Chapter 8 || Family

|| Decided the last chapter is going to be a rewrite from canon because I hated how they played this one out.

The construction on their house was well underway, Temperance was spending all of her time going over paint swatches and micromanaging from the distance he had put her in so that she wouldn't harm herself or the baby. Of course it was proving to be more stressful forcing her to stop and relax than just letting her do her own thing, but Booth was determined to win this battle.

"Bones, what are you doing?" He asked watching her lift a box in their newly done living space. Taking it from her he glared at her. "You're supposed to be at the lab." He mumbled, shaking his head. Usually it was the opposite trying to get her to leave work but now when he wanted her to be working and not at the house that's where she was all the time.

"I can lift a box Booth." She said stubbornly as she crossed her arms over her swollen stomach. "I'm pregnant, not disabled and there isn't anything in the box to make it heavier than what I can handle. By the way I am fully aware of what I can and cannot do." She continued and he rolled his eyes and accepted momentary defeat and kissed her cheek. "Did you forget?" Bones added as she stepped away from him.

"I'm going to assume so considering I have no idea what you're talking about. I've been literally knees deep in a demo here, Bones. A little preoccupied so that we have a literal roof over our head before the little one comes." He said motioning to the mess that was surrounding them.

"We have an appointment today, you still want to go and see what the sex is correct?" She asked and his face instantly lit up. Of course he would forget about the most important moment in the pregnancy. He had been dreaming of finding out if they were having a boy or girl.

Ducking his head he wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Sorry, Bones. I did forget. Give me a couple minutes to clean up and we can head out okay?" Before she could say anything he went to the only bathroom that had running water and quickly washed up before telling Wendall he would back later to help out.

In typical Temperance fashion they weren't actually late or running behind at all as they sat in the waiting room twenty minutes before her appointment. "I did not say we were running late, Booth. I just asked if you forgot and you ran out of there like we were late." She grinned as she took his hand. It had been a long discussion trying to decide if they wanted to find out what they were having. A part of her liked the idea of being surprised but she also knew that not knowing meant she couldn't design the nursery to her desire, and it would just not be very beneficial not knowing.

Her appointment went smoothly just like they always did, outside of the first couple months where the pains and sickness go the best of her she had a perfectly healthy pregnancy. She was anxious as the ultrasound was being taken, Booth squeezing her hand as the heartbeat filled the room. "Look at that, I have never seen anything so perfect." She whispered mesmerized by the screen.

"I have." Booth said before kissing her cheek causing her to blush and roll her eyes at him as the screen stopped moving and a still picture formed for the technician. She gasped as she figured out what they were having before it was pointed out.

"A girl." Temperance stated, looking at Booth who had tears in his eyes. "Booth, we're having a girl."

He laughed and kissed her as they watched their daughter on the screen for a few minutes longer. This was it, this is what it meant to have a family.

Her very own and very real family.

|| And that's all she wrote! Thank you everyone for your kind reviews on this little ficlet. Stay tuned for the first chapter of a s5 au I've been working on for a while and hopefully a new chapter to Should Be Ours!