"I guess telling you that seeing the look on your face is way better then you gawking at me on the phone… also I doubt you'd take my calls," House sarcastically as a defense mechanism.

Cameron considered for a moment, "True but that is only part of the reason you're here otherwise you would have been sooner rather than wait a year to gloat about it."

House gave a perplexed expression and fired the best comment to disguise his admiration that she was continually calling him out his every bluff, "Why did I fire you?"

"I walked out," Cameron replied without missing a beat.

"No that is what you did Aussie schoolgirl… unless you had feelings for me that phrasing just doesn't work," House said noticing they were making their way around to the reason for the conversation.

Cameron did not answer and her cheeks turned a slight shade of red, more from embarrassment but also a slight bit of anger. She knew eventually the conversation would mention Chase but she wasn't looking forward to it. At least the conversation finally being guided back to what she thought was House's reason for being there.

House did not know whether she blushed for her feelings about which may or may not exist anymore or the mention of her ex hubby but sensing he wanted this conversation to continue would give her another way out from admitting anything. "Tell you what we'll refer to he-who-should-not-be-named as…," House paused for a moment for effect making sure she was paying attention "Suzie."

Cameron who was taking a drink to hide her embarrassment nearly spit out her drink with laughter. She normally would not react to House's antics but she did not hold high respect for her ex currently and she honestly thought Suzie fit him. Cameron finally managed to nod in agreement while collecting herself.

House gave a more wicked grin as he was starting to see Cameron's armor start to crack, "Tell you what I'll tell you about Suzie last after I tell you why everyone else flew the coop."

Now that she was fully composed, "Did they fly the coop or did a wolf scare them out."

"Hey," House said mockingly and pointed at her before continuing, "Let's start with the most boring story and move from there."

"The one that quit you mean," Cameron said slyly.

"Actually two… killing two bird with one boring pathetic story," House declared.

Cameron thought for a second, "Foreman and Thirteen."

"I like to refer to as Dr. Hadley now… if your not on the team you also lose the kick-ass nickname that come along with," House stated thinking out loud.

"Thirteen is a number not a nickname," Cameron shot back at him.

"Hey who is telling the story here," House said and Cameron gave him hand gesture to continue then, "Dr. Hadley's Huntington's got worse. She left and Foremen followed like a good boy."

Cameron waited for him to continue, "Of course story is going to be boring if you don't give any details. What is the rest of the story?"

House sighed, obviously finding the next part of the story irrelevant, "Dr. Hadley didn't want to spend the rest of her days in New Jersey and Foremen wanted to go with her so her called up that idiot Dr. Hamilton and begged for a job and they left. I actually walked in on the conversation… quite pathetic. I thought Foremen had more dignity then that."

Cameron raised her eyebrows but figured that is all the story he was going to give her so she continued "And Taub?"

"Taub is far more interesting then the previous two. Apparently the idiot wanted children and his wife didn't so to get his way he switched his wife's birth control pills with some other pills while she wasn't looking," House said poured some more wine into his glass and to Cameron's surprise hers.

"That doesn't sound like Taub," Cameron narrowed her eyes knowingly.

House faked looking hurt, "I may have given him the idea and helped him match his wife's pills to something else… He needed help so I helped him. Taub is too weak to do something like that on his own."

"Yeah I am sure intentions were noble but sliding pass the detail why would that make him leave?" Cameron asked suspiciously.

"Well he got a little more than his bald head argued for and got his wife knocked up with twins… to tell you the truth I didn't think he had it in him and I wanted to see if he would actually switch his wife's pills."

"You haven't changed," Cameron mocked an accusatory tone.

"What! I didn't ruin anybody's life… in fact I did the opposite I created two," House smirked and Cameron once again found that she was smiling against her better judgment.

"So Taub's wife who didn't want kids but since her parents believe in religion she decided against aborting. That meant that Taub had to grow up and get a job to support a family, which you know isn't working for me," House finished.

"That plan of kind of backfired on you," Cameron observed with some satisfaction.

"They sometimes do," House admitted and lowered his voice and head a little looking at Cameron.

Cameron knew what House was thinking and there was a silence between them for what seemed like awhile. "And what about," Cameron paused breaking the silence, "Suzy."

House perked up a little hearing Cameron referring to Chase in his code name, "It seems to be tradition when the rest of my stooges leave the last one follows. I think his courage left with his mane personally," House paused as Cameron gave another slight laugh thinking what Chase with short hair looked like. "So she cried and went back to the land of the wombats."

House finished the explanation and looked at his plate which was nearly empty and looked at Cameron trying to gauge her mood.

"So that allows you to play your games again searching for new people to torment," Cameron said with humor in her voice.

"They come willingly you know," House jabbed back.

"So do flies to a bug zapper, but my original question still remains unanswered why are you here?" Cameron asked yet again knowing he couldn't dance around the question forever, actually House could but she wasn't going to let him.

"Didn't I say vacation, Cuddy, expense account? I hate repeating myself," House scoffed at her.

Cameron looked House straight in the eyes, "You're lying, I worked for you so I know when you're deflecting."

House looked around knowing that Cameron was one of the few people who may know him a little too well, perhaps learned a little too well. Finally not seeing another options spoke up, "I want you to come back."

A/N: Best place to end the chapter. Hope you all are enjoying the story so far. Honestly I don't know how many more chapters things keep getting longer when I start typing.