"Bren." Angela cooed as Temperance pulled her shirt back down over her stomach. "It's a boy."
Brennan beamed; her smile was so wide her cheeks began to ache. The sonogram technician handed her a photo of her son, and a video to take home as a keepsake.
It was 7 o'clock at night when she finally returned to her apartment. After the appointment she and Angela blew off work and had spent the day together. They went shopping and had lunch, making fools of themselves dancing in the halls of the mall. Temperance acted almost like a human being when she was with Angela.
They had visited the baby store and picked out furniture for her son, she never got tired of saying it, or thinking it, HER SON. A white crib and changing table would be delivered the next day, a Saturday. She had already made plans to spend the day in her pajamas, which she had changed into the moment she walked into her apartment and locked the door behind her.
A pair of gray sweatpants three sizes too large and a loose fitting pullover hoodie "Northwestern University" written across her chest, it was getting harder and harder for her to get comfortable lately.
She was finally settling onto the sofa with a book of baby names when there was a knock at the door. She had cleaned up her guest room, her son's room, in preparation for the furniture. White walls weren't what she was hoping for, but she wasn't feeling up to painting, she was sure her son wouldn't mind.
Temperance sat the book down on the sofa, taking two attempts to stand, and walked toward the door.
When she finally reached the door, there was another knock, and then she heard a voice.
"Bones, I know you're in there." Brennan froze where she stood, reaching for the lock, "Bo-ones." Her hand dropped, she did not want to talk to him, not now, maybe never, but definitely not now.
"Temperance" his voiced dropped. "Temperance." He said her name more softly a second time.
Booth leaned his forehead against the door, reaching up to tap on the door with one finger. He looked up when he heard the click of a lock, and then another. He smiled when he heard the chain drop and slide across the door.
When she finally opened the door, she took his breath away, even with her hair tied up in a messy knot, even wearing sweats she was still the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
He took her face in his unbelievably large hands and kissed her. This hadn't been the plan when he had come over, but when he looked into those blue eyes he just couldn't help himself.
When she started to kiss him back he couldn't control himself any longer. He pulled her into him.
It was that moment her baby began to kick.
Seeley pulled himself away from her and took a step backward, toward the doorway.
She stared back at him for a few seconds, then touched her lips lightly with her right hand. It had been so long since she had been kissed. She had never really appreciated them, until she had been kissed by him.
"Can we just" She pushed him back out of the doorway, "forget what just happened?" She finishes and closes the door on him.
Booth looked blankly at the closed door in front of him for a while. Just staring. Thinking.
He knocked again.
He checked the door.
It was unlocked, so he let himself in.