Author's Note: I realize that this is AU. All I'm asking is that you give it a try. Even if you don't like it, I'm rather proud of my work. Just sayin.

Special thanks to Akarana and Mollie. 3

Cam smiled.

It was a secret smile, one meant only for herself. But it was a smile none-the-less.

She was laying bed on her back. Brennan's head rested on her soft chest, and Cam was stroking her hair.

"He…He hates me…" Tempe stuttered out.

"Shh….It's okay, babe. Shh…" Cam tried to calm her down. The situation was a little humorous, as the big studly Agent Booth had given his heart to her girlfriend. But still, part of her wanted to get out of bed, get dressed, and storm over to Booth's apartment and read him the riot act. She wouldn't, though, because she wouldn't leave Bren at a time like this. "It's not your fault, you know that. You told him you couldn't change. He shouldn't ask you to. You can't blame yourself…" Cam soothed

"He was so sad, Cam," she whispered softly.

"I know, hon. I know."

"Part of me wishes…" she trailed off. Cam's heart nearly stopped, knowing exactly what she wished.

She wishes she didn't have to turn him down, Camille, she scolded herself. She turned him down for you.

"Listen, Brennan," Cam sighed. "If you wanted to take him up on his offer—"

Temperance raised her upper body so she was propped up on one elbow. Her sudden movement stopped Cam's words.

"Did you listen to what happened, Cam?"

"Yes, of course, I—"

"Then you know that I turned him down because I can't change. He thought that meant that I was too logical and didn't believe in love. Actually," she leaned down and kissed Cam softly. "I meant that I was not single and I would not change." Another kiss. "And if that wasn't enough, he had no solid evidence." Finishing her speech, she grinned, and Cam's heart fluttered.

"Brennan," Cam reached a hand up to cup her bedmate's cheek. "I need to know that you're not just doing this for me. Because I instigated it. Because—"

"Camille Saroyan," Tempe mock scolded. Cam had always liked this side of her; the side that wasn't afraid to call bullshit, the side that wasn't afraid to challenge. "In case you have forgotten, there were two of us in the office that night."

Cam smiled, then moaned when Brennan kissed her hard on the lips. Cam hadn't forgotten. She couldn't.

"Babe, what are you doing?" Cam asked, drawing in a deep breath at her lovers actions.

"I'm proving something to you," she murmured against Cam's skin, placing kisses across her chest.

"Mmhmm," Cam shuddered. "And what are you trying to prove?"

"That I love you," Bren kissed her stomach. "And that I don't want to give you up."

"Oh, Dr. Saroyan, I didn't know you were still here," Dr. Brennan said when she looked up to find Cam standing in the doorway.

"I…didn't want to go home to an empty house," she stated matter-of-factly.

There was a silence as Brennan continued her paperwork.

"Did you hear about Jared and Padme?" Brennan asked, breaking the silence much to Cam's relief.

"I did. I heard Booth was upset," Cam responded.

"While I understand Booth's irritation, I believe that Jared and Padme have every right to experience the rush of hormones," she paused. "Anthropologically speaking, men often have no place in the home. It is the women who band together and run the village."

"I doubt that's what Booth thinks."

"Why?"

"Because to Booth, men have to be around. He thinks all women need protection."

"Surely he knows woman can protect themselves."

"Yeah, and it's Booth. Do you really think he believes even you and I could take care of ourselves?" Cam joked.

They locked eyes and Cam felt a warming in her lower abdomen. Brennan talking about women…well. Let's just say she wasn't expecting her body to have that reaction…

"Cam? You're blushing," Brennan said bluntly. Cam stayed silent. "There's nothing to be ashamed of, Cam. Attraction is simply a rush of serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine. Those hormones, in response to someone of the same sex, are not bad. In fact, it shouldn't be looked down upon at all. It—"

"Dr. Brennan, what…what are you talking about?" Cam said as she watched her stand up and cross the room.

"I'm just speaking of your flushed face, your fidgety hands, and the way you keep licking your lips. Not to mention the look in your eyes. Dr. Hodgins gets the same look when he looks at Angela."

"Oh," Cam whispered, blushing deeper.

"Am I making you uncomfortable?" Brennan asked with a slight panic to her voice.

"Not at all," she stated, unsure of where this was going.

Brennan smiled, and she felt butterflies in her stomach. Looking into her colleague's beautiful blue eyes, she noticed a feeling that was certainly being mirrored in her own eyes: Attraction.

Without fully thinking it through, Cam leaned in and kissed Brennan.

And to her surprise, Brennan kissed back.

She screamed Brennan's name as she came.

"Babe…Baby…Brennan, you have to stop. I can't…I can't take anymore," she panted when her bedmate didn't stop moving her mouth.

Temperance moved herself up on the bed, laid next to Cam, and kissed her. Cam smiled when she tasted herself in the kiss.

"Do you believe me now?" Brennan asked, pulling away and staring into her brown eyes. "Do you believe that I wouldn't change for anyone but you?"

"Yes," Cam whispered.

"I love you, Cam," Tempe curled up next to her and sighed sleepily.

They fell into a comfortable silence as they attempted sleep. When they first met, the sizzle of hatred between them was almost palpable. They challenged each other. And they fought. And Cam granted her freebies.

As it turns out, they didn't fight out of hatred. They fought out of jealousy. Jealousy which evolved into attraction. Attraction they hadn't known existed until the night Cam kissed her colleague.

"Cam?" Tempe whispered in the darkness.

"Yes?"

"Do you love me?"

"Yes. Do you want me to prove it to you?"

"If you're not too tired."

Rolling on top of her, Cam laughed. She'd never be too tired.