Lover's Spit – Chapter XVIII – The End. I mean it, it is the end. Seriously.

Meredith plodded down the corridor of her house, yawning as she stretched her head form side to side. It was nearly twelve but it was Sunday and she had the day off. Derek was over but he was working that night so he was still sleeping in Meredith's bed.

Absentmindedly she trotted down the stairs when suddenly she stopped. Over the handrail she could see House standing alone in the hallway, leaning on his cane as he gazed inquisitively into the lounge room.

"Hi." Meredith said, confused. House looked up at her. "What are you doing here?" She blurted out.

"I was asking myself the same question." House replied bluntly. "The others are here to say their farewells. I was dragged along because Wilson kicked my out of his rent-a-car."

"Farewells?" Meredith looked perplexed, still standing still on the stairs.

"Didn't you hear? I didn't take the job in Seattle. We're going back to Princeton."

"Well, ah…" Meredith slowly finished walking down the stairs. "That's ah…I guess if you like working in PPTH you should stay there."

"Exactly what I thought." House gave a short smile. Meredith glanced into the kitchen to see it filled with George, Callie, Izzie, Chase, Alex, Christina and Cameron. No one noticed her outside and she walked past the door to House.

"So nothing to do with Cameron?" She smiled.

"Do you think I would tell you if there was?" House raised his eyebrow.

"No," Meredith let out a small laugh. "I think you're right." Meredith crossed her arms gently then smiled warmly at House and thought for a moment. "I'm going to miss you House."

House sharpened his gaze at her. "You have a boyfriend."

"Damn."

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"Toothbrush?"

"What?" Wilson peered over his shoulder as he put his bags down on the floor. Addison's head appeared out from the bathroom door.

"Did you get your toothbrush?"

Wilson smiled wryly. "I left toothbrush in Princeton. I bought another one in Seattle."

"Right!" Addison raised her eyebrows in understanding. "Can I keep it?"

Wilson smiled widely as Addison's head disappeared into the bathroom again. After a few seconds she walked out again.

"So," she said, wandering up to Wilson as he stood by the hotel room door. "Is there any chance I could sprinkle some arsenic on someone's sandwich to get you back here, is there?"

"Wouldn't get that past Holmes." Wilson smiled.

"Yeah…" Addison nodded sadly.

Wilson looked at her then put his hand under her chin, lifting it up so she looked at him. "If I know anything, it's that House will not be able to handle the wrath of Cuddy for a certain amount of time. He can only hold her off with smart quips for a while, after that, he'll be back here at a drop of a hat. Trust me. And you never know, there might be an emergent surgery down at Princeton that can only be performed by the best Neo-Natal Surgeon." Wilson grinned with a twinkle in his eye.

"Let's forget that New York is a just a few hours north." Addison looked at him sceptically. "But I don't know…I hope you're right. About House, otherwise I'd be forced to go back to Mark."

"Don't joke about those things." Wilson said quickly. Addison just laughed.

"Aha! Now who's jealous? But it's ok; I won't go back to him. He's man candy, and right now, I don't want to be anywhere near candy." Addison moved closer as kissed Wilson as he brought his hands up from the bags and ran them through her long red hair.

"What time's your flight leaving?" Addison pulled back slightly so she could look at Wilson. Wilson checked his watch.

"Ah, hour and a half. I have to go." He looked at her sadly.

"Yeah." She replied simply.

Turning around Wilson opened the door and picked up his bags, kissing Addison one last time then walking down the hallway. As he walked halfway down the corridor he turned around to Addison who stood at the doorway, watching him walk away.

"I'll come back!" Wilson exclaimed.

"You better." Addison replied bluntly, her wry smile falling once more as Wilson turned back round and entered the elevator, taking one last look at Addison as he disappeared out of sight.

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Chase sipped the last of his coffee as he looked out of the kitchen window to House and Cameron as they walked down the pathway, following Derek, Meredith and Foreman as they stood waiting at the rent-a-car.

Putting the empty cup down in the sink, Chase looked up to see Izzie standing at the kitchen doorway, watching him.

"I don't want you to go." She blurted out uncontrollably, her eyes beginning to waver.

"Hey," Chase said soothingly as he quickly moved over to Izzie. "I don't want to go either. I can't go."

"It's just…" Izzie looked down at the ground then up at Chase again. "You were the best thing for me at this moment in my life. I needed you, and you helped me. You helped me so much. Thank you."

"I'm coming back, you know that, right?" Chase forced her to look into his eyes.

"Damn," Izzie exclaimed sarcastically. "Just when I thought I'd gotten rid of you."

Chase smiled widely then grabbed Izzie by the sides and kissed her. "Come on," he grinned at her again. "Let's go out with the others."

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"1 hour and 27 minutes."

"Shutup House." Cameron glared at House playfully as he stood by the car, watch held up in front of him.

"You understand we're now very close to a medical practice." Derek looked over to House. "One more case and we all might as well be partners."

"Well I'll be!" House raised his eyebrows. "You don't say! My, if we team up we'll sure to beat that mad 'ol ranger!"

Derek glared at House as he opened the door to the car. "I'm driving."

"What?" Foreman looked at him in astonishment.

"I'm you boss, give me the keys." House held up his hand over the car. Regretfully Foreman chucked the keys over to him. "Let's roll!" House exclaimed once more. "McDreamy, I'm sure we'll meet again some day." Derek cringed at the nickname once more. Cameron smiled then got into the front seat of the car, rolling her eyes with Meredith. Foreman grudgingly got into the backseat and Chase kissed Izzie once more and walked over to the car jumping next to Foreman in the back. House started the car and drove away from the curve as the others watched the car pull away in silence. Suddenly a thought came to Chase as he quickly put the window down and shoved his head out of the window, looking back at Izzie and the group.

"Love you!"

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Cuddy tapped her fingers on the desk, waiting for the nurse to give back the schedule as she remained on the phone. Apparently no one knew she was the Dean of this Hospital. Nice.

The nurse looked up at her once more, said something on the phone then held the receiver down on her shoulder, picking up the schedule that lay on her desk and held it up to Cuddy. Smiling forcibly Cuddy picked it up and started to flick through it as the nurse again picked up the phone to her ear and continued talking. Good thing it was a slow day.

As Cuddy began to walk back to her office she suddenly heard a dull thud. There was a shout behind her and quickly she swerved around to see the nurse on the floor, having a seizure. Quickly Cuddy dropped the schedule and ran to the nurse, checking her pulse then holding her steady as she seized.

"Someone page House!" Cuddy exclaimed to the neighbouring nurses.

"Ah, House is away." One of the nurses piped up.

"God dammit." Cuddy sighed. "Get that bastard back here."

Fine.

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NB: Well, I like to end my stories on a kind of "huh.." note, and I think that worked. So, yes. This is the end of my story, the end of my trilogy. Long awaited I know, sorry about that…ehe. But yeah, ignoring any random ideas this crossover has finished. Which is weird when I think about it…very weird. Because this was my first ever fanfic, my first ever story, the building blocks to the addiction, and for that alone, I shall always love it.

But I hoped you liked this fic, because I certainly did! But would just like to take the time, as I shall now do at the end of every story, to thank those champion reviewers who kept through this whole story, those guys that really did light up my day that little bit:

Fell Dragon (that awesome little champ who led me to finally write this chapter)

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Hannah (My first fan! Yes, that shall be your name forever. I shall brand you. You are branded.)

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