Song Title: "You Belong With Me"

POV: House (slash)

Time: Season Six, Episode Eighteen

They were back together? Seriously? How many times did they need to break up before he realised that being with her was the stupidest idea he'd had since deciding to donate his liver? People didn't change—Wilson and Sam were just going to fall right back into old patterns. And he would have wasted another god-knows how many months or years of his life.

You're on the phone with your girlfriend, she's upset
She's going off about something that you said
'Cause she doesn't get your humour like I do
I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night
I'm listening to the kinda music she doesn't like
And she'll never know your story like I do

And what did he see in her, anyway? Maybe she was...attractive, and maybe she was...a doctor, but House was a doctor too! And he was attractive in his own way. Oh, and another thing, in almost twenty years of friendship, House had never once left him.

She wears shorts skirts, I wear t-shirts
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

Sam was cold. She seemed fake and she was cold and she'd also been divorced again. She wasn't good for Wilson. She didn't seem at all like someone who could actually love him. Maybe on the outside, House didn't seem capable of deep love either, but Wilson should know by now that that wasn't true. Wilson should know better...

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me
You belong with me

Didn't he know that the best way to have a successful romantic relationship was to date your best friend? Wilson had said it himself, two years ago when he'd been dating Amber. He and House were perfect for each other. They already knew each other. Sure, Wilson and Sam knew each other, and they knew that they couldn't work out. Wilson and House knew each other, and they also knew that they could.

Walking the streets with you in your worn-out jeans
I can't help thinking this is how it ought to be
Laughing on a park bench thinking to myself, "Hey isn't this easy?"
And you've got a smile that could light up this whole town
I haven't seen it in awhile since she brought you down
You say you're fine I know you better than that
Hey whatcha doin' with a girl like that?

Wilson didn't ever learn, did he? House was supposed to be the one with mental issues (cleared up, though), but the definition of insanity was doing the same thing over again and expecting different results. Wilson had three failed marriages to his name because he married the same type of woman over and over again. Dating the exact same woman again was even more counterproductive.

She wears high heels, I wear sneakers
She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers
Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find
That what you're looking for has been here the whole time

What was Wilson's most successful relationship? The one he had with House. What was his most successful romantic relationship? The one he had with Amber, who was in many ways like House. Do the math! Why did Wilson have to be such an idiot? And why did he have to be such a loveable idiot that House couldn't get enough of?

If you could see that I'm the one who understands you
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me
Standin' by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me
You belong with me

Wilson didn't want to be happy. That must be it. There were two times Wilson was happiest: when he was in the new honeymoon stage of a relationship, and when he was with House. They honeymoon stage of relationships never lasted, they just gave way to misery. If he would just let it, being with House could last. And both of them could be happy. But Wilson must not want that. If he did, he'd have seen the light by now.

Oh I remember you were driving to my house in the middle of the night
I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're 'bout to cry
I know your favourite songs and you tell me 'bout your dreams
Think I know where you belong, think I know it's with me

And if he hadn't figured it out by now, he probably never would. As close as they had come to a relationship, and as close as they might get once again after Wilson and Sam broke up, they might never get there. They would walk the line without ever crossing it. Because Wilson didn't want to. Because he refused. He refused to see.

Can't you see that I'm the one who understands you?
Been here all along so why can't you see?
You belong with me
Standin' by and waiting at your back door
All this time how could you not know?
Baby, you belong with me
You belong with me

Have you ever thought just maybe
You belong with me
You belong with me