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Once inside the small but spacious café, House greeted the woman at the counter with a smile. The look she gave him was that of playfulness and warmth.

"Why Greg House, I haven't seen you here in a while, where ya been?"

At this question, House blushed slightly while looking down at the ground "Oh you know, here and there, how are the kids Grace?"

Wilson watched this exchange with fascination. Never before had he seen House take an interest in another human being, up until recently that is. Suddenly, the conversation turned to him.

"Whose your friend?"

"Oh I'm so sorry, allow me to introduce you. Grace Williams, James Wilson and vice versa."

As they shook hands Wilson smiled softly towards Grace and she reciprocated "Nice to meet you, Jimmy."

Surprised by the use of his nickname James was about to speak but was interrupted by House who gestured to a near by table.

"Hate to interrupt these pleasantries but, we did come here with some business to discuss. Is it cool if we take this table?"

Nodding her approval, Grace rolled her eyes while crossing her arms over chest "Why not, it is your usual."

As they sat down Wilson couldn't help but stare blankly at his friend who furrowed his brow.

"Let me guess, you want to know what the connection is between Grace and I?"

"Yeah."

At this comment the older man shrugged while flipping through the menu "She's a friend of the family, my mom used to go to high school with her."

This information was news to Wilson but rather then go in to an endless stream of questioning the younger man sighed while dropping the subject all together.

Not expecting this as a response, House arched an eye brow but remained silent temporarily, before getting down to business.

"Which brings us to why we're here. You said you wanted to talk so, go ahead."

The sincerity in House's voice took Wilson off guard but despite this, he decided to comply with his friend's request.

"Why did you hate Amber?"

"I didn't."

James could feel the anger growing with in him but tried to remain calm "So, calling her a cut throat bitch was what? A term of endearment?"

House didn't respond to these accusations but instead dropped his head and sighed. The distance between them seemed to reach new heights at this point.

"Okay, there were times when she made my skin crawl but I didn't hate her. I would never do that to you."

Now the distance seemed to decrease between the two men as House met Wilson's gaze. "Now, I want to ask you something. Will you ever be able to forgive me?"

Hearing the sadness and confusion in his friend's voice hurt Wilson greatly as he began to speak "I had no right to blame you for any of this. I'm just sorry its taken me this long to realize it."

As time past and they continued to rekindle their friendship, House had made a decision and he was determined to follow through with it. Walking back to the car the older man stopped before getting in.

"You okay?"

House didn't speak at first, still caught up within his own thoughts until a sigh escaped him.

"We both need to change. I have to start taking better care of myself and you have to start thinking about yourself, for once."

This revelation was surprising to Wilson as he followed House into the car, not giving up the chance to ask what was on his mind.

"What are you saying?"

"I'm saying we have to grow up, Jimmy."

This being said, the car pulled out of the diner and on to the road towards self discovery.