A/N: First attempt at a fic in a while, will only be five chapters, maximum. All feedback will be appreciated.
Dig
My initial reaction to the information you so easily let us obtain was that of pure shock and horror. The moment I saw the results of the MRI, I saw the mass and my throat closed in panic as I knew for sure you were going to die. You can not imagine the thoughts the ran through my mind at that moment and I am not going to share them with you now. I looked to Robert and Eric and saw the same look on their faces that I knew mine emitted and we set to work.
The only thought on our minds for sixteen hours was you and your health, as was proven by the countless number of tests we ran from the samples of blood and lab results that you furnished us. We re-ran those lab tests and when I kissed you in your office an hour in to confirm the diagnosis I could not concentrate on the fact that my lips had finally captured yours…I could only see you, lying in a coffin, no life to the lips that were caressing mine. I will admit that I thought it strange for you to give your "file name" to me so easily, and I should have investigated your willingness to participate so easily, but I was not thinking. If I have learned anything from working here, it is that you demand privacy, and this should have been my first clue in the disappointment you would offer.
After you had left that evening for home we continued to work feverishly, knowing that we only had a few hours before you boarded a plane to begin your treatment and you could imagine our relief when we discovered the truth, you were not going to die! We raced to your flat in Foreman's car with Chase calling in our findings from the passenger's seat. I could do nothing more but sit in the back and silently cry for joy.
When we pulled up to your flat I was outran by Eric and Robert, who were as giddy with the news as I was. As they knocked on your door all I could do was smile, relief and calm flooding over me as I readied myself to see your face. As we told you our news your face became distorted and for the life of me I will never forget, the look of disappointment on your face. I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream at you, hug you, kiss you, tell you that all was well with the world now that Dr. Gregory House was going to live another day!
When you opened your mouth and then snarled at us about our meddling I wanted to punch you. With everything in me I wanted to charge you to the floor and hit you so damn hard that the rest of your body would scream more than your leg ever could….and I almost did, until I saw your eyes. You looked at me, and the look on my face must have revealed my feelings because when you looked at me your expression may have read pissed, but your eyes revealed that you were ashamed. Ashamed of your actions because you knew that what you had done was wrong.
The three of us have known from the get go that you are nothing but unique, and even so you are the best diagnostician we could have ever hoped to work under. Your actions however have shown us that you do not appreciate us. Despite your arrogance and snide remarks, it has been difficult not to come to love you. You had to have known that we all cared for you if we hadn't, we wouldn't have run the tests. After the way you've treated us the past three years, I would imagine that a third party would not see how we could have come to love you in any way. To be frank, I am surprised that Robert or Eric either one worked as hard as they did to prove that yours was a mis-diagnosis, with the way they have been treated. I would have hoped that you had realized before that we all did and do care about you House, but if you didn't, I hope there's not a day that goes by that you wake up and don't know that you were cared for.
What amazed me however was that you were not sorry for your actions. You have made no effort to apologize to me, Eric, or Robert, and it is for that reason that I will indeed be leaving Princeton Plainsboro along with them.
Allison Cameron
She evaluated her work and despite herself couldn't help but picture his reaction. There would be no chasing her this time, there would be no offers of a second date to sway her to stay. The realization his hard and for the first time since that night, she cried because of him. She cleared her mind only a moment later, swiping her eyes harshly and vowing that it would be the last time.