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Chapter 10 What Now?

Week 24

It's been a few weeks since Cameron was ordered to go on bed rest. Now she was back at work, her baby bump bigger and she was absolutely glowing. She only had 4 more months to go and although she already loved Isabelle, she was terrified. How was she supposed to raise a baby? How was she supposed to know what to do and if she was teaching her all the right things? How was she supposed to be somebody's mom? All these doubts were racing through her mind as she sat on the couch in the doctor's lounge during her break. Just as Chase walked in, she briefly wondered if he had doubts too and the sudden realization that they weren't married yet scared her to death. What if Chase freaked out and just decided to leave? Raising this baby alone left her terrified. No, she came to her senses. Chase wouldn't leave her. She trusted him enough to know he wouldn't do that to her. Chase must have noticed her distress because he sat next to her and gave her a loving kiss on the cheek.

"Are you ok Ally?" he asked as he handed her some food and a water bottle.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she said quickly, trying to hide her sudden anxiety. Taking her word for it he relaxed against the cushions, exhaustion taking over. This case was tough and they hadn't stop since the early morning.

"How's Izzie?" he asked affectionately as he placed his hand on her belly. Cameron smiled at the nickname.

"I think she's taking her nap. She was up during the differential and wouldn't stop kicking my bladder." Chase chuckled at the memory of House getting annoyed when Cameron took her fourth bathroom break in thirty minutes. It was quiet for a while as they silently ate their lunch. Cameron was too tired to go all the way down to the cafeteria so Chase had brought up some food, that way they were closer to the differential office once their break was over. The doubts were swirling in her head again and just as she was about to give in and talk to him about it, Foreman walked in.

"Hey," he said tiredly as he collapsed on the recliner besides them. He had just come back from the patient's house which was all the way in Manhattan.

"How was the search?" Cameron asked.

"Waste of time. The house was clean," he replied, watching as Cameron ate her newest craving, to his disgust it was a turkey sandwich with strawberry cream cheese instead of mayonnaise.

"What's with you and strawberry cream cheese?" he asked, remembering that she had eaten Oreos with it as well during yesterday's lunch. Cameron shrugged.

"Baby loves it."

"Yeah, but now I can't kiss you," Chase said sadly making Cameron laugh just as House limped in.

"What is this? I'm not paying you to stuff your faces! Get your asses up and get me a diagnosis!" he snapped. Rolling their eyes they did as they were told. Chase helped Cameron up and they went out into the hall.

"I'll go check on the test results," Foreman grumbled as he walked away.

"I'm going to go check on the patient's vitals and talk to him to see if there's anything important in his life that we missed," Chase explained.

Cameron nodded. "I'm going to go do some more research," she said and the moment they parted ways, instead of going to the differential office, she went to oncology.

Dana was surprised to see her daughter in the middle of her shift. She usually visited, but if she were in the middle of a big case she wasn't able to see her.

"Hey mom," Cameron said as she kissed her mom on the cheek before sitting on the chair next to her. Dana was getting her chemo treatment in a room with other cancer patients.

"Hi sweetie, is everything ok? I thought you were working."

"I am, but I just needed to see you." Recognizing the look on her daughters face, Dana knew she was worried about something.

"What's bothering you?" she asked softly placing her hand on her daughters. Cameron sighed, hesitating to answer. She didn't know how to say this without sounding like a bad mother.

"I'm terrified. I have all these doubts racing through my head. How am I supposed to raise this baby? How am I supposed to know I'm teaching her all the right things? How am I'm supposed to be somebody's mom?"

Dana smiled affectionately at her. "It's normal to have these doubts honey, especially when you're going to be a new mom for the first time. Teaching her all the right things, how to be a good person, and showing her right from wrong will all come naturally."

Cameron stayed quiet and Dana knew what she said had hardly helped. Sighing she took both of her daughters hands in hers. "There are going to be times where you're going to have to decide what's right for her. She may not like it and will probably hate you for it but in the long run that's what's best for her."

The case was finally solved, but he patient had to undergo a long treatment. Because of the baby, Cameron had gone home early letting Chase and Foreman take care of the patient. It wasn't till late at night that Chase had finally walked through the door. Cameron was on the couch eating strawberries with strawberry cream cheese. For some reason she just craved anything with strawberries which kind of sucked since she couldn't kiss Chase as often as she wanted to for fear of him going into anaphylactic shock.

"Hey," he said as tiredly plopped down next to her.

"Hey, how did it go?" she asked.

"Patients going to be fine," he yawned.

"Robert you're tired, let's go to bed." Chase obliged, and after helping her up he went to the bedroom to change while she washed her dishes. Once they were in bed together, Cameron finally decided to talk to him about the doubts she had earlier.

"I had doubts," she started to say through the darkness of the quiet room. Chase looked at her, trying to make out her eyes through the dark. "I was freaking out earlier. I had all these questions running through my mind like how was I supposed to raise her? How do I teach her all the right things and how was I supposed to be somebody's mom?"

"How long have you been feeling like this?" he asked, softly.

"Couple of days but I talked to my mom today."

"Did she help?"

"Yeah, she gave me some really good advice."

"You're going to be great mom Ally. You may not see it but I do."

Cameron
smiled at him as he gently started massaging her belly. "Do you have doubts?" she asked.

"Of course," he said. "I have no idea how to be a dad. How do I protect her from everything. What happens when she starts dating? God Allison I don't think I'll be able to handle it when she starts getting interested in boys." Cameron smirked at the panicky sound in his voice when he mentioned boys.

"You're great with kids honey," Cameron said soothingly. "You're great with our young patients and Taylor and Ryan love you. I love watching you play with them you're such a natural with kids that's how I know you'll be a good dad to Izzie."

"Really?" his asked, his voice doubtful.

"Yes and as for boys, I don't like the idea either. Maybe we shouldn't let her date."

Chase just laughed as he rested his forehead against hers. He was about to kiss her but the moment he smelled the sweet smell of strawberries on her breath he pulled back.

"Robert, what's wrong?" she asked, confusion lacing her words.

"Did you brush your teeth?"

Her eyes widened in surprise. She couldn't believe she had forgotten. She never forgets to brush her teeth after eating anything with strawberries in it for Chase's safety. "I'm so sorry honey I brushed them and then I got hungry waiting for you and I completely forgot to brush them again. It's this pregnancy brain."

"Allison, you can't forget. I could've gone into anaphylactic shock," he explained as he stood and helped her up.

"I know," she mumbled apologetically as she went into their bathroom.

"It's ok just don't forget next time," he said as he heard the water running and at that moment he heard a loud thump coming from Dana's room. I t sounded as if she had fallen. Panic raced through him as he rushed to her room.

"Dana?" he asked worriedly as he turned on the light. He stared at her in shock for a second before rushing to her unconscious body on the floor. It looked as if she got up but then passed out. He looked for any head injuries and relieved that she didn't seem to hit her head, he tried to wake her up. When she didn't respond he called out Cameron's name.

"Allison call an ambulance!"

He looked up to see her standing at the doorway, frozen and her face deathly pale.

"Ally, get the phone and call the ER. Have them page Wilson." Snapping out of the fear and shock she rushed to living room and grabbed the phone.

They had spent the night in the hospital and after calling Jason, he was already on the next flight to New Jersey. Chase was on his fourth cup of coffee, trying to stay awake for any news on Dana. It's been hours and as a doctor he knew it wasn't looking very good. After a lot of convincing he finally got Cameron to calm down enough to sleep. She was beyond worried and he was concerned on the kind of stress it was having on the baby. She was asleep against him, and he lovingly pulled her closer to him as Wilson finally came out. He looked just as exhausted as they did.

"Allison, wake up love," he whispered shaking her awake. She tiredly opened her eyes and the moment she saw Wilson she had Chase help her up.

"Is she going to be ok?" she asked worriedly.

"Allison," he said sympathetically and she right away knew it wasn't good. She can hear the sympathy in his voice and he had called her by her first name. "After running some tests, Dana isn't responding to treatment. The tumor is growing and at this rate…" he trailed off not knowing how to put this.

"I'm so sorry Cameron," he whispered.

"How long does she have?" she asked, her voice shaking.

"Less than a year, eight months at the most but she'll have to stay here for a few days." Chase couldn't bear the look of devastation on his fiancé's face as took her hand, squeezing it in support.

"What now?" she whispered, tears already streaming down her cheeks. The room felt like it was suffocating her and all she could think about was her mom lying in that hospital bed.

"There's nothing else we can do," Wilson said softly. "We just make her comfortable for now until…"

"Until she dies," Cameron finished his sentence. Wilson nodded and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"I'm sorry," he whispered before leaving them alone to grieve. Chase held her and the moment he felt her body shake with silent sobs he couldn't stop the slow silent tears from streaming down his face.