The Baby in the Bond
A/N: Enjoy the next chapter! I know I haven't updated in a few days. Sorry about that. I've just been so busy with school. (High school is annoying-_-) So anyway, I hope you like it and let me know what you think! Enjoy! Thanks a million!
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Chapter 18:
"It's going to be a girl!"
"Booth, there is a 50% chance! It could very well be a boy!"
"I don't care what you say! We are having a girl!" Booth exclaimed setting the hot and fresh baked food he brought his girlfriend from the diner on her desk. Five months had gone by since Brennan found out she was pregnant and later that day they would find out if their little bundle of joy was a boy or a girl. Angela walked in on her friend's office to see them arguing for the tenth time that day.
"What's wrong now?" Angela asked angry.
"She keeps arguing with me! All day long it's been 'Booth stop this, Booth don't do that, Booth stop being annoying, Booth the baby is a boy.' All day long! It's agitating! I can't take two breaths without having done something wrong!" Booth exclaimed to Angela then turned to Brennan. "Woman, pregnancy has made you mean." Suddenly Brennan started to cry.
"Booth, you monster!" Angela yelled while rushing to calm her sobbing friend down."
"Aw come on Bones. What are you crying about now?"
Between sobs she managed to reply. "To tell you the truth, I really have no idea."
Pregnancy hormones have been getting the best of her. They've been making her miserable and she was taking it out on poor Booth. "These mood swings have got to stop!" She thought.
"I'm a mess! One minute I'm happy and the next I'm sad. Then I get pissed off at Booth for no apparent reason and then the next minute I want to crawl up into a ball and cry my eyes out! I want this infant out of me now!"
"I'll tell you what Bones; we'll settle this fight once and for all! We'll bet on the gender of our baby!" Booth stated receiving a slap on the arm by Angela. "Ow! Geez! What was that for? Anyway, as I was saying, we'll bet on it. If the baby is a girl, you have to give me a foot rub tonight." Booth said satisfied with his plan. He smiled deviously to see if his girlfriend could top that. "That seems pretty reasonable. And if the baby is male, you have to paint a nursery all by yourself."
"Fine by me." He then turned to Angela and whispered "I would've done that anyway." Receiving a small chuckle from the artist. He then walked out of the room to continue his duties.
The door closed softly and you could hear the air escaping from the gaps of the door hinge. Brennan leaned back in her chair and raised her feet to be lifted on her desk. Brennan turned to Angela and cocked her chin towards the chair next to her motioning for the artist to join her. She sat down next to her friend in acceptance. "Sweetie, why did you pick paint the nursery? He would've done that anyway."
"And the next minute I'm nice."
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Hodgins was in his office cooing to his baby who was resting the play pen beside his desk. He was kicking and fidgeting with a smile on his face causing his father to go all googley for him. The baby couldn't even sit yet and already he had his father wrapped around his little finger. A few minutes passed and Brennan burst through the doors of the office screaming at the top of her lungs. "HODGINS! I'VE CALLED YOU SEVERAL TIMES TODAY AND YOU HAVE NOT ANSWERED YOUR PHONE! PLEASE TELL ME THE REASON FOR THIS!"
"Easy Dr. B! What died inside of you?" Brennan squealed in disgust and her hand flew to her stomach. "OH MY GOD! I am so so so sorry! I did not mean it like that! That came out totally wrong! I meant what's wrong?"
"I have called you several times in the past 7 minutes. Why haven't you answered?"
"I can't find my phone, Dr. B! It's been missing all day."
"Let me try calling it once again." Brennan punched in the numbers on her phone and pressed call. 'Calling Hodgins' appeared on the bright screen. They waited and they heard the faint shrilling of a cell phone. Brennan walked towards Michael's play pen and reached her hands in. With one hand, she lifted the infant's feet and with the other, she retrieved Hodgins' phone from under him. "Does this solve your problem Dr. Hodgins?"
"Thank you. I guess I couldn't hear it ringing with it being under Mikey's butt. So anyway, why did you call me?"
"I needed you! I was too tired to walk all the way here so I phoned you. Obviously that hasn't worked out very well considering the fact that I'm here anyway. Anyway, I was examining John Doe number 656 in limbo. I leave the room for approximately one minute to get extra latex gloves from my office. I go back and they're gone."
"You mean the same John Doe that's resting in peace on the platform?" Hodgins then took Brennan by the arm and pulled her out of the office walking her to the platform to see a skeleton on the table. "You were on the platform Dr. B, not limbo."
"Oh come to think of it, maybe it was the platform."
"Wow, Booth was right about you."
"What did Booth say about me?" Brennan asked in a high pitched tone indicating she was apprehensive about the answer.
"Nothing."
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It was the end of the day and time to go home but for Booth and Brennan, it was time to find out the gender of their baby. While walking out of the lab doors, Booth slid his hand into his future wife's and walked out with a smile on his face. He led her to his big black almost mysterious SUV and opened the passenger's side door and let her slide into her seat. They drove off in silence and arrived at the doctor's office within 10 minutes. They walked into the building looking at the big brown doors looking for the right one. When they saw the door with the name of Brennan's doctor, Dr. Rhyet, they opened it to a large waiting room filled with people. Waiting for their turn would take forever. There was only one seat available which Booth took while Brennan stood beside him.
"Don't stand. Sit on my lap."
"Booth you don't have to-" By the time she was half way through her sentence, he was already pulling her to rest on his lap. Most of the couples in the room winked at Booth. The others smiled to see how close the expecting couple was. Not even ten minutes later, the nurse came out. "Temperance Brennan? The doctor will see you now." Confused, Brennan slid off of Booth and pulled him into the room with her. "Why am I being examined first? The people out there were waiting a sufficient amount of time longer than me and they haven't gone in yet." Brennan inquired to the nurse as she sat down on the table.
"When Dr. Rhyet heard that the Temperance Brennan was here, he refused to let you wait long. He's a huge fan of your books." Brennan smiled proudly at her accomplishment. Minutes later, the Doctor came in.
"Good evening Dr. Brennan, Agent Booth. Are we here to find out the sex of your little baby?"
"Yes." The couple replied simultaneously. "Then let's get to it shall we?" The Doctor brought over the large portable sonogram machine and hooked it up. He then placed a cold jelly-like gel on Brennan's stomach. "I find that very displeasing."
"My apologies Dr. Brennan, but this is how it is done." He then turned the machine on and searched for the baby with the little wand. He stopped moving when he found the one thing that brought this couple together. "Would you like to know the gender of your baby?" They both nodded at each other in agreement turning their heads back on the screen to focus on their child. Both had tears streaming down their faces leaving tracks.
"You're baby is a… Boy!"
"I told you Booth! I won!" Brennan stated triumphantly.
"Wait a minute, oh I'm sorry. My mistake that was the foot. Congratulations! You are having a little baby girl!"
"Our girl! Our baby girl! Our mini Bones! Who's laughing now huh Bones?"
Brennan stared at him defeated yet happy. Her girl. Her daughter. Correction, Their girl. Their daughter. "We have a girl Booth! Even though I lost our bet I am still very thrilled that it's a girl."
"A girl is all I've ever wanted Bones. Besides you." Booth smiled compassionately at his girlfriend who leaned in to give him a loving kiss. By this point, the doctor had left to retrieve the sonogram pictures and they had the room all to themselves. They remained in that perfect position until the doctor had returned to the room to find them in each other's arms. They released their grip on each other and turned to see the pictures. They walked out of the room one hand holding each other and the other containing the pictures of their beautiful child.
"Bones, she looks just like you!"
"Booth, she can't look like either of us yet. She is an unborn child and these are blurry sonogram pictures. We won't know who she will look like until she is born."
"You have your dreams, I have mine."
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While in the car, they drove over to the retirement home to see Pops and tell him about their new life together. About a half an hour later, they arrived at Booth's grandfather's home and picked him up for a meal at the diner. Pops was waiting outside and got into the backseat of the SUV immediately after Booth hit the brakes. "Hey pops! What' up?"
"Hello Shrimp looking handsome as always. Temperance, looking beautiful as always. So have you two decided to give dating a try or am I going to have to knock some sense into both of you?"
They both just laughed at the old man's offer. "Hello Hank! We have news to share with you but we will be sharing it at the diner."
"Temperance? Why is there a bump on your stomach? Are you pregnant or have you just gained some weight?"
"POPS!" Booth yelled at his grandfather. Brennan started laughing and it only grew louder. She couldn't stop! It was uncontrollable! "Bones, what's wrong with you?" Brennan ignored him and just continued laughing. "It wasn't that funny Bones, what the hell's the matter with you?" After a few minutes of laughing her guts out, she calmed down.
"I apologize for my sudden immature outbreak."
"These hormones are making you crazy!" Booth whispered low enough so that Pops couldn't hear. With that, they arrived at their usual same ol' diner. They sat at their usual table staring at each other wondering how they will begin the conversation. Getting bored, Pops broke the silence. "So answer my question! have you two gotten your act together or am I gonna have to start beating some sense into you? Shrimp, I told you she's a keeper. You wouldn't be wasting your time on her."
Brennan took Booth's hand in hers and smiled. Pops just looked at them bewildered. "Pops, me and Bones are getting married." Brennan then stuck out her right hand showing Pops her ring. He took her hand to marvel at the gold surrounding her finger then kissed her hand. "My darling, you are going to make a wonderful bride. And as for you shrimp, you're finally getting what you wanted. Marriage. And now you two could focus on getting me some more great-grand-babies. Parker needs some siblings. Congratulations my dears."
"Thank you Pops, but we're a little ahead of you." He then turned to Bones and made a motion with his head indicating her to go onto the next topic.
"Hank, to answer your previous question in the car, yes I have gained some weight but it is not from excess consumption of food. The reason is because I am currently carrying Booth's child in my uterus."
"My lovely girl, I am so happy for you." He once again picked up her hand and kissed it gingerly. "Shrimp, you've grown up well. I remember you as a child eager for love and now here you are. A grown man about to have a child with a wonderful woman such as Temperance. You two are going to be wonderful parents to my mini shrimp."
"Thank you Hank." Brennan replied sincerely with a smile on her face.
"Thank you Pops. I owe it all you two for raising me this way."
"I did do pretty well didn't I? Pops boasted in a kind way.
"You sure, did. Booth is a wonderful man." She turned to face her fiancée who kissed her right then and there. This beautiful sight made the old man's heart swell. When he first met Brennan, the first though that popped into his head was When the hell is my grandson gonna start sleeping with her? Even he noticed they were perfect for each other. Now it was actually happening and to top it all off, they were both so happy, which was all he ever wanted for them.
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