Elsa was putting the latest items into her bag for the pajama party.
"Greg, I won't come home tomorrow morning" She said from her bedroom
"What?!!" He yelled from the living room
Pipipipipipipip...
"Oh, God, the cake!" She ran to the kitchen. "I was saying that tomorrow I won't come home..."
"You've made cake?" He said
"I'll sleep in Allison's and then I'll go straight to the hospital"
"Nice smell" She pinched him in the arm. "Owww!!"
"Have you heard me?"
"Yeah, yeah!! You won't come home, you'll go to straight to the hospital. Can I taste it?"
"Nope, you can't"
Ringggg...
"Saved by the bell"
"I get it" And as she turned, House was about to soak his finger into the cake. "You come with me, I want you 5 feet away from MY cake" She grabbed his hand and went to open the door together.
"Hi, Elsa... and House"
"She's grabbing my hand because she thinks I can lose myself in my own house" Wilson rolled his eyes.
"Don't listen to him, come on in" She took a look at her watch and said.
"Oh, I gotta go as I see your guests are starting to come to your pajama party" She left.
"Pajama party?" Wilson asked House.
"Yes, that's right"
"And who else is coming?"
"Well, guys, have fun!"
"You need help with something?" Wilson asked.
"No, I can handle all well, thanks"
"Bye, Greg!"
"Bye!" He said dryly.
"Aw, he's angry" She said to Wilson. "Don't be angry with me, please" She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "I've left you a piece of cake in the fridge, see, I've been a good girl" House's face changed.
"Bye, James"
"Bye, have fun"
"You two, behave yourself, alright"
"Yes Mom!!!" House yelled while Elsa closed the door.
"So, who else is coming?"
"No one else"
"What a great party is gonna be then"
"I wanted to invite Foreman and Chase but I thought they would screw up what I am thinking to do and what's more, they don't have anything to do with Cuddy, Elsa and Cameron"
"Cuddy, Elsa and Cameron? What happen with them?" House made a malicious smile.
"House, I don't like that smile"
Meanwhile, Elsa arrived to Cameron's house...
"Hello!!"
"Hiya, come on in"
"Uf, it's so hot outside. Well, I've made chocolate cake, put it in the fridge or it'll melt"
"Yummy"
"There's a piece left, sorry. Greg would have killed me if he hadn't had some" Cameron laughed.
"You need me to help you with something?"
"No, got all set. Wanna some lemonade?"
"Sure, thanks"
"It's now or never, Allison" Cameron thought.
"Elsa, can I talk to you?"
"Sure, what's going on?"
"Um...I don't know how to start" She smiled. "We don't know each other for a long time but I gotta tell you that you are a great lady. I've been in Princeton for almost three years and I got no friends and for once I feel like I have one" Elsa smiled.
"Thanks Ally"
"And as we have been so close this time, your uncle has asked me a favour"
"Greg? What kind of favour?"
"My uncle told me about your fiancée, Elsa" Elsa's face changed. "He asked me to talk to you about it"
"You? What do you know about it?" Elsa said in harsh tone.
"Look, Elsa, I don't want you to get angry with me. I know your uncle has talked to you long about it but he feels that if you can talk with a woman you'll feel more comfortable"
"I'm sorry, Allison, but..."
"I lost my husband too" Elsa looked at her differently.
"So, that's why my uncle asked you to talk to me?" Cameron nodded."What happened?"
"Cancer"
"I'm sorry"
"Yours?"
"Greg didn't tell you?" Cameron shook her head. "Hit by a car driven by drunk teenage driver five months ago" She stopped. "We were preparing our engagement party. He went to pick up a bunch of red roses he had booked for me, he crossed the zebra crossing that it was in front of our apartment and was hit. He was crossing right, the light was green. I didn't see the accident but I heard it, I went to the window and I saw him there in the floor. I went to the street as fast as I could, he was really bad injured, he lost consciousness in my arms. I did everything I could. He died on his way to the hospital." Elsa was in tears now. Cameron took her hand and squeezed it. "C'est la vie"
"When something like this happens to you, you feel as if some part of you has gone with him. After my husband died, I didn't know what to do with my life, so I made a trip, I went to Europe, I've always wanted to go to Florence, so I went and when I came back I focused 100 on my passion: Medicine."
"Two more things we have in common: I went to Europe too, I went to Barcelona, went back to my roots and when I returned I finished my degree and came to Princeton"
"As soon as I arrived, I knew a fellowship was opened for Dr. House, I went there and... My husband made me promise to fall in love again before he died, so call me crazy or whatever you wanna call me, but in the first meeting I fell in love with your uncle" Elsa was now smiling. "I blamed myself for it because it was so just only a few months after he died. How could I be in love again? But I felt just like when I met my hubby. We connected... I think. He hired me and made me the happiest woman in the world. I knew that working with him would be a very important experience to add in my CV. After a few months working with him, I got to know his real personality..."
"Yeah, rings me a bell" Elsa said.
"I can bet that. Anyway, sometimes I arrived at home, and said to myself, how can you be in love of this jerk!!!! He really got in my heart and can't take him away. I know that in the very deep of his heart, he's a great guy, he has his unique personality, but telling you the truth we would be kinda surprised if we don't see him acting just the way he is, we would think "This is not House. He's been changed" or something like."
"My uncle is a box of surprises. I tell you there's no doubt he's great guy, he REALLY is. Although, he's suffered a lot and that's one of the reasons why he acts the way he acts. But sometimes I wish people could see him in his soft and sweet side"
"Has he always had this character?"
"Well, the bitterness has increased through the years. As you probably know his relationship with his father is not very good, then the death of my father. I know he felt so guilty for that"
"Why?"
"Because they had some unresolved issues, but I let him read some of my dad's journeys and he understood things better and felt a little more relieved. Then his infarction, damn Stacy, his addiction to Vicodin, the shooting..." She stopped. "As you can see the Houses like tragedies" Elsa said sarcastically. "But, it seems that everything goes better for him, he's not limping any more, he doesn't take pills and well, he's not a coward"
"A coward?"
"Yeah, well, it's House talk, you'll understand" She smiled
"Ok" Cameron chuckled.
"You know, I really wanna have my vitality back, I wanna fall in love again, I want live life intensively, I wanna be a great doctor but if the new trial doesn't have a good verdict, I won't be able to go on with my life"
"It'll go fine, Elsa. But even if it doesn't go right, you can't live this way, it'll be the end of you and you're so young to be this down"
"So, what should I do?"
"My husband will be in my mind till the day I die, same to you with Ethan. But little by little you have to separate from him"
"I'm already doing it. I left my apartment in NY because I felt trapped"
"Yeah, but you have him touching your body" Cameron looked at her engagement ring. Elsa took away the ring.
"Don't throw it away, keep it" Cameron stood up and went to her bedroom while Elsa was still looking at her engagement ring. "This is for you, Elsa" She opened it and it was a nice ring of jade.
"It's beautiful, thanks Allison" She hugged her tightly. "So, I guess I have to make the change, right?" Cameron nodded. Elsa put her new ring and placed the other one in the case and put it in her bag.
"Thank so much, Ally. Really. It's been a great talk. My uncle once again was right"
"Glad I could have helped you" Both stood up and hugged each other tightly.
Knock, knock...
"That must be Cuddy" Cameron said.
"Time to have fun!!!" Elsa yelled