Goodbye
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She knew as soon as she looked into his eyes, she would realise she picked the wrong man and yet she still gazed into them with hurt looking back at her.
The betrayal of HIPPA was something that not even House could easily do and yet she did. She told him every minute detail of what had happened to him to her boyfriend and let him throw it back into his face with her just sitting there silently saying sorry.
He knew once they all left the conference and went back to the hospital that everything between them had shifted. Things had shifted too much in his opinion to deal with. Nothing that Nolan could do would work enough to make him stay there. He couldn't stay and watch her look happy whilst he crumbled inside himself watching the woman he loved be with someone else.
His decision to leave became public to the hospital the following week whilst Cuddy had a few days off. His resignation was accepted eventually which shocked House and his belongings were packed and gone to his new apartment in New York. The only thing left for him to do was to say goodbye to his friend and the woman he loves.
The day he was due to leave was the day that Cuddy returned from her vacation, who had no idea of what had happened in the past week. The board weren't due to meet Cuddy for another week and whilst Wilson wasn't happy with House's decision, he could understand why and so he didn't feel the need to tell Cuddy.
When he walked into the lobby for the last time he knew he couldn't not look into her office even if he couldn't say goodbye verbally. When he looked towards her, she was opening the envelope which he had given to the board and he realised that this is the first that she will learn of him leaving. Her eyes glistened with tears and looked up to see him looking straight back at her with resignation in his gaze. He murmured the word goodbye and turned and left the building.
She forced her chair back quickly and ran towards the doors where he had left shouting his name but all in vain.
She went back to her desk when she overheard the nurses talking about House leaving Wilson's place and leaving Princeton all together. She slowly walked to her office knowing that he was gone and it was all her fault.
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