[Dr. House and Amber are sitting in an empty white bus.]
You're dead.
Everybody dies.
Am I dead?
[Amber pauses and gives him a sly look.]
Not yet.
I should be.
Why?
Because life shouldn't be random. Because lonely, misanthropic drug addicts should die in bus crashes. Young do-gooders in love that get dragged out of their apartment in the middle of the night should walk away clean.
Self-pity isn't like you.
I'm branching out from self-loathing, self-destruction. [pause] Wilson is gonna hate me.
You kinda deserve it.
[pause] He's my best friend.
I know. [whispers] What now?
I could stay here with you.
Get off the bus.
[shakes head] I can't.
Why not?
Because... because it doesn't hurt here. I don't want to be in pain. I don't want to be miserable. [pause] And I don't want him to hate me.
Well, you can't always get what you want.
[Amber raises her eyebrows in encouragement. Dr. House gives a nod and walks off the bus. Amber looks at the window, smiles and a white light slowly fades in, covering Amber and fades out.]
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