Pairing: Basically House/Cameron, others make an appearance.
Rating: Probably PG-13 I think, I'm not really sure.
Summary: What should have happened after Cameron's little speech in Honeymoon.
Disclaimer: I don't own them, I'm just playing with them for a bit
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Disclaimer: I don't own them, I'm just playing with the for a bit.
House woke up to someone pushing against his shoulder. Opening his eyes he found Wilson standing next to the bed with an amused look on his face. House placed a finger to his lips, shushing Wilson before trying to slid out from under Cameron without hurting her. House glared at Wilson when he started laughing, when Cameron tightened her grip around House successfully keeping him in place. House let out a small sigh before giving up and relaxing back against the bed.
"What do you want?" House whispered trying not to wake up Cameron.
"I just came by to check on her, so tell me do all of your patients get this added perk?"
"Bite me," House replied with a glare that would have scared anyone else.
"Sorry, your not my type," House shook his head, shifting on the bed to get into a more comfortable position since it seemed that Wilson wasn't leaving any time soon.
"Don't you have patients? Or did they find a cure for cancer and I didn't get the memo?" A moan from Cameron stopped Wilson from responding. House shifted on the bed to look at her gently running his fingers through her hair. He reached over to her iv upping her pain meds slightly. He continued to watch her for a few moments to make sure that she was once again asleep.
"How is she doing?" Wilson asked drawing Houses attention away from Cameron.
"She was lucky, she only broke her leg. It could have been a lot worse," House stiffened slightly at the thought. The fact that she could have just as easily been killed, left him with the need to know that she was in fact alive. He tightened his grip on her slightly letting his thumb rub across the exposed skin on her arm. Her skin was warm and soft, another sign that she was alive and safe.
"You love her?" It was more of a statement than a question, he knew he wouldn't get an answer. Well at least not an honest one, but he already knew. The answer was in Houses actions he never was one for words. The fact that he was curled up in a hospital bed with her, said more about his feelings for Cameron than any words ever could. House glared at him but he didn't respond beyond that.
"I know Stacey screwed you over, but Cameron's not Stacey. Don't stay trapped in the past, or you will lose out on something really good. Besides what are the chances that another beautiful intelligent woman like Cameron, will want anything to do with a stubborn old bastard like you." With that Wilson was gone, leaving House to his thoughts.
"Slim to none," House muttered looking down at Cameron, she really was beautiful even with the large purple bruise that covered her left cheek.
Cameron woke up a few hours later, the first thing that hit her was the pain in her leg, second was that she was alone in the bed. Opening her eyes to scan the room for House, she was meet with a pair of intense blue eyes. Houses mom, great just what she needed right now. She felt like her head was going to explode and her leg was itching, and just plain hurt.
"How do you feel?" Houses mom asked when she saw that Cameron was awake.
"Like I got hit by a car," Cameron replied trying to ignore the pain when she tried to pull her self up in the bed. She was hurting and she missed the warmth of Houses body next hers. She should have known he wouldn't stay with her, it wasn't his style.
"Well that's to be expected," Cameron watched as Houses mom shifted back and forth in her chair. She seemed to have something more to say, but like House she wasn't going to come right out and say it. She opened her mouth to say something when they heard the door open.
"Mom why didn't you have me paged when you got here?" House asked when he came into the room with Chase and Foreman following behind.
"What makes you think I'm here to see you? Really Gregory you have to stop thinking the world revolves around you,"
"What you mean it doesn't? I'm crushed" House replied with mock hurt, as he made his way over to Cameron's bed.
"Hello, I'm Houses mother Mary House. You two must be Eric Foreman and Robert Chase." Mary stood up from her chair to greet them, they both nodded. Not really sure what to make of her. House has a mother was the only thought going through their heads.
"Close your mouths, yes I have a mother sorry to disappoint. I know you all thought I was hatched from a pod," House said with a smirk, before pulling out his pen light to check Cameron's pupils. Cameron took a deep breath letting his scent and close proximity wash over her.
"When can I go home?" Cameron asked she was finally starting to get her bearings back, and the idea of staying the hospital over night was not something she wanted think about.
"Tomorrow morning," House replied making some notes on her chart, he wasn't planning on letting her go home alone.
"Why do I have to stay here over night?"
"I'll tell you what if you can get out of bed, then I'll release you." House replied watching her as she pushed herself up to a sitting position on the bed. Then she gently picked up her injured leg turning her body, so that her legs were hanging over the side of the bed. Cameron reached for the crutches next to her bed, biting her lip against the throbbing pain in her leg. Cameron stood up with a triumphant smile.
"Since when are you so damn stubborn?" House asked moving to stand in front of her, as she started to sway on her feet. House set his cane against the side of the bed then helped her back into the bed, before she feel over.
"I learned from the best," House rolled his eyes at her, lifting her leg back up onto the bed pulling the pant leg of her scrubs over her cast.
"How are you doing?" Foreman asked snapping out of his stupor over meeting Houses mom. He made his way over to stand at the foot of Cameron's bed with Chase following suit.
"Better, my leg hurts but other than that I feel fine." Cameron replied trying to brush off his concern. She knew House wouldn't let her go home if she was honest about the amount of pain she was in.
"Can I sign your cast?" Chase asked pulling out a bright blue sharpie, and moving towards her leg.
"Sure," Cameron tried not to flinch when he lifted her leg to pull up her pant leg, so he could get to her cast.
"What?" Cameron asked as she tried to pull her leg away to see what Chase and Foreman were laughing at.
"It looks like somebody already decorated your cast," Chase replied trying to stop laughing.
"What? I was bored," House said with a shrug as he moved to the foot of the bed to admire his handy work. He had covered her cast in little cartoon characters of everyone at the hospital with little word bubbles above their heads.
"Cameron, you might want to wear pants to work for awhile," Foreman said with a chuckle, shaking his head as he examined the characters on her cast.
"House what did you do?" Cameron asked sitting up on the bed twisting her body forward trying to see her cast.
"Stop that before you hurt yourself," House rolled his eyes before pushing Cameron back against the bed. He then pulled her pant leg back down over her cast.
"Lunch time is over, get back to the clinic before Cuddy sends out a search party." House said waving a dismissive hand at Chase and Foreman.
"We'll see you later Cameron, get some rest." Chase said following Foreman to the door.
"Wait boys are you willing to give an old woman a tour of the hospital?" Houses mom asked before Chase and Foreman could leave. She was dieing to get a look around and she knew that Greg would never willingly give her a tour.
"Sure we can take the long way to the clinic," Foreman replied holding the door open for her.
"Oh great her comes the she devil," Houses mom muttered once they made it through the door. Chase and Foreman looked up to see Stacey headed their way, she smiled slightly when she saw them.
"Dr. Foreman Dr. Chase" Stacey smiled at them before turning her attention to Houses mom. "Mrs. House its nice to see you again,"
"Wish I could say the same," Mary replied with a tone of dismissal, she wasn't in the mood to deal with her.
"I really hope that we can move past what happened," Stacey said trying to keep things as friendly as possible.
"Oh yeah what happened, What was it again? That's right you waited until my son was in a coma before going against his wishes and letting them cut his leg up," Mary spat out her voice rising slightly, if she wanted to get into this now fine she would give her what she wanted.
"I saved his life, would you have preferred for me to let him die?" Stacey replied her voice rising to match Mary's.
"It was his choice, and you should have respected it. You didn't even stick around afterwards, you left him broken and in pain." Mary shook her head trying to ward off the images of the time after Houses infarction.
"He pushed me away, what was I suppose to do?" Stacey asked a tinge of desperation in her voice.
"Stay with him, he pushes people away. That's what he does, and with good reason especially after you." With that Mary turned on her heels storming down the hall, Foreman and Chase offered her a small smile before following. If Houses mother was anything like House when she was upset, then she was looking for some unsuspecting fool to take it out on.
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