"I'm excited about dinner with Hodgins and Angela tonight, Booth. Angela's been hinting for a while that something interesting has been going on."
"I thought you didn't like surprises." Booth rang the doorbell.
"This doesn't really count as a surprise since I know something's going to happen." They could hear Michael-Vincent running to the door.
"Hi!", he said, with a big smile. "Are you here for a surprise?"
"Of course!", said Brennan. "Are you ready to surprise us?"
Hodgins appeared at the door. "Come on in. Angela's out by the pool."
They walked out to the patio. Angela was sitting in a lounge chair. Sitting next to her was a small boy with dark curly hair and dark brown eyes. Angela whispered, "Say hello…"
The boy walked over to them, eying them solemnly. "Hello." He then ran back to Angela.
Hodgins spoke up. "Dr. Brennan, Agent Booth, Christine, Joey….I'd like you to meet our son, Rico."
Brennan was speechless as she and Booth looked at each other. "Angela…..Hodgins…."
"We're going to adopt Rico." Angela laughed. "I guess we really did surprise you!"
Brennan nodded and smiled. "Yes, you did. You really did!"
Hodgins picked up Rico and bounced the boy on his knee. "We wanted another child but we didn't want to risk passing LCA to a baby, so we decided to adopt. Rico needed a family, and we were a good fit. Things just sorta worked out."
Angela smiled. "We wanted to get all the details sorted through first so we didn't say anything until we were sure. We didn't want to get everybody's hopes up."
"Congratulations, Hodgins." Booth shook his hand.
"Thanks."
Brennan gave Angela a hug. "I'm so happy for you."
"Thanks, sweetie. We're thrilled, especially Michael-Vincent. He's going to be a great big brother."