Woo! I'm back to House! I thought I'd have a go at a hopefully long House story. Eventually Hameron. Setting is a little different – Cameron never slept with Chase. Ever. She also never asked House out, though they did go to the monster truck rally. :-D I kinda changed the monster truck rally up a little bit, too. Hospital, and characters you don't know are mine, everyone else isn't (though I would kidnap House… opps, off subject!). The hospital may be real, but the one mentioned here isn't. :-D

Prologue:

"Goodbye!" Allison Cameron waved goodbye to her old co-workers. Her co-workers waved back, and some made resolutions to go and see her sometime. House, however, was moping in his office. She had been transferred to a different hospital, though still in Princeton. She needed to get away from House. Though she was happy for him and Cuddy, she still had feelings for him. She was going to miss PPTH.

Gregory House had wanted her to stay. He had never told her, but he wanted her to stay. She was always so happy, so naive. He loved her. But he couldn't have her. He had followed the old saying, "If you can be with the one that you love, love the one you're with." He was mildly happy with Cuddy now. But now he had to find a new duckling. One that wouldn't make his coffee the way he liked it, fight back at his snarky comments, find the correct diagnosis, follow whatever command he told them, and totally trust him. Now that he thought about it, none of his team members really trusted him, not like Cameron had. And now Attempt #1 walked into his office.

"Hello. I suppose you are Dr. House? I'm Janie." A short redhead stood in the doorway.

"I say jump, you say?"

"How high," the hopeful answered confidently.

"Nope, sorry. Next!"

"What? Excuse me, but you haven't even read my résumé!"

"Okay, you have one more try, what is my favorite kind of coffee??"

"Umm…."

"See? Not good enough. Bye-bye!" After running that trial with ten other girls Wilson walked into his office.

"What's you're problem? All these girls have left close to tears!"

"They can't answer the questions correctly."

"And what are these questions?"

"I say jump, you say?" House smirked. His friend would never get this right.

"How high."

"Nope. What is my favorite kind of coffee?"

"I have no clue!"

"Precisely. I can't even hire you."

"House! Why do they have to answer those? What do they have to do with anything? What are you looking for in a person, anyways? Do you want another guy?"

"I need someone who will make my coffee the right way, fight back at my rude remarks, find the correct diagnosis, do whatever I tell them to, do whatever I tell them to do, totally trust me, and stay, no matter what I do to them!" House glared at the wall. "And no, I don't want another guy. Girls are much more fun. Minimum sleep plus PMS equals lots of fun." House remembered one of the times when that had happened with Cameron. Chase never looked so terrified…

"House, you're never going to find someone like Cameron. I'm sorry."

"Yeah, sure. Do I have to get another doctor?"

"Yes."

"Great. All the ones I've seen are wimps – you're going to have to look harder."

"House, it's not your fault she left. She really didn't want to. Cuddy insisted it would be best. She needed to 'experiment,' 'see all her possibilities,' and 'get away from House.' Cuddy's words!" Wilson sighed. House didn't even look up. He was expecting House to look up mad as heck.

"She still did." House wished she had stayed. His tone was lower, and softer.

"Well, she didn't. But she'd love a call from you, I bet."

"Yeah, uh-huh. She'll be too busy rescuing kittens from trees."

"Well, I guess you'll have to settle." With that Wilson walked out of the room.

Guess I will. Maybe I can train them… If they're dumb they will believe it's part of the job description. But it was more fun when Cameron'd put up a fight and do it anyways. Suddenly the next girl entered the room.

"Hello, Dr. House." She sat down and smiled at him.

"And you are?" He looked at her approvingly. She looked okay. She was rather short, though. A little shorter than Cameron.

"Well, I'm really Alexandria Skye Harperson. But everyone calls me 'Allie' or 'Skye.'"

Allie, he thought. Just like Cameron… "And what do you specialize in?"

"Immunology. I'm studying neurology, though." Her gray eyes shone as she thought of her accomplishments.

Well, Cameron specialized in immunology. "I say jump you say?"

"Why?" She pushed her brown hair (though it was so dark it may as well have been black) behind her eyes, causing the blonde and crimson highlights in her hair to shine.

"I'm wondering. Just answer."

"No, I'd say 'why,' or 'why would I trust you.'"

Something like what Cameron would do, though she would probably jump while asking the questions… "You're hired."

"Really? Great!" Skye hadn't even thought about her résumé.

"Only if you answer one question; is that your real hair color?" House had never seen such dark hair (naturally) on a white person.

"Oh, yeah. The highlights aren't though. Why?"

"I'll be the one asking the questions here."

"Whatever. So I got the job?"

"Again, I ask the questions. But yes."

"Good. See you tomorrow morning." She stood, turned, and walked out.

Well, that's over with. Maybe I should call Cameron. Wait, why would she like to hear from me? Maybe not. I'll ask my Magic 8 ball. House picked up the ball and shook it. "Yes" appeared. Crap. Well, here goes. He dialed Cameron's cell. She answered, and he heard laughing in the background. He hung up. Moments later his phone rang.

"I'm sorry, but Dr. House is currently out doing his administrator. It could be a few hours before he comes back." House said in his most girly voice.

"House, I know you're there. Why did you call?" There wasn't any noise in the background. She sounded concerned.

"That was my new duckling."

"No it wasn't."

"I misdialed." He lied.

"House, you never misdial."

"Fine. I wanted to- Never mind. We have a case." He abruptly hung up. He thought about calling her back. He started looking through his desk for anything that reminded him of her. Suddenly he found it. The picture. They had been out at the monster truck rally. For some reason they had gotten a picture of them together. She looked so happy and laid-back in it. He smiled as he looked at it. He decided that it might not be best to take and frame it now, as he was with Cuddy, but he returned it to its hiding place and made a mental note to look at it more later.

I wonder what's gotten into House… He couldn't, no way. He's not missing me is he? Cameron thought to herself. He can't be, can he? Suddenly someone knocked on her door.

"There's a party out here for you! Are you coming?" The voice called.

"I'll be there in a minute." She answered. She wished House was missing her. She missed him.

R&R and I'll try to update soon!