Chapter 10: Survival of the Fittest
Synopsis: in order to get House to finally attend a hospital team-building event, Cuddy arranges for them to go camping!
Characters: Cuddy, House, Cameron, Chase, Foreman, Thirteen, Wilson, Taub, and Amber
Ships: Huddy, Chameron, Amber/Wilson, and Thirteen/Foreman.
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Chapter Ten: A Kiss Goodnight
A rock hit the beam that held the leather flap of the tent. Tied to it was a note, a little written-in-chicken-scratch note. Amber picked up the rock carefully, trying to read the name on the note. "Um... Cameron?"
Cameron rolled over on her bunk. "What." She seemed to snap at the cutthroat bitch, as House and the others called her, being quiet as to not disturb the sleeping Cuddy.
"Mail for you." Amber walked over to the bunk and handed her the rock.
"Meet me by the lake in fifteen, don't you dare to be late. Chase." Cameron read aloud, hearing the traces of a giggle from Amber as she folded the note into her pocket.
"Well?" Amber asked loudly.
"Well what."
"Are you going?" Like a giddy school girl, Amber waited for her new-found friend's response.
"And piss off Cuddy?" Cameron shook her head violently. "I've been stuck under THAT rock before."
"She's fast asleep. Not even a tornado will wake her up." Amber added.
"No, but an Amber will." Cameron glared, going down the ladder carefully.
"I'm not a tattletale, Cameron." But you sure have a funny way of showing it, Cameron though to herself. "You wouldn't tell on me if I snuck out to meet Wilson, would you?" Cameron rolled her eyes and crept out the tent without another word.
Chase waited for her on the dock, a small daisy chain in his hand in the shape of a headband. It was unlike Cameron to be late for something... anything. Yet she wasn't there yet, and he had been waiting twenty whole minutes. Twenty minutes in the dark, by the water, in the woods, and the only light was that from the moon's reflection on the water.
"Enjoying the view?" Cameron asked as she crept up behind him. The moon on the lake sure was beautiful.
"For you." He put the daisy chain in her hair. Catching a better glimpse of it, she saw that there were daisies and wildflowers and a few leaves in the crown. The rest of her hair was pushed behind her ear by her own hand to let the daisy chain stand out.
"Why did you call me out here, Chase?" Cameron asked as they sat on the dock and dipped their feet into the water. "Not that I'm complaining."
"I just wanted to get my kiss goodnight." Chase pouted, wrapping his arms around her like a blanket and a shield. She kissed him on the cheek and the dock seemed to rock every time either of them moved a centimeter.
"But we're so far from camp." She explained.
"So House nor Cuddy would spy on us." His voice has a very "duh" tone to it.
"Cuddy's asleep. And I don't know about House..." cautious Cameron was showing.
"But the lake is beautiful, right?" The Aussie grinned at his girlfriend, tucked into his arms.
"Yes it is." She kissed his cheek again, then wriggled a smidge to get out of his arms. "And we should both be heading back to camp so we can enjoy the view more tomorrow."