"Did you see Cameron this morning?" Foreman asked Chase as the two ate together in the cafeteria.

"No. House said that Cameron hadn't gotten in yet."

"And you believed him?"

"Uh, yeah. Why wouldn't I?"

"Geez, Chase. Are you really that naïve? When has Cameron ever missed a day of work? Even when she was nauseous from her medication during her HIV scare, she still came in and worked. He was lying…but what I can't figure out is why."

"Why don't you just ask him, if you're so curious?" Chase replied, slightly angry for being called naïve. "He's sitting right there with Wilson." He pointed in House's direction as he and Wilson walked towards a table behind Foreman.

Wilson and House were now eating in silence as Wilson was trying to figure out who was making House so distracted. House, in return, was pretending to be completely engrossed with sandwich and doing his best to ignore Wilson's inquiring look.

"House!" Foreman called, as he and Chase came to their table. "Tell me, where was Cameron this morning? Truthfully."

"Cameron!" Wilson exclaimed. "That's who has you so distracted. I knew it! You still have feelings for her!" He excitedly pumped his fist in the air, victorious in discovering House's secret. People from the other tables looked curiously at the four men. House glared at the onlookers until they turned away and returned to their conversations.

"What do you mean 'still'? I don't remember ever saying that I had feelings for her in the first place," House replied defensively.

"Wait. You like Cameron?" Foreman asked. "I thought that the you-and-Cameron thing was over ever since your date. Not to mention the fact that you slept with Stacy, too, before driving her away."

"Foreman, I didn't know you cared so much about my love life. Jealous that I'm getting some and you're not? If you ask real nicely, I'll give you the number of a 'working girl' I know."

Foreman ignored the jab at his recent lack of women and responded, "I said this before and I'll it again: don't mess with her. Some relationships aren't meant to be."

"Cameron called you a 'selfish jerk' and you still want to stand up for her?"

"She was right…but you still haven't agreed to stay away from her."

"I didn't know I had to ask your permission to do anything. Wait a minute, I don't. I'm your boss. Now, go do your job, homie, or I'll tell on you."

Foreman gave House a look of exasperation and, knowing that House would not take him seriously, let the issue go. Chase looked at House, completely clueless of whose side to take, before finally following Foreman out of the cafeteria.

After the two had left, Wilson went back to his prying. "So, you do still like Cameron, don't you?" Wilson asked with a smile. "Too bad she won't let you walk all over her anymore. You're actually going to have to make an effort in order to win her over. Ha, I can't wait to see you grovel."

"Shut up. I'm not going to do anything. When you can stop grinning like an idiot, I'll be hiding from Cuddy," House said, grabbing his cane and the last of his Reuben sandwich before heading towards his office to play with his Gameboy.

Cameron was sitting in Exam Room One when Cuddy walked in.

"Sorry, I was looking for House," Cuddy said upon seeing Cameron.

"Did you really think he'd be here if he didn't have to be?"

"Who knows where he's hiding these days? If you see him, tell him to come into my office. He's not answering his pager or his cell phone."

"He's probably busy trying to get a high score on his Gameboy…but I will."

"Thanks," Cuddy turned to leave but stopped. Facing back towards Cameron, she asked, "What are you doing here by yourself? It's lunchtime."

"Just wanted to be by myself for a moment. The boys can get annoying after a while."

"Ahh. So you're not just avoiding House?"

"Why would I do that?" Cameron asked, tensing up.

"I don't know, but rumor has it that House caught you sleeping this morning."

Cameron relaxed. "Oh, that. No, I'm not avoiding him."

"Okay, then. If you see him, send him down."

"I will."

Cuddy opened her mouth as if to ask another question but decided against it. She left the exam room, full of questions about what was going on between Cameron and House.

Cameron waited until Cuddy had left before taking out the letter from Sebastian Charles, who wanted to know if they could go out to dinner while he was in town for the refill of his TB medication tomorrow. She had found the letter in the pile of mail stacked on House's desk while she was sorting through it. It's a good thing I got to the mail before House did, or he'd have read it first because obviously, House doesn't have a problem with reading mail addressed to me, she thought, remembering how House had opened her HIV results letter. She hadn't thought of Sebastian in a long time and didn't know whether or not she should go out with him. There was still no future for them: him being in Africa and her in New Jersey. Oh, what harm can one dinner date do? I'll give him a call later, she decided, tucking the letter back in her lab coat pocket, and headed upstairs towards House's office to give him Cuddy's message.