Chase and Father's Days

A/N: I came up with this idea a few weeks ago. Read it and tell me what you think. Um… It's not a huge thing in the story, but the period for Cameron and Chase is friends with benefits.

Disclaimer: I do not any character that appears in House MD.

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Chapter One: He is a Good Guy

Do to a case being solved late; Chase and the rest of the team were leaving work later than usual. Chase was about to walk out the door when House stopped him. "What do you want House?"

"A package arrived for you."

"What?" Chase asked with a look of confusion on his face. Cameron and Foreman also had looks of interest on their faces.

House limped into his office, pulled a shoebox-sized package from behind his desk, limped back over to Chase, and handed him the package. "Here."

Chase was more than confused, but smiled when he saw the recipient address. "Thanks, sorry if this was a burden for you. I wasn't expecting it for another week." Chase looked at the clock and calculated something in his head. He whipped out his phone and called a number.

"Hello." Answered a woman on the other end of the phone.

"Hi. Am I calling too late? My math skills aren't what they used to be." Chase smiled as he spoke and sat down. Cameron rolled her eyes and Foreman smiled.

"Robert Chase! Is flirting with me the only reason you called?"

"I was just trying to be charming. Actually no, Emily's package came early. I was just wondering if I could talk to her."

"Sure." The woman covered the phone's mouthpiece with one hand and called out. "Emily there's someone on the phone for you."

"I'm coming, Mum." The girl, Emily called from her room.

"She'll be happy for the surprise call." The woman said back into the phone.

"Well, living on the other side of the globe hasn't helped with the father act. A surprise call every so often just gets me bonus points." Chase did not notice that everyone looked at him confused when he used the word: father.

"You were always a nice guy."

"I try. Now, if you would not mind. Could you please put my daughter on the line?" A huge smile spread over Chase's face, but the others in the room stopped everything that they were doing and gapped at Chase.

"Fine. Here." The woman handed the phone over to a rather impatient teen girl.

"Hello?" Emily said into the phone. She was unaware who was on the other end.

"Hi hon." Chase had to move his cell phone away from his ear as the teen screamed 'Dad' into the phone from happiness. "Oy! I do not want to be deaf. I'll take it was a good idea to call?"

"Yes! Wait, why are you calling?"

"Am I not aloud to call now?" Chase asked in a sarcastic voice.

"No. It's just you always call on the weekends."

"Blame your Mum for that. No, your package came in early and I just wanted to check in with you to see if I could open it."

"Um…you can open certain things in it."

"Okay. I am allowed to open certain things. Let me get this package open first." Chase grabbed a pair of scissors off the desk in the conference room and opened the package to reveal its contents. "I see a an object wrapped in white tissue paper, a tape, and two envelopes. A blue and white one."

"You can open the white one."

"Okay." Chase opened it and his voice displayed how proud he was of his daughter. "This is excellent! It proves my theory."

"You have a theory. What is it?"

"That you're not lamb-brained. Your smarts just come from my side of the family."

The girl laughed. "Dad! If Mum heard you she'd be narked."

"I was just saying. This report card is really excellent!"

"Thank you. Now open the object wrapped in tissue paper."

"Okay." Chase did as he was told. A huge smile went over his face as he looked at the two pictures in a split-photo-frame. "These are good pictures." One picture had Chase and a blonde teen at a beach smiling in it. The picture placed beside it was of the teen in a prom type long blue dress. She was standing with a group of teens all in similar attire. The girl was stunning in the dress. "I don't like the dress."

"Why not?" Emily asked.

"You look too grown up in it."

"Would you prefer if I wore jeans and a baggy tee shirt?"

"Yes and baggy jeans."

"Mom! Dad is being overprotective again." Emily called to the other room.

Her mother picked up the extension in the kitchen. "Be nice you two. Now what seems to be the problem?"

"Apparently the dress I was wearing to the benefit." Emily informed her mother.

"Robert. It's just a dress."

"I think it's a little too adult for her."

"Aw, aren't you the protective father. Last time I checked Emily is fifteen."

"Fifteen too young for that dress. And yes, I am an over protective father. You didn't figure that out when she got asked out in junior high." Cameron, Foreman, and House had to blink a few times to believe what they had just heard.

"Robert, you do know that Emily is growing up. Right?"

"Yes. I know that Emily is growing up Karen. I'm just having a hard time believing how fast it's all happening."

Karen smiled. "Same here love."

"Excuse me, but there is a teenager on the other line. I don't need to hear you two starting to flirt." Emily said in aggravation.

The two grownups started to laugh. "Bye Robert. I leave you two to talk. Not too much longer she has to eat dinner and finish her Chemistry."

"Bye Karen. So how have you been?"

"Good. Dad… When are you going to come home?"

"In about a month for a week. You know, we could always fly you out here for a visit."

"Mum wouldn't be thrilled with that idea."

"Probably not. Love, I am going to let you go. Your Mum will be mad at me if you don't eat your dinner. Be good. I call you on Saturday."

"Okay. Will you watch the tape tonight?"

"Yes, I will watch the tape tonight."

"I love you Dad. Bye."

"I love you to. Bye." Chase hung up his cell phone and looked around. Three doctors were staring at him in aw. "What?"

Cameron was the first to speak from the crowd of aw. "You have a daughter."

Chase was hesitant in his answering. "Not exactly. It's a long story and I doubt that you really want to hear it."

"Does she call you Daddy or are hooking up with teens now?" House asked and received a few strange looks.

"No. She hasn't called me Daddy since she was eight." Chase said as he packed up the stuff, but held up the blue card. "This is probably a Father's Day card. I don't date minors."

"It didn't stop you from kissing the girl with cancer." House said with a smirk.

"You really had to be bring that up." Chase tried to leave but Cameron and Foreman stood in the doorway blocking his way. "I guess were going to play this game whether I like it or not." Chase sat down and started to talk about his phone conversation. "Karen and I have been friends since we were little. We dated as teens, but realized that we were better as friends than as lovers. In college, we shared an apartment. She had been going out with a couple people at the time, but did not tell any of them when she got pregnant. When I found out that Karen was pregnant, I volunteered for the 'Daddy' position. No, I did not ask her to marry me. At first, Karen refused my offer, but after me being around for two months of the morning sickness, she accepted. Even after college and med school, we still lived together. As time went on Emily started to call me Daddy. It made sense since I had already agreed to fill in as a father and lived in the same house with her. Emily knows I am not her biological father, but I am the only father she knows and calls me Dad to this day. Is that a long enough explanation for you?"

Everyone was still staring at him not sure of what to think of this new information, especially Cameron, who was in a mix of annoyance and shock. It made sense since they were friends with benefits. Wasn't she supposed to know these kinds of things?

"Wow. You just went up a notch in my book." Foreman said.

It was a widely know fact throughout the hospital that Foreman did not exactly like Chase. Maybe it is probably better to say that Foreman could not stand Chase. Therefore, it came as no surprise that Chase was confused by what had just happened.

"I'm not sure how to react to that. Um…Thank you I guess?"

"You're welcome."

There was an awkward silence in the room. "Right, since no one is speaking I'm leaving." Chase said getting up and headed for the door.

"Are you only doing this because you had a crappy Dad?" House asked making Chase stop dead in his tracks.

House was the only person at PPTH who knew the extent of Rowan and Robert Chase's relationship. Cameron and Foreman knew that Chase didn't like his father, but nothing else. They did not know about Chase's mother or how his father had left. Cameron and Foreman did not need to know that. Not now… Not ever! It was his business and not theirs.

Chase turned around and faced House. His expression was cold. "No. My father has nothing to do with this. I did this because I wanted to. There is this emotion in world, maybe you have heard of it. It allows you to care for someone free of charge and just be a nice person. Then again, you probably have never heard of it."

"Well, why don't we indulge you as you enlighten us?" House asked.

"It's called love." Chase turned and walked out the door, leaving House speechless for once. House could read people well, but in rare moments, Chase read people better.