Chapter 26: Define the meaning of Awkward
It was Saturday, it was 6 Am, and she was not in bed. Hannah was not impressed.
House was over and looking at her mom like she was a steak. Her mother was as red as a tomato. The implications of this made Hannah's stomach shutter.
Hannah was very unimpressed.
"Is there a point to this awkward meeting at this ungodly hour?" Hannah said as she sat on the chair facing the sofa with her legs crossed.
"Well, we were wondering if you would be opposed too.. hrm .. you see House is .. well .." Allison said while she shifted uncomfortably on the sofa next to House.
House rolled his eyes while Hannah lowered her head and sighed. "House, elaborate please." She said as she opened her palm towards him.
"My stuff will be over here at 3. I will stay in her room and we will have lots of slumber parties."
"Cool, will you supply the scotch?" Hannah replied
"I'll let you age a few years before that." House said, as he leaned into the couch.
"And here I thought you were cool." She, sighed as she shook her head.
"As cold as ice." House grinned to Hannah.
"Willing to sacrifice?"
"Oh for heavens sake! I am here and if you two start into Foreigners songs I am going start shoes!" Allison said as she looked at the two of them before standing up and going to her room.
"Man, love bites." House sighed, as he stood up and walked to the other side of the sofa
"Bringing you too your knees?" Hannah chuckled, as she stood up next to House.
The smirked as they saw a pair of shoes flying towards the spots they previously occupied.
They, however, failed to see the other two shoes fly right towards them.
"Oh come on now." Allison said as she leaned against the doorframe, "I'm not that naïve."
She pushed herself off the frame and went back into her room, trying to get things straight before House's things were dropped off.
"Well, now that's taken care of." House said, "Any objections mini minion?"
"Do I have a choice?" Hannah asked
"Nope." House said, as he leaned against his cane.
"Then if I have too, I guess I will be ok with it? But only if you teach me how to drive your car!"
"Correctly diagnose a patient before me and we will see about it." House called out before following Allison into the bedroom.
"Do you think she's ok with it?" Allison asked quietly.
"I'm going to hold you too that!" Hannah called after him. "I need to go back to bed," she said to herself.
House chuckled and smirked, "Yep."
Hmd Hmd Hmd"And what are you doing in here?"
"Tying to see how many people ask me what I am doing." House replied. "I would say 4."
"Ah, did you happen to count the Alzheimer's patient that went by?" Wilson said, as he sat down in the chair across from his friend.
"Now, boy wonder, that is even heartless for me." House said, while looking at Wilson with a serious look. Wilson just rolled his eyes. "I counted them twice because they forgot the first time they came by."
"So I hear you moved into Cameron's house. Cuddy is most likely going to be barging in here anytime now."
At that moment Cuddy came in with a frustrated look on her face.
"Speak Devil and she shall come." House said with a bored look on his face.
"She is living at your house?" Cuddy said while she rolled her eyes.
"But it was only once, and there was a discount mommy."
"Cameron, House. Is Cameron living in your house?"
"Well, if you count the mini-C then I got a two for one special." House mocked her with his arm against his chest.
After a few minutes he noticed that she wasn't going to leave, House sighed and looked at her, "No ducklings over at my pond Rover."
Cuddy stepped back and looked shocked for a minute, "Oh. Well, I heard.."
"Now Cuddy, that's how rumors are started." House said, as he shook his head.
"Sorry about that."
With, that Cuddy left the office. Wilson sighed and rolled his eyed at House.
"Must you always torment her?"
"It's how I show my love."
"I give her about 10 minutes."
"Maybe 8." House said looking at his watch, "Wanna go to lunch?"
Hmd Hmd Hmd"Mom! Get it in gear!" Hannah yelled from the living room. "Last time I checked they didn't wait for me to get to school before starting!"
House stood next to the door and smirked once he heard rushing from the other bedroom.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!"
"Not in front of the children mom!" House chided, looking at Hannah.
"Yeah, he might get offended." Hannah supplied right back at him.
"Touché"
Cameron ran out of the room with her lab coat on and stopped in front of them. "Ready to do! Move it or lose it team!"
"Right on coach!"
The drive to the school was short and quiet. The first drive to school with House and Cameron was stressed. As they pulled into the school, they stopped and got out.
"By hun. Have a good day. We will pick at 3." Cameron said, giving her a hug and kiss on the forehead.
"Yep, see you then." Hannah said, looking up at House. "Urm, do I hug you or what?"
"Not in front of these people, I have a image to uphold." House said, ruffling her hair. "Later."
Cameron and House watched Hannah go into the building and got in the car. "So, how bad was that?" Cameron asked him while looking over at his face.
"Mushy." House supplied. He looked over at Cameron's crest-fallen face and lightened up. "It wasn't all bad."
Cameron perked up and smiled a grateful smile at him while he drove to the hospital. House looked over at Cameron and felt something he had not felt in a very long time.
For the first time in years, House was actually content.
Hmd Hmd Hmd"The cancer is treatable but it will be extensive, you will have to go through chemo and surgeries to remove the cysts from.."
thud
Wilson looked up and saw House waving from his office. Deciding to ignore him, he went back to his patient.
"We can schedule you for the…"
thud thud thud
"Oh for heaven's sake""Can you excuse me for one moment?" Wilson asked while he went out on the balcony. House met him halfway.
"Could you possible pick a better time for house calls?"
"Why? He has cancer, shouldn't smoke the cigarettes in his wife's purse."
"She smokes, House, not him."
"Right, an underweight 23 year old pregnant woman with asthma is smoking Marlboro red's without a filter and not hacking a lung in your office."
"She's not pregnant, House."
"She is reading a parenting magazine, Wilson."
"Lots of people read them House. They are everywhere in the lobby."
"While she is eating Ho-Ho's and drinking pickle juice."
Wilson looked over at the couple and sighed.
"What do you want House?"
"Girl troubles." House said.
"Why? I thought you and Cameron were doing fine?" Wilson said, leaning against the rail.
"Not that one, that one is easy to satisfy."
"Didn't need to know that."
"The other one."
"Definitely didn't need to know that."
House silenced Wilson with a stern look that spoke a hidden threat that anyone could pick up.
"Wow, you are serious about them. Both of them, aren't you?" Wilson asked.
"That's the problem, I felt happy this morning, Happy with the whole, dropping off at school hugs and kisses thing. I don't do that thing."
"Are you afraid that you will lose your bite, House?
House was silent for a moment. In that moment, Wilson saw the man before Stacey. The raw man that was sarcastic and cynical at the same time. But this man was lost, not in his element.
"Well, I can't tell you what you are feeling. But I do know that a while ago you were the same man now and you didn't change. You just got bitter with life. You don't have to change, House. For some reason, they both liked you before and they will like you now."
"Thanks Doc." House said, as he limped away to his office.
Wilson watched him for a few minutes before turning back to his patient. Hopefully, House would do the right thing for a change.
After a few minutes he heard the first jarring notes from a metal version of "Rock-A-By-Baby."
Wilson chuckled and shook his head. Yeah that was the old House.
Author Note:
New Chapter! Hooray! I still a bit to go on the story, lots to write about. Lots of experiences to write about, I think I am going to just go with my own "going-ons" at the hospital.
But I need to find some help with the medical lingo and such. So anyone know any good "cases" that would be House-Like lemme know!