SAL: It's gonna be a HouseCameron, I am just not sure if I am gonna make him pay a bit through.
Anon: Thanks
Psycho strider& Katiepie11 & Tifflisa & Dawn2dusk: Enjoy!
LittleDragonFly23: Sorry I've grown fond of cliffhangers.
Boys Don't Cry: Here is more, and continue giving me your thoughts.
Foxaddict226: I don't have the whole thing plotted in my head; it'll get twisted according to my mood ;-)
Colonelheather: Thank you, I can tell you my beta doesn't think the same, LOL.
Limaccia: ..lol, well then keep on reading
I swear I thought this was going to take longer, but for some reason my creative juices are flowing this weekend. I actually finished a chapter here and one in my other story, YAY! So I am wondering if I should torture House a bit before it becomes a HouseCameron, or if I should take it easy on him. So hopefully depending on what you guys think that's how the story will twist.
DISCLAIMER: I almost forgot that I don't own house, but one can always dream can't they!
The Gift of Sacrifice
House stood in the observation room as the bullets were removed from Cameron's body. He felt his own heart fall in rhythm with the beeping of the heart monitor, and for the first time that evening, the heart monitor stopped beeping showing a V-Fib, causing his heart to stop along with it. It wasn't the only time his heart missed a few beats that night. He could hear the surgeons struggling to remove the bullet that nicked her heart.
Hitting his head against the glass window he muttered, "How many times am I going to break your heart Cameron?"
This was his fault, no ifs or buts; he was solely responsible for loosing Cameron emotionally, but he'd be damned if he cost her her life. If he hadn't pushed her away that night, he wouldn't have drunk himself into a stupor, and wouldn't have committed adultery. In all fairness how was he supposed to know that the stupid woman wasn't a hooker, she came onto him like a professional.
Trying to ignore the vague memories from that night, he trained his eyes on Cameron's limp body and wondered what he would be without her. Regardless of how much dislike he showed her, she was the voice in his head pushing him to do the right thing. Not that he always listened, but he found himself consistently wondering what Cameron would think of this or that. At that thought he said, "I can't lose you Cameron, please come back. I don't know if I can, but I promise to try making it up to you."
His whispered statement was so low he barely heard it himself, but at that instant Cameron's heart monitor stopped once more. He saw the head surgeon pick up the paddles to shock her heart. After ten tries, the surgeon shook his head in the negative and looked at the clock on the wall to declare the time of death.
House found himself barreling through the door, screaming at the top of his lungs.
"NO!! YOU BRING HER BACK!! BRING HER BACK DAMN IT!"
The surgeon and nurses tried calming him down, and Wilson who had followed him in, tried dragging him away from Cameron's body.
"House stop it, she's gone!" said Wilson shaking him.
"No!" Lifting his cane to threaten the surgeon, he said, "Bring her back or I swear to God you'll be meeting her on the other end."
"Dr. House, I've done all I can, I already gave her 500cc of epinephrine, if I give her anymore and she does come back, she'll have permanent heart damage."
"I'm warning you bring her back! I don't care what you do!!" Staring at the surgeon who still wasn't moving House decided to take Cameron's life in his own hands.
Pushing the Surgeon violently away he took the paddles and shocked Cameron's heart once more. Looking at the heart monitor he still saw the steady line.
Bending down close to Cameron's ear he said, "Please Cameron, I know that you're tired and I know that I don't deserve a second chance but please come back. I need you…"
With that, he injected another 100cc's of epinephrine into Cameron's heart, charged the paddles to 360Volts and yelled, "Clear!"
"House, I can't let you do this," begged Wilson grabbing House's hands in mid air.
"For the sake of this friendship I am giving you a chance to move away." Said House, and when Wilson hesitated to move, he yelled, "I said CLEAR! Move now or I swear on your grave that I'll shock you."
Knowing that he wasn't bluffing, Wilson moved away giving a nod to the surgeons and nurses to also step back from the stretcher.
With shaky hands, House shocked Cameron's body knowing that it would be the last time.
Watching the screen with such intensity, House's eyes looked like they were about to bulge out. For 15 heart-stopping seconds, the screen showed a steady V-Fib, and just as the Wilson was about to ask House to leave with him, a tiny beep sounded and the heart monitor showed a small curve, followed by low yet stable heartbeat.
"Close her up, I'll be waiting outside," said House glaring at everyone in the room with a threatening expression.
I hope you liked it. Review plz, i love your comments :-)