047. Restaurant

It's A Date

Chase half-rose out of his seat on one side of the booth he was sitting in with Foreman and Cameron and looked around.

"Where'd that waitre…" His voice broke off suddenly and he sat down with a thump, his eyes wide.

"What's your problem?" Foreman said before he took a drink from his beer.

"House and Wilson are here," Chase said, looking a little wild-eyed.

Foreman rolled his eyes. "So what?"

"They are allowed to go to restaurants to eat, you know," Cameron said in a slightly mocking tone.

"I think they're on a date," Chase blurted.

Both Foreman and Cameron gave him long, steady looks then laughed.

"Good one, Chase," Foreman chortled. "But we're not going to buy that one."

"I'm serious," Chase said soberly. "They're both dressed up. House is dressed up. They're sitting in one of those booths at the back that couples like to use because they're out of the way and they can pretend that no one can see them when they kiss and canoodle. And they look really friendly."

Foreman and Cameron stared at Chase for a long moment then they both peered out of the booth in the direction Chase had indicated. When they saw the two men, they began to see what Chase meant. Both House and Wilson were wearing suits and while Wilson wore suits on a day-to-day basis, the last time any of them could remember House wearing a suit was on his date with Cameron. They were indeed sitting in one of the cosy little booths at the back and they looked very comfortable there. In fact it could almost be said that the two men were flirting with each other from the wicked look on House's face and the blush and slightly mischievous look on Wilson's.

Both Foreman and Cameron sat down again and stared at each other and Chase.

"They're on a date," Cameron said faintly. "I…I saw a very pale imitation of…of that."

Foreman and Chase were silent for a long, long moment then Chase said in a slightly odd tone, "They're on a date."

"I didn't even know they were gay," Foreman added with surprise. "I mean, House is always going on about women and then there was Stacy and Wilson's been married three times."

Cameron broke out of her little daze and rolled her eyes. "Haven't you heard of being bisexual, Foreman?" she said with a hint of condescension before peeking over the back of the booth at House and Wilson again.

"They do look awfully cute together," she said wistfully.

"Really?" Chase and Foreman said in an odd unison, looking at Cameron curiously.

"And it does explain a lot," she continued.

She gave a small gasp as Wilson placed one hand on House's and House responded by weaving their fingers together and giving Wilson a small that she could only call gentle and affectionate. Something deep in her chest hurt at that but as much as she wanted it to be her in Wilson's place, she couldn't deny that the man did have a prior claim. She sighed softly then sat back down again and looked at her colleagues.

"I just have one question," she said as calmly as she could manage.

"Yeah? What's that?" Foreman asked warily.

"How the hell are we going to get out of here without them seeing us?" Cameron asked.