Author's Note: Thank you all SO much for the FF's and Reviews. they are much appreciated. I had this mostly written before the first chapter was ever published, so it's up fairly quickly. Other chapters may not come so easily.

This chapter is dedicated to my partner [in crime] and friend, Mollie.

This chapter was especially difficult. The section that came to me most easily gave me some trouble of being too Out of Character. Hopefully, I stayed true to their forms.

Here we go.

The alarm went off at 7:00am. So when Cam opened her eyes, she groaned, realizing that she was going on a total of three hours of sleep. Even when Alexis would finally calm down, Cam's brain often wouldn't stop thinking long enough for her to sleep. She thought about everything from the current case, to past cases, to her personal life, to what kind of life she could provide for Alexis. It seemed as though it was just Cam finally got sleepy, Alexis would start up again.

Clearly, neither of the Saroyan women was very happy about today.

After getting them both dressed and fed, Cam sat in the living room holding Alexis, waiting for Lindsey to arrive.

When the phone rang, Cam half expected it to be Caroline telling her that everyone had arrived.

"Hello?"

"Miss Cam? I'm so sorry, but I can't make it in to today. I'm super sick, and I don't want to expose little AJ to whatever it is. I'm sure to be good as knew in a couple of days though." Lindsey's usually peppy voice was weak, and coughs wound their way into her speech.

"Oh…Well. I'm sorry you don't feel well. Don't worry about it, just call when you feel better."

"Thanks Miss Cam! Have a good day."

"You too, Lindsey."

Cam hung up the phone and sighed. Today, of all days, was not the day for this. Not with all the squints coming back and everyone getting acclimated.

"Well, baby girl. It looks like you get to go to work with mommy today. You ready to shake things up?" Cam asked her daughter as she placed her in the carrier, grabbed the baby bag, her briefcase, and made her way to her car.

Walking into the Jeffersonian, Cam hung outside the lab for a few minutes. Everyone else had arrived already, so she took this time to take everything in.

Dr. Brennan hadn't changed much. But then, outwardly, she rarely did. It was her personality that changed when she came back from a dig. She was always happier.

Seeley bulked up some. The muscles in his arms and shoulders were making his suit fit him even better than usual.

Angela looked almost more beautiful than when she left. Of course, Cam thought, it's Angela. Why wouldn't she?

Her eyes came to rest on Hodgins. His back was to her, but she could already tell that his blue eyes were shining with a happiness he hadn't had when he left. Paris, she was sure, had been good to him.

Finally mustering up the courage, Cam walked through the glass doors, the noise causing everyone to turn. The silence was deafening for a moment. Cam carrying a baby and a diaper bag along with her briefcase was clearly not what they had expected to see.

True to form, Dr. Brennan was first to break the silence, "Cam, why do you have a baby?"

Her sheer lack of tact brought everything back to normal. Cam's tension eased a little.

"Jeez, Bones. You don't just ask someone that."

"Booth, it could be another case where the parents were killed, but the baby was found and we have to take custody."

"Bones. Come on. Look at that baby. She looks—"

"Exactly like Cam." Booth and Angela said at the same time.

"Cam! How come you didn't tell us!" Angela squealed, " You should've called us or something. Oh my God, she's adorable. What's her name?"

"Alexis…um. Alexis Jaiden." Cam stuttered. It was clear that the baby had already stolen the hearts of the team.

"God, the skin and those eyes! Those are damn good genes, sweetie." Angela noticed, "Can I hold her?"

"Oh, of course." Cam set the carrier down, and slowly lifted AJ out of it and into Angela's arms. Alexis was then passed slowly from one team member to the other. She got fussy when Seeley held her, but Dr. Brennan made her giggle with the Dancing Phalanges motions. Cam was about to steal her out of Seeley's arms, knowing that AJ would already be hungry, the way that baby ate.

"Can I hold her?" Hodgins asked quietly.

"Oh. Um. Well. She's getting fussy. I really should feed her and then—" Hodgins cut her off with a look.

He knows, she thought.

"Yeah, of course," Cam changed her answer with a smile.

Hodgins gently lifted Alexis from Seeley's arms to his. After a few seconds of staring into AJ's eyes, He looked up at Cam with a mixture of hurt, love, and questions.

Cam knew that look all too well.

Cam stared at the small stick in her hand, the two pink lines staring back at her.

This cannot be happening, she thought. This cannot be happening. This cannot be—

A knock on her door shook Cam from her thoughts. Throwing the pregnancy test and the box into the trash can, Cam left the bathroom and made her way to the door. Just as she opened it, Hodgins came rushing in.

"Hodgins? What are you doing here?"

"Let's go, Cam. Let's just get out of here. Dr. Brennan and Booth are leaving. Daisy is leaving. I'm sure everyone else will scatter. Let's go. We'll go to paris." Cam hadn't seen Hodgins vibrate like this since the JFK case.

Tell him, her brain screamed. Tell him you're pregnant.

"Jack, Dr. Brennan and Booth are running from each other. Miss Wick is leaving because she wants to be like her role model. And you don't know that everyone else will scatter."

"Cam, I don't care. Let's go somewhere. We'll go to Paris."

"Jack—"

"I love you, Camille."

There was a silence between them that was almost palpable. Cam's good sense was telling her to tell him about the baby. Part of her wanted to go with him, and that last part, the part that had always stopped her from getting hurt in the past, put all those walls up.

"Dr. Hodgins. I have a job here, as do you, might I add. I am staying here," There was pause in her speech as she took a deep breath. "Jack, I…We had sex, Jack. We were both a little inebriated and there was a lapse in judgment. I'm sorry that we crossed a line once, but we work together."

"Camille…" Hodgins' voice was quiet, his voice cracking a little.

Cam quieted her voice to match his, hoping her prior ramblings hadn't sounded so harsh. "We're both adults, Jack. I'm sure we can work around that night. We've both had one night stands before."

The look on Hodgins' face was one new for Cam. His eyes said so much all at once: anger, sadness, questions. Most of all, his look told her that he loved her.

"It wasn't a one night stand, Cam. We didn't just have sex. You and I both know that. We've been avoiding each other for weeks. When you finally decide to face the truth, you will know where to find me. You can't get rid of me that easy."

Turning sharply on his heel, Hodgins was out the door before Cam could come up with a response.

Cam's thoughts wandered back to the fact that lay discarded in the bathroom trashcan, the fact that was inside of her. Cam wasn't ignoring what happened. She couldn't. She had to face the facts.

Alexis cried out in Hodgins' arms, breaking Cam from her memory. Hodgins, panicked, looked to her for help.

"Don't worry, she's just hungry," Cam grabbed the bottle from the baby bag and took Alexis into her arms, "She's hungry…a lot."

Booth saved the awkward moment, "Wait. Does your dad think she's mine? Because I don't want to die today. I haven't even gotten to see Parker yet!"

"Ah, no. I had to tell him that we weren't together, let alone that it wasn't your baby. He wasn't too happy, if you can imagine." Cam laughed, and Alexis giggled, dribbling formula everywhere.

"Looks like someone enjoys her mama's laugh," Angela teased, reaching for a towel in the baby bag.

"Cam? Who is the father of your baby?

"Jeez, Bones. Have a little tact," Booth reprimanded.

"Well, if your dad wasn't in the delivery room, as I assume your sister wasn't, and none of us were in the country, who was in there with you?"

"Bones!" Booth squeaked again, finding the situation too awkward.

"Yeah Cam! Why didn't you call any of us? Hodgins and I would've come back from France, I'm sure. We weren't that preoccupied if you catch my drift, "Angela tried to joke, "So, who was with you?"

"That would be me, cherie," Caroline stated, walking into the lab. Stopping short when she saw the group together, Caroline almost fainted.

Cam saw the look on Caroline's face, and she knew. Caroline had figured it out.

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Chapter 2