Title: I'll Miss You
Rating: T ...for now
Spoilers: All three seasons, especially the finale Human Error
Author's Note: Ok, so this is a Round Robin fic started by me and speedmonkey. I'll do a chapter and then she'll do a chapter and then I'll do one and...yeah you get the point. lol. (first chapter is hers if you're curious)
Pairings: House/Cameron.
Disclaimer: We don't own anything, it all belongs to Fox...though it would be nice to have the characters to play with :)
I'll Miss You
Make a joke.
I expect you to be just fine.
Her last three words echo through your mind like a bad song. You completeley block out the rest of the conversation and focus on her last words. You could have sworn there was hesitation. You look down at your arm and you can still feel the heat from where her hand had been when she looked up at you. The warmth spreading up your arm and through each ventricle of your heart and back out, cascading down the rest of your body.
House didn't know how long he had stood there in his office. He debated whether or not he should talk to Wilson about his problems. House had always felt alone but he had never actually been alone. Two of his doctors quit and he fired one of them. He brought this upon himself. He knew Foreman didn't really want to quit yet House did nothing to make him stay. He fired Chase for a reason. He couldn't stand him.
But Cameron?
Why did she leave?
House knew that she may have gotten all she could from her job. But he didn't think that was the real reason. House knew her and Chase had something going on but he didn't think it was serious enough for him to act upon.
House sat down at his desk where she had been sitting mere minutes ago. He looked around the room and let out a slow sigh as he tapped the butt of his cane on the carpeted floor.
"You want to go for a drink?" came Wilson's usual tone.
House starred at the wall for a few minutes before answering Wilson's question, "No," he said miserably.
WIlson looked at his friend confused and took a step forward, "You alright?"
Another sigh, "Cameron quit," he stated, the words sounding fowl on his tongue.
Wilson looked at House horrified, "She what?" he stated. "She couldn't...she lo-" House interrupted his friend's sentence with a glare which made WIlson stop immediatley. "What are you going to do?" Wilson asked.
House shrugged and propped his legs up on his desk, "There's nothing I can do."
Wilson gave House a look, "House...you don't have a team," he stated.
"Neither do you," House countered. "And you're doing just fine."
"But you won't," Wilson stated.
And House knew it. He could survive without Chase. He could find someone else to pick on to replace Foreman but without Cameron...House had nothing.
TBC...