I seriously didn't think I was going to get this chapter to you on time. But I did. Yay for me!

I don't think it's my best work, but I promise the next chapter will be better.

"I can't believe I picked a woman up at a bar, took her back to my place, and didn't sleep with her."

Mandy turned around from where she was folding blankets on the couch. "Good morning."

House walked further into the living room. "And why are you so cheery? We both had a lot to drink last night."

"I guess I can just hold my liquor better than you can."

House popped a Vicodin and glared at her. "So, where are you gonna go?"

Mandy sighed. "Back to New York I guess."

House nodded. There was silence in the room as she continued to tidy up and he made no move to help her. Suddenly, House spoke.

"I can't cook."

"Excuse me?"

"I can't cook. Can you cook?"

"Uh…" Mandy said, unsure of where he was going. "Sort of. Why?"

"Do you wanna make me breakfast?" House surprised himself at what he was saying. He hated being around people, but for some reason, this girl, whose name he didn't even know, intrigued him. He wanted to be around her and learn more about her.

"And since you made it, I suppose you could stay and eat it with me," he continued.

"Um, thanks for the offer, but I really can't. I mean, it was nice of you to let me stay here last night, it's just…there's something I have to do."

House nodded again, understanding her meaning.

HMDHMDHMD

Cameron was in the diagnostics office, sorting through some mail. She couldn't stop thinking about that kiss. Chase had never kissed her like that. He was so much better at it than she thought.

She couldn't help it; she wanted to see him again. She wanted to do that again. For three years, she'd thought that House was the guy for her. Now she had to rethink that. When she'd kissed House, it hadn't been like it was with Chase.

Cameron started to blush just thinking about it, and quickly had to hide it as Chase came into the room.

"Hey," he said, smiling at her.

"Hey," she smiled back.

"So…listen, about last night-"

"I-"

"Hey people!"

They both stopped and whipped around to see House waltzing through the door. Shit. Why did he always have to interrupt such personal moments? It was really annoying.

His entrance had startled Chase. "What are you doing here?"

"I work here."

"Yeah, but…" he trailed off, realizing he had no end to that sentence that he wanted House to hear.

House just shook his head and ignored the Aussie. "So, how'd the latest treatment work?"

"It didn't," Cameron said.

"Okay, so what else could it be? Where's Foreman?"

"Right here," the neurologist ducked into the room.

"Okay, so what have we missed?"

Cameron and Chase tried to contribute to the discussion as best they could, but they couldn't help finding each other's gaze every once in a while and holding it. At least as long as they could until House saw them.

Before they knew it, a decision had been reached.

"Okay, do the Echo and ask her again if she's ever been out of the country."

House retreated into his office for another round of Super Mario, and the ducklings headed off down the hall. Cameron and Chase found themselves lagging behind Foreman. When they got to the elevator, Chase brushed up against Cameron to reach the call button and she felt her breath catch. He pulled back and they smiled at each other again. The elevator dinged and Foreman gave them a look, so they quickly separated and tried to focus on something besides each other.

HMDHMDHMD

House was heading down the hall to the pharmacy for a Vicodin refill. As he turned around the corner he stopped short at the sight in front of him.

"Are you stalking me now?" he asked.

Mandy Meyer glanced up, surprised. "You work here?"

"Cuz, I'm flattered you know, but, it's a little creepy. And against the law."

"Dude!" Mandy interjected. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm actually here to see my sister."

House froze. Wait a minute. She came to see her sister at a hospital, this hospital. Her sister's name is…oh God.

"And…who is your sister?" He already knew the answer, but he thought he might as well ask.

"Allison Cameron. Dr. Allison Cameron. She's an immunologist and works under…" Mandy trailed off as she too put the pieces together. "Oh My God! You're Mouse!"

"House," he corrected.

"You're my sister's self-centred anti-semantic bastard boss!"

Before he could respond, Cameron approached, horrified at the scene in front of her.

"Mandy, what are you doing here?" she asked, avoiding all eye contact with House.

"I came to see you, but…I ran into…"

Cameron turned to look at House. "Dr. House, excuse us." She grabbed Mandy's hand and pulled her in the opposite direction as fast as she could.

HMDHMDHMD

Cameron found solitude for them in the lab. She sat down on a stool and motioned for her sister to do the same. Now that the House crisis had been avoided, she remembered what had happened the last time the sisters were together.

Mandy seemed to be having the same thoughts, and the lab went quiet. Finally, Cameron spoke up.

"So…what brings you by?"

Mandy was relieved that her sister had initiated the conversation. She stuck out the package she had been carrying in her hands.

Cameron raised her eyebrows, but took it and opened it up anyway. She smiled when she saw what was inside.

Banana bread. That was their thing. When they were kids, and one of them was feeling down about something, or when they'd had a fight themselves, the other would make banana bread. It was a kind of peace offering or a way to cheer the other one up. They didn't really know why it was banana bread, but they'd been doing it for as long as they could remember; it was second nature now.

"I'm so so sorry, Allie. I was such an idiot."

"No, I was the idiot. I never should have said those things to you." She paused before continuing. "It turns out you were right."

Mandy raised her eyebrows. "What happened with Chase?"

"We kissed." Cameron said, quickly looking away.

"Uh, Allie, you've done a lot more than that before."

"No, I mean we kissed. Not like any other time when we'd been having sex. It was different."

"And I take it you liked it."

Cameron responded by going a deep shade of red.

"Uh huh, I thought so," Mandy said proudly. "What would you do without me?"

Cameron smiled. "I don't even want to think about it."

"So," Mandy's voice got serious again. "What's your next move?"

"I don't know. We haven't really gotten to talk about what happened yet."

Mandy threw her head back. "See, that's your problem, Allie. You think too much. When you kissed Chase, did you think about that, or did it just happen?"

"Well…" Cameron got uneasy.

"Right, it just happened. And that's why there's no reason to talk about it. You did it, you liked it, why ruin that with embarrassing and time consuming analysis?"

Cameron had to admit; she did like the idea of skipping over all the talking and just focusing on her budding romance with Chase. Maybe her sister had been right all these years.

"And by the way, I'm sorry about just now, with your boss," Mandy said.

"That's not your fault," Cameron said.

"Do you think he's gonna ask a lot of questions?"

Cameron laughed. "He's House, of course he's going to ask a lot of questions. But I think I can handle it."

"Okay, well, if you need me to come and kick his ass, just say the word."

Cameron laughed. The thought of Mandy getting on House's case was quite amusing. What was even funnier was she knew her sister could take him.

But first things first; she needed to see Chase.

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