A.N: Hello, here is my next chapter. My deepest and sincerest apologies for the REALLY LONG wait, but I was crazy busy. Please don't hate me and PLEASE don't give up on me you guys! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO REVIEWED!
Disclaimer: I own House M.D. I didn't before but then on my birthday David Shore came to my house, and for a birthday present gave me all rights to House M.D. Is anyone buying this? No? Fine, I don't own House M.D. All you people all kill joys. Can't a girl believe for only 3 seconds?
- o -
Alex and Allison avoided each other all day, but managed to do all of their expected duties. House watched them during the day and tried to figure out what happened in between them that made Allison so angry. He thought back of all the things he knew about Allison's past. All he could come up with was that she got married while she was in college and her husband had thyroid cancer and died. House waited for the two Camerons to be in the same room, maybe one of them would explode.
It was the end of the day and Chase and Foreman had already left for home. Allison was gathering her things from the white boardroom when Alex walked in. House eagerly watched them through the door to his office, but to his great disappointment Allison swept off without so much as looking at her sister.
Getting an idea House limped into the room, where Alexandra was standing alone.
"How did you like your first day?" he asked.
Alex smiled, "It was fine."
House looked at her and said, "There is something important I need to tell you, so would it be ok if you came over to my house later on tonight?"
Alex was startled but she nodded, "Sure."
"Great. My address is 24 Strude Avenue. Come by around 7:00," House explained, then walked back into his office. Good thing Alex could not see him anymore because he was grinning evilly.
- o -
Alex was speeding around madly on the streets cursing herself. Why didn't she leave earlier? It was already 7:15, and she had no idea where this Strude Avenue was. She glanced up at a signpost and read Strude Ave. Alex took the turn a little faster then she should have and screeched to a halt once in the street. Taking a deep breath to calm herself down, Alex started to drive slowly down the street looking at the house numbers, her mind working franticly at the same time.
Why does he want to talk to me? Maybe I did something wrong! Oh my gosh! I did something wrong! What if he fires me? He can't fire me, I only worked here for a day! Well he could still try to fire me. Maybe this is a warning. If I ever screw up again, I'm gone…I wonder what it was that I did wrong?
Finally finding number 24, Alex stopped the car, jumped out of it, and started to jog up the steps.
Does he care that I'm late? He doesn't strike me as a punctual guy, but I'm so bad at reading people, he might be the most punctual guy in the world.
Alex rang the doorbell while fixing her blouse. She saw a disoriented figure growing bigger and bigger in the dimpled door. The door opened to reveal a very confused looking Allison.
Alex gaped at her, as Allison did the same to her. Finally, Alex managed to sputter out, "What are you doing here?"
Allison glared at her sister. "What do you mean, what am I doing here? This is my house. I live here. I think the real question is what are you doing here?" Allison asked coldly.
"Your house? But I thought this was 24th Strude Avenue?" Alex said getting over the shock of seeing her sister.
"It is. There's a signpost over there, my ever-oh-so-smart sister," Allison responded cruelly.
"Oh. Well then, I guess I misunderstood where I was supposed to go. I'll leave you to do whatever I interrupted you from doing. Which judging by your outfit was nothing more than eating ice cream and crying over some sappy movie," Alex smirked.
Allison ignored this comment, "I'm not surprised that you didn't understand the directions, with intelligence like yours, it's to be expected."
Alexandra was not so well adapted to brushing off comments like her sister. Growing red in the face she almost yelled, "There were no 'directions' to misunderstand, he just told me to come here!"
Allison smiled to herself, pleased that she managed to ruffle up her sister so easily. She leaned on the doorframe with her arms crossed coolly disregarding her sister, as Alex regained control over her emotions.
Finally, Alex took a deep breath, and tried to sound as peaceful as possible. "Look, Allison, do you think, maybe we can forget?" Alex asked timidly.
This was the thing that stunned Allison so far all night. "Forget? Forget!" Allison was near a scream.
Alex realized her mistake and tried to pacify her twin. "Allie, it was just a suggestion!"
"That's your motto, isn't it?" Allison continued, Alex wasn't even sure if she heard her. "Just forgive, and forget? You are the most insensitive, thoughtless, person I ever had the displeasure to meet! You ruin my life, run away from the problem by going to Germany, show up seven years later, and expect me to forgive you?"
"Allison, calm down!" Alex yelled, taking a step backwards.
"Why the hell are you even here?" Allison demanded.
"In all fairness, I didn't know you were working at the hospital. Dr. Cuddy didn't mention anything, and how was I to know that you-"
"No, why are you here, at my house?"
"I told you!" Alex said frustrated. "Dr. House just told me that this was his address, and he wanted me to show up!"
"What? You never said House told you," Allison stated taken aback. "So House said that this was his house?"
Alex nodded, happy that Allison finally got it and that she stopped yelling.
"I'll kill him!" Allison screeched suddenly, causing Alex to jump in surprise. "Damn him!" Allison roughly shoved past her sister and marched to her car, fuming. Alex watched stunned as her twin slammed the car door, and roared down the street.
Shaking herself out of her bewilderment, Alex slowly walked back to her car. Instead of sitting in her car, she sat on the hood, and thought back…
FLASHBACK FLASHBACK FLASHBACK
"You're so going down!" Alex yelled at Matt, but never taking her eyes off the TV screen, which was displaying the X box game she and Matt were playing.
Matt snorted, "In your dreams, rookie!"
Alex laughed and punched Matt lightly in the arm, while still trying to steer her digital car around a tricky turn. She groaned as her car blew up all over her side of the screen.
Matt cackled evilly, "Looooooooooser!"
Allison walked slowly into the room, looking extremely nervous, but excited. "I got my letter," she stated holding up a fat looking envelope.
"Oh my God!" Matt exclaimed jumping from his chair, leaving his car to drive off the edge of a cliff. "Congratulations!" he said joyfully grabbing Allison into a hug.
Alex remained seated, but was grinning as much as Matt. "She didn't even open it up yet, Matt. Maybe she didn't get accepted."
"Gee, thanks for your support," Allison said sarcastically still hiding somewhere behind Matt.
Alex got up and saved her sister from Matt's embrace. "So, lets see if you got in! Open it!" Alex demanded as excited and nervous as Allison.
Allison's hands were shaking. "I can't do it! What if I didn't make it? Then which college will I go to?"
Matt immediately started to reassure her, while Alex grabbed the envelope from her sister saying, "Fine, if you don't open it, I will." Alex slid out the letter, and started to read, her eyes whizzing back and forth. "Allie," Alex began calmly, and then she yelled, "YOU MADE IT!"
Allison screamed and jumped up and down.
"I made it? I MADE IT! Oh my gosh, I have to call mom and dad!" With that Allison tore out of the room, Alex and Matt could still hear her yelling down the hall, "I made it!"
Alex and Matt grinned at each other, both as happy as they could be for Allison.
END OF FLASHBACK END OF FLASHBACK
Alex yanked herself out of her thoughts, and noticed in was raining. She sighed. She missed Matt. She missed his sense of humour, she missed his smile. She missed the comfort of knowing that someone will help her back on her feet if she ever fell. She missed talking and spending time with her sister. Allison was like her other half, and because of one mistake, one stupid mistake, Alex lost both her sister and Matt. All she wanted was a chance to say sorry, a chance to make things better. But Alex couldn't make things better because Matt and Allison were both gone, and no matter how hard she tried, they were always one step farther then her. The worst part was, Allison would never forgive her, and Matt didn't have the chance to. Alex thought all this on the hood of her car, her tears mixing in with the rain on her face.
- o -
Allison angrily speed down the street, barely seeing straight. I can't believe him! Allison screamed inside her head. She was only this mad once before in her life, and that was when she punched a girl in ninth grade and got suspended. Allison cursed as it started to rain. She skidded around a corner and accelerated much faster then she should have. Houses flickered past her window, as Allison didn't even try to regain control over her rage. She turned into House's street and almost hit a little black car parked outside House's house. Stupid neighbours, Allison thought as she managed to swerve around the car and screech to a park in front of it. She stormed out of her vehicle and raged up the front steps. She was soaking wet by the time she reached the door, but hardly noticed. She raised a fist and continuously pounded on the door. After a few minutes of ferocious knocking, House opened the door looking really annoyed. Once he saw who it was, he stepped outside, closed the door behind him and leaned on it.
"What?" he said not very graciously.
Allison immediately started to interrogate him, "Did you give my sister my address and told her it was your place?"
"Oh is that why you're here? I suspect you guys made friends, and now you're here to give me your thanks."
"You jerk!" Alison yelled, giving House a shove (thankfully he was leaning on the door for support, so he didn't lose balance.) "Why would you do that?"
House smirked, "So you two would forgive each other."
Allison screamed in frustration; she had never been this mad in her adult life. "You don't know what happened! You have no idea what's going on! Why do you assume it's something you can just forgive?"
"Well, then tell me, what happened seven years ago?" House asked, totally calm throughout this conversation, even though Allison was beside herself with anger.
"No chance! No chance in hell are you going to get that information out of me! You manipulate people, and you always find out things you think you need to know. Stop interfering in my life, House! If you try to get me and my sister friends ever again, I swear House, I might lose it!"
"So right now, this isn't you losing it?" House smirked.
Allison stopped for a second and it looked for the first time this night, she was actually thinking about what she was going to say. "Damn you, House. Stay out of my life," she said with forced calmness. Then she turned around and walked back to her car, and sped off home.
- o -
By the time Allison got home most of her anger was drained, and she was starting to regret what she did. That was professional, she thought to herself. In this moment in time she hated both Alexandra and House. They both had made her relive that horrible night she thought she put behind her. Thinking about once again, she started to cry, out sadness, frustration, loss and anger. That night two Camerons cried themselves to sleep.
AN: What I meant by dimpled door is you know those front doors, where you just see shapes coming to open the door but you can't really see who it is? That's what I meant. I PROMISE I"LL UPDATE FASTER! Please tell me your thoughts, negative or positive.
