Here we are, the new story! The sequel to "The Heart of a Fool." I left some things unanswered in the last story, both on purpose and by mistake (only human!) and I know that a lot of readers wanted to find out what was going on with the letter Cameron wrote and about Mr. Deleyney's son and what happened after the funeral. So, I am starting the sequel as the second book in this little House series... So, "The Heart of a Fool" was the first book and now this is the second one!

I am not sure if I am going to update as fast as I did with the other story with this one; something is telling me that I am going to slow down. I want to give the reader more of a chance to savor the story and understand it than just rush through everything, so a new chapter should be posted every other day instead of everyday. I ignored my other stories a bit trying to get the last House fic done and everything, and I don't want to do that again.

Onward to the first chapter!

House's First Visit

Hey, Cameron. I don't really know why I'm here, to tell the truth. I just want to get home and get some sleep. Today was a tough day. Stacy got on my back about everything and I did my best not to lose my temper in front of Cuddy and everyone else who could breath fire in my face. I'm going to get an ulcer or something if I have to try and be that nice under pressure again. But, starting tomorrow, the rest of the team is going to be brought in front of the Board of Directors to see who gets their ass handed to them and who escapes with little more than a scratch. I think it's Foreman first; we're going one every day, I heard. Those directors probably only want to deal with one of us a day. I don't blame them; every time we are all together, someone dies, it seems.

I haven't opened that envelope you dropped in the parking lot. Cuddy gave it to me at the funeral last week, but I just threw it on my dresser. I don't think I want to open it. I know you wrote a lot, the envelope was so thick, but I don't want to deal with any more stress at the moment. I just have to save my team from getting fired. I promise I'll open it sometime, but just not right now.

Cuddy hinted I could get my job back. I don't know how, considering I was the main cause in Mr. Deleyney's death. You know, it's not like the Graves Disease did anything to kill him... You should see Cuddy now, Cameron. She is so subdued. Maybe because she is going to lose her hospital if she doesn't move fast on the paperwork and do some smooth talking. Who knows? Who cares? If we're all fired, then we won't care about it all anyway. Cuddy spits fire when it comes to me opening my mouth, no matter what I say, and I thought Chase was going to wet his pants when she screamed at Wilson, but after that, the dragon-lady was quiet.

I don't sound like myself. I still mope around, I am still as sarcastic as ever, but this past week has been weird. There is one empty spot at the discussion table, more slots that have to be filled for clinic duty, and less people to keep track of. I've had to be at the hospital almost every single day for legal work. I'm not getting paid for any of this, which reminds me I have to go job hunting if Cuddy was just pulling my leg about getting my job back. Heh, bad joke.

I'm exhausted and I now realize how stupid talking to a tombstone is. It's dark outside right now, the sun just went over the trees. I'm freezing, too. Winter is here and I have to be a numb skull to be standing in the snow, talking to myself. I don't even know if you can hear me.

Goodnight, Cameron.

House sat on his couch, freezing. His heat was on, but he didn't know for how long. Depending on how fast he could get a job and how much he still had after the legal matters were taken care of, House didn't know if he could pay his bills. He pulled the blanket closer around his shoulders as he stood up and turned off the TV. He switched the lights off and grumbled. Electricity. Another thing he would lose. Well, that didn't matter if he had no house.

He wandered to the bedroom, rubbing his eyes. His leg throbbed. He had tossed his painkillers out; they had been too much of a temptation to him. After the funeral, for a brief moment, he had considered just putting them all into his mouth and swallowing. He was losing everything, what did a life matter? But, House had ground them all up, taking a twisted pleasure in destroying them, the end of the coffee cup grinding the pills into a bitter powder, which he then flushed down the toilet. Let them all end up in the sewer, in the water supply, where ever things like painkiller went. They were not going to haunt him anymore. As long as he was losing everything to his choice to detox, the world be damned if he was going to take the pills again. He had slipped back too many times before, with less on the line.

"You can't be who you were. You just have to be who you are!"

Wilson's voice echoed in his mind, one of the last things said before Mr. Deleyney's son had brandished the gun and let loose the bullet that killed Cameron. He had lost a co-worker because of his stupidity to not shove her out of the way. How could he have known, though? House shook his head and collapsed into bed. He had to be at the hospital early the next morning, for Foreman's hearing in front of the board. It was announced that everyone involved in the accident would be present for the verdict of every doctor who was a part of the murder of Mr. Deleyney's and Dr. Cameron.

Before he shut his eyes, House spotted the light purple envelope on his dresser and groaned. Why had he went to see her today? Why? What in the hell was he hoping to accomplish by that? He hoped he never was that stupid again to stand out in the snow and talk to a dead person. He bet she didn't even know he had visited her grave.

Here is the first chapter! I am experimenting with different styles every few chapters, I've decided, most of them revolving around everyone visiting Cameron's grave. So, I'll tell the story in real time before or after someone talks to Cameron, so we have the literal and the emotional views of things. Thanks for reading and please drop me a review! Thanks!