Chapter 3
Thirteen sat in the differential room. She removed her bandage and looked at her cut that Cameron had sewn up yesterday. She put her bandage back on tighter then it had been. Taub had watched her do so.
"What happened to your hand?"
"Cut it, yesterday"
"Oh"
House walked into the room. He opened his pill container and popped a few pills. House glared at Thirteen. She noticed it and began to feel Thirteen wasn't aware of it, House had saw Cameron and Thirteen leave together last night. He got a joy out of butting into Thirteen's life. He decided not to bring it up, because he wanted to do more of his own digging first. He continued to give Thirteen a firm glance.
"What?" Thirteen asked House.
House ignored her.
Kutner walked into the room, he took a seat beside Taub. House mumbled something to himself under his breath.
Thirteen pulled out her cell phone. She opened it and typed "how's your day going?" She clicked the send button. She looked up at House who was watching every move she made. Her phone vibrated quicker than she expected. She read the message on her screen "it's a busy day" Cameron had replied.
"Who are you talking to?" House asked.
"None of your business" Thirteen replied.
Thirteen typed another message. "meet me in the caf. at lunch" House was standing behind Thirteen, attempting to read over her shoulder. Thirteen closed her phone.
"Stop reading over my shoulder" Thirteen said to House.
"Why, are you hiding something?" He said.
"No"
Cameron walked back to her patient, she had just put a cast on his broken arm. The boy looked up to her. He whined from the pain of his arm.
"It's okay" The mom said, calming her son.
Cameron explained a few things to the mom. The mom nodded and they left. Cameron sighed in relief, because that was her last patient for the day. Cameron left the ER and walked to her office. She picked her cell phone up off her desk. She opened it and saw the message. She looked at the clock and realized lunch had already started. She was about to leave the room when she received another text message.
"meet you after work, I'm checking out our patients house" Cameron smiled to herself, as she remembered that she once did stupid stuff for house, when she was on his team.
Thirteen leaned against a wall while Kutner observed the house.
"I found some mold" Kutner said.
Thirteen nodded and walked over to him. He took a sample of it. Thirteen looked at the mold.
"Stachybotrys atra" Thirteen said.
"What" Kutner said, slightly confused.
"It's a type of mold" Thirteen said, pointing to the mold.
Kutner nodded, in understanding. Thirteen's phone vibrated in her pocket, and Kutner heard it go off. He looked at her as she pulled it out. She read the message "Okay" She closed the phone. She looked at Kutner and noticed he was watching her.
"What?"
"Who've you been texting all day?"
"A friend" Thirteen said.
Kutner rolled his eyes.
They left the house and drove back to the hospital.
Cameron sat behind her desk , doing paperwork for Cuddy. She finished her paper work faster than expected. She looked at her watch. Her shift was over. She heard a knock on her office door. She got up and opened her door revealing Thirteen.
"My shift ran a little late" Thirteen said with a smile.
"Mine just finished"
"I know"
House walked down the hall and spotted Thirteen. He recognized her, even though she was far away. He found that she was easy to recognize.
House continued to watch her. He got closer and Thirteen walked into Cameron's office. House smiled to himself as he saw her do so. Thirteen sat on the edge of Cameron's desk as she waited for Cameron to gather up some stuff. House stood in Cameron's door way. He looked at Thirteen, who shot him an angry glance.
"so you guys are friends now?" House said.
Cameron looked up at him.
"What do you want House?" Cameron said.
"Nothing, I just need to talk to Thirteen"
"No you don't, you just can't stay out of my business" Thirteen replied.
"Well if you didn't hide anything, then I wouldn't have to get into your business"
"You still would, you enjoy it. It's just another game to you" Thirteen said.
Cameron listened in on their conversation and was surprised that Thirteen talked to him that way. When Cameron saw the new team working every once and a while, she always noticed that Kutner and Taub were a little less opinionated with him, her guess was because they feared him. But Thirteen didn't seem to.
"I'll find out what your hiding eventually" House said, and then walked away.
"Well I have to go. I need to go home and make some food, I'm hungry" Thirteen said randomly.
"Want some company?" Cameron said, before thinking it through.
"Sure" Thirteen smiled at Cameron.
Cameron grabbed her coat that was in her office. They left the office. Cameron locked the door and they walked down the halls. Thirteen walked into the locker room. Cameron waited outside of the locker room for her.
Thirteen opened her locker and pulled out her coat. Kutner walked in and noticed Thirteen.
"Hey"
"Hey" Thirteen said as she zipped up her coat.
"So you and Cameron have been hanging out lately?"
"I guess" Thirteen said.
Kutner smiled.
"Bring her tonight" Kutner said, making it sound like an order instead of a suggestion.
"I am"
"Oh" Kutner raised an eyebrow.
Thirteen sighed.
"We're friends"
"yeah, for now" Kutner mumbled quietly to himself so Thirteen couldn't hear him.
"What?" Thirteen asked.
"Nothing, See you tonight"
Thirteen nodded and closed her locker and left the room.
"Ready to go?" Thirteen asked Cameron.
"Yeah"
Thirteen unlocked her apartment door. She walked in and Cameron followed. Cameron looked around, She noticed it was small, but she liked it. Cameron had always liked small, cozy places. Cameron took off her coat.
"Just put it on the chair" Thirteen said, pointing to the arm chair beside the couch.
"Do you like spaghetti?" Thirteen asked Cameron.
"Yup" Cameron said, as she followed Thirteen into the kitchen.
She watched Thirteen cook, every movement Thirteen made, her eyes caught. Thirteen stirred the sauce and tasted it.
"That's good" Thirteen said.
Cameron laughed and walked closer to Thirteen and stood beside her.
The noodles were done and Thirteen was just waiting for the sauce. She tasted it again. She held out the spoon.
"Wanna taste?" She asked, still holding the spoon.
Cameron leaned in and tasted it.
"That's good, I never would've thought you could cook"
"Well I can" Thirteen said with a smile.
Thirteen sat the spoon in the sink and turned off the burner. Cameron was still standing close to Thirteen. Thirteen looked into Cameron's eyes, she removed her gaze quickly and walked over to a cupboard. Cameron felt disappointed that she had walked away. Thirteen grabbed two plates. She opened a drawer and grabbed some forks.
Thirteen put some food on Cameron's plate and sat it on the table. Thirteen did the same with her plate as well. She had set them so they would be sitting in front of one another.
Cameron made her way to the table and sat down.
Thirteen opened her fridge to look at what she had to drink.
"Want a drink, I've got Juice, water, Beer, Milk and Coke"
"Coke, please" Cameron said.
Thirteen nodded and grabbed a coke, and one for herself. She made her way back to the table, handed Cameron her drink and sat down.
"So what else don't I know about you, that would surprise me?" Cameron asked. She was very curious.
"I love romantic comedies and I like all kinds of music. I'm not always sarcastic, I like to have fun, I don't mind sitting home alone with a good book And I don't hide everything on purpose, it just happens. Once you get to know me, I open up more easily" Thirteen said.
Cameron looked at her, all the information did surprise her. She didn't expect any of it, specially the last part. Cameron took another bite of her food.
" Now it's your turn" Thirteen said.
Cameron looked at Thirteen.
"I also like romantic comedies, Horror movies tend to freak me out. I don't always stay in, I like to go out and have drinks once and a while. I like to look at the stars, to clear my head, My natural hair color is brown, and I think I actually like my job"
Thirteen smiled. Cameron got up and took her plate and fork to the sink.
"Your a good cook" Cameron said still holding on to her plate
"I know, I tried to tell you" Thirteen said with a smile.
Thirteen got up and walked to the sink, they put their plates in at the same time. Thirteen's arm brushed against Cameron's. Both Thirteen and Cameron liked the contact, even if It was a very small arm graze. Cameron's eyes met Thirteen's, Thirteen got a little closer to her and brushed Cameron's hair out of her face, and put it behind her ear. Thirteen's home phone went off disrupting the moment. Cameron backed away and walked out to the main room and stood near the couch. She thought the moment through in her head. She was confused. She knew she liked Thirteen but these feelings were developing in a new pace for her and in a whole new territory. Thirteen walked into the same room Cameron was in. She briefly looked at Cameron.
don't do anything stupid, Thirteen thought to herself, trying to prevent herself from screwing up any chance she had with Cameron, if she even had a chance.
"Want to....watch TV or something?" Thirteen said, trying to make Cameron feel less uncomfortable.
"Sure"
Thirteen grabbed the remote and the TV flicked on. She sat on the couch and made herself comfortable. Cameron sat beside Thirteen. Cameron became closer every minute. Cameron finally stopped moving and rested her head on thirteen's shoulder. Thirteen didn't want to make a movement that would make Cameron shift, so she simply remained in the same position. They had watched two shows and didn't say a word. Thirteen looked at the clock and noticed it was quarter after nine, Kutner's party had already started. Thirteen shrugged, she prefered to be late anyway.
"Still wanna go to the party?" Thirteen asked in a soft voice.
"Sure"
Cameron dreaded getting up but did anyway. Thirteen grabbed their coats. She handed Cameron's coat to her. Thirteen put hers on and waited for Cameron. They slowly left the apartment and made their way to the car.