A/N: Hi everyone. Long time no see. This is the first story I've published in quite a while, so I hope it's up to scratch. Also just so you know, I am just as anti-Cam as the next person, but I chose to leave her be in the interests of this story. I hope I'm forgiven ;)

Disclaimer: The only bones I own are the 206 in my body. (I'm sorry, but I was so amazed that I've never seen this one before that I had to use it -)

Enjoy!

Chapter 1

Cam was fed up. Even she was slightly surprised about it, but she knew she couldn't turn a blind eye anymore. It was just impossible not to see.

She knew that Angela had been dropping some not so subtle hints at Brennan for well over 2 years now and even the occasional one at Booth too, but clearly both were too thick and stubborn to see the truth of it. There was something she never thought she would call Dr. Brennan. Stubborn, yes, but thick? Never. And yet when it came to emotional expression, and to Booth, thick might be just the right word.

Cam knew she had no chance with Booth herself. That time had been and gone long ago. Really she had known the second she had walked into the Jeffersonian…or at least a few seconds after, when she first saw Booth and Brennan standing in the same room. No matter what he was doing or who he was talking to, he would always end up gravitating back to her in the end.

So Cam had decided to intervene. If Angela's approach wasn't working, maybe hers would. She certainly planned to be more direct, as was her usual way. No hint dropping for her, just the straight facts.

And maybe all the pair needed was a different (slightly less prone to gossip and romanticism) person to tell them how obvious it all was. In any case, she was out to save her own sanity, if not that of her team.

Cam knocked determinedly on Booth's door that evening.

He looked very surprised when he opened the door. "Cam! Um hi. What's up?"

""I need to talk to you." She said seriously, pointing accusingly at him.

"Why? Has something happened?" 'to Bones'. Cam heard the unsaid words on the end of his question.

"No, no. Nothing's happened…and that is exactly why I want to talk to you." She pushed past him into his apartment while he tried to figure out what she was on about.

"Erm, come in." He said belatedly, and closed the door behind her.

Obviously still having no idea what she wanted, he had opted for silence until she explained it to him. Taking a deep breath, she dove right in.

"You," she said, pointing her finger at his chest again, "are perhaps the single stupidest, most blind man in the world."

"Erm, nice to see you too."

She ignored his flabbergasted expression and kept talking. She wanted this to be as quick and as painless as possible. Just because she felt it had to be done, didn't mean she wanted to do it.

"Listen Booth. I know I'm probably the last person you want to talk to about this, but someone has to do it, and you don't seem to be listening to anyone else, and she's certainly no going to get there first, so you have to come to your senses, as much for our sakes as for yours, because this whole thing is driving us up the wall!" Cam took a deep breath.

"What...Cam what on earth are you talking about?"

Oops, Cam thought. That really hadn't come out quite as clearly as she had planned.

This really was rather awkward, but she was going to do it. 'Remember - straight forward and to the point.'

"Let me start again. You and Dr. Brennan are driving me, and my team, insane. The way you continue to step around your feelings for one another and pretend that they don't exist! Everyone knows, except, apparently, the two of you…"

"Woah, woah hang on. Me and Bones? What…you don't…I don't……everyone?" Booth stared at her with wide eyes. She listened to him splutter and attempt to get his mind around what she was saying, but she was quick to note that the final thought he had settled on was that everyone knew.

"Yes Booth, everyone. All we're waiting on now is for you two to realise it. But as you know, I'm not the most patient of people, and I got sick of waiting. Not to mention how it's affecting my team. They're constantly discussing it, most of the Jeffersonian has bets going, and frankly it's just one big distraction."

"They have bets going?!" Booth stared at her incredulously. Then he groaned. He walked over to the couch and dropped onto it, burying his face in his hands.

"From your reaction, I'm going to assume that you have already realised that you have feelings for Dr. Brennan, because you seem to have no intention of proceeding with your usual charade of denial." Cam stated matter-of-factly.

After a few moments, Booth lifted his head from his hands and looked her in the eye. He looked a bit embarrassed.

"Ok, so I've known for a little while now…but I was kind of hoping I could ignore it. Like maybe if I did that for long enough it would just sort of…fade." God, no wonder he was embarrassed. What an idea!

"Oh Seeley," she exclaimed. "I would have expected this of her, but you?" She shook her head. "You know full well that that is not how it works. 'Fade' my ass!"

Booth stood up from the couch and started pacing in frustration.

"Well what good is it doing me? We have this line that we agreed we wouldn't cross. We're partners. We work together! Heck, you're her boss! You couldn't condone it either!" He paused, then added quietly, "Besides, this is all irrelevant, because I know she doesn't have those kind of feelings for me. So it doesn't matter how I feel."

Cam put her hands on her hips and replied in her sternest voice. "First of all, as the boss, my sole concern is that my team works well and efficiently, with as few distractions as possible. If you two getting together stopped all of the betting and gossip they seem so fond of distracting themselves with, then I, knowing how professional you two are, would have absolutely no complaint.

"Secondly, who on earth said she didn't feel the same? Just because she might not be entirely aware of it yet, doesn't mean the feelings aren't there Booth."

When he didn't answer, she tried once more. "You should tell her Seeley. Doesn't she deserve to know?"

Her last comment caused him to give her the most pitiful look she had ever seen in her life. Apparently she had found his one weakness – he could not lie to Temperance Brennan.

"She does deserve to know." He said miserably. "But what if I scare her away? You know I couldn't bear being the reason she shut herself off again."

Woah! There was no way Cam was going to deal with this attitude. "Oh for goodness sake Seeley! Would you stop tiptoeing around this woman and take a chance for once! She's not made of glass!"

Booth blinked at her in surprise. "Alright…" he said hesitantly. However he quickly became more determined. "Okay, you're right. I will tell her. Just…just not yet, okay? I need to think…she's going to need time to process it when I do tell her, I'll have to give her room to think about it, just to be certain she doesn't bolt…"

He saw Cam's face and added, "Yes I know she isn't made of glass, but I also know her, and if I crowd her too much, if I put too much pressure on her, she will run. So just…not yet." He was back to his pacing and fidgeting, looking unbelievably nervous.

"I'll only ever get one chance to do this, so I have to get it right first time." By now he was talking as much to himself as to Cam. If not more.

She, however, was thinking through everything Booth had just told her. Perhaps her interfering wasn't quite over after all. Already a second plan had started to form itself in her quick mind.

She could not do anything more here though, and she began to move towards the door. Before she left, she turned back to Booth, feeling a bit bad about leaving him in this state.

"Hey Seeley." She waited for him to look at her. "Maybe you should consider the fact, that she might not turn you down at all." She waited again as he processed what she had said, until his serious expression changed into a huge grin.

"See you later Seeley." Cam said and, satisfied, she turned on her heel and promptly left the apartment, now occupied only by Seeley Booth and a particular image that was making him very happy.

So what do you think? Please review and let me know, otherwise I will have to assume that it is terrible and won't bother posting the next chapter :(