Hello!
The second chapter is ready for you as I said :) I'm posting this and going straight to bed :p
Thank you all for supporting me for this story as well and thanks to everyone who took the time to tell me what they think about the first chapter.
You are going to find out what happened to each character of the story progressively as the story moves on but feel free to answer any questions ;) Hope you'll like this chapter as well.
On with the story...
Disclaimer: I don't own House MD...
Chapter 2: A walk at the park
"Hey angel!" exclaimed Cameron when she saw her daughter running towards her.
"Mommy!" shouted Beth and threw her arms around her mother's neck, hugging her tightly.
She gave her a kiss on the cheek and sat on her left leg, her arms always around her neck and a huge smile on her lips.
"Did you have a good time with daddy?" Cameron asked and Beth nodded excitedly.
"We made drawings! Daddy put mine on the whiteboard and he gave his to Dr. Cuddy but I don't think she is going to like it so we are going to hide here." She explained to her mother who laughed and placed a kiss on her forehead.
"I made one for you too but I forgot it on daddy's desk." She said apologetically.
"It's ok sweety; you will give it to me later." She said with a soft smile and Beth nodded.
At that moment House sneaked into the office, closing the door behind him quietly.
"Hiding again I heard." Cameron commented making him jump slightly.
"Are you trying to give your husband a heart attack?" he asked, moving to sit on the chair in front of her desk.
He hooked his cane at the edge of her desk and propped his feet on the other chair.
Cameron raised her eyebrows and when Beth saw her she did the same thing making House laugh.
"Why don't I carry a camera with me?" he asked rhetorically making Cameron roll her eyes and Beth frown.
"Because you don't like taking photos daddy." She stated and House and Cameron smiled.
"Always so literal." He commented.
"A little birdie told me that you made a drawing." Cameron said, tickling her daughter who giggled.
"Yeah! It's a pretty good one, I think I am the new Picasso!" he exclaimed, smirking at her.
"It didn't look anything like Dr. Cuddy mommy, it was a face but it was hidden by two big balloons and it had a body too, also hidden by the balloons." Beth described the drawing making Cameron chuckle.
"She is so going to come after you." She said with a smile and he nodded.
"That's why I'm hiding!" he explained.
"Riiight…"
"She also found a way to torture me." He said through gritted teeth.
"Really?" she asked curiously.
"Yeap… One of my old interns is one of the hospital's benefactors now, can you believe it? He is going to get on my nerves like no one else." He said, taking his cane in his hand and twirling it.
"I should never have hired him, what was I thinking?"
"I didn't like him either mommy." Beth said from her spot in Cameron's arms.
"Why, what did he do?" she asked Beth who had a serious expression on her face now.
"Daddy said he is an idiot." She replied seriously.
"Hey, language. What have I told you?" Cameron scolded and shot a look to House that said that she wasn't at all pleased.
"Sorry mommy…" Beth apologized.
"Just don't say it again, ok?" asked Cameron, brushing her daughter's hair out of her eyes, and Beth nodded.
House looked around the room trying to avoid Cameron's eyes.
"You are not going to get away with this mister." She said with a smirk.
"Oh, goody." He said with a wink.
"Not exactly what I meant." She said with a small smile and he frowned.
"Mommy, can we go to the park today again?" Beth asked, interrupting her parents' little banter.
"Sure sweety" she replied with a smile.
"Are we going to buy cotton candy too?" asked House excitedly making Beth giggle.
"If you two promise to brush your teeth when we get home." Cameron warned.
"Promise!" they chorused and Cameron shook her head in amusement.
"Ok then. Now you have to let me do my job because if I don't finish we won't have time to go to the park. And now that I said job" she said looking at House "You don't go booking an OR when you have no idea what you want to operate for." She said sternly "One of my patients needs surgery today."
He didn't have the time to answer because Thirteen showed up at the door with the patient's test results in hand.
"Our patient is in a coma." She said and handed the paper to House and he sighed.
"I guess you can have the OR…" he said and got up from the chair.
"Are you coming with me or are you staying here?" he asked Beth who was observing some of her mother's paperwork.
"I'm staying here!" she exclaimed, grabbing a folder in her hand and handing it to her mother.
"I feel really hurt right now…" House said, grabbing his chest theatrically and Beth giggled.
"I was with you all morning, daddy, now I want to see my mommy." She said seriously.
"Fine, but I'm not sharing my cotton candy." He said and stuck his tongue out.
"I'm not sharing it either!" Beth replied determinedly, sticking her tongue out as well.
"Children, behave." Cameron said with a small smile.
"Ok, I'm off… Dying patient and all." He said and exited the office.
"Bye daddy!" shouted Beth and he waved at her.
"Can I help?" she asked her mother when House was out of the door.
"Sure, why don't you hand me those files so I can sign them?" Cameron replied and Beth sat on a chair next to her, handing her the files one by one.
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They sat on the bench at the park watching Beth playing near the swings.
Her hand was in his, their fingers entwined, as they watched their daughter play happily, a small smile on their lips.
"Sooo, did you find out what's wrong with your patient?" she asked, breaking the comfortable silence that had settled between them.
"Not yet, but I will. It's a matter of time." He said, turning to look at her.
She nodded and gave his hand a squeeze before resting her head on his shoulder.
"I met this Evans guy." She said and he immediately looked at her, his eyebrow raised.
"Really?" he asked inquisitively.
"Yeap, this morning. Cuddy sent him to me; she wanted me to show him around Immunology and the labs." She explained, lifting her head from his shoulder in order to look at him.
He tapped his fingers on his knee, his eyes always locked with hers.
"He doesn't like you very much." She commented and he nodded.
"I don't like him either so we are even." He stated with a shrug and it was her time to nod.
"Did you tell him that we are married?" he questioned her.
"I didn't want to scare him before I found out what he is doing here." She answered and he furrowed his brow.
"So you let him hit on you." He guessed, narrowing his eyes as he looked at her.
"Not exactly…" she dragged out and he scoffed.
"He asked you out, didn't he?" he asked, leaning closer to her.
"Jealous much?" she asked in amusement, a little smirk on her lips.
"Me? No!" he exclaimed making her laugh.
"You don't have to worry, I set him straight." She said reassuringly.
"Oh yeah? What did you do?" he asked with a small smirk and leaned even closer.
"I told him there is another man in my life; he just doesn't know who that man is." She explained and he smiled.
"Good girl…" he said before placing a small kiss on her lips.
"By the way, I don't even find him attractive." She said with a small smile.
"Of course you don't, with a sex god like me next to you it's natural that you don't find him attractive." He stated surely and she chuckled.
"You and your ego…" she mumbled, caressing his cheek with her thumb.
"That's your fault." He accused and she quirked an eyebrow in question.
"I hear the phrase 'Oh, God, Greg yes!' too many times from your lips; you are the one boosting my ego." He said with a smug expression making her blush and bury her head in his chest.
"I give up…" she said, her voice muffled.
"So you admit that I am the best you ever had?" he asked and she could hear the smile in his voice.
She smacked his chest playfully and laughed.
"Haven't I admitted that in the past?"
"Yeah, but it doesn't hurt to hear it again." He said matter-of-factly.
"So, are you going to admit it to?" she asked leaning into him, her hand gliding down his arm.
"Depends… what am I going to get out of this?" he asked, his hand coming to rest on her thigh.
She smiled saucily and he groaned involuntarily.
"Yes, definitely yes." He said breathlessly making her grin widely.
"You are so easy." She commented and he tilted his head, observing her.
"Mommy, daddy, look what I found!" exclaimed Beth as she ran towards her parents, her right hand outstretched.
House picked her up and placed her between them, ruffling her hair with his hand.
"Dad!" Beth exclaimed using her free hand to smooth her hair causing House to smirk.
"I found daisies!" she said with a wide smile and handed them to Cameron who smiled as well.
"They are very beautiful sweety." She said and Beth grinned.
"What, no daisies for daddy?" House asked, feigning shock.
"You ruffled my hair!" Beth accused and crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"I guess we can give him one, don't you think?" whispered Cameron in Beth's ear and after thinking for a while she nodded her head.
She took one flower in her hand and handed it to House who smiled making Beth break into a smile as well.
She stood up on the bench and laced her little fingers through House's hair effectively ruffling his hair as well, giggling all the while.
"Look what you did!" House whined and grabbed Beth in his arms tickling her.
"I want to go play!" Beth managed to say through laughter and House stopped tickling her and helped her get up.
"I guess you can go." He said and after kissing his cheek she ran towards the swings again waving at Cameron who watched her with a smile.
"Nice hair style." Cameron commented with a smirk and House tried to smooth out his hair.
"It's very stylish." He said, lacing his fingers through his hair.
She shook her head in amusement and laid her head on his shoulder again, his arm coming to wrap around her shoulders.
It was some minutes later that Beth came back and sat in her mother's lap.
"I think I'm hungry." She said skeptically, looking at her father.
"I think I'm hungry too." He replied mimicking her expression.
"And I think it's time to head home. You have to take a bath and eat because you have school tomorrow missy." Cameron said to Beth who smiled innocently.
"What if my teacher is sick again?"
"She is not going to be sick again." Cameron replied and Beth pouted.
"Maybe she has a... an STD like daddy's patient!" Beth said, remembering the word she had heard that morning.
"Greg!" Cameron scolded and House whistled innocently.
"Next time you are doing a differential and she is there send her to my office. Who knows what else she heard in there." She said seriously and he looked at Beth who was ready to say the rest new words she learnt but he stopped her.
"Hey, why don't we order pizza tonight?" he asked Beth who grinned and nodded.
"Yeah! Please, mommy!" she said looking pleadingly at her and forgetting everything about the other 'nice' words.
"Fine…" replied Cameron. "But we have to leave if we want to be home on time for your show." She told them and they both stood up immediately.
"Ok! Let's go!" House said impatiently making Cameron roll her eyes.
Beth grabbed her parents' hands and they walked together towards the car and back home.