So I know I said the first chapter would be the wedding, but I felt the dinner between the parents deserved a mention.
"Good evening everyone!" Blythe enters the room with two take-out bags in each hand, but there's a different smell coming from each pair. She sets one pair on the table and the doctors recognize the label from a Chinese restaurant they frequent. On the other set, a local Thai place. John follows behind her with five pizza boxes.
"Did you plan on feeding an army grams?" Elliot digs out a box of shrimp rice from one of the bags and digs in.
"I wasn't sure what everyone would like, so we brought a bit of everything." Blythe pulls out each of the containers and balls up the bags they came in. "As for the pizza, there's a meat lovers, vegetarian, pepperoni, mediterranean, and everything."
"You're going to be feeding this department for the rest of the week." Foreman retrieves a slice of pizza and digs in.
"You've obviously never seen Greg eat. I know he claims to only love Ruebens, but he can put away anything."
"Don't I know it, we had dinner in New York and he ate for three." Cameron comments as she enters the room, heading straight for one of the Thai boxes. Obviously she thinks that House told his parents about them.
"When were the two of you in New York?" Cameron pauses in her chewing, not wanting to be the one to reveal anything. Fortunatly, Elliot takes over.
"The team went to New York this past weekend for a Diagnostics conference. We all went out to dinner one night while we were there." She prevented from saying anything else when House enters the office.
"Good, dinner's here, what did the test results say?" House reaches for a slice of pizza before he's smacked away by Elliot.
"Nothing in particular. Wasn't there a certain conversation you were supposed to have?" Elliot glares at her uncle meaningfully.
"Right. Mom, Dad, can I talk to you guys in my office?" House doesn't wait for a response before turning and going into his office. The Houses silently follow him, leaving the team to watch. Seconds after they leave, Wilson shows Cameron's parents into the room.
"Hey, sweetie." Alice gives her daughter a kiss on the cheek in greeting, stepping aside and letting William give his daughter a hug. "What's going on in there?" Alice motions to the office.
"Greg is telling his parents about us." Cameron mentions with ease. "There's no popcorn, but there is some pizza if you'd like it." She motions behind her, keeping her attention on the trio in the office beside them. She places her food on the table behind her when she sees Blythe look to her and reenter the conference room.
Blythe immediately envelops Cameron in a hug, holding tightly for a moment. When she pulls back, blythe frames Cameron's face with her hands and smiles brightly at her, tears evident in her eyes.
"Welcome to the family, Allison."
"Thank you, Blythe...I am a little curious about something. How could you not suspect that Greg was my fiance when you knew that we were dating?"
"A few reasons. As much as I love my son, I'd gotten to the point where I didn't think that he would ever settle down. Second of all, despite your behavior at Claire's wedding, I honestly thought that you two were just pretending so that Greg wouldn't have to deal with every mother of a single daughter setting him up with her."
"Right. To be honest, we weren't actually dating at that time. We actually became a couple a few days after the wedding."
"I knew it!" Blythe exclaims triumphantly, glaring at her son.
"The important thing is that we did become a couple, mother. Timing doesn't mean anything beyond that."
"Very well." Blythe releases Cameron and turns around, noticing the Camerons for the first time. "I suppose this is a good time for introductions. I'm Blythe House, this is my husband, John. Ignore his manners, he's a retired Marine."
Alice responds with laughter. "I know what you mean, William is retired Army. I'm Alice Cameron." The two women greet each other with a hug while the men appraise each other in their own way...with evil glares.
"Ahhh, service rivalry at it's best." Cameron comments. "Please can you two be civil to each other. I don't want there to be any of this amongst our children should they decide to join the military when they come of age." Cameron turns to the test results, not paying attention to what she said. The parents - particularly the mothers - notice every one of her words.
"Allison," Alice approaches her daughter, "Are you trying to tell us...?" She leaves the question open-ended, waiting for a response. Cameron recalls what she said causing her eyes to widen to the size of saucers.
"No! No, I'm not pregnant! One day...but not today. No...no. Sorry for the confusion." Cameron clears her throat and turns back to the test results, not absorbing a single word, resulting in her throwing the file down on the table. She turns her attention back to her mother and future mother-in-law, both staring at her wide-eyed in curiosity.
"Come on! Yes, we plan on starting a family, just not today. Blythe, I realize you probably want another grandchild, but seriously, both of you have more than enough for the present moment. Now can we get back to dinner and then the case. You'd never be able to live with yourself if this kid died because you were too busy harrassing Greg and I about grandchildren."
It's short, but that's why it's considered a snapshot...at least I think...anyways, school starts back up in three days, and I've got a killer schedule this fall, so I don't know when I'll be able to update this story or Black Sheep, but I will get to it eventually.
