This had been something she never thought she'd have to deal with. She always known that their relationship was too complicated for words, but it was something she had learned to deal with. She shoved them to the back of her mind and had intended that they would stay there. She never thought that the feeling would amount to anything more than simply feeling. Something she thought she could get through life just pushing to the back of her mind. And with his actions most the time, it was pretty easy.
But now, not so much…
She looked down at the man on his knee. The man who seemed perfect in every sense of the word. Perfect for her. Perfect for a husband. Perfect for a father for Rachel. Someone she could depend on. Someone she had always imagined having a future with. Someone she loved—well someone she that thought she loved. The only problem was it wasn't who she wanted it to be…
…it wasn't House…
Lucas, kneeling in front of her, asking her the question she has waited years for. The question she had wanted so badly to come. With a beautiful ring with a simple diamond that would fit her finger perfectly. And yet she didn't know what to say. He looked at her, starting to worry, seeing that he hadn't received an answer yet.
She looked at him and with her best attempt—she plastered on a smile and said "yes".
Placing the ring on her finger and jumping up, Lucas kissed her forehead and wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. He whispered something in her ear but she didn't really hear it. She was too focused on the ring and the feeling that was filling her heart, or the lack of feeling that was filling her heart.
She placed her arms around him gently and embraced him and faking enthusiasm. But little did he know that she regretted that one syllable word from the moment she uttered it.