Learning and Understanding, Chapter 1
By JSG
Summary: House/Cameron, House and Cameron learn about each other, and themselves. 1st chapter after the events of "Hunting"
Disclaimer: I do not own House, nor their characters. Don't sue.
House was in his office, swirling the glass in his hand, watching the reflections of the alcohol inside, before he poured the shot down his throat. It didn't help much. House let out a sigh.
How could he be so stupid? Looking up his ex-girlfriends psychiatric records and using them to get her back? He wouldn't accept it but the thought came up that he went too far this time. He was brought out of his thoughts by Dr. Cameron at the door.
She didn't say anything, just walked in silently and carefully placed the patient's file on his desk. The situation was tense; Cameron was afraid that House would ask about her and the drugs she took, she also noted that he was more unhappy than ussual. The problem was, thinking about it made her linger too long before leaving, allowing him the opportunity.
"How are you coping?" He asked.
"Ok" was her simple response. Although she had tried to clean herself up and took a few other drugs to hide the mental and physical affects of the recreational ones she took, the effects still were visible.
House nodded. "Just don't let it happen again" he said softly, before pouring himself another shot of whiskey. Cameron was surprised.
"That's it? No lecture? No sarcastic comment?"
House shrugged. "You wanted to try something, see if it could improve your life, make you happier," House nodded in understanding. "It was stupid, you knew it but you tried anyway." House took the shot of whiskey. "But you were wrong. It didn't help. In fact it made things worst, for you… for everyone else. You wish you could take it back. Never think about it again. But you can't." He made a sad smile. "But life goes on." He paused for a moment in reflection before he stood and grabbed his cane, starting to walk out of the office, but before he left he turned to face her. "Goodnight Cameron."
"Goodnight Dr. House"
A/N. That's it for now. I really hope everyone get's the relevence of what House says, for both him and Cameron. I'm thinking about continuing the story, but on a diverging slow angsty Cameron/House storyline, but not looking at the consequences of the episode "Hunting". I will also have a lot longer chapters. The summary is crap and corny, I know, but it's the best I could come up with.
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