"Allison?" Robert called as he entered the rooms that they shared. There was no answer. He continued to look through them all. Finally he saw her in the garden beneath their rooms. Taking a deep breath he stepped out into the garden. "Allison." He called again.

This time she turned around. It looked as if she wanted to say something but Chase cut her off.

"I'm sorry. Whatever you are thinking, I was wrong." Chase started and slowly approached. "We are getting married. I hope. And I didn't include you in my thoughts and plans."

"How would I know if it was Stev I was spending time with and not you?"

"First off, to have any kind of conversation I would need to be in contact with him. Also Stev has another spell on him that he doesn't know about. Its kind of immoral, but both Kenneth and I agree it's better this way. It's a way to protect everyone."

"He can't cast the spell unless you allow him too?"

"Correct. We built in a key word that only I know. He can't cast the spell unless I cast a spell on him first or Kenneth does."

"That makes sense."

"What else is bothering you? I can tell there's more than just the spell." Chase took Cameron's hand in his.

"I don't know how I feel about going back."

"Going back? As in to Earth?"

Cameron nodded.

"I'm not going to force you to do anything that you don't want to do. You know that right?"

Again Cameron nodded.

"Truly, for me, there is nothing back on Earth but to finish my fellowship with House. And I only want to do that to prove Rowan Chase wrong. I know it sounds stupid and pointless, but most of my life I was told I wasn't going to be able to accomplish anything. I need to prove that man wrong. If I go back I have that chance. Once that's done I'm coming back here. If you want to stay here you can."

"I'm afraid that I won't want to come back if I go to Earth."

"What do you mean?"

"I have family back home. Not much. Just my brother and his kids. I don't talk to them much, but once in a while I do. Can I really leave them? But I don't want to leave you. I understand you have a duty to Hanmo and I wouldn't want you to give it up. And I guess so do I. And what about our relationship? Are we going to be able to continue it back at home? You have three months left on your fellowship, me I have seven." Cameron looked down at her hands.

"I can't tell you what to do or what to feel." Chase lifted up Cameron's chin so they were looked at each other eye to eye. "But know this. If you want to stay on Earth to finish your work with House I will stay with you till it's over. I might come back here for a visit, but I will not leave you for four months on your own. Our relationship will continue. I will not stop one of the greatest things that has happened to me. If you want we can even get married on Earth if it makes you happy."

Chase paused here. Cameron could tell that there was something that he wanted to say but wasn't sure how to get it out. "You want to say something else?"

"I'm not saying this to upset you. It was something that Kenneth said to me the first few days that we were here. And something that the two of us had talked about since. I told you how hard it was to find out I wasn't from Earth. I even mentioned some of the stuff from my past, the issues with my father and mother." Cameron nodded, not sure where Chase was going with this. They had talked since he woke up from his battle with Alexander. He had conveyed some of the abuse, verbal and emotional from his father, and some physical from his mother.

"Kenneth told me that Rowan Chase was not my father. He might have raised me, but he wasn't my father. I know it's different with you. I know you care about your family. And I'm not telling you to stop, but technically they aren't your family. Like I said, I know that it might sound callow and uncaring, but that is not my intent. Besides, there is nothing that says that we can't visit Earth every once in a while." He pulled Cameron to lay her head on his shoulder.

"Do you know what House and Foreman have planned?" She asked after moment.

"No. My guess would be that House is going to stay on Earth. After Cyrena, I think that he kind of wants to get away from here for a while. Plus he has a lot for him back on Earth. As for Foreman, he's still up in the air. He has a reason to be in both places."

"Tyra, and his family back on Earth." Cameron added.

"I know that his mother is sick. And I know that he is really close with his father. So I can't even guess at that."

They sat in silence for a bit longer, Cameron's head on Chase's shoulder. "Let's go inside. You don't have to make a choice now. We still have time."

She nodded and followed him inside.

A/N: Wasn't that sweet? Thanks again to all reviewers. And thanks again to my beta, fluffy 2001.