You're getting a second chapter today, lucky you! (I hope)

Disclaimer: I don't own Bones, or anything associated with it. Any dialogue you recognize is from various Bones episodes.

*The Royal Diner-8:30 PM*

"Bones… look." Booth starts to say before Brennan abruptly interrupts. "No, Booth. Let me finish. Mark isn't the only possibility of paternity of this fetus." Brennan says as she rubs her hand across her stomach. "It could… Could also be… ummm… yours."

Booth is both happy and angry at the same time. Happy at the possibility that the baby that Brennan is carrying could be half his and half hers. Angry that it could also belong to someone else completely. Booth can't even make eye contact with his partner at this point. "Booth say something. Anything. I know you're probably angry at me…," Brennan says as a tear starts to drip down her face.

"Yeah, Bones. I am angry. I know I probably shouldn't be, but I am. Instead of talking to me about your pain, you decided to call up one of your old conquests and make a baby with him. You know that I wanted a family with you. You know I was willing to give you the baby you desired to have two years ago." Booth says yelling at his partner and causing the rest of the diner to stare at them.

Brennan can no longer hold back her tears and begins sobbing., "It's not like that, Booth."

"Well it sure as hell seems like it. I can't do this right now. I can't talk about this anymore. I'm going to take a walk to clear my mind. Don't follow me." Booth angerly rises from the table and walks out of the diner leaving a sobbing Brennan at the table.

*Brennan's Apartment—9 PM*

Angela picks up her ringing cell phone to see that it is Brennan calling her, "Hi, Bren!"

"Ang," a sobbing Temperance says into her phone.

"Oh no, sweetie. What's wrong? Why are you crying?" Angela questions her friend already assuming the reason for Brennan's tears.

Brennan forces herself to stop crying in order to talk to her best friend, "I have never seen Booth this mad at me. I told you. He hates me. This ruins everything."

Sighing into the phone, Angela tries to console her friend, "Sweetie. Booth does not hate you. He loves you. I know you can't see that right now but trust me. He does. I'm sure the pregnancy thing just surprised him is all. Tell me everything. How did it go?

"I told him that I was pregnant. He looked almost happy. Then I told him that I was unsure of the paternity of the fetus. I told him that it could be Mark's baby. I told him that the only reason I had sexual intercourse with Mark was because seeing him with Hannah really upset me and I needed some sort of release. I could tell that really hurt him." Brennan says no longer crying but still sad.

Angela doesn't know how to respond at first thinking that Brennan was very tactless in her approach. "Well, sweetie, phrasing it like that almost makes it seem like it's his fault that you slept with someone else. Did you ever have a chance to tell him that it might be his baby?"

"Yes Ang. I told him it could also be his, but he was too mad at me. He told me that I could have just told him that I was hurting instead of calling up an old conquest and making a baby with him. Then he reminded me that he was willing to give me the baby I wanted two years ago and that he wanted a family with me." Brennan says starting to sniffle again.

Angela starts feeling angry. She thinks that both Brennan and Booth are in the wrong. She is thankful that she is happily married and not dealing with these issues. "I hate to tell you this sweetie, but I think Booth has a point. He did tell you he loved you and you turned him down. So, he went and found Baghdad Barbie instead. But it was wrong of him to get angry with you for sleeping with someone else. You were single at the time."

"I understand that he has the right to be angry and I told him that. And I agree, Booth has no say on who I do and do not have sexual intercourse with." Brennan says when she hears a knock on her door.

Brennan opens the door to see Booth looking back at her with cartons of ice cream in tow. "Ang, I have to go. Booth just got here… and he has ice cream." Brennan pauses while her friend speaks. "Yes, I will call you tomorrow,"

"Hi, Booth. Come in." Brennan says trying to wipe the tears from her face.

Booth enters her apartment heading straight to the kitchen to put the ice cream in the freezer. He takes a deep breath before turning to look at his partner. "Look, Bones. I'm sorry. I overreacted. It was wrong of me to get mad at you for sleeping with Mark." Booth walks to Brennan and wraps her into a hug.

"It's okay, Booth. I shouldn't have implied that it was your fault I had sexual intercourse with Mark to begin with." Brennan then releases herself from the man she loves and walks over to her kitchen. "I am going to make myself a bowl of ice cream and some tea. Would you like anything?"

The FBI Agent follows the Forensic Anthropologist into the kitchen. "Yeah, I'll have some ice cream. I'm also going to grab a beer if you don't mind."

"That's fine, Booth. Have a seat on the couch. I will be in in a second. I want to talk to you about something." Brennan smiles at her handsome partner before returning to making her evening snack.

Booth graciously grabs the offered bowl of ice cream and places his beer on the coffee table. "So, what did you want to talk about, Bones?"

"Well as you know, I'm pregnant. I just want to be honest and explain something to you. Angela told me to be completely honest with you and that is what I am going to do. Please let me finish before you say anything. You know it's hard to talk about what I am feeling, so I would like to say it all at once if you don't mind.," the scientist tries to explain to the special agent. Booth nods at Brennan to let her know to continue.

Brennan gathers her thoughts and sighs before continuing. "I would like to start by saying that I definitely want to keep this baby and be the best mother to it that I possibly can. I know I don't know if the baby is yours or Mark's, but I don't care. Fulfilling my biological urges with Mark was a mistake. I know that now. A man's sperm meeting a woman's egg doesn't make a man a father. I just don't think Mark would be a very good father. I can do this alone. Like I told you two years ago, I am perfectly capable and comfortable being a single mother. I am not asking for anything from you, Booth. Please know that. But I think it is important that I tell you that I love you. I think I have always loved you, but I was just scared. Anyone I have ever loved has left me and I was afraid that you would leave me too. But I'm not afraid anymore, Booth. I love you. I want to be in a relationship with you and I want you to raise this baby with me, but I understand if you don't want to do that. I understand if the possibility of me having another man's child pushes you away from me. I just thought it was time I tell you that I love the idea of 30, 40, and 50 years with you. But I also know that a baby changes everything."

Booth is so dumbstruck; he can't think of anything to say. The woman that he has been in love with for 6 years finally admitted to loving him back. Instead of saying anything, Booth yanks Brennan to him and covers her mouth with his in a hungry kiss. She responds immediately, surprising herself. His mouth is so warm, the caress of his lips softer than she could ever imagine. He tastes tentatively with his tongue, and Temperance opens her mouth with a low moan. She wants more. She needs more. Brennan reluctantly pulls away from the kiss to make direct eye contact with Booth. "Was that a yes, you'll help me raise this baby?"

"Of course, Bones. That was a hell yes! Now let me talk. No interrupting me okay?" Booth waits for Brennan's nod before continuing. "Bones. I have loved you since I first laid eyes on you when you were lecturing at that university on methods to deflesh bodies. I asked you if you believe in fate. You said 'Absolutely not. Ludicrous.' I do believe in fate, Bones. We have been through a lot together the last 6 years. We have been through kidnappings, serial killers, seeing each other go through loving other people, and losing loved ones. But just like we got through all of that together, we will get through this and the rest of our lives together. I don't care if you are carrying another man's child, but I will be the best father I can possibly be to this child." Booth says while gently rubbing Brennan's stomach. "I love you, Bones. More than you could possibly ever know."

Unable to hold back the tears rushing from her eyes, Brennan smiles at Booth. "I don't know why I'm crying. I must be experiencing emotional inconsistencies due to hormones secreted during pregnancy. But I find that I am very happy to know that we feel the same way about each other."

"Bones, it's okay to cry when you're happy. It's perfectly normal." Booth says to the beautiful woman sitting across from him with a slight chuckle.

Temperance rolls her eyes at Booth, "I'm not normal. I'm extraordinary."

"Yes…. Bones… You're… Very… Extraordinary…" Booth says in between kisses.

Temperance shyly looks at Seeley, "Would you like to stay the night, Booth?"

"There is nowhere else I would rather be, Bones."

I know Brennan got slightly out of character there at the end, but I was trying to make their relationship seem like it's been a long time coming (well, because it was). I didn't like that the show just showed us announcing Brennan was pregnant in the season 6 finale and then immediately opening to Booth and Brennan being in a relationship in the season 7 premiere. I would have liked to see a little bit of a relationship talk first. I would have also liked to see them go through the ups and downs of a new relationship as well as juggling that with becoming parents, so that is what I am trying to do here. I believe that with Booth's alpha male tendencies and his undying love for Brennan that if she were really to have someone else's baby that he would take on full responsibility so that's what I decided to do here. I hope I didn't disappoint. Please review and let me know what you think. ~Taylor

ETA: In response to a review I received. I didn't do a great job illustrating the timeline I was going for here. I love Brennan. I'm not trying to illustrate her as a whore. It is implied in 'The Blackout in the Blizzard' that Booth and Brennan were going to get together which takes places before 'The Hole in the Heart' (when BB have sex). I have Brennan telling Booth that she had sex with Mark because she was hurt by Booth's relationship with Hannah. In my mind, Brennan had sex with Mark when Booth was still with Hannah, so pre 'Blackout in the Blizzard.' Also in my world, the timelines are closer together so it's hard for Brennan to discern how far along she is. I hope this helps clear some things up.