I really wanted a nice scene between House and Wilson. I have never wrote Wilson into a story before this one. Actually, before this story, it was just House and the ducklings. Cuddy made her first appearance in this story, too, I realize. Huh... Anyway, I'm getting a handle on typing with a bandage, so I feel happy! Here is the story. I don't want to rush into the case (mainly because I am afraid I am going to do something wrong by mistake and someone who knows the illnesses or something is going to call me on it and I'll get really embarrassed) because I want to set the storyline in terms of the actual people and how House is slowly losing it all and he can't even see that...


Walking

"So, she really put you on clinic duty?"

"Yeah."

"You know, clinic duty isn't that bad. I don't-"

"Stop it, Wilson. You suck at sympathy."

The two doctors were casually walking the hospital corridors, Wilson finishing with his shift, House another hour away from his own shift ending. House needed someone to complain to and Wilson was the only one at the moment who would listen to him. He had kicked the ducklings out of his office, telling them to take the white board with them. If he wasn't on the Deleyney case, there was nothing that would arise in clinic duty that would need the help of the board. Clinic duty was a waste of time, like doing a one hundred piece puzzle, knowing it's too easy for you, but being made to finish the puzzle anyway.

"Well, clinic duty will give you more free time. We all know how you hate to work."

"I don't hate work, Wilson. I hate working and having Cuddy breathing down my neck, having Foreman and Chase questioning everything I do, having Stacy right in the same building. I don't hate work. I hate the people I work with."

"I guess that excludes Cameron and myself."

"Even saying her name would get me reprimanded by Cuddy, I bet. If I whisper that name, I bet someone would turn me in. Cuddy told the other doctors to keep on eye on me, I bet. Plus, it's not like she can really hide that bruise; people have got to know by now."

Wilson stopped walking and faced House, confused.

"Cuddy has a bruise?"

"No, the other female we were talking about. You know, Wilson, thinking of the same woman in other areas of your life would do you a lot of good. Keep thinking."

"Cameron? How did she get it?"

When there was no answer, Wilson saw the guilty face House couldn't hide and dropped his jaw.

"You gave her that bruise? Gre-"

"I wasn't thinking, okay? I didn't think I grabbed her arm all that hard, but apparently she goes running to big sister Cuddy every time something goes wrong. God forbid she loses her teddy bear..."

"So, you're on clinic duty because Cuddy wants you to stay away from Cameron, who is working on the Deleyney case."

"Don't forget-"

"And to punish you."

The two men resumed their walk, the thump of House's cane on the hospital floor echoing dimly. They walked in silence for a little while, neither of them looking at one another.

"You know, Cameron isn't a little girl. She is a grown woman and she-"

"Don't start with me, Wilson... To be honest, I don't want to talk about her."

"Are you actually being honest? You have never been one to tell the truth, remember?"

"Well, I'm telling the truth now. Just don't say her name. I don't want to think about her, or Chase, or Foreman, or-"

"I get the point, I get the point. So, what do you want to talk about then?"

"Covering my clinic shift tomorrow."


I wanted this chapter to maybe be a little more carefree and light, to add a touch of 'fun' to it all. Wilson is the only person who can really make House smile and I can just imagine the scene in my head. I have wanted to write a House and Wilson scene, just two friends at the end of their shift, talking about the stuff that goes on... I don't know if I am going to write Stacy into the picture at all. I never really liked her, personally, but she could be useful as time goes on. I don't know...

I like how House wants Wilson to cover clinic duty for him, even though the whole reason why House has clinic duty is because Wilson is taking over the case!

Anyway, thanks so much for reading and be sure to drop me a review! They really help when I am writing, whether it's criticism or just a nice thing said. Thanks so much!