Bones~Different stories

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It's been over 3 weeks since Vincent passed away. I'm late and by late I don't mean a little late i am 2 and a half weeks late. And my breasts are sore, so I'm here waiting for a stick to react to my urine. I believe I'm pregnant. If I am it's booths. I haven't been sleeping with anyone for the last 4 months. I haven't told anyone not even angela. Only me and booth know we slept together we haven't spoken about it or done it again or anything in fact it's kind of been awkward we've just sort of stayed away from each other. My timer buzzes and I sigh I stand up from the sofa and walk over to the my desk I look down. It was a clear blue pregnancy test one of the best. 3+ weeks. I freeze and sit at my desk staring at it for hours. Booth opened the door, "bones we got a suspect" I panic pushing it into the open book next to me closing the book throwing it into my desk "oh actually I think I'm gonna stay here I've got a lot of work to do" he walked in and sat down. "I'll just get sweets to do it, you okay?"
"Yeah I'm good just have a lot of work to do. You should go talk to the suspect with sweets you're better than he is." He looks at his hand
"Temperance, you can talk to me. I know it's been awkward since the night but we're still us nothings changed." He's right we slept together once never spoke about it or done anything. Nothing's changed with us. "Honestly Booth I'm okay, I just need to get on with work." He nods
"Do you um want to talk about what happened that night?"
"I don't think that is necessary right now" I smiled at him "unless you wanted to" he stands up
"Whenever you're ready to talk we can talk but I'm gonna go talk to the suspect. See you later bones" he walks out I open the draw and get the stick out of the book. And just stare more.

2 or 3 months had passed and I am starting to show but I have been wearing my baggier tops which make me look normal but I still haven't told anyone. So I'm going to leave for a while go on sabbatical take some space until I'm ready. I know I should have told Booth, he would love to have seen the sonogram picture and video. I saved them for him when I'm ready to show him I'll show him them. I know he'll want to be there when I find out the gender but I'm not too sure if I'll be ready. He's angry still. We still haven't spoken about it and no body knows. I walk into cams office "hey cam I have something to talk to you about."
"Yes Dr Brennan what can I help you with?"
"I would like to take a sabbatical"
"Sorry what?"
"At the end of this case I'd like to go travelling for a while. I haven't told anyone yet so I would appreciate if you can keep this quiet."
"Is everything okay?"
"Everything is good, I just I need time away I want to go see more of Europe I haven't been there in a long time and I think now is a good time to do this. I really want to research more write more and do a lectures"
"Yeah I guess that's fine how long will you need?"
"I'm thinking 6 to 8 months"
"Months? I thought you just wanted to go for a while"
"Yeah a long while. Look Cam I really appreciate this and I promise if you need me I'm a call away and I can help cases you can email me any time you need"
"Yeah that's okay" I smile at her
"Thank you and I might get back early I just don't know yet"
"It's okay if you hand in the documents by noon today I can get it approved and signed off by tomorrow." She looks sad
"I'm not leaving permanently this is just temporary until i have got what I needed."
"I understand"
"Thank you Dr Saroyan"
"You're welcome Dr Brennan." I turn a little too quickly and I go light headed I stumble back a little bit. "Dr Brennan are you alright?"
"Yes it seems I turned to quickly and lost my balance" i walk away. I hope she doesn't tell anyone. I went back to my office and filled in all of the required forms to get my request approved. Handed them to Cam about an hour later and that was it.
The next day it was approved and all that needs to happen now is this case being solved. We was already quite close we had the cause of death, murder weapon and place of death. Only thing was from the start it could only have been out of the 5 people in the building. They were part of an experiment they was locked in a house for a month to see if they could survive with the same 5 people constantly. They failed clearly. But then it clicked to me what if it was all five? I spoke to Booth about it and it turns out that the victims had a sleep apnea mask which kept the others up at night so 10 days in they decided enough was enough they couldn't do it anymore. So they came together when he slept and created a plan to get rid of him but they didn't want to kill him, they meant to hurt him so he needed medical attention so he'd leave and the plan was that everyone would deny it. And like that it was it the case was over. I still hadn't told any one that I was leaving just cam knew. I got home got a few bits I knew I could come back after a week or so after they stop knocking at my house, but only if I need anything. I got in my car and sent a text
Hey Booth, I'm going away for a while. I've left Clark in charge of my work. I'll see you when I'm back.
And I send the same text to angela just changing the name of course and put my phone on do not disturb. I set out to drive to the hotel an hour away. When I get there I look at my phone booth has called me 48 times angela 63 then sweets 12 and I have texts still coming through from everyone I go into the hotel and take my stuff in. Check in and go into my room. Look at the messages. Which are asking where I am. Telling me they are coming over. Asking if I'm okay. All these questions just put my phone down it's been a long day I'm just going to rest my eyes for a little while. I woke up 2 hours later I move into my flat in 3 days which is 40 minutes away from the hotel. I signed a lease for 6 months, which is reviewable at the end of this time agreement.
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