Here for you

(8/8)

"Mommy, I don't think I want a baby sister or brother, thank you" the innocents of the statement made both House and Cameron smile. Cameron had long since lost the $50 bet to House who had told her Erin was not going to like having to share her things with a new baby.

"Sweetie" Cameron sat Erin down on her lap curling her hair between her fingers " in a few months your going to be a big sister, don't you want to be a big sister?" Erin put her index finger under her chin thinking very hard about the question being presented to her.

"Uhmmm No" she replied abruptly before jumping of her mother's lap and heading of towards her room.

Cameron had been under the impression that telling House she was pregnant was going to be the hard part, But House being House and yet again surprised her at being like any proud soon to be father would be and was overjoyed when his suspicions and his private investigations as to why his wife had been acting strange were founded and he was exactly right.

Erin on the other hand couldn't understand why her parents would not let the matter go, she had told them enough times she was not interested in having a brother or a sister or even a baby monkey but they just would not let it go. She liked her life the way it was now and nothing and nobody was going to change that for her.

It had been two weeks since both House and Cameron and sat Erin down and spoke to her like every parent of a four year old would and explained that 'mommy has a little tiny baby growing inside her and that in a few months the baby was going to come out of mommy's tummy and your going to be a big sister'.

Erin had looked at them both through her unsullied eyes and told them "can't we just send it back?".

Even House was now finding it difficult to find a way to get Erin used to the idea that in a few months all of their lives were going to change and that a baby was coming and that they all were going to have to adjust to it.

Erin stubbornness and temper tantrums had only gotten worse over the last couple of week's and it wasn't just Erin behaviour that had made what should have a happy time in the household an unsettled environment for the three of them. It was all their concern's that having a new baby suddenly coming to surface at the realisation that it wasn't only Erin life that would be interrupted but all of theirs. Sure it was a happy time, both House and Cameron wanted this baby more than anything but they were having the first child together.

They'd had been parents to Erin but neither of them had been through this before, yeah they knew all the doctor stuff that they had often told their patients of what to expect in the first, second and even third trimester and could put a medical word and terminology in front of every thing that they should expect and all the problems that may occur during the pregnancy.

What came as a shock to them was all the things they really didn't know about having a baby, like when was it okay to tell the world your expecting or was it a normal feeling that your going to screw this baby life up or when is it okay to start buying for the baby and if it is right or wrong to think how having a baby might effect your life as you know or was it okay to hate your expecting wife at 3 o'clock in the morning when your driving to the nearest 24 hour Mc Donald's because she had a craving.

The sudden mood changes and not talking about sensitive subjects in case Cameron started bawling didn't help much either.

"Greg what are we going to do?" Cameron was laying on the sofa with her head in House lap while he flicked through channels on the television they had been sitting in a comfortable silence since Erin had gone to bed.

"Going to do about what" as if he didn't know what she was talking about, Cameron swiftly turned her head to glare at him until he started talking.

"I really don't know honey" he replied truthfully "But talking to her like a child has never worked for her so maybe we should start talking to her like she not a child"

"House she's 4 years old, I know she like's to pretend to be a grown up but she is still only a little girl and as parents we should draw the line" Cameron brought both her hands to her head and groaned in frustration. House stroked the hair off of Cameron's forehead with his spare hand as she lay there,

"Well maybe she has her reasons for not wanting a baby in the house, maybe we should just ask her."

"yeah maybe" Cameron turned herself on his lap making her self comfortable as she contemplated what house had said, what in the world could make Erin hate the idea of a baby.

HCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHC

House and Erin were sat at the dinning table which was covered with a very brightly coloured splatter mat as Erin was busy painting pictures and House was writing notes in a pad. Cameron had left them to their own devices for the day and had gone to spend the day with some girlfriends so that House, who had been allot better at getting Erin to open up, could broach the question of why she didn't want this baby.

"So Erin what you got there so far?" Erin pick up her picture for her daddy to see "And what exactly is it?" House turned his head in several positions to get the right angle of the pink and purple blob of a painting.

"it's a rainbow, silly" as if it was obvious, Erin shook her head and carried on with her work.

"Erin do you want to talk about the baby?" House didn't lift his eyes from the notepad he had been writing on to look at the reaction Erin gave him but he knew she was going to pretend like it didn't bother her and go on as usual.

"Nope" she wet her paintbrush in the pot of water and dipped it into the brightest green on the pallet of paint.

"Can I ask why not?"

"Daddy, can we watch Cinderella after?"

"Erin you know mommy and me are still going to love after the baby is born don't you?"

"I love you to daddy, but can we watch it, please?" she looked up at House for the first time since he started the conversation.

"Erin why don't you want to have a baby brother or sister" if looks could kill House would have been dead within second and in several different ways. Erin picked up the pot of water and threw it against the tiled floor and jumped of the chair running towards her parents room slamming the door shut behind her.

"And this is only at four" House muttered to himself as he put the notepad and pen down and got up to clean the mess on the floor.

Standing on the outside of the door to his bedroom House knocked once before entering, he decided to leave her to settle herself down for a bit before going to interrupt and then scold her for her behaviour in the kitchen.

He entered to find her laying on the bed clutching on to a picture frame, she immediately turned her head away from him.

"Erin we need to talk" he walked over to the bed and sat down at the edge using his cane to support himself.

He waited for her to talk but when it become apparent that she was not he decided he'll just have to start.

"Soo… what are you holding there?" as if he didn't already know.

It took a while for her to reply but he knew if he gave her enough time she would eventually, when she did he almost had to strain to hear what she said as it was muffled through the blanket she was resting on.

"mommy said my real mommy and daddy are in heaven" House waited for her to finish before replying "she said they went to heaven when I was very little and then you and mommy looked after me." Erin drew in a deep breath

"when the baby comes your going to give me back to my real mommy and daddy and I will have to go to heaven as well and I will never see you again. Like mommy won't see her brother and you won't see your Grandpa. Your not going to need me any more" House reached out and pulled his little girl onto his lap dropping his cane so it landed on the floor and cradled her as she wept silently still clutching the photo frame close to her chest.

"Erin your not going anywhere. Mommy and I love you very much and were always going to be there for you, were always going to love you no matter what" Erin nodded against her father chest as her tears decreased.

"But what if you change your mind, and you love the baby more than me?" the innocents of the eyes as they met House's broke his heart. How could they not have known how much this had been hurting her for this long, their little girl who was usually so boisterous and strong suddenly seemed so young and fragile.

"That will never happen, I promise you, your not going anywhere and no one can ever replace you. Do you know why?" Erin wiped some of the tears from her face as she sat up looking House in the eye.

"why?" she challenged

"Because….uhmm there is not another four year old in the world who knows what Lupus is, and no one knows how to make hot chocolate and marshmallows taste the way they do when you make it and no one else apart from your mother knows the secret ingredient for her walnut and ginger tea." Erin was in uncontrollable fits of laughter as he tickled her tummy letting the photo frame that she still held of House, Cameron and Erin together fall on to the bed.

Epilogue

9 year old Erin sat with her five year old sister on her lap reading her a story while they sat together in the hospital waiting room for their uncle Jimmy to pick them up. They had been with their mother when shopping for the new babies at the mall when Cameron's waters broke.

"when is Uncle jimmy coming?" Peyton asked as Erin rounded up the story she half read from the book she was holding and half made up to help make her sister feel better.

Erin had loved Little Peyton from the moment she set eyes on her she knew that she was going to be her little Prodigy.

"Lisa said he's on his way, so not much longer now" Erin kissed the top of her head and wrapped her arms tighter around her sister. Keeping her safe had been her job ever since she was born, not even her parents could say a bad word against Peyton.

Peyton had taken on Cameron dark brown hair which fell into ringlets that sat on her shoulder, she was very much so Cameron's daughter and had the patients of a saint.

When they both found out that they were both going to be big sisters Erin knew that everything was going to be alright and with Erin confidence that their two new little brothers were not going to take over their world Peyton was happy to welcome them with open arms.

"Peyton, remember mommy said we can name the babies when their born? Have you decided what name you want yet?"

"Yep" she jumped up excited and shouted "Boxer, like my bear" Erin couldn't help but laugh, but straightened her face to make herself look serious so to not hurt her sister's feelings.

"Honey, I don't think we can name a baby after your bear. It's got to be something special to you. It could be after someone you really care about. But not your bear" Peyton looked down at the floor clutching her Boxer bear in her arms thinking very hard. At just that moment Uncle Jimmy walked into the room.

"Hey girls, you ready to go?" Peyton ran straight up to him jumping into his open arms.

"Can we wait awhile, just until the babies come" she looked at him hopefully "please, I want to see mommy and daddy before we go, so we don't have to worry about them at home and we know that every.."

"I'm sure you dad will call if an…."

"pleeeeeease, uncle Jimmy?"

"fine you've got a hour and then we are all leaving" trying to obtain some sort of authority Wilson gave in, what was the harm in letting them stay for a little while anyway.

"Great" Erin jumped up and hugged him.

Two hours later House walked into the room to find Wilson's head slumped against the glass wall with Peyton laying across his lap, and Erin sitting next to her with her arms hugging her legs while her head rested on her knees all were fast asleep.

With a grin House slammed the door behind him shut waking only Erin and Wilson

"Eh uhmm" he coughed "I thought the two of you would like to come and meet your brothers before going home to bed" this woke Erin right up and she was already on her feet trying to drag Peyton up to hers.

"How are they all doing?" Wilson asked as he sat up and help Erin get Peyton up.

"Allison exhausted but the boys are both healthy and doing fine." the grin on his face had said it all he now had four healthy children to be proud of, and not one of them would he ever want to give back no matter how hard they will eventually push him, he knew he would always be there for them.

HCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHCHC

Erin and Peyton sat together on one of the large chair's in their mothers hospital room and were both holding each of the babies.

"So girls what names have you come up with?" House was kneeling in front of Peyton making sure she held his head up properly.

He had been sceptical about letting his daughters especially a five year old name the boy's and had voiced his concerns out of earshot to Cameron who was convinced that they would pick the perfect names for them.

"Gregory, like you daddy" Erin said smiling over at her father and then back at the baby

"James, like uncle Jimmy" Peyton said twitching her nose at the baby making her look all that more like Cameron.

"Sooo Greg and James….Gregory and Jimmy……Jimmy and Greg.. I like it" Cameron teased as she looked from her Husband to Wilson who was stood by the doorway looking in at the newly extended family.

Two more House's is just what we need.

Wilson thought to himself with a groan.

THE END

A/N:

I have no excuse's for not updated sooner apart from that fact that the way things are going with the ship on canon has been less then inspirational and having my baby and moving around so much hasn't helped either, not to mention the computer trouble I had for the past year.

But it not fair to leave a story hanging for so long, so I want to apologies for not updating sooner and hope that you've all enjoyed this chapter and the story in full.

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Thank you for reading.