Hearts on the Table

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"You really don't need to discharge yourself Kat." Wilson said as he watched her pack some clothes away, he could see her wince every time she had to bend over.

"I do. I'm fine, I've been given painkillers and I have to get my stitches out after two weeks." She replied more focused on leaving then talking properly.

"Does House know?"

"Greg doesn't know. He doesn't need to know. He's off my case so he can focus on the cases he's supposed to be taking."

"I know he loves you."

She turned sharply around, her heart cracking at the mention of love.

"If he loved me he wouldn't have kissed that doctor."

"I don't think he intended to kiss Doctor Cameron."

"I didn't say which doctor it was…" she paused now feeling bitter betrayal. "You knew didn't you?"

"I found out yes. But it was Cameron who told me. Not House."

"But you didn't even think to tell me what was going on?" Her voice was rising second by second and the tears were filling up yet again.

"I told House he needed to tell you, would you have rather found out from me?"

She remained silent unsure of what to do.

"I know he's missing you."

"Just stop it." She said sharply.

"Fine. So where are you going to be staying?"

"A hotel for another two days and then I return home."

"Does House even know you're going home in two days?"

"If you're my friend James and if you value our friendship, you won't tell him."

"But House is my friend too. Aren't you even going to allow him to try and make it up to you?"

"No." she said coldly. She'd finished packing up and put the backpack upon her shoulders. She winced again as she tried to put her trainers on.

"Sit on the bed." Wilson sighed as he took pity on her.

She sat silently while he took her trainers and slipped them on her feet.

Once he finished he looked up and her and gave a half-hearted smile.

"I know you think what I'm doing is wrong." Katrina informed Wilson "but I've had too much of a rollercoaster ride with my feelings to jump straight back on again. This way it's for the best, I can rest at the hotel and go home feeling as human as I used to feel."

"I think you need to talk with him, sort it out."

"Ever heard the saying time heals everything?" she asked Wilson.

"Yes." He replied as he just stared into her light blue eyes.

"This is what I need…" Katrina began "Time…time away from Greg so my heart can mend. So next time when I do eventually see him, I won't be as broken before. My defences will be up so I can't feel hurt again."

"Don't you think his heart is shattered as much as yours?" Wilson asked loudly. "Don't you think that all he wants to do is make it up to you? Do you know how long it took him to finally admit he loved you?"

She stared over to him and gave out a blank look.

"Nearly ten years Kat…It took him ten years to lower his own defences so he could admit he loved you…He forgave you the second you walked out of the door on him before your accident. Why can't you do the same?"

"Because I didn't do anything wrong!" she shouted. "He wanted to hurt me good and proper and he did! And I'm not going to forgive him because I know he meant to hurt me at the time. I don't think I need to be with someone who's willing to hurt me when they get the wrong end of the stick."

"But you still want to be with him don't you?"

"No I don't."

"Keep telling yourself that Kat, but at the end of the day if you saw him, you'd want to get back with him no matter how broken you feel, because that's true love…Wanting someone back even if they've done something you feel you could never forgive them for."

"So how comes you never felt like that for anyone?" she asked.

"I do."

"But it's not Julie is it?" Katrina said solemnly.

"No. It's you."

"Then have me then." She demanded.

"You know and I know that you don't love me in the same way you love Greg. I'm back with Julie and she's forgiven me. I don't want to screw that up again because you're feeling hurt and you want to toy with my emotions to make you feel better."

"I just don't want to look weak." She said softly.

"You've never been weak in the whole of your entire life." Wilson smiled "Being in love does make you vulnerable and apologising does make you look weak. But the truth is. If you're really in love, the other person won't care if you look weak. They should ignore that and be grateful you did forgive them."

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House's door was knocked upon again for the second time today. All he wanted was some piece and quiet!

Getting up he opened the door and got the fright of his life seeing Katrina standing there.

"What are you doing out of hospital?" he asked dumbstruck.

"I discharged myself." She replied quietly.

"So why are you here? Why aren't you resting?"

"A friend told me I needed to fix something." She smiled.

"What do you need fixing? I don't see anything broken."

"I needed to fix this broken heart of mine."

"How corny is that line?" House smirked. He was relieved she was here talking to him. He was worried that once she had sent him away she would have left him forever.

"Well it's true. If we want be together we need to fix this."

"Look. I was a complete and utter jerk. I jumped to an idea before I even knew what was going on."

"I saw you have a horrendous jealous streak in you."

"But you know you love me for it." House winked.

"You don't get off that easily." Katrina said pulling him into a hug.

"I'm…" House began.

"Sorry?" she finished.

"Yeah. That's the one."

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