„Who does he think he is?," Lizzie wondered when she rushed off to the cafeteria for lunch. Did he really think of himself that he was SUCH an awesome genius that could look down on everyone else or what? Of all the things she could possibly have expected, it definitely wasn't that.
After walking through the double doors of the cafeteria, Lizzie eyed the food on the counter suspiciously. Surely you couldn't do anything wrong with a simple salad, right? She usually didn't trust cantine food and she wouldn't start now, you could never know what they added to the food so it'd keep longer. After she'd paid, it fortunately didn't take long to find a seat so she started to dig in.
In her life, Lizzie had had to deal with many difficult people but she'd never come across a person so...she couldn't find an adequate adjective...as House. Naively, she'd hoped to find a sane person in her family but in vain.
„Hey, can I sit down here?", Lizzie looked up from her plate and saw Cameron, smiling at her as once before.
„Sure," Lizzie replied. „But you don't need to just because you feel sorry," she added when she noticed that Chase and Foreman had also arrived but walked straight to the other corner of the room. Cameron followed her look and realised.
„No, it's not that," she explained when she sat down. „I just know how hard it is to be new here. Especially when you work for House." Lizzie could see that the frustration in Cameron's eyes was genuine so she relaxed.
„Yeah, he's a strange man, isn't he?," Lizzie stated casually, hoping that Cameron would tell her more about her father.
„Yeah," Cameron nodded, pausing for a few moments. „Don't let him get to you. You'll just get used to it over time, believe me. And he's not even that bad when you get to know him better." And there was something else flickering in Cameron's eyes but Lizzie didn't dare to ask, she wasn't in the position to question Cameron, they didn't even know each other properly.
„And about Chase," Cameron started again. „I think he's just happy that House is mocking somebody else and leaves him in peace for once. It's not personal or anything."
„As if that justified his behaviour," Lizzie thought but didn't voice it. That guy would soon have to learn how to live with the consequences of his actions.
„Hmm," was all that Lizzie could come up with to say but couldn't hide her frown.
„Would you like to go for a drink after work?", Cameron then asked totally out of the blue. „We could all get to know each other better. Makes the working environment much more relaxed." She was beaming because of the idea which automatically made Lizzie think that Cameron thought she could be a good samaritan or similar. All problems could be solved, or could they?
„The five of us?", Lizzie doubted.
„No, I don't think House will agree but the others definitely won't say no," Cameron promised although she suspected she'd have to persuade Chase for a while.
„Ok, tonight after work then?" It was a Friday night so that shouldn't be a problem.
„Tonight after work."