"This matter doesn't concern me; he knows perfectly what he has to do, don't you, Greg?" House sighed. "Right then, all clear. Switch off the lights before you leave. Good night, Greg"

"'Night"

"James" Elle said and Wilson allowed her to leave the room

"Good night" Wilson said.

"You heard the lady" House said as he headed to the door but Wilson caught House's arm.

"She says you know perfectly what you have to do and leaving is not what you have to do" Wilson said, House sighed and let himself go

"Is this going to be a questioning, officer? I might need to call my lawyer"

"House, why are you doing this? Can't we just talk without playing any game of yours? We're friends, I tell you everything if you haven't found what's going on with me first but when it comes to you, I'm sorry I don't have this great skill you have. I know you care about me, that's why you're so nosy and you are all the time controlling but what about you? Why are you seeing Elle? Is there something wrong? Tell me, damn it! I can help you" House was piercing him with his aquamarine eyes. After a few moments of silence, he went to sit down at the sofa.

"I'm his patient, no, nothing is wrong with me, yes, she's helping me, is that enough?"

"Are you actually seeing a shrink?" Wilson said shocked. "Whoa! Greg House being treated by a shrink"

"Oh, shut it!" House grunted.

"Why now?" Wilson said and House rolled his eyes. "No, no, there must be something. After all these years and everything you've been through, you decide this very moment to start seeing a shrink voluntarily!!! You've always hated shrinks! Wait, you're in love with Elle, aren't you?" House sighed and closed his eyes in frustration

"Now, you see why I don't talk to you, can you stop saying nonsense, please? I'm not in love with her, you idiot. She's happily married, I may be a jerk but I'm not a homewrecker" House paused. "She's different, she doesn't talk Freud and she's original and dynamic in her sessions."

"Original?"

"She makes good coffee" Now, it was Wilson's turn to roll his eyes.

"When did it start?"

"Does it matter?" Wilson shrugged.

"And how is it going?"

"I cannot continue this way"

"What are you talking about?"

"Elle's awaken a hope that I didn't know I still had. I've found a new treatment for the leg. I start it in NYC in two weeks. Elle has been helping with the tests" Wilson couldn't believe what he was listening.

"You're not kidding, are you?"

"Does it look like I'm kidding to you?"

"I don't get it" Wilson said as he took a seat too. "We've told you thousands of times never to give up and now you wanna do it. What's the difference?"

"Hey, you should be happy instead of recriminating me"

"No, no, I mean, it's great that you're giving yourself another chance but I'm trying to understand"

"There's nothing to understand, I wanna do now and that's it" Wilson nodded but he felt there was something behind that motivated him to take that step

"Why didn't you tell me before?"

"I didn't want to give false hopes to anybody. I don't even know if this is going to work. I don't wanna feel as giddy as I was with the ketamine." House paused. "I'm telling you now because Elle threatened me. If I didn't tell you, she would and you'd get mad at me for not telling you and believe me, you're really a burden when you're mad" Wilson smirked.

"Alright, alright. So, all the sessions with Elle have been about that?" Wilson said pushing and House nodded. "You're not gonna think I'm gonna believe that"

"Think what you want. Plus, it's doctor-patient confidentiality"

"Right, like you respect that"

"No, I don't but you do" House said standing up. "Wanna have a beer?"

"Oh, ok" Wilson said as he switched off the lights. "I can come with you to NYC, it's better you don't drive after the first session" House nodded as they got inside the elevator.

Dr. Scott was in her office finishing some paperwork. A week passed and not Cameron or House had contacted her. She didn't want to start alarming herself, it was early. These things take some time but she was worried about her plan not getting the results she was expecting. Suddenly, her cell phone beeped, she read the message and smiled relieved.