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It had been 4 days since House and Cameron's little 'incident' in his office, and he wasn't happy about it. Things had been going so slowly, he'd used the ear-examination to speed things up a little but now things had come to a complete standstill. For the first time since his operation, House felt completely helpless.

He was sitting in the empty exam room again, with his pager set to silent so if Cuddy paged him and walked past it wouldn't give him away. He knew that Dan was coming down again this weekend, and it made him feel uncomfortable, he knew Cameron had only been seeing him a few weeks and she didn't seem to be the type to rush things, so maybe he was pressuring her. This just made him worry more; he needed to know if something was wrong, he needed to help her. He was lost in thought when the door opened and Wilson came in.

"Brooding, are we?" He asked.

House took a moment to consider his question.

"I think that 'dude' is pressuring Cameron."

Wilson looked shocked.

"In what way? And do you actually have any proof of this or is it just some theory you've convinced yourself of to make it seem you're better for her?"

"I'm not sure, but she doesn't seem like the fast moving type but they can only have been together a few weeks and he stays with her every weekend. It doesn't seem right."

"How about you let me go on a mission this time, and I'll report back to you?" Wilson offered, "She's more likely to open up to me than she is to you."

"Thanks."

A few hours later, Wilson cornered Cameron in the lab.

"Hey," he said.

"Hi," she replied, "Are you alright? You look kind of depressed."

"Not really, just getting a bit lonely with all this time on my own, I was wondering if you were doing anything tonight?"

Cameron looked a bit shocked, "You're not asking me out are you?" she asked precariously.

"No! Oh God, no! Not that I wouldn't! I mean I wouldn't! But I…"

Cameron laughed, "Chill, I was just checking! I'm sort of seeing someone already."

"OK, good. So are you free this evening, maybe we could get drinks?" he asked.

"Um, well Dan's coming down, but you could join us, he keeps saying he wants to meet my friends and, well you're really the closest thing I have to one!" She blushed slightly.

"Are you sure? I mean I'd love too, but I don't want to be the 3rd wheel!"

"No, it's fine! Say, 7pm at Harry's?" She said, naming a popular bar nearby.

"Great! I'll see you then!"

With that he left, walking back towards House's clinic room. As he walked in he announced

"Alison, Dan and I have a date tonight!"

House looked up very, very quickly "You're meant to be finding out if he's corrupting her, not helping him do it!"

Wilson laughed, "Relax! I'm joking, we're just going out for drinks after work!"

House frowned, relieved, but faintly annoyed that Wilson would get to hang out with Cameron and he wouldn't.

"OK," he replied finally, "But you are coming straight to my house afterwards and tell me everything that happens. Everything."