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CHAPTER THREE: LUNCH WITH A FRIEND
House lay on the gym floor surrounded by dodge balls. He knew he should try to get up but didn't see the point. Every time he got up the world just knocked him down again. What was the point? What was the reason?
"Maybe there isn't one." He whispered.
He was the only one left in the gym.
Everybody, the teacher included, had left him to clean up the mess. No one even offered to help him up. House closed his eyes and breathed deeply. He could hear the lunch bell ringing and the laughter of students who passed by on their way. He tried to imagine he was normal, like all the other kids, but the image wouldn't stick. He felt hunger gnaw at his stomach.
"I should be heading to lunch." He stated but made no move to get up.
He was too tired. Everyone had aimed for him during class. Even the people on his own team hit him. He was bruised, he was hungry, and he was tired. He allowed himself to drift off and sleep. The last conscious thought he had was that he was forgetting something.
'If it was important I would have remembered.' He thought.
~Dream scene~
"Gregory House, come here!" he heard his mother demand.
House walked over to his mother.
"Did you do this?" his mother said pointing to the mud tracked through the house.
House looked at his muddy shoes.
"Yes, mother" He said quietly.
His mother shook her head.
"Hurry up and clean this up before your father comes home." She said handing him a bucket of soapy water and a scrub brush.
House took the items and got to work.
"I swear Greg it's like you make your father angry on purpose" she said then went to the kitchen.
House worked silently while thinking over what his mom said.
"I don't mean to make him mad. It just happens." He whispered.
He doesn't tell his mom that the only reason his shoes were muddy was because his dad had him mow the yard without his coat on even though it was raining. He just continues to clean and be a good boy. After all, if told his mother about it she'd want to talk to his dad then he'd be in big trouble.
It's not like anyone really cared anyway.
~Dream end~
House woke up to someone shaking him.
"Wake up" a girl's voice said.
House opened his eyes and found Hayley face inches away from his.
"Hayley, what are you doing?" House asked.
Hayley smiled "I was looking for you remember." She said.
House sighed "I forgot." He said and Hayley frowned.
"Well while you were sleeping I cleaned up the gym." Hayley said proudly.
House was shocked.
"Why?" he asked angrily. That was his job. He didn't need her help. He didn't need anyone's help.
"You were tired so I figured I could help you out." She said with a shrug.
House felt bad for being angry at her. It wasn't her fault.
"Thanks." House said not meeting her eyes.
He remembered his father saying only the weak accept help. Hayley smiled.
"It wasn't a problem." She said.
She sat down next to him and pulled out a brown paper bag.
"What are you doing?" House asked raising an eyebrow.
Hayley pulled out a sandwich.
"Eating lunch," She broke the sandwich in half.
"Want some? It's peanut butter." She said holding out one of the halves.
House was going to say no when his stomach growled.
"Fine" he took the sandwich and bit into it.
"What, no jelly?" he asked and Hayley laughed.
"I don't like jelly." She reached into her bag and pulled out two bottles of water.
"Here" she said sliding one toward House.
House took it without comment. Hayley finished her sandwich then glanced at the watch on her wrist. She reached in the bag and pulled out an orange bottle of pills.
"What are those?" House asked.
Hayley swallowed the pills quickly and took a big gulp of her water.
"What are they?" House asked again when he realized Hayley wasn't going to answer.
"There… um… v-vitamins" she said quickly looking toward the ground.
House knew she was lying but decided not to say anything.
"So why were you sleeping in the gym?" Hayley asked.
"I wasn't sleeping!" House said angrily "I was resting my eyes."
Hayley nodded "You looked like you were sleeping to me." She said pulling out a chocolate moon pie.
"Want to split it?" she asked but House shook his head.
"No" he said downing his whole bottle of water and rising to his feet.
Class was going to start back pretty soon and he could not afford to have his teacher call his House and say he was skipping.
"Okay" Hayley said breaking it in half.
"Here" she said getting up too.
"I said I didn't want any." House said.
Hayley held it out anyway.
"Try it." She said.
House tried to walk past her but she stepped in front of him.
"Please?" she asked pouting.
"Fine" House growled, snatching both halves of the moon pie from her.
He shoved both halves in his mouth and chewed slowly. He expected Hayley to be mad or to yell, cry, do something.
Hayley just laughed "I guess you were really hungry." She said and House was momentarily stunned by her beauty.
When she laughed her whole entire face lit up with what could only be pure unconditional joy. House shook his head and started to walk past her.
"Wait for me!" she yelled after she finished laughing.
House ignored her and continued walking. He failed to notice the smile that had blossomed on his face and stayed there all the way until he got home.
AUTHOURS NOTE: SORRY IT'S NOT A LONGER CHAPTER. PLEASE REVIEW OR PM YOUR THOUGHTS. NO FLAMES PLEASE BUT I DO APPRECIATECONSTRUCTIVE CRITISM. REMEMBER THIS IS MY FIRST STORY SO BE NICE. IF YOU HAVE IDEAS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE. ALSO I INTEND TO MAKE THIS A HILSON STORY SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION. BUT YOU CAN SUGGEST PEOPLE WHO YOU WANT HOUSE TO DATE BUT BE WARNED THEY WILL NOT LAST. YOU CAN EVEN CREATE AN OC YOU'D LIKE HOUSE TO DATE BUT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY LEMONS UNTIL HOUSE IS 15 AT LEAST! HOUSE IS BISEXUAL SO I'LL ACEEPT BOY OC'S AS WELL AS GIRLS. ALSO THERE WILL BE DRUG USE, CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, ALCHOHOL, DOMESTIC ABUSE, SUICIDE, ATTEPTED SUICIDE AND SEX IN THIS STORY. REVIEW PLEASE.
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