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It all began on the night of the Christmas party. It was the first time the new ducklings were there to celebrate the festivities; they were waved over by Foreman and they made their way over to where the old team was standing. They all stood around talking and Thirteen was positioned directly next to her. Cameron. The blonde was looking her way when she turned and met her gaze; Thirteen felt her world, as she knew it, was about to shatter.

She had never been as moved by another being as she was in that instant. And then it happened, Cameron smiled, and she felt all of her worries wash away, she wanted nothing more than to see that smile over and over and over again. There was something that she could see within Cameron's eyes, something that told her she just had to get to know her better. If she ever owed anything to herself, this was going to be it.

The party was in full swing and Thirteen made her way over to the punch bowl. As she looked up, she stopped dead in her tracks, there she was, alone, it was now or never...

She cleared her throat, to gain the other woman's attention. As the blonde faced Thirteen, the taller girl had to remind herself to breathe. As Cameron turned around, her long blonde locks swirled above and around her shoulder, exposing her bare neck. Subconsciously, Thirteen licked her lips, and couldn't help but return the electric smile Cameron had sent her way as she realized who was behind her.

"Hi, Dr. Cameron," she began. She mentally kicked herself, this was supposed to be casual, and it was starting out way too professionally.

"Dr. Hadley," the blond replied, "are you enjoying the party?" she questioned.

"I am now...yes," "son of a... did I REALLY let that slip," "how about you?" She was desperately trying to cover up.

"I am," her smile grew even wider, if that was possible.

Thirteen couldn't help but eye her slightly oddly, Cameron seemed, after all, extremely happy. The blonde must have taken notice for she leaned towards Thirteen and whispered; "you see, I am a BIG fan of the holidays." She went back to her previous upright position and couldn't help but stifle a laugh as she saw Thirteen still slightly hunched over and the look of utter confusion on her face.

It took Thirteen a few seconds to realize the position she was in and she snapped herself out of it. She cleared her throat again, as if that would truly let her regain total composure. She looked up and was met by Dr. Cameron's gorgeous blue eyes, her breath was caught as she tried to reply.

"I..." she swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat, "I see Dr. Cameron."

Cameron tried not to laugh at the poor girl, again, she simply smiled genuinely, "You can call me Allison." She extended her hand.

Thirteen put her hand out as well, and was quite literally shocked, as their hands made contact. She looked up and could see Cameron was attempting to take control of her emotions since she too, looked as if she'd been shocked. The attraction Thirteen had felt, was apparently not one sided.

Cameron couldn't deny that the woman had a certain allure to her; but never in her right frame of mind did she think she would have felt the shock wave when their hands made contact. she looked back up as well, only to be met by Thirteen's piercing blue-green eyes, she couldn't help herself, her breath got caught just as much as the brunettes had.

"Thirteen." Was the only thing Cameron heard, she didn't understand until she realized the girl had just introduced herself as well. Thirteen was so used to the name that it rolled off easier than her actual name.

This time, Cameron was trying to cover up her lack of a response, she decided messing around would be the best. "Really now? You're telling me your parents REALLY named you 'Thirteen'?"

"Huh?" Thirteen was confused; it took a few for her to finally understand what Cameron was saying. She shook her head slightly, "oh, sorry, I mean Remy, my name is." Cameron looked at her with one quirked eyebrow, "I mean...my name... is Thirteen, no! I mean Remy." "Fuck..." she cursed at herself. This was failing, she needed to get out and fast, she let go of Cameron's hand and looked down.

When she looked back up she saw Cameron eyeing her, "uh... I have to go for now but... here, she took out a pen and paper and scribbled something down. Cameron tried to sneak a peek, but as soon as Remy noticed this she pulled her paper back, "two more seconds." She chuckled slightly. "Here you go, in case you ever... I don't know... want to hang out... or something. I know I haven't found much time to make friends here...so I mean...well, not that I'm saying YOU per say would have a problem...I can't imagine you having a hard time making friends...especially after four years here and all..." Realizing she was rambling she mentally slapped herself, she cleared her throat once more, "If you ever... I don't know..you know... yea...uh...You can call me up," she hurriedly finished.

Cameron flashed a genuine smile and gladly took the paper, "I know what you mean, don't worry. Even four years later, I've still yet to find actual friendship around here... they all gossip too much." Both girls smiled, "I don't really see anyone outside the hospital anymore. So, yes. I'd love to hang out sometime, it'd be nice."

Remy felt her heart flutter a little. "Alright, well then...I'm going to go...before Kutner wonders where I've disappeared to... It was nice talking to you......Allison."

Both girls smiled, "the pleasure was all mine, Th...Remy."

With that, Remy walked away; she stole one last glance over her shoulder and saw Cameron eyeing her. Or was she just checking me out. Thirteen smiled at how crazy that sounded, even to her...Cameron didn't catch Thirteen looking back however, for she was looking elsewhere then the brunettes head.

"I must say she's got crazy legs...I wonder what they..." her thoughts trailed off as a second voice broke out in her head;

" Oh my God. You were about to think of her naked!" It accused.

"No I wasn't!" She tried to defend herself...from herself.

"Yes you were! You were TOTALLY ogling her! And you were about to mentally undress her!" It re-accused.

"I was not!" she was starting to get offended at herself. "This is stupid. I'm talking to myself, in my head, with two voices... oh God, I've gone mental."

"Yea.. for her you have." The other voice chimed in.

"You know what?"

"What?"

"Shut up."And with that she got her mind to shut up and went back to her previous task; getting some punch. A slight smirk formed across her lips as she started moving away.

"There we go! You've done it! And now you're smiling like an idiot, you bambling baboon, I hope your imagined version of her naked ass was worth it."

"Oh... it was." She smiled to herself again as she had re-joined the group.