When a man comes in and obvious diagnoses are wrong, will House, his team, and his newly hired team member lose someone's life because it's not as obvious as it appears?
Disclaimer: I do not own House, MD. If I did, do you think that Tritter would be around, Cameron and Chase would have had that interesting moment, that Claire would be made up, or that I would be writing here?
New Tricks
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Chapter 1
House struggled to open his bottle of Vicodin. He banged it against the side of the table, then tried to take the cap off again. It opened."Yes!" House said to himself. Chase, Cameron, and Foreman looked at him. Cuddy came into the room and dropped a file on the glass table.
"And this would be?" House asked sarcastically.
"A file for a patient," Cuddy replied in an annoyed tone, "27 year old, male. Symptoms are swollen tonsils-"
"Are you kidding me?" House asked, "Easiest diagnosis to make. Get the guy into surgery and remove those puppies. Oh, wait, you weren't finished. Let me finish it for you: he can't speak and he has pain in his tonsils. Thank you for wasting my time."
"He can barely speak and also has pain in the tongue and middle ear." House looked at Cuddy suspiciously. "This would be when you show interest." House picked up the file and opened it. Cuddy headed for the door. "And don't forget to have someone go meet with your new doctor at the front desk." Cuddy walked out. Foreman, Cameron, and Chase all looked at House.
"New doctor?" Foreman asked, raising his eyebrows.
"What's that about?" Chase questioned, leaning back in his chair. Cameron stared at House.
"Cuddy told me to hire another doctor for the team, but Daddy still loves you just as much," House answered, "And who to send to meet your new sibling? Foreman? Nah, might scare 'em. Cameron? She'd get too attached. Chase? They might find him cute. Oh, which one to send?" He paused. "Go get his history." The team headed for the door. Right as they opened the door… "Chase," House said, "Go pick up the new adoptee from the office." Chase looked at him. "Or there's no dessert." Cameron and Foreman walked out. Chase rolled his eyes and followed.
With Foreman and Cameron…"Why do you think Cuddy wanted House to hire another doctor?" Foreman asked.
"Who knows," Cameron answered. There was a silence.
"Why do you think he chose whoever he chose?" Foreman asked. "Probably because they're smart and fit his 'vision' of what the team should look like," Cameron said, slightly annoyed. They opened the door to the room.
In the Entry Way with Chase…
Chase went to the front desk.
"I'm here to meet with House's new doctor," he told the secretary.
"Over there," the secretary said, pointing to a blonde haired girl, waiting in the corner. She wore dark blue jeans, a light purple shirt underneath a nice, tan jacket with tennis shoes and her blonde hair pulled back slightly, with a bit of wave to it; she looked very pretty and professional. Chase did a double take.
"That's the new doctor?" he asked the secretary, just to make sure that he wasn't looking at the wrong person.
"No, I'm sorry, that would be someone waiting to see you in the Clinic," the preoccupied secretary said in an annoyed tone, "Of course it's the new doctor." She went back to typing away on the computer. Chase ran one of his hands through his hair and headed towards the woman.
"I'm Dr. Robert Chase," he said in his Australian accent, the woman turning around, "I work for Dr. House."
"Oh, I'm Dr. Claire Austen," she said in a warm friendly voice, smiling.
"Dr. House wanted me to show you around."
"Okay." Chase began the small tour.
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Okay, so there's the first chapter of my first fan fic of House, MD! Please review, House will take the flames and proceed to call them a series of names until they begin to cry. I will (eventually) write a prequel explaining the whole Claire thing. Could there possibly be a romance among Chase and Claire? What will happen with the patient? Will update ASAP!