Author: Lunschen
Title: From Boredom to love
Rating: M for later chapters
Genre: romance
Disclaimer: House and Cameron are not mine and never will be. Sadly. The mentioned book „101 Dinger, die man getan haben sollte, bevor das Leben vorbei ist" from Richard Horne and Hans Kantereit is not mine either.
A/N: This is my NaNo-story from this year. So please don´t expect anything great because I was stressed as hell while writing this and I know I can do better but nonetheless I hope that somebody out there is still enjoying it. Still, you´re warned.
Making dreams come true
The team of Gregory House sighed in relief. After weeks of having nothing to do, Cuddy came finally in, holding a new and even quite interesting case in her hands but before she got out, she turned around and faced House:
„Oh and House, could you please explain to me why the hell did you spend so much money on Friday? Don´t worry I won´t bitch about it because I will just take it away from your pay check which means 1000 Dollars less money in the next 6 months if I don´t get a good explanation in the next five minutes."
House sighed annoyed.
„But Cuddles, you were the one who told me that we need team building in our team and that´s exactly what we did. We simply spend some quality time together on Friday night which means we ate and drank and talked and shared hookers because Cameron wasn´t in the mood for more fun."
Cameron huffed annoyed but didn´t said more. It has been her party, too after all.
But the dean wouldn´t gave up that fast.
„But why did you spend 6000 Dollars?"
„Why to you even care?" House was sick of playing this game now since he had a new puzzle in his hands. „Other doctors are having team building session two times a year and nobody cares. I am working here for years and had only one although I am the most popular doctor in this damn hospital and you have more donors because of me than ever. Don´t get a twist in your boobs because of this one evening but if you must know: I hired professional personal to help us dealing with the evening. They did a great job by the way since we all enjoyed our time together. Ask my team, they´ll tell the truth if you don´t trust me."
Cuddy turned nonetheless to Cameron since she knew that this young doctor was quite bad in lying.
„Doctor Cameron, is it true what Doctor House said? Did you really had a team building session Friday night with professional help?"
Cameron nodded.
„Yes Doctor Cuddy, everything House told you is true, except for the hooker part."
While saying this she couldn´t help but admire House for being able to stretch out the truth like that. She knew it wasn´t right but one has to be quite clever to do it.
After Cuddy left them, the team started to diagnose the patient and running tests on the young man. Everybody was quite content that he was stable in the evening and nobody would have to watch him through the night. Before leaving to her apartment, Cameron was called in House´s office.
„No way I am doing this, House!", a quite shocked Cameron almost screamed to her smiling boss.
„How about we´re letting your rabbit join us? Would this make everything easier for you?"
„My what? I don´t have a rabbit."
House rolled his eyes. „I meant your vibrator."
Turning a dark shade of red, Cameron spoke again. „I don´t have one. Damn House, I said no and you can´t change my mind."
„But Cammie, it´s written in the book, look here which means we have to do it whether you like it or not. But don´t worry, since it´s also my task I am nice enough to join you in this one and so we can do it together, new quality time and everything."
The young woman huffed annoyed. „I don´t fucking care what this stupid book is telling me! I won´t have a threesome whether with or without you. No buts!", she added when she saw House open his mouth to object but closed it again when Cameron spoke.
„Okay, okay. You´re winning for now that is. We´ll coming back to this one after we finish the others tasks of the book but never forget that I won´t even leave this one alone."
„Do what you want to. I don´t care. Let´s get on with the book. What comes next?"
Turning the page, House read aloud: „Fulfill yourself a childhood dream. Sounds like fun but I prefer the threesome. Would it count if my dream was a threesome with you?"
She rolled her eyes. „We´re talking about childhood dreams, not actual dreams, House."
„Damn it. So what´s your childhood dream?"
Cameron thought for a moment. „Hmm, not sure. I wanted to became a doctor since I was a little child and beside this: No idea. That´s kind of a hard question."
House nodded. „How about we´re moving this thinking around thing to the pizzeria next street. I am even paying."
The words came out faster than he imagined they would and now it was too late to take them back.
The young doctor looked surprised for a moment. „You mean, we should eat a pizza? Together?"
House looked annoyed now. „It´s pizza Cam, not a proposal of something. You know the date thing without the date-part. Don´t make something of it that it isn´t. If you don´t want to just say so and stop acting like a fool."
A nice dark red covered the beautiful face but she tried to stay cool. „Stop it House. That´s not for I meant. I was just in thoughts and you caught me by surprise, that´s all. What do you mean, you´re paying? With Wilson´s or Cuddy´s money?"
„Just for you to know: I am not just sitting here and watching you three fools playing doctors for fun. Actually I get money for it although it´s still not enough compared to the nerves you all cost me everyday. But since you´re asking that sugar sweet: I am paying with my own money since Wilson will need his for his lawyer and the divorce and after Friday not even Cuddy would be foolish enough to give me any hospital money. Again: I am paying with my money. Are you coming or not?"
Nodding shyly, Cameron stood up and took her things to follow House out of the building. This seemed to be a quite interesting evening.
After ordering the food, both remained in the well known silence again until House spoke.
„So did you already found an unfulfilled childhood wish by now?"
She nodded. „There´s only one other thing I can remember beside becoming a doctor: Learning to play the piano but I was never allowed to because I wasn´t the musician in my family and there was no space a piano would fit in. My parents bought me a flute instead but that is nothing you could compare and so the flute ended somewhere on the attic and I never saw it again, not that I miss it."
House listened very interested. „That´s a shame. Every child should get a chance to play his favorite instrument and there´s always enough space for a piano somewhere. How could they say you´re not a musician when you never tried it before? Pretty big shame actually."
Cameron just shrugged her shoulders. „What about you? What were your childhood dreams?"
House sighed. „I gave up dreaming when I was a child. I learned the hard way that dreams get barely true. My father taught me this soon enough. I always wanted a pet but it wasn´t really possible since we´re been moving the whole time but one day I found a kitten and decided to raise it. I was clever enough to hide it from my dad for almost one year. It was the best year of my childhood until my father found out. At least my mom convinced him to give it away instead of killing it. Our neighbor took it, a nice old lady and I was allowed to see it secretly until we´ve moved away again. The punishment was worth it."
Cameron´s eyes wided in shock and she asked although she wasn´t sure if she wanted to know the answer. „What kind of punishment?"
He grimaced. „Oh the usual, one month spending in my room and not being allowed to leave it beside of using the bathroom. I got bread with butter two times a day and a bottle of water. Bad luck that it was summer break and I didn´t even had the chance to go to school."
The food came and both tried to concentrate on it although it was a hard task after all they talked about. Cameron tried to fight the tears in her eyes when thinking about what she heard and House was still shocked that opening to Cameron felt so good and natural.
After they both finished eating, House paid for their food just like he promised he would and went to Cameron´s car since it was already dark outside and he hated to think that she would have to walk there on her own. Just when he was about to leave, he stopped and spoke softly:
„I´ve got a piano at home. I could teach you something if you want me to but only if you´re not a complete idiot of course. How about tomorrow after work?"
Cameron gave him her brightest smile. „Sounds awesome! Thank you House. Food is on me then tomorrow."
Without saying a word, House nodded and walked away, leaving an excited and beaming Cameron behind.
The next day, House´s team was busy with the new patient but deep inside it got harder and harder for Cameron to stay calm and not jump around with excitement. For once she couldn´t wait for the work to end and to head to House and his piano. She felt like an excited little girl again and she loved the feeling. At least all the tests she had to run made her forget her feelings for the moment.
After work she went to House´s office but found it empty. His things were gone, too and so Cameron assumed that he was already at home. But what to do now? Was she still invited or was this a bad idea now? After a short moment of hesitation, she decided to visit him. Cameron made a short break at the Chinese restaurant and took some takeouts for herself and House. He wouldn´t throw her out when she had food with her, would he?
Standing in front of his door made her feel like an idiot again. What if he wasn´t in the mood to teach her and left work early because of this? What if he had a hooker with him?
Meanwhile House was sitting on the couch, a beer in his hand and watched TV. Secretly he was waiting for Cameron. He left pretty early today because he wanted to find out if she really wanted this or not. If this whole piano thing was real, she would came even without asking him if she´s allowed. He grinned when he heard the doorbell ring and soon he was sitting with Cameron on his couch and enjoyed her food and her presence. It felt more and more natural to have her in his life and his apartment. The feeling was scary but right now he wanted to enjoy this time and not thinking whether it´s wrong or right.
Cameron´s first piano lesson went pretty well even House thought this although he wouldn´t say it out loud. She was a good listener and watched closely what House showed her on his instrument. She was just as perfect as he knew she would be. After all she was as near to perfection as a woman could get in House´s point of view,
To be truth said, Cameron had a hard time to not show House how nervous she felt when she felt him that close to her on the little piano bench. Their legs touched the whole time and when his fingers held hers close and showed her the right movement, she had to keep herself from shivering of the intensivity of his touch. The electricity between them was overwhelming and it drove her crazy. She had no idea that he had the very same feeling.
It was already dark when they finished the first lesson. Time flow by pretty fast for both of them.
Before going out, Cameron turned around again at the door and smiled.
„Thank you so much House. I really enjoyed our piano session."
House couldn´t help but smile back this gorgeous smile he rarely showed anyone.
„You were a pretty good student I have to admit. How about more lessons? Next week, same time?"
„Sounds great. Goodnight House and thanks again."
„Goodnight Cameron", he whispered when the door closed behind her.