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3. Meetings
A Miracle. It bugged House to no end. And Foreman. And it would bug Chase to the point of making him believe in God again if he was still working with them.
"Okay, scratch the last part, I am trying to be nicer to him." She immediately thought afterwards.
Sighing she pondered about her meetings with Foreman and Chase.
Her gift actually got to Foreman, something she was thankful and happy for. A smile crept across her face when she thought about how he thanked and hugged her. She was right after all; there was still some hope for him.
And then there was her meeting with Chase.
It was confusing to say the least. She was glad that he liked how she looked since she had put some extra effort in her appearance for him. Even House had noticed, though it made her a little sad that he also knew that it wasn't really meant for him.
But she wasn't sure if she could believe Chase what he told her about being fired. She had always had the feeling that Chase saw House as a kind of paternal figure in his life, as crazy as that thought might seem. If Chase was okay with being dismissed again did that mean that he was over his father issues?
Still, what surprised her most was that he apologized about telling her he liked her every Tuesday, "their" day! She felt sadness, regret and doubt surge through her mind. Damn.
Though his instant invitation to join him for dinner the second she told him she would miss him relieved her a little.
The truth was, she wasn't yet sure what to do about Chase.
Her decision about House was, more or less, clear: She had to leave him. From a professional point of view it was the worst thing to do. Because in spite of its' controversy she loved her job. But for her personal life leaving and starting over was the only sane thing to do. She couldn't stay to be House's only fellow, either she would go mad or she would…go mad.
Okay, what or who was she thinking about again? Chase, right!
She was obviously attracted to him physically there was no point in denying that. But what could be beyond that was what scared her out of her mind. She didn't want to walk into an emotional black hole again. She wanted, and yes, needed someone to love her back and not only suck up all her feelings leaving her bereft of anything but pain and hate.
Would and could Chase do that? Be her "knight in shining armour"? After all he did have a reputation as a womanizer…
Ugh, House was paging her. Well she'd better go and see what he wanted her for.
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