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Chapter 11: The bunny
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Wednesday morning and House was, as always, hiding from Cuddy and his team.
He was currently in the coma-guy's room, a cup of coffee in his hand, his feet outstretched and resting on the bed and the TV switched on.
He had remembered to actually draw the blinds this time because the last time he was there Cuddy had seen him when she was passing by.
So, now, he was enjoying one of his favorite cartoons while drinking his coffee. He mused that Cuddy wouldn't be able to find him any time soon so he had one thing less to worry about.
The other thing that he couldn't get out of his mind was that phone call they received from Cameron's mother on Sunday morning.
Although Cameron seemed a little more relaxed after the talk they had he knew better. He knew that there wasn't even a moment that she stopped thinking about that phone call.
Until that morning she hadn't decided if she was going to call back to find out the reason they called and tried to find her.
His beeping pager caught his attention. He looked at the screen and groaned. His team should really learn when to page him.
He grabbed his cane and started making his way to his office where his team was waiting for him.
When he reached his office he found no one in the conference room. He frowned in confusion and headed for his office.
He flung the door open ready to yell to them for paging him for no reason but stopped abruptly when he spotted Cameron sitting on his chair behind his desk.
"You are not the one I expected to find in here…" he commented with a raised eyebrow and moved in order to stand next to where she was sitting.
She looked at him with a smile and stood up.
"Hello to you too." She said and moved to sit on the couch after dropping a kiss on his cheek.
He followed her and sat down next to her.
"So, what are you doing here?" he asked, narrowing his eyes, studying her expression.
She shrugged and leaned towards him so that her head was resting on his shoulder.
"I had some free time…" she mumbled.
He grabbed her by the shoulders and made her lay her head on his thigh.
She didn't protest and she moved where he led her. She was outstretched on the couch with her head resting on his thigh, her eyes closed.
"And you wanted to stop thinking for a while, huh?" he said knowingly and she nodded slightly.
"Still haven't figured out what you are going to do?" he asked, running his fingers through her hair.
"No…" she answered, opening her eyes in order to look at him.
He placed a kiss on her forehead and leaned back in order to rest his head at the back of the couch while his fingers continued their movements.
She sighed contently making him smile and he glided his hand in order to rest it on her flat stomach. Her fingers entwined with his while he continued caressing her hair with his other hand.
"You have no idea what you are going to do?" he asked tentatively.
"I don't know… On one hand I want to know what they want. On the other hand I don't even want to hear from them so…" she trailed of and he nodded.
"Haven't they tried to contact you again in the past?" he inquired.
"Nope… I think I would have known if they had tried." She replied.
A few silent moments passed where neither of them talked 'til he decided to break the silence that had settled between them.
"You are going to call..." he said surely making her look at him questioningly.
"You are sure about that…" she commented with a smirk.
"I think I know you by now." He replied with a shrug and she smiled at him.
"So you say that I should call." She mused, looking seriously at him.
"No, I'm saying that deep down you want to call." He explained, his eyes locking with hers.
"Riiight…" she dragged out making him scoff.
"Fine! I'm not going to say anything about it again." He exclaimed raising his hands in the air defensively.
"Riiight…" she said again, a small smirk playing on her lips and he rolled his eyes.
"Stop doing that." He said, furrowing his brow.
"Stop doing what?" she asked innocently, sitting up straight on the couch next to him.
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow but didn't answer.
"And you say that I am the one acting like a five year old." He commented, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"Because you are!" she said in amusement, a smile on her lips.
"Am not!" he said defensively making her look at him pointedly.
"You know what? Believe whatever you want. I'm just going to take a nap." He stated with a smirk and lied down on the couch so that his head was resting on her thigh.
She studied him for a few moments and when she saw that he wasn't going to move she started pinching his arm.
"Ouch! That hurt!" he exclaimed, opening his eyes to look at her.
"I have work to do." She said plainly.
"And you had to pinch me?" he asked in a high pitched tone.
"I couldn't think of any other way to make you stand up." She reasoned with a shrug.
"You are going to pay for this one." He said seriously leaning towards her.
"Oh yeah?" she whispered and pulled back slightly.
"Yeah…" he whispered back and before she could pull away and completely out of his reach he grabbed her wrist and pulled her body against his making her squeal in surprise.
His lips against hers muffled the sound and soon she gave into him, kissing him back, her hands lacing around his neck and holding him as close as possible.
"The door is unlocked…" she mumbled against his lips but continued kissing him anyway.
"The blinds are closed though…" he breathed out, his arms coming to wrap around her waist, preventing her from moving.
"Yeah, but anyone could walk in…" she tried to reason, something really hard to do when his hands were roaming all over her body.
He didn't answer; he just continued kissing her, not giving her any time to think properly.
A loud cough made them break apart and look at the door.
"Damn it…" muttered House and lifted his eyes to see who was standing by the doorway only to find a smirking Wilson looking at them.
"I swear that if you ever do that again you are going to see those photos I showed you plastered around the hospital." He threatened making Wilson raise his hands in the air in a defensive manner.
"Fine, you don't have to be that cruel." He said, the smirk never leaving his lips.
"I told you to lock." Cameron said sternly, straightening out her blouse.
"You told me that the door was unlocked you never actually asked me to lock it." He clarified and she sighed.
"I think I'm going to head to my office." She said looking from House to Wilson.
"See you, James." She said with a small smile.
"Wait! No goodbye for me?" House asked, feigning hurt.
"Nope." She said with a smirk and left the office, leaving Wilson and House alone.
House turned to look at Wilson who had moved in the room in order to sit on the chair in front of his desk and still had that little smirk on his lips.
"Seriously, wipe that grin off of your face." He said, standing up and he went to sit behind his desk.
"Why? It's a beautiful day." He said, smiling and House looked at him curiously.
"And the translation to that sentence is it was a night full of sex." He said, smirking at Wilson.
"Why do you always have to ruin the mood?" Wilson asked, looking at his best friend who was playing with his yo-yo.
"Because that's what I do." He said, propping his feet on the desk. "So, what brings you here?" he questioned.
"Do I need a reason to come and see my best friend?" Wilson asked making House snort.
"Nice one." He replied and Wilson shrugged.
"Seriously now, what's up? And don't tell me you want me to be your best man again because I won't do it." He stated.
"Ah, no, I don't want you to be my best man… for now… I just want you to stay calm." He said and House frowned seeing the look on his face.
"What did you do?" he asked, sitting properly on his chair.
"Well, I had a discussion with Beth yesterday…" he started but House interrupted him.
"Ok, better be careful of what you are going to say next because if I hear anything about a puppy…"
"Are you crazy? I value my life! I knew that if I bought a dog you and Allison would kill me." He exclaimed before House could complete his sentence making him smirk.
"Then you can continue…" he said and Wilson nodded.
"Ok… Sooo, she told me that you said that you would think about buying her a bunny." He stated and House raised his eyebrow.
"You didn't…" he said hesitantly.
"What if I did?" Wilson asked cautiously and House groaned.
"Allison is going to kill me…" he mumbled making Wilson look at him questioningly.
"Why?"
"Because I was the one who said that we would think about it right after Allison said no to the little brother or sister request." He explained.
"Allison said no?" he asked in surprise.
"She said no to Beth…" House started
"What did she say to you?" Wilson inquired earning a glare from House.
"You are not getting out of this, what did you do?" he asked, changing the subject again.
"I kind of… bought her a bunny." He said warily.
"You are so dead." He commented with a smirk.
"Oh come on! Allison will love it!" he exclaimed "He's not very big yet, his fur is brown and he has long, dark, floppy brown ears. Beth will love him!" he said with a smile and House shook his head in amusement.
"Where do you have him?" he asked after studying his friend for a while.
"In my office." Came his reply making House's eyes lighten up.
"Oh, no you won't!" he said and stood up, blocking House's way out.
"But dad! It's going to be fun! Can you imagine the patients' faces when I go to the clinic with a bunny?" he asked with a smirk.
"I can't… but I can imagine Lisa's face when she finds out that you are wandering around the hospital with a bunny." He said seriously.
"With a bunny that you bought!" House said mischievously "You are so sleeping on the couch." He stated seriously and then burst out laughing
"You are not getting that bunny; I'm going to give it to Allison when she gets home." He stated and House pouted.
"People have no sense of humor these days, you know that?" he asked rhetorically.
"A little correction here… people don't have your twisted sense of humor." Wilson commented.
"And the conclusion is that people are idiots because if everyone had my sense of humor this world would be a better place." House concluded with a smirk.
"Right… Tell Allison to come by my office to take the bunny." Wilson instructed.
"Afraid to tell her yourself?" House asked, ready to start laughing again.
"Fine, I'll tell her. Just stay away from my office." He replied and exited House's office leaving him alone.
When he reached the Immunology Department he found Cameron with two of her interns in her office.
He knocked on the door and she smiled at him, motioning for him to come in.
She sent her interns to check on some patients and turned to look at Wilson.
"Sorry about earlier…" she said, blushing a little and he smiled.
"It's ok, I should have knocked." He said making her smile as well.
"So, what brings you here?" she asked handing him some papers and he looked at her questioningly.
"Wrong department… they thought it was autoimmune but…" she trailed off and he nodded.
"Ok, don't get mad." He started and she frowned.
"Why would I get mad?" she asked in confusion.
"We had a talk with Beth and she told me about the discussion you had. That you would think about getting her a bunny." He clarified and Cameron nodded.
"And you..?"
"I kind of bought one for her. It's in my office." He said.
"Please tell me that House doesn't know about it." She pleaded and he smiled innocently.
"At least tell me you locked the door." She said and Wilson nodded.
"The balcony door too." He said triumphantly and she shook her head.
"At least we won't have a bunny running around the hospital." She mused and Wilson nodded in agreement.
"You don't have a problem that I…?" he started but she interrupted him.
"No, not at all. We were thinking about it with Greg and we thought it would be a good idea." She said with a smile.
"Greg scared you, didn't he?" she asked in amusement.
"Yeah, kind of." He said, laughing slightly.
"Want to come and see him?" he asked hopefully.
"Yeap, I just have to make a phone call and I'll come by your office." She answered.
"Ok, I have to go because House is definitely going to find a way to break into my office." He said seriously making her laugh.
"See you Jimmy." She said and he left the office, waving at her.
When she was alone in her office she reached into her pocket and pulled out a piece of paper.
She sat there for some minutes just staring at the phone number written on the paper before deciding to pick up the phone and dial it.
She waited for a while and pressed the dial button.
Some seconds later she heard a familiar voice, one she was sure that she wasn't going to hear again.
"Hello?"
"Hello, mom, it's me, Allison…"