"What?" House asked. Cameron was staring at him.
"You could've been nicer." She said.
"Why?" He asked seriously.
"He's your son, for one." She said his fists clenched at that.
"And no one ever told me he existed. Now he could bail and never come back." He ended loudly.
"He's only sixteen he can't leave." She said.
"If it's what he wants I assure you he'd do it." House sighed.
"So tell him it isn't." She said and then turned and left his office.
House was left alone, he dropped his head on the desk holding his eyes shut. That's how he was when Wilson entered a few minutes later.
"You have a son." Wilson said and House lifted his head.
"He's handsome and smart." House said.
"Must be the mother." Wilson said.
"She's dead." He said. "Alex Porter."
"Ally?" Wilson asked him.
"Yeah." House said like it was a curse.
"Shit. What're you going to do?" Wilson asked.
"I don't know I have a son." House said. Wilson could hear the fear House was repressing.
"He's young." Wilson said.
"They placed him with some crazy aunt, he ran away and he could have been on his own for weeks now." He said.
"He came to you, he doesn't want to be on his own." Wilson said trying to grasp the situation House was now in.
"I'm not a father." House said.
"You'll be fine." Wilson smiled.
"He told Cameron yesterday, and she invited him to stay at her place." House told him.
"Homey." Wilson said knowing of the sexual tension and maybe more between House and Cameron.
Wilson walked into Cameron's clinic room.
"You talked to him?" Cameron asked.
"He's scared shitless, and I can't remember the last time he was really scared of something." Wilson said.
"Of what?" She asked.
"Of being a father, of not getting the chance. Imagine being in his place." Wilson said.
"Gray wants a dad. He's to smart to choose being on his own when he has another option." She said.
"The kid trusts you." Wilson said.
"I listened to him and talked. He also knows I'll try to stop him if he decides to run." She told him.
"You convinced him to tell Greg?" He asked.
"He's a smart kid. He's like House the way he thinks it's unsettling." She told him.
"I think House is terrified of letting himself get attached." Wilson told her. She just stared at him. "Don't give him a choice." He told her and she wasn't sure if he was referring to her or Gray.
Gray came back to House's office with a bagel.
"You're smart, rich, and you've got good friends. Everyone else hates you." Gray said.
"Yes." House responded.
"I gotta go. I'll be back tomorrow." Gray said unable to deal with this right now with the emotions dueling inside him.
"Where are you going?" House asked before he could stop himself.
"Registering at school." He said and left.
