Disclaimer: I'm planning a hostile takeover of Fox in order to own House. But until then I'll have to dream.
Again, sorry for the wait, I have lots of revision with exams coming up. I'm going on holiday in 2 days so there won't be another chapter for a while. Hopefully when I get back I'll have at least 1 chapter written and just needing typing up.
Constructive criticism welcome. Enjoy
House's POV
... He turned to Ally, who spoke quietly. "Greg, meet Caitlyn Katherine Cameron. She's my daughter." ...
His eyes widened in shock. Did she just say what he thought she did? A daughter, a teenage daughter at that. So many questions bubbled under the surface, but for once in his life he managed to hold his tongue. He stepped towards the girl, who gave him a small smile and stuck out her hand, very much the same as her mother had when she'd temporarily quit all those years ago. He remembered how her face had fallen when he had not taken her hand and was determined not to do the same again. He reached his hand out and grasped hers, "I'm Dr Greg House, but I'm sure you already know that." She nodded and he released her hand, then turned to Cameron. She took the unspoken hint, seeing the questions in his eyes, "Caitlyn, go play with your cousins, we'll come and get you in a while." The girl headed out the door, muttering about teenagers not 'playing', but 'hanging out.'
Cameron gave a wry smile and turned to House. "So I guess you want the story?" He nodded solemnly and she sighed before beginning. "Well you've seen my medical file obviously and you know about how I got pregnant at 15 from the rape and then miscarried when I was 16. It's a lie, the pregnancy carried on to full term and I gave birth at 16 to Caitlyn."
She saw his shocked and pained look, but forced herself to continue speaking, "I forged my medical records, it was pretty easy since we did a class in this medical summer school I went to on how to distinguish between fakes and real ones. It's kinda funny that with all the stuff I have on there like the cutting and the rape, that I would choose to change the birth to a miscarriage. But I didn't want questions about my daughter, the fake sympathy in people's eyes. We moved here when I got pregnant and I was tutored until I gave birth, it wasn't a problem, as you can tell we're pretty well off. When I went back to school my mom and dad took care of Caitlyn. They loved her as much as I did and supported every decision I made. She stayed with them when I left to go to university and they told everyone she was their youngest daughter. It wasn't hard, I mean Alexa is only about 8 years older than her. When I met my husband I decided Caitlyn must never meet him, especially since he wouldn't be around much longer. She still lives here, but has always been tutored privately, my little genius, wants to be a doctor."
Here she broke off laughing and he smiled when she giggled, "I've told her that's great as long as she doesn't turn out like my ass of a boss." He gave her a mock glare and she continued with a smile. "I see her every holiday and most weekends when I can manage it. She loves to hear stories about the hospital and longs to visit, but it would be difficult to explain. Only my famiy knows she's my daughter, everyone else knows her as Caitlyn Cameron, Elizabeth and Michael's youngest child. You're the first person outside my family that I've told."
He gripped her hand and squeezed it gently, "I'm honoured you trust me so much Ally." He held her for a few minutes before standing up and leading her out of the room, "come on Ally, let's go talk to your family. They seem so much smarter than most of the idiots I work with. I want to get to know them better."
Cameron's POV
She had told him the story and he hadn't gone running for the hills, which was a very good sign. Now they were chatting aimacably to her family, he seemed to get along well with her daughter. Caitlyn longed to be a doctor so she and House were talking about his cases and she was shocking him by diagnosing many of them correctly in a matter of minutes and that was without ever seeing the patient. It was hilarious to see the shocked look on his face, Gregory House lost for words. Allison felt so proud of her daughter.
A few hours later everyone went to get dressed for the opening night of Alexa's debut in Wizard of Oz. The whole family were going along so they all retired to their rooms to get ready. When she and House were finally alone she broached the subject she'd been worrying about all day. "Greg, erm, how would you feel about having Caitlyn come live with us?"
He turned and pierced her with those bright blue eyes she loved and for a moment she was afraid he would say no. Then his face relaxed into a grin, "of course Ally. She's your daughter. Plus she's like a mini-genius. Almost as good as me. She'll be very helpful in Diagnostics, she can get some practice in helping us." This was high praise from House and she smiled, so happy that House wouldn't kick up a fuss.
"I love you Greg, so much." He grinned at her, "well duh, I'm Greg House, what's not to love. It's obviously the cane, I've told Wilson before, chicks dig canes." She rolled her eyes and smacked him playfully on the arm. "Hey, I'm a cripple. You can't do that." She stuck her tongue out at him, "I just did." With that he proceeded to whack her playfully with his cane while she ran about the room. Their laughter could be heard all over the house.
Caitlyn's POV
She stood looking at herself in the mirror, not bad. The dress for the evening was perfect. Not too formal but still dressy, she and her mother had got it while shopping the last weekend she'd been back to see her. It was black and knee length with green detailing and a green satin ribbon round the waist. Her mom had told her it brought out her green eyes perfectly and she had to agree.
She could hear her mom and Greg laughing and joking in the next room and also heard when they'd agreed she could come live with them. She was estatic, she wanted to see more of her mom and being near the hospital had to help her with her dream of becoming a doctor.
She thought about House. Her mom hadn't dated much since her husband had died and she'd never met the guys. She'd seen a picture of a Dr Chase who her mom had dated before but she could just tell he was a moron. What was with his hair? Plus, he'd never made her mom truly happy, she could see that and that was what was important to Caitlyn.
But Greg House was different. he made her mom show her true smile and he didn't talk down to her like she was 5. He was Head of Diagnostics at PPTH and had some really cool stories. He wasn't like a lot of doctors, boring and high and mighty, he was unique. Yes, Greg was perfect for her mom, even though they were coomplete opposites. And now the two were engaged, she had a feeling her life would be getting a lot more fun.
1 hour later
They arrived at the packed theatre and took their seats in a special box Alexa had gotten reserved for them. Caitlyn loved her aunt, she was fun and talented, she was also like a big sister to her.
The performance was brilliant, Alexa made a great Dorothy. But what was even better was watching her mom and Greg interact together. The touches, whispers and stolen kisses all screamed true love and she knew that the diamond sparkling on her mom's finger belonged there.
She settled herself back into the plush velvet seats to watch the finale of the play, everything was perfect; her mom had a great boyfriend, said boyfriend was a world famous doctor, which was perfect considering her dream and she was finally going to live with her mom and be a proper family.
Caitlyn Cameron was one very happy girl.
Hope you all enjoyed the chapter. I made it slightly longer than normal to make up for the time it took getting it out.
You can still submit names in reviews for a new character, a female friend that Caitlyn is going to get. She won't be too big a character but she'll get some time
I have a poll up on my page about Foreman and whether you want him back. The choices are that he stays where he is and Thirteen resigns and goes to him, he stays where he is or he comes back to the Neurology department after being fired for being too like House. if you want a say then get over there and vote because it will only be up for the next few chapters
