House
House had been pacing in his office for fifteen minutes trying to come to terms with what he was feeling and what he was about to do. But finally he limped out his office and down to room 34 and froze for a moment before pushing the door open and stepping inside.
"Doctor House I didn't know you were coming to check on me," Mr. Cameron said with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes as though he could see right through him.
"Well nurse Claire couldn't make it, she had to go home for some unexplainable female reason and I thought it would be safer not to ask, you know how it is?" he said as he started checking the mans vitals. In truth he told her to go home or she would be fired but he didn't need to say that.
"Either that or you wanted to see my daughter so you came up with a plausible explanation for being here on the off chance that she wasn't." The old man shot back still with that impish twinkle in his eyes and a self-satisfied smirk on his face. Just as House started to leave he shouted out "she should be back in half an hour!" and could hear him chuckling as he left.
House had never remembered spending half an hour in a more boring yet horribly nerve racking fashion. He played game boy, listened to his jazz music with the speakers up far too high to be safe and played one way catch but nothing could hold his attention for very long. Seconds eventually turned into minutes and then back into seconds again and he was just about to scream out in frustration when he looked up to see that it was one o'clock. He grabbed the envelope and headed out the door. He was almost at the elevator when he saw her coming into the hospital.
"Cameron…" House started.
"Hey House, I just came to see my dad," She said calmly looking up at him.
"I guessed that, do you mind if we have a talk… privately?" He asked uncertainly.
"Yeah, sure," she replied and quickly turned to follow him down the hall to his office. He saw her watching him until he sat down.
"I have an offer to make to you, you said you were a doctor?" he stated.
"Yeah I work in the clinic in town on the weekends," she replied.
"That's excellent because I was wondering if you would like to…" he drifted off and then lifted his clipboard to cover his eyes as a beautiful older women walked past the office wearing a low cut top.
"Child" she heard the women yell out as if it were second nature and House pulled a grotesque face before turning back to her.
"Anyway I have talked to your father about your money issues and how you may not be able to pay off the debt and Cuddy has decided to make you an offer of paying off the debt by doing one month clinic duty. Do you accept these conditions?" he asked.
"but what about my father?" he will not be well enough to look after himself," Cameron said worried.
"Your contract will include having a nurse stay at your house to look after him," he replied to her obvious relief but then it turned thoughtful.
"Where will I be staying? I mean I can hardly afford to stay in a motel for a month otherwise we would definitely be able to afford the bill and you're the only person I know fairly well in Princeton," she said.
"Well then you could always stay with me, if you" he offered.
"I wouldn't want to inconvenience you," she said blushing when it struck House how incredibly sweet and innocent she looked when she blushed.
"No that would be any hassle if you could stand living with a drug addict," he replied. Her eyes stared into his and she almost seemed to e silently asking 'what? When? Why? How?' but instead of waiting for her to ask he simply said "Viccodin, five years, muscle death and the incredibly annoying person commonly known as Wilson who also loves to refer himself as my best friend prescribes it to me."
"I'm sorry! How many days before they realized?" She asked an adorable look of sincerity shining in her eyes.
"They didn't, I guessed after three," he said sounding worn out.
Cameron
She watched as his head fell and he stared at the ground when she impulsively hugged him. She felt him in her arms but after a while she felt him relax and place his arms around her slim waist and pulling her tightly against his chest before placing him head on her shoulder. She knew he wouldn't cry or let out any emotion and it would be a long time before he would be able to but the one thing she did know was that he needed her then.
