Chapter: 14. The Wonder
They will see us
waving from such great heights
'Come down now,'
they'll say
But everything looks
perfect from far away,
'Come down now,' but
we'll stay...
-Such Great Heights,
The Postal Service
Cameron fidgeted and paced to such an extent that the blind could likely tell she was nervous. She stood in front of the tiny crowd of people awaiting her groom and the remaining members of the wedding. Her parents and sister had just arrived from New York and were seated before her like an anxious audience.
"He's late."
"And you're uptight…just breathe, remember to breathe, breathing is good…remember that, it's important. He's in the car arguing about something, or changing something or having a panic attack, you know, something like that. Don't worry he'll probably be out in a few minutes." Angie shrugged and took her seat, next to her grandmother and an empty chair, leaving Cameron to stand at the front, facing everyone, alone, again.
What Angela said had no effect in calming Alison down. She wanted everything to be the way she wanted, to run smoothly, why was that so much to ask? She regrettably let her nerves and fears get the best of her and she imagined how her happy day would slowly decline. Minute upon minute would fall by, each agonizingly slow. Her guests all sitting, staring expectantly, expecting of her something, or someone, that she was expecting herself. Bad would turn to worse; the situation was obviously the unfortunate thing in between the rock and the hard place. She was startled from her startling thoughts by a hand on her shoulder and was disappointed to see Wilson.
"Oh…James. Hello. It's been half an hour"
"You worried?" He grinned inappropriately.
"That my groom would rather hide in the car than come out here and marry me, yeah kind of." Anger edged into her timid voice.
"Well don't be, he'll be out in a few minutes, he couldn't find his pills and then he had an over exaggerated debate about whether or not to bring his cane." He offered a sympathetic shrug and took a seat next to Angela and the aisle parting the two groups of guests.
A couple short minutes later the man in question came walking up from the parking lot with cane in tow. He walked to his bride looking to his far left avoiding the gazes of his guests. House reached his destination, looking Cameron in the eyes and a last minute priest at his side. He dropped his cane at once and clasped her hands, never looking away from her eyes. Alison was calm, the priest began to speak and the wedding began. It seemed a few people were entranced by the event taking place, as if they were witnessing a miracle, the odd person even dabbed tears from the corners of their eyes.
An hour later about half of the wedding guests migrated to the newlywed's house for lunch and to visit.
"Woo, great uncle Marty's looking hot today, his sideburns are really on fire!" Angie mockingly waved at the sides of her face with her hands and winked at House, and she then heard a screeching call from behind her.
"Who is on fire?"
"Seriously, who brought Patty? That kid scares me." Angie stepped closer to her uncle and instinctively farther from Patty.
"Probably her mother and she's two years old of course she's going to think people are running around the house on fire, kids are so naïve aren't they?" He patted her on the head like a toddler and pinched her cheek like great grandma McGrath always did.
"Ew. Get away. Now. Boy, do I feel sorry for your kid, you're positively terrifying." She cocked an annoyed eyebrow and slapped his hand away, involuntarily grinning at him. Cameron spotted her husband from across the room and walked over donning a bright smile.
"That's good, that means the kid will have no problem listening to me, he can be my right hand man, he'll inevitably replace you. I'll no longer have any use for you." House grinned wickedly and Angela's mouth hung open in shock and offence.
"He? You know something I don't House" Cameron raised her eyebrows now and gestured to him with a full glass of water.
"No." He admitted sheepishly, "…or do I?" He added in a mock maniacal voice.
"Um…no, no one knows yet, you know that. Let's go…I have some people I'd like you to meet."
"I do not like the sound of that, I can't, and actually, Angie and I were about to…uh…" House gestured emphatically for Angela to help him out; she just stared on with a very amused look.
Cameron shook her head, "Get over here."
"Oooh, married for an hour and twenty minutes and already whipped!" Angie's eyes gleamed with glee.
"Please don't." House begged pitifully.
She didn't listen; she did it. She flung her arm out in front of her and yelled, "wha-chh! Whipped!"
House simply groaned and followed his wife through the thin crowd of his guests. Angela walked on with a low chuckle. She walked by Chase and Foreman who were gathered by the chip and dip talking about today's newlywed couple.
"You know, I think one of the most surprising things about today was the fact that House actually shaved, when he walked up I hardly recognized him." Foreman remarked with a laugh.
"I know it's bizarre, pretty soon pigs will be flying backwards, clean shaven nonetheless." Chase answered back sarcastically, "hey, you see Angela around here?"
"Yeah, just now, why?" Foreman was now frowning curiously.
"Just wondering." Chase shrugged, ate a chip and walked away.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"What do you want?" Angie questioned out of frustration, ripping her elbow out of Wilson's grasp as he led her to the sidewalk in front of House's house.
"Uh, nothing, I just wanted to know if you were ok." He shifted his weight and briefly looked away.
"Honestly? You could've asked me inside. I'm fine, I feel fine. Are you ok?"
"Yes." Wilson sighed, she was a horrible liar, but she'd never listen to him, she wouldn't listen to anyone, she was incredibly stubborn. He never wondered where she got her stubbornness from.
"Ok, great, now I think we should head back inside I think uncle Greg is about to be introduced to his in laws and I want a front row seat to that." She grinned like she always did and entered the house again followed by Wilson.
A/N: It's been a while since I last updated, hope this was worth the wait. Thanks to everyone that have read and reviewed.