1 Finding Out
What if House heard the conversation between Cameron and Chase in the lab? Set during mob rules.
House was about to walk into the lab when he heard Chase and Cameron talking. Never one to miss out on a perfect eavesdropping opportunity, he hid himself from view, and pressed his ear against the wall.
" Did House seem weird to you lately?" Hmm...now this was interesting. Why would Cameron think that he was acting weird?
" Not any more thet usual... why?" He could just picture that little Aussie giving Cameron his trademark questioning look. The one that the nurses found completely adorable. House rolled his eyes. The nurses found everything adorable. Heck, they even found Wilson adorable. Ugh! He stopped his inner rambling when Cameron spoke again, sounding hesitant.
" We spoke...about how we felt." What! She couldn't be talking about that little conversation they had a few days ago! Could she? That was hardly speaking about feelings. All she did was ask a simple, yet stupid, question. It doesn't matter anyway. She asked if he liked her, and he said no. Because he does not like her, not at all. "Yes you do!" Shouted a voice in his head, House mentally beat the it with his cane and the voice cowered back to the back of his mind where it belonged. Chase spoke again, but quieter this time. House pressed his ear harder against the wall.
" You told him you liked him?" He asked dumbly. House almost chuckled out loud at this, but caught himself. Chase could be so dim witted sometimes. Okay, all the time.
"No!" Cameron sounded defensive. Interesting..." I asked if he liked me."
"Why?" Chase sounded incredulous. House could ask the same question. So in his head, he did. "Why?" The little voice in the back of his mind didn't have an answer. He shrugged, as if saying " I tried." Then mentally berated himself. If he didn't know the answer, why would a disembodied voice, a figment of his twisted imagination, know any better? He heard Cameron's answer a moment later.
" Because..." She trailed off. " I like him" WHAT? If House were to have a sip of coffee in his mouth at that moment, he would have spit it halfway across the hallway. She liked him?
" You like him, like him?" Came Chase's childish question.
" It doesn't matter, he doesn't like me."
"Yes he does!" Came the voice again, earning itself another good wack with the cane. He most certainly did not like Cameron. He didn't like anyone ,really.
" House doesn't like anyone." Said Chase. And then added almost as an after thought, "And nobody likes him."
House grabbed his chest in mock hurt, even though no one was watching. A minute later, House heard the screeching of a chair being moved back, and he peered around the corner just in time to see Cameron stand up and glare at Chase. "Well, I do." She headed for the door, and House quickly walked around a nearby corner. When she started to come out he walked back towards the lab, as if he had just arrived and hadn't heard any of the previous conversation.
"What were you doing in there?" He asked her, " talking about cute boys?" He said the last part with fake girlish excitement. Cameron rolled her eyes and walked away. As he watched her retreating back he thought, brows furrowed. Maybe the little voice in the back of his mind was right, maybe he did like Cameron. He smirked. Yeah right.
THE END
