Disclaimer:- I do not own Fox/ House? Characters etc…
Author note:- Just a reassurance to those who are concerned with the possibility of this becoming a House/ Cameron happy ever after story- It's not gonna! Trust me on this one okay?...
Rating:- T for the moment…
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"Low blood pressure, slightly anaemic…….tired…Wow. This sounds fascinating Dr Cameron I can so see why you thought this warranted my attention" Doctor Gregory House rolled his eyes and thrust the file back across his desk towards Cameron. This was a scenario Doctor Allison Cameron was steadily becoming used to. Working for the infamous Gregory House had its drawbacks, in fact she was coming to realise that the drawbacks were beginning to overtake the benefits. It seemed to her that he just could not find it in himself to be nice to her lately, ever since their disastrous date he had been using any opportunity to criticise her work, her hand writing, her clothes…even her immaculate hair styling and perfectly brewed coffee had come under fire in the last few weeks. She took a deep breath and tried to ignore the fact that her boss was now sitting with his feet up on his desk playing on his game boy.
"The patient is a 17 year old girl, her doctor referred her to a cardiologist to try and explain her palpitations, then she began to develop kidney and liver problems. Her whole body is shutting down, organ by organ. She'll be dead by next month if her deterioration continues at this rate. She's dangerously underweight and…" She was interrupted by House flinging his game boy down onto his desk.
"FINE! I'll take the case. Just. Stop. Talking." To say that House was in a bad mood would be an understatement. He had woken up with a headache, and refused to believe that it was due to the copious amounts of alcohol and Chinese food he and Wilson had consumed last night. He was beginning to suspect that it was some under hand plot by Cuddy to make him feel even worse about clinic duty. Maybe she had poisoned his coffee….. As his thoughts of conspiracy tapered off he was aware that not only was Cameron still in the room but she was still talking, oblivious to the fact that he wasn't listening to a word she said. He managed to catch the last few words of her sentence- something about his mail. Fascinating as ever. He got up and walked past her.
"Where are you going? Are you going to see the patient?" House gave her is best don't be ridiculous stare and continued down the corridor with the tell tale clip clopping of Cameron's shoes following him. House sighed, he knew just ignoring her wouldn't get the message across. He had to be cruel to be kind. He turned around to face her and whacked his cane into the wall. This violent action combined with the fierce look House had on his face made Cameron stop short.
The ferocity with which House spoke to her next was at a level that surprised even him. "Will you stop being such a petulant child! Do you think following me round the hospital with that self-sacrificing look on your face will get you any respect from me? Let me give you a clue- It won't!" With this House turned around and stalked off. It was just as well the corridor was completely clear because he didn't trust himself enough to be even half way nice to anyone. The only problem for him was that the corridor wasn't completely clear; Wilson was standing in full view of the whole scenario. It was clear from the look on Wilson's face that House had gone way too far this time. He turned around and saw Cameron still stood in the same position with clenched fists. Even at the distance at which House was standing he could see that she was a few shades paler than she had been this morning. She slowly turned around and walked back towards the office from which they had come.
House looked towards Wilson to see that the disappointed, reproachful expression still there.
He managed to somehow find his voice "Don't look at me like that. She needed to hear it from someone"
"You didn't just discourage her though. You just destroyed her! You think you have helped her!" Wilson spat this out with disgust that his friend could possibly treat someone quite this badly; it was a new low, even for House. Wilson turned away from him and followed Cameron's course to the office leaving House alone in the corridor.