian to grab a few things they hadn't been able to in the days before and as they walk in the lab, all of Brennan's interns are waiting to see their teacher's daughter. All "aww" and smile as they look at Kelsey, even Fisher, and the happy family are soon on their way back home. Angela watches the new family walk out and she can't help but smile. She's glad her best friend has been able to find the family she always deserved and to be loved the way Booth loves her.
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