It had been a week and an half since Gaby had recovered her consciousness. The doctors had finally cleared her to go home.
Gaby was feeling like she didn't belong where she was. All she felt was that one day she woke up and she didn't know anything about her life. Suddenly she had two parents and a family who she didn't remember. She received a drawing from her forgotten friends from school and she was now entering a house that didn't mean anything to her, plus she couldn't walk. Gaby was feeling cold, lost and she was sure she didn't belong there. Her parents seemed to like her and she thought she liked them too. They were funny, they played with her. They were always trying to make her smile. She knew she liked them but what about all the rest? She desperately wanted to remember...
"Are you ready baby?" Cameron asked sweetly as she picked up Gaby.
"Yes." Gaby whispered as she eyed House taking a wheelchair from the trunk of the car. She looked at it for a moment and then laid her head on Cameron's shoulder.
"It's ok sweetie. It's just for a few days in no time you'll be walking and running again." Cameron said as she realised the little girl's discomfort towards the wheelchair.
"Mommy?" Cameron gasped as she heard the sweet word coming from Gaby's mouth. It was the first time Gaby called her 'mommy'. The whole week and an half she had been calling her Allison. House looked at both his girls and saw when Cameron softened at the sound of the word 'mommy'. He saw when her eyes glistened and when she softly kissed Gaby's cheek. He saw the smile on Gaby's face as she saw Cameron's reaction. "Mommy, why are you crying?" Gaby frowned, when she saw tears cascade from Cameron's eyes. "Mommy, don't cry..." Gaby kissed Cameron's cheek and hugged her tightly. "Mommy... I love you." Gaby whispered at Cameron's ears and more tears escaped from Cameron's eyes. With one hand Cameron wiped her tears and hugged Gaby back. She kissed the little girl and lulled her in her arms.
"I'm ok sweetie. I'm just happy..." Said Cameron as she started to feel guilty about the lie she was creating around Gaby. At that moment she realised things were getting 'dangerous' and she knew that, very soon, she would have to tell Gaby the truth.
"Then why are you crying? Happy people don't cry." Gaby said with a sweet voice
"Sometimes they do sweetie." Gaby kissed Cameron's cheek again and nodded, accepting the answer. Finally House decided to approach his girls and kissed them both.
"Come on mommy, it's getting cold out here..." House said as he encouraged her to walk to the door. She glanced at him and he could tell she was feeling uncomfortable with the whole thing. House sighed, kissed the top of her head and followed his family inside.