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  Two Billion Minus One 
 by Evelyn Benton  

 Archive: Stellar Phenomena, the House Fan Fiction Archive, Vicodin for
the Soul, and FanFiction.net; all others, please ask.

Author's Note: An enormous thank you to Sus for her invaluable feedback!
Oh, and Sus, I changed the ending!

He respects me when I challenge him, not when I'm terrified, shocked into
silence.

His blood, his life, was literally in my hands as I applied pressure to
his wounds. I didn't fall apart, but I wasn't exactly in control.

In one lifetime, the average human heart beats approximately two billion
times. On the day House was shot, my heart stopped beating for one
terrifying moment I'll never forget. He wouldn't respect me for that.

Although he wouldn't respect me right now, it doesn't matter. He'll just
assume I simply cried.

This will be the one thing he'll never know.

END

  
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