"Hey, Allie." The man had said as he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear. Then, he gave he a kiss on the forehead.
"Hey, Jamie." She sat up in an upright position and grabbed his hand in hers." I thought you weren't coming, until tomorrow."
"I thought so to, but this was a big day for you. Giving birth in all...I had to be here." Jamie sat on the edge of the bed. "What did you name them?"
"I named my son Donovan and my daughter Anastasia."
"It sounds beautiful."
"I know that's why I named them that." Cameron let out a small laugh.
"Does he know?"
"By he you mean the father?"
"Yes."
"No. We're not really on talking terms right now, except when it comes to the twins and work, of course."
"So, you know who he is?"
"Yeah, I found out today." Jamie gave her a looked that asked, ' who is he'.
"He has to be a jerk if he left you?"
"He's not a jerk." Cameron got defensive and began to defend House." We were never together in the first place..."
"Right, all he saw was a piece of meat and took advantage of you. Guys like that just want sex."
"Jamie, he didn't take advantage of me. We both were drunk, as a matter of fact; he was more drunk than me. Before, that night happened he made it clear that he wasn't interested in me." They were quiet for a moment." He is a good guy. He didn't fire me or deny the twins, even though he didn't know whether or not he was the father. Actually, were not on talking terms, because of something I said."
"What did you say?"
It took a moment for Cameron to gather herself. At first, she didn't have a problem saying the words, but then she realized how the words affected House. If only she knew how much he wanted to be a father, if only. But, then it wouldn't be House. Cameron knew it had to take a long time, before House became open with Wilson. But, that only goes to a certain extent. Wilson finds things out on his own or if House tells him, but he still has somewhat of a clue to what's going on.
"I told him that I didn't see him as a good father. It wasn't my place to say that." Tears became apparent on Cameron's face and Jamie began to soothe her.
House M.D.
THE NEXT DAY
"It feels like I never left." Foreman said as he walked through the door.
"Yeah, but you did." Chase said from behind him.
Foreman turned around to see a smile plastered on Chase's face." It's good to see you man." He pulled him into a quick hug, then they began to walk." So, how's it been around here since I've been gone."
"Foreman, you know I'm not one to gossip." Foreman laughed at him." You'll find out, before the day is over."
"You're not going to tell me now. It nothing then."
"Why is that?"
Chase, everyone knows that you love to gossip. If you don't want to talk about it now, then it's nothing."
"Oh, I wouldn't be so quick to say that. I'm not telling you now, because I want to see the look of disbelief on your face when you come run to me to find out if it's true."
They walked into the conference room and Foreman sat his things down, and then poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Has Cameron lost her touch?" Foreman said as he wiped out his mouth.
"I don't know." Chase said.
"You're really going to make me wait, until I hear it from someone else."
"Yup, but don't worry, because word around here spreads faster than wildfire." Foreman decided to leave it alone for the time being.
"So, do we have a case?"
"Nope." Chase started on a crossword puzzle. Foreman didn't notice, until now that Chase still had that goofy smile on his face. It didn't look like the kind of smile that indicating you were keeping something from someone, but that you were with someone, that you were in love with someone. Chase looked positively happy and he had stars in his eyes.
"Who's the guy?" Foreman asked.
"What?"
"Don't act stupid, Chase you know what I'm talking about. You've been smiling every since I've got here and I know it's not because of me. I know we were somewhat close in all, but you're not that happy to see me. And I know it's not because of the so-called 'juicy gossip', so spill. "
"I've been dating Wilson." Chase said in a low whisper.
"James Wilson, House's best friend." Foreman couldn't believe it. It really came, as a surprise when Foreman found out Chase was gay. Chase had always come on to Cameron and always checking her out. He even kissed a little girl for god sakes, but that was because she asked him to. Foreman wouldn't have even guessed the way Chase acted around women. Foreman found out on accident. Chase was secretly dating his cousin Lee and he caught them together. They broke-up shortly afterwards, because Lee didn't do long term relationships. It really broke Chase's heart, that's why Foreman didn't bother him about it.
"I didn't know Wilson was gay." Foreman said quietly to himself." What about his wife?"
"Oh, they divorced. Some things happened and we hooked-up." Chase wanted to mess with Foreman.
"You going to make someone else tell me, aren't you? Chase shook his head yes.
"Well, enough about Wilson and me. What about you? How are you doing?" Chase was trying to be polite to Foreman.
"Huh, what do you mean?" It took a minute Foreman to realize what he was talking about.
"Oh, that." Chase noticed that Foreman had gotten uncomfortable about the subject
"You don't have to if you don't want to." Chase offered.
"Thanks." Foreman felt relieved that Chase let it go.
House M.D.
Cameron pretended to be sleep, because Jamie was still by her side. Something was bothering her and Jamie couldn't help solve it this time. He was always there when she needed him, but she needed to solve this problem herself. She always went to him when she had a problem and she needed to depend on herself for once. Cameron pondered a while on Jamie and her future and she came to a clear decision. She had to break-up with him. He always had bad timing when it came to them getting together and now was not the exception. First, it was Brian. Now, it was House.
TWO MONTHS EARLIER
House and Cameron stared each other for a long time, before House said anything.
"What do you want?" House looked Cameron dead in the eye and she had no choice, but to look back.
"I called you over to apologize."
"Well, duh. What do you want to talk about?" House was beginning to get annoyed with her.
"I wanted to say that I am sorry about what I said to you." Cameron's palms started to get sweaty and her heart was racing. "I had no right to say what I said."
"But, you said it. I'm not going to hold it against you for believing that because you have every right to believe that. It's just..." House began to fumble with the words. " I thought you were different."
An awkward silence filled the room and neither one of them dared to say anything. Cameron wanted to say something so badly, but she was afraid the wrong words would come.
"Ooh!" Cameron began to rub her stomach.
What?" House walked over to her out of concern.
"The twins kicked." She smiled.
"Oh." House started to walk away, but Cameron grabbed his hand.
"Do you want to feel them kick?"
House sat down beside her and put his hand on her stomach. It looked like House was about to smile, but he didn't. He just rubbed her stomach and didn't say anything.
Tears began to fall down Cameron's face. House wouldn't have noticed if Cameron didn't start to sniff. "It's nothing." She wiped her eyes and then tried to gather herself, so she could speak. "It's just, I didn't know you cared so much."
"Well, I do." More tears began to fall down her face and House wiped the fallen tears from her face. House started to comfort her, even though her tears were from happiness. The pull Cameron was having on House really confused him. He wanted to kiss her so badly, but he was afraid. Afraid of being hurt again, afraid that he might actually love her.
"Just do it, Gregg." Cameron said softly."
"Do what?" He didn't dare look her in the eye. House just rubbed her stomach gently and thought to himself.
"Kiss me. I know you want to do it. Don't think about it, just do it."
"Cameron…" She put a finger over his lips to silence him. The look on her face showed she had more than a kiss in mind.
"Just for tonight. And let tomorrow bring the same despair as the day before did." House understood what she was saying. Cameron kissed him before he could answer and House responded back.
The next day, Cameron awoke to find that House had already left. She knew he wouldn't be there when she woke-up, but it still hurt to know that he left. It hurt like hell that he left.
Jamie came back into Cameron's life two days after that night. He always knew how to fix a problem and cause one at the same time. Just like with Brian. Jamie helped her get through the pain of her husband dying, but she accidentally fell for him. Being the person Cameron was, she didn't explore these feelings for him for two reasons. First, he was Brian's best friend. Second, these feelings might have only came on because he was there for her while Brian was dying.
Cameron knew Jamie wanted to be with her and didn't mind that she was pregnant She fell for it. It's true. She was a hopeless romantic. Cameron knew it wasn't a lie and that he really did love her, despite the fact she's having another man's baby. He promised that he'd be there for her and the baby no matter what. After further discussing, they decided to be together.
Present Day
Cameron gently rubbed Jamie's head. He stirred silently in his sleep and was sleeping in an awkward position. Now Cameron understood what House meant about her being naïve. She thought that if she stood by Brian's side long enough that he'd live. She'd thought that Jamie could turn her nightmare into a fairytale within a split second, but he couldn't. All he could offer was soothing words to her about a situation he knew nothing about. Jamie was offering her something he couldn't give her. Happiness. It wasn't that he couldn't give it to her; it was that her heart wouldn't accept it. Well, not right now anyway.
"How long have I been sleep?" Cameron slightly jumped, and then turned to Jamie.
"Not long." Now or never Cameron thought to herself." Jamie, we need to talk."
House M.D.
A man was hurrying out of Cameron's room and bumped into Wilson.
"Excuse you." Wilson mumbled under his breath, and then walked in Cameron's room. "Hey, you." When he approached her bed he gave her a kiss on the forehead.
"Hey." Cameron looked kind of sad, but Wilson didn't bother her about it.
"How are you doing?" He asked, while trying to sit on the bed.
"Fine."
"I saw the twins, they're beautiful."
"I know."
"I'm sorry, I wasn't there for you during the pregnancy. It's just…I was going through my own problems"
"I understand." Cameron didn't understand, but she knew Wilson had a good reason for not being there for her.
Wilson explained to her what's been going on with her and why's he's been distant with her. They had a long nice talk about his relationship with Chase. Wilson seemed to be happy and invested in his relationship with Chase.
"Have you talked to House lately?" Cameron asked.
"Yeah, yesterday. We had a nice small talk, but things still aren't they way they used to be."
"Oh." Cameron said so softly that Wilson didn't hear her.
"Why?"
"I just wanted to see if you two were getting along again." Wilson knew she was lying.
"You haven't seen House, have you?"
"No, I haven't seen him since I left for maternity leave." Cameron thought for a minute." Once or twice during the leave, but other than that, I haven't seen him."
"Just give him time. What happened that night has been a hard concept for him to grasp. " Wilson gave her a kiss on the forehead and said, " Everything will be back to normal."
Wilson left her alone to get some rest.
A/N:I planned to update sooner, but I hate coping the story from my notebook.
