Part Two- Chapter 17
Cameron paged Wilson when the test results came in. She waited with the others in the conference room for him to arrive. When he got there they all got down to business and Wilson confirmed House's suspicion of cancer. The patient was transferred to Wilson and for the rest of the day, the team did clinic hours.
Later that day as Cameron went back to the office to get her things before going home she addressed House.
"Hey House, do you want to keep you're guitar at my place or pick it up?"
"Just keep it there."
"Okay. Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow."
House just nodded his head, not looking at her. She sighed and walked out of the room thinking that it had been too good to be true, his being nice. He was now back to his normal behavior.
Cameron was walking to her car, taking her keys out of her bag when she caught some movement out of the corner of her eye. She looked to her left and a few rows over; she saw Cuddy and Wilson walking toward Cuddy's car. They weren't walking close and definitely not touching but their pace and how they laughed set off a vibe that Cameron picked up on. If they weren't dating now, they would be in the near future, Cameron thought to herself. There was an intimacy being shared. Cameron watched as Wilson approached Cuddy's car, took the keys opened the door for her. They said good bye to each other and then Wilson closed the door for Cuddy and watched her drive off before heading to his own car.
Cameron smiled to herself as she got into her car and pulled out of the space and headed home. It was about time that Cuddy and Wilson realized that they would make a perfect fit. Cameron sighed as she hoped that someday she would fine hers. As she thought about it, a picture of House popped into her head and she dismissed it as she got to her apartment and let herself in. She hung her coat and bag up and then went to the kitchen and poured herself a bottle of wine and got a plate of grapes, cheese and crackers together before bringing it all to her bathroom. Cameron put a Josh Groban CD into the radio she kept in the room before drawing a hot bubble bath and undressing. She slowly sunk into the hot comforting water. As her muscles began to relax and unknot she listened to the music and let it soothe her. She enjoyed the music, drink and food until the water turned cold. She then rinsed off and got ready for bed.
As Cameron got under the welcoming blankets and reached for her book, her cell went off. She saw that the number was Vonny's.
"Hey girl. What's up?"
"Nothing much. Just wanted to catch up."
"Yeah you just want to know how it went with House coming over."
"Yeah. So dish."
"It was fine. He was decent. We watched School of Rock and then he continued with teaching me some of the basics on the guitar before showing me a little bit of one of the songs from the movie. Then we ate some ice cream and then he had to leave." Cameron kept it simple because didn't want her friend to know about House's sudden departure. Vonny would read to much into it and Cameron didn't want to have to deal with all that.
"That's all?"
"Yes. It was nice. Nothing big. He did leave his guitar here so I think that I'm going to practice some before our next lesson."
"And when is that going to be?"
"We didn't discuss it."
"Hmm."
"Hmmm what?"
"Well maybe he left the guitar there as an excuse to come by?"
"Yeah right."
"No, seriously. He's starting to reach out to you more. Maybe he figured out that it would be nice to have a friend other than James."
"Maybe. He has been nicer and agreed to give the lessons."
"Just be careful with your heart."
"I will."
"I hope so. Oh, I have another call coming through. Better go."
"Okay. Oh before you go, Gary is coming into town next week. We should all get together. Maybe go clubbing." There was silence and Cameron thought that her friend had already clicked over to her other call. Then she heard Vonny.
"Oh yeah. That would be great. Would be nice to see him again. Well, bye." This time Cameron knew that her friend had clicked over and ended their call. She stared at the cell, thinking on how weird her friend sounded before she hung up. It was almost like she sounded guilty. Cameron shook her head and picked her book up again and read until she couldn't keep her eyes open any longer.
