First ever House fic, I just finished watching the entire series and then cause I wanted a friend who didn't watch it when it was on (I went back and watched it, i watched most of it when it was airing, especially the first three seasons) I've been watching the first season all over again. It got me thinking and I'm pretty sure this has been done but I thought it would be fun to write about what would happen if Chase's stepmother was a patient. Set sort of in the third season somewhere, either before or after the Tritter arc. I've got the story almost entirely finished so there will be regular updates on monday and friday. Anyway, enjoy and if the medical info is wrong it's because i'm an interior design major not a med student but i tried my best!

The office door swung open and House sauntered in looking gleeful. "New case!" He announced, tossing three folders onto the table. "Woman, mid sixties fainted last night at a hotel fundraiser and complained of chest pain. Causes, anyone?"

There was a pause and everyone looked up at him. "That's it?" Foreman asked.

"No, her skin turned green and she started levitating?" Cameron asked.

House paused, making a faux attempt to search his memory. "Nope."

Chase picked up a file curiously and flipped to the first page, immediately going stiff. "No." He said firmly, looking up.

House straightened his face, waiting for their reactions.

Cameron opened her file and looks over at Chase. "Is this your-?"

He sat back in his seat, crossing his arms and putting distance between himself and the file. "You knew." He growled at House.

House gave him an disbelieving look. "Of course I knew. Why else would I take this case? This is the interesting part. Diane Chase, wealthy widow oooof you guessed it, Dr. Rowan Chase! Junior can fill you in on the details."

Chase's face, if possible grew even more sour.

Foreman sat back too, seemingly resigned. "Could have been anything. Dehydration, low blood pressure, over heating, she could just be tired."

"It could be a blood clot." Cameron said, eyes still on Chase who was staring fixedly at a point on the wall, evidently too angry to speak.

"I wanna hear what Chase thinks." House said.

Chase's head snapped towards him, eyes glaring. "Anything they said."

"Oh that's boring. Well, since you didn't come up with any new ideas you get to go take the patient history."

If possible Chase looked even angrier. "No." He said.

House raised his eyebrows. "Then you do have an idea!"

"I agree, he shouldn't treat her." Cameron said, speaking up quickly. "We shouldn't treat patients we know."

House waved her off. "Chase doesn't know her. She just married his father. He stayed with his mum."

Chase's jaw twitched.

"I'll do it." Foreman said firmly, getting up. "While I do it do you want me to get an MRI of her lungs to check for blood clots?"

"Chase and Cameron can do that." Both Foreman and Cameron gave him hesitant looks. "Oh relax, he doesn't have to talk to her."

Cameron and Foreman disappeared and Chase got up to leave. "Where are you going?" House asked quickly.

He paused, physically restraining himself from taking a swing at House. "Clinic."

House paused staring down at the file on the table, thinking before looking up. "Fine but be back in time for the MRI."

Shaking his head with irritation Chase stormed out, heading directly for the clinic where he sought to distract himself. He considered going to Cuddy but didn't, instead motioning for a woman and her sick kid to follow him into an exam room.

"Do you think we should have this case?" Cameron asked as she and Foreman headed to the patient's room.

Foreman shook his head. "I think we should. I don't think Chase should and I think House only took this because he wanted to get under Chase's skin."

Cameron nodded. "Do you think Cuddy knows?"

He glanced at her. "Yeah but if you want to remind her you can do that on your own." They arrived at the patient's room and looked in. A good looking older woman was sitting up in bed reading a magazine. She looked over when they entered.

Cameron smiled. "Mrs.. ." She hesitated. "Chase, how are you feeling?" It felt weird to say.

She looked them up and down. "Much better, I don't think I'll be in your way for very long."

"Well we'd like to run some tests just to make sure everything's okay." Cameron said with a smile.

She folded her hands and smiled professionally. "Of course, my late husband was a doctor. I know how it goes. Is Dr. House going to be in?"

They glanced at each other. "Um, he's very busy but he's made you a priority so I'm sure he'll be in as soon as he can." Cameron said quickly.

She raised an eyebrow. "Rowan said he could be hard to see. I thought he was talking about getting him as a doctor."

"Well he's a very good doctor."

She smiled in a pleasant but very refined way. "Lucky I was in New Jersey then. Rowan said he's one of the best."

"We'd like to schedule an MRI to check for blood clots." Foreman said, directing the conversation back to the patient.

She raised a pleased eyebrow at his professionalism and nodded. "Of course."

"We can get one in in at noon, will that be okay?"

"Sounds fine." She looked at them expectantly before Cameron excused them.

Out in the hall she checked to make sure the door was shut before speaking. "She didn't even ask about Chase. Do you think she doesn't know we work with him?"

"Even if she doesn't know we work with him she knows he works in this hospital, my guess is that she doesn't want to know. And it's not my business."

Cameron frowned. "Don't you care that House is throwing this in his face just to get a reaction?"

"I care that it's unethical and probably wasting our time but it's not my business." That wasn't entirely true, he felt a little bad for Chase but he was determined to stay out of it.

Cameron blinked and slumped her shoulders slightly before following him back to the office.

Thanks for reading, i tried really hard to match the way the characters acted in the first couple of seasons! Chase talks to his stepmother next chapter!