When the five reached the bar, they found it to be crowded with doctors and nurses. The bar, after all, was closest to the hospital and it is Friday. They wanted to drown away their problems too.
Wilson had found them a booth in the corner of the bar where they could see everything. Foreman slid in first on one side of the booth followed by Cameron and Chase. Wilson slid in the other side followed by House. House took advantage of the extra space by resting his leg on top of it. A waitress came over and they each mumbled their orders.
After about 4 rounds for each person, they began to relax a bit. Wilson told a joke that they actually laughed to. House even had the smallest tinge of a smile on his lips. They had about 6 drinks in them when Foreman had an idea. He suggested that they play 'I Never.' All the guys, even surprisingly House, wanted to play it but Cameron refused. After much persuasion, Cameron agreed. Since it was Foreman's idea, he went first.
"Let's see…okay. Got one," Foreman said. "I never got any kind of piercing before."
Everyone looked at Cameron as she downed her drink. "What?" Cameron asked.
"You got a body piercing?" House asked.
"Yeah," she said slowly.
"Well, can we see it?" Chase asked.
Cameron sighed and muttered something that sounded like "boys and their body piercings" before standing up and lifting up her shirt. All the guys' dropped open when they saw a Cameron's dangling belly ring.
"Well, at least I know what to get you for Christmas," House said. "I can get you a tetanus shot."
Everybody started laughing as Cameron rolled her eyes at House. Then it was Wilson's turn.
"This is easy. I already had one figured out. I never had had sex on an airplane," Wilson said.
House scoffed. "You're lying. You probably sneaked off when your wife's sleeping and got some 'service' from a stewardess," House said. Everybody laughed again. This time, it was Wilson who rolled his eyes. Cameron shocked everyone again as she drank her shot.
All the guys stared at her. "What? It was spring break! I was on my way to Florida when I met a cute guy who sat across the aisle from me. We started talking and the next thing I know…," Cameron blushed at this point as the guys burst out laughing.
House leaned back against his side of the booth as he studies Cameron. In the last fifteen minutes, his perspective of Cameron changed. He used to thought that she was just a girl with a doctor's degree that has a high school crush on her boss. He thought that she was uptight and serious as one could get. What he discovered about her surprised him. At work she seemed timid and frail. Outside of work, she seems confident of herself. Outgoing and open-minded. He was beginning to like this new side of Cameron.
Wilson noticed that House was staring Cameron. He nudged House with his elbow and whispered to House, "Told you that you shouldn't have said 'No' to her. I knew that she had a wild side to her."
As Wilson continued to whisper more things to House, from the other side of the booth Cameron was examining House. She pretended to be occupied with talking to Chase and Foreman but out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that House was looking at her. She felt uncomfortable under his gaze but at same time, it felt good to have his attention on her. She turned her head and looked straight into his eyes, when Foreman and Chase were talking to each other. She saw that he had something in his eyes.
'Is it desire? Passion? What causes that spark of fire in his eyes?' Cameron thought when Chase interrupted her thoughts.
"Isn't it House's turn now?" Chase asked. Both House and Cameron felt relieved that Chase interrupted their staring contest. House was about to lunged across the table and pull Cameron into a fiery kiss while Cameron was about to burst out saying something stupid.
House thought for a minute before saying something. "I never…had something tattooed before."
Cameron, for the third time in less than half an hour, surprised everyone. She called the waitress over and ordered more drinks. While she was waiting for her orders, the guys asked her all types of questions.
"Where is it? When did you get it? What's the picture of? Can we see it?" the guys asked. They bombarded her with all types of questions. She replied, "I'll answer your questions when we get the drinks."
As they wait for their drinks Wilson, Chase, and Foreman conversed on Cameron's tattoo. They were making wild guesses and Cameron just smiled at them, not replying. House was staring at Cameron once more. Cameron stared right back. She had a playful smile on her lips. His eyes widen slightly and he felt his lips twitched a bit upwards.
They were still staring at each other when their drinks arrived. Unable to contain his eagerness, Chase said, "Our drinks are here now, Cameron. You promised us that you'll let us see it. Show it to us," he demanded.
Cameron just smiled at Chase. "To answer Foreman, I got it when I was sixteen. The answer to Chase's question is that it's on the lower left side of my back. For Wilson's question, the tattoo is a picture of tiger crouching along the grass." When she was finished, she drank her shot.
The guys were still staring at her expectantly. "What?" she asked.
"The tattoo? Can we see it?" House asked impatiently. "Wait. Let me rephrase that. May we see it?"
Surprised by his demands, she smiled and said, "No, you may not see it." The guys all groaned their protests, even House who had a slight pout on his face. All Cameron did was just laughed at their objections.
"Now I don't want to play anymore. Cameron ruined it. I'm leaving," House said as he stood up.
"I should leave too. Julie's waiting for me at home," Wilson said, as he also stood up. Chase, Cameron, and Foreman all slid out their seats following their boss's and his friend's lead. When Cameron got out, she stumbled a bit. House rolled his eyes as Foreman and Chase held her up.
"This is why I didn't want to play. I always end up drunk because I did things that most of my friends wouldn't even dream of," Cameron said.
"So Little Miss Perfect has done some…wild things?" House asked, raising his eyebrows suggestively.
Even though Cameron was drunk, she didn't miss the hidden meaning behind his remark.
"I may appear quiet at work, but nobody really knows what I'm like outside of work," she replied, smirking.
Chase, Foreman, and Wilson watched the exchange between the two with raised eyebrows. Chase and Foreman looked at Wilson with a look that begged the question 'Does he like her?' that Wilson replied with a nod and a grin. When Chase's and Foreman's questions were confirmed, they had a difficult time controlling their laughter in front of their boss.
Chase, Foreman, Wilson, and Cameron were surprised when House offered to take Cameron home. "I don't trust any of you to take her home. You two," he pointed to Chase and Wilson, "will take advantage of her. Foreman on the other hand won't do that."
Foreman was about to express his thanks when House said, "Foreman would leave her in some dark alleyway while he go rob a bank." When he said that, House earned a death glare from Foreman.
House continued, "I, on the other hand, am a gentleman." House paused when the others scoffed at his remark. "I will not take advantage of her. I will take her home. Now who here objects?" Everybody, except House, raised their hands.
"Think about it. Wilson has a wife that's waiting for him at home. Chase is weaker than Cameron so there's no way he can carry her up the two flight of stairs. Foreman has a girlfriend that I think would mind if he's carrying somebody other than her to their bed. I'm the only one left so unless she's sober enough to walk home, I'll take her home. Is there any objection now?"
Wilson raised his hand. "In case you haven't noticed, you have a bad leg! How the heck are you going to carry her up two flight of stairs?"
"I'll manage," House replied. Before anybody else could say anything, House was supporting Cameron out the door and into the cool the night air.