AN: I should really be studying for my midterms -_- I hope you enjoy this. I think it's so freaking cute.
Rated M for later chapters.
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Chapter 4
Due to her broken ribs Thirteen was forced to stay an extra two weeks at the hospital. During That time Cuddy and Cameron could always be found somewhere near. It was only House who kept his distance.
The drive from the hospital to Cameron's house seemed to be awkwardly tense and extremely long. In reality it took no longer than 15 minutes. No matter how many times Thirteen had denied Cameron's help to walk up the few steps, she needed it, and was internally thankful for the pair of hands. All awkwardness was destroyed as soon as Cameron opened the door.
" Mommmaaaa!" a little girl ran and attached herself to Cameron's legs.
"Hey sweetie. How was your day with Ms. Debby?" Cameron asked the toddler as she picked her up.
"We made cuppycakes for you!" the toddler smiled and kissed her mom on the cheek.
"Brooke baby, I want you to meet someone who will be staying with us for a while."
Little Brooke immediately looked behind her mom and saw Thirteen. She extended her arms toward Thirteen as if she wanted to be held by her. Thirteen glanced at Cameron and received a reassuring nod before she carefully took Brook out of Cameron's hands.
"Be careful honey, she just got out of the hospital. Don't hurt her."
"I'm Bwooke. That's my mommy. Who are you?" The little girl asked as she started playing gently with Thirteen's hair.
"My name is Remy. I was in an accident and I have to stay here until I get better. Is that ok with you?"
"That's ok. My mommy is a doctor. She will make all of your booboos go away, she will even kiss it and make it better." Brooke said innocently while Cameron tried to hide a blush.
Thirteen put the little bundle of energy down as Cameron paid the babysitter. The door was shut and it was now just the three of them.
Brooke came out of the kitchen with two cupcakes and some pink frosting on her nose.
"Hey sweetie! I told you no dessert before dinner." Cameron stated.
"But mommy I only brought the cuppycakes for you and Remy. I not have any." Brooke tried to play innocent while giving her mom and Thirteen the cupcakes.
Thirteen squatted down to the little girl's eye level and whispered.
"I won't tell your mommy but you have pink frosting on your nose." Thirteen said as she wiped the frosting off and placed her finger in her mouth.
"Oops!" The toddler replied and started to giggle along with Thirteen.
The rest of the evening passed by unexpectedly fast. Cameron cooked dinner while Brooke asked Thirteen all sorts of questions.
"So you can't remember at all?" Brooke asked curiously.
"I can remember only up until I was 18 years old. That was 10 years ago. So I am missing a really big chunk of my life."
"That's scary." Brooke was teary.
"It's not so bad sweetie. Now I have your mommy to help me and I got you as a new friend." Thirteen didn't expect herself to be this good with this tiny little girl.
"Remy? I like you. Can you stay forever?" Brooke asked as she hugged Thirteen.
"How about I promise you that we will be friends forever? That way if I do start to remember and am able to move out, I would just come over to see you whenever you like. It will be better for your mom. She wouldn't have to have someone intruding."
"Ok. But Remy, I don't think mommy would mind if you stayed because today was the first time she has ever had a real smile on since daddy left to go with the angels. I think she likes you."
"Don't be silly. Let's go to bed. Ok?" Thirteen followed Brooke to her room and tucked her in. She kissed her on the forehead once she fell asleep and walked out of the room into the hallway only to be met by Cameron.
"Thank you for putting her to bed. It's usually a disaster at bed time but, she really enjoys your company." Cameron said.
"Umm…It's not a problem. By the way thanks for the dinner, you're a great cook. Anyway I am going to bed. Night." She awkwardly walked away to the guest room.
"Night." Cameron whispered back.
Later that night, Thirteen rolled out of bed because she just couldn't fall asleep. She walked into the living room and sat herself on the couch. She turned the T.V. on hoping that the night commercials would bore her and eventually wear her out so that she could sleep. They didn't.
Cameron woke up to find Thirteen on the couch crying her eyes out.
"Remy, what's wrong?"
Cameron walked around the couch and sat down sideways to face Thirteen. She extended her arms and embraced the beautiful crying woman. She was surprised when Thirteen sunk into her and cried softly into her neck. They stayed like that (Cameron gently rubbing Thirteen's back as Thirteen's whimpers subsided) for about 15 minutes until they both fell asleep.
Cameron as usual woke up very early. She wanted to stretch the way she usually did in the morning but found out that space wasn't really available at the moment. She turned her hear and looked for what it was that played as her obstacle. She found out that it was Thirteen who was still fast sleep. Thirteen smiled harder in her sleep as she wrapped her arms around Cameron and nuzzled her face deeper into her neck.
Cameron couldn't hold back a smile at how cute Thirteen was and closed her eyes so that she could fall back asleep and stay longer with Thirteen so close to her own warm body.
An hour of two later, neither Thirteen nor Cameron heard the little pitter patter of tiny feel on the hardwood floor.
Brooke giggled to herself when she discovered the way her mom and Thirteen were sleeping on the couch. She jumped on her moms legs and screamed.
"Mama! I want waffles!"
Ignoring the cute little girl, Cameron and Thirteen lazily looked at one another. Once they realized how close they were to each other, they both got up and off the couch quite quicly.
"Remy! Remy! Remy! Waffles!" The little girl yelled while jumping up and down.
"Okay baby girl. How about this? You go change out of your pajamas and then we can start making you some waffles. Does that sound good?"
"YES!" Brooke clapped her hands in excitement and ran back to her room.
Thirteen walked into the kitchen so that she could get started on Brooke's waffles only to find that Cameron was already way ahead of her.
"Do you need any help?" Thirteen asked shyly.
"Sure. Thank you. Listen, I'm really sorry that we woke up in such a compromising position. We must have just fallen asleep after I found you…."
"…After you found me crying. It's not your fault. You have nothing to be sorry for. If anything it was my fault for waking you up in the first place. But if it means anything, I actually wouldn't mind waking up like that more often. I'm sort of glad that you seem to care for me. I just wish I could remember why you do." Thirteen looked at the floor while trying to cover up her embarrassment from confessing her feelings.
Cameron couldn't help but let her eyes tear up. She couldn't believe how bad her luck was. Here she has, the woman of her dreams so close to her, when in reality she has never been so far away. She hated the fact that there was no way for Thirteen to actually get her memory back faster, it would have to come on its own. She looked at Thirteen who was standing in front of her still looking at the floor and told herself that this is it. She brought her hands up to cup Thirteen's face. She gently lifted her head and made Thirteen look at her in the eyes.
All Thirteen could see in front of her was Cameron's eyes that were slowly turning very dark. Soon those same pair of eyes quickly glanced at Thirteen's lips.
Cameron couldn't handle her need anymore. She leant in and when Thirteen made no effort to back away, she kissed her. She kissed her slowly at first, never loosing contact with her lips.
As surprised as Thirteen was she liked how Cameron's kiss was making her heart ache for something more, so she pushed her tongue out and let Cameron suck on it.
They were very rudely and way too soon interrupted.
"Ewwwwwyyy!" Brooke yelled with a grin on her face.
Just my luck. Cameron thought.