Your eyes are squeezed shut. So tight that it's giving you a headache. You know your probably cutting off the blood flow to House's hand, but you don't want to let go.
"You're going to have to open your eyes to get out of here." House says to you. You don't want to though. You want to curl up into a ball and sit in Dr. Jones office until the test results are back.
"In a few hours we'll know." He says using his other hand to pry your fingers off of his hand.
You loosen your grip but don't let go. You also open your eyes slowly, and follow House out. You head downstairs to his office. Cameron is sitting behind the table laughing with Foreman and Taub.
"Huh," House muses, "I guess we have a patient,"
"Or someone told her about us." You say amazed at how the news of your pregnancy hasn't spread. Apparently Taub, Cuddy, and Foreman can keep a secret. You have nothing against telling Cameron and Chase or even the rest of the hospital, but you didn't want to overshadow their wedding last week.
"Madeline Roth, six years old, hemolytic anemia." Cameron says handing each of you a copy of the file.
"Genetic or acquired?" You ask immediately.
"Acquired." Cameron says.
"Boring," House says handing the file back.
"She's never been given penicillin, no autoimmune diseases." Cameron says handing the file back.
"You've checked for all of them?" House says skeptically.
"All that could cause hemolytic anemia." She smirks.
"Most likely cause then is a toxin." Taub says flipping through the file.
"Fine, Thirteen history. Taub and Foreman check the home for toxins." House orders. You nod and smirk that he doesn't want you around possible toxins.
"Here, I'll take you to her family." Cameron says to you. You nod and follow her out wondering if this is really the best time for you to be working with kids. You could be just hours away from finding out if yours has Huntington's.
"Are you okay, Dr. Hadley?" Cameron asks.
"You can call me Remy." You say not answering her question. You really need to learn to keep your emotions in check. You hadn't even realized your eyes were tearing until she said something.
"You okay, Remy?" she asks this time with a playful smile. You wonder why House never liked her and find yourself feeling a bit jealous of something she never even had. You are being completely irrational and you can tell. Yet, you cant stop yourself from feeling upset.
"My hormones are trying to kill me." You mutter. She gives you a sympathetic smile before stopping in her tracks. Oops, you just spilled the beans. This baby is making you way too open.
Cameron doesn't say anything but she looks at you. You could have meant you were pmsing. She looks you up and down and you pray she just thinks you are bloated. You've only gained a few pounds, but it is fairly noticeable.
"Yeah," is all you say as you stare at the ground. Then you notice tears falling in a small puddle in front of you. Oh god, you're crying. In front of Allison Cameron, in the middle of the hallway.
She wraps her arms around you and gives you a huge smile.
"Congratulations." She says not letting go quite yet. This is a moment that you could never have foreseen happening. Never in a million years did you expect to be hugging Cameron – let alone in public.
"Sorry," you say pulling away and wiping your eyes. This is a bit awkward.
"It's House's isn't it?" she asks with a smile that you're surprised to see. Even though she's married you half expected her to be upset.
"Yeah," you say again.
"He's been fairly nice recently. He remembered a patient's name last week, and he took this case with almost no pushing." She nods, "I'm glad he's happy."
You two continue talking until you reach Madeline's room. You take the history, and head back up to the diagnostics room.
"Foreman and Taub are testing the stuff from the house in the lab." House says to you.
"Is your mom in town yet?" You ask knowing that this is the week. You had hoped you'd get the test results back before your lunch, but apparently not.
"She's going to meet us at the café down the street in a little less than an hour." He nods. You lean into his chest and nod. He wraps an arm around you, and you see a nurse stop dead in her tracks outside of the window. You laugh and pull away from him.
"Scared?" He asks genuinely.
"You have no idea." You say wondering if he's referring to the lunch or the test results. Either way you're nervous about both of them.
"I have a good feeling about today." He says walking over to his calendar.
"Friday the thirteenth." You shake your head.
"Thirteen's a lucky number for me." He says.
"Yeah well." You smile.
"If we ever get married it has to be on a Friday the thirteenth." He says. You snap your head forward. He keeps bringing up marriage like it's the weather.
"Do you want to get married?" you ask him.
"Are you proposing?" He raises an eyebrow.
"I just mean in general. You keep bringing it up." You say.
"I do," He says, "in general."
"I just don't think we need to get married just because we're having a baby." You say, not that you don't want to marry House.
"I know, but you know with or without a baby I feel the same way." He says. You notice how he doesn't say I love you, and a part of you is glad. You think you do love House, but things are going really fast and throwing around the L word would just drive you too crazy. Besides, nothing should be functional in a relationship with House.
House's phone rings. You roll your eyes at the song choice. He flips the phone shut a moment later without saying a word.
"Guess who has snakes?" He says. You shrug.
"Madeline." He says walking towards the nurse's station. You stay frozen in your spot. He did remember her name. Your not surprised he remembered that the file mentioned that she had a lot of cuts and scrapes from playing outside so the bite could easily be masked, but the name thing was almost eerie.
He comes back in a moment later and grabs his jacket.
"She'll be fine by tomorrow, let's go to meet my mommy." He grins.
You nod, and follow him down to his car. You love that he drives the one block to the café.
When you arrive you see an older looking women sitting alone at a large table. She stands up when she spots House so you assume that's his mom. She does look completely normal and is in fact wearing khaki. You can't help but smile.
"Mom, this is Dr. Hadley." He says. You shake her hand.
"Remy." You say.
"Blythe," His mother says. You all sit down just as House's phone goes off again.
"Sorry, I have to take this." He says standing back up. You panic for a moment being left alone with his mother.
"So, you work for Greg?" she asks looking you over. Of course he didn't mention your relationship. He would.
"We're actually dating." You say. She looks taken a back, but quickly smiles. She takes your hand in hers.
"Oh," She laughs, "You have no idea how glad I am to hear that."
"Our baby girl is genetically perfect." House says sitting back down. Your eyes practically bug out of your head. You can't even move you're so relieved. And it's a girl!
"You're pregnant." His mom says as if she knew.
"We're having a baby." House says in voice you've never heard. You try to suck in every detail because you've never seen him beam like this. His mom smiles back at him.
"I suspected," she nods.
"Amazing perception does run in the family." He says proudly.
"I hope she gets it." You smile back.