Ch. 11 - Cameron's Choice
Cameron's eyes widened and her mouth dropped. All of a sudden, all eyes were on her. After a minute, Cameron recollected herself, and pushed Chase and Wilson into the closest vacant exam room. As soon as the door closed, the clinic started buzzing about what just happened.
On the other side of the door, the two love-sick men realized that the whole hospital will be gossiping about this for the next month. Meanwhile, Cameron had closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Upon opening her eyes, she quickly studied the two doctors. Both were blushing ferociously, looking at the floor, and shifting uncomfortably from foot to foot. As the silence became overpowering, Chase got up the courage to speak first.
"Um." The other two looked at him, their eyes pleading him to continue. "Well, I mean, I guess that, Cameron, you should, well," by this point he had fixed his eyes on her, "You should decide if – if you want me, Wilson, or neither of us." With that, his eyes darted back to the floor.
Wilson decided that it was his turn to speak. "Look, Cameron, I'm sorry for what happened out there. I wouldn't blame you if you don't want anything to do with me." With that said, he looked around the room, trying to avoid looking at her.
Cameron, having been speechless throughout this whole ordeal, finally found the right words. With a huge breath, she began. "Okay, you guys. In an odd way, I'm flattered. In fact, I'm – I'm touched that you both care so much." At this point, both Chase and Wilson had trained their eyes on Cameron, listening hopefully. Cameron continued, "I guess there's only one fair way to handle this. I'll go on one date with each of you to see if there is any chemistry."
She paused for a moment, and went on, "Let's get some things straight, though. First, it's NOT a competition. So, plan a normal date, and behave the way you normally would. Second, do not let this affect our work together. Third and most importantly, do NOT breathe a word of this anywhere NEAR House. Do you both understand and agree to these terms?"
The two doctors looked from Cameron to the floor, to each other, and back to Cameron. At the same time, they both agreed, "Yes." Cameron nodded. "Chase, I will go out with you on Friday night. Wilson, our date will be Saturday night." With that, she composed herself, and left the room, which left Chase and Wilson in an uncomfortable silence.
"Well, I've got a patient coming in soon, so I better," Wilson started. "Yeah, um, I think I'm needed in ER, so…" And so both men left the room as quickly as possible.
TBC
A/N – I know I know, I broke my promise. But I suffered from an unforeseen case of writers block. bad author Anyway, I didn't expect to leave you dangling. I just couldn't make up my mind. I'll try to be quicker with my next post.
A/N – Next Chapter – Gossip will be a short chapter basically about the rest of the week and all of the rumors that are now being spread by those gossiping nurses.