A/N: Well, this is the last chapter. This brings Chase back to the beginning of the story, which was just after his peer review in "The Mistake".

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After spending most of the night reliving the events of his childhood, Chase finally fell into a restless sleep. Like so many nights before, once again he started to dream of Kayla's death and subsequent peer review. He also had visions of how House knew Rowan's secret beforehand but had never bothered to warn Chase.

Then the the images turned to when Rowan had visited PPTH all those months ago and the conversation with House which took place in his boss's office. At the time, Chase believed that House was merely prying into his personal life just to find something new to torture him with, but in this dream he realized something else. House was about to tell him something before Chase interrupted him, but then House had changed his mind.

Chase woke up with a start. Why hadn't he remembered that before? What was House going to say? And then it dawned on him. House was about to tell him that his father was dying! He had changed his mind after Chase admitted that he had loved his father but had stopped caring because he was tired of all the disappointments.

Chase racked his brain trying to figure out why House had decided to keep Rowan's secret. Was it because House wanted to see Chase crumble when he finally learned the news of his father's death? He knew deep down that even House wasn't that cruel.

Could it possibly be that House was trying to protect Chase? It wouldn't be the first time either. House had done the same thing after the Vogler fiasco. He never could understand why House hadn't fired him then. And again after his most recent mistake with Kayla. House put his own career on the line just to save him. What did this mean? After all of the constant abuse, did House actually believe that Chase was a good doctor?

Chase thought about this long and hard and the only conclusion he could come to was a resounding YES. Nothing else could explain it. His own father had always said that Chase wasn't ready, that he should work with Rowan to become a better doctor. But things were different with House. Even though House constantly called him an idiot and rode him hard, Chase could relate to the way House thought, which was unconventional and out-of-the-box. Something Rowan never allowed.

Chase had spent so many years avoiding relationships because he always expected people to leave him that he hadn't realized until now that House had become such a huge influence in his life. House didn't pity him or ignore him. In fact, he was the one who always forced Chase to face his fears.

For once, Chase began to have confidence in his own abilities. He knew that working for House had not only made him a better doctor, but it had also made him a stronger person.

Chase got out of bed feeling better than he had in months. He showered and ate a quick breakfast, feeling excited to go to work. Yes, some days you just know are going to be good.

When Chase arrived at the hospital, he found out that the diagnostics department did not have a case at the moment so they were all supposed to report for clinic duty. He happily took a chart from Nurse Brenda.

The nurse said to him, "Good morning, Dr. Chase. Since you're one of the only doctors who don't mind working with kids, then you can see the boy in Examining Room One."

Chase smiled because the nurse was right. He did prefer younger patients because he could understand them. And they were much more honest than adults. He opened the chart and saw the subject was a twelve year old boy named Kevin.

As he entered the room, he noticed the boy was lying on the exam table with his mother standing beside him.

Chase introduced himself and said, "So, what seems to be the problem."

The mother explained that Kevin had been complaining of severe dizziness and nausea.

Chase asked, "When did this start?"

Again, the mother answered, "He seemed fine when he got up this morning but then after breakfast, he suddenly started having these symptoms. He was also fine yesterday, although last week he did have a slight cold."

"Has he been taking any type of medication or did he hit his head recently?" Chase asked.

"No, no at all," she replied.

Chase proceeded to look into Kevin's ears and noticed that the boys eyes were moving abnormally.

"What Kevin is experiencing is called vertigo which was caused by an inner ear infection. I can give him something for the dizziness but I'm sorry to say that he'll have to wait a few day for the symptoms to completely go away. The good news is it's not serious and will clear up on its own," Chase stated.

As Kevin slowly sat up on the table with Chase's help, his mother exclaimed, "Oh, thank you doctor. That's such good news. I can't tell you how worried I was."

Chase watched as the woman tousled her sons hair and kissed him on the cheek. A warm sense of nostalgia passed over him as the show of affection reminded him of his own mother.

Then he was brought back to the present when he heard Kevin's mother saying, "Dr. Chase, I want to thank you for being so kind and patient. You're so young to be such a gifted doctor. Your parents certainly did a great job raising you. They must be very proud of you."

Chase felt like the wind had been knocked out of him. It certainly wasn't the first time in his life that he had felt this way and he had learned from experience to carry on as if nothing happened.

Chase tried to ignore all of the memories that had haunted him from the night before.

His only reply was a simple, "Thank you."

Some days you just know are going to be good, he thought. Unfortunately, today wasn't one of those days.

The End.