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Chapter 21 is ready for all of you to read!
House finally has a little talk with Cameron's parents... I hope it's good enough. Of course this is just the beggining, there will be more in the future ;) Also,
House, Cameron and Beth meet the new addition to Clair and Foreman's family. And they also announce their little secret to them.
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Chapter 21: Announcement
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House was walking towards Haley's room with Beth and Haley following close by. But when they reached the room it wasn't empty as he had expected.
Cameron's parents had returned to the room and were currently waiting for Haley to return.
When Haley saw her grandparents she walked into the room while Beth went to stand behind her father, almost hidden by his much taller figure.
"Dr. House… I thought that Allison would bring Haley back." Helen said looking at him while she helped Haley get back to the bed.
"There was a small change of plans. She needed to go see her friend." He replied and Helen nodded.
Her eyes dropped to Beth, who was still standing behind House, and she gave her a small smile.
Beth didn't react at all. She just stood there, her small hand clutching House's jacket.
"Hello…" Helen said softly but Beth just looked at her, her big blue eyes scanning everything.
"I don't think we have time for this now." House said, placing his free hand on Beth's shoulder.
"I want to go to mommy." Beth announced looking at her father who nodded.
"You can stay if you want, spend some time with Haley and us." Jason suggested but she shook her head negatively.
"I don't want to spend time with you, I already have grandparents." She stated matter-of-factly.
"Beth…" House said her name in a warning tone but she refused to listen.
"Mommy was upset when they called so I don't want to talk to them if they upset her and they don't love her!" Beth said seriously and House sighed.
He knew that there was nothing he could do at that point and that only Cameron would manage to explain the situation to her.
Jason was looking at House suspiciously, clearly thinking that this was his fault and House was starting to get annoyed.
Thankfully Wilson was passing by so he asked for some back up.
"Hey, Jimmy boy! Can you take Beth to Allison? She is at Clair's room." he asked his best friend.
"Sure, no problem. I was heading there myself." He replied without making any questions.
"Do you want to go with Uncle Jimmy to mommy?" he asked Beth and kneeled down in order to be eye level with her.
Beth nodded and took Wilson's hand and they walked away to Clair's room.
House stood up again and fixed his gaze on Jason Cameron who was still looking at him.
"Look, I don't know what you and Allison discussed because we didn't have the chance to talk." He started before Jason could say anything.
"What I do know is that if our daughter doesn't want to talk to you then you are going to stay away from her no matter what you said with Allison. Do you understand?" he asked in a gravely low tone.
"This is your fault! You said something to her that's why she doesn't want to talk to us!" Jason accused and House was tempted to grab him from his collar, pin him to the wall and start yelling about everything he had done to Allison when she was growing up.
"No, no, no… You don't get to accuse me! She was the one who asked if you didn't love Allison when she saw her mother running out of the room after your phone call. So you don't get to accuse me, not after everything you have done to Allison all these years!" he yelled, his eyes fixed on Jason all the time.
"You told to a five year old that her grandparents don't love her mother!" he said and House laughed ironically.
"You are giving parental advice and telling me what to say to my daughter? Seriously?" he asked in disbelief.
Jason was wise enough not to answer to that. He stayed silent, looking at a very furious House who was ready to cross the line if he heard anything else.
"I'm warning you. If my daughter doesn't want to talk to you you'll stay away from her. And if you do anything to hurt Allison again keep in mind that this time you are not going to get away with it." He said seriously looking from Helen to Jason, his voice gravely low once again and his eyes full of anger.
"Greg…"
Her voice made him turn around immediately. His eyes connected with her green-blue ones and he let out a sigh.
"I'm not sorry." He stated truthfully.
"Wait, I'm sorry that Haley had to be in front of this. I have absolutely no problem with you, I want you to know that." He said looking at Haley and sending a small smile her way.
She nodded and returned the smile, understanding that she had nothing to do with this outburst.
"Allison is Beth ok?" asked her mother reluctantly and Cameron nodded.
"She is a little upset… we didn't say that you could talk with Beth dad." She said, looking at her father who looked away, not being able to meet his daughter's eyes.
"She doesn't know the whole story she just thinks that you are going to do something to upset and hurt me. That's why she reacted this way." She explained.
House had walked to her and was standing right next to her, his hand lacing with hers.
"Just let Beth out of this for now."
"We just wanted to meet her, spend some time with her…" her father said in a low tone.
"And I want to protect my baby girl from potentially going through what I went through with you." She replied truthfully and she felt House squeezing her hand gently.
"We have to go…" she stated before her parents could say anything else.
"We'll see you around Haley." She said to the young girl with a small smile and they walked with House towards the Maternity ward and to Clair's room.
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When House and Cameron reached Clair's room they saw Beth sitting in Foreman's lap and holding a sleeping baby in her arms, with Foreman's help of course.
Once she spotted them she beamed at them and then turned her attention back to the sleeping baby.
"Look mommy, she's so tiny!" she said enthusiastically, smiling widely.
They both smiled at their daughter's enthusiasm and went to sit on the two vacant chairs that were in the room.
"A little birdy told me that Foreman is already whiped, that true?" House asked with a smirk.
"You have no idea." Clair replied with a smile.
"Trust me, he has." Cameron commented with a smirk of her own.
"Why would you say that?" House asked, feigning ignorance making all the adults in the room laugh and Beth look at him.
"Are you whiped too daddy?" She asked seriously making him laugh lightly as well.
"Do you even know what that means?" he asked her with a raised eyebrow and Beth shook her head, a smile on her lips.
"I thought so."
"And I think that it is time for you to go home young lady." Cameron said when she saw Beth yawning.
"Mommy, do I have to?" she whined, looking pleadingly at her.
"You have school tomorrow. So you have to go home, eat and then head straight to bed." House said and Beth sighed.
"Fine…" she replied with a pout and let Foreman take the baby into his arms.
"Aren't you two going to come?" she asked and walked to her parents.
"Grandma Blythe and Grandpa John are going to come and pick you up. We have some things to do here and we will come home a little later, ok?" Cameron said and Beth nodded.
"Ok…" she replied, giving her mother a hug.
"Come on, I'll take you to them. Do you have your things in daddy's office?" she asked, taking Beth's hand in hers.
"Yeah, I left my bag there." She replied and after giving her father a kiss she walked to the door where Cameron was waiting for her.
"Bye Aunt Clair and Uncle Eric!" she said with a smile and she left the room with her mother leaving House with Clair and Foreman.
"Are you going to hold her all the time or are you actually going to let other people hold her too?" House inquired, a little smirk playing on his lips.
"You are the one to talk! You are the one who wouldn't let Beth out of your embrace not even for a second." Foreman replied with an amused smile and stood up in order to hand the baby to him.
House took the sleeping infant carefully into his arms and settled her in the crook of his arm.
"Thankfully she looks after her mother." He commented and he couldn't stop the small smile from reaching his lips.
"Is that a compliment?" Clair asked looking at him.
"Maybe… But I wouldn't read too much into it." House replied trying to sound nonchalant, his eyes never leaving the sleeping baby.
"Riiight…" Clair dragged out and smirked at Foreman who shook his head in amusement.
At that moment Cameron returned to the room and sat next to House again.
"You parents said that they are going to keep Beth for tonight at their place." She said and House nodded.
He turned to look at her and after giving her a small smile he handed the baby to her. She willingly took the small baby in her embrace and she smiled when the baby opened her eyes and yawned.
"She is absolutely beautiful guys." She commented and turned to look at her friends who had wide grins on their faces.
"Sooo, when will you two give a little brother or sister to Beth?" Clair asked her best friend teasingly.
"Maybe if you start now you will be just on time to announce it next month, at Beth's birthday." Foreman suggested.
"Yeah, about that…" started Cameron with a suggestive smile making Foreman and Clair look at her suspiciously.
"Are you going to finish that sentence?" Clair asked impatiently and Cameron laughed lightly at her reaction.
"I can finish it. You'd better return to work fast because we are going to need you sooner than you thought. Well… she is going to need you, I don't have a person growing inside of me." He stated leaving both Foreman and Clair speechless.
"Are you serious?" Clair asked after some moments of observing the news.
"Like a heart attack." Cameron replied with a grin making Clair grin as well.
"This is great Allison!" she exclaimed, the smile never leaving her lips.
"Boy, I can't wait to see Beth's reaction to the news." Commented Foreman .
"Does that mean that we are going to have to answer to the question how did the baby get in there?" House asked, a little horrified.
"Beth asked that?" Foreman inquired in amusement.
"Don't look at me like that. Just wait my friend… Do you think that Adam isn't going to ask soon?" he said with his usual smirk.
"I don't look forward to that particular question." Foreman stated.
"So, how are you going to name her?" Cameron asked before House could continue.
"We were thinking of Katelyn." Clair replied and Cameron turned to look at the baby who what fallen asleep again.
"It's beautiful…" she said, caressing the baby's cheek gently.
At that moment the baby woke up and started crying.
"I guess someone wants her mommy." Cameron said to the baby and handed her to Clair.
"And someone wants his home." House commented when Cameron sat down next to him again.
"We are going to say goodnight, I have to put my big baby to bed." Cameron said with a smirk looking at House.
"This does wonders for my ego." He commented, his eyes locking with hers.
Cameron just smiled at him sweetly and after giving a hug to Foreman and Clair they said their goodnights and left them with their newly born daughter.
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Forty minutes later and they were both lying in bed, Cameron on her back and House resting his head on her stomach.
Her fingers were laced through his hair and he had his eyes closed, just enjoying being there, like that, with her.
"What are we going to do for Beth's birthday?" he mumbled against the skin of her stomach.
"I don't know, we are going to have to ask her. Maybe she wants to invite some of her classmates." Cameron replied, her fingers running through his hair.
She felt him nod and he draped his arm over her lower abdomen.
"I was surfing the net the other day and I found some guitars that will be perfect for her but I wanted to ask the expert first." He said with a smirk and tilted his head in order to meet her eyes.
She smiled back at him and he crawled up, parting her thighs with his knee in order to lie on top of her.
"I'm the expert?" she asked, her arms wrapping around his neck.
"You are the one with the guitars. I play the piano." He replied, kissing her lips softly.
"You play the guitar too." She commented, curling one leg around his hip.
"You are still the expert." He said placing feather light kisses on her neck and earning a moan from her.
"Fine, I accept the title. But we'll go together." She stated, gliding her hands down his back.
"Fine by me…" he mumbled against her lips before capturing them with his.
He kissed her tenderly, their lips molding together as their hands roamed all over each other's bodies.
"I say we discuss about this in the morning…" she suggested and pulled back in order to look into his eyes.
"I couldn't agree more…" he replied with a small smirk and claimed her lips again.
They would talk in the morning…