The steam filled the room one morning as House entered the bathroom and turned to gaze into the mirror. With everything that had been going on in his life recently it was nice to have some time alone. Henry and Blythe had decided to remarry and Wilson had volunteered to throw them a wedding shower. It hadn't surprised the diagnostician that his friend had gone to such lengths, after all it was in James' nature to do that kind of thing.
Apart from the wedding, things around the hospital had returned to their usual pace and House was tired of the same old thing. He retired for a reason and it appeared that that reason hadn't changed except when it came to Cuddy.
The two had gotten very close over the last few months, their friendship had reached a peak and now it appeared that they had finally come to terms with everything that had happened in the past and were ready to move forward as friends.
As he stepped into the shower and the steam hit his face, House let his mind drift back to the time when he had just started working at Princeton Plainsboro and the pain in his leg acted as a wall between his personnel and professional lives. Now, it appeared that that wall was about to be taken down for good as Gregory House was about to make the biggest change in his adult life that would hopefully lead to a happier and healthier existence.
Rehab was one step in the right direction but, this would clinch it. This would eliminate the root of the problem allowing the diagnostician to experience a life without pain.
Are you sure this is what you want?
As this question was sent by his subconscious, House placed a hand over his thigh and closed his eyes a moment while giving into the emotion fighting its way through.
"it's the only way."