Chapter 3
Everybody Lies
House looked at his alarm clock that was sitting next to his bed. It read 3:00pm. He had been hiding away from Wilson for the past 4 and a half hours. And through those 4 hours, his leg had gotten steadily worse, but not nearly as bad as the breakthrough pain he endured last night was. The second House found himself alone in his room, his mind wandered to Eve. He had never revealed something so touchy, and mentally scarring like his childhood to anyone. Not even Wilson. And she had somehow broken him. She had told him that she knew, somehow that he was just as broken and miserable as her. She had created a connection no other human being had ever made for House. But with this on his consciousness, he couldn't keep it bottled up anymore. He hated pain, he hated his father. He hated what he had done to him, and his mother. But worst of all he hated humanity. For creating the possibility for such a flawed and miserable person to be created.
House had decided that enough was enough. He grabbed his cane and slowly made his way into the living room, heavily leaning on the sturdy wood for support. He slipped around the side of the couch and dropped into the cushions of his flat.
"Welcome back." Wilson said, flipping the channel on the t.v.
"Do you really want to know we talked about?" He said sadly.
Wilson noticed the sadness in his voice and flipped the television off.
"Do you want to tell me?" Wilson said.
House's shoulders slumped at that.
"I didn't understand why she wanted me. She was just like any other patient that comes into the clinic. I treated her exactly the same way I treated any other patient. And yet she still… made a connection." He whispered the last part, going through his first encounter with the girl over in his head. Mapping out every single thing she said to him.
"While we were alone in that hospital room, Eve said she wanted to talk. And instead of wanting to talk about what happened to her, she wanted to talk about the weather. About normalcy. And I-" He paused, a hand raised off his lap a bit, palm up. "I didn't understand. She had been through something that I have only heard about, never dealt with, or experienced and she chose me to talk to her about the weather. She asked me if anything terrible had ever happened to me, and-" At this he rubbed his face with his hand, leaning onto his knee and placing his chin on his arm. "I told her something. But it wasn't about the infarction." There was a pause as House ran through his mind how he was going to deliver this next part. "I told her about my father. About what he did to me as a child. About my mother, and the things she didn't do."
Wilson was stunned. He had never heard this out of house. He never talked about anything from his past, unless it was something from Medical School or a one-night stand.
At that House relayed the same thing he had to Eve in the hospital room, and at the park. He told Wilson everything.
By the end of it, House could feel a weight being lifted off of his shoulders, and although it was drizzling outside, his thigh had remained the same.
"House." Wilson said. "Why didn't you ever tell me about this? I could've helped. I'm not a psychologist, but I'm not completely useless in a counseling setting."
House shrugged with his hand, his mouth opening a little in response, only to be closed without a word.
"No one ever asked. You never asked, about my childhood. Why I hated my Dad so much. Why my relationship with him has always been a rocky road. And if you did ask, I shrugged it off knowing you guys would let it go."
"I'm sorry, House. I'm so sorry." Wilson said. He knew physical contact was the one thing House hated, and he was going to respect that. With that, house grabbed the remote from beside Wilson and flipped the t.v. to General practice.
This was originally the last chapter, but after a lot of requests for a continuation, I DID continue it, haha. So you can continue to read! These first three chapters were pretty short, but from here on out the chapters get upwards of 1,000 -1,200 words per chapter just in case you were wondering. I hope you're enjoying it so far!