Chapter Nine

Cameron's Apartment

'It's our first trip away. Should I be nervous? I mean we have only been going out for a week' These are just some of the thoughts that have been plaguing Allison Cameron's mind since she started packing for their trip away. 'We don't even call each other by our first names. We're not like other couples'. Suddenly there's a knock on her door. House shouts from outside "I got us a cab it's waiting down stairs". She rushes over to her front door and opens it to greet him. He lightly kisses her on the cheek and looks into her eyes. He suddenly throws her a concerned look. "Hey, is everything okay?"

She throws him a smile and tries to cover up the worry in her face. "No I'm fine, I just really want to go" She says as she picks up her bags and walks down to the cab. He watches her walk down, shakes his head and then locks up her apartment. 'Hopefully by the time we get back she won't need this apartment anymore'. He takes one more look at her door and then follows her down to the car. They smile at each other and say goodbye to their normal life for two weeks.

Snow Lodge

It had been a long trip, after the flight and then the drive up to the snow lodge but they finally got there. They both exited the car looking exhausted. They entered the lodge carrying their luggage and walked up to the reception desk.

"Booking under House" House says to the receptionist with urgency in his voice. He wanted to get to the cabin so he could take some Vicodin for his pain. Sitting on a plane for an hour and then driving for two didn't do wonders for him.

"Ah…..Mr and Mrs House. You're in Cabin number 25. Jerry will escort you to your cabin. Do you need luggage assistance?" The receptionist asked taking a look at his Cain.

Normally House would have said a sarcastic remark but he was too tired to even care and just nodded his head. They both followed Jerry and soon found themselves at their home for the next two weeks. House quickly rushed into the cabin while Cameron tipped Jerry and said thanks. She then entered the cabin as House was taking his medication. She nearly squealed as she ran over and sat next to House on the couch. "We're finally here!" He tries to smile at her but instead it comes over as a wince. She instantly shot him a concerned look and said "Take off your pants!" with a commanding voice.

"If I had known you wanted to do it so badly we would have had a quickie before we left" He says sarcastically. She shoots him a glare and he shrinks back and does what he is told. When his pants are off she grabs a hold of his thigh. He shakes his head and tries to move away, but she holds on tighter.

"House….Greg. This is part of being in a relationship. I have to know the good and the bad. Please just trust me" She pleads with him. He nods his head at her and she starts kneading his thigh, trying to relieve some of the pain. Throughout this time he keeps contact with her eyes putting his trust in her.

"Is that better?" She asks as she looks up into his gazing eyes. He nods at her and pulls her arms around his neck and kisses her lovingly on the mouth; his way of saying thanks. "Do you wanna go to bed?" She asks with a smirk on her face. He laughs and the move towards the cabin's bedroom.

Cabin – Bedroom

It'd morning and House is lying in bed alone. They had been at the lodge 5 days already and had spent most of it indoors. He starts to wake up and moves his hands along the sheets, when he feels nothing there he opens his eyes. Cameron then walks into the room all dressed and ready to go out. She sits down on the end of the bed. "Come on House lets go do something, other than staying in this room".

"It's Greg, and what's wrong with staying indoors. Are you not satisfied? I'll change that" he says as he takes hold of her hand and pulls her down next to him. She squeals as he starts to tickle her.

"Stop it…..Stop…..ok, ok we'll stay indoors if you want. Just stop!" She says as she laughs and slaps his shoulder playfully. He sits up and pulls her up with him. He starts to kiss along her neck and she giggles.

"I suppose we can go out if you really want to" House says with fake annoyance in his voice. He smiles at her and says "Just let me take a shower. Are you willing to join me". He walks into the bathroom and shoots her a seductive look before moving into the shower. She then playfully runs in after him.

Snow lodge – Restaurant

"Greg we don't have to do this if you don't want to. I mean look at what happened on our last date" Cameron says as they enter the restaurant.

"That was my fault and stop stressing everything will be fine" House says as he squeezes her hand.

Their waiter shows them to one of their private tables located at the back of the restaurant. They both sit down and look over the menu. Cameron looks up from the menu to stare at House. He meets her eyes and they both smile. After a few minutes the waiter returns and asks if they are ready to order.

"I'll have the T-bone steak with chips and gravy and she'll have the Cheese and spinach ravioli with a Greek salad on the side. Also a bottle of your finest red wine" House orders for both of them. The waiter nods and leaves their table.

Cameron looks at House shocked. "How did you know what I was going to order?"

"It's a talent" He replies with a smile.

"House what are we?" Cameron suddenly asks. "I mean I've been saying to everyone that we're together but are we boyfriend and girlfriend?"

House looks at her shocked "I was thinking the exact same thing. Well……I mean if you add all the stuff we have been doing, including the fabulous sex, I suppose we could be boyfriend and girlfriend" House says with a smile on his face.

"I'm glad we cleared that up" She says softly.

"Hmmm" Was all he said before he stood up and offered her his hand.

She looks up at him in question. "House…what are you?…."

"Dance with me" He says with his hand still out. "You're not gonna deny me are you?" He says with his eyebrows raised.

"We can't have that" She replies as she takes his hand. He leads her over to the dance floor and places his Cain on the ground below. In the back ground Fly me to the moon is being played by a live jazz band.

Fly me to the moon
Let me sing among those stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and mars

She looks into his eyes and then moves her head to his chest. 'A year ago I couldn't even imagine I would find my soul mate. I had always thought that Brian was mine, but I was clearly wrong'

In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby kiss me

Fill my heart with song
Let me sing for ever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore

House stares into Cameron's eyes and watches her head fall to his chest. 'I'm so lucky. I never thought I would have this after Stacey'.

In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you

They both lock eyes and say to each other at the same time "I love you".