I wanted to thank EVERYONE who reviewed last chapter and helped me with baby names! It was really helpful. I think I know what I want for a boy name, but not to sure on the girl, so if you could help once again that would be great. Thanks!
3 months later
A very pregnant Angela Montenegro was sitting in her office, feet propped up on the coffee table, as she searched the internet for possible baby names. There was a knock at her door, startling her, as she saw Booth walk into her office.
"Hey Ang. You look…big."
She laughed. "I'll take that as a compliment."
"I can't wait till Bones gets that big."
"She's already getting there. It's almost like she's carrying twins."
Now it was his turn to laugh. "Don't even mention that. I'm already old as it is, can you imagine me taking care of 2 kids?"
She smiled. "You'll be a great dad. No matter what."
"Thanks Ang."
"Now I'm assuming you have a reason for being here? I'm sure you didn't come in here just to tell me how fat I was."
"Yeah, yeah there is."
She saw him fiddling with something in his pocket, and the way he was acting, it could only be one thing. He took a deep breath and pulled the box of out of his pocket and opened it up, showing the huge rock to Angela. She was in awe, jaw dropped.
"It's beautiful Booth. She'll love it."
"What do you think she'll say? Do you think she'll turn me down because she doesn't believe in the aspect of marriage? Or do you think she loves me enough to do the one thing I've always wanted from a woman?"
"I don't know. She's….Brennan. Well you know she's not going to take your last name if you do get married."
"Yeah, I kinda figured that. The baby will be a Brennan-Booth."
"Or maybe she'll let the kid take your last name. You never know."
He nodded. "So what do you think? Should I take the chance and ask her?"
"Go ahead big man. You might be surprised as to what she'll say."
"Thanks Ang. I appreciate it."
"No problem. Good luck!"
He walked into Brennans office with a huge grin on his face. She looked up from her desk and felt strangely scared at the grin Booth was giving her.
"Hey Bones. Whatcha working on?"
"Um, I'd rather know what the huge smile on your face is about."
"What? A soon to be father can't be happy to see his pregnant girlfriend?"
"No, of course not. It's just…you scared me with that smile."
He laughed. "I scared you? By smiling? Wow, those hormones are really kicking in."
She smiled and rubbed her growing baby bump.
"Bones, I have something to tell you later. Well, actually it's more of a question."
"As do I."
"Okay. Meet you at home at about…7?"
"Sounds great."
He turned to walk out when she asked, "Is it good or bad?"
He smiled. "Good. Definitely good."
She smiled back and rubbed her stomach once again.
Minutes later, Angela wobbled into Brennans office.
"Did you tell him?" she asked excitedly.
"No. I'm going to wait till later. He also has something to tell me."
Angela knew exactly what she was talking about.
"What do you think it is?" she asked, pretending like she didn't already know.
"I have no idea. He told me it was a good thing though, so…I'm excited to find out."
"You should be." she mumbled.
"What's that supposed to mean Ang? Do you know what he's going to ask me?"
"No. Of course not." she lied.
"Then why did you say I should be excited?"
"Well because….because he said it was a good thing and uh…all good things are worth being excited for, right?"
She liked the answer she came up with rather quickly.
"I see. Okay, well I have to get back to this paperwork."
"Of course. It's hard to believe that next week I won't be here till after the baby comes."
"I conquer. I'm going to hate leaving this place."
"You're actually going to leave? Voluntarily? I thought we were going to have to forcibly carry you out of here."
She laughed. "Very funny Angela. That won't be necessary. I know my limits and I know that once it's my time, I'm going to have to accept that."
"Good attitude Bren. See you later. Good luck and uh...keep an open mind." she advised.
"With what? What's that supposed to mean?" she asked, as Angela kept walking, ignoring her question.
"Angela! What's that supposed to mean?" she yelled once Angela was already down to her office.
Booth walked into Brennan's apartment later that night and smelled the aroma of spaghetti sauce.
"Bones? You here?" he yelled.
"In the kitchen!" she replied back.
He walked into the kitchen and saw an apron wrapped around her with sauce spread all over it. He couldn't help but laugh.
"It exploded." she confessed, noticing that he was staring at her sauce filled apron.
"I can tell. Need some help?"
"No. It's almost done anyway. But you could do me a favor and set the table and grab the bottle of champagne out of the cabinet?"
"Of course."
Booth couldn't believe what was happening. She obviously had something big to tell him if she was making a nice dinner and offering champagne, though she couldn't drink it. This made it better for him though, a romantic evening to propose to the love of his life.
After doing as he was told, he went into the kitchen and went up behind her, wrapping his arms around her baby bump and rubbing it.
"Booth, I have to drain the spaghetti."
"I'll get it. You go sit down."
"No Booth, I've been cooking it this whole time, let me finish."
"I'm not going to fight with you. Go sit down."
She sighed. "Fine."
Minutes later, after everything was ready, Booth went into the dining room, sitting the food on the table.
"This is nice Bones. Though I'm surprised you did this. You're not the most romantic person I know."
"Well, I've got enough advice from Angela and it's not like I don't know what things are romantic and what aren't."
He laughed. "This is great though. I love it."
"Good."
"So, you have something to tell me?"
"And you have something to ask me as well?"
"Yeah, but you go first."
"No, I insist you go first."
"Bones. You took the time to do all this, obviously it's something big. So I insist that you go first."
She sighed. "Fine."
She stood up and walked over to him, sitting down on his lap, wrapping one arm around his neck.
"You know how we were having problems with baby names, whether it was a boy or a girl?"
"Yeah. I still say Tyler for a boy."
"And I still say Matthew."
He sighed. "Let's not fight again."
"Ok, well…we won't have to just pick one name now."
She took his hand and placed it on her stomach.
"What are you trying to say?"
"I'm saying that…we're having twins!"
He tried to speak, but no words seemed to come out.
"Are you happy?" she asked.
"I…so, we're having a boy, and a girl?"
"Yes. So I was thinking we could pick your favorite boy name and my favorite girl name, that way we'll both be happy."
He looked down.
"You're not happy, are you?" she asked sadly.
"No, no. I am. It's just…One baby at my age is enough, but two?"
"I'm sorry if…if this is disappointing news."
She went to stand up, when he grabbed her hand and intertwined their fingers.
"I'm happy. I just wasn't expecting this, that's all."
"So…you're not disappointed or having second thoughts?"
"Of course not." he soothed, sitting her back on his lap.
"I will never have second thoughts. Ever. I love you. Nothing will ever change that. And I love my babies too." he said, kissing her stomach.
She smiled. "So…what did you want to ask me?"
He froze. He couldn't do it now or she would think he was just doing it because of the babies.
"It's uh…it's not important right now."
"Are you sure? By the way you were acting it was."
"No. It's not. Just…nevermind."
"Okay. I'm going to put the dishes away and then, head to bed?"
"Sure. I'm gonna head back there now. I'm tired."
She put her hand on his chest and kissed him. It was soft. It was quick. Kind of like a habit. Like they'd do it everyday for the rest of their lives.
Awww, Booth didn't get to ask. Heartbreaking, isn't it? Anyway, I'm going to list the top choices everyone picked for the names, and it's up to you to decide on what it's going to be. The middle name for the girl is definitely going to be Christine. So let me know what you think!
Emily Christine or Arianna Christine?
Tyler Matthew, Matthew Tyler, Matthew Aiden, Aiden Matthew, Lucas Jaden or Jaden Lucas?
So many possiblities that are just too hard for me to decide.
Also, should their last names be Booth-if Brennan decides it's ok, or Brennan-Booth.
Let me know!
Thank you all sooo much, its greatly appreciated :)
