A/N: Drabble written for housemd_100 on LiveJournal. Prompt #12 - You should have left years ago.


She wonders what would have happened if she'd only thought to walk away sooner; to turn away and never look back.

She had tried to resist it as best she could, but in the end it was out of her hands; things had become too personal, too intimate.

She'd fallen for Chase, which, to her, had redefined the meaning of falling in love.

And now, just as she was beginning to believe that she had something beautiful, something real; it was suddenly all gone.

Two people walking in and out of each others' lives.

Lasting happiness eluding her once again.