Authors note: Sorry for the hold up, I never realized how much school work is in Year 11. And I realized after I wrote this that I might have used a couple of Aussie colloquialisms, so if you don't get it, don't hesitate to ask. Since it is the holidays, expect a couple of updates in the next couple of weeks, and I'll try not to make a gap between chapters that big again.

Thanks for reading, and I know this gets monotonous, but please review! It really does motivate me to continue.

Oh, and one more thing, just a quick summary if you have forgotten what has happened. Chase was going out with Cameron, went to her house to propose, and then was shocked to find House in her bed. He found comfort in Dr Cuddy and a strong suspicion that they were sleeping together was running through the hospital. After a confrontation with Cameron, he has since returned to Australia with a broken heart.

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Cameron wondered down the hallway outside the Conference room, feeling sick in the stomach as she had all day. Talking to Foreman about the situation had not helped, but made her realize the extent of her actions, and their repercussions. She turned the corner to head down to the clinic, hoping down there she would be able to clear her head. As she turned her head, she saw the familiar blonde haircut down the end of the hallway. "Chase," she called out, rather energetically. She didn't realize the look that several people were giving her. "Chase," she repeated, this time halting to a stop. The figure at the end of the hallway continued to face the other direction. This time, she called out "Robert," at the top of her voice, now running towards him.

"Excuse me!?" the woman said alarmed when Cameron embraced her in a big hug. Chase wasn't really Chase. He wasn't really a he. The short blonde haired woman stood facing Cameron, a frustrated look on her face. Cameron apologized, turning around and leaving, now feeling not only sick but also like at idiot.

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Cuddy sat in her office quietly, looking at the computer screen. She had locked the door and pulled the curtains, hoping that for the afternoon she might just receive some piece, but realistically she new that being the Dean of Medicine this would never happen.

The door opened suddenly, swinging back and loudly banging against the wall behind, which made Cuddy jump.

"I didn't know you had a key," she said, going back to what she was doing, ignoring the figure in the doorway standing with the cane, leaning towards one side.

"I don't, this was on you assistant's desk, I assumed I could borrow it," House answered, holding up the key as if it were a prize right in Cuddy's face. He pulled it back as she went to grab it from him.

"Wasn't that resourceful of you," she said, regaining her composure and sitting back at her seat. She picked up the phone, dialing security, "Hi can you please change the lock on my office door," and then another number, "Hi, can you please tell my assistant that his services aren't required anymore,". "What to you want?" she finally asked House.

"I want you to bring back Chase," he answered, now a serious look on his face.

"I can't, and I have already tried," she answered.

"For once your powers of seduction didn't work for you," House commented, trying to get a reaction.

"And for once yours did," Cuddy answered, "It is you and Cameron's fault that he is gone," House stood on the spot for a moment. For once, he didn't have something to reply with. "And for your information, Chase and I never slept together, we were just friends." Cuddy answered in a frustrated tone.

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It was dark, as it was night time, and the street lights shone onto the grey pavement, providing little light and comfort from the dangers which lurked in the shadows. Cameron walked down the pavement, on her way back from a café to work. She had been working very long hours, and getting little sleep between shifts was constantly tired. She hadn't contemplated calling Chase, or going to Australia to go and find him as the gossip at the hospital suggested.

She stopped for a second, and decided to go to the one person's house where she strangely felt safe and away from her life as she knew it. House.

After a rather long walk, as she didn't realize how far it was, she arrived at House's home. She walked up to the door, and instead of knocking for once, she took out her key from her bag. She opened the door slowly, looking to either side as she did this. There was no one in the main living area, as she called out his name, and there was no response. Only an eerie light coming from the bedroom, accompanied by a strange grunting sound.

"House," she said quietly, approaching the door and opening it wide enough to see through. That was the moment that broke her heart. House was in bed with none other, that Dr. Wilson.

Cameron woke up startled. She looked at her clock and it said 3:00 am in bright red letters. She turned over and went back to sleep, hoping to forget her rather startling dream.

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Chase remembered the very moment when he received one of the most devastating pieces of news he had heard in his life. The room was just as he remembered it 10 years before, cold and dark. The only thing that was different was the smell. The potent smell of alcohol had left the house in which he grew up in, only the memories of it remained. Chase remembered the vivid scene of his father standing in front of him telling him the news that his mother was dead, Chase pushing him aside in disbelief to look for her, only to find what he dreaded. Nothing.

For some reason, he didn't feel the same way he had about the situation as he always had. In the past couple month something had changed. Something bigger had taken over his life, his love for Cameron, which had been thrown back in his face. As he sat at the airport terminal in New York waiting for his flight to Australia to be called, a familiar face took a seat on the opposite row of seats. Chase blinked once before realizing who it was. "Stacy?" he said out loud, as the woman in her late 40s looked up at him and returned his look of surprise.

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TBC