Short and sweet. Here it is.

Chapter 17: Yucky Stacey and Stealing Kisses

August 26, 2011

We came home today from the park and Mama was home. Bella and I went to work on a new puzzle, its 700 pieces. We can do over 1,000 with Mama but we want to do this one on our own. It's a really cool picture of Big Ben. Dad is staying for dinner. He told me that we couldn't get a pony because it wouldn't have anywhere to live, which is logical I guess. He said that if I move into the country when I get older I could get a pony. Bella is calling. I have to go.

Dani and Bella walked into their house, their dad right behind them.

Cameron opened the door and smiled at the three of them. Dani and Bella hugged their mother and then dashed off.

"Hey Greg." Her smile was warm and eyes bright. "How was the park?"

"Interesting." She raised an eyebrow at him. House had decided that telling her straight out would be the safest thing to do. "We met someone there."

"And that someone would be?"

"Stacey." Cameron looked like she was going to say something, but then she nodded and looked at House.

"What happened?"

"I was sitting on a bench watching the girls and she came up to me."

Cameron was watching him and House could see the unsteadiness in her face. She wasn't sure what was going to happen.

"She kissed me."

"Oh." House knew what she was thinking and immediately grabbed her wrist to keep her from walking away.

"I asked her what the hell she was doing. I don't love her Allie, but I wanted to tell you that she kissed me in case she somehow got a hold of you and told you we kissed. I didn't want to ruin my chances."

"Chances?"

Allison let him pull her onto his good leg like she was a child and House turned her face so that they were eye to eye.

"Yes. Do I still have a chance with you?" Without pausing to give her a chance to answer House pulled her into a kiss.

Allison finally broke the kiss when she couldn't breath. House was smiling at her satisfied and pleased with himself.

"It's gone."

"What's gone?"

Allison was confused, dazed, and had just been kissed by the man she loved. No one else in all the eight years she had been away from him could kiss like Greg. That was one of the things that she had missed about him most, his kisses.

"The yucky taste Stacey left behind. And now I taste like Allison." He grinned at her impishly and stole another kiss, shorter, but just as sweet.

"Greg…"

"Yeah Allie?" She leaned her head against his shoulder.

"I want the full story, tell me exactly what happened." She demanded quietly.

"Okay."

House quickly recounted everything, including the painful bit where he had called Stacey and slept with her. He told her about the girls asking about who she was and telling them what she had done to his leg. Allie's face, as well as his own had lit up when he told her that Bella called him dad.

"And then Dani asked if she could have a pony."

"What did you say to that?" Allison had stiffened in his arms at moments during the story, but talking about their daughters was the best solution.

"I told her that we didn't have enough room, but when she got older she could move to the country and get a house with a big backyard and a pony."

"Good answer." Allison smiled at him. House lifted an arm and began to play with strands of her hair.

"Do I have a chance Allie? Will you give me another chance to make things right?"

Allison didn't answer for a long while and then finally she met his eyes. "We go slowly."

It took a second for Greg to understand, but when he did he nodded. "As slow as you want to go babe."

"The girls are our first priority."

House nodded. "We should probably tell them then. But first, what are you doing tomorrow night?"

"Going out and partying at a club with a bunch of underage children and drinking. Why?" Allie was grinning and Greg shook his head. She had a terrible sense of humor.

"Wanna go out? Maybe for coffee again, to make up for last time when it didn't go so well."

"Yeah. We just need to line up a babysitter."

"Well, I don't know if Jimmy or Lisa if they can baby-sit tomorrow, but if not we'll tell Foreman he has to. Otherwise, we'll reschedule."

"What about Chase?"

House snorted. "I'm not letting him near our daughters."

"But Bella has so much fun making fun of him."

"Oh, I trust them, I don't trust him."

"Greg they're eight and eleven. I don't Chase is even that stupid."

"But they look like you."

"Both of them have your eyes."

"Doesn't matter. I'm not letting him near either of them without another person present. Preferably me and my cane."

"Is this what's going to happen when they start dating?"

"Dating?" House stared at her. "Who said that they could date. There is no way in hell that they're dating. Over my dead body."

"My father used to tell me that. You know what I used to say back?" She smiled at him cheekily. "Guess I'll just have to kill you."

"That's terrible."

"Yeah, I know, but that's why it sucks to be a girl sometimes. My brother could date, but me, no way. My father interrogated every guy I ever dated. Scared almost all of them to death. Alex thought it was hilarious. It wasn't."

"I'll be the scary dad. Foreman will be here to help me, but Wilson is to wussy sometimes. He couldn't do it."

Allie shook her head and slid off his lap. "Speaking of them, I'll go get the girls." House caught her arm before she could move and pulled her into another kiss.

"You have no idea how much I missed you." He murmured into her hair.

"I missed you just as much Greg, if not more."

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