Disclaimer: I don't own House, if I did Chase would be mine.
This is my first House Fic I don't know how it's going to go. But it's not going to be more than 10 chapters. It's a short story. I'm a huge fan of Chase if you can tell. Tell me what you think.
The elevator beeped with doctors rushing out. They were carrying a bed into the emergency clinic. A young girl about the same age as the doctors was placed in a hospital bed. Tubes were stuck in her trying to keep her alive. Doctors rushed in and out putting different liquids into her body and pulling others out. Her eyes were barely even open as she sleepily watched the process happening around her. Soon after four doctors entered the room examining her as if she was a piece of meat for their dinner.
She was looked up and down and her file scanned with grave detail. The only female doctor; Allison Cameron had lifted up the girl's arm noticing the spots all over it. The doctor called Robert Chase stood in the corner staring at the girl. House, the head doctor shouted at Chase for staring and not helping. Chase shrugged him off as he continued to stare at both the girl and her file. The last doctor; Eric Foreman injected a clear liquid into the girl's thigh.
Hives, that's what she had. Severe hives swelling up her neck restricting her supply of air. Nickel, it's what makes her break out. As her small body calmed down her eyes opened wide slowly clearly seeing the four doctors in front of her.
"I'm allergic to nickel, in case you were wondering." The girl said.
"Thank you…Katie." Cameron responded as she snatched the girl's file from Chase.
Katie nodded as she pushed the sheet off her legs. Down on her calf was a large cut. Katie's eyes wandered down confused. She leaned forward trying to figure out what it was.
"Oh, I know what that's from. I fell this morning and scraped my leg." Katie explained.
"It's good that it's nothing severe. You may go." Cameron explained.
Chase sighed snatching the file back from Cameron. His eyes fell on it as he began examining every little detail of it. As Katie stepped off the bed she placed her hand on her forehead and fainted onto the floor. Chase jumped while Foreman and Cameron rushed over to the girl gently picking her up and placing her onto the bed once again lifting her feet up above her head.
Katie's eyes opened slowly blinking. Her eyes wandered around the room and at her foot up high.
"What's going on?" Katie asked.
"You fainted." Cameron said.
"Oh, I don't have any reason to." Katie said as coughed a hoarse barking cough into her arm.
"Katie, do me a favor and spit out the phlegm from your cough." Foreman said as he handed Katie a tissue.
Katie took the tissue from Dr. Foreman's hand spitting out the phlegm. Her eyes widened at the sight of it. It was yellow. She passed it over to Dr. Forman whose eyes widened just as hers had.
"I've got strep throat don't I?" Katie asked.
"Yes, how did you know that?" Foreman asked back.
"I'm not stupid you know. Just give me antibiotics and I'll go." Katie said.
"I never said that. Take these, and we'll see how you do."
"Thank you. I… Why are my hands bleeding?" Katie questioned worried.
"You've got cuts on your hands, how did you get these?" Cameron wondered.
"You expect me to know? If I knew would I really be asking why?"
"I don't know. You could be lying to us."
"I think I know the value of telling the truth, I've dealt with liars who try to defend their actions hoping it will not affect their lives." Katie explained.
"Touché, Chase, stop reading that file. I think you've read it probably 5 times. Hand me bandages to wrap her hands in, and pass me some antiseptic." Cameron asked receiving the bandages from Chase.
"Chase, the antiseptic, how many times do we have to repeat things today with you?" Foreman snapped.
"Sorry, I'm just out of it." Chase shook his head as he handed over the antiseptic.
Foreman squeezed antiseptic out of the bottle as he gently smeared it on Katie's wounds. Cameron wrapped both Katie's hands with bandages as she watched Chase quietly sneak out of the room. Once she was done she smiled at Katie and Foreman leaving the room to follow Chase.
"Chase, where do you think you're going?" Cameron shouted after the doctor.
"Away, there's something about Katie that reminds me of someone I used to know…and love. I can't be in there right now." Chase responded.
"That's just a little bit weird. But if I need you I'm beeping you and you better get your Australian ass in there." Cameron sneered as she watched Chase chuckle.
Cameron re-entered the room as she gazed at the girl sitting in front of her. She was puzzled, it made no sense. Her head was shook as she left the room with Foreman following her. The two headed to House's office to find both House and Chase sitting there quietly. Chase seemed as if he was off in nowhere land and House was just staring at him clueless.
"Cameron, got any idea where Chase is right now?" House questioned.
"He's in love." Cameron said as Foreman snorted.
"I'm not!" Chase said as he grunted.
"I think you are. She reminds me of someone I used to know…and love. Right, because that doesn't sound like love at all Chase." Cameron stated.
"Shut up Cameron. She REMINDS me, doesn't mean she is, although she seems rather familiar." Chase snapped at Cameron as the two walked back to House's office.
"Okay, so symptoms you guys. What do we have?" House interrupted.
"Hives." Cameron said.
"Fainting." Forman explained.
"Cuts on both her hands." Cameron said again.
"Cuts?" House asked confused.
"Yes, they looked like rips that would be caused if something burst." Foreman explained.
"That's different." House bluntly stated.
"No shit." Cameron stated as she picked up Katie's file.
Cameron turned to Chase and smiled, she handed the file to him, "Why don't you say something intelligent?"
Chase sighed, "She's had strep throat for six months. Antibiotics were given, but they didn't help. I think it's developing onto a stream of Rheumatic Fever."
"And we can't test for that. Get a blood test and take a CT scan of her heart." House said as he sent the three off.
Cameron and Chase went into Katie's room to scan her heart while Foreman took a sample of her blood.
"Wait, Foreman what's that for?" Katie asked staring at the needle in Foreman's hand.
"I'm taking a sample of your blood." Foreman replied.
"I don't think that's such a good idea. I faint at the sight of my blood, and so if you think about it me fainting wouldn't be good." Katie confirmed.
"Well then we have a problem." Foreman explained.
Chase gazed over at Katie who smiled, he sighed, "Katie, stand up please and come over towards this chair."
Chase walked over to the chair in the corner of the room and sat down patting his lap.
"Sit Katie, we need to get this test done, I'll hold you and you can hug me and rest your face in my shoulder." Chase explained making Foreman and Cameron gasp.
Katie smiled as she sat up, threw her legs over the edge of the bed and made her way over to Chase's lap. She stopped in front of him gazing into his eyes. Her butt was placed on her lap as she handed her arm to Foreman. Her other arm was holding herself close to Chase as her face was in his shoulder with tears streaming down. Chase's right hand was placed around Katie's waist and his other hand began stroking her hair trying to keep her calm.
"Katie, it's all done." Chase whispered into her ear.
Katie lifted her head up and leaned back looking straight at Chase. Her eyes met his as a soft smile grew across Chase's face. Cameron and Foreman looked at each other and narrowed their eyebrows. There was something going on. Chase's hands were still around Katie's waist as the two just sat there looking at each other.
"Katie, I'm sorry to interrupt your sweet moment but we need to get a scan of your heart." Cameron laughed.
Chase looked at Katie and nodded. He helped her off him and carefully led her to the CT scan room. Chase stood by Katie as she climbed up onto the bed.
"Relax, we're just going to scan your heart to see if there's something wrong with it." Chase explained softly.
"You're going to give me a CT scan. I'm not stupid, I know I'm supposed to relax and I know what a CT scan is." Katie sneered.
"Alright, be a bitch." Chase said as turned to nod at Cameron and Foreman.
"Hey, that's not nice Chase." Katie whined as Chase chuckled pushing the button sending her into the test.
Her heart was scanned.
"What's with Chase today?" Foreman asked Cameron as he carefully searched her heart scan.
"Katie reminds him of someone he used to love. It's quite funny act…what's that?" Cameron pointed to the screen.
"That's heart inflammation. Oh my god, it's coming."
Good? Bad? You tell me.
-xActDanceWritex
