CHAPTER ELEVEN

Even though her office wasn't in the immunology ward, it had been moved closer to House's since she became a member of his team, this was where she loved to be. The hussle and bussle of the immunology wing, patients coming from all over the state to get their treatment as not many hospitals specialised in this area of medicine. Cameron was lucky to get a place on House's team, and this wing was just an added bonus to help her with her studies and also better her practise in medicine. She spent the whole morning in there, seeing patients and also diagnosing new ones. She knew that for many people facing their life with an immunodeficiency was very hard. Even as she was studying it, she thought that for people to be told this would be extremely hard to accept, coming to hospital all the time for treatment that could leave them feeling sick afterwards. Lunch time came, and her pager went off. She looked down at the number and saw Chase's flashing across her screen. She smiled as she looked at the child who was getting his treatment.

"Ally no leave me!" he said to her, she stroked his head.

"No, I'm not going anywhere, let me just use my phone okay?" she said as she reached over. She phoned Chase and waited for him to pick up.

"Hi Dr. Chase, I'm in the immunology wing, exam room ten if you want to join me. Bring something to eat and also a piece of cake, I'm with a patient at the moment." She listened to what Chase told her and then put in her own order for lunch. She hung up and smiled at the boy.

"Hey, I have a friend coming to see me, is that okay? He has a treat for you too!" Cameron said as she went back into the exam room next door. He nodded.

Chase came in ten minutes later with the food in a bag. He smiled as he saw her reading the boy a story book.

"Hey, can't even take some time off to spend with me?" he said jokingly as she walked in. She smiled.

"Matthew, this is Dr. Chase. He is a friend that I work with. He treats people who are really sick in the intensive care station. We work together on the same team, remember I told you about him." She said to the boy as he looked at Chase.

"I don't like him!" the boy said, she laughed.

"He isn't a bad man, he won't hurt you in fact he has something for you!" she said, as Chase turned around with a piece of chocolate cake for him. Matthew's eyes lit up and smiled.

"That all for me?" he asked Chase, he nodded. "You no bad man really!" he said as Chase handed him the cake. Cameron helped him sit up and he began to eat it. She changed his bottle of meds and Chase handed her the salad that she wanted.

"Thanks!" she said as she began to eat. "He needed that, I haven't seen him smile all day!" she told him as she began to eat his own food.

"Where are his parents?" Chase asked.

"His dad died of lung cancer and his mum is at work, I look after him during his treatment, and then his mum comes and picks him up when it's finished. I normally call her when he is on his last bottle." Cameron told him. She looked at Matthew whose face was now covered in cake, she laughed. "Matthew, your mum is going to kill me!" she said as she cleaned his face. Matthew smiled.

"That was nice, is there juice in there for me?" he asked, Chase reached into the bag and pulled out an extra bottle of apple juice. He gave it to Matthew who began to drink it.

"Well, that means only two bottles left. Do you want multi fruit or apple?" Chase asked Cameron.

"Multi fruit please!" she said as Chase threw the bottle her way, she caught it and put it on the table in front of her. "So, are you coming back to mine tonight, or are you going to head back home?" she asked Chase. She really liked having the company at hers she didn't feel so alone anymore.

"If you don't mind, I would like to stay at yours tonight, and then I'll pack my things up and move back into mine on Tuesday or Wednesday." Chase said she nodded. "Listen Cameron, thank you for looking after me…"

"I should be the one thanking you! Flu really was the last thing on my mind to get, but it happened." She said to him. She saw that Matthew's bottle was finished, so she hung up the last one and went to call his mum. She came back in and turned to Matthew.

"Mummy will be here in twenty minutes!" Cameron told him, he nodded and she turned back to Chase.

"Cam… Allison, I want to talk to you about something, but not here, can we talk tonight?" he asked, she nodded.

"Of course we can Chase, I mean I owe you for looking after me the past week." She said.

"You looked after me too, changing my dressing and also making sure that I was okay." He added, she looked at him, she forgot that she had to change the dressing today.

"Remind me, it needs to be changed today, I mean, after lunch and Matthew has gone home, I need to take the stitches out." She said, he nodded and they finished lunch in silence.

Matthew's mum came and Cameron made his next appointment with her. They said goodbye and left. Chase then popped his head out of the exam room and she smiled. They headed down to the clinic where she would be able to remove his stitches. He took off his shirt and Cameron undid his bandages. He lay down as Cameron went to get a sterile kit to remove his stitches. She put on a pair of gloves and begun to remove the stitches. Chase looked up at the ceiling as she began he hated this, being on the receiving end instead of the giving end.

"Dr. Cameron," Chase said, she let out a little sound to indicate that she was listening as she continued to remove the stitches. "Do you remember a question I once asked you, it was when you were having the nightmares, I'm not sure if you do remember as you couldn't remember the dreams you were having." He asked her as he continued to look at the ceiling. She was nearly done she had already removed two, only two more left.

"No, I'm sorry, I don't really remember much of last week!" she said to him as she started to remove the third one. Chase took in a deep breath as he prepared himself to ask her again, it was easy the first time, she finished taking out the third and started to remove the last one. Chase looked down at her as she worked, she was so concentrated on what she was doing that she never noticed his hand reaching up and running his fingers through her hair. She jumped, as she looked up at Chase.

"Do you want me to cut your side open again?" she said with a huge grin on her face, she looked back down at his side and removed the last stitch. She washed it up and then looked at it. She ran her fingers slowly over it.

"Do you feel that?" she asked him, he nodded. She looked at his ribs and began to makes sure that they had healed too. They were no longer broken, but Chase was still in some pain. "Opps, I'm sorry Chase. Let me put some cream on your sides to help with the pain in the muscles, and also they need to be bandaged up for the rest of the week, however they are no longer broken!" she added as she went to get the cream and some bandages. Chase was silent the whole time she did this he liked to watch her work. She looked up at him, looked deeply into his eyes. "Robert, what's the matter?" she asked as she held his hand, Chase raised his eyes to meet hers.

"Nothing Dr. Cameron, everything is fine." He said, she was shocked by this answer, she was expecting him to say something else, she smiled at him, let go of his hand and turned away from him. A single tear left her eye, she didn't know why but she wiped it away.

"Can you sit up please so I can bandage your sides up." She said, she heard Chase moving and turned and saw him sat up. She bandaged his sides and walked out of the exam room, leaving him to put his shirt on by himself and also for cursing himself for being such a wimp.

CHAPTER TWELVE

Cameron went and checked on Mark like she said to Stacy she would. He was getting better, the meds were doing their job and he couldn't wait to get out and back to work like he wanted. Cameron assured him that he only had until the end of the week and that he would be back at work the following Monday. She left him and went to the clinic, she had duty, and so did Chase, but she was hoping to avoid him if she could. She checked in, picked up a file and got to work. She spent the rest of the afternoon hiding in exam room five, not wanting to see anyone apart from patients. Six o'clock came, she should have finished clinic duty an hour ago, but she didn't want to. A knock on the exam room door brought her back to reality.

"Come in." she said as she heard House's walk on the floor, she looked up and crossed her arms, surprised to see him, but she didn't want to be open at the moment.

"What are you still doing here?" she asked him. "Shouldn't you be at home doing whatever it is when you are alone?" she asked as she turned her back on him and made sure that she had enough pain meds before tomorrow. House walked up to her.

"Dr. Chase is looking for you I'm surprised he didn't look here!" House said to her as he walked up towards her. "He has checked the immunology wing, ICU, your office and also Mark's room, he has asked Stacy, me and also Foreman. What happened, lovers tiff?" House said to her. She turned at this point, he had crossed the line.

"Nothing is going on between Dr. Chase and me we are just friends who looked after each other when we were ill. If you can't handle that, then maybe you should be the one to look after me!" she said, House stepped back from her, she looked really mad, he knew that he hit a soft spot. Her necklace changed to black, he didn't take this as a good sign. House thought about it for one minute, and decided to risk it he went up to Cameron and took her in his arms. She stood there shocked at what House had just done. She let him hold her in his arms and her anger melted.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, it was a sarcastic remark that you didn't see, I should have realised that you have had a tough day!" he said to her as he let her go, she stood there, still in shock, her necklace had changed back to purple. "Come back to mine tonight, I want to show you something!" he said, she shook her head.

"I can't, I have a meeting tonight, and Chase is still staying at mine, I really should find him and take him back so he can start to pack his things up!" House's eyebrow rose at this comment.

"Pack?" he asked. She nodded.

"I said I would take care of him until he was better, well he is and he wants to go back to his apartment, so that's why he needs to pack." She said.

"What about this meeting?" he asked her, she smiled.

"Oh, don't worry about that, they will find me, they always do!" she said as she left the exam room, House trying to figure out the meaning to her riddle.

Cameron found Chase in the conference room, she looked at him and smiled, and he walked up to her and hugged her.

"Where were you?" he asked as he quickly realised what he had done. He pulled away quicker from her than he had done hugging her.

"Clinic duty." She answered as she packed up her laptop. She picked it up and then turned to face Chase. "Ready to go?" she asked. He nodded and they left the hospital. Once they were back at her place, she went and sat on the sofa. She closed her eyes and relaxed. Chase went into her kitchen and made her a cup of tea and himself a cup of coffee. He came back in carrying the two mugs and placed them on her table and joined her. She opened one eye, saw the cup and began to drink.

"Thank you!" she said as she began to relax again. "What's wrong Robert, I can tell when something is on your mind?" she asked him, Chase moved his arm and signalled for her to come and lay on him, she smiled as she went over to him and he started to mindlessly stroke her hair.

"This last week, well apart from us both being ill has been amazing to spend time with you outside of work Allison." He said she nodded in his arms she enjoyed having someone around her instead of being alone. It was then it happened, she realised that her powers were not giving her much choice but to be alone, she hated them, she didn't want to be alone, and she wanted to be with someone. Her mind started to play tricks on her, as she saw a group of people standing in front of her. She looked up and saw that Chase wasn't moving. She had realised that the council decided to visit her personally this time, and not in her dreams. She stood up, moving Chase's arm away from her and approached them.

"Nice trick, surprised you enter this realm considering!" she told them as she stood before them.

"We got what you sent us!" the male voice told her.

"Well that's good as it almost nearly killed me! You know, I was ill and then doing something like that doesn't make me feel any better!" she said to them, a hand raised in the air, signalling for her to stop talking. She stood there and waited for them to speak.

"It's powerful and will only posses men, you need to get it to posses someone you are close to so that we can destroy it!" the female voice told her.

"Okay, and what would happen to the person it posses?" she asked them.

"Nothing, however we can not promise you that! If something does happen to this person, then you will have to cure them, the council stays out of the affairs of humans!" she continued to say.

"And yet, you are telling me that I have to risk someone close to me to make this sacrifice so that you can kill them? Okay, if it has to be anyone, then I pick Justin!" she said, his spirit appeared in the room as she called his name.

"Damn you Allison, how did you do that?" he asked. The council starred at him.

"No, it has to be a mortal, Justin is one of us, he can not do it!" the male voice told her.

"Shame, I always wanted to watch him be possessed!" she said as she waved her hand and Justin's spirit disappeared. "Don't worry, he'll find his body!" she said with a huge grin on her face. She knew that the council disapproved of what she just did she felt the negative energy coming for them. One of them floated over to Chase and looked at him.

"This was one that the demon possessed?" the female asked, Cameron nodded. She hated the council being in her apartment, but she couldn't do anything.

"If anyone is going to destroy this thing, it's going to be me, and I don't want any member of the council close to someone who I have feelings for!" she said to them, this caused them to talk among each other.

"Okay, if this is the only way to get rid of this demon, then so be it!" the male voice said to her as another piece of paper floated her way. She plucked it from the air and read the spell. She was surprised at how hard it was. She looked at the council. They knew that this was going to be a difficult trial for her, she had to ask for help, then decide who it should posses and then help that person back to health. Cameron didn't know what to do. She bowed to the council, showing her sign of respect for them, and they vanished. Cameron sat back in Chase's arms *maybe they are not as bad as I expected!* she thought to herself as she felt Chase's lungs inflating and deflating again.

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Cameron woke up in Chase's arms, still on the sofa. She remembered the meeting with the council and she hated it. She didn't know what to do, it had to posses someone she was close to, but the question was who? She moved herself from Chase and went into her room, closed the door and cried. She just let out all of the confusion and feelings that had been going on inside her for the past week. She sat there, on her bed just alone. This was how she had to spend the rest of her life, alone, or with Justin. She didn't want to give the council the satisfaction of her going out with him, and she also didn't want to be alone. They hadn't interfered in her life before, so why now? So many questions in her head, and she just wrapped her arms around herself and cried again. She reached for the book under her bed it was time for her to find out more about this necklace. She dried away her tears and flipped through the book until she found what she was looking for. She read the pages and blinked with surprise:

"The necklace of Saturn.

This is a powerful necklace that protects the wearer from their powers taking over. The stone changes colour whenever the wearer is feeling different emotions and also the stone can emit powers from the wearer in times of trouble or warns them about danger approaching. It gives the wearer the chance to enhance their powers. The necklace is one of a kind and it is passed down through the generations of one family who will someday be able to bring back the balance…"

*Bring back the balance? What does that mean?* Cameron thought to herself. She turned the page, but the rest of the text was missing, it appeared that a page had been torn out of her book. She closed it in frustration and put it back under her bed. She hated this, her powers, her curse she just wanted to be with someone! She lay on her bed with her head in her pillow and sobbed. She felt a hand stroke her head she turned around quickly to find Chase there, looking over her.

"What's the matter?" he asked her, she dried away her tears and smiled at him.

"Nothing, I'm fine, everything is going to be okay!" she said as her eyes diverted to the spell sitting on her table. Chase took her in his arms and hugged her, like he had done several nights ago as she had the nightmares. She relaxed in his arms, allowing the warmth of his body to fill her and make her happy again. This is what she wanted, someone to love her.

Cameron pulled away from Chase and smiled at him. He smiled back, she knew that he had suffered a lot at the hands of this demon, but could she really make him go through it again? She thought about her other choice if she didn't chose Chase, it was House. She knew which ever one she chose, she would have to let them in and explain about her powers and everything. She didn't know which one of them to trust, she needed time and she hoped that the council was going to give her that. She looked up at Chase and smiled. She wasn't sure what she should do. House or Chase it was her choice and she couldn't chose, she didn't know what to do, whoever she chose that the demon possessed she would have no choice but to open up to. This repeated in her head until she could recite it off by heart. That was something that she didn't know if she was prepared to do, open up and show something to another human being that could freak them out, she knew what she had to do, she had to test them, and if they didn't pass, then she could always wipe their memories, but that was difficult magic for her and also it would leave her tired for the whole day afterwards, but she needed to do it, she needed to find out who she could trust.

"Robert, I'm really sorry, but I have to go out for a few hours, I have a meeting. I'll be back later okay?" she said as she kissed him lightly on the lips, She had to see House, she had to find out why, and if he could do this. She picked up her keys, pager, and cell phone and left Chase in her room. Just before she walked out of the door, he came up from behind her put his hand on her shoulder and turned her around and kissed her passionately on the lips. She relaxed in his kiss, allowing him to probe deeper to see how far he could go. She allowed him, enjoying the passion that she gained from his kiss. She pulled away and looked up at Chase. She smiled and kissed him lightly on the cheek and walked out of the door, regretting what she was about to do with House.

House heard a knock on his door he opened it to see Cameron standing there.

"Can I come in?" she asked.

"What about your meeting?" he questioned her.

"It's over, I left as I had something more important to deal with!" she said as she walked into his apartment. She saw the piano and went over to it. She closed her eyes and played a short melody and House stood there and listened. Once she was finished, she turned and faced House.

"Gregg, I need to show you something…" she began to say, but House silenced her.

"Come with me!" he said as he took her by the hand and lead her onto his balcony. She looked up at the sky and saw the sun setting, it was amazing. House put his arm around her, she had just come at the right time, and she didn't know it.

"I've wanted to share this with you for a long time." He said to her as she leaned in towards him, she looked at him and he kissed her on the lips. She put her arms around his neck, not wanting it to end. She fell deeper into his kiss, and this time it was her doing the probing, she wanted to see how much House would let her in, how far she could go. House didn't stop in fact he began to do the same to her. She pulled away slowly and looked back out at the sun setting. Her thoughts then went back to the real reason why she was there she cursed at herself under her breath and looked up at him.

"Gregg, it's beautiful, but I really need to talk to you." She said as she pulled away and walked back into his apartment. House followed her and closed the balcony door. She took in a deep breath, she didn't know how to do this, and it was against everything that she knew and had been taught, but she had to show him.

"Turn off the lights." She asked, and he did what she said. She went up to him and took him by the hand and led him into a part of his room where he could see her silhouette from the natural light outside.

"Don't be scared please whatever you see, just don't be afraid." She said to him as she began to whisper a spell under her breath, House tried to understand what she was saying, but then a flame of purple light appeared out of her hands.

"Damn it, I can't even get a simple light spell correct!" she said as she closed her eyes to concentrate and changed the colour of the flame to white. Once she had succeeded, she opened her eyes and smiled. She looked at House, the one person she knew that could understand her. He looked at the flame in her hands. "It's okay, it won't burn you, you can touch it!" she said, House reached out and touched the flame and felt nothing. He looked at Cameron.

"What is this?" he asked her, she knew that he wouldn't be able to understand, she had to try something else. She blew out the flame and clicked her fingers and the lights went back on. House looked at her he didn't know how to respond to this one.

"Okay, let me try again!" she said as she looked around his apartment. She saw a medical book lying on his sofa, she didn't know why he was reading it, but she didn't care. She concentrated on the book and brought it over to her, she held out her hands and read the open pages.

"Since when have you been worried about heart problems?" she asked him as she looked up at him, he still didn't know how to respond. "Gregg, I'm sorry, it was wrong of me to…"

"No, Allison, how, I mean what, what do you want from me?" he asked her.

"I didn't want to scare you that's for sure! I wanted to show you that if we are going to be together, you have to accept me for who I am and also what I am able to do!" she said to him. House took her in his arms. "I need an answer Gregg I need to know if you could love me for who I am!" She said looking up at him. He smiled at her, she didn't know if this was a good thing to do or not. She backed away from House and looked at him. She couldn't do it, but she had to. "I'm so sorry Gregg, I love you!" she whispered and she recited the spell to put him to sleep and erased his memory of what she showed him. She used her powers and floated him to his bed. She was hurting inside, could she really trust Chase with the same thing? She had to try, even if it meant wiping his memory, and then she could decide who she would need to help her and then who she could help to recover and finally fall in love with.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Cameron drove back to her apartment, confused about how House had reacted. She knew that he wouldn't remember any of it, but still, she somehow wanted him to. She got home and opened the door to her apartment, Chase was sitting down watching TV, and she took a deep breath, knowing that she had to go through it all again. She went up to Chase and sat down beside him. She clicked her fingers and her TV went out. Chase looked at her and then at the TV.

"Did you use the remote?" he asked her.

"Something like that!" she said as she helped Chase stand up. She looked around her apartment, and saw one of Chase's books lying on her table. She looked at it and it floated over to her and into her hands. This was the same trick she did with House, but Chase just stood there, unimpressed by what she had just done. She looked at the book it was on intensive care situations, which was what he was specialising in. Chase looked at the book in her hands.

"Where did you get that from!" he said as he took it from her hands.

"The table where you left it!" she said, a bit upset that he didn't find that somewhat strange in the least. She thought about something else in her head. She clicked her fingers and her stereo started to play Leanne Rimes 'right kind of wrong'. She held out her hands, and Chase took them.

"Dance with me!" she said as he pulled her in close to his body. They moved to the song, Cameron listening to the words.

"Loving you, isn't really something that I should do

Shouldn't wanna spend my time with you!

I should try to be strong.

But baby you're the right kind or wrong."

As the song continued, Cameron began to whisper a spell to her. She opened her eyes and saw that it had worked first time they were hovering off the ground. She tapped Chase lightly on the shoulder "don't be scared!" she said to him and he looked down. He looked at her, and she smiled. Chase smiled back at her and held her tight.

"I wont let you fall, don't worry!" she said to him in his ear. He kissed her on the neck, he wasn't worried about what she could do, and didn't ask any questions about it, and he just accepted it. House had always been the one that she wanted, but then she began to notice Chase a bit more. He was always there for her when she needed him, she could always count on him for anything, and he always was there to catch her when she fell. With Chase she was happy, with House, it was a challenge, but was it one that she was going to accept.

"I love you Allison, I have wanted to tell you that for ages, I don't know what is going on here, but all I know is that you are someone special and I don't want to lose you!" Chase whispered in her ear. Cameron didn't know how to respond to this, had she really made up her mind, Chase or House? She slowly brought them both back to the ground as the song ended. She snapped her fingers and her stereo turned off.

"I'm really sorry Robert!" she said as she began to recite the same spell that had put House to sleep. Chase stood there, and his eyes closed. She waved her hand her bedroom door opened, she lifted it and Chase began to hover to her bed. She spoke the words of the memory wiping spell and then it was done. She didn't know who to trust, but she had to decide soon, there was a demon out there and she was the only one would could stop it. After sickness suddenly hit her, she forgot all about it when she used too much of her powers. She ran into her bathroom and was sick, crying at the same time. She needed some advice and she didn't know who to turn to. Once she had finished being sick, she went up to her sofa, pulled the blanket around her and went to sleep.

CHAPTER FIVETEEN

Cameron woke up with the worse feeling she had ever had in her life. She looked up and saw Chase stroking her hair. She smiled at him.

"Hi, maybe you shouldn't go into work, you're not really very well are you?" he said, she shook her head.

"I'm fine!" she said to him. "I just don't remember much of last night!" she said, she remembered all of it, but she wanted to make sure that her spell had worked.

"We watched TV, some DVDs and had pizza, all in all a relaxing night in my company!" he replied to her as he helped her up. "You fell asleep here and I didn't want to disturb you, so I went and slept on your bed after putting the blanket on you!" he continued as she rubbed her forehead, she was good, but she was also feeling the effects of it. She needed to find out if it worked on House too! She got ready for work and then drove Chase to PPTH with his stuff in the boot, he thought that it was time for him to go home, this hurt her, she loved having him there, and she loved having someone to keep her company. They went into the conference room and got themselves a cup of coffee. Foreman walked in and poured himself one too and sat down with them. He was followed by a grumpy House who was already moaning, Cameron looked at her watch, even by House's standards this was too early, she had two guesses in mind.

"Was it Stacy or Cuddy who had got you when you walked in?" she said, House glared at her. She smiled back. "Wow, both, must have been a real tag team match, was Wilson your partner?" she said as he walked in, also moaning to himself. Chase smiled at her, and she smiled back. Both House and Wilson got themselves a cup of coffee each, Wilson joined his ducklings and House began to write some symptoms on the board. The ducklings looked at the board, and Wilson continued to moan.

"I mean, what is it with them two getting on our backs!" Wilson said to House.

"At least you haven't got a court case! Here Cameron, see what you can make out of that!" he said as he handed her the letter. She opened it and read it, she couldn't believe it, he was being made to treat a patient.

"Well, it's not like this hasn't happened before!" she said to House.

"That's right, who da man, I'm da man!" he said to her as she showed Foreman and Chase the letter.

"So why is Wilson here?" she asked as he looked up at her.

"I got roped into it otherwise I have twenty extra hours of clinic duty because apparently one of the nurses accused me of flirting with her to Stacy! Me, flirting, I'm a married man!" Wilson said as he then resorted back to mumbling under his breath. Cameron couldn't help but smile at this comment. She looked back at the symptoms on the board.

"Thirty year old male, presenting with fever, tiredness, loss of conciseness and also personality changes! God, please tell me why me!" House said as he looked up to the ceiling.

"Okay, you have a court order to treat this patient, and you are giving us conditions that any doctor could have cured?" Foreman commented he regretted it as soon as he said it as House shot him an evil look.

"Okay, meningitis in someone that old could be a possibility, let's do a spinal tap!" Cameron said before House could make any comment to Foreman.

"Encephalitis could also be a cause we should run the tests for that!" Chase added.

"Do we have a patient history? Any viral illnesses recently?" Cameron asked.

"No history at the moment, you can do that as soon as we are finished." House said grinning at Cameron he loved it when she followed her gut feeling.

"What about Legionellosis? Or how about Pontiac fever?" Foreman suggested.

"Right, I want all the tests done for everything that you have all suggested, and also repeated tests from the ones that the other doctors said were negative!" House barked at his ducklings, everyone left the conference room except Cameron. She needed to know if her spell worked.

House walked into his office and Cameron followed him. He sat down and looked at her, she looked back at him.

"I'm not blinking first!" he said to her, she rolled her eyes up. "Told you, I won!" he said as his hands hit the air.

"I let you win Dr. House, thought it was about time someone made you smiled today!" she said as she crossed her arms.

"Well, you know how you can do that!" he said with a grin on his face. "So, how's Chase?! He asked.

"Fine, he's going back to his tonight, have to drop him off as his car is there. I'm going to miss him, no one to look after me now! It was nice having someone around and not being alone!" she said as she looked down at her feet.

"I'm sure we could change that!" he said to her, she looked at him and smiled.

"No Dr. House, if anything is going to happen, then we need to wait remember!" she said.

"I know, how was the meeting last night?" he asked, she let out a little triumphant yes in her head, it worked, but boy was she paying for it now!

"It was fine, you know the same old same old!" she said as she walked to the door of his office.

"Wait, how about I come over tonight, you know, pizza, a DVD, some beers maybe?" she turned around quickly and looked at House puzzled. She nodded. "Okay, see you at seven then!" he said as he picked up his softball and began to throw it up in the air. She left, House somewhat happier than he was twenty minutes ago.

Cameron went into their patient's room and looked at him. The face she somewhat recognised, but the name, she couldn't figure out. She saw Chase and Foreman taking bloods and checking vitals as she walked in.

"Good morning Mr. Tyler, I'm Dr. Cameron and I would like to ask you a few questions!" she said as she picked up her file.

"About time there was a good looking doctor in this hospital!" he said eyeing up Cameron, she looked at Chase who was taking the blood out of him he glared at Mr. Tyler and began to pull out the needle. "Watch it Aussie boy!" he said as Chase made sure he was extra painful.

"Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Tyler!" Chase said as he grinned to himself. Foreman smiled at Cameron who sat down in a chair next to his bed.

"So, like I said Mr. Tyler, I would like to ask you a few questions, then we can find out what's wrong with you!" she said as she got a pen out of her pocket. Chase came up to her and squeezed her shoulder, she looked at him. "If I need you, I'll page you Dr. Chase, meet me later in my office in about two hours!" she said, he nodded and left.

"She won't need you, she's in good hands!" Mr. Tyler shouted as both of the boys left the room Cameron glared at him, as this was not going to be fun! She sat there as he tried to hit on her, but she grinned and beared it as she needed the history. After an hour had past, she was getting tired of his torments about her being the best looking doctor in here.

"I mean, as if you really are a qualified doctor!" he said as she made her excuses to leave.

"Oh, Mr. Tyler, I went through medical school and I have my degree to prove it. Dr. House hired me because I was one of the best immunology applicants that he got, so if you have any problem with me treating you, I'm sure that Dr. House would love to speak to you!" she said as she put on a fake smile.

"I have no problem you treating me, I just don't want to be held responsible for my actions if I was to do something if we were alone together!" he said with a grin on his face. Cameron smiled at him and made a mental note that either she brought on of the lads with her next time or she prepared a spell to knock him out, just in case!

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Cameron went up to her office and saw Chase waiting outside it. She rubbed her temples as she unlocked the door, threw the file on her desk and sat down.

"Men are jerks!" she said as she turned on her laptop.

"I resent that!" Chase said as he sat on her sofa.

"Sorry, patient from hell doesn't exactly make you feel better!" she said as she logged into her account and found the WLAN connection in the hospital. "Next time, I am not going in there alone!" she added as she began to check her e mails.

"Oh, I bet you loved it!" he said. "Anyway, have you got plans tonight? We could always catch a movie or something?" he asked her.

"I'm sorry I've already got plans made for tonight, but maybe tomorrow?" she said, he nodded.

"I'll come and get you for lunch, I have to help Foreman run the tests!" he said as he left her office.

"I'll be down soon!" she said to him as she went back to her e mails. She checked hers, and then House's and then looked at the notes that she had taken. As far as she could tell, he was healthy, but people always lie, and maybe he did the same to her. She defiantly didn't want to go round two any time soon, she thought about sending House in and she laughed out loud at this thought.

"What's so funny?" Wilson asked as he walked into her office.

"Nothing, Mr. Tyler is such an interesting person!" she said as he sat down opposite her. Wilson grinned.

"You realised that too! He's always determined to get what he wants, so be careful!" he said to her, she nodded.

"So, I'm assuming that this isn't a business call, what can I do for you?" she asked, Wilson took in a deep breath.

"Look, I know House likes you, and he knows it too, and we both know that Chase has feelings for you. You need to decide Cameron, which one!" Wilson said to her, she looked down at her desk.

"I know, I love House, how can I tell him that! I mean he isn't exactly the man that I can open up to or who will be around for me all the time! With Chase, he's there and he knows what I need when I need it. But with Chase, I don't know, he isn't House, but I am very much attracted to him. I don't like doing this to either of them, but I need to know which one is going to be the right one for me!" she said to Wilson.

"If you love House, then go for him, I know that he will be willing to open up to you. He has feelings for you Allison, not for Stacy. Just please, don't hurt him." He said to her.

"I wouldn't hurt him, but I know I need to make my choice and I will, tonight, I promise!" she said to him. They both walked out of her office and headed down to the conference room. Cameron had the file in her hand. They sat down and Wilson got them both a cup of coffee.

"So, you and a nurse!" she said, that hit the spot, Wilson's face dropped.

"I didn't do anything!" he said, she nodded her head giving him the 'I believe you, not!' look. He sighed it wasn't going to work, not with Cameron. "Listen, let us both have lunch together, my treat okay?" he said.

"Okay and I promise not to put in a complaint about you hitting on me Dr. Wilson!" she said with a huge grin on her face.

House walked into the conference room.

"Jimmy, stop flirting with my staff, that's my job with this one, you can have Foreman or Chase, but leave me Cameron!" House told him. Cameron tried to held back the laughter, but she couldn't and let it out. "Dr. Cameron, are we laughing at one of my sarcastic comments? That's unlike you, what's wrong didn't get enough sleep, the noises of the wild outback keep you up late last night!" he said as Foreman and Chase walked in.

"At least I know what it's like to have some form of human contact at nights!" she said, Chase blushed. "Chase knows how to fulfil my needs!" she said, as she continued, her voice dripping with sarcasm so that no one would take her seriously. She looked at Chase, and he took some offence to what she said, she went up to him and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm sorry!" she whispered in his ear.

"Now now, get a room if you children are going to continue that!" House said to them.

"We could always use your office, I'm sure that you will like that!" she said. She looked at Chase, maybe she did love him, and he didn't freak out as much as House did when she showed him what she could do. She clicked her fingers and everyone came to a stand still, this wasn't her magic, she couldn't freeze time, she looked around and saw Justin in the room.

"There's been another one, he's here now!" he said to her.

"No, it's too early, I'm not ready!" she said to him, he smiled at her.

"You haven't decided, you know whichever one you choose have to be binded to you for the rest of their lives as they can't tell anyone and if they did, well their soul will pay!" he said as he went up to House and then Chase. "To be honest, I don't know what the attraction is in both of them!" he said as she walked up to Cameron.

"Well, at least neither of them is arrogant jerks like you!" she said, he looked at House.

"Oh, I'm sure he could give me a run for my money, shall we find out?" he said as he put two fingers together.

"Don't even think about it!" she said as he clicked his fingers and time started again. House starred at Justin.

"Who's this prick and how did he get in my conference room?" he asked Cameron.

"Dr. Justin Woods, hasn't Allison told you about me? I'm one of the new student doctors, training in immunology and Allison promised me an introduction with the famous Dr. House!" he said as he held out his hand to House.

"Justin, don't you even think about it!" she whispered in his ear as House shook his hand quickly.

"Dr. Woods and I were just heading down to ER, he has a patient there he wants a consult on!" she said as she pushed Justin to the door.

"I'll come with you!" Chase said she turned around.

"No, its fine, I'll be back soon!" she added. Wilson looked at her.

"I'll page you for lunch!" he said, she nodded Chase looked at her, hurt. She said that she would meet him for lunch.

"Dr. Chase, I will meet you in the immunology wing in an hour!" she said and pushed Justin out of the door.

"You know Dr. House, I'm sure you're not as much as an arrogant jerk as many people say you are, I bet you're more than you make out to be!" Justin said Cameron blushed as she pushed him out of the conference room, leaving a stunned House.

"Thanks for that do you want me to lose my job!" she said as they walked down to ER.

"It appears you have already made your choice, but you can't do it to him!" Justin said as they used the stairs to ER. They went into the patient's room and saw him in a coma like the rest of them. Cameron looked at his file, he was due to move up to ICU soon, she didn't need that, not another one up there. She was sure that the nurses thought she was crazy or something! She locked the door and Justin stood in a corner. She put her hands to his temples and closed her eyes. She found the ball of red light and she pushed it out of the man, where it went, she didn't know. She screamed as images started to rush into her head. She pulled her hands away and they stopped. Justin came up to her, put her hands in his and muttered his own spell. Cameron's breathing relaxed and the headache went.

"Healing spell, very useful!" he said as she looked confused at her. "You can do the hard stuff, but the easy stuff is a challenge for you? How strange!" he said to her as he pulled his hands away.

"I could do that, I just don't know it!" she admitted. She looked at the man as he opened his eyes. She pulled his tube out and put a mask on him. She then wrote it all down in his file, told the nurses that he had woken up and went outside, closely followed by Justin.

"I don't want you to come to see me at work ever again, and if you do, I will tell the council!" she said to him. "Now go and leave me in peace so that I can do this!" she said to him, he nodded, and left. She watched him go, that wasn't like him, she expected him at least to protest, but nothing! She took in a deep breath and went back into the hospital.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

She went and saw Chase up in the immunology wing he was talking to one of her patients, a little girl called Jenny. Cameron walked up to him and smiled, he was really good with her patient's and also to her. She wanted it to be him, but she didn't want to put him through it all over again, but at least he could handle it. She went up to Chase and he smiled.

"Listen, Robert, I need to talk to you, but I first need to speak to House, trust me this is something that I need to do!" she said to him, she didn't want to hide it anymore. Chase kissed her on her cheek and she left him, he knew that she would find him when she needed him. Jenny looked at him.

"Are you going out with Ally?" she asked, he shrugged his shoulders. "Good, then you can be my boyfriend!" she said to Chase as she hugged his leg, he laughed and picked her up, she was only ten, and gave her a hug.

"Come on, I know Ally will be back, let me help her out, lets get you ready for your treatment!" he said as he took her in the exam room.

Cameron went down to House's office and waved her hand, the blinds automatically went down House looked up at her, puzzled by what had just happened.

"I need to know something Gregg, do you love me? Would you be willing to do anything for me, even if it meant that one of us would get hurt?" she said to him. He looked at her, she couldn't keep her feelings in anymore, and he knew it, he needed to give her an answer, and a truthful one at that!

"Allison, I respect you as a doctor and as a person more than you can imagine…"

"Gregg, this is not what I want to hear, do you love me?" she said, she was getting impatient, she needed to make her choice, she had to stop it.

"I can't love you Allison, the past hurts too much, and I'm not ready to open up to anyone!" he said to her, she looked in his eyes and knew that this was the truth.

"So you were just leading me on, well I guess I should have expected it, I was after all the rebound after Stacy coming back. I'm sorry to do this to you Gregg, I love you and I hoped that in time, you'd have come around to your feelings for me, but I guess this isn't mean to be! Like I said you're just too screwed up to love me. Thank you for being honest, but I'm afraid that you won't remember this!" she said as she put her hands to his temples. She went through his memories, and erased the scene where she used her powers. Once she was done, House looked at her.

"I'm glad that we finally got things into the open. I'm really sorry Allison, I hope that we will someday be together!" he said to her, she kissed him lightly on the lips.

"I'm sorry Gregg, but that can never be!" she said and left his office. House looked around, puzzled at why all the blinds were down. He had just lost the love of his life and he did it to stop hurting himself, he knew that he would never forgive Stacy for doing this to him again.

Chase and Jenny were talking about school.

"Well, I don't have to go to school, but I do go and listen to people talking about medicine and I learn from them how to treat people and make them better!" Chase explained.

"Wow, you are really lucky! Ally, you're back!" Jenny said as she saw Cameron walking through the door.

"Hi Jenny, thanks Robert for setting this up for me, I just had to sort something out!" she said as she sat down beside him.

"Did you get it sorted?" he asked, she looked up at him and nodded he could see the sadness in her eyes and knew that she was hurting. He looked at her and smiled.

"I'm coming back to yours tonight, you need someone there!" he said, she nodded again, and he left her and Jenny alone.

"He's nice man he is!" Jenny said as he left. Cameron stroked her head and smiled.

"I know he is!" she said as she began to read Jenny her favourite story.

Wilson found Cameron in her office, he had brought Chinese with him, she had just finished crying as he came in, and he looked at her and took her in his arms.

"What did House do now?" Wilson asked as they sat down on the sofa.

"Why would it have anything to do with him?" she said.

"Because he looks like a bus has hit him in the chest, now what did he do!" Wilson asked again. Cameron then went on to explain about House telling her his true feelings, Wilson listened and was surprised that his friend did this to her.

"Well, at least I know that he can't love me! He has finally told me how he feels, well I can't wait for him anymore, its time I moved on and forgot about Dr. Gregory House!" she said, Wilson was still sitting there in shock.

"I'm sorry that he hurt you Allison, maybe both Stacy and I were wrong?" he said.

"No, you were not wrong, he was just sending out mixed signals as he was too confused!" Cameron said as she began to eat her food. They spoke about other things until Cameron's pager went off she looked at the number and didn't recognise it. She called it and it was Dr. Smith. They spoke about he patient in ICU that was attacked last week, and she just told him that she had handled a similar case and knew what was causing the coma, but couldn't explain it. He seemed to accept this explanation, thanked her and hung up. She went back to Wilson and they ate the rest of their lunch.

"So, what are you going to do now?" he asked her, she thought about it for a moment.

"I'm going to ask Chase out. I like him a lot and who knows, it could be the start of something big!" she said as she threw away the empty Chinese boxes. Wilson nodded, he had some serious talking to do with House. She thanked him for lunch and he left her alone in her office.

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Cameron was still hurting after what House had told her, but she needed to hear the truth. She walked out of her office and went to find Chase, she had no idea where Chase was and she wasn't going to page him, she wanted to find him herself. She gave up after about an hour of searching and went back into her office. She looked up and saw Chase waiting inside there.

"You really should lock your door!" he said to her as he stood up. She waved her hand and the blinds went down, with another wave of her hand the door closed and she walked up to Chase. She wrapped her arms around his neck, he looked at her surprised.

"Robert, you would do anything for me wouldn't you?" she asked as she removed his lab coat.

"Of course I would Allison, what's going on, what are you doing? How did…" she put her finger to his lips.

"If I show you this, I need to know your feelings for me, if I can trust you!" she said and she removed her finger. She took his lab coat and hung it up. Chase walked up to her and put his hand on her shoulder.

"I love you Allison, I have always wanted to tell you that." He said to her, she turned around and looked in his eyes.

"If I show you this, you have to promise that it won't leave us, in fact we have to… Robert, if we do this, there is no going back!" she said, he stroked her cheek.

"All I want is you, I have longed for you and I'm not going to do anything stupid to hurt you!" he said and he kissed her. She relaxed in his arms and her heart melted. She felt the love that she had longed for in Chase. She whispered a hover spell as they kissed. She opened her eyes and looked in his as she pulled away from the kiss. Chase looked down and held her tightly.

"Don't be scared, I'm sorry but I have to do this!" she said as she lowered them to the ground.

"I'm not going to leave you Allison, I am prepared to accept you and love you like I always have!" he said to her as she turned away from him, she walked over to her desk, and put her hands on it when she got there to support herself.

"Do you really need to go to your place tonight?" she said as she looked down at her desk. Chase came up from behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist.

"I said that I would come to yours, you need someone tonight." He said in her ear.

"I need someone every night!" she replied to him. "Robert, we need to do something now, before we leave this office, I know it might seem strange to you, but you have to trust me okay." She said as she got her letter opener from her desk drawer. She held out her left hand and cut the palm of it, she then took Chase's right hand "I'm sorry!" she said as she cut the palm of it too. She put their hands together and whispered her spell. Once she was finished, a ring of purple and red binded them together. She smiled at Chase, and then passed out. Chase held her in his arms and she opened her eyes.

"We are binded together now and forever!" she said to him, he smiled, not knowing the situation that she had now brought him in. "I love you Robert." She said as Chase carried her to the sofa and laid her down on it.

"I love you too Allison and I'm not going to leave you!" he said, she smiled.

"I know, the spell will make sure of that, and also that what I am going to show you tonight will never be revelled by you to anyone. I'm really sorry, please forgive me but it was the only way for them to accept you!" she said as she closed her eyes.

"You have nothing to worry about, I won't tell anyone about your powers, I know you haven't told me about them all, but you have just shown me some and that's a big step for you to trust me. I have nothing to forgive you for, I told you I love you and I'm here to stay. Now sleep, you must be tired!" he said as she fell into a deep sleep. Chase smiled, she chose him over House, she was hurting but he knew that she was the one who made the choice. He looked at Cameron and made a promise to make her the happiest person ever, like she had made him.

Cameron woke up and saw Chase sitting at her desk. He looked at her and he smiled.

"Hi sleeping beauty, your pager went off, it was House, I told him that you were not feeling too good and had gone to the bathroom. I wouldn't be surprised if he had sent Stacy into every one to find you!" he said as she walked over to her desk. She picked up the phone and called House.

"I know, I'm not feeling… no I don't need… Dr. House can I get a… Fine, I'll be there soon!" she said and put the phone down. "That man does my head in sometimes! I have to go, are you coming?" she said to Chase, he looked up from her laptop and at his watch.

"Okay, I mean it's nearly time to go home anyway, what could House want with you now?" he asked her as they left her office. She locked the door this time.

"I don't know, it sounded important though!" she said as they walked to the conference room. Once they were in there, she saw House and Foreman sitting down at the table, a new symptom was on the board.

"Dr. Chase, may I suggest batteries for your pager!" House said as he threw him a packet of batteries his way.

"Dr. Cameron, sure that we are getting our monthly visit?" he said.

"Oh, I'm sure, its must be the fact that I'm back among sick people that I'm getting ill again!" she said as she looked at him. She wasn't going to give House the satisfaction to know that he had gotten to her.

"New symptom, convulsions, what do we think!" House said to his ducklings.

"Drug overdose." Cameron said, "We should do a toxic screen to make sure that he is clean."

"He said that she wasn't on drugs!" Wilson said.

"People lie!" Cameron added, looking mainly at House as she said it. House looked back at her, he knew that he pushed her away, and this time, he had lost her forever, he had to deal with the pain by himself.

"Chemical poisoning, it could be many diseases, but we have to narrow it down to one!" Chase added.

"You are very observant today aren't we Chase, maybe we should just hand the case to you!" a voice said, everyone looked at Cameron, it was her, not House who made this comment! He grinned at her and she smiled back.

"Yes, well I guess my batteries dying are better than you being sick in the bathroom and leaving your pager in your office!" he replied.

"Touché!" she said as she looked into his eyes. House coughed at this point at which Cameron walked over to him and checked his throat.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"You may have the flu, don't want you around me if you do, I haven't had my shot!" she said to him as she checked her glands. "Nope, you're fine, it's just a sign that you are getting old!" she said as she walked out of the conference room. "Oh, I'm going to get the stuff for the toxic screen, you know from our patient who seems to like hitting on me so much!" she added, she never saw House or Chase move so fast. She looked at them both and then said "Wilson, can you come with me please?" she said. Wilson walked out of the room and followed Cameron to see Mr. Tyler.

CHAPTER NINTEEN

"So, you and Chase!" Wilson said as they walked to his room.

"Yes, I mean House made it clear that he didn't want me, and I really do love Chase, he gives me what I need and also he loves me for who I am. House… well he doesn't love me, he just saw me as a distraction from Stacy. He's too late now!" she said to Wilson as they walked into Mr. Tyler's room.

"Hello Mr. Tyler, this is Dr. Wilson and we are here to get some tests!" Cameron said, pasting a smile on her face. She picked up his file and read it.

"Ah, my favourite doctor, how about giving me a sponge bath!" he said to her, she kept smiling.

"I'm sorry, but that's why I became a doctor and not a nurse!" Cameron said to him. "I was too nasty to my patients when I gave them sponge baths, unlike I am sticking needles in their arms!" she said as she reached into the meds drawer for a big syringe. Wilson saw this and made her put it back.

"Dr. Cameron will just need a urine sample and also a hair sample and I will be taking some blood from you!" Wilson said as he got the correct syringes from the drawer. Cameron glared at him as she got out a small bottle and also a dish, plucked a hair from his head and also got a urine sample. Mr. Tyler just looked at her the whole time, she knew what she wanted to do, but she couldn't do it in front of Wilson, she just smiled the whole time and once they were done, they left the room.

"I hate that man!" Cameron said as they dropped the samples in the lab.

"Dr. Cameron, you really hate a patient, that's a surprise considering you normally like every patient you have!" Wilson said as they walked back to the conference room.

"Well, I guess we have Dr. House to thank for that!" she said as she went into the conference room. "So, are you guys doing anything tonight?" she asked as she got herself a bottle of water.

"I better get him home, put pizza in him and also beer and hope that he will come to his senses…"

"And realise what a fool he was, well, he's too late, I'm sorry Wilson, but he hurt me too much this time, and I don't know if I can forgive him for this!" she said as tears fell down her eyes. "At least with Chase, I know where I stand, he loves me and I love him, nothing can hurt us and he gives me what I want, what I need!" she told Wilson.

"And what do you need?" he asked her.

"Someone to trust and to love me no matter what happens, and Chase, well he makes me feel safe, makes me feel better about everything. Gregg couldn't offer me that, he was too stuck in the past to realise what was in front of him, I was right, he is too screwed up to love me!" she said as she walked to the conference room door. "Thank you Wilson, for listening and also for coming to see that patient with me, I thought I was going to hit him!" she said as she walked out of the door.

"Anytime Allison!" he said as he walked out to find House.

Cameron went into her office and saw Chase waiting outside.

"Time to go!" he said, she nodded, went into her office and got her stuff. She came back out to Chase who was waiting for her she locked the door, took her laptop, and put his arm round her and walked her to the car. Tears fell from her eyes, the pain she felt inside, losing House but gaining Chase, she couldn't handle it. She didn't know what to do, how was she going to explain to Chase what she had to do to him! She had to tell him everything. They got to her car and she looked at it.

"Is it okay if we take yours?" she said to him.

"Mines still at home remember?" he said to her, she shook her head. "Let me drive okay?" he said as she handed him the car keys. Cameron got in the passenger side and Chase started the engine and they left PPTH until tomorrow. Chase took them back to Cameron's and she just sat in the car, she didn't know how to tell him, but she had to be honest.

"Hey, we're here, let's go in!" he said as she snapped back to reality. She undid her seat belt and they walked up to her apartment. She let them in and Chase ordered Indian, something that Cameron hadn't had in a long time. He came out of the kitchen with a bottle of wine and also some glasses for them, he popped it open and poured them a glass each. She smiled, the first time since she left the hospital.

"What's that for?" she asked.

"Well, I got it on my lunch break, it's just something for me to say thank you for looking after me, but now it's turned into an official boyfriend and girlfriend having their first drink together!" he said as he handed her a glass. She smiled, she never thought of it, Chase was her boyfriend, and she was happy.

"Well then, to us!" she said as she raised her glass.

"To us!" Chase repeated as they clicked glasses and drunk it dry.

Cameron looked at her glass, something just hit her, and she got her laptop out and turned it on. She quickly looked on the internet and found what she was looking for, she did it she had solved the case! Chase came up to her she had a triumphant smile on her face. He looked at her laptop and said nothing.

"At his age that is not possible…"

"It is, but it's rare, that's why we didn't think of it, it's an infant's disease!" she said as she dialled House's number.

"Dr. House, its Dr. Cameron here, just two words for you, Reye Syndrome!" she said and hung up. Chase took her in his arms and circled her around, she screamed and he put her down, she kissed him on the lips and ran her fingers through her hair, he pulled away and looked into her eyes.

"Has anyone told you that you are brilliant?" he said.

"No, but I love it when you say it!" she said as she rested her head on his chest.

"How about sexy, gorgeous and extremely off putting at work!" he continued.

"Dr. Chase, you are making me blush!" she said as she looked up at him. She heard the phone ring but decided to let the answer machine get it, she was too busy kissing Chase. Once she heard the voice on the machine though, she pulled away and listened.

"Dr. Cameron it's Dr. House, your theory, it just might be crazy enough to be right. Let's see what the results show in the morning!" and then there was just the dialling tone. She turned back to Chase who was still looking at her, the doorbell rang and he answered it, he paid for their food and put it on plates for them both to eat. They ate in silence and drunk some more wine. Cameron was so happy that she had someone to spend the night with and also that she had solved the case and got rid on the first patient that she had ever hated in her career as a doctor. She told Chase this and he laughed at her.

"You, hate a patient! And I thought all this time I was an excuse not to be left alone with a worse version of House!" he said, Cameron laughed at this comment.

"Trust me, and you should know this, you have been working with House six months longer than me, once you can handle what he dishes out, then are able to throw it back at him, any patient like that one is worse than House!" she said as she laid in Chase's arms. The wine and food was finished, and they were both getting sleepy.

"Allison, you wanted to show me something!" Chase said to her, she was nearly asleep in his arms.

"No, not now, just take me to bed, please!" she said. Chase put his glass on the table and was about to go and put the lights out. "I'll take care of that, just put me in my bed please!" she said as she opened one eye and clicked her fingers. Her lights in her living room and kitchen went out and the one in her bedroom went on. She waved her hand as her curtains closed and Chase picked her up and took her into her room and laid her on her bed like she wanted. He lay down next to her and began to undo her blouse. She opened her eyes at this point and looked at him.

"No, not yet, please Robert don't ruin a perfect evening!" she said as she watched him undoing her blouse. He stopped; he didn't want to push her. She got up, grabbed her sleeping gear and went into her bathroom and got changed. She came back out and saw Chase already in bed.

"I need to go to my place tomorrow, I really need some clean clothes!" he said as she curled up to him.

"Then set my alarm a bit earlier and we will go before work!" she said as she snapped her fingers and her bedroom light went off. Chase looked down at her.

"So when are you going to explain all of this to me Allison?" he asked.

"Soon I promise!" she said as she went into a deep sleep.

"I love you!" Chase told her and kissed her on the forehead.

"I love you too!" she replied sleepily and dreamed the night about nothing but happiness she felt in her heart.

CHAPTER TWENTY

Cameron awoke in Chase's arms and to the sound of her alarm clock going off, she hit it and woke him up.

"We need to go to yours, remember? I'm going to have a quick shower before we go!" she said as she climbed over him and went into her bathroom. She closed the door, got undressed and climbed in the shower. When she got out, Chase was still lying in her bed, she went over to him and shook her wet hair over him, and this made him jump.

"What was that for!" he said as he got out of her bed.

"Wake up call!" she said as she dropped her towel with her back turned to Chase, she had nothing on, and Chase smiled. She got dressed in front of him, he wanted to touch, but didn't, she was going to make the first move, not him in this area! Once she was ready they went to her car and she drove to his place. She came in this time and was surprised to see how tidy his apartment was! He went into his room, had a shower packed a holdall full of clean clothes, put his other ones in the wash and left her alone. Cameron looked around his place, looking at pictures of Australia and also of his family. There weren't many of those she knew that he and his dad didn't get on well, so she didn't expect to see many. She looked at his books, mainly on medicine but also some about his home town. She picked one up, sat down on his sofa and began to read. Chase came up from behind her, put his arms around her neck and kissed her on her neck, she giggled.

"Robert, you ready to go now!" he said as she looked up at him.

"Do we have to, we could spend the day here you know!" he said to her, he looked at the book she was reading. "I do miss my home!" he said, she nodded.

"I know, I would too if I moved so far away! I've always wanted to go to Australia, but never had the chance!" she said, he smiled at her.

"Well, I guess that's going to be one wish that I know I can make true for you!" he said as he kissed her on the lips. She held her head back and let him take control she reached up and put her arm around his neck. He pulled away slightly from her mouth so that they could both breathe.

"Do we really have to go to work!" she said, he smiled and stood up. She put the book back where she found it and they decided to drive to work in separate cars, they were not to sure if they wanted to tell people about them being together, not just yet anyway!

Cameron knew all the short cuts to PPTH, but Chase knew them better than her from his place. By the time she got there, he had managed to get them breakfast and was already in the conference room.

"Yum fruit salad for me with yogurt! Dr. Chase, you spoil me!" she said as she looked in the bag and put the coffee machine on. Foreman came in just as they were eating breakfast, followed by a hung over House and Wilson.

"Rough night boys?" Foreman said to them as they got some coffee.

"Don't think they can handle their drink like they used to!" Cameron commented as they both sat down.

"Not too loud! Dr. Cameron as I am suffering this morning, you can take the meeting!" House said as he and Wilson both put their heads in between their hands. She smiled, Chase knew what she was going to say, she knew and so did House, if Wilson knew was a different story, but Foreman didn't know!

"Okay, well as I got home last night, thinking about the case, I had another theory, a single illness that it could be!" she said as she turned to the whiteboard and wrote it down. She moved so that Foreman and Wilson could see. Once they saw what she had put there, they blinked at her in surprise.

"Okay, explain this one!" Foreman said.

"Easy, yes this is an infant's disease, but he lied to us, he had an infection a few weeks back that he failed to mention to you and also to me, I had to do some digging with his local GP. After I had finished that and assumed that he didn't lie to us about taking drugs like everyone else does, I found this in the internet. There's only a few tests that we need to do to confirm it!" she said to them, House looked at her.

"You are too peppy this morning!" he said as he returned to his coffee.

"Don't worry Dr. House, I'll make sure that Cuddy and Stacy both find you and come and take care of you!" she said, this made House throw her an evil look, she just smiled back, he was going to pay for hurting her, and the only way she knew how was through Cuddy and Stacy.

"Just think, Mark is getting better and Stacy will be gone by the end of the week!" Foreman whispered in his ear, this made House smile, at least that would be one of them gone, just one more to go.

"What do you think my chances are for driving Cuddy into a nervous breakdown?" House asked Wilson.

"About the same chance as me being able to make a correct diagnosis today!" Wilson replied as he put his head back on the desk. Cameron shook her head at them and felt pity for them. She went into the fridge and pulled out two drinks.

"Here, these are my smoothies, that I keep just in case I need a boost or a wake up or a cure for a hangover. You two need them more than me this morning. Don't worry, there is nothing but fruit and ice in them, so drink up and in thirty minutes, you should both be feeling fine!" she said as she handed them both to her. Wilson and House both looked at each other and began to drink the juice that Cameron had given them, what she failed to tell them was that it also had a bit of magic in them, but it was only a small spell that she learnt a long time ago, she loved the smoothies and didn't want to give them to the two idiots with a hangover, but she felt sorry for them.

"Right, I have duty on the immunology ward, and I am not going to be the one to break the news to Mr. Tyler about what he has!" she said as she looked at the rest of them.

"I have my rounds to do!" Chase piped in.

"Clinic duty!" Foreman said. House looked at Wilson.

"Rock, paper scissors you for it!" he said as his ducklings left the conference room. They heard a loud moan coming from Wilson, signalling that he had lost.

The ducklings separated and went their own ways Cameron walked up to the immunology wing and signed in. She was spending more time in here than she was with her boss, that wasn't right! She found herself an empty exam room and sat down. She smiled as she thought of Wilson trying to explain to Mr. Tyler about the illness that he had, and laughed out load. There was a knock on the door, this stopped her from laughing and she went to answer it. Standing there was Dr. House, still suffering from what it looked like from last night.

"So Jimmy packed you up well with the beers, but you also packed them into him too, wow you two make a really cute couple!" she said as she held the door open. House walked in and sat on the bed. "So, now that you are feeling somewhat less sensitive, what can I do for you?" she asked as she sat down on the chair that was in the exam room.

"I'm ill doctor!" he said.

"Yes, we know, we already established that this morning, it's called a hangover and it happens when the person consumes more alcohol than the normal recommended amounts!" she said to him as she crossed her arms and legs.

"No, I'm in pain, here!" he said pointing to his heart.

"I'm sorry Gregg, it's too late, you told me yesterday what I needed to hear, the truth and like I said, I am not the one who is going to be hurt. It's over, I can't hide these feelings for you, so I got them in the open and you rejecting me for the second time made me realise that you really do think that I want to fix you! Have you ever thought that maybe I was the one who wanted to be fixed? You said to me that I was damaged, well I moved on Gregg, and I just want to say something to you. Forgive Stacy so that one day, you can move on too! Mark goes home tomorrow and so does Stacy, so please, meet up with her and tell her that you can forgive her for what happened, and then stop living in the past. It's happened and you can't change it! I'm sorry Dr. House, but I have a patient to see to!" she said as she held the door open for him. House walked up to her and hugged her, giving him the chance to smell in her perfume. He kissed her lightly on the lips, and Cameron stood there, trying not to react to the kiss.

"He's lucky, I just wish I didn't screw it up!" he said and left her exam room.