Chapter 37

Cameron opened the door to the Head of Oncology office timidly. Her eyes fell on a distraught figure. Wilson was sitting at his desk with his head in his hands. His whole body was trembling uncontrollably. He was emitting loud sobs of heartache.

"Dr Wilson?" she entered quietly

He looked up to see her. He truly was a painful sight. His normally immaculate appearance was completely dishevelled. His hawk eyes were wide and bloodshot, while tears streaked his young boyish face. His body broke out in traumatised shivers.

"Dr Cameron, how can I help you?" he stood up and coughed back tears as he struggled to regain composure.

Her heart bled out as she saw that even through the pain he was still trying to be the Dependable Dr Wilson. That was the last straw. She ran to him and wrapped her arms around him protectively.

Wilson was caught off guard by Cameron's reaction. He thought that Cameron, of all people, would hate him. She had loved House and there may have even been a chance for her to win him over if he hadn't arrived. He had stolen House away from her.

"I'm s...s...so sorry" he wept into her lab coat

"You've got nothing to be sorry for" she soothed

Wilson took a few deep breaths as she sat him down again and knelt passively beside him. He hiccupped repeatedly as he tried to calm his racing heart that was trying to commit suicide.

"What happened?" she asked when Wilson seemed calmer

Cameron didn't think she would get an answer.

"I met someone who made me feel...funny. Good. And I didn't want to let that feeling go"

There was an element of self-realisation in his tone. House was the first person in a long time to make him feel happy. When he was around House he felt completely comfortable in his own skin. He felt free.

"You don't choose who you fall in love with. I can't imagine how you could live with keeping your relationship a secret from everyone"

Cameron had never told anyone but she knew what it was like to fall for the wrong person. She barely let herself think about Joe. She was still so ashamed of her own feelings. The pain would consume her completely every time she looked at her husband. Near the end she spent every day at the hospital waiting helplessly by his side. Then Joe would come by after work. They'd take long walks around the hospital just talking. Her heart would skip a beat when he took her in his arms and held her whispering words of comfort and reassurance...

"You'd be surprised with what you can live with"