Author's Note: Sorry this took so long. It's hell week for the show. So things are little hectic. This is shorter than I usually write, but I've put several oen shots lately to make up for it? The next chapter will be longer. Promise.
Thank, one again, to Mollie.
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Chapter 9
She woke up to something brushing against her leg. Looking down, she realized that Hodgins had woken her up in the middle of the night, again.
"Why'd you have to wake me up?" Cam asked with a groan.
"Well," he kissed her thigh. "Because, there is this beautiful woman lying in my bed," he kissed her again. "And I just couldn't sleep knowing that she was not the object of my full attention."
"Hodgins…" Cam attempted to scold him but only succeeded in moaning his name as pressed a hot, wet kiss where her leg meets her stomach.
"I mean. If you want me to stop…"
"No…Please…"
"Please what, Cam?"
"Touch me."
Hodgins ran his hands from her knees down to her center, and back, but never actually touched where she so desperately wanted him to.
"Don't make me beg, Dr. Hodgins," she stated playfully, hoping it would get him to taste her.
"Well, when you put it that way, Dr. Saroyan," He emphasized her formal address.
When he moved, cam held her breath, hoping. However, he only went about placing kisses over her stomach.
"Goddammit, Jack. Taste me!" She said, completely exasperated.
"That's my girl," he said proudly before finally touching his tongue to her wet center.
Her orgasm came hard and fast against his mouth. When she calmed down from her high, he was above her, softly kissing her neck.
"Hodgins," she inhaled sharply when entered her.
Pulling back to look at her with lusty blue eyes, he slid all the way in and held himself there. "Dr. Saroyan, what's my name?" he whispered hotly, rolling his hips against hers. She stayed silent, unable to say or do anything. He felt so good…
"Camille…" he pulled all the way out.
"Jack!" She yelled, raking her fingernails across his back.
"That's my girl," he growled out, sliding back into her and setting a slow pace.
She knew that this night wouldn't last, but she wanted so badly to believe that it could.
Cam woke up on Saturday morning wanting to kick the ass of her subconscious. The dream she'd had last night left her all hot and flushed…and angry. She refused to admit that she missed him. Her subconscious, however, clearly felt differently.
She groaned as she remembered yesterday's events and pulled her pillow over her face.
What had she been thinking! Kissing Booth. It was completely unprofessional and unacceptable. The last thing she needed was a rebound repeat with him, on top of everything else.
You know why you did it, her brain told her.
And she did. She kissed him because she thought, irrationally, that it would make everything go away. All the pain, anyway. And she wanted to be happy, or at least feel something other than heartache.
The phone rang, which made Cam jump at the sound and run in to the kitchen to answer before it woke Alexis. Her attempt was unsuccessful, however, because as soon as she answered, Alexis let out a hungry wail.
"Hello?" Cam answered, walking to the nursery with a bottle.
"Dr. Saroyan," Dr. Brennan's voice came through the line.
"Hey, Dr. Brennan. What's up?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to go shopping today. It is my understanding that women who are friends often do this. I have shopped with Angela on several occasions."
"Oh…Dr. Brennan…I'll need to get Alexis ready, but…yes. I think I'd like that," Cam was touched. Maybe shopping with a pseudo-friend would get her mind off things.
"When would you like to go?"
She looked at the clock to see that it was around 9:15am.
"Does around 2:00pm work for you? I can pick you up on our way to the mall?"
"Those terms are satisfactory."
"Ok. See you then, Dr. Brennan."
"Bye, Cam."
Hanging up the phone, Cam finished feeding Alexis and laid her down under her plaything on the floor. She was starting to think that maybe, just maybe, she could use some help. Since her baby sitter had basically quit, Cam could use the extra help. The extra encouragement. The extra love for Alexis. Not that AJ needed any extra love, but it was a nice thought.
Remembering that she hadn't picked up the mail the day before, she went out to check the box in the hall way.
Cam opened the door to find Hodgins sleeping in the hallway.
Last night shouldn't have happened. Cam knew that. And she was sure that if anyone else knew, they would know that too.
She had always felt something for him. He was easy to flirt with. Safe. She had gone out that night expecting nothing but a nice night with some friends. Needless to say, she hadn't planned on sleeping with her coworker. In fact, that was the last thing she would ever plan. You have to stay professional. Having sex with someone you work with was by no means professional. Even if he is funny, and smart, and too attractive for words…
"Oh!...Ow." She exclaimed, running into someone. Apparently, her brain was anywhere but work today.
"Cam…"
Of course, she thought. Of course, it would be Hodgins I would run into.
"Dr. Hodgins, how is your analysis coming?" Cam sputtered out.
"Analysis? There's no case today…Booth and Dr. Brennan have been with Sweets all morning."
"Oh…well. Then," she had no idea what to say to him. What she really wanted to do was wrap her arms around his neck and kiss him senseless. Just thinking about kissing him gave her a delicious feeling low in her belly.
"About last night," he started, but Cam raised her hand signaling for him to stop.
"Not now, Dr. Hodgins."
"We have to talk about it at some point, Camille."
"Don't. Call me Camille," she tried to make her voice harsh. "We can…talk at lunch. Most everyone will be out for a while and we will have some privacy."
"Ok," was all Hodgins said. He looked at her with his blue eyes and that smile that told her he knew what she was feeling.
Cam turned and walked away before she could say, or do, anything infinitely more stupid than anything she'd done already.
"Care to tell me why you were sleeping outside my door?" she asked him as she set a glass of orange juice down on the kitchen table in front of him.
"Would you believe that I'm a closet narcoleptic and just fell asleep?"
Cam just gave him a look.
"Didn't think so. Look, I understand that you didn't want to deal with me last night, but…I need you to know that I'm not going anywhere. I don't know how else to say it. I'm not going anywhere."
Cam's heart melted. Part of her wanted to go to him then, forgive him for everything, convince him to forgive her, and kiss until neither of them could breathe. But the other part of her, the part that hated being vulnerable and was fiercely independent, was far too skeptical.
"Jack…I know you mean well, but—"
"I'm her father, Cam. I deserve to be a part of her life," he cut her off. He was right, she just didn't want to admit it.
Hodgins being more involved in Alexis' life meant being more involved in hers. And she wasn't sure that she could handle that.
"You're right," she said in a low voice, not looking at him.
"But Cam, I…I…What?" he sputtered.
"You're right. You're her father. You should be in her life."
"Did you know what babies have finger nails as early as the third trimester?" Cam asked. She was holding a new-mothers baby book with wide eyes. "Do you know what actually happens to the female pelvis during pregnancy?"
"Cherie, I do not need to be hearing this. Besides, don't you deal with dead people all the time? Didn't you already know this?" Caroline responded.
"Well, I know how to tell if a victim is female and has given birth, but when I never actually put it together that I would be going through it too…"
"You have got to realize that this is actually happening. Burying yourself in your work and pretending it doesn't exist isn't going to make it go away."
The lawyer's wise words struck Cam in a way that no other's had.
"Caroline, I am dealing with this the only way I know how. I…"
"Have you told him, cherie?" Caroline interrupted her.
"What do you think?" Cam sighed, knowing it was no use hiding from Caroline.
"I think that the father of this baby should know about it. Whether you want him to or not."
"He doesn't need to know. I am perfectly capable of taking care of us all by myself."
"Mmhmm, cherie. You keep tellin' yourself that, and you're going to start sounding a whole hell of a lot like Dr. Brennan."
As much as she hated to admit it. She knew Caroline was right. This baby was real. And whether baby girl's father was around or not, Cam was determined to be the best mother someone could ask for.
"You're…going to let me be involved?" Hodgins asked. He'd been expecting the apocalypse and found the Garden of Eden.
"As long as Angela is ok with it, you may be a part of AJ's life." Cam's words hit him like a ton of bricks. This is what he'd been expecting in the first place.
"Why does Angela have anything to do with that decision?" He was truly dumbfounded. This should only be between him and Cam.
"She's your wife, Jack."
"We…We're separated. Planning on getting a divorce." It was hard for him to admit, but it was true.
"Why?"
"Why? Because we fought. Because we're having problems. Because some things have come between us that—"
"Oh, so, everything there's a fight or a problem, you're going to leave?"
"It's not about that."
"Really? Because from where I'm standing, you just run every time something negative comes up—"
"I don't love her like—"
"Don't love who?"
"Angela."
God, the woman could be dense sometimes, he thought. If she would just let me tell her.
"Oh, well. I'm sorry…that it's not working out, but—"
"Don't you see it, Cam? It's right in front of you. I'm right in front of you…"
"Hodgins…You're vibrating…"
"I love you, Camille."
Cam stood starring at him and Hodgins thought he was going to go crazy with the deafening silence in the room. Why won't she say anything…
The phone rang and Alexis let out a cry.
"She's just hungry…" Cam said in a low voice, gesturing in Alexis' direction.
"I'll feed her. You answer the phone." To his surprise, she let him.
"Hello?" Cam picked up the phone. Her heart was pounding. She didn't know what to do about this whole thing. She had broken up Angela and Hodgins. She had—
"Cam?" She heard Angela whimper, clearly crying. This only added to Cam's panic. "Can we talk?"
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