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Chapter 48
House entered the conference room, limping more than usual. Foreman and Chase observed his limping as House sat in a chair and stared at his two ducklings, smirking.
"So, what is that walks four-legged in the morning, two-legged in the afternoon and three-legged in the evening?".
"Have you smoked something?" Foreman asked confused.
"No. By the way, when do you want restocking me? If you two find the answer to my riddle, you're not going to do my clinic hours!" he offered.
"It's absurd" Foreman said, shaking his head.
"Can you repeat?" Chase asked, interested.
House grinned satisfied. Foreman straightened up, focusing on the riddle too.
"What is that walks four-legged in the morning, two-legged in the afternoon and three-legged in the evening?".
The two doctors looked at him and then at the table. House smiled amused.
"The man".
House turned to Cameron, annoyed "Hey! You weren't playing!" he pouted.
"And why not? It's not that I like to do your clinic hours" she reasoned simply.
"Because you don't have the attributes!".
"Because of I'm a woman, I can't play?" she asked confused.
House thought about it for a while as Cameron stared at him, astonished.
"Ah, sure, no, I mean, you can play, you win, check my emails while the guys do the playoff".
Cameron went to his office, smiling.
"It's unfair! You gave her the answer yesterday! You two live together!" Chase protested.
"Sure, my little jumping herbivorous. And because of I've her in my house, I can't waste my time doing riddles!" he scoffed.
"So, the other riddle?" Foreman asked.
"This is the right atmosphere! Aggressive like your slave ancestors! So, let me think..." House chewed his bottom lip and played with his cane. Chase and Foreman looked annoyed.
"Ok, in a house there are three brothers, sometime they're ugly, sometime they're beautiful. The first brother is not in the house because he's gone out; the second is not in because he is coming; so there's only the third, but when he's not there, neither the other two there are. Who are them?".
Foreman and Chase thought about it. Cameron returned and House heard her coming.
"I warn you, If you'll answer, I send you to the clinic".
"Can you please play the doctor for just a minute?" she asked annoyed.
House turned and looked at her, who was leaning against the door. He smiled.
"Ok, but just for today" he stood up and went to his office.
"The three little pigs!" Chase answered suddenly.
House turned looking at him disgusted. Cameron looked at Chase like If he was...an idiot.
"Remember me why I've hired you, Chase. Why the three little pigs?" he asked exasperated.
"They're three" Chased answered simply.
"Well, there are also the three musketters, the Columbus' caravells, my team, the hands of my watch, the Queen after the death of Freddy, and I can go on endlessly".
"One of these is the solution?" Foreman cut in.
"No" Cameron answered for him.
House turned to her, annoyed. She smiled.
"Since you're here, why don't you give them the solution!".
"I didn't say anything! And then, they're too simple riddles" Cameron returned in the office and House looked at his team, smiling.
"Have you noticed the subtle insult for you? And since YOU, Foreman, were the first of your course...Well...You've until the launch break, because after that my shift in clinic starts!".
House entered his office smiling, Foreman glared at him.
"Breakfast, lunch and dinner?" Chase tried again.
"Oh God..." Foreman shook his head and stood up, leaving a confused Chase behind.
"What?" House asked when she closed the door.
Camern passed him a little bag.
"Uhuhu, breakfast!".
"I know that Cuddy is monitoring your Vicodin's prescriptions..." she started.
House opened the bag and found a phial of Vicodin that could last for about a few weeks. He frowned.
"Yesterday night, I-" she continued.
"What, it's your guilty conscience that is talking?" he said bitterly.
"My conscience is very clear. It's just that I don't want to see you in this state" she tried to stay calm.
"This bag goes against all your principles".
"No, there are some limits for having this bag".
"I've the bag yet, why I'd have to know them?".
"Because I can take it again whenever I want".
House sat in his armchair "Ok, enlight me".
"This dose has to last for a month".
"What? At most for two weeks...I think".
"A month, 10 pills at day".
"Amputate my leg, it's better! No, I can't do it" he stood up and she blocked him. She was very serious and he smiled.
"You have to, instead".
"Why?".
"For you, for me, for your liver, for your patients".
"Ok, listen, If you're able to answer to my riddle-".
"I'm not here to play with you!" she said nervously.
House frowned. He knew how to act like a 5 years-old boy sometimes.
"Can you behave like an adult for 5 minutes?" she said tiredly.
"No, mommy. I don't want the drugs. I want the sweets, gne gne gne!" he mocked her.
Cameron put her hands on her hips, looking at him shocked. Then she smiled and he widened his eyes.
"Hmmm...I'm worried when you act like that...there's nothing good on the horizon".
"Do you want to behave like a baby? Fine..." Cameron took the bag, confusing him.
"Where's the catch?".
"No catch, Greg. Do you want to behave like a baby? Do it, but I'm going to behave accordingly" she smiled sweetly.
"Will you spank me?" he smirked.
"I don't make love to the children".
House thought 'And what about Chase?', but his mind was too slow. In fact, his mind told him to stop her firstly "Ok, I'm taking back the 'gne gne'".
Cameron smiled and took the phial from the bag, passing it to him "10 pills at day are the maximum dose, you won't have anymore for the rest of the month. Not even If you are agonizing" she clarified.
"Sadist! Can't we deal for 20? Just for the beginning" he pleaded.
"10".
"15, I can't go below 15".
Cameron put a hand through his hair and played with his lips, slipping her tongue in his mouth. She enjoyed the kiss for a while as he stayed frozen, letting her kissing him, kissing her back. She moved away smiling, looking in his eyes. She put a hand in his pocket and took his phial of Vicodin.
"10".
"I agree" House said breathlessly.
Cameron gave him the other phial and House looked at it annoyed.
"I could have a supplement sometime?".
"Maybe" Cameron went out and left him there, confused and unsure.
TBC...
