A/N: This story I wrote almost four years ago. Can you believe that? WOW. But, I didn't know Bones much when I first wrote it, I wrote the story because it was a popular show and it was my brother's idea. But with his help I was able to revamp the story and hope you enjoyed it.
"Bones; I really think you should talk to Sweets." Brennan looked at him.
"Why? Clearly it isn't something that I believe has any value. What possible effect would it have in my life?" Booth stared at her. He didn't always understand Brennan. In fact, Booth wasn't sure if there was ever a time he truly understood her.
"I think it would be beneficial because you don't know what you want and he can help you."
"Out of the question." Booth put his hand on the side of his head and leaned against the wall. After a minute he looked at her. "What?"
"I don't understand why you won't go talk to him. You obviously need to work out some of your problems. You have to talk to somebody Bones." She walked out of the office and back up onto the platform. The group looked at her and Angela walked over to her.
"Sweetie, you okay?" Brennan nodded and looked around.
"What are we working on here?" Clark started to speak when Angela interrupted him.
"It's nothing. Why don't we go somewhere and talk." Brennan walked off the platform. "Have you talked to Sweets yet?"
"Why would you assume that I have any intention of talking to him? Psychology is a meaningless field and I don't see any purpose in anything Sweets could want to say. I do not believe in psychotherapy."
"Dr. Brennan you have always been upfront with me about your lack of trust in psychology." Brennan nodded.
"Anthropology is something you can see and study; what could you possibly study in psychology?" Sweet crossed his legs.
"I study people Dr. Brennan, I study behavior of those people." He coughed. "You have come into this office for years and I have seen a great deal of your relationship with Agent Booth." Brennan stared at him.
"What does the time we spend in this office have to do with our work relationship?" Brennan asked.
"Dr. Brennan, in the years that I've been involved with you and Agent Booth I have seen the two of you become unusually closer than any other partnership I've ever seen." Brennan sat there without saying a word. "I have seen you two fall in love Dr. Brennan."
"Love is a strong word." Brennan fought.
"I know about what you asked Agent Booth." There was a silent pause. "I know that you want a child, and I understand that. I'm sure you took a lot of thought into the decision of asking him to not have anything to do with this child." Brennan stared at him.
"I don't understand what the problem is."
"That is something we are going to work on discussing. I want to see both of you some time to talk about this." Sweets looked at Brennan when she didn't reply. "This will help both of you to make sure you are communicating effectively."
"I don't have anything to discuss. If I need to talk with someone, that person will be Booth." Sweets nodded. He wasn't sure what he was going to say to that.
"Hello, Dr. Brennan." Cam welcomed her onto the platform the next day.
"Hello. Is Agent Booth here yet?" She asked her staring at the table.
"I believe he is supposed to be arriving in a few minutes. What's the matter?" Cam asked giving her a confused look.
"I wanted to speak with him." Brennan said.
"Okay." Cam replied. She looked at Brennan once more before stepping off the platform.
"You are finally here… How'd it go today?" Angela asked her.
"I would rather not discuss it." Brennan said to her.
"Ooh… What happened? Was it something wrong with Booth?" Angela questioned.
"No, just I want to talk to Booth." Brennan said. Special Agent Seeley Booth walked into the lab as his name is mentioned.
"What?" He asked walking up behind them.
"Hello, Booth." Angela said from the other side lab table.
"Hi Angela, Bones." Booth said.
"Don't call me 'Bones' how many times do I have to tell you?" Bones asked frustrated.
"Sorry, Dr. Temperance Brennan." Booth said in a sarcastic tone.
"Listen. I need to talk with you. Come on." Brennan said to him.
"Okay." Booth said. They walk out of the lab and into the hall. "What's going on?" When Brennan didn't reply Booth spoke up again. "Come on Bones. Talk to me." Brennan finally looked at him.
"Dr. Sweets wants to meet with us about this situation." Booth nodded and crossed his arms.
"You finally went and talked to him?" Booth questioned and Brennan nodded.
"I wasn't sure why everybody wanted me to go; but I decided to because everybody kept telling me I needed to go."
"What does that have to do with me exactly?"
"Angela said we were in love; he said that we had a closer partnership than anybody he's worked with." Brennan replied. Booth scoffed.
"He hasn't had much experience outside of the FBI." Booth looked at Brennan. "Anyway, we work together so much, why wouldn't we be close? We're friends aren't we?"
"My understanding is that you and Dr. Brennan have been having quite a bit of conflict lately." Booth looked at Brennan and then back at Sweets.
"Yes, if I'm going to have a child I want to be a dad," he paused and looked at Brennan. "not just a sperm donor." Brennan just looked away from Booth.
"Dr. Brennan?" Sweets probed. She looked at him, and then glanced at Booth.
"I don't understand what this unseeing attachment is that Booth has. I told him that he doesn't have to be a part of this child's life."
"That's the problem!" Booth exclaimed.
"You are two independent people and will find yourself in conflict. But being partners, how do you come to a resolution?"
"We don't argue." Brennan said. Booth nodded.
"We bicker, but it's not arguing."
"In most cases anger is a result of fear. The best thing we can do is let that anger lead us to whatever fear you have. You can't be whole as a person unless you get a hold of that fear."
"I'm not afraid." Booth defended.
"You aren't?" Sweets condescended. Booth looked at him.
"No, I'm not."
"You aren't afraid that you will father a child and Dr. Brennan won't include you in its life?"
"I'm not afraid of that. It won't happen. I want to be involved in the life of any child I have." Sweets nodded and then looked at Brennan.
"You've been awfully quiet Dr. Brennan, what do you have to say about this?" Sweets asked. Brennan was quiet for a moment before she spoke.
"I grew up without my parents and I turned out to be fine, I'm not sure why Agent Booth feels that a child without his father around is going to be so unsettled." Sweets nodded and Booth sighed.
"Bones, when you have a kid, both parents should be involved. That's just the way it works."
"I'll never understand why that is true." She paused. "There are so many children that are raised in single parent homes."
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