Heartless

When Taub arrived at 8:00 AM the next morning, he found both Kutner and Remy sprawled out on the table, asleep; Remy's hair was a mess, covering her entire face, while Kutner's head rested in the crook of his elbow.

"Guys, get up," Taub called. "You pulled an all nighter." Remy stirred slightly in her sleep, but Taub got no response from either doctor. "GUYS! WAKE UP," Taub ordered.

Both Remy and Kutner were jolted awake; Kutner had an envelope stuck to his cheek. He peeled it off with a yawn. Remy turned to Taub angrily, "You could've said please! Are you happy now?" she asked.

"Overjoyed," Taub responded dryly. "I had to get get guys up before House gets here, since we're gonna be short one person without Foreman."

Kutner scratched his head and yawned again, "Oh yeah...I forgot about that. You think Cuddy will let me steal an IV bag and fill it with coffee instead?"

"Doubt it," another voice called and House walked through the doors. "I already tried once." The entire team turned to face him.

"You're here early?" Taub questioned.

"Cuddy wants to 'talk to me'," House said. "It's obvious she's ready to indulge her deep rooted feelings for me in the workplace," he concluded.

"In your dreams," another voice said. If on cue, Lisa Cuddy entered the office. "The reason why I'm here is to tell you that you need another doctor on the team for as long as Foreman's not around."

"Aw but mommy, we all play so well together!" House sarcastically exclaimed with faux sadness.

Cuddy rolled her eyes. "I'm not asking you, I'm telling you. And so you can't drag your feet, I've taken the liberty of getting a doctor for you. You know this person well, and they work here anyway, so I don't have to worry about someone else on the payroll. I'm a saint," she said. Cuddy turned her head and called out the door, "Come in!"

And lo and behold, Allison Cameron entered for her second tour of duty with House's diagnostic team.

"You cannot be fucking serious," Remy whispered angrily; she was leaning up against the table next to Kutner, who shot her a look that said, "Calm down."

"Excuse me, Dr. Hadley; did you have something to say?" Cuddy turned to Remy and her eyes hardened. Allison turned towards Remy too; her eyes pleading with Remy to keep quiet.

"Shit," Remy thought; as if her morning couldn't get any worse. She stood up straight, stared straight at the Dean of Medicine and swallowed hard before saying, "I can't work with her. Not in this lifetime." Remy gestured towards Allison with her right arm.

"Dr. Hadley, this is not open for discussion. We've gone over this," Cuddy began.

"And that's exactly why I'm not discussing. I'm out of here; I need some air," Remy said and stormed out of the office, her white lab coat trailing behind her.

House repeatedly looked from Cuddy and Allison to the glass doors of his office that were swinging shut with a stunned expression.

This time, it was Kutner's turn to speak; he looked at Cuddy and Allison. "I think it would be best if someone goes and talks to her, you know, calms her down. I'll go," he volunteered.

"Yeah, that sounds fan-" Cuddy was cut off when Allison held up her hand.

"No," she said emphatically. "I'll go. If her issue is with me, it's best for us to talk it out like adults."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Kutner questioned.

"You know what? I do. I know her better than any of you," Allison said, unaware of the slip up she just had. She turned sharply and walked quickly out of the office.

The doctors that remained shared quizzical expressions, and they stood in silence for a few moments.

Finally, House spoke up. "What the hell goes on around here when I'm not around?"

"If only you knew," Kutner responded.

Allison jogged down the hallways, the heels of her boots click-clacking on the tile floor. She finally caught up to Remy who was sitting on a bench by the elevators; she was staring out the window across the way, with her legs crossed. Her chin rested on her left hand, and her arm in turn rested on her leg.

"Remy!" Allison called out to her. She needed to put on a front to Remy; she wouldn't dare let they younger doctor know what has going on in her mind...at least not yet.

Remy acknowledged her presence with a groan and shot daggers from her eyes. "Come any closer and I'm not making any promises in regards to your safety," Remy said sharply.

"You know I always embrace challenges," Allison said with a smile; she was trying desperately to lighten the mood; she wanted to give Remy any positive signals that she could. Remy remained silent, making Allison aware that this was not going over well. "Smooth Allison," she thought to herself.

"Look, what do you want? It's bad enough I have to work you; you're gonna make me have to talk to you too?" Remy spat.

"I guess I deserve that in a sense," Allison began. "Come on Remy, we broke up seven years ago. We're adults now; I don't see why we can't just have a professional, working relationship?"

"Correction. You broke up with me. I never stopped loving you Allison, even after all this time. You broke me. I never had the balls to ask, but if we're working together now, I have no choice. Do you still love me?"

Allison was taken aback by the brazen nature of Remy's question. She remained silent.

"Okay, so you're not gonna answer me. That's cool. Can you at least tell me why you broke up with me?" Remy continued.

"I had my reasons! Reasons that you'd never understand!" Allison shouted, her voice getting louder. Remy had gotten her on the defensive, exactly the position she wanted Allison to be in. However, now Allison grew quiet. "You were my first love. I valued every minute we spent together."

Remy was growing exasperated. "It's always been words with you Allison! Words have no meaning if there are no reasons behind them. So you loved me, but you broke my heart? All I want to know is why?"

Allison opened her mouth to answer, until she was interrupted by shouting from down the hall.

"What is this...therapy? Get in here...we've got lives to save people! A Grey's Anatomy marathon starts in two hours; let's go, chop, chop!" House called out to them.

Remy stood up from her bench and said, "I guess we'll continue this later. I'm nowhere near done with you," she said angrily and stormed off.

Allison sighed. "Well that worked out fantastically." she said to herself, and made her way back to the office.

A/N: Hey guys! Hope you liked this chapter; keep the reviews going! Love you all!