A/N: Hi peeps! So my friend DarkRose1928 and I are having a "fluff off", so basically we have 100 prompts and we're both writing collections of fluffy oneshots based on said prompts. She chose a couple from "Avatar, the last Airbender" but I of course went for Chameron. This chapter is sort of an introduction to the rest of the piece, and ironically it takes place many years after the show. First prompt: Introduction.
Lila Chase threw open the door to her house and stalked inside. Even the smell of warm sugar cookies coming from the kitchen couldn't wipe the frown off her face as she threw her bag down at the bottom of the staircase and followed the sickening scent.
"Hey sweetie, you're home late today." Lila's mother Allison said, looking up from the recipe she was reading.
"Yeah, I stopped by the hospital to talk to Uncle Greg about my science report, remember, I have to write about kidneys." Lila said flatly, sitting down at the kitchen island and propping her head up in her hands. She stared at her mother for a moment with a question in the back of her mind. Her uncle had said…but he liked to mess with people didn't he? She hoped that was all it was.
"When's dad coming home?" She asked finally, not sure what else to say.
"He's going to be late tonight, brain surgery" Allison said passively, as if everyone's father was late because they had to cut open someone's skull and poke around inside.
"Oh, okay" Lila sighed, trying as hard as she could not to think about what her uncle had told her. He must have been wrong, he must have been trying to make her mad, because the other option was much worse.
"Lila…earth to Lila"
"Huh?" Lila looked up with a start, taking notice of the concern written on her mother's face.
"Are you okay? You seem really out of it"
"I'm fine mom" Lila said, swatting away her mother's hand as she tried to feel her forehead. Suddenly a look of recognition crossed Allison's face and she rolled her eyes.
"What did your uncle say?" There was no way House wasn't behind this. He loved making Allison's life harder in every way possible, including messing with Lila. At 14 Lila was smarter than most, but being the spawn of two doctors pretty much ensured that didn't it? She was lucky in another way too; she had inherited both of her parents' best traits. From her dad, blue eyes and blonde hair. From her mom, natural curls, and an optimistic outlook on life. Of course, this odd perfection was too much for House to handle. Instead of writing it off as good genetics, he had decided that there must be something seriously wrong with her and was determined to find it. This was probably just another step in his process.
"Nothing, we were talking about kidneys, he is a nephrologist after all"
"And…"
"And a diagnostician" Lila avoided, plastering an innocent smile on her face. Allison rolled her eyes at her daughter,
"Lila, what did he say that's got you so upset?" There was no way House was getting away with this one. As soon as Allison figured out what he had done she fully intended to call him up and give him a piece of her mind.
"He…" Lila stared into her mother's green eyes for a second, trying to decide whether or not to continue, "He said I was a mistake, that you and dad never wanted to have me"
"Lila…" Allison sighed, mistake was such a harsh word. It wasn't that she hadn't wanted to have her it was just… "You weren't planned, but that doesn't mean we didn't want you. Your father and I were already engaged and we were planning on having a family someday it was just sooner than we expected"
"He also said that you were going to leave dad at the alter, but you felt too bad because he already knew you were pregnant."
"That's not true at all. Your uncle isn't the most truthful man, you should know that by now"
"So what is true?" Lila's eyes flickered with curiosity. If everything her uncle had said about her parents getting together was a lie, what was the truth?
"True about what?"
"You and dad! How did you two end up together? Don't just give me the 'we worked together for a really long time and eventually it just clicked' story again, I want to know the real story, all of it" Lila was excited now. Maybe her parents had some crazy love story where they had to go through lots of weird stuff to finally end up together, it would certainly be amusing. Allison laughed,
"Alright fine. Since your father is going to be late I guess I could tell you the story. It's long though, so you have to do your homework while I tell you and I have to make dinner and get some other work around the house done."
"Okay, so when did you and dad meet? Start from then, even if you didn't go out until like years later"
"We met when I was interviewing for a job at Princeton-Plainsboro…"
A/N: Okay, so I'm going to leave it off there. Here's the thing though, all these oneshots are going to be what Allison (Cameron) is telling her daughter Lila. But, because I'm going in order of the prompts I have they are going to be seriously out of order. Sorry about that. I'm sure they won't be super hard to piece together and I'll note the time when each oneshot takes place at the beginning of the chapter. Next Prompt: Love.
