A/N: This is a short chapter since I have to do so much research on this. I have a team of people helping me out, so thanks to the peeps on the RYL ED boards, and to Vanessa. Also, It appears I am picking on Cameron, but I believeA LOT can be done with her character. Hopefully no one is too horribly ooc in this. This is an updated version of it after so extra input from my people who are helping out.

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Dr. Allison Cameron was pouring over files in the conferernce room her perfect skin looking even paler in the harsh flourescent lighting. Her usually gorgeous brown hair was now hanging limply down partially obscuring her face.

Dr. Gregory House stood outside of the conference room, and sighed as he took in her form. It was now becoming painfully evident that she was losing a lot of weight quite rapidly. All of her clothing was at least one size too large, save for her lab coat. Cameron always managed to swipe a new lab coat whenever hers were threatening to swallow her. House gave up on his analysis of her and limped into the conference room.

"Eat" He commanded as he dropped a take out box on top of her files.

"No thanks, House. Just ate." She replied pushing the box away.

"Wasn't a question. Eat." He stated.

"House, no. You just saw me eating. Plus, I have things to do in the lab." She stated.

"No you don't. Eat now. You really want to risk your job just to starve yourself?" He glared into her eyes. Cameron felt he was staring into her soul and consuming all of her secrets. For a moment this thought brought her peace. Finally someone understood where she had been in her life. Then the terror struck. She could not allow him to take this control away from her.

Cameron knew she wasn't getting out of this without obliging him. House had been following her steps for weeks now. He thought he was being super sleuth, but Cameron always knew when he was looking over her shoulder. The startling thing was Cameron felt she was always being careful. She budgeted her calories so that any food she was intending to eat, it would be at work where they would see her doing it. This never guaranteed that the food always stayed down, but it meant House saw her eating which was a good thing to her. She sighed sadly as she slowly attempted to eat enough of the burger and fries in front of her to rid House of his worries. Something inside her soul cried out when she pushed the food past her lips. This was going to cost her about 1000 calories. As she ate, she tried to hide the fact that she was near tears. It was over an hour later When Cameron finished the meal, she gave House what she thought was a triumphant grin. In reality it was sad little smile accompied by slighlty moist eyes. It amazed her that he had sat there the whole time staring intently at her watching her every bite. House wasn't satisfied. There was a smile on her lips, but there were tears in the corner of her eyes. Allison Cameron was becoming a harder and harder puzzle for him to solve every day.