Title: What he always knew
Summary: A case House and his team take on, makes him realize just how short life really is.
Author: Mikesh
Part: 2
Disclaimer: Don't own House.
Ever since Sam had gotten into the ambulance she'd been wanting to sleep which they didn't want her to since she could have a concussion.
"Come on Sam stay awake," Brandon said.
"No leave me alone," Sam said
"SAM," Brandon said really loudly to keep Sam awake.
"No," Sam half whined.
"NOW YOUNG LADY!" Brandon said loudly to make sure it got through Sam's head that she needed to stay awake.
"Fine," Sam said half opening her eyes while glaring at Brandon.
"Keep that up and you'll totally fail this lab," Brandon said.
"You wouldn't because then I'd just…have to tell on you," Sam said remembering where they were.
"Try it," Brandon said as they were pulling up to the hospital.
Once they got Sam out they got her in to fix the cut on her head and then it was off to MRI to see if she did have a concussion. They found that she did not have one. So that meant she could rest while Brandon got hammered with questions.
"Look I'm told you I don't know what happened," Brandon said wanting to go be with Sam who was just getting wheeled into a room of her own.
"Thank you sir," the nurse said letting him go to her.
"Did you call my parents?" Sam asked seeing Brandon coming into the room.
"Yeah I did. They're on their way," Brandon said taking a seat by her.
"Good," Sam said.
"Sam what happened?" Brandon asked.
"I don't know one minute I'm fine and the next I'm waking up on the floor," Sam said lying through her teeth.
"You're lying," Brandon said fixing her with one of his stares.
"No I'm not," Sam said looking him in the eye.
"Ok so maybe you're not," Brandon said knowing that Sam never looked you in the eye if she was lying.
"Told you so," Sam said.
Aaron had just gotten to the hospital when he saw Sam's parents pulling up.
"Aaron what happened?" Lisa, Sam's mother asked.
"I don't know I just got here," Aaron said following Lisa and Seth who was Sam's father into the hospital.
"How may I help you?" the nurse asked.
"Can you tell me where Sam Harp is," Lisa said.
"Are you family?" the nurse asked.
"We're her parents," Lisa said.
"And him?" the nurse asked pointing to Aaron.
"Her friend," Lisa said.
"Hi mom sorry I would have been over here sooner," Danny, Sam's older brother said.
He was only older by a year but they were both second semester students and had most food classes together.
"And he is?" the nurse asked.
"I'm her brother now what room is she in?" Danny asked getting pissed.
"Never mind," Aaron said seeing Brandon coming out of the room.
"Who might you be?" Lisa asked.
"I was about to ask the same," Brandon said standing just inside the doorway.
"I'm her mother," Lisa said.
"Brandon these are my parents. Mom, dad this is Brandon our instructor," Danny said.
"Nice to meet you," Lisa said.
"Like wise. She's sleeping right now," Brandon said.
"Ok," Lisa said trying to bypass Brandon.
"The doctor said to let her sleep," Brandon said still standing in the doorway.
"Brandon just let her in before she kicks your ass," Sam said.
Her mother took that moment when Brandon looked back at her daughter to go into the room.
"I'll…bye," Brandon said just leaving.
No one saw the sadness in Sam's eyes as she watched him leave.
"Honey how are you feeling?" Lisa asked.
"Better," Sam said.
"Well that's good," Lisa said taking the seat that Brandon had left.
"Yeah I thought so," Sam said having a hard time keeping her eyes opened.
"What's up with your teacher?" Lisa asked.
"What do you mean?" Sam asked.
"Well he wouldn't let me come see you," Lisa said.
When Sam didn't answer she looked over to see that her daughter was fast asleep. After giving her a kiss they all left her to sleep. Little did they know Brandon was just down the hall watching it all.
Two days later…
Sam was to be released today which was good since it was a week before Thanksgiving. That had been the plan that was of course before she passed out again for no reason. That was the second time in two days. Instead of getting to go home Sam was admitted to the hospital again.
Her parents were worried because they didn't know what was wrong with their baby girl. Brandon was worried for other reasons along with Aaron and Danny who didn't know the secret that Brandon carried or the one Sam did either.
House's office…
"What?" House asked hearing a knock on the door.
"Here," Lisa said throwing a folder into his lap.
"What's this?" House asked.
"New patient. She was to be discharged today before she fainted again. She came in here because of fainting for no reason. So I need you and your team to work your magic and find out what's wrong with her," Lisa said leaving the office.
"Oh by the way watch out for the teacher he's quite mean," Lisa said poking her head into the office again.
House got up and went into the conference room after reading the file and threw it down.
"Ok people what could it be?" House asked before they could even look at the file.
"Well? Anyone?" House asked after a few minutes of silence.
"TB?" Cameron asked.
"No because you always think that. Besides the only symptom that she has is fainting that and a really annoying teacher," House said.
"Early diabetes?" Chase asked.
"No it would have happened more then just now," House said.
"Has her blood sugar been tested?" Foreman asked.
"No people come on. Ok fine Cameron go get a history, Foreman go test her blood and Chase do whatever you do," House said.
"They have a history here," Cameron said looking in the chart.
"Well I don't care go get me one of my own. Move people!" House said.
So while they were doing that he was in his office playing with his game-boy.
Next chapter: Cameron goes and talks to the patient.