Chapter 26

Chase was staring at Cameron while they were running some tests in the lab. But when she turned to him, he pretended to look busy and she smiled amused.

"We can put an end to this game?" she asked smirking.

"What?" he asked embarrassed.

Cameron stood up and walked over to Chase, hands on her hips.

"I'm not doing anything...really" Chase tried to explain.

Cameron smiled and Chase stood motionless, staring at her like an idiot. Cameron looked over his shoulder and saw House approaching the lab.

"Sorry" she said quickly.

Then, she put a hand behind his head and kissed him. Chase responded to her kiss, so unexpected but hoped.

House stared at the scene inside the lab. He saw her hands on Chase's hair and his arms around her hips. His knuckles turned white tightening around his cane.

'How dare he! I'll kill him this time!'.

House almost ran into the lab and opened the door loudly, glaring at them.

"What the hell are you doing here!" House yelled.

Chase moved from Cameron and turned to House.

"N...No...Nothing" Chase stammered embarrassed.

"You must control your hormones while you're at work, am I clear!" House shouted angrily.

Chase nodded silently while Cameron turned to take some folder from the table.

"If you were not here making out, you'd have heard your pagers and you'd see that I was looking for you! The patient had a seizure! But there's only Foreman with her! Go!".

Cameron went to the door and he glared at her. Chase followed, fixing his clothes

House closed his eyes and put a hand on his forehead. Then, he stopped Chase raising his cane in front of him.

"Do it again and you'll practice in Uruguay, am I clear?" he groaned angrily.

"I was not alone" Chase argued.

House glared at him and went to him, almost touching his nose with his.

"It's easier to find an immunologist, you know. Now, get lost!" he yelled.

"Where were you?" Foreman asked when he saw Chase and Cameron entering the conference room silently.

"In the lab" she said quietly.

"Well well well, now that there are the finches that flirt in the lab with us, we can finally treat the patient!" House said bitterly, entering the conference room a second after Chase and Cameron.

Foreman looked at his coworkers astonished. Chase was embarrassed and nervous. House was trying to stay calm but he was failing.

"I knew it already" House said after a while.

"You knew what?" Foreman asked confused, focusing on him.

"That I'm a genius and that you're three idiots".

House turned to take something from a shelf but he tripped on Cameron's bag and he kicked it away, annoyed. She didn't flinch and he looked at her for a second and then took a book and threw it on the table.

"Under the letter B" he ordered.

"Why you have a veterinary encyclopedia?" Foreman asked curiously.

"And why should we consult it to treat a human being?" Cameron asked skeptical.

"Because we are still mammals. Under the letter B" he repeated.

Chase opened the book and they started to read.

"A disease transmitted by an animal?" Chase asked.

"No" House answered, annoyed.

"An animal disease?" Foreman tried.

"Nope".

"Connecticut's" Cameron said triumphantly. House smirked irritated.

Chase and Foreman looked at her confused.

"Why the Connecticut's?" Foreman asked.

"Ok, now I'll tell you a story: during 1975, when you were not born yet, and neither do I. Anyway, in Connecticut, in the town of Old Lyme, some doctors discovered a disease that took the name of the town. Our friend under the letter B, which is common in deeer, is the Borrelia Burgdorferi's" House explained.

"A tick?" Foreman asked confused.

"Yep".

"And this is what causes arthritis?" Chase asked skeptically.

"And meningitis too" House pointed out.

"Are you sure? I mean-" Foreman started.

"Of course I'm sure, and she is sure too. Find some information, read some other page and when you are sure, start with the Predispone. Or better, Cameron will start it now while you waste time on that book" House ordered and then went out.

TBC...