They only drove for about ten minutes since the café closest to the hospital also happened to be the best in town. Remy moved her chair closer to Chase's and they interlocked their fingers. When Chase smiled, Allison smiled back, only to be polite. She hoped that this was some bad dream that would just end. His relationship with Remy made the blonde feel not only upset and angry, but a bit disgusted as well. She found it obnoxious and unnatural. Chase and Remy didn't even talk in the real world, let alone lock lips.

"So what's been going on with you today?" Chase asked, interrupting her train of thought. "You seem kind of…different."

What am I supposed to say to that? This isn't the real world. Your relationship isn't real. Nothing is real. "Not sure," the blonde replied bluntly. "I guess I just feel different today."

"Must've been quite the girl," he said, only to receive a joking slap on the arm from Remy. "Honey!"

"Sorry babe," he mumbled.

"I don't sleep around," Allison answered, feeling a bit offended.

"It's just that there have been a few women around the hospital looking for you," Remy said before Chase could open his mouth. "Sorry, we assumed that they were girls you slept with, considering that they weren't sick. Not to mention that some of them did seem angry…"

"Gotta admit though, a bunch of those girls were pretty friggen hot," Chase said, receiving a more serious slap on the arm from the brunette.

"Keep talking like that and you might have a chance to pursue one of those girls," Remy pouted.

Allison placed her hand over her mouth and turned her head away slightly so they wouldn't notice her smile. Am I a bad person to find it funny when they fought, secretly hoping that she would be a witness to a loud and messy break up? I mean, technically this world doesn't exist and Remy is my girlfriend, not Chase's, but still, this is pretty great. Wait…is this world fake? If I'm in a fake world, does this make me fake too? Or maybe I was dreaming the previous world. Oh my God, my head hurts just think about this…

"God dammit," Chase mumbled as the loud sound of his pager echoed against the walls of the café. It was a bit weird having everyone staring at your group, but the feeling subsided when everyone resumed their conversations.

"Babe, you okay?" God, the pet names were going to take longer to get used to than Thirteen.

"I'm perfectly fine. Patient apparently doesn't have what we thought. Had a seizure and House is calling me back in since Taub is in hot water with his wife," the Aussie sighed, looking up at Cameron a moment after. "Why didn't your pager go off?"

The blonde just shrugged, "According to him, I'm high. As much as House would find it fascinating for one of his baby doctors to work completely stoned, Cuddy wouldn't be so thrilled. I don't think the patient would be so happy either."

Chase scrunched his face, something he only did when he was completely puzzled (or holding back the urge of doing you at work). "House says I have to go back to work, but I have the car…"

"Don't worry about it," Remy spoke up sweetly, as if she already completely forgave him for checking out other girls and openly admitting it. "Me and Thirteen can stay here for a little while longer and we'll take a cab back. Either that or we can walk. It's not like we're miles and miles away from the hospital. We can manage."

"You okay with this?" he asked turning to Allison.

"Sure, a bit of walking never hurt anyone," the blonde shrugged.

"Kay, well I'll see you tomorrow Thirteen," Chase smiled, turning to Remy after. "I'll see you tonight. My place or yours?"

"How about my place? Shake things up a bit."

"See you then," Chase winked, kissing her quickly on the lips. He rushed out the door with a disappointed expression on his face and it took Allison a moment to fully process the fact that the two of them were alone.

"Allison? You okay?" Remy leaned over, waving her hand in front of the blonde's face. "Earth to Allison. Anybody there?"

"Huh? Oh yeah. Guess I spaced out. Sorry about that."

"You're a bit ditzy today, no offense. Something the matter?"

Everything. Everything is wrong. "Nothing in particular," Allison lied, keeping a cool composure.

Remy stared deep into the blonde's eyes, "You're lying to me…"

Dammit, even when they weren't dating, Remy still knew her best. "Well I don't know how to explain it," she lied, remembering not to say exactly what's on her mind.

"Care to elaborate on that?"

"It's a long story…"

"And we have time. I'm off work and you're stoned." That last part certainly caught the attention of the elderly couple sitting next to them. Talk about awkward…

Allison paused, not how she should play this out. "Say, why don't we go out for a walk? Sitting in a café is only fun when you have actual coffees to drink," she said, noticing that both of their coffees were already gone.

"Sure."

Allison called the waitress over so they could pay. When she pulled out her wallet, she felt a light slap on her hand. She looked up to the brunette smiling and shaking her head, "My treat."

"I decline."

"I insist."

"I'll still say no."

"I'll still win this argument." Damn, she's still got it…

Cameron reluctantly put her wallet today. "You seem a bit violent today."

"Am not." the brunette protested, standing up.

"My hand and Chase's arm would beg to differ."

"I didn't hit you that hard, did I?"

"Well not really, but you seemed to do some damage when he mentioned those girls." Cameron opened the café door and allowed Remy to go first, something she did when they had first started dating.

"Nah, he's just a baby."

"I don't know. You're stronger than you look."

"Oh yeah, I take down people three times my size just for fun."

"You could if you wanted to."

The two girls laughed as they walked along downtown Princeton. "So where are we going?" Remy asked.

"I don't know. I was following you!" the blonde shouted out, cracking up more.

"Oh…well in that case. Onwards we go!" Remy replied in an exaggerated manner. She then proceeded to run up a few yards, leaving Allison slightly behind.

"Where are we going though?" the older girl asked, picking up her pace in order to catch up. She was tempted to take off her heels and she wondered why she even put the damn things on in the first place.

"There's a park a few blocks up ahead. I go there all the time."

"You don't seem like a park type of girl."

"Looks aren't always what they seem," Remy winked. God, her eyes were so seductive, she doesn't even have to try. "I drag Robert there all the time. He hated it at first, but he got used to it once he realized I wasn't giving in." Yup, that's typical Remy.

Even though she's passed this park many times, Allison's never actually walked through it. It was nice though. "So you never answered my question. What's up with you today?" the blonde heard.

"I said it was a long story."

"And I said we have time," the brunette said. She flashed a cheeky smile as they crossed the street to the park. She ran into the park and sat down under a tree, sifting her fingers through semi-long blades of grass.

"It's ridiculous."

"I'll bet you that I have clinic patients that are more ridiculous than what you're hiding."

Allison sat down, knowing full well that Remy wasn't going to drop this, "You ever feel like you wake up and everything is just wrong?"

"Um…I guess, sometimes. Al, can I call you Al, everyone has bad days, it's not something to get this worked up over," the younger girl answered, stopping her fun with the soft grass.

Allison nodded to let Remy know that the nickname was fine. "I know, I've had bad days, but this is different. It's like I've woken up to a whole new world and everything is completely different. Imagine you woke up one day and you weren't dating Chase," she began, trying some way to tell the brunette of their relationship without actually telling her of their relationship. "and that you were dating…well, say me."

The brunette arched an eyebrow, "Well then, I would be extremely confused. Don't think that would happen to me though. Me and Robert have been dating for a while. No offense to you, but I don't think I would ever actually date you." She then cracked up so she could maintain a light hearted mood, but Allison couldn't help but feel like she had just taken a bullet to the heart.

"I told you it was ridiculous," Allison sighed. Remy saw the remorse in her Allison's eyes and placed her hand over the blonde's.

"It's your Huntington's, isn't it?"

"What?"

"Al, I know that you slept with all those girls and don't even try to deny it. I can't even begin imagine what it must be like to have Huntington's, but you don't have to self destruct. There are other things you can do!" Remy said, her face deadly serious.

Allison pinched herself in order to not burst out laughing. It couldn't any more ironic than to hear Remy say that she doesn't know what it's like to be dying. "Alright, so I slept with those girls," she lied. "A few guys too. They were pretty good looking too I guess."

"Allison…"

"What? Are you going to lecture me like you're my mother?!" the blonde yelled, now becoming frustrated. "Yeah, I'm dying, and yeah, I like to sleep around. It's fun. I'm an adult and I can do whatever I want with my life. I'm just having a good time until it's over."

Neither of the girls said anything for a minute or two and Allison felt terrible that she snapped. "Are you really having fun?" the younger girl asked quietly. "Think about that for a minute. Are you really having fun? Or are you just distracting yourself?"

Dammit, she's playing mind games with me. I don't know the answers to these questions. This isn't my life. I woke up to live someone else's life. This shouldn't be me, this should be you. "I don't know," she admitted. "Maybe I am being ditzy like you said. How come you're the only one to approach me about it? Well besides House, but House just kicked me out. You can't be the only ones to notice me today, so why are you the only ones to talk to me about it?"

"I guess everyone was a bit scared," the girl shrugged.

"Care to explain?" Allison realized that this could be her chance to find out what she was like in this place.

Remy leaned back against the tree that shaded them from the sun. It took her a little bit to collect all of her thoughts, but she finally began to speak, "You're…you're different from everyone else on the team and not just because you're the only girl in a group of boys. You go by a number and I mean, if that's what you like, then that's totally your choice and I won't try to change your mind, but you close yourself off from everyone. It's a bit impressive actually considering how nosy everyone on the team is, but I think the fact that no one really knows anything about you or your past…kind of scares them. I've been on House's team and we both know that as fearless as the man may be, he's always afraid to be wrong or that he won't be able to find an answer. He sees things as black and white and you, my friend…well, you're about as grey as they come."

"I'm not sure if I should be flattered or insulted," Allison mumbled under her breath. "So exactly how does everyone see me? Besides being a shade of grey."

"I'm not a mind reader Allison. I don't know how everyone sees you."

She couldn't help but chuckle, "Alright, how does Robert see me? I'm sure he mentioned me at some point or another. We all talk about each other when we're out of the office…sometimes in the office."

Allison knew she struck a nerve because the very moment after she asked the question, she could see the brunette tighten up. "Look, there's an eagle up in the sky!"

"Don't deflect Remy."

"Allison, look, there really is an eagle. I swear!"

Allison looked up for a moment to look at the bird. It flew in circles and looked like it was confused, like it wasn't really sure where to go. The blonde sighed. That bird brought back memories that she really didn't want to think of.

"An eagle? What's an eagle doing here?" the brunette marveled as she walked with Allison through downtown Princeton. She liked unexpected things, whether it be a piano falling three stories or a bird. She was right too. Eagles alone were hard to find in this city and it was a bit cold out for birds to be flying everywhere.

Allison looked up. She liked eagles and it was always a pretty sight to see. Its wings seemed to control the wind as it soared through the sky. It had such a confidence to it and as ridiculous as it seemed, the older girl had a bit of respect for the winged creature.

Suddenly, the beast seemed to do a nose dive for the ground and it was coming straight towards them. Remy, as aloof and calm as she was, ran into Allison's arms and her breaths became uneven, as if she was about to burst into tears. The blonde was scared too, but managed to move the two of them out of the way. Surprisingly, the eagle landed on a car just a few feet away from the two girls. It looked around cautiously as random people stopped to see the majestic bird.

Remy, on the other hand, was shaking, her arms wrapped tightly around Allison's torso and her eyes shut tight. The two of them weren't a couple at the time, but Allison felt that this was a defining moment in their relationship. It was at this moment when Allison realized her attraction to the younger girl. There, Remy was in her arms, her whole self completely vulnerable, a sight rarer than that of the eagle.

"Allison?"

"Huh? Sorry, spaced out."

"Do you think that eagle is acting a bit strangely? It's just kind of flying in circles…" Remy mumbled, becoming a bit nervous.

Allison slid over the grass so she was now besides the brunette, "Just…just stay still."

"Allison? What's going on?" Her voice was now clearly shaking.

Like it was the same eagle, the bird flew down at them, only this time, it was less of a nose dive and more like it was gliding. A few seconds later, the eagle stood in front of them, not making any threats or even any movements at all. All it did was stare at Allison, as if it were tempting her to challenge it. The blonde didn't move to scare it off and she merely looked back, having a staring contest with the eagle to see who was bolder.

"Allison…I'm…I'm really scared," Remy whispered, placing both of her trembling hands on Allison's. The older girl tried her hardest to not shift her focus and soon the bird began to scare her a bit as well. Was it going to attack them or just stare? The suspense was twisting her insides around and she felt like it was killing her slowly.

Then, out of nowhere, the eagle just got up and flew away. Allison let out a quiet sigh of relief, glad that she had won the battle, and Remy practically leaped onto her, knocking her over. The brunette was in tears and she was shaking far worse than the first time Allison remembered. It was nice to see them this close again, but a bit awkward given the circumstances.

"How did you do that?" she managed to say between sobs. "That thing…that eagle…it was looking right at you. How did you scare it off without lifting a finger?"

Allison was now using one of her hands to gently hold Remy's head against her collarbone while the other ran its way up and down the girl's back in order to quiet her down. "I don't know," she whispered in the girl's ear over and over again. "I don't know."

"Mommy! Did you see that birdie a minute ago? Oh my gosh, it was so big!" a familiar voice yelled out.

When Allison looked up she saw none other than the sinister girl that sent her here. Alex.

A/N: So I am so so sorry about not posting for nearly a month and I've been feeling really guilty about not updating like anything. I could give a list of excuses say how busy I was with school and friends (shockingly enough), but I won't even bother to go there. I wrote this chapter not really knowing where it was going and I think it's alright. It's not the best chapter I could've written, but I wanted to get something up. I wanted to get Allison's little demon child somewhere in the story. She's probably going to be popping up again just to piss Allison off, but I don't know when. You'll see in the chapters up ahead. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I promise you that I won't take a month to update this time. See ya~