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Cameron gingerly stepped off the airplane and hovered at the entrance to the terminal. She knew that once she got off, everything changed. It was scary. "Move it."

The overweight man and woman had reconciled on during the landing and had now united against Cameron. Now, the man, whose name was Marty, was pushing her into the terminal. I'm not ready yet! I'm not ready to let go yet! Deciding she didn't have enough courage in her to leave the little tunnel right now, she leaned into the wall, allowing anyone of any size to pass through. For now, she would wait.

Waiting never did anybody any harm, now did it?

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Two months had come and gone, and now Cameron was three and a half months pregnant. She already had a rather noticeable bump where her normally flat stomach used to be, but she didn't mind the extra weight so much. It meant her baby would be big and healthy, and she had no problem with that. Unfortunately, her positive attitude didn't stop House in the slightest bit from making fun of her. His favorite nickname was "Oh Pudgy One" although "Dr. Fateron" came in close second.

At first, she couldn't believe that he was actually keeping his promise to stay in contact. Cameron knew this had to be causing a tremendous strain on his friendship with Wilson, and she hated that she was the one to take away House's only companion. It had to be hard on him, but every Sunday there he was, in at 10 in the morning and out at 7 at night. Sometimes the hours were longer, sometimes they were shorter, sometimes they didn't exist at all, but it was something she could depend on.

Today was one of those days where the hours didn't exist at all. House had called at 1:00 am on Saturday night saying that his patient kept presenting newer and more complicated symptoms, and he just couldn't leave. Cameron doubted the authenticity of that statement, given that she could hear "General Hospital" playing in the backround. It wasn't that she didn't believe he didn't have a difficult case; he always did; it was just that she didn't think it was so urgent that he couldn't leave. She suspected it was something…or someone…else that was keeping him at home and she was happy for him.

In truth, Cameron didn't mind. She had a sonogram that day, her first one, and she wanted it to be a…private affair. So she flipped through the pages of a maternity magazine and laughed to herself while she read the article about women who, desperate to have their bodies back, had gone to a certain restaurant whose menu promised to induce labor. It wasn't their situation that was funny…Cameron had a feeling she would be in the same one…it was that a chef would come up with the idea.

"Mrs. Cameron?"

Cameron got up and made her way to the desk. "Miss Cameron," she corrected the receptionist.

"Sorry. You're in Room 5. It's the second room on the left."

Cameron nodded and slowly made her way down the hallway. It was filled with pictures of new moms. And dads. The moms all seemed to be drooping to sleep even as the flash went off, but the dads were radiating happiness. The exam room was the same. It was almost taunting. It must be horrible to come here after a miscarriage.

After waiting a full half hour for him, Dr. Bradley finally came in. He had a warm but insincere smile and wore tacky shoes. That was the thing that annoyed Cameron the most…those orange, wide-laced sneakers made her crazy.

"So, lets see what we have here today," muttered Dr. Bradley as he lifted up Cameron's shirt and began to rub the cool gel onto her stomach. That was another thing; he was a low talker. How would she be able to hear him in the delivery room while she was screaming and he was practically whispering?

A slight shiver ran up Cameron's back when the fuzzy gray screen came into focus. As a doctor, she could have read the sonogram in a minute flat, but as a mother, her eyes lingered on the screen, taking in every small detail and fuzzy line. It was the most beautiful thing she ever saw, even though she hadn't bothered to understand what it meant. Some things were better off left misunderstood.

"Looks like you'll have two, then."

Cameron popped up. "Excuse me?"

"Twins." He held up two fingers. "This many, except in babies."

"I know how many two is…waitaminute…I'm having two? Twins?"

"Yes, that's what this whole conversation has been revolving around, hasn't it?"

"Yeah but…I don't think you understand…I can't have two. I can barely have one."

"I don't think you understand. We can't change it. Not now, anyway. Well, if you'll excuse me, I've got a lunch date that I'm already late to, so you can just schedule your next appointment with the receptionist."

Cameron propped herself up on her elbows and didn't even bother to call the doctor out on his incredibly rude behavior. Twins. Twins. There is no way I can possible handle twins. That means…that means two cribs, two sets of clothes, double the hours, double the diapers, double the cost…

Oh. Crap.

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As soon as she got home, Cameron had called her sister, her brother, her other brother, and her boss. She would have totally forgone calling the last one, but she had to say she would be half an hour late, and even as she left the message, she wondered if she could afford it.

She had also called House. He had left a message saying how he forgot about the sonogram and blah blah blah and call me back when you get the chance, Oh Pudgy One. When she had called back, Wilson had picked up. Cameron had remained silent, just listening to him say hello over and over again into the receiver. Eventually, he had hung up and shrugged it off. In the back of his mind, he wondered if House had a stalker and if that stalker was Mark. He wouldn't put it past him.

And many miles away, Cameron shook her head at how pathetic she was for feeling practically high just listening to Wilson speak.

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Author's Note…Awww. Poor Cameron. This sucks for her. Anyhoo, sorry for the short chapter and sorry for the delay in updates. My internet has been down as of January 15 at night, so not only have I been rendered unable to post this, I am also unable to read/beta any updates. Sorry!