Disclaimer: I don't own the show, if I did Cameron would be on the show a lot more than she is!
Author's Note: This is my first fic ever, be gentle!
(Wilson's Point of View)
The first time you realize things have changed, you are watching a movie with her. It's become a habit between the two of you, since she first started coming over to help you grieve Amber. You're watching the movie, and hear her laugh, and it strikes you, you love her laugh. You don't know where that thought came from, just realize that it's marked a change in you. Your feelings have changed for her, they've left friendship territory, and you are now treading in dangerous waters. She's with Chase, you think to yourself, you have no business thinking of things more than friendship.
She asks you what you thought of the movie, you snap back to reality and realize you missed the last twenty minutes of it. You croak out a vague answer, and get up from the couch, taking the popcorn bowl with you. She gets her coat, saying she has to get home, Chase wonders when she's too long at your place, and realize that Chase may be on to something. You wish things were different, that you could tell her your new feelings, but don't. You hug her before she leaves, and think to yourself as she slips out the door "Come back to me, don't leave me here alone".
You go to work the next day, feeling a mix of anxiety and anticipation. Even though your feelings have changed, you know that hers have not, and that she's now living with Chase. You now work back at PPTH, having finally got the strength to come back here. You've repaired your friendship with House, and are taking things a step at a time with him. Now is not the time to be pining over Cameron, someone you can't have. And as you think that, a little bit of your heart breaks. She was there all the time, yet you never seen her heart, not until she helped you recover.
A few weeks ago, after you returned to the hospital, she had started coming to your office at lunch break, just to make sure you were okay. Today is the first time she hasn't done that, so you slip down to the ER, to see if she's okay. You see her working on a patient, go over to her, and see how tired and sad she looks. She sees you approach, and something akin to shame crosses her face. She finishes up with the patient, and waves you over. You approach, she says she'll be up for lunch in 5 minutes, after she cleans up. You decide to wait for her, not wanting her to be alone when she looked that way. When she joins you, she remains silent, saying nothing until you are within the safety of your closed office. It spills out of her then, Chase and her had a huge fight after she got home. Some of it is the time she's been spending with you, a lot of it was the fact that she refused to commit to him, and a lot of it was just the fact that they hadn't been spending a whole lot of time together. Moving in together was suppose to solve that problem, apparently, but it seemed like they spent even more time apart now. She cries in your arms, and you hold her, feeling guilty for your role in it. Still, a little slice of you thinks "maybe it's not too late", but you would never put her in that position, not when she was so vulnerable. You hold her til she quits crying, and then see her to the door.
You tell her that maybe you should spend less time together, that she needs more time with Chase. You don't want to be responsible for anything else. But the final breakup comes anyway, soon after. She asks you to help her apartment hunt, lamenting the fact that she gave up her cozy apartment to move in with Chase. So, you being there for her, like she was for you, traipse along as she looks. It's actually not that hard, she found a great one, near the hospital on your third go round. It's actually close to where you live, which thrills you in a small way. It's spacious, with a green space to call her own out back, so she has a small backyard. You see her happier than she's been in awhile and think that she may never have truly loved Chase, because she doesn't seem as devastated as you would think. Still, a break up and the death of a loved one are different things, and neither compare to the other. She asks for your opinion while you are standing in what will be her bedroom, and all you can think is doing things to her here, definetly not what you'd consider friendship. You mutter how great it looks, and can't wait to see how she decorates it. She looks at you oddly, then laughs, so you laugh too, relieved that she can't read your mind.
Things change for both of you when you help her move in. Chase had cleared out for the day while she moved things out, so that made things a little easier for her. You help her set things up, and that's when things change. Neither of you were watching where you were going when you both reached for something out of a box. You bump heads, and you immediately apologize. Her bump starts to swell, so you go to the kitchen, in search of a cool cloth to put against it. You come back, and as you sit there with her, you can't help yourself anymore. You reach in for a kiss, and instead of the slap you expected, she draws you in closer. The passion you've been feeling is poured into the kiss, and she returns it. And then she says to you "What took you so long?" and realize that's why she wasn't devastated by the break up with Chase. You think back to a long ago conversation with her, and realize she would never cheat on Chase. You now know that she's been feeling things for you too, but didn't want to jump into anything. She didn't want to be the rebound girl, there for you to replace Amber with. She wanted something more, and she waited. And now, as much as you loved Amber, you realize how much you now love Allison, and never want to let her go.
When everyone finds out about your relationship, people take it different ways. Chase is angry, saying that you must have put the moves on her to help get over your grief. House makes a few of the same jokes, but stops when he realizes that Cameron means more to you than that( and you think he doesn't want to push things too far, he's trying to change too). Cuddy just says "don't let it interfere with work" and the hospital rumor mills speeds up, both of you getting odd looks here and there. It stops, eventually, and a year into your relationship, you ask Allison to marry you. This time, you promise things will work, that you finally have it right. She accepts, and House is your best man at marriage #4. Two years later, she gives birth to your first child, a girl, and a year after that she has your son. You've never been more content, and can't believe how happy you are with life. You think how things change, some for the bad, some for the good. And out of the worst part of your life came the best. You think of Amber then, and hope wherever she is, she's at peace. Because for the first time in a long time, you are.
