Hello people :)
Not many things happen in this chapter. Just House and Cameron spending some time alone and doing something they both like :) You'll see Cameron's parents in the next one though.. and House talking to them again :p
I'm also working on the epilogue of the story "Opposite outcome", I should have it ready this week.
Thanks to everyone who left me a comment to tell me what they think, it really helps me to learn what you think of the story :) And, of course, thanks to everyone who reads this and my other stories!
I hope you will enjoy this chapter as well!
On with the story then...
Disclaimer: I don't own House MD...
Chapter 22: Instruments
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He woke up when he felt her fingers tracing lazy circles on his bare chest. He sighed contently and tightened his hold around her waist momentarily.
"Morning…" she mumbled, her lips leaving feather light kisses on the skin of his torso.
"Again?" he said in a low tone and opened one eye to look at her.
She looked at him with a raised eyebrow and he closed his eyes again. He rolled them over so that he was laying half on top of her, half on the mattress with his head resting on her stomach.
"It was morning when I woke you up two hours ago…" he clarified and dropped a kiss on her navel.
"Yeah, for a completely different reason." She replied with a snort.
"What can I say, I can't resist you." He stated with a grin and crawled up in order to rest his head on her pillow.
He draped an arm over her waist and dragged her closer to him, leaving no space between them.
She claimed his lips with hers, kissing him softly, their lips moving languidly and molding together.
He broke the kiss and rested his forehead against hers looking straight into her green-blue eyes. He gave her a small smile and squeezed her hip with his hand.
"So, what are we going to do today?" she asked, nuzzling his nose with hers.
"Well, since my parents will bring Beth in the afternoon I say we sleep some more…" he said waggling his eyebrows suggestively.
A small laugh escaped her and she slid her leg between his.
"I meant after that." She stated in a low tone and leaned into him.
"We have so much time to think about it later." He said in the same tone and captured her lips with his again.
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Forty minutes and a shower later they were in the kitchen.
Cameron was preparing breakfast while House sat on a chair and observed her walking around and preparing everything.
After everything was settled she took her cup of coffee and walked to him, sitting on his good leg.
"We have so many chairs in this house but yet you use none." He pointed out and took a sip of his coffee.
"I could get up if you want me to." She replied and made a move to get up but his arm wrapping around her waist preventing her from moving.
"I didn't say I minded." He said, leaving his mug on the table and wrapping both his arms around her body.
She smiled at him and placed a small kiss on his lips before dropping her head on his left shoulder.
"You are supposed to eat." He said taking a slice of French toast and bringing it to her lips.
She lifted her head from his shoulder and took a bite but instead of taking it in her hand she laced her arms around his neck making him quirk an eyebrow.
"And here I thought that you were a big girl and you didn't need anyone to feed you." He stated with an amused smile.
"I am. See? I'm drinking coffee." She said with a smile of her own and retrieved her coffee mug from the table in order to take a sip.
He shook his head and continued eating the piece of French toast he was holding.
"Hey, that's mine!" she protested, swatting his arm playfully.
"Get another one." He said while chewing at the same time.
"Mature." She stated with a roll of her eyes and grabbed another one.
"What do you say we go to check for that guitar today?" House asked after he finished with his breakfast.
"You are volunteering to go shopping?" Cameron asked in disbelief, eyeing him suspiciously.
"It's not shopping. We are going to go to a store full of musical instruments and we are going to buy a guitar!" he exclaimed.
"That is shopping too, you know." She said looking straight into his eyes.
"Not in my dictionary." He replied with a smirk.
"Ok, let's go then." She said with a smile and made a move to get up but his arms wrapping around her waist again stopped her.
"Not now woman, it's too early!" he complained and buried his head in the crook of her neck.
She smiled at his actions and hugged him to her, dropping a kiss on the top of his head.
"That is much better…" he mumbled, kissing the spot where neck meets shoulder.
Twenty minutes later and after a lot of complaints from House that it was still too early, at eleven o' clock in the morning, she managed to disentangle herself from his embrace and she headed to their bedroom to change.
He followed her some minutes later and lied on the bed. He propped his head on his hand and watched her as she changed into jeans and a dark green tight top.
His eyes traveled over her body appreciatively and when she turned around her eyes connected with his.
"I thought you were going to change." She said with a small smile, knowing exactly what he was thinking at the moment.
"We can go later." He stated seriously and reached out to catch her hand and dragged her to him, making her land on his chest.
"Nope, we can't because if we do what you have in mind right now it will be late to go." She commented, looking straight into his blue eyes full of mischief.
"But mom!" he whined childishly making her laugh lightly.
"I promise we will continue this when we'll return." She said in a low tone and kissed him softly on the lips.
He pulled back when she broke the kiss and looked at her questioningly.
"You are not just saying that just to get me to go now, right?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, I'm pretty serious." She replied, grinding her hips against his and making him groan.
"Ok, I believe you. Just don't do that again because we will definitely stay here no matter how much you protest." He said seriously.
She dropped a kiss on his lips and got up.
"I'm going to call your parents, see how Beth is doing." She announced and exited the room, leaving him alone to change.
Once in the living room she took the cordless phone and dialed his parents' phone number.
She waited for a while and then she heard her daughter's voice.
"Morning!" Beth said cheerfully making Cameron smile.
"Hello angel, how are you?" she asked her daughter.
"Hello mommy! I'm great!" she replied enthusiastically.
"How did you sleep?"
"Good! We saw a movie with grandpa and grandma and we had pop corn! And grandpa said I fell asleep on the couch and they took me to bed." She explained with a small laugh.
"So, you had a good time." Cameron said.
"Yeah! And when we woke up we had breakfast and now we are watching cartoons with grandpa while grandma is preparing lunch!" she announced happily.
Cameron felt House's arms wrap around her waist and she tilted her head in order to look at him.
"Is that Beth?" he asked, dropping a kiss on her shoulder.
Cameron nodded and leaned back to him.
"Want to talk with her?" she asked and he nodded.
"Hey sweety, take your dad." She said to the phone.
"Ok, I love you mommy, I'll see you in the afternoon!"
House took the phone from her hand and placed it against his ear.
"Hey, how is my angel this morning?"
"Morning daddy! I'm doing great!" she replied to her father who smiled upon hearing her voice.
"I hope you are a good kid."
"I always am! And I will help grandma make a cake. After the cartoons are over." she replied and House laughed lightly.
"Ok, why don't you give me your grandma now?" House said and he heard Beth shouting for Blythe to get to the phone.
"Daddy I got to go, Sponge Bob is starting! Love you!" Beth exclaimed and before he could say anything else she was gone and he heard his mother's voice.
"Good morning Greg!" Blythe said happily.
"Morning mom, how is everything?" he asked and moved his hand in order to rest it on Cameron's lower abdomen.
She leaned back in his embrace and listened to his conversation with his mother.
"Everything is good, tell Allison not to worry. Beth is an angel as always." she replied and he could hear the smile in her voice.
"Will you drop Beth off or do you want us to come and pick her up?"
"We will come by around six, we haven't seen you two so it's a good opportunity." Came her reply.
"Ok mom, we'll see you then. Tell dad not to buy too many candies when they go to the super market." He said making his mother laugh lightly.
"You know your father. He can't say no to her but don't worry, I'll go with them this time." She said reassuringly and House sighed.
"See you in the afternoon, bye mom." He said and hung up the phone.
He dropped it on the couch and wrapped both his arms around Cameron's body holding her close.
"I'd really like to see your dad going shopping with Beth." She stated with an amused smile and he snorted.
"I guess it's something we must videotape some time." He agreed and after kissing her cheek softly he disentangled his arms from around her body.
"Come on, let's go!" he said cheerfully, grabbed his jacket and then handed her hers.
She took the car keys and together they made their way out of their house.
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"This is the musician's heaven!" House exclaimed the moment they entered the store making Cameron laugh at his eagerness to see and check everything out.
And she knew exactly how he felt because she felt the same way.
"Can we buy everything? I'll send the bill to the hospital." he asked, looking at her with his best puppy-dog eyes.
"I don't think that Cuddy is going to appreciate that." She replied matter-of-factly and he scoffed.
"Fine…" he said with a pout and went straight to a piano that caught his attention.
"I'm going to check the guitars." Cameron announced and went to that part of the store while House remained next to the piano.
"It's a beauty, isn't it?" asked the owner of the store who was now standing next to him.
"I have to agree to that." House replied, his eyes glued to the piano.
"Looking for a piano?"
"Actually no, I'm looking for a guitar. Or rather, my wife is looking for a guitar while I look at the pianos." He replied with a smirk.
"Do you play?" asked the man and House nodded, gliding his hand over the ebony and ivory keys without pressing down.
"If you need any help, just call me." He said and left him alone again.
House decided to leave the piano for the time being and he went in search for Cameron. When he spotted her he walked quietly behind her. He rested his hands on her hips and leaned to her, his chest pressing against her back.
"I thought you would stay at that piano all day long." She said in a low tone.
"Hey, I like guitars too. And drums… do you think we can buy drums?" he asked making her tilt her head in order to look at him.
"Forget it." She said seriously.
"You are no fun." He complained and turned to look at the guitar she was checking.
"This is good." He commented and she nodded.
"It's perfect actually." She said a little distractedly something he didn't fail to notice.
"Ok, what is it?" he asked, leaning even closer to her in order to rest his chin on her shoulder.
"Nothing, it's just…" she paused and tipped her head back, resting it against his shoulder.
"It's just what?" he asked, squeezing her hip gently.
"It reminds me of my first guitar…" she explained in a low tone.
"Do you still have that somewhere?"
"I don't… Maybe my parents do. I left my guitars there when I moved out. I don't know if they still have them." She replied and he nodded.
"Them, huh? How many?" he asked curiously.
"Two classical, one acoustic and one electric. And my first one, which is way too small for me now." She said.
"Wow, you have more guitars than I do." He exclaimed and she smiled at him.
"What do you think of this one?" he said after some moments pointing at a classical guitar.
Cameron studied the instrument for a while and then smiled at him.
"I think it's perfect for Beth." She said making a smile reach his lips as well.
"Then that's the one we will take." He announced and entwined his hand with hers.
"Now you will come with me to the pianos. And then we will buy the guitar." He said seriously.
"Greg, her birthday is in a month." She said, an amused smile on her lips.
"Irrelevant! We will just buy the present now and hide it at Wilson and Cuddy's place." He replied as they walked together to the pianos again.
She shook her head and continued walking with him. She was sure she wouldn't be able to change his mind so she just decided not to disagree. Plus, she really didn't have any real problem with buying the guitar at that moment.
They stayed at the store for another hour, checking every instrument there was and enjoying just doing something they both liked.
After they were sure that they had seen everything they returned to the guitars to take Beth's present. When everything was settled they exited the store with the instrument and headed back home after passing by Wilson and Cuddy's place in order to leave the guitar there.
So now, they were back to their home.
House was sprawled on the couch with Cameron lying on top of him, her head resting on his chest. He had his arms wrapped around her waist and his eyes closed.
"Beth is going to love it." She said, breaking the comfortable silence.
"Yeap, that's for sure." He agreed.
"My parents are going to drop her off at six so we have some time…" he stated after a while.
"Time for what?" she asked, without opening her eyes.
"Hey, I think you promised me something…" he mumbled and she picked her head up in order to look into his eyes.
"Do you remember or do I have to remind you?" he asked, grinding his hips into hers.
"You are insatiable!" she commented with a smirk and he grinned goofily at her.
"And here I thought that you like that." He replied with a smirk of his own.
"Trust me, I do…" she replied and captured his lips with hers.
He took over and deepened the kiss leaving them both breathless. She rested her forehead against his and looked deeply into his blue eyes.
He smiled at her and she smiled right back before bringing her lips to his again.
And they just enjoyed the rest of the time they had just to themselves…