1Chapter two

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Cameron looked up into House's eyes, his blue crystal like orbs baring into her, reading her. She swallowed hard becoming nervous under her boss's intense stare. It was like he knew. He knew her secret and he was going to do everything in his power to torture her with it. "House?" She said softly, her voice cracking. She wanted to ask him what he knew, but was afraid of the answer she would receive. If he knew about her current state... who else knew as well? She, herself, hadn't told anyone. Not even Chase. Especially not Chase.

Cameron knew that she would eventually have to tell Chase, after all, she wouldn't be able to hide the fact she was pregnant forever. And once the news came out she knew he would know instantly the child is his. He would want to be in the child's life and knowing Chase he would suggest marriage. He would use the knowledge of their child and try to guilt her into getting with him and she just couldn't deal with that right now.

House's eyes furrowed as he examined the small woman. The expression on her face suggested she was in deep thought about something, but what exactly could be so troublesome to have his little duckling look so lost and confused. "Cameron?" He answered her with her own name, hoping to snap her out of whatever trance she had happened to fall in. A few minutes passed and she still failed to answer him, or say anything at that matter and he began to worry. Something was upsetting her and he wanted to know what.

He watched two silver streams of tears fall from her eyes and down her pale cheeks, the sounds of her choking back harsh sobs echoed through his quite office room. He swallowed hard, his right hand gently cupping the side of her face, his thumb gently brushing the tears from her eyes.

He was asking out of character. They both new it and it only made Cameron worry more. "House." She choked out once again, pushing his hand away. "What do you know?"

His head tilted to the side as his eyebrow raised once again. For some reason she was convinced that he had already knew what was bothering her so the problem was either bluntly obvious or he was becoming slack in his snooping. After thinking silently for a moment to himself he simply shrugged it off. "I couldn't possibly know anything." He stated softly. "You haven't told me anything yet."

Cameron shook her head, her eyes still on his. "Your eyes tell me differently." She said softly.

"Then they lie."

"You lie." She snorted softly, using the wall for support to pull herself up.

House reached up grabbing Cameron by the wrists and pulling her back down, the young woman squealed loudly as she nearly fell on top of the older man. He hadn't meant to pull her so roughly, but he was tired of playing games and he wouldn't tolerate being cold a liar to his face. "I never lie." He spat out slowly.

Cameron looked up at House, her eyes wide with shock. "Despite popular belief Cameron I'm not god." He barked. "I don't know everything that goes on around here. I tried to be nice and listen to you while you vented, but evidently you don't wish to talk about what's bothering you. So go home. You're sick, upset, and right now unless to me and everyone here." Grabbing his cane he pulled himself up and off the floor.

Cameron watched as the man got to his feet, his harsh words piercing her heart like a thousand poisonous needles. Taking a deep breath she tried to stop the tears that threatened to fall, but failed horribly. Her small form shook as she slouched against the door sobbing.

House tensed a bit as the sounds of Cameron's sobs echoed through his head. He wasn't sure how much more of the tears he could take and if it wasn't for the fact she was blocking he would have already been gone. "Okay, alright, alright." He sighed, rubbing the back of his neck with his free hand. "Enough of the damned water works."

"I'm pregnant."

"I- You're what?" House muttered feeling the color quickly drain from his face. A lot of things ran through his head a few minutes ago when his young immunologist had tossed her cookies in his office's garbage can, but that possibility had never come to his mind.House found himself easing back down into his chair trying to comprehend what he had just heard.

Pregnant. She was pregnant and there was no doubt in his mind on who the father was. It was Chase and just knowing that enraged him. When he first found out of the two sleeping together he tried to ignore it. Thinking maybe if he believed it wasn't happening it would end up being true. Only a sick fantasy Chase had thought up and spread around, but now she was pregnant. A small growing being the proof of Allison Cameron's intimacy with the wombat. " I guess congratulations are in order." He said softly, his words barely heard. "Or something like that."

Cameron was staring down at her hands in her lap, shaking her head. "He doesn't know." She began, slowly lifting her head to look up at her boss. "I-I don't want him to know."

"Chase?"House questioned, brow raised. Cameron simply nodded. "You don't want Chase to know about his own child?"

Cameron nodded again, biting her lower lip as it quivered. "No, I don't want to him to know. Eventually, yeah, but not now. There were no feeling. It was just sex. It was fun and it felt good. I-It was nothing more than just that. It never will be and he doesn't understand that." She spat out, her frustrations quickly spilling from her lips. "I don't want to be with him nor do I want to have this child with him, but I am and-"

"We'll tell him it's mine." House cut her off, speaking words he had meant to keep to himself. She wasn't the only one that didn't want her having Chase's baby. Hell, House didn't want her having any man's child. Unless, of course it was his, but he wasn't about to openly admit that. Wilson was the only person he was able to openly, well to some point, talk about his true feelings for Cameron and that was only because the oncologist had his motives all figured out. He had House figured out to some point. And all this time he thought he had himself well hidden.

"What?" He heard Allison ask him, slowly pulling herself to her feet. She gently dragged her feet against the floor as she walked closer to House. Why would he willingly claim the baby as his own? Yeah, Chase was a pest, everyone knew that especially House, but it also wasn't in the man's nature to want to help other's in a tight spot. He was the type of man to sit there and watch you struggle with an amused smiled awkwardly plastered across his lips.

"Never mind." House said shaking his head. "It was nothing. You should go home and rest. There is nothing here for you to do. You are already over working yourself. It's not good for you or the baby." He reached into his coat pocket, feeling Cameron's eyes still on him, and pulled out his bottle of vicodin popping the last two in the container into his hands.

"You would do that for me?" Cameron asked softly, observing the man as he examined the last of his pills that sat neatly in the palm of his hand. She noticed his eyes narrow at her question and he turned his head to look up at her, placing the pills into his mouth and swallowing them.

"Send you home?" He questioned softly, knowing for a fact that wasn't what she was talking about. "Of course. You do me no good with your head stuck in a trash can."

Cameron rolled her eyes and shook her head. "No, claim the baby as your own."

House turned his head slightly, no longer looking Cameron in the eyes. His silence making Cameron nervous. She was beginning to thing it was a bad idea to ask the question, but just as she backed up a bit to leave he nodded. "Yes." He muttered softly. " I would."

He turned his head again, his eyes once again meeting Cameron's. Her lips slowly curled into a soft smile. "Thank you." She said softly, turning and heading out the door.

"You're welcome." He muttered softly, the door closing gently behind Cameron as she left. House could only assume she was going home as he suggested, leaving him there alone to sort his thoughts.

.–House, M.D.–.

Wilson stared at House from his desk. He honestly couldn't believe what he was hearing. That and he also didn't agree with half of it. Chase had every right to know about his child and keeping that from him seemed immoral some how. "So, is this your way of getting back a Chase?" Wilson asked, looking back down at the files on his desk. Before House had come and noisily interrupted him, he had been in the process of sorting out files of new patients he would soon be seeing. "Because you know your idea sucks. You are suppose to be some kind of evil genius, can't you think of something better and less... I don't know...Heart breaking on Chase's behalf?"

House rolled his eyes at his best friend's words. "Then it wouldn't be evil, now would it?"

Wilson sighed in defeat placing his files off to the side. "Well, true, but still House he has the right to know. He is the father. He should know."

"Not if I have anything to do with it." House said getting up to his feet. Sure, he may have continuously pushed Cameron away and denied any feelings for her what so ever , but that still didn't give Chase the right to put his dirty little paws on her.

"House, you are being overly possessive." Wilson said as he followed the cripple lead and got to his feet. "This is where I remind you as your best friend that Cameron is not yours. You no right to be upset with what happened better Cameron and Chase. That's your own fault. You're the one that pushed her away, remember?"

House scowled at him, quickly extending his arm and hitting Wilson in the leg with his can. "Did anyone ask you?" He snarled, opening the door and walking out, Wilson limping behind him whimpering his complaints.

TBC...

Author's note: So, here is chapter two. I hope you all enjoy. I ask that if you notice any kind of spelling, grammar , etc mistake to politely point it out to me so that I can go back and fix it. I've read through it a few times and saw nothing but that's probably due to it being late and my being tired. Thanks. Please review. And much thanks to the two of you that reviewed the first chapter.