Title: Hidden Past
Pairings: House/Cameron
Rating: M
Summary: A man from the past is threatening Cameron. Can House save her before it´s too late?
A/N: Sorry for not having posted this yesterday but at least you get a long and smutty/fluffy chapter now :-)
Hidden Past
Chapter 20
The next morning both awake from a very satisfying sleep and Allison has the most beautiful smile House has even seen on her face. Everybody could see that her world is whole again and he loves seeing her that happy and content. They don´t speak, just look at each other, their lips merely millimeters from each other's. The kiss starts soft and innocent but grows more passionate soon.
Allison wraps her arms tight around his neck, pulling her body closer to his while their kiss grows more urgent and his tongue demands entrance which she gives him happily.
His tongue is greedily exploring her soft and warm mouth, eager to taste her fully while his hands start caressing her slim body lazily through her clothes, making her moan softly into his mouth. As sudden as the kiss started, Allison ends it again, moving her lips to his neck and placing wet kisses on his collarbone while his fingers make quick work on the buttons of her sleeping shirt, breaking their contact to remove their tops. Allison´s fingers immediately start caressing his chest when he lays on top of her, rubbing his nipples softly with her finger tips, feeling them stiffen even further and making him moan with desire.
House sits back and just stares at her body, making her blush deeply under his gaze. She´s simply perfect and he has never seen a more beautiful woman. He wonders how he got so lucky that this gorgeous woman is willing to be his. He kisses her deeply, tries to tell her with this kiss what he isn´t able to put into words and the soft tears in her eyes tell him that she really understands. He runs his hands softly along her upper body until his thumbs slide of her nipples, making them even harder and she lets a soft moan escape her lips. He squeezes his breasts softly, making her tremble under his touch. Soon his lips move where his hands were just seconds ago, trailing kisses around her breast until he starts sucking at first at the left nipple, then at the right making her arch her back in desire. Allison´s hands are travelling over his chest, memorizing every inch of it, caressing him softly and kissing his broad shoulders, soon biting gently on his earlobes, making him groan loudly.
He starts kissing her lips again while his fingers wander towards her panties, slipping underneath them which causes her to tense up for a moment against his lips and arching her hips off the bed in anticipation. House loves teasing her and without really touching her wetness, he slips down her trousers along with her underwear at first and rolls down his boxers, kicking them away. Starting to kiss her again and swallowing her desperate moans, he towers over her and touches softly her lower stomach, moving his hand ever so slowly downwards. Allison spreads her legs for him, eager awaiting his touch and this time he doesn´t disappoint her. His fingers are caressing her wetness softly, slipping a tip slowly inside her from time to time, teasing her without mercy but never leaving her coming too close to fall over the edge. He can feel that she is getting more and more desperate and he loves the power he has over her. He wants to go on like this forever, getting to know every inch of her delicious body but he feels his self-control slipping away fast. Finally he touches her where she wants it. His fingers are softly moving over her swollen and highly sensitive clit for a moment but after a few strokes, he stops and she ends the kiss, groaning desperate into his chest and making him grin smugly. But the grin doesn´t stay long on his face because her fingers find his hard and thick member immediately, stroking him without mercy and now it´s his turn to moan out loud and the grin he gets back is as smugly as his was not long before. Both know that they can´t wait any longer. House moves gently on top of her, guiding his member to her entrance, his tip slowly entering her while their lips find each other´s again.
She kisses him harder than ever while he pushes himself deeper inside her while he breaks the kiss and studies her face for any indication of pain. When he can´t see any, he relaxes slowly and pushes himself further insider her until he reaches his full depth. House has to force himself to not come immediately. She´s tighter than every woman he has been with and the most beautiful creature on this world with her tousled hair, the swollen lips and the closed eyes. Forcing himself to not move and give her the time she needs to get used to him, he closes his eyes, hoping it will help him to calm down but their desire is too strong to be ignored.
Minutes later, he pulls out again and begins thrusting very softly at the beginning. He can feel her body responding immediately, moving with him and soon both find the perfect rhythm. Their kiss is deep and full with raw need. He begins picking up speed, caressing her clit with his fingers and he moves in and out of her body, thrusting deeper and harder each time. Soon he feels Allison beginning to tighten around him and the kiss becomes uncontrolled while their bodies scream for relief.
Breaking the kiss, Allison moans loudly, her body convulses, sending shockwaves and a pleasurable sensation through her she never knew before. She kisses him again, arching her back against him and holding him tight while he comes inside her.
They lay next to each other's for some minutes, trying to catch their breaths again and simply enjoying the aftermath until House sits up, swallows two vicodins and takes the blanket to cover them both. Allison turns towards him immediately and he pulls her now limp body over his and caresses her back softly. The moment is perfect. They have waited so long for it and now everything seems so unreal, too good to be true, too perfect and purely heavenly. Their thoughts drift away and are overwhelming for Allison. Her life has been turned upside down over the last weeks and so much happened in such a short time. She can´t stop the (mostly happy) tears running down her face and on his chest.
"I can´t thank you enough for all you did during the last weeks. You saved my life and made it almost perfect. I will always be in your debt."
He kisses softly her hair while his hand is caressing her back in order to soothe her.
"You did more than you can ever imagine to make my life better even without knowing. You´re the only one who never disappointed and betrayed me in any way. I owe you because you gave me a reason to live again, happier than ever but this talk is getting us nowhere. I am glad to have you back again and that´s all that matters. Let´s say we´re even and don´t argue with me. You said your life is almost perfect. What is missing to make your life perfect? Another orgasm? Fast food all day long? Fire in the clinic?"
He hears her laugh but then she gets very serious again.
"Although the orgasms sound very irresistible, I need to annul this marriage I thought I had. I can´t live with his last name anymore and I can´t go on with it. It reminds me of everything that happened and how naïve I was. It´s stupid to cringe whenever somebody is calling me by my last name and I don´t even want to think of the hospital where everybody calls me Cameron. That´s not me anymore but I bet it will take months until I get rid of it. Guess I have to get used to it for some time at least."
House feels the sadness invading her body and it breaks his heart to see her like that. He could understand what she just said. Hell, he can´t even say her last name because it reminds him that he almost lost her but it must be so much harder for her. Suddenly a thought enters his mind that he never knew before and although it shocks him to even think about it in the first second, it feels just right after a short moment. Before his brain is overthinking it again, his mouth works faster and the words are out in no time.
"I know a great and short solution. You could take my name."
He gulps when he hears himself saying this but it´s too late now to change his mind and if he´s honest, he doesn´t even want to. The look on Allison´s face as she holds her head higher, looking into his face is priceless and makes him grin.
"What do you mean with taking your name? Was this a marriage proposal or something?"
He´s not angry at all when he hears the doubts in her voice. Hell, he managed even to shock himself!
"Do you know another possibility to be called "House"? I mean another one than killing me and pretending to be me although this might be very difficult since I am taller than you and you have one thigh muscle more than I and not to mention the missing stubbles but…"
She cuts him off with one serious look at his face. Yes, she would be the perfect wife with this annoyed look that shuts him off immediately, he thinks.
"Okay okay, back to business. Guess it was a marriage proposal without the begging on my knees part and all the roses and butterflies and romantic stuff. It´s me willing to share my name with you. So what do you think?"
Although she can feel his heart racing like mad in his chest, he would never admit that he´s a nervous wreck in this moment while awaiting her answer. Hell, he never thought he would even ask a woman something like that. Never in his years with Stacy, he wasted a second to think about marriage and now after a few weeks with Allison, it seems like a wonderful idea to him.
She doesn´t answer for a moment but then her body leaves his and she lays down beside her, starring at the ceiling before answering calmly.
"House, this is nothing one makes jokes about. Please, stop it. It´s not funny at all!"
She doesn´t even sound angry just sad, making House cringe.
Sitting up, he leans against the headboard of the bed, patting the place next to him and sighing secretly in relief when she takes the hint and sits down, still avoiding his gaze. He takes her hands in his and begins his explanation in a calm and serious voice.
"I wasn´t joking about something that serious. I have to admit that I haven´t rethought this offer as much as I should but I don´t need to think about it because I am sure. Just thinking about having you as my wife, making you Mrs House, sounds somehow natural and wonderful. When you were gone, I promised myself to never let you leave again once I have you in my arms and I am more than grateful to get a second chance with you. I had to lose you to understand how important you are in my life and I will never make this mistake again. Can´t you see how we fit perfectly together? How natural it is for the both of us to live together, how easy it goes? It´s just meant to be and I can´t imagine living without you again. I know it sounds stupid at first but I was never more sure than I am now. I know I am far away from being the perfect husband or the prince charming you really deserve but I promise to be here for you forever and protect you from the world if necessary. I mean as good as a cripple can that is. For every other more dangerous things that include running I have Wilson. He has more than enough experiences with wives than I have but that´s not the point here. I just want you to know that I am willing to give you my name if you want to have it."
All the time he couldn´t bring himself to look into her beautiful face but once he ended and no answer came, he looks up and sees the tears running down her face and he just hopes that these are happy tears at least. Her voice is mere a whisper and trembling when she speaks, looking directly into his gorgeous ocean blue eyes.
"I don´t know what to say to be honest."
He grins now. At least she doesn´t said no.
"Well you have two possibilities: Yes or No. It´s up to you and I know it´s cheesy but it works in every chick flick: Listen to your heart!"
She laughs loudly now.
"I never thought I would hear something that fluffy from you! My brain screams that it´s too soon for us but then we know each other´s for years now and my heart. Well, it´s beating like mad but I can hear it scream yes yes yes all the time. Guess that means you´re stuck with me!"
Both are grinning like mad now until House whispers: "That´s the best threat you ever told me!" Then he bends over her and kisses her passionately, leaving the feeling of pure happiness surround them while they celebrate their engagement in a very sweet and hot way.
After a short shower both head to the kitchen, eager looking through the food Allison´s mom gave them the night before and finally deciding what to eat together in front of the TV. After cleaning the kitchen the young woman sits beside House on the couch and starts talking.
"House, how about getting dressed and visit my mother? We promised her to come over again."
By the glow on her face, House felt immediately sorry to disappoint her.
"First of all, Ally, my name is Greg. It feels weird to be engaged and not even being on the first name basis."
She smiles even brighter now, not giving up.
"Okay Greg, how does visiting my mom sounds?"
He sighs loudly and she already knows that he won´t come with her.
"I really like your parents, Al. Hell, I like them even more than I like my parents but I have to stay here and help Wilson with our patient. The test results must be in any minute and I promised to wait for them but I also promised your dad to drink the expensive and old scotch with him tonight and no way in hell I miss you, your mom´s wonderful food and really old scotch. Go ahead and I promise to make it until dinner is ready. I promise and I´ll take the cab so you can take the car. Don´t worry and enjoy time with your mother while I annoy Wilson."
Of course Allison is disappointed but she also knows that Greg wouldn´t be allowed to stay away from work for so long without helping with patients when needed. Still she won´t give up that easily.
"Okay what kind of symptoms is he or she showing?"
"It´s a he and don´t even dare to focus on the patient now. You´ve got some catching up time with your mom. That´s my case."
"But I want to help! Come on Greg. Tell me what you know. I miss the puzzles."
Rolling his eyes, he starts talking but not really taking her pleading seriously.
"I know that there are anomalies in his blood work which I don´t even remember since I didn´t cared much yesterday and I ordered the idiotic Wilson-Team to make every blood test they know till today and then we´ll see what we can do today."
"That´s all you know? Stop kidding me and tell me more."
"You´re annoying you know that? Okay he´s a male and his name starts with L or was it D? Don´t care. He´s 30 which means he lives on this earthy for more than 11000 days. He´s 180 cm tall and weighs about 95 kg which is a bit too high since his body mass index is around 29. Which can also heighten the risk of cardiovascular diseases. We both know that a high index usually means high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Did you know that with these height and weight his brains weights about 2,4 kilos? Well, I do. Still he should lose some kilos because his normal body mass is about 70 kg although 69 kg of his weigh right now is nothing but water. Only cucumbers consist of more water which is about 90% of their weigh. His volume is about 92 liters and the total area of his body is about 2 m2. Not enough to fight tornadoes. Did you know that if we put him in a closed room of the size 1*1*1 meters, he will have enough air for about 260 minutes? See, I know more than enough just from his masses. Wanna know more or are you finally leaving?"
She stares at him in disbelieve until she shakes her head, giving up on him now and heading to the bedroom to get dressed. After coming back she straddles his laps and looks sadly into his eyes.
"Do you promise to come by later? Don´t get me wrong because I understand if you have better things to do instead of sitting around with my parents but it would be awesome to have you all by my side, you know? Sorry, I must sound like a stupid child."
He takes her cheek in his hand, forcing her to look at him when he moves closer to her face, softly kissing her lips and showing her all the passion and love he has for her but can´t express in words. She melts into his kiss and for one moment forgets the world around them until they need to breathe again and pull apart, resting their foreheads against each other´s.
"Promise to be there for dinner?" She hates that she sounds so unsure but after everything that happened she needs to hear it once again from him.
"I promise!" He reassures her, gently placing a strand of locks behind her ear and smiles at her until she finally nods, kisses him goodbye and goes to the car, driving the way to her parent´s home, leaving House alone with Wilson and the patient.
Meanwhile Allison spends time with her mother and both women enjoy their time together, still not really believing that they have found each other´s again. Allison finds out that her parents have spent most of the years alone here, never really fitting in and never really wanting to. This has never been their home and they hoped for a wonder that would bring them together with their daughter. Allison had to tell her everything about the last years. Although it´s hard for her, she begins to speak about the past.
"Well, when I thought you died my world stopped turning and felt like hell. I knew that marrying him was not the right thing to do while mourning but he pushed and pushed. Finally he told me that he had cancer and only a few months to live, making me feel bad for denying the last wish of a dying man. So we married and he faked his death six months later, leaving me fall even deeper and feeling lonelier than ever. I concentrated on my only dream: Becoming a doctor. You know that I was always fascinated by medicine and my books helped me forgetting all the pain around me. Somehow becoming a doctor saved my life. I specialized at immunology just like I always told you. When I finished my study, I read that Greg, Doctor House back then, wanted to hire three doctors for his diagnostic team and so I tried my luck and he really took me. We still work together. There are also Doctors Chase and Foreman on the team and it´s the most interesting job one could imagine. Greg is a real genius and working for him is the best thing a doctor can do. All doors are open afterwards although I have to admit that he is not the easiest boss to work for. He can be a real bastard sometimes but I know his soft side. He showed it more than once to me when he helped me with the aftermath."
Allison is smiling happily and her mother never saw her smiling like that ever before.
"It´s Greg now, huh? You called him by his last name yesterday. What changed?"
Of course her mother always knows the questions which are the most difficult to answer and the blush on Allison´s face isn´t helpful either.
"Well, he admitted that he cares about me in his very own way today and he wants to spend his life with me by his side! I know you must be shocked and maybe even not happy at all because he´s older and my boss but I know that I am doing the right thing here and I ask you to trust me."
Allison´s mother has tears in her eyes when she looks at her beautiful daughter.
"Ally, your father and I will be always by your side, no matter what you do and I don´t really care about the age difference because I can see how happy he makes you. I never saw you smiling that bright. You´re glowing, my dear! We just want you to be happy and if he is the one to make you smile like that, we´re grateful to have him in your life. I know your father won´t admit it to you but he was very impressed by your Greg when he watched him talk via internet to his team. Greg told him some interesting facts about his work and medicine. Although your dad didn´t understand everything, he knows that Doctor House knows what he is doing. But what I wanted to talk to you about when we´re alone: What happened to his leg? I bet he´s not happy talking about it and so I thought maybe you can tell me more about it."
Allison sighs and looks unhappy immediately.
"That´s a sad story, mom. He suffered an infarction in his right leg. That´s something like a heart infarction but in his tight. An aneurysm has clotted and caused it. His former girlfriend let his doctors put him into an induced coma to sleep through the pain. She acted against his wishes and authorized a surgery that removed the dead muscle. He can´t use his leg fully anymore and Greg has to live with a serious pain in his leg every day of his life. He couldn´t forgive Stacy for making the decision and pushed her away afterwards until she left him eventually. He needs his cane to walk and takes vicodin to relieve his pain."
Margret has tears in her eyes while she is listening to the story. One can see immediately that she is as shocked as her daughter was when she heard it.
"Poor Gregory! I can´t believe he had to go through all this and then he was left? That´s more than cruel! I am glad this awful woman is far away now and he should be more than grateful to have you in his life. Although I don´t doubt this when I saw how he looks at you. He´s overprotective when it comes to you. I could see it in the way he looks at you. Greg has it really bad and the happy look on your face tells me that I am right and there´s something you haven´t told me yet, I can see it in your eyes and I am your mother. I know everything. So spill it!"
Allison is blushing like mad now but her smile grows even wider and she can´t deny the fact that her mom is right.
"Well, we haven´t spoken about making the news official but I guess it´s alright if I tell you. Well, House, I mean Greg asked me to marry him today and I said yes. I know it´s not really reasonable after this short time but it just felt right and so.."
She didn´t come further because she is interrupted.
"Stop, Ally. You don´t have to explain anything. I am happy for you because I can see that it makes you happy and that´s all I want. Love isn´t reasonable and you have to listen to your heart to know what is right for you. Stop thinking too much, my dear. You should finally enjoy being happy and let him care about you for once. You´ve been caring too much for everybody around you. Now it´s time that somebody is taking care of you and Greg seems like the perfect person to do so."
Both women have tears in their eyes when they embrace each other´s, enjoying being together again. After calming down, they start preparing dinner and Allison has to ask the question that is bothering her since yesterday.
"Mom? I´ve been thinking about the future and I wonder how we will go on from here. I have to go back by the end of the week and I can understand if you want to stay here but it would be wonderful to have you near Greg and me. I don´t want to pressure you or something because it´s your and dad´s life but it´s so amazing to have you back, you know?"
Margret nods and smiles softly.
"I know what you mean and I had this conversation with your father today. We wanted to talk about this with you later but I guess we can do this now. We think about buying a house near Princeton. Don´t worry, we don´t want to crush you and your new life just stay closer and keep in touch from time to time since England is quite far away and was never really our home."
"Mom, this sounds wonderful and I would love to have you near me again! By the way, I never sold our old house although Daniel wanted me to but it was everything that was left of you. You can go back there. It´s yours again."
Of course both love the idea and it´s the start of a wonderful day. Later on the newly engaged pair is lying together in bed, both tired from the overwhelming day. At least the patient is stable enough and House has been able to get to dinner just in time. Although he has been worried to spend so much time with her family, everything turned out great and it has been a very pleasant evening in the end. To be honest he had been worried about the engagement and how Allison´s parents would react but they took it very well and even welcomed him in their family. It felt strange to hear something like this because he was almost sure they would try to change Allison´s mind because he was not really the perfect husband material but they respected him somehow, giving him a real chance and this was something really new. Hell, not even his own family made him feel like this. After the first shock of hearing those words from Ally´s father, a sense of well-being overtook his body and he never felt more content than in this moment with Allison in his arms and her parents around them. Yep, he did the right thing to ask Ally and the old scotch he shared with Allison´s father was the perfect ending of a great day.