Wowowow...I have been on SUCH a writer's block on all my House stories for SO long, but watching my first season DVD set has set me back into the swing of ideas and such, so, here you are!
I also skipped ahead for future benefits...
Angels...
(5 Months...)
"Okay, so House even saw her and couldn't find anything," Chase said, looking through Cameron's records again, then up at Wilson and Foreman. "So what does that tell us?"
Wilson shrugged and Foreman answered, "That whatever she's got is hiding or we're just too dumb to not see it."
"She's out of the coma," Wilson reminded them. "Shouldn't that alone say something?"
"She's also five months pregnant," Cuddy added, walking in with two manilla folders in her hand. "Which can also mean various things."
By the time Cameron had entered her third month, she had awoken from the coma, only to remember names and what had happened before. Unfortunately for them, she remembered about House being in the Mental Ward. What she didn't remember was the muttering Wilson had heard her do.
"What are those?" Chase pointed to Cuddy's hands.
"Tests...the ones House ordered that day he saw her," Cuddy explained. "They're the sonograms and the blood tests he ran. I thought you guys would want to see them."
Wilson eyed her. "Are they good?"
Lisa sighed. "The blood tests showed nothing...the sonogram showed some things..."
"What things?"
Foreman shook his head, reading the first folder. "She's got slight bleeding...and twins."
Wilson closed his eyes and sighed deeply. "Perfect...just great."
Chase bit his thumb. "Who wants to tell Cameron and who wants to tell House?"
"We're not telling House," Cuddy snapped. "He doesn't need to know anymore than what we do. What he doesn't know won't hurt him further on."
Wilson looked at her incredulously. "Wh--Cameron's carrying his twins, have you completely forgotten about that?"
"No," Cuddy said curtly, stopping at the door. "I haven't."
"Do you think you can walk a little bit?" Chase asked Cameron later that day.
Allison nodded. "I think so." She paused and looked at him. "What did they say?"
"What did what say?"
"The tests," she said.
Chase looked at her. "We haven't--"
"Don't lie to me," she begged softly. "I know House ran blood tests and a sonogram. I know that Cuddy had them after they came back. What I don't know is what they said." There was another pause. "What did they say, Chase? I need to know...it's my baby."
Chase just stared at her. He didn't know what to say. Whether or not he should tell her. Only just a few months (1) ago, he'd quit, unable to handle the breaking that was going on. Now, he was facing a conscious, five month pregnant Cameron and she was begging him to let her know...about her own life.
"Cameron--"
"Look, I know that Cuddy probably told you not to tell me," she said, her eyes tearing up. "But, I want to know. If House isn't able to be there for me when I'll need him, the best thing I can have is you guys." She swallowed hard. "Please tell me?"
Chase swallowed. "The blood tests showed nothing. But you have slight bleeding...and you're carrying twins."
Allison closed her eyes and swallowed again. "And...will the bleeding get worse?"
"We--don't know."
"And House?" she asked, her voice trembling slightly. "Will he get better? Will he be here when the time comes?"
Chase tried hard not to look at her. He'd never cracked with cases like this before--that was always Cameron herself. Yet now, it seemed more personal. Sure, he'd been attracted to her before, but now, she was more like a sister to him. And seeing her in this kind of pain--both physical and emotional--made him kind of like her. "I--Cameron, you have to understand that House is very unstable in his state of mind right now. Cuddy and the rest of us are doing everything we c--"
"No," Cameron shook his head. "I need to know straight answers." She paused. "Is House going to get better?"
Chase sighed. "We don't know. It's possible that he could...but it's also possible that he could get to the point of suicide."
At this, Cameron just cried.
"I want her moved up to the Maternity Ward," Cuddy said to Wilson and Foreman, walking into the Conference Room. "She belongs there now."
Foreman looked at her. "What about House? What are you planning on doing for him?"
Cuddy sighed. "I honestly don't know. I can't think of anything more to do than just let him be. He's mroe than likely to get better on his own."
"Yes," Foreman nodded his head. "But he's also more than likely to commit suicide on his own. Are you just waiting for it to go THAT far?"
Lisa sighed. "Look, I can't control whatever's causing him to be like that inside. Only he can. If he's more than willing to take some drugs and let his mind grasp everything and calm himself down, he'll be fine."
"Yet, in order to do that, we can't tell him anything?" Wilson said.
"Exactly."
Wilson and Foreman exchanged looks. "But--he should know that Cameron's having twins and he should be there!"
"If he's better by the time she's due, he will be there," Cuddy said.
Foreman looked at her again. "And how are you planning on curing him?"
"Whatever it takes."
"What about Cameron?" Wilson asked. "We still don't know what she has. We've made every guess in the book!"
"Not every guess," Chase said, walking in.
Foreman gave him a look. "What do you mean?"
"She's bleeding on the inside, right?" Chase asked. "It's nothing major, but it's slight. And slight can turn to worse if we don't do something now."
Cuddy shook her head. "Just tell us what you're thinking."
"What I'm trying to say is that she's got a possible if not more than likely stomach ulcer (2) that can grow worse and kill the babies and her if we don't do something..."
Short for my coming back? I'm sorry!
(1): I'm not sure if I'm right on that. Whether or not it was the months ago that Chase quit or weeks, although I'm guessing in months since Cameron is now 5 months in.
(2): Also a suggestion for my other story "Psychoanalysis". However, I am preparing to not use that as a definite for that story.
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