Disclaimer: I still do not own House and unfortunately probably never will but I can dream
In this chaper House and Cameron get to learn more about each other. Enjoy
There is reference in this chapter to my one shot story, Mistletoe, it isn't necessary to read but if you want to know what happened at the party then read it
Cameron's POV
She awoke a little groggy from her deep slumber and memories flooded her hear, a knife, her arm and ... House. She gazed around and saw he was there, quietly snoring next to her and that the cut on her arm was neatly bandaged up. Graditute warmed her heart and she watched him sleep with a smile, he looked calm, not in pain and almost peaceful. She sat up from her sofa, trying not to jostle House, then padded towards her bedroom to change. After a quick shower she felt almost herself. Checking her watch she realised it was 9.30 am so she decided to make choc-chip pancakes for breakfast. They always made her feel better and it would be her silent thank you gesture to House, she knew him well enough to guess that verbal thanks would be wasted on him and merely serve to embarrass him. With that amusing thought she set to work on the pancakes.
House's POV
He awoke to the sweet aroma of chocolate pancakes and he sniffed the air appreciatively. Opening his eyes he saw that he must have fallen asleep in Cameron's appartment after he'd managed to get her to go to sleep and bandaged her arm. He mentally winced at the memory of cameron with all that blood on her arm. He sat up and felt the sharp pain in his thigh that greeted him every morning, made worse by the night on the sofa, though he really didn't mind. With a grunt of pain he reached to his vicodin and dry swallowed two. As his eyes adjusted to the bright light of day he heard who he could only conclude was Cameron flitting about the kitchen.
He got up and limped over to see what she was doing just as she was setting two plates of chocolate chip pancakes on her table. "Hey, how's you leg" she greeted, smiling softly but her features still lighting up at the sight of him, though she seemed quite worried about him sleeping on the sofa. "I made pancakes for breakfast. It's just gone 9 and I know your philosophy of never going in until you really have to but since I have to go soon I suppose you won't mind eating now since you're already up." She looked so peaceful and eager to please so he muttered a quick thanks and sat down to start eating.
Cameron's POV
Did he just say thank you?, wow! She watched him eat with a small smile and soon he looked up at her, as if he could sense her gaze boring into him. "These are soooo good. Better even than Wilson's and those were little slices of heaven." With that he promtly stuck another one in his mouth. Her grin widened, that was high praise from House. A few minutes later and they'd finished so she went to load the plates into her dishwasher and sat down on the sofa where House had collapsed. She saw the inquisitive look in his eyes and knew what was coming, the interrogation.
House's POV
So many questions he had to ask, but she was so fragile that he didn't want to break her as he'd managed to many times long ago. He asked the question he hoped would not hurt her too much, but that he was desperate to know the answer to, "What's up with you and Chase now then?" She gave him a sad little smile, "that's history now." "Care to elaborate", he questioned, more like his normal nosy self. She seemed to take a deep breath before continuing and he hoped he hadn't upset her, but after a few seconds she spoke.
"It had been coming on for a while now. Remember that time we all thought you had an STD," he nodded in the afirmitive and she continued, trying to ignore his slight smirk at the fun he'd had that day. "Well Chase asked in front of Foreman and your new fellows if I'd slept with you and when I ignored the question he assumed I had and he got kinda pissed when I said it was none of his business. Even later on when I'd assured him I hadn't he was still annoyed about my hesitation so i just said it was no one else's business and he shouldn't have brought it up in front of everyone. Then a few months ago at that Christmas party we had with the mistletoe. even he could see I'd, well, liked it. The yesterday i realised I didn't love him, never had and for both our sakes I broke it off. He kind of guessed you were a main part of the reason and he got even angrier when he found out about the past I'd kept from him."
House allowed himself time to process it all, so he was the reason, she'd never stopped loving him. He'd got the feeling when they'd kissed at the party but he never thought she'd leave Chase, he was safe, whole. But, as he reminded himself, she was broken too. She was looking expectantly at him, willing him to say something. So he did the only thing he could think of to show her his feelings
He kissed her ...
Aww sorry for the kind of cliffhanger, the next chapter should be out tomorrow or the next day.
Any constructive criticism is welcome. Thanks for reading
