Disclaimer: I don't own House!  But he's no.1 on my Christmas wish list

Chapter 1

Allison Cameron sat at the lab bench working on the blood samples of the current patient.

There was a soft knock at the door and when Cameron looked up she was surprised to meet the eyes of a young teenage girl, dressed in jeans and a tank top and carrying a duffel bag.

"Hi" the girl whispered so softly, that Cameron could barley hear it.

"Hi, are you lost or looking for anything?" replied Cameron with a warm smile and looked behind the girl for any sign of someone that could be looking after her.

"A-are you Dr. Cameron?" the girl stuttered as she looked around the room awkwardly.

"Yes" Cameron said getting up from where she was sitting and stuck her hand out "Nice to meet you um…"

"Evangeline, Evi for short" the girl said finally looking back at Cameron and taking her hand and shaking it lightly.

"What can I do for you?" Cameron asked, still curious to where the girl had come from.

"Ummm well you see…." said Evi pointing to the chair, "Do you mind if I sit down?"

"No go ahead" said Cameron, ushering the girl towards the chair, and then taking the one next to her.

"I'm from Chicago and I live with both parents and 2 sisters" she looked at Cameron, as if asking permission to continue, and Cameron nodded, even though she had no idea why a stranger was telling her this.

Evi went on "I'm 12, turning 13 in May," then paused slightly, and shook her head, "Sorry I'll get to the point"

"No its okay" said Cameron, worried because the girl looked like she was on the verge of tears.

"About a week ago I was looking around my mum's room for something" and she paused again as if thinking "I can't remember what it was, but anyway a found a small box, just about as big as my hand" she held out her hand indicating the size and Cameron nodded.

"Inside was a photo of me, when I was a baby. There was a man and a lady standing next to him, holding a little buddle of blankets with my head sticking out the top."

Evangeline brought her hand to her face to brush away tears which were now fall freely down her face. "I didn't recognize the people in the picture so I thought they must be friends of my parents" she sniffed and Cameron dug into her lab coat pocket and pulled out a tissue.

Evi looked at the tissue and made a face, "Don't worry it's clean," Cameron reassured her and handed it to her. Evi shifted slightly in her seat before continuing.

"I dug deeper into the box until I found this" she reached into her bag and pulled out a worn piece of paper.

"On here is…" she stopped and handed the paper to Cameron.

Cameron slowly opened the paper and quickly scanned it. It was a birth certificate……..

Evi stared talking again, before Cameron finished reading the paper.

"According to this" she said pointing "You're my mother….."