Title: You're a moron, James
Summary: James does something that he never thought he'd do in his life.
Author: Mikesh
Disclaimer: Don't own House.
Part: 11
Warring: Contains MPREG(male pregnancy) So if You don't like then don't read
AN: This is kind of an AU. It doesn't take place after any eps. House and James are friends and House has his team working him.
AN2: Thanks to my Beta reader for correcting the mistakes
When Greg woke up he called Cameron to make sure she was also up and moving. He wanted to arrive at the Wilson house by noon. He didn't want to be driving in the snow when it got really slick out, but as much as he hated to, he saw that he would in fact be driving in it, since it seemed to have decided to snow while everyone was asleep. But little did Greg know as he was getting ready, that James was doing something that none of them wanted him doing in his condition.
James had woken up on the couch around 6:30 just to have to rush to the bathroom and get sick. Once he was done he headed back to the couch where he'd slept all night. After dinner he had changed into his pajama bottoms & a t-shirt, then he had decided to watch a movie so he grabbed his pillow and a blanket off his bed and settled down on the couch where he'd fallen asleep. James laid on the couch for about five minutes before realizing that he wasn't going to be able to get back to sleep, so he decided to just get up.
When he sat up he noticed that it was lighter then usual out. So James got up and headed over to the window where he was surprised to see that it'd snowed about a foot to two feet of snow during the night. James knew that the guy his parents had hired to shovel wouldn't be over until close to eight which would mean his dad wouldn't be able to get out to get to work. James also knew that his parents still had the old snow blower that he and Rob had gotten them about three years ago for Christmas. It had been before their dad hurt his back so badly that he could no longer do that kind of thing, so they now hired a guy to do it.
'Well I do know how to do it, since Rob and I used to have to do it as kids. Hell all I've been to them is a pain so I might as well put myself to work,' James thought to himself.
So with that thought stuck in his head, James put on some socks, his dad's oversized boots, an oversized coat and his dad's gloves. Then James got a scarf to cover his mouth. He then remembered why he hated having glasses during this time of the year. It was because they always wanted to fog up with a scarf on. But he had to wear them because otherwise he still looked too much like himself, even while dressed as a woman. He wasn't dressed as a woman now, but he didn't have his contacts with him at all. He had purposely left them at Greg's place.
Once James was finally ready, he went to the garage and opened the door so he could get the blower and shovel out. He first started on the step and sidewalk that led to the house. Then got the snow blower out and started on the drive before anyone parked there.
One hour later…
Jeff and Beth were just pulling up to the house, as they were walking up the drive Jeff thought that it was Rob doing the blowing.
"Hey Rob," Jeff said.
"Probably just didn't hear you," Beth said when James didn't answer.
"Probably not," Jeff said walking the rest of the way up to the house.
A few minutes later Rob came walking up the drive.
"Jeff you're going to catch your death dressed like that," Rob said chuckling that his brother was wearing pajama bottoms when it was freezing outside.
Inside the house…
"Wait what are you doing in here?" Rob asked pointing to Jeff.
"I was about to ask you the same thing," Jeff said getting up from the table.
"Wait if you're not out there then who was that?" Rob asked.
"It isn't Frank?" Sandy asked.
"No, his truck isn't here," Rob said.
"Wait, where's James?" Rob asked anger creeping into his voice.
"He was on the couch, he probably just went to his room," Sandy said heading up there now.
"He's not in there!" Sandy said rushing down the stairs while panicking.
"That bastard!" Rob said running outside to see James pulling off his scarf and hood.
"Get in the house now!" Rob about yelled.
"Hold on a minute," James said taking a deep breath.
He forgot how hard this was to do and it was even harder now since he was three months pregnant.
"Now!" Rob said teeth clinched.
"Fine," James said turning off the blower and coming into the house.
"Sit!" Rob yelled pointing to the couch.
"What is your problem?" James asked taking off his gloves and boots so he didn't get snow all over the floor.
"Where were you?" Sandy asked.
"He was outside clearing the driveway," Rob said.
"WHAT?" Sandy yelled.
"So what's your problem?" James asked taking off his coat since he was getting a little hot.
"My problem? MY PROBLEM?!?!? MY PROBLEM IS THAT MY BROHTER IS OUTSIDE IN THE FREEZING COLD DOING HARD LABOR WHILE HE IS THREE MONTHS PREGNANT!! DO YOU KNOW WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO YOU?" Rob yelled.
"STOP ALL THIS YELLING!!" Fred said coming down the stairs.
"Thank you," James said looking over at his father while still being surrounded by his brothers and mother on the couch.
"Now what is going on?" Fred asked coming over to them.
"Ask him," Rob said too pissed to think straight anymore.
"Now what's going on, James?" Fred asked.
"I was outside clearing the driveway," James said.
"WHAT? I THOUGHT YOU, OF ALL PEOPLE WOULD KNOW BETTER THAT TO DO THAT IN YOUR CONDITION!!" Fred yelled.
"SHUT UP!!" Greg said walking into the house.
"Ok I've never been happier to see you two in my entire life," James said getting up and away from his family.
"What's going on?" Cameron asked.
"My idiotic brother decided to add snow removal to the list of things he does," Rob said.
"What?" Greg asked confused.
"James decided that instead of waiting for the person my parents hired he'd just do it himself," Rob said.
"WHAT?!?!?!" both Cam and House yelled at the same time.
"It's not that big deal," James said.
"WHAT? NOT A BIG DEAL? IT'S A VERY BIG DEAL JAMES!! YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN HURT OR SOMETHING COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THE BABY!" Greg yelled.
"LOOK! IT'S MY BODY AND I'LL DO WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT, ALRGITH?" James yelled while trying to pull himself up to be taller then Greg which didn't really work.
"NO IT'S NOT ALRIGHT!" Greg yelled back while pulling James by the upper arm and pushing him back onto the couch.
So for the next twenty minutes Greg gave James a tongue lashing that rivaled his mother's.
When James saw Lisa come into the house he gave her a pleading look that said: HELP ME PLEASE!!
So she hurried over to where her uncle was sitting and tried to interrupt, only to have Greg say, "Not now!"
"HEY! Lay off my Uncle James!" Lisa said.
"LISA!" Rob said.
"Would you all just lay off him!! He knows what he's doing. This is his baby not yours," Lisa said.
Greg knew not to fight with a woman in a mood like that because you wouldn't win.
"Don't let me catch you doing that again," Greg said pointing his finger at James.
"Thanks," James said to Lisa.
"Welcome," Lisa said plopping down on the couch next to him.
"So you were really clearing the driveway?" Lisa asked after everyone else went into the kitchen.
"Yeah I figured that since I haven't been helping around here I'd do something. Besides I'm bored out of my mind," James said sliding down on the couch and putting his feet on the coffee table.
"Hmm," Lisa said.
"Hey since it's not snowing anymore why don't you, Sarah, Josh and I go build a snowman?" James whispered into Lisa's ear.
"Cool," Lisa whispered back.
"What's going on you two?" Fred asked coming into the living room. He had decided that he wasn't into work today because the roads had yet to be cleared even at 7:45.
"Nothing," Lisa said smiling.
"You're such a liar. What's going on?" Rob asked having a bad feeling.
"Just going to take her out sledding," James asked just to see Rob's reaction.
"Hey, what is HELL NO?" Rob asked.
"Heck no, to what?" Sam asked coming into the living room.
"He wants to take our daughter sledding," Rob said seeing his daughter throwing herself at her uncle.
"It's fine by me as long as they dress warmly," Sam said.
"My brother is not taking my daughter sledding in this cold weather while he is three months pregnant," Rob said.
"Hello we're sitting right here!" Lisa said waving her hands up by her parents' faces.
"The answer is still no Lisa. If you want to go we'll go tomorrow or sometime but you and your uncle are not going today," Rob said.
"Has he always been like this?" Lisa asked looking over at James who had Sarah sitting on his lap.
"Yeah pretty much and trust me, he was worse when your mother was pregnant with you," James said turning to her.
"I'm looking out for you idiots since you don't want to do it yourself," Rob said.
"See what I mean?" James asked.
"Rob be nice," Sandy said.
"Yes mom," Rob said.
"Come on, let's go," James said picking up Sarah off his lap and putting her on his hip.
"Where are you going?" Rob asked grabbing James's upper arm.
"Well out there," James said jerking his head towards the window that looked out front.
"No you're not," Rob said still holding James's arm.
"What's going on?" Sandy asked coming back from talking to Cam and Greg.
"Your son thinks that he needs to go out in this," Rob said pointing to the front window.
"No you're not going back outside James," Sandy said.
"STOP! We're going out and anyone who wants to join us is more then welcomed to," James said jerking his arm out of Rob's grasp.
"James don't be a moron. It's fucking cold out there," Greg said.
"Greg I'm going to play with them because I don't get to play with my nieces and nephew very often in the snow. If you want to sit in here like an old man go ahead," James said.
"Watch it," Greg said glaring.
"Do whatever you want Greg, I'm going outside with them," James said.
"Here son," Fred said handing James a hoodie that was hanging in the closet.
"What's this for?" James asked.
"It will help keep you a little warmer then just my old coat," Fred said.
"Wait if you're going back out there young man, you need to go change into some warmer clothes first," Sandy said.
"I was going to mother," James said.
"Ok," Sandy said.
"Lisa why don't you and Sarah go get ready and then meet me in the front yard?" James asked.
"Ok," Lisa said taking Sarah from James and running out the door before getting told to be careful by everyone.
After James had gotten dressed he went back down stairs. He put on his dad's old hoodie and then the coat and boots and gloves again. Once he got out to the front yard Lisa and Sarah were already waiting for him.
"Hey!" James said after getting hit with a snow ball.
"Gotta," Sarah said laughing.
"Oh, I'm so going to get you!" James said running after her.
"Sarah watch it!" Lisa yelled when her uncle didn't say anything just stood there and watched as her sister ran into the street.
Little did she know her uncle was caught up in a flashback moment.
Flashback
He just stood there as she ran into the street. He never even saw the car come until it was too late and her little body was lying limp on the cement. He ran over to her to try and wake her. But there was no point she was gone by time she hit the ground.
That got the whole family running…well in Greg's case limping out of the house when they heard the yell.
"WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING JAMES!?!?!?!" Rob yelled when he saw that his brother was just standing there watching as his daughter almost got ran over by a car passing by.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Sandy yelled after realizing what her son was seeing.
"WHY SHOULD I?" Rob yelled.
"Because you know what your brother went through when he was six. You know what the doctor said, don't make this any harder on him," Sandy said.
"Oh Shit!" Rob said totally forgetting for a moment.
"Where's Uncle James?" Sarah asked coming over to her daddy.
"Dad!" Lisa yelled running over to her dad being out of breath.
"What?" Rob asked picking up Sarah.
"It's Uncle James, he just ran into the house and looked really upset," Lisa said concerned for her uncle.
"Here take your sister and I'll go find your uncle," Rob said handing Sarah over.
Rob told his wife where he was going and then he headed into the house and straight up to James's room.
"James?" Rob asked knocking on the door.
"Go away," James said.
"Open up," Rob said.
"Go away!" James said louder.
"How did you get in?" James asked shocked when his brother opened the door.
"Mom and Dad wouldn't have put locks on these doors and not had a key. I just knew where they hid the key," Rob said coming over to the bed and taking a seat by his brother who was sitting on the side facing the wall.
"What do you want?" James asked while trying to hide his newly fallen tears.
"I'm sorry for yelling," Rob said.
"It's fine. You had every reason to," James said.
"No I didn't. I know you would never let anything happen with the kids," Rob said still trying to get James to look at him.
"It's fine. I would have been responsible for her death just like I was Anna's," James said.
"James you were six years old when she died. You couldn't have stopped her at that age. No one could have. You weren't the one responsible for her death. She ran out into the street. You didn't push her," Rob said trying to wrap his arm around James's shoulders.
"But I'm the one that told her to go get the ball," James said brushing the arm away and standing up.
By now he'd taken off the coat and boots.
"James you were six years old. You didn't know better. Casey was watching you two. She should have been paying attention to what you two were doing," Rob said standing up.
"DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT!" James yelled turning towards Rob his anger blazing.
"It's true. You were only SIX at the time," Rob said.
"DON'T YOU GET IT? I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR TWO DEATHS! HAD I NOT WANTED TO PLAY BALL THEN ANNA AND CASEY WOULD STILL BE ALIVE! BUT THEY'RE NOT AND IT'S THANKS TO ME!!" James yelled.
"NO YOU'RE THE ONE WHO NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT YOUR FUCKING FAULT!! NEITHER OF THEIR DEATHS WERE YOUR FAULT!" Rob yelled back.
"James, what's wrong?" Rob asked seeing the pained look on his brother's face and him doubling over while holding his stomach.
"I…I think…some…thing…is…wrong…-wi-with…the baby!" James got out.
Rob's heart was now racing, so as fast as he could he ran down the stairs and outside to go get Greg.
"Hey honey," Sandy said letting the smile slip from her face when she saw Rob's face.
"What's wrong?" Sandy asked alarmed.
"Something's wrong with James!" Rob almost yelled.
"What's going on?" Greg asked coming back inside the house.
"You need to get upstairs to James!" Rob said holding Greg's shoulders.
"What's wrong?" Greg asked alarmed.
"I DON'T KNOW!" Rob yelled running back into the house with Greg not far behind.
He didn't give a damn about the pain in his leg. He knew he needed to reach James now!
Once they got into the room they found James sitting on the edge of the bed doubled over.
"Greg," James said weakly while looking up.
"Where does it hurt?" Greg asked.
"All over in my stomach," James said.
"Cam…" Greg started to say before getting interrupted by Cameron.
"I'm right here," Cam said handing Greg his medical bag he'd brought along.
"James I know it hurts but you're going to have to lay back and hold still," Greg said.
"It hurts," James said.
"I know but you need to do this for me," Greg said.
So very painfully James laid back but ended up curling up into the fetal poison.
What none of them knew was that Rob had kicked out the family and shut the door. He didn't know what would end up happening, but he knew that the younger ones didn't need to see whatever may happen.
Since James was in too much pain to lie flat, Greg just did the ultrasound with him on his side. Cam held his hand and rubbed his head in a comforting manner.
"What are you giving me?" James asked.
"It's just something to take the edge off the pain. Don't worry James you're not loosing the baby. It seems that you just got a little over stressed and the baby didn't like that," Greg said smiling.
"Are you sure?" James asked letting the tears come.
"Yes, now just rest," Greg said getting up with help from Cam.
"We'll come check up on you in a little while," Cam said kissing James's hair.
Once they left the room, James fell asleep right away. While he was sleeping Greg and Cam were telling the family what had happened.
"One week of bed-rest," Greg said for the millionth time.
"Yes Greg they know," Cam said.
"It's ok dear," Sandy said smiling.
Later that night once James woke up he was told that he was bed ridden for the week which he didn't like one bit but was quite happy that he hadn't lost his baby.
He and Rob were forced to promise Greg that they wouldn't yell at each other therefore stressing James out.
Greg and Cam left on Sunday afternoon promising to bring Chase back with them next Friday. And James promised to call if should he feel any pain at all. Greg then said that he'd be there right away if that were to happen.
For the next week was very boring for James but he knew if it came down to his baby being born healthy, he'd stay in that bed for the rest of the pregnancy.
On Friday House, Chase & Cameron all came back, thankfully everything checked out and James was given the ok to get off bed-rest.
Next chapter: two months later and more yelling
