House had a new case, so he called the team for a brainstorming session. Wilson didn't have any cases of his own, so he joined in. He took a seat beside Dr. Cameron. They smiled politely at one another, showing no other signs of familiarity. Dr. Wilson had not yet learned that Cameron spilled the beans to House.
Cameron slid her chair closer to the table, while at the same time covertly moving it closer to Dr. Wilson. She hoped House hadn't noticed, but he did. He just glared at her. She felt like a little girl caught cheating on a test, but she didn't move back. House was just going to have to learn to deal with it.
Diseases were tossed around. Some of them stuck to House's whiteboard, some of them were dismissed as ridiculous. Most of those dismissed belonged to Dr. Chase, who was still on House's crap list.
By the end of the session, they had four potential diseases to work with. House decided to divvy them up. "Chase and Foreman, you take the first two. I'll have the lovebirds tackle the other two." He glared over at Wilson and Cameron. Over the course of the meeting, they had unconciously moved closer together, leaning toward each other, their legs touching under the table. Wilson stiffened up, and Dr. Cameron blushed lightly. Foreman and Chase just looked over at them, smirking.
The meeting broke up and Wilson and Cameron went off together while the others stood around talking. "Did you tell him?" Wilson asked, when they were far enough away to not be overheard.
"He gave me no choice." Cameron knew it was a bad excuse, and not entirely true, but it was the best she could come up with. She wasn't prepared for the question yet.
"What, he tied you to a chair and stuck bamboo shoots up your nails?" Wilson was angry. She'd never seen him angry before.
"It was going to come out eventually. He already knew. I only confirmed it for him."
"Yeah, and now he knows I lied to him." Wilson headed down the hall. He rarely ever lied to House, and he didn't like it. They had agreed to wait. Here Wilson was, keeping up his end, and Cameron just blurted it out the first time House asked her anything.
Cameron followed him down the hall. "I'm sorry James. I wasn't thinking." She felt bad. She could see it had hurt him. She didn't think what she'd done was all that serious, but obviously he did.
"No." He stopped and turned to her. "I am blowing things out of proportion. It's out in the open now. That's good. Maybe it was a silly idea to try to hide it in the first place." He smiled, but she could still see the hurt in his eyes.
"It wasn't a silly idea." It was all she could think to say. They started walking down the hall again. As they walked, side by side, Cameron held out her hand and took Wilson's in it. He looked over at her, surprised, but he just smiled. The hell with it. Let the whole world know. He was in love and he was happy for the first time in a very long time.
There bliss was interrupted by the sounds of Chase and Foreman. They had left the room shortly after them, and were headed to the lab. Chase and Foreman were singing. "Jimmy and Cammy sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Wilson pulled Cameron faster down the hallway and into an open elevator. He pushed the button frantically until the doors came to a close. Chase and Foreman were left on the other side.
"We can't hide in here forever." Cameron said to him. She was relieved, however, to be away from the mocking of her two friends.
"Come here." Wilson said, pulling Cameron into a hug. He kissed her sweetly on the lips, and she kissed him back. They didn't notice the elevator doors open.
Dr. Cuddy was about to walk into the elevator, but stopped at the sight before her. "Hello," she said in surprise. The couple parted lips and looked at her, a mix of surprise and embarrassment on their faces. Cuddy stuck her arm in the elevator and pushed the close button, quickly removing her arm from the now closing door. She would wait for the next elevator.