Secrets

[dr_j_wilson]

Who: House, Wilson
Where: House's office
What: Wilson wants some answers
When: early afternoon, 29 May

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[dr_j_wilson]

Wilson bit back an immediate retort. House seemed to think as long as everything sort of worked out in the end, it didn't matter how they got there. But it did matter. It mattered that Wilson had felt like an idiot. It mattered that he'd looked foolish in front of Cuddy who was, among other things, his boss. And it had been totally unnecessary except for the fact that House couldn't or wouldn't act like a normal human being.

Of course, Wilson was also feeling like an idiot that he hadn't been more aware of House's other secret. In that sense, it was better that he'd found out now because the longer it went on, the longer House spent looking elsewhere, the more stupid Wilson would've felt when he did finally discovered the secret. He wasn't in the mood to be grateful for lesser degrees of idiocy, though.

"Of course I've got things to do. I just happen to think the us thing was more important. But don't let me keep you," Wilson said. He made a sweeping and unmistakably sarcastic gesture at the door. "I know how important the clinic thing is to you."

[dr_gregoryhouse]

House had rounded his desk and was heading towards the door when Wilson said about the 'us thing' being important. House frowned slightly and came to a stop a feet or so in front of Wilson. Hearing him say the us thing was more important caused House to feel another stab of guilt.

Of course it was important. If his guilt was anything to go by, this thing between them was insanely important to House. He kept telling himself that nothing had happened between Cade and himself, except then his mind would remind him of the fact that he'd lied to Wilson and the fact that he'd thought about something happening between Cade and himself. Only for curiosity reasons, though, that was all. At least, he was pretty certain that was all.

He frowned further at Wilson's sarcastic words, his guilt quickly turning into annoyance and defensiveness again. "Who said the clinic thing was a matter of importance?" House snapped. "I told you, I'm not discussing the us thing here, so importance has nothing to do with it."

Well, maybe refusing to talk about it at work was a cop out, a way to stall for time because a discussion about the us thing in context of what he'd been hiding from Wilson was a conversation House didn't particularly want to have.

[dr_j_wilson]

"Since when do you get to unilaterally decide when and where and what we'll discuss? Seems to me you've had time to mention this before at your convenience but you didn't."

Wilson clenched his jaw to avoid saying any more. He knew--he knew pushing House was only going to make it worse but damn it, he got tired of having to defer to House's wishes. He also knew he was at least partly at fault for that because he had so often deferred to House in the past.

Judging by House's recent behavior, he'd had this little 'secret' for at least a week. He could've talked to Wilson at any time, any place and he hadn't. Probably wouldn't be talking about it now if Wilson hadn't tricked him into it. Wilson was utterly frustrated, and worried. Hadn't House learned anything from the hooker incident? They had to talk about this kind of thing or the relationship wasn't going to work.

"Fine," he said with a heavy sigh. Maybe he was the one who never learned because he wasn't going to push it, not here in the hospital. Maybe he hadn't learned anything from the hooker incident either because here he was, surprised and hurt all over again.

"You come find me when you are ready to talk," he said as he reached for the door handle. "But House--don't wait too long."