Wilson stopped in around noon to check on House. He was playing his Game boy at the time but quickly put it down when Wilson entered.
"I didn't know take her home was code for sleep with her."
"Clearly you missed the first day of Guy Code 101," Wilson said with a smirk.
"I just can't believe you would take advantage of her like that. She clearly hadn't slept well here at the hospital and was practically tripping over her feet on the way out."
During this, Wilson's smile got wider and wider.
"I'm sorry, did I say something amusing?" House asked.
"Your jealousy is amusing."
"I'm not jealous. I'm just trying to protect my employee. She already made one bad decision sleeping with Chase which made it awkward around the office. Now here is another. Unless of course this wasn't a one night stand and you continue to see each other. Then you'll go and cheat on her and then she'll be moping around the office for weeks."
Wilson just shook his head, still smiling. Cameron took that moment to enter the room and saw House glaring at Wilson.
"Am I interrupting something?"
"Oh, hi Allison. You aren't interrupting anything. I was just leaving. I'll see you tonight?"
Cameron looked at Wilson in confusion. Wilson winked at her, trying to get her to play along.
"Ah, sure."
"Great, see you then," Wilson said and gave her a kiss on the cheek as he left.
House glared at Wilson's retreating back until he was out of sight. He then turned to Cameron, waiting expectantly.
"Since we didn't know the exact date of her death, I had to search through a lot of records."
"Yadda yadda yadda. Did you find anything?"
"Yes, Mary Moriarty died last year. The death was ruled a suicide. She locked herself in her car and let the car run with the garage door closed. She was survived by her husband Jack Moriarty and a daughter, Susan Moriarty."
"Exactly like my hallucination," House mused. "Do you have any way to contact the cops who talked to you?"
"Yes, they gave me a card."
"Great, give them a call and tell them I'm ready to talk."
Cameron called the cops and they agreed they could come in that day to take House's statement. House spent the afternoon watching television and trying to ignore Cameron.
The cops showed up at three and Cameron left to allow them to talk with House. She headed to Wilson's office, wanting to talk to him about what had happened in House's room earlier. She knocked on his door and entered at his call. He was behind his desk, working on some paperwork.
"What was this afternoon all about?" she asked.
"I'm sorry if I took it too far but House was extremely jealous. I thought by needling him, he might make an action on you. That is, if you are still interested in him."
Cameron had been lying to everyone around her about her feelings for House and finally decided to come clean.
"Of course I am still interested in him. However, he has made it clear time and again he isn't interested in me. I mean, I slept with Chase and he didn't care at all and just made fun of me. It isn't like I slept with Chase to make him jealous but I at least expected some sort of reaction."
"He might not have outwardly showed he was affected by your rendezvous with Chase, but I'm pretty sure he was. And I think something happened recently to make him rethink everything because his jealousy was very apparent when I was talking to him today. Maybe almost dying changed his perspective."
"Or maybe it was his hallucination," Cameron said, half talking to herself.
"Hallucination?" Wilson asked.
"He didn't tell you about it?" Wilson shook his head no and Cameron continued, "He apparently had a hallucination after he was shot. He had some conversations with the shooter and from that; he was able to figure out who the shooter was. He's talking to the cops now. He also mentioned something to me about having already gone through this when I tried to stop him from ripping his stitches out."
Wilson was about to answer but Cameron's pager began to go off. She glanced at it before looking up.
"Sorry, but the ER is apparently short-staffed and Cuddy is asking for all hands on deck."
Wilson just nodded and Cameron quickly exited the room. Wilson decided now was as good a time as any to ask House about his hallucination. He went up to House's room but saw that he was still talking to the detectives and decided to try another time.
Cameron was just finishing up in the ER when Cuddy walked in. She looked around for Cameron and headed over after Cameron finished up with a patient.
"Any chance you could work here tomorrow? We are short-staffed for one more day."
"Sure, I can do that. What would be my hours?"
"8-5 if that is ok."
"Sure, I can do that."
Cameron headed out of the ER to change and check on House before leaving when she ran into Wilson.
"Hey, Cameron. Going home?"
"First I'm checking on House and then I'm going home. Cuddy needs me to work in the ER tomorrow."
"Ah, yes. She asked me too because she saw on my schedule I didn't have any patients tomorrow. However, I'm taking a personal day tomorrow and won't be around."
"Well have fun. I guess I'll see you on Monday then."
"Sure. Good night, Cameron."
Cameron continued on her way to the locker room to change. She then headed to House's room. He was watching television when she walked in.
"Hey, how did the meeting with the detectives go?"
"Fine. You know, I'm not a little kid. You don't have to check on me every day."
"Ok, well good night," Cameron said, a little hurt.
House watched Cameron walk away, trying to ignore the sinking feeling in his chest. He had been enjoying Cameron's visits. If nothing else, it reduced the monotony of the day. House hoped he hadn't scared Cameron off from visiting tomorrow. Maybe tomorrow he would apologize and ask her to continue visiting.
The next day Cameron arrived at 7:45. She had planned on telling House last night she wouldn't be able to visit until after her shift but his attitude toward her had changed her mind. She would still visit him after her shift, though. Maybe he was in a bad mood because of talking with the detectives.
House woke up at 10. He looked around for Cameron but didn't see her. He watched television for two hours and tried to tell himself the feeling in his chest was pain and not disappointment that Cameron still hadn't visited him. Nevertheless, he decided to call her, to see where she was. A bus accident had just been brought into the ER and Cameron was running around when her phone started ringing. She looked at the display and when she saw it was House, she turned off her phone and turned back to the mayhem that was the ER. House was annoyed that Cameron didn't answer. He figured he would try again later and decided to go bug Wilson.
House tried opening Wilson's door but it was locked. He knocked but got no answer. He started to walk away when he ran into Wilson's secretary. She said that Wilson had the day off today.
'Not good," House thought. 'Cameron hasn't been in yet and isn't answering her phone and Wilson has the day off.'
He tried calling Cameron's phone again but it went straight to voice mail, meaning she had turned it off. Really not good. House thought yesterday Cameron and Wilson were screwing with him and maybe there was a plausible reason Wilson was at Cameron's so early in the morning. However, now it was looking like they were sleeping together. House decided to go bug Cuddy to get his mind off of things.
House barged into Cuddy's office without knocking. She was working on some paperwork and replied without looking up.
"And here I was thinking with you in the ICU, my door might actually get treated like a door."
"You know you would miss me if I stopped barging into your office."
"What do you want, House? I have a lot of work to do."
"I was thinking you might want to use some of the money you save in not buying complete shirts to increase security around here. You wouldn't want some nut to hold the clinic hostage or try and shoot a VIP. Actually on second thought, if someone holds up the clinic, I won't have to work there so let's keep security as it is."
"House, leave me alone and I promise I won't make you make up the clinic hours you will miss while you are recovering."
"Deal," House said as he left.
He headed to his office, still trying to get his mind off of Wilson and Cameron. He looked longingly at a bottle of scotch he had hidden in one of his drawers but even he wasn't stupid enough to mix it with morphine. He grabbed his ball off his desk and started chucking it against the wall.
Cameron finished up with bus crash around one. She turned her phone back on to see House had called her again and decided to take a quick break to see if he needed something important or if he was just bugging her. She went to his room in the ICU and learned from one of the nurses that he had left about an hour ago. She then headed towards his office, to see if he was there.
Cameron heard House before seeing him. She stood outside his office, watching him throw his ball against the wall. She wondered what he was doing. He normally only played with his ball when he was trying to figure out the patient's puzzle. Since he obviously didn't have a case, she wondered what he was thinking about. She opened the door and House missed the ball as he looked to see who was coming into his office. He frowned when he saw it was Cameron and picked up his ball and went back to throwing it against the wall. Cameron realized he wasn't going to say anything and took the initiative.
"You called?"
"Awhile ago, good thing it wasn't a medical emergency."
"Sorry, I was busy."
"Clearly. I first thought he wasn't damaged enough for you but now I realize you must be looking deeper."
"What are you talking about?" Cameron asked, puzzled.
"I mean, who wants to go into oncology, your patients always die on you. That clearly means he had issues as a kid. Dating a cancer chick? More issues. So you probably think you can help heal him. Or maybe you are just jumping the gun. Oncologists always burn out early. You hope you are around when it happens so you can take care of him and fix him. Or maybe you are turned on by cancer. Being around an oncologist probably brings back good memories of taking care of your husband. Heck, maybe you are even taking advantage of him. Sit in on a couple consults and find husband number two."
Cameron went from slightly amused to confused to downright angry. "You can be a real bastard," she said angrily and stormed from the office.
"You just say that because I'm right," House called out to her retreating form, trying to ignore the stab of guilt in his stomach. He grabbed his ball which had rolled away during the conversation and went back to throwing it against the wall.
Cameron made her way to the elevator, trying to keep from breaking down. There was no way she would be able to work in the ER with the way she was feeling and decided to go tell Cuddy she wasn't feeling well. Cuddy was skeptical about her not feeling well but since Cameron wasn't even supposed to be working, allowed her to go home. However, she had a quick break between meetings and decided to investigate. She went to the ER and found out from one of the nurses that Cameron had taken a break around one but had looked fine. She had come into Cuddy's office around 1:30 and Cuddy had a suspicion as to what had caused her to take off the rest of the day.
House still wasn't in his room when Cuddy checked. She quickly headed to his office, determined to figure out what happened. She came across House still throwing the ball against the wall and like Cameron, wondered what he could possibly be thinking about with no case. She quickly pulled open the door.
"House, what are you doing out of your room. Patients aren't supposed to be roaming the halls."
"Ah, Cuddles. Here I thought you were too busy earlier to talk to me. Now you are seeking me out? I know I am sexy, but you are going to have to cut down on the visits. I'm still sore from my last visit to your office, if you know what I mean." House said with a smirk.
Cuddy ignored him and continued, "Get back in your room. I will cuff you to the bed if I have to."
"Cuffs? I knew you always had a kinky side to you. Chase is into that kind of stuff. I'm sure you could borrow some whips and chains from him."
"House, if you don't go back to your room now, I am calling security to escort you. And trust me, they won't be too gentle."
"Now is this the same security that allowed a man with a gun to walk in here? If so, I think I will take my chances."
Cuddy walked over to House's phone and started to punch some numbers.
"No need to call security. They probably would hurt themselves trying to figure out the phone and since I'm a doctor and took that hippo oath thing, I wouldn't want that to happen."
Cuddy followed House up to his room and made sure to tell the nurse that unless the hospital was on fire, House was not to leave his room. She was about to head back to her office when she remembered the reason she sought out House in the first place. As she entered his room, he was flipping through the stations on the television.
"So what happened with Cameron? She came into my office, telling me she was sick and needed the rest of the day off."
"Why does everyone assume it was something I did? Maybe a puppy died or she found out unicorns aren't real."
"Everyone assumes you did something because we met you. Now what did you do?"
"I may have said some things about her reasons for getting together with lover boy and she took it the wrong way."
"Lover boy? Did she sleep with Chase again?"
"No, she moved on to Wilson."
"She's sleeping with Wilson? Did one of them tell you that?"
"Nope, I figured it out all on my own, Mommy. Can I have some nice milk before going to bed? It looks like they are lonely." House said with a smirk.
Cuddy just shook her head in disgust and left the room. She headed back to her office for another meeting but not before leaving a message on Wilson's phone to call her back.
Wilson called Cuddy back just as she was getting ready to leave. They made small talk for a few minutes before Cuddy got around to Cameron.
"So, I heard about Cameron."
"What?"
"I heard about you and Cameron. Now before it gets serious, I want to make sure you're completely into this. Cameron has made herself indispensable to the hospital and I don't want to lose her if you go and cheat on her."
"Ah, Cameron and I, huh?" Wilson said chuckling. "House tell you that?"
"Yes."
Cuddy was confused as Wilson broke into an outright laugh.
"What is so funny?"
"If I let you in on a secret, do you promise not to tell House?"
"You didn't break up with her already, did you?"
"No, nothing like that."
"Fine, I won't tell him."
"Ok. The other day I took Cameron home. She let me sleep on her couch so I wouldn't have to drive back in the morning. House called in the morning and I answered the phone. He took things out of context."
"And of course you didn't do anything to clear things up," Cuddy said with a smirk.
"No. I have never seen House's jealousy so apparent. I talked with Cameron. She is still interested in House and I thought this would be a great way to for House to realize and show his feelings."
"I hope you know what you are doing. This could blow up in your face."
"I'm making it up as I go along. Just don't blow it for us."
"I'll try my best. However, it isn't off to a good start. Cameron came into my office today really upset and asked for the rest of the day off."
"I'll handle it," Wilson said and hung up. He decided to go visit House tomorrow but first needed to find out what happened. He tried calling Cameron but she didn't answer so he decided to visit to make sure she was alright.
He drove over to her apartment. He knocked on the door but no one answered. He found a spare key under the mat. He opened the door. Cameron was sitting on her couch, in front of the TV. Her eyes were red and puffy and her hair was a mess. She looked over in surprise when Wilson entered but turned back to the TV when she saw who it was. Wilson joined her on the couch and let her talk first. Cameron finally broke the silence after twenty minutes.
"I don't understand why I like him. I wish I could have fallen for someone like you. You obviously found out something happened and you drove over her to see if I was ok."
"I understand what you mean. You can't always choose who you fall for. So, what happened?"
Cameron spent the next few minutes explaining what had happened. Wilson grew angrier and angrier as he learned more. House didn't deserve someone like Cameron. However, Cameron wanted him and Wilson was going to do all he could to make it happen. Wilson left an hour later, after making sure Cameron was ok to be alone. He decided it was best to confront House as soon as possible and headed towards the hospital.
