Chapter 9
I'd closed my eyes ages ago, and I still didn't want to let her go. The girl left a few minutes before but I didn't want to risk moving until I was sure she had gone. It's been at least a couple of hours since we got here and I'm positive that if House wasn't worried, the rest of the team would be.
"Cameron?" I whispered.
"Cameron?" I tried again whilst slightly shaking her; she started to open her eyes.
"Hmm?" I can't believe it, she fell asleep! And on me too! Now I know we have to get out of here. I listened but I couldn't here anything.
"Get up; I'm going to see if the coast is clear"
"Hmm, okay" I guess she's too tired to care.
Once I was sure she wasn't going to make any noise. I quietly made my way through the closet and opened the door a little bit. I couldn't see anything. I walked out slowly, headed towards the bedroom door, and when I walked past the bathroom I noticed two things.
Firstly, the door was slightly ajar, and secondly, there was a guy sitting up against the bathtub with his eyes closed. Next to him was a portable TV showing static.
I stopped. He didn't appear to be moving but I was extra cautious anyway. The last thing we needed was some guy waking up to find that we had broken in to his place and having to explain everything. I walked closer to the door and I noticed that, like Cameron, he too was fast asleep. I also noticed he was wearing blue jeans, a black t-shirt and had light brown hair. I couldn't see what colour his eyes were but I'm guessing they would be blue or green.
I walked back into the bedroom and grabbed the portable phone from the holder, then I went into the closet. I called House. It picked up on the second ring.
"Thank you for calling House's house of puzzles. If you currently know or are one of the two useless employees I have making out in a closet somewhere please press 1 and grab a camera. If you are looking for a useless employee to do your biding, I don't discriminate. I currently have for sale one overly excited former foster Indian kid, one scary car thief who has no private life but will gather all his ' brothers from the hood' if you're into more than one, and one American who used to be a plastic surgeon and is married but will cheat on his wife for the cost of a career but don't worry I won't fire him. If you want to hire one of these hard working pushovers please press 2, and if you want to..."
"House!" I yelled.
"Not for sale" came the reply.
"Would you listen. Our phones aren't working and we lost the map so no surprise we came to the wrong house and we were stuck here until now, so we will need more time to get to the right house and..."
"No need, I already had foreman break in and gather the evidence"
"What? but..."
"Time was of the essence. Besides I know how thorough Cameron is so I knew you'd need all the time you could get"
"For the last time house, we are NOT doing anything!"
"Right, I suppose that's why when Cuddy came in to tell me to do my files she was surprised that Cameron already got to them"
"What? What are you talking about?"
"Okay. Apparently I have to explain this slower. Cuddy came into my office but was surprised to find out that Cameron was already doing my files, which then lead to her telling us that she didn't tell Cameron to do them, which lead to me telling Chase that Cameron was still hot for me, which then lead to me telling you that Cameron is here because she is hot for you, get it now?"
"Uh...I got to go, see you soon"
"Take pictures and..."
I hung up. I couldn't believe this. Cameron subjected herself to House for me? It couldn't be what I thought; but then I started to think about all the time we spent in the ER together and then about the map and the phones and the house. She planned this all along.
I shook my head. Even if she did, it didn't change the fact that we still had to get out of here. I walked back into the closet and woke Cameron up. She was still a little bit drowsy so I grabbed her arm and lead her silently past the spare room, out of the door, down the stairs and to the car where I put her in the passenger seat and did up her seatbelt. I got into the drivers seat and started the car. All the way back I thought about the lengths Cameron went to to get me alone and I also thought about what I was going to do with the information. Good thing it was a long trip.
