Disclaimer: Nope.

A/N: I skipped forward to the big day! See, I'm not that evil. Actually, it was more about what the story needed than succumbing to your pressure, but you still got what you wanted, right? :)

Chapter 10 – Knock knock

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday went by without any major events. They had a pretty simple case that they... that House... managed to solve by the end of the shift on Friday. All that was still needed was an over-night observation of the patient that House skilfully managed to pawn off on Chase and Foreman without them suspecting anything.

Other than that, the only time they talked about their upcoming wedding was when Cameron reminded House to get himself something decent to wear, when she reminded him of what he'll have to bring with him, when she reminded him where and when will the ceremony take place and when she reminded him not to forget to pass this information on to Wilson. She would do it herself, but she really didn't want Wilson messing with her head, thought she didn't mind if he messed with House's.

Meanwhile, she spent the last three days thinking and rethinking every detail of the deal, which as a result made her extremely nervous and jumpy. The only benefit was that it seemed to keep Chase away. Several times over the past three days she got the feeling that he was on the verge of asking her something and she had a bad feeling about it. Luckily, he seemed to change his mind the last second each and every time. On the other hand, it might have been just her nerves and she imagined the whole thing.

As she suspected, neither House nor her backed off. She knew House was too stubborn and she learned her first year working for him that wearing her heart on her sleeve and letting him walk all over her didn't work. Now it was time for a new approach.

So, here she was, finishing the last touches of her make up an hour before the wedding ceremony was scheduled to take place. House should come to her place in about 15 min. At least that's what she instructed him to do, knowing House anything was possible. She took a step back from the mirror to take a better look at her general appearance.

She agonised over the choice of her dress for ages. Not that it mattered, but she was still a woman and buying dresses was serious business. She chose a light blue one made of a combination of chiffon and satin with a high low hemline. It was rather simple and that was precisely why she chose it.

Her hair style and make up were made to fit nicely with the dress. Nothing elaborate, just lose hair and gentle shades. She was ready or as ready as she will ever be.

She padded barefoot into the living room, picking up her shoes on the way there. A pair of silver strappy ones with high heels. No jewellery.

Just when she dropped the shoes on her couch, there was a knock on the door. She glanced at the clock. It was 7:10 pm.

A/N: A short chapter and a cliff-hanger, maybe I am that evil! The thing is that I'm in a serious time pinch over here. Technically, the idea was to have 2 more seminar papers finished and about 5 more books read by the end of the next week. That is obviously not gonna happen so I had to put plan B in motion, which might mean shorter chapters and me taking a bit more time to update until the situation clears up.

Cameron's dress can be found on Alfred Angelo site (bridal party, bridesmaids, dress number 6471, colour: pool). Yes, I am aware that it's a bridesmaids dress, but most wedding dresses are too elaborate. I am also aware that if I spent less time looking for a real dress and just imagined one myself I would have more time for other things. I obsess sometimes… You should see my power point making process… ^^''