A/N: Thanks for all the great feedback on the last chapter! Special thanks to sweetgreuy, who gave me an idea for a part of this chapter.
Cuddy, Wilson, Chase and Foreman were on their way up to see Cameron and the baby for the first time.
"I can't wait to see her!" Cuddy was practically jumping up and down as they entered the maternity ward of the hospital. She had to admit that she had been jealous of Cameron for a long time after she found out that she was pregnant. She had wanted a baby herself for awhile now. At first she was so angry that she had gone threw the hassle of infertility treatments and sperm donors and all Cameron had to do was have a drunken one night stand with House and poof, knocked up, easy as 1,2,3 for her. She had gotten passed that though and was happy for her friend.
"I just hope that her mood has improved, she didn't have to be so mean earlier, she didn't have to act just like…him." Chase said. He had to admit he had been hurt by her nasty tone with him.
"Well, her name is House now what do you expect? Not to mention that there is a new little House to torment us right behind that door. Hell, one House was bad enough, now we are dealing with three!" Foreman said as they opened to door to Cameron's room.
"Hey guys," Cameron said as they entered the room. Cuddy immediately went over to her side to get a better look at the little pink bundle in Cameron's arms.
"Hello, my precious," Cuddy said to the little baby laying in Cameron's arms.
"What are you Gollum or something?" House said from the other side of the bed.
"Shut up! She is precious, what's her name?" Cuddy asked.
"Kathryn, Kathryn Cameron House." House said proudly catching Wilson's attention.
"Want to hold her?" Cameron asked. Cuddy took Kathryn from her and held her in her arms then passing her along to Chase, Foreman, and Wilson.
"She looks just like you Cameron." Foreman said taking the baby from Chase.
"Yea, lets hope that she has her personality too." Chase said.
"What am I not charming enough for you Robert?" House said in a girly voice. After about half an hour Kathryn started to fuss and Cameron was getting tired so they decided to leave the new family alone for awhile. House took Kathryn from Wilson who was the last person to hold her. As they were walking out Wilson lingered for a minute longer to see House stroking his daughters cheek ever so gently with his index finger. He also noticed that in the forty-five minutes that they were in there House had not popped a single Vicodin. Maybe this baby was just the thing that House needed after all. Wilson thought to himself as he exited the room and closed the door behind him.
House had gone outside to call him mom and tell her that they had a girl but all he got was her voicemail.
"Hey Mom it's Greg, I just wanted to tell you that Allison had the baby and it was girl. Six pounds, eight ounces, eighteen inches long. We named her Kathryn. I guess…you're still trying to calm Dad down…I'll uhhh…talk to you later." House hung up with the anger building inside of him. How dare that man ruin everything in his life! As he calmed himself down he realized that there was no reason to let his father ruin the birth of his daughter for him so he turned to go back into the room. When he got to the room, he opened the door quietly so not to wake Cameron or Kathryn if they were sleeping. Instead what he heard was Cameron's soft voice singing Kathryn to sleep. It wasn't a traditional lullaby by any means but House found it fitting for the situation.
Maybe it's intuition
But some things you just don't question
Like in your eyes
I see my future in an instant
and there it goes
I think I've found my best friend
I know that it might sound more than
a little crazy but I believe
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
There's just no rhyme or reason
only this sense of completion
and in your eyes
I see the missing pieces
I'm searching for
I think I found my way home
I know that it might sound more than
a little crazy but I believe
I knew I loved you before I met you
I think I dreamed you into life
I knew I loved you before I met you
I have been waiting all my life
A thousand angels dance around you
I am complete now that I found you
"I can't believe that you are actually here and that I'm actually holding you. It seems like only yesterday that I was looking at you on that grainy ultrasound screen and you were only about the size of a peanut. I want you to know that I will always be there for you no matter what and that you can come to me with anything." Cameron said softly to Kathryn. House remained quiet as he watched Cameron carefully trace their daughter's features with her index finger.
Cameron couldn't help but notice how similar her daughter's features were to her own. Cameron traced over Kathryn's tiny features all of which she found were just like hers, "I love you baby girl," Cameron whispered then Kathryn opened her eyes for the first time and noticed that they weren't green like hers but rather piercing ice blue. "You really are perfect. Now, I don't know about you but I for one am worn out." Cameron said as she laid Kathryn down in her little bed and fell into a peaceful sleep.
House walked over when he knew that Cameron was asleep and sat down next to his daughter and gently stroked her cheek. She really was the spitting image of her mother and he could only hope she would have the same sweet personality. As he was rubbing his finger over her little hand she grabbed it and squeezed it tight as she opened her eyes again and when she looked at him, he found himself staring back into two eyes that he recognized as none other then his own. House picked Kathryn up, leaned over kissed Cameron on the head, then walked over to the couch in the corner of the room and laid down laying Kathryn on top him.
"Goodnight angel." He said kissing her head before he too, fell off into a peaceful slumber.
A/N: The song in the chapter is I Knew I Loved You by Savage Garden.
