"Out of character"
Chapter 1 "Announcement"
Disclaimer: I do not own House or any of it characters, House and all it characters are property of there rightful owners. With that out of the way I sure Fox's legal team can find something better to do with their time.
Possible spoilers for any episodes up to "Clueless"
Rated: T there that bad in this chapter just some of themes but it might be bumped to M later on.
Author's note: This is my first fan-fic so I'm not expecting much in the way of stiller reviews. No need to flame how ever. The original idea for this was a humor fic, based around Carmon doing something out of her usually naive little girl persona (i.e. meth Cam in "Hunting", threesome comment in this weeks "Clueless".)hence the title but some how it lost most of the humor and become a general House fic. Anyway, on with the train wreck…I mean fanfic:
"I can't do this, I..I can't"
Allison Cameron mumbled to herself as she paced up and down the halls of Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. It has been years since she felt this scared, not since she watched her husband die had she been this nervous, not since watching her self become a widow has she felt this sick feeling inside of her stomach. "I can't do this" she continued to mumble to herself.
Her bizarre walking patterns had not gone unnoticed; the nurse's station was looking at the young immunologist with a mixture of fear and confusion. "You known the Psych ward is understaffed, the last thing they need is a new patient with the letters M.D at the end of their name". Said one of the nurses watching the spectacle "Ya…especially if those symptoms can be traced backed to a certain other M.D. working at this hospital." added a second nurse, throwing a gesture towards the door of the department of diagnostic medicine.
The nurse's station never did fully grasp the concept of a whisper, Allison had heard every word they said and want nothing more then to run out the door. "How did a get myself into this?" she said under her breath, desperately trying to restrain her emotions. Silently she noted that the nurses might not have been too far off when they said House was the cause of her symptoms, but the problem definitely wasn't in her head. Allison clinched her teeth, as she heard the next words out of the nurse mouths "Susan's got Cameron on the tenth" "It's just that stupid "sanity bet" of theirs" Allison hissed under her breath, referring to the nurse's long running wager on who House would drive over the edge first and when.
It was at this point that Dr Gregory House himself peaked over the edge of his gameboy, and discovered the bizarre spectacle occurring outside his office. His eyes slowly moving back and for across the horizon, never fully taking his eyes off his gameboy,-after all it had taken him a long time to get to this level.
"I wonder where Carmon is" asked Dr. Chase as he poured himself a cup of coffee.
"She not normally late… she's has been acting a little off lately you think something is wrong with her." Responded Dr. Forman.
"Turn around" House mumbled
Chase and Foreman did as he House told them to, and turned to see the lovely figure of Alison Carmon walking down the hallway leading to House's office.
"Here she comes must have had" began Dr Chase pausing as he saw the young doctor walk straight pass the door of the office. "Ok, she must have some short of meeting with Cuddy or"…pausing a second time as he realized Cameron was retracing her steps.
"Is she just… pacing around?" asked Chase in a confused tone.
"Well… let see she's walking on the same path over and over and over, I think that's the definition of pacing, but what do I know, hey maybe she's having sex…I wouldn't know never did go attend that big sex-ed thing over at the gym." The sarcastic physician behind them responded.
"I mean…Why?"
"Well A) some one conceived Cuddy to start a "work out while you work" program B) Carmon been watch to many Ducktails reruns or C) Susan is about to win big on the nurse's pool."
"Well what ever the reason, one of us has to go talk to her before she ends up getting an all expenses paid trip to a padded suite in the east wing." Added Foremen, with that both he and Chase started moving towards the door, but Dr. Cameron pacing had already been put to any end before they reached it… she had collided with Dr. James Wilson.
"Ouch! "
"O my god Allison I'm so sorry let me help you up" The handsome doctor clear perturbed by his accidental collusion quickly proceed to help the young woman to her feet.
"It Ok Wilson you'd think, you had hit me with your car or something." The pairs eye's met for a second as Wilson brought Cameron to her feet, they looked into each others eyes for a only a fraction of second before quickly backing away from each other both of them clearly bothered by something beside their low speed collusion.
"You going in" asked Wilson as he opened the door to and extended a gentlemanly gesture.
"It now or never Allison" Cameron thought to herself while blurting out a quick "thanks" to Wilson for holding the door for her. She braced herself on the doorframe for a moment before forcing herself in too the room. "Hi" Cameron said in an unsuccessful attempt at being casually.
Chase and Foreman stood in front of her with looks of concern in thier eyes.
"Are you ok? We couldn't help, noticing you were wearing out the floor tiles out there"
"Is something wrong?"
Carmon cleared her throat and took a depth breath.
"Well boys… I have an announcement to make"
All eyes where focused on her as has spoke, even House had closed the lid of his gameboy although Carmon couldn't tell if it was because he actually cared or if it was nearly a sign that he had lost his "mighty battle with the great troll king of the forest". She opened her mouth and nervously struggled to bring the words in to being.
'I'm pregnant!" Cameron finally uttered.
"That great" Foremen automatically went in congratulatory mode locking Cameron in celebratory hug before she had a chance to finish her sentence or even realize what was going.
"Ooo! Ooo! Is my cane the daddy" House blurted out loudly, "He told me you where quite rough with him during your late-night fits of passion." Holding his cane up for emphasize.
For once Carmon actually appreciated House's inappropriateness, Chase and Foreman's eyes had instantly turned on to House, and off of her. Wilson was the exception, his abnormally high "House tolerance factor" allowed him to ignore House's outburst and keep his eyes on the newly announced mother-to-be. He only left his gave on her a second longer then the others however, he quickly sensed Carmon need for some mental breathing room and joined the others in staring down House.
Now free of probing eyes, Carmon built up the courage to finish her statements.
"And" the young women started up again, nervously struggling to finish her announcement "well the father is ac..tually in.. this room"
Half the men in the room suddenly become extremely, extremely nervous Robert Chase squired in his seat like a felony awaiting interrogation. Dr. Wilson was equally as nervous as he squirmed in his place, looking more like a boy awaiting scolding then a highly respected oncologist. Dr. House looked towards the ceiling with an expression that would signal concern in any normal person, but in house Cameron assumed it was just him agonizing over which comment would more thoroughly make a mockery of her "good news" asking her if she "had gone black and was never going back"; or if asking she had "let the aussie take a trip to the land down under". Foreman merely looked at chase convinced he already knew the second half of Cameron's announcement.
"Cameron, Listen I'll support what e…"
Doctors Wilson and Chase froze in place as they realized they where speaking in unison. As they stared at each other bewildered, every visible inch was of Dr Alison Cameron was blushed red. Cameron tilled her down in shame for moment before as she continued to speak:
"Both" she the shouted unintentionally, the loudness being a side effect of her nervousness.
"You… are both….um… candidates"
The room fell silent everyone as everyone took a moment to formulate a response, they assumed the audience's turn to speak, but to their surprise, Cameron continued.
"A..Along with a third gentlm…uh.. male in the room." Wilson, and Chase remained frozen in place as Forman spook up "Please… tell me we got really got drunk…slept together and… and that I just don't remember it because if not that… that means"
"YES, folks that right I am the third man, the third mighty explorer to have braved the depth of Mount Cameron,"
Jaws dropped, as house confirmed what seemed like the impossible. Forman took a quick glance at his watch, deeply hoping April 1st had arrived with out his noticing- it hadn't. Carmon kept her eyes focused on House desperate to maintain what little, if any control she had left of the situation. House oblivious to her glare continued to speak "to be honest Paula was get kind of stall so I decided to take the hospital's supply of hot young love out for a spin." Pointing his cane in Cameron's general direction.
Cameron averted her gave disgusted by House comparing her to some hooker he picked up on Campus. Before she could lift her head back up she heard a load sound and felt something smack her straight in the chest, looking down she realized house had dumped a pile of papers in to her hands.
"You have some test to run" House said
"dddidn't you" Cameron started to mumble
"Ya, Ya I heard you baby's daddy, three people. Now run along to the lab"
Carmon unsure how to response threw house an angry glare before walking out of the room like a defeated dog.
The rest of Cameron "candidates" remained silent unsure of what to say, but Forman had enough of House, and jumped out his chair and tore in to House without restraint "Is that how you speak to a women how could be carrying your child, what the hell wrong with you!"
"Hey! we still got a patient to treat here… and besides I did the girl a favor I was going to send you to the lab, but then I figure why not let her share her feelings with the centrifuges again, there're really good listeners." House barked back.
Forman shook his head in disgust and walked out partly to clear his head; partly to stop himself from murdering House. He wasn't exactly sure what was going on, he never thought of Carmen as being the Virgin Mary but he as sure as hell never imagined her as being a candidate for the Maury Show either. What ever was going on the only thing he was sure of was the next nine months where not going to be easy and only God knew if the hospital or for that matter the state of New Jersey would be able to handle it.