Hey guys! Merry Christmas to everyone! Sorry I haven't updated for this long but I' ve been really busy lately... And we are on our Christmas break, I don't want to imagine what will happen when our exams start...
So, this is the next chapter of my story, I hope you'll enjoy reading this! You'll find two new characters in this chapter, hope you like them:-) Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own House MD...
Chapter 37: Siblings
Wednesday morning came by a lot faster than House would have liked. It was the first time that he actually preferred to be in the clinic than take the day off and go shopping.
Allison had woken him up a lot earlier than usual. He was going to make her pay for that… that was his first thought when he glanced at the clock on the nightstand that read seven thirty in the morning. But that was going to happen much later, when he would be fully awake because now he kept bumping in every piece of furniture that got in his way.
Now he was sitting on the couch in the living room, in front of the TV, trying to find something good to see but nothing intrigued him.
"Who is up this early in the morning? It's natural that nothing good is on…" he mumbled to himself and started checking his Ti-VO.
"Are you complaining again?" asked Cameron who had just entered the living room and handed him a cup of steaming coffee. She sat next to him and took the remote from his hands and started flipping through the channels.
House just stared intently at her with raised eyebrows.
"Isn't it enough that you woke me up this early in the morning? Do you have to take the re-"
"Will you stop talking for a while? I'm trying to remember where… Aha! Found it." She said and returned the remote to him.
House turned his attention back to the TV and saw a channel that he didn't know about that was currently playing a Rolling Stones concert.
"It's a rerun but I guess you'll like it… I'm off, I have to take care of some things first and then we are living. I'll be back in about an hour." She said and after placing a quick kiss on his lips she got up from the couch, grabbed her coat and left.
House just stood there, a small smile grazing his features.
"That's why I love her…" he said and then grabbed the guitar that was resting on the other couch since last night and started playing along with every song.
Fortunately when Cameron returned the concert had ended. She hang her coat by the door and made her way to the living room where House was sited. She could hear the soft notes of the guitar.
She sat down next to him and rested her head on his right shoulder. House didn't move, just continued playing a song she didn't recognize.
He stopped suddenly and turned to look into her eyes.
"Hey…" she whispered and brought her hand up to caress his cheek.
"Hey to you too…" he replied and closed the gap between them by capturing her lips with his.
"So, you ready to go?" she asked him.
"Yeah, only if you promise not to torture me a lot…" he said in a teasing tone.
"Ok, I'll just leave that for tonight." She said with a mischievous smile and got up in order to leave.
"Me likey!" he replied and after wearing his jacket he followed her out of the door.
"Come on, we're late!" she shouted at him from the car.
"Late for what? It's not like we have a date or something…"
"You'll see…" she said cryptically making him raise an eyebrow in question but she didn't elaborate further.
Half an hour later they arrived at the store. Both got out of the car and started making their way to the door when they heard a voice that House didn't recognize.
"Excuse me, my beautiful lady, could you please tell me what time it is because I'm waiting for someone and I think that they are running a little late…"
House was the one to turn around first and was met by a young man, around 32, a little shorter than he was, with dark brown hair and green-blue eyes standing there.
He was ready to make a harsh comment to keep him in his place and away from Cameron of course but before he could say anything she had flung her arms around the younger mans neck and was hugging him tightly and he was hugging back!
"Brandon!" she exclaimed when he lifted her up and started spinning her around.
He stopped and let her down again and planted a quick kiss on her cheek.
"Hey Allie, long times no see… I missed you a lot you know…" he said
"I missed you too…" she said and gave him a brief hug again.
"Hey, you two over there! I'm still here…" said House, irritation evident in his voice. "And, first of all, who are you and why are you still hugging my fiancé?" he asked turning his gaze to the younger man.
"Oh, sorry, forgot to introduce myself… I'm Brandon Cameron, Allison's brother." He said and extended his hand to House which he actually shook.
"Greg House…"
Cameron could see the relief in House's face when he heard the word brother. She smiled slightly and went next to House and took his hand in hers.
"Got you worried for a while?" she asked with a smirk.
"Nah, I don't get worried, and I'm not jealous." He stated firmly but his eyes averted her face.
"Right…" she dragged out and tightened her grip on his hand.
"I'm not discussing this now…" he said and turned his attention back to her brother.
"Where is Stephanie?" she asked before House could start the interrogation that she knew was coming.
"She should be here in a while. Said she was skipping school today to come with us. She also threatened me not to tell mum 'cause then she would confess what really happened to dad's favorite jacket…" he said making Cameron to laugh.
"Yeah… that wouldn't be good." she said and turned to look at House who was looking at them curiously.
"Long story… Let's just say that it included the grill, some paint and our dog…" Cameron said making House to shake his head.
"So, you two weren't exactly little angels when you were growing up…" House stated matter of factly.
"Well, we had our moments…" said Brandon with a smirk "Come on, let's go sit to the bench till Stef arrives."
"How is my niece?" Brandon asked and placed a hand on Cameron's belly.
"She's great, healthy and everything is going perfect."
Brandon gave his sister a smile. House could definitely see the similarities now clearly. They had the same eyes and many expressions were exactly the same.
"How come I haven't met you before? I've heard stories about you from your sister but never got the chance to meet you." Said House after a while.
"I'm a professional photographer and I'm stationed in Canada. Got a pretty good job but no time for myself and my family unfortunately…" he said bitterly "But I'm planning to change that soon."
"What do you mean?" asked Cameron and looked intently at her brother.
"I kind of like Princeton. Plus they made a great offer, really good money and my own space with everything I need! I haven't agreed yes but I'm planning on doing so… It's a great offer and I will be closer to home and to you." He said with a big grin and Allison hugged him again.
"This is great!" she exclaimed.
"Don't I get a hug too?" a voice sounded and made them turn to look.
"Stef!" both siblings got up and went to hug their little sister.
"You two are suffocating me!" at that both Brandon and Allison loosened their embrace and looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"But it's totally ok, I missed you guys!" the two of them rolled their eyes and hugged her again.
This eye roll thing must run in the family… thought House and smirked to himself.
"Should I be worried that you keep forgetting about me today?" House asked and went to stand behind Cameron, placing his left hand around her waist and extended his right hand to the girl in front of them.
"Hi, I'm Greg House, and you are Stephanie I take it…"
The girl was a little shorter than Cameron, around 17, had medium length dark brown hair and green eyes.
Stephanie shook House's hand and turned to look at her sister.
"It's the eyes, isn't it?" she said, raising an eyebrow at her.
"What?" asked Cameron a little confused.
"His eyes… You definitely fell for his eyes." She stated simply and started walking inside. "Come on you guys! We have to find that wedding gown!"
House had to laugh at that. She was good. He was now sure that he would never get bored at family gatherings and holidays.
Cameron and Brandon just shook their heads. They were used to their sister's comments by now. The three started walking inside the store, following Stephanie.
"So was it the eyes?" House whispered in Cameron's ear.
"Could be…" she said with a smile and placed a kiss on his cheek.
"Yeah, I know what you mean…" he whispered again and laced her hand with hers, making her smile softly.
"So I have an idea. Why don't I go with Allison to pick up her wedding gown and you go with Stef to pick up your tux." Said Brandon after a while.
"That would be fun." Said Cameron with a smirk.
"You have got to be kidding!" exclaimed both House and Stephanie.
"See, you will do great together!" said Cameron and broke into a fit of laughter with Brandon.
"Fine…" muttered House "Come on kid, let's go. I hope you have a good taste like your sister." He said and started walking to the part of the store with the tuxedos.
"I'm not a kid, and I have a really good taste, thank you very much." Stephanie replied back.
"Great! So you pick up my tux and I play with my PSP!" he exclaimed.
"No way! We're picking your tux together and then I'm kicking your ass at 'NBA live 2008' on my PSP!"
House stopped dead in his trucks and turned to look at her. Stephanie was looking back at him never averting his gaze. Then he extended his hand to her and waited for her to shake it.
"We have a deal." He said and after shaking hands they continued walking with identical smirks on their faces.
All the time Allison and Brandon were watching House's and Stephanie's exchange and were laughing.
"Are you sure about that? I mean, if they stick together we are in a lot of trouble… Do you know that she actually went to buy the new Play Station 3? Mum freaked out when she heard the price!" Brandon said and turned to look at his sister.
"Oh, trust me, I know the price… I bought it as a Christmas present for Greg." She admitted with a smile.
"You are crazy!" Brandon said in an exasperated tone and through his hands in the air.
"I know. Let's go now, we have a dress to pick…" she said and after lacing her hand with his they started walking to find their mum's friend in order to help them around.
House and Stephanie where giving the sales man a hard time. A really hard time… And he couldn't react as he wanted to because Kate Gartner, the owner of the store, had informed all of the staff that the daughter and son-in-law of a dear friend would be there.
So he had to put up with everything that House and Stephanie did. They had also come up with their own technique.
House would try on practically every tux they saw, Stephanie would comment and together they would torture the poor guy that was unfortunate enough to be working that time of the day.
Comments as "too short", "too long", "I don't like the pattern", "too black", "too blue" and many others were coming either from Stephanie or from House making the salesman wan tot run away, or flee the country.
House was currently in the dressing room trying on another tux and Stephanie was thinking the next line to piss off the salesman.
But when House got out of the dressing room the only things that came to her mind had nothing to do with what she was thinking previously.
"That's it! It's excellent!" she exclaimed and went to stand in front of him. The salesman exhaled loudly in relief.
"Really?" asked House and looked at the mirror that was in the room.
He was now wearing a black tux that fitted perfectly to his body, accentuating his broad shoulders and well built body. He had chosen a white shirt and a silver vest that indeed brought out the color of his eyes. The set was completed by a pair of black shoes and silver link cuffs.
"Are you kidding me? It's awesome! And totally brings out your eyes." She added with a wink, making House shake his head.
"Ok, we'll buy it then!" said House and went to the change.
"Thank God!" exclaimed the salesman.
"It's House, how many times do I have to say it?" he shouted from inside the dressing room making the salesman rub his face with his hands and Stephanie to laugh.
In the meantime, Cameron had tried almost every dress in the store but none of them seemed to excite Brandon. She just couldn't find the perfect dress that she had in her mind.
Cameron was looking at the dresses when suddenly something caught her eye. She went closer and stayed looking at the dress in front of her.
"Ah, I think that this will be perfect on you…" said Kate and handed her the dress in order to go and try it on.
When she emerged from the dressing room Brandon's jaw hot the ground when he saw her approaching him.
"So… what do you think?" she asked him.
"You look gorgeous sis… Absolutely beautiful. I think that this is it…" he said with a soft smile.
"I think so too…" she said and turned to look at herself in the mirror.
"We'll take it!" said Brandon
After Cameron got out of the dressing room they discussed about some alterations they wanted and started heading for the door, because House had send them a message that they were out.
"Do you think they killed each other?" asked Brandon with an amused smile.
"Nah, I think they're doing pretty good." She said
"I told you I would kick your ass at this!" they heard Stephanie shout the moment they got out of the store.
"O, please! Wait till the second half is over and then talk… if you can by then!" House shouted back.
They were both sitting at the bench outside of the store, playing with their PSPs.
"I should have guessed that this would happen…" mumbled Cameron.
"So how do we get their attention?" asked Brandon.
"Just watch…" she said with a smirk.
Cameron approached the bench and cleared her throat but none of them made a movement.
"Anyone hungry?" she asked and both paused the game and looked at her.
"I was wondering when you would say that!" House said and got up after switching his PSP off.
"Come on kid, I'll kick your ass later at this." He said at Stephanie.
"In your dreams!" Stef shot back and got up as well.
"Pizza?" asked Brandon
"Sounds good…" said Cameron and laced her hand with House's. He placed a kiss on her lips and they all went to have lunch together and talk about the latest news they had.