Here for you

(5/?)

Every good thing House had ever experienced couldn't compare to the exact moment that he felt the tiny flaccid fingers curl around his as he held onto Erin's hand that night. Cameron was sat on the other side of the bed holding onto her other hand as her head lay on the bed where she had fallen asleep. It had been two days since the three had been at the hospital, two days of waiting for any changes in her condition and two days of preparing for the while hoping for the best. And this was the moment they had been waiting for the moment she finally woke up.

It was only a slight movement and could have been explained by a number of medical reasons, but as she squeezed her fingers slightly tighter House knew that his little girl was waking up.

A slight little moan that came from her throat as her other hand moved up to find tubes in her mouth, followed by more moans as she tried to cough waking her sleeping mother.

"It's okay baby, daddy's here" House was right by her side stoking her hair as her eyes open stiffly. His voice was horse with the prospect of lamentation and his eyes already showed tears in the corners.

Cameron was plating kissing over Erin head saying over and over how much she loved her.

They hadn't even noticed a doctor come into the room followed by a couple of nurse until they where ushered out of the room so that tests could be done.

It felt like eternity standing in the corridor with nurse's coming in and out and not one of them sating a word to them, house tried to see what they where doing in the room but the blinds had been drawn.

"Do you think she'll be okay?" Cameron wasn't sure if she was asking House or just saying it, in the past two days they had barely spoken to one another, both been in their own worlds.

"She's just a baby… but she's strong…..she'll get through this won't she?" all of House's attention was on the cane in his hand; he couldn't bring himself to look at her, let alone answer her. She needed him to say something and he couldn't find any words, he didn't even try.

"I can't wait here like this. I…I need to be in there I need to do something…. I can't sit here waiting" Cameron pushed herself of off the wall that she had been leaning on and was about to make her way towards the door to Erin room which had now had the blinds closed, making even harder for the pair of them to stand outside not knowing what was going on. Just as she was about to reach the handle of the door, the door opened as if on queue and the tall doctor that had been treating their daughter walked slowing out, pulling the door firmly closed behind him.

"She's awake, and as far as we can tell everything is fine. Of course where going to have to do more tests and she'll be kept in hospital for observation. But as far as we can tell at the moment everything is in tact"

'in tact' House thought, he spoke about her as if she was some ordinary patient he never met before, as if she wasn't the most important child in the world, like it was just a job to him. Of course he was just doing his job and thousands of children get sick everyday, but this was his little princess and she should be treated as such.

"You can go in and see her now, she needs allot of rest and plenty of was…." he wasn't even able to finish his sentence as both Cameron and House ha already walked passed him and in to see Erin. He heard a muttered 'thank you' before the doors closed.

HCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHC

"And the wolf spat the grandmother out, and he spat little red riding hood out and ran as fast as he could, with the woodcutter chasing after him. The End" Cameron closed the book and kissed Erin on the top of her head. She is sitting on the hospital bed with Erin on her lap reading her favourite story. House had been sent home to fetch the all important pink bunny that she couldn't sleep without, although he protested that she had slept without it for a week and half now therefore can actually fall asleep without clutching onto that ugly thing. The lids of Erin eyes were quivering, wanting to close with tiredness, but where forced open with stubbiness. She was determined to stay awake until House had brought her the bear that she had cried for. But the soft lighting in the room and the gently stroking on her hair and forehead from her mother was proving too difficult.

"Mommy, am I better now?" she yawed , she had had the tubes that ha been feeding her antibiotics taken out earlier that day and was hoping she would be able to go home soon.

"Yes you're getting better" she kissed the top of her head. "And in a couple of days, you'll be able to go home"

"Good" Erin was finding it increasingly difficult to stay awake, her eyelids were heavy and if it hadn't been for her stubbiness she would have fallen asleep long before.

"When's daddy coming back?" she asked through half closed eyes. "He'll be here soon baby. With your rabbit." Cameron couldn't help but smile. All they had been through in the since Erin was admitted into hospital, it was nice just being able to sit there with her daughter almost healthy and back to her old self. Before all this happen she knew she loved Erin but didn't realise just how much apart of her life she had become until she almost lost her.

It scared her to think that instead of sitting stroking Erin's hair she could have been arranging her funeral she could have been sitting dreading a future that didn't include little Erin, Cameron didn't know what she would have done if she had lost her.

"Erin?" she was breathing heavily but still not sleeping.

"Erin, I love you so much, you know that right?" Cameron continued to stroke her hair.

"I love you too mommy. And I love daddy. And I love Botsie" referring to her bear.

Just as Erin was about to fall asleep House walk in clutching the pink rabbit, he made his way over to the girls and handed The rabbit to Erin, who eagerly snatched it from him before curling herself up and finally falling asleep.

TBC…..

A/N: sorry about the delay with this chapter.

My computer's been playing up.