Chapter 14: 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 Fourteen: Poison, Part Three
Foreman and Thirteen both stared down at the floral wreath skeptically. "Chase is an idiot." Foreman concluded from their looking.
"Only slightly." Thirteen added.
"He didn't check the plants for leaves."
"He was ALSO in the dark, and he did it for Cameron. It was quite a loving action."
"Loving isn't how I would put Cameron and Chase." Foreman folded his arms across his chest as Thirteen used her fire-poking stick to remove it from the bunk.
"He's head over heels for her, can't you tell?" Thirteen started her mini speech. Foreman quickly interrupted.
"No they're not." Foreman added smartly. "They're with each other because it's convenient. They've never really gone out, trust me I would've known."
"But isn't it nice to believe they COULD be in love? That they COULD like each other as people? It's nicer to believe he could love her, and she could love him... more than the two of them being friends with benefits."
"How pleasant that would be." Foreman grumbled. "But love couldn't have stopped poison ivy."
"No, but it makes people a lot nicer." She shrugged and sank down against the wood of the bunk. "Look at Amber and Wilson. When she's around him, she's tolerable. And him? He clings to House a lot less."
"Better time management." Foreman continued. "But a poor example."
"Cuddy and House?" Thirteen added. "And Cameron and Chase too."
Foreman turned to her directly, their faces hardly a foot apart. "Why are you unloading all this on me, hmm?"
"You're the first person to listen." She admitted. "And don't tell me you don't believe what I'm saying."
"I do..." He started to walk away. "but it's not the life I was made to lead."