Disclaimer: I do not own House, only my original character, April, my imagination and my small amount of writing talent.

This chapter took a little longer than I hoped as I was away for two weeks without internet. Sorry if it seems a bit jumpy but I am losing some of my muse at the moment. There won't be too many more chapters, one longer chapter for the wedding and then an epilogue I think. I'm afraid there won't be much on the hen and stag nights since I wouldn't do a House style stag night justice and would probably end up copying the one he threw for Chase in the fifth season. As always constructive criticism is welcome. Enjoy


The gossip was indeed as Cameron had feared it would be once news of her daughter got round. A few different versions of the tale got round, but surprisingly most accounts were fairly close to the truth and most of the looks sent her way were sympathetic.

Luckily she wasn't paying much attention to the rumour mill at the time since she was immersed in wedding planning. She had decided on quite a large number of bridesmaids; her oldest sister Abigail would be her maid of honour, the bridesmaids would be Caitlyn of course, her younger sister Alexandra and her two nieces Isabelle and Bailey. Her youngest niece Madeline would be the flower girl and since House had no young male relatives it would be Maddie's twin brother Dominick would be ring bearer.

The pair had decided that it would mainly be family at the wedding, with both being doctors and with House being the unsociable misanthrope he was they didn't have many friends outside the hospital. Wilson was obviously being House's best man and they were constantly having to hear excerpts from his speech, most of which wasn't greatly complimentary to House's disposition (but true of course). As well as Wilson they were inviting Cuddy, Kutner, Taub, Foreman, Thirteen and to House's annoyance Chase too. Caitlyn had also gained permission from her mother to invite her new friend April. They were the only non-family members invited and even with Cameron's rather large family it would still be a pretty small wedding. Still, that's what they both wanted.

While House had met the entire Cameron clan the only members of his family Cameron had met were his parents. His father was now dead and House was perfectly ok with that. The only other family House was inviting along with his mother was his half-sister Rose (his mother's daughter with her first husband) and Rose's twenty-one year old daughter Juliette. House was actually on good terms with them but they lived in Canada and therefore he didn't see them too often.

The invitations had been sent and RSVP'd, the honeymoon to the Caribbean had been booked and it had been arranged for Caitlyn to stay at April's for the two weeks. Cameron had sorted the seating arrangements and colour schemes since House couldn't care less about that part. He was however rather enthusiastic about lingerie shopping which gave her a good laugh.

The only smudge on the rose tinted glasses she was wearing was her confrontation with Chase. He had heard about her daughter and sought her out. The conversation wasn't pleasant and he accused her of never been serious about him having never introduced her daughter to him in all the two years they had dated, that she had never even mentioned her. Then House turned up and less than 6 months later they were engaged and he had met her secret daughter. It really all chalked up to him being insanely jealous of House and while she understood his perspective she thought he'd had more than enough time to get used to the idea of her and House. She hadn't really spoken much to him since the fight but still sent him a wedding invitation, after all they had known each other for five years. She just hoped he'd put it all behind him and not make a scene at the wedding.

She was incredibly excited once the wedding got nearer and her family arrived ready for the rehearsal dinner. It went with only a few hitches and Allison was confident that the day would go perfectly. She had met House's half sister and niece, as well as becoming reacquainted with his mother Blythe. Luckily they all loved her, though both Rose and Juliette joked that she was much to good for Greg, which he agreed with.

Alexandra and Juliette were both close in age and really enjoyed each other's company. Juliette was also great with Caitlyn, since she was a medical student, exactly what Caitlyn planned on doing. Cameron's mother Elizabeth was becoming fast friends with Blythe and everyone was amused while watching Rose tease and banter with House.


The day before the wedding Cameron's sisters collected her and Caitlyn for the hen night which, in keeping with Cameron's personality, wasn't a wild night out, but a day at the spa and a girly night. There was a fairly large group of them, Allison, her two sisters, her mother, Caitlyn, Bailey, Isabelle, Rose, Juliette, Blythe, Thirteen and Cuddy.

They enjoyed a say of pampering, facials, swimming, massages, steam rooms and more. Then they returned to Cameron and House's new residence for a night of rom-coms and chocolate. After the movies they stayed up late into the night talking, glad that the wedding wasn't until the afternoon and they didn't have to get up early.

House's stag night was no where near as tame as Allison's. Wilson organised it and it was held in House's old apartment, which now belonged to Wilson. Also present were Foreman, Kutner, Taub and a reluctant Chase.

There was a lot of alcohol, strippers and some very loud music. Not that most of them remembered much the next day, except for the inordinate amounts of alcohol they had drunk, which showed in their hangovers from hell. Wilson, the only one sensible enough to not get completely trashed, fetched some banana bags from the hospital and they all rushed to make themselves presentable on time.


Then it was time for the wedding of PPTH's biggest bastard of an unsociable, but brilliant doctor to the beautiful, kind and loving "teddy bear made by grandma." But we'll just have to wait till next chapter to read about that.

Sorry, bit of a weird way to end the chapter, but I was stuck for an ending and the wedding will be next chapter.