Chapter 25
"So that's hows come you have to use a cane, Daddy?" said Abby sadly.
"And why you're always taking those pills," added Auddy as House popped some vicodin.
Alysa just stared at the floor. She felt so bad for her father.
The next few years were pretty uneventful... After Mathiessen had finished up her contract, I got myself three new fellows. Cameron, an immunologist, Chase, an internist, and Foreman, a neurologist. They all gave me grief no matter what I did. It would appear that someone had warned them about me ahead of time(House raised his eyebrows). Cameron was a sweet little teddy bear made by grandma. Still, she seemed just as damaged as me. Chase was a dimwitted, good-looking, and yet head-strong oppurtunist who wouldn't give in unless it was good for him. Foreman was always trying to be the best, solve the cases, and prove that there was something totally wrong with me.
Cameron had begun to develope some crazy school-girl crush on me (House rolled his eyes, and his twin daughters laughed, while Alysa only smiled). She started trying to act like me, do everything she could to get my attention. I asked her out... once... on a non-date. We just saw a monster-truck rally. That's all. It was fun, but she eventually forced me to go to dinner with her. That... didn't turn out so good. She still wouldn't give up on me though.
Chase continued to do whatever he could to make his own life better. He ratted me out to Cuddy's newest sponsor, and almost to a cop (Wilson beat him to it). He got angry every time I took advantage of him. What could I say? He was a lazy, good for nothing wombat.
Foreman still wouldn't give up trying to prove to me that he was more than an ex-con. He was a brilliant doctor. I had to admit, he was a good neurologist, not that I'd say it aloud. He almost died once, but of course, I came to his rescue.
Cuddy was trying to get pregnant, but having troubles with it. She had no husband, no boyfriend. She just wanted a donor. I knew she wanted me to be the donor, but she just couldn't get the guts up to ask me...
As far as myself, I had a pretty boreing few years. I had an affair with the now-married Stacey after I saved her husband. I then dumped her. I got arrested by a cop, kind of. I had a cop ruin all of my friends and colleagues lives without meaning too, and that's when things got interesting...
Auddy and Abby stared at their father, but Alysa was still staring at her socks. She knew about the situation between her real mother and House, but she wanted deeply to know how it all happened. She wanted to know why House married the twins' mother and not her's...