Chapter 11: I Hate You!
August 21st 2011 (11:30 a.m.)
Thought that I should write in here, not a lot to say. Dani's going to be okay. House isn't that bad. I was really scared that she wouldn't be okay. Mom thought it was her fault. House thought it was his. Neither of them have left her side. That's okay though. She made House promise he wouldn't leave.
Uncle Jimmy wants me to eat something. Cafeteria food sucks. It's really, really gross. I just told him that. He said he'd take me out to lunch. I'm off to get some real food. Baby-sitting us was fine other then the whole Dani thing. House and I have reached an understanding. That's good. All for now, bye!
August 20th (5:00)
Cameron moved around the room easily, getting ready and talking to her daughters.
"Bella, don't kill him. I don't want to have to clean blood off of the floor. You can yell all you want, you might get some answer's, but no blood. Also, no violence. I do not want the two of you ganging up on him in anyway other then yelling or some sort of game."
She turned to her two daughters. One was lying on her bed, the other sitting in a chair glaring at her.
"Got it." Bella replied frowning.
"Dani?" She walked over to her other daughter and felt her forehead. "You're warm."
"No I'm not." She smiled at her mother. "I'm hot."
All three laughed and Alison swatted at her daughter playfully. "You might be getting a cold baby."
"I usually get them after flying, remember?"
"I know, but usually I'm here."
"It's okay Mama. You can go."
"Are you sure baby?"
"Yeah. Bella will be here, and Dr. House, is a doctor."
"You got me there baby."
"I know I do." The doorbell rang and Allison slid her shoes on.
"Let's go downstairs."
"Okay." The girls followed their mother out of the room. Allison opened the door and revealed House standing there nervously.
"Hey." House looked at her and chocked on his words for a minute. She was wearing red. He had told her, once, a long time ago that he loved seeing her in red. It was her color. She smiled at him.
"Do I look okay?"
"You look beautiful." House handed her the flowers he had bought. Allison smiled. He had given her flowers to say what he couldn't. As a child she had learned what each flower meant, and had told him one night. He had started giving her flowers for different occasions.
The tea roses meant 'I still love you', while the fact that there were fifteen meant 'I'm sorry'. She took them, and a glance passed between the two, understanding in their eyes.
"Thank you Greg."
"You're welcome." She held the door open for him and he walked in.
"Hi Isabella, Daniela."
"Hi Dr. House." Dani hid shyly behind her mother, but Bella glared at him with distaste.
"Will you girl give him the grand tour?"
"Yeah." Bella answered. Allison bent down and hugged Bella and then Dani.
"Be good girls. Remember, no bloodshed, okay?"
"Yeah Mom."
"Yes Mama." She turned and touched Dani's forehead.
"Take some Tylenol before you go to bed, okay?" She nodded and Cameron turned to House. "They haven't eaten yet, so they need to be fed. Bedtime for Bella is nine, Dani is eight-thirty. Don't be surprised if Bella goes into Dani's room and reads to her before bed. If you guys are in the middle of something, absolute latest bedtime is 9:45."
"We'll be fine." House said reassuringly. "Go have fun at the fundraiser."
"You're just glad you don't have to go."
"Of course." She hugged her daughters again, gave the flowers to Dani and asked her to put them in a vase and left them alone with their father.
Bella and Dani gave him a quick tour of the place. It took all of fifteen minutes. At the moment they were sitting in the kitchen.
"So… what do you girls want for dinner?" That was probably the simplest place to start.
"I'm not hungry." Dani answered. She was moving around the kitchen slowly as she put the flowers in a vase and moved them into the middle of the island.
"Italian" Bella didn't even look up.
"Okay. Do you have a menu, or do we need to call my Italian place?"
"Yours." Bella replied. She was glowering at him.
House wasn't going to fight her. "Do you know what you want?"
"Lasagna. Dani wants spaghetti and meatballs. Pizza too, a small one, half cheese and mushroom, half pepperoni."
"Okay." House pulled open his phone and hit speed dial number 6. He placed their order, changing the pizza to a medium. He hung up and Bella glared.
"I said small pizza."
"But I'm hungry too." Bella stared at him, and he stared right back. Dani let out a cough and sighed.
"Bella, Mama said no blood. I'm going to read in the library until the food comes." The little girl dragged her small body out of the room.
House watched her go and then turned to Bella. "Are So what do you want to do now?"
She glowered at him and walked out of the room. House followed his daughter.
"So, Allison said no bloodshed huh?"
"Yes." Bella practically growled.
"You know, you could just tell me what's wrong and then we wouldn't have to do this while 'I hate you' thing."
"But I do hate you." She spun to face him. "You left. You left, but then we left. We left because you made us leave. And I hate that you broke my mother's heart and that Dani thought it was her fault and that anyone could leave at any moment. Even me. I hate you for ruining my life for no reason. I want to know why."
"Why?" House repeated dumbly.
"Yes. I want a good, solid reason why you are the way you are."
"My father."
"That's not a good reason. I could use you as a reason for why I act the way I act for the next twenty years if I wanted to."
"He put some doubts in my head about your mother and me which eventually caused me to force her to leave." House gave her the shortened version, not wanting to launch into the big problems.
"Why'd we stay at all. It's not like you cared, or knew anything about me." House wouldn't let her go that far. He met her eyes steadily.
"You're first word? Was duckling. Your first steps were running, not walking. Allison and I were leavening to go to some immunology benefit. You ran to give us hugs good-bye. You preferred Queen to Disney Music. I taught you how to play Fur Elise when you were two and a half. Piano music could get you to fall asleep instantly. The only book you would listen to before bed was Good-Night Moon. If you didn't hear it you wouldn't go to bed." Bella stared at him for a minute in shock.
"I don't need a father." House nodded.
"I can just be a good male role model right now."
"Good?" Bella snorted but smiled. "Deal." She stuck her hand out and House followed suit. They were shaking on it when House heard a noise. Daniela was standing by the kitchen doorway. She was stooped over and clutching her stomach.
"Bella? I don't feel good." That was all she got out before she began coughing frantically. House walked over and felt her forehead. She was burning.
"Dani, can you show me where it hurts on your stomach?" She pointed weekly and House stood, sweeping her up in his arm with some trouble.
She helped by wrapping her legs around him to stay balanced.
"Isabella go get your shoes." She looked at him with frightened eyes. "We're going to the hospital."
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