Don't you think that if I own these guys they would be together by now?

Here is my take on what should have happened after House pulled his, "I love you" stunt to get Cameron to take her HIV test.

It was the day Cameron came in contact with the patient with AIDS blood, potentially exposing her to HIV and she was pissed off, "What an asshole," muttered Cameron to herself as she left Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. "He knows I like him, and he still manipulates me using my feelings for him. He actually said he loves me! Just to get a reaction!"

Still fuming Cameron entered her car, and put on her angry chick rock music. "Life's a Bitch," came on blaring through the speakers and soon she was singing along loudly with Shooter, "Should'a been born on the Milky Way. Don't wanna belong to the world today.
Oh, life's a bitch and then you die. Should'a been born on the Milky Way. I can't believe what I heard today. Oh yeah, life's a bitch and then you die." By the time she got back to her apartment she had burned off a considerable amount of her rage thanks to obnoxiously loud music and even louder singing.

Once she arrived home Cameron changed into sweats and took out a pint of Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia, which she kept on reserve for nights just like this. All she wanted to do was curl up on her sofa with a chick flick and her ice cream and chill out.

Which one do I pick…Miss Congeniality sounds good. Sandra Bullock is great and I could use a good laugh.

She was at one of her favorite parts, when Miss Rhode Island says, when asked what her favorite day is, "That's a tough one. I would have to say April 25th. Because it's not too hot, not too cold, all you need is a light jacket," when she heard a distinctive rapping on her door. Cameron knew right away who it was. Her boss. Her love interest. The bane of her existence. Dr. Greg House MD.

After about thirty seconds of internal debate Cameron got up and answered the door. Quick to get the first words in she said, "What do you want House? Didn't you have your fun back at the hospital already today?"

"Fun. Hmm..let me try to define fun for a second. Something that gives you pleasure and makes you smile. That works for me. Did finding out one of the people I work with everyday might have HIV appear anywhere in that definition?"

"Um…" Cameron was in shock that it appeared House actually may care about her and couldn't form a coherent thought.

"Well? I didn't really hire you for your looks you know. I assumed there were brains in there somewhere. You went to med school and all."

"So you actually do like me?"

"I never said that. I just said I didn't find finding out colleagues might have HIV fun. I am so cruel that I want people to die. Hippocratic oath and all that."

Feeling like her emotions had been violated for a second time that day Cameron ordered House out and sat down to finish watching her movie but she couldn't concentrate, even when Sandra Bullock starring as Miss New Jersey was attacking Heather Burns to get the crown trying to save her. Instead her thoughts kept drifting back to the incorrigible man who had left her apartment minutes before.

Why? Why does he affect me like this? I am a grown woman! I should be able to handle a few un-called for comments. Well, there aren't just a few though. Maybe a few a day.

Why do I put up with this crap? 'Cause he makes me a better doctor. He has pushed me to my limits and beyond. I can handle talking to patients now in ways I never could before. He challenges me to think outside the box. No diagnosis is too outrageous. The more creative the better. And for some bizarre reason I am attracted to him. Even though he rarely shaves and wears jeans and concert tees to work. I still find him sexy as hell. Maybe that is why I find him so attractive.

Crap! I have to deal with that miserable excuse for a human being tomorrow. Isn't it funny how I am thinking about how much I like him one minute and how much I want to kill him the next? I guess this is what is meant by a love-hate relationship.

Having had enough introspection Cameron went to bed and found that morning came all too soon. She was back at the hospital by 7:30, thirty minutes before anyone else was due to arrive and at least an hour and a half before House would show up. She began her morning routine of starting the coffee, sorting House's mail, and then read and responded to his email as she felt was necessary.

This was second nature to her now that she had begun her second year working under House. Sometimes she wondered how it became her "job." Is it because I'm a woman?

Most of the time it didn't bother her though because by reading his mail and email Cameron got an inside look into House. Always a plus.

Time passed quickly and soon Chase and Foreman arrived. Chase took out his crossword puzzle and Foreman took out the medical journal he was reading and they all continued working.

Soon it began to approach nine o'clock and Cameron began to get anxious about seeing House after their confrontation the previous evening. At 9:02 she heard his shuffle-step coming around the corner and she braced herself for whatever he planned on dishing out.