I'm so sorry this one took so long, but its really hard to write House! Definitely not an easy character to keep consistent, but I hope you like it anyway.
I really liked the idea of a war between House and Jack because he has tons of brains and so does she, but she also has a figure to go with it. I thought it would be entertaining if we finally got to see Jack flaunt some of her stuff and show what she can do (but doesn't, because she has morals) so enjoy!
Jackie stayed with Sam for most of the morning, but after a while Sam insisted that she go to the sleep lab and take a nap for a while. She obliged and Dean joined her, walking down to the sleep lab.
Her sleep was fitful and disturbed. She drifted in and out of consciousness for hours, until she finally woke up and, thinking she heard something, snapped her green apple eyes open. They met with some sky blue ones.
"House. You nearly gave me a heart attack."
"Then at least you'd have a doctor to save you."
"Ha."
"I gotta say, you should be chained to this bed for breeding purposes."
"Amusing. Why are you down here?"
"Wanted to find you."
"Why?"
"It's not enough that I just want to talk?"
"Not for you."
"Fine. I gotta talk to you about Sam."
"About his health or his love life?"
House grinned at her and then said, "The case."
"Good. What's up?"
"Our suspicion is that the seizure we saw in the restaurant was due to an overdose of marijuana."
"You're serious?"
"Yep. We're running a tox screen right now and…"
"You're not going to find anything."
"This is why I usually don't talk to loved ones."
"Alright, House, first, you can trust me, and Sam is not a user. Second you were staring him down the entire night, do you really think he was high? Third, what are you doing?"
House's blue eyes were rolling over every inch of her skin that was exposed. Once he saw he was caught he grinned devilishly at Jackie.
Jay titled her head and lifted an eyebrow. "Try to hold it in, will ya?"
He nodded once and then sat on the edge of her bed, dropping his cane beside her thin figure. She sat up, picked up his cane and twirled it between her fingers.
"We should probably talk about this, huh?" he asked.
"Probably." She said with a small smile. "House, what do you want from me? You want me to abandon Sam? You know I can't do that."
"I'm not asking you to."
"Then what are you asking me to do?"
"Admit that you love me more."
"I don't. And why would you even want me to do that? If you so much as touch me, Sam will find out and will leave this hospital, cured or not, and you get to obsess about his case for the next 20 years. You don't want that."
"You do." House said simply.
"I don't. And here I thought this might be awkward."
"You do. And I'll get you to crack. Right after I save your dying boyfriend."
"How can you be so sure?"
"You look at me the same as you did before. And you spend the entire night making sure you were very clear on the fact that you were dating Sam now, that you forgot to actually enjoy the night. You were more focused on me that on your date."
"Nice reasons."
"Thank you."
"House, you're insane."
"So I've been told."
"No kidding?"
"I won't leave you alone about this until you say it. I want to hear you say it. It will please me."
"Then you're going to be miserable."
"Some say I already am."
Jackie scowled at him and then said, "You wanna play it that way, who says I won't be part of the game?"
"What d'you mean?" House asked suspiciously.
"I mean, what if I get you to crack first? Before you solve this case?"
"Why would you want to do that? Then your boy dies."
"Not necessarily. I can still keep him at this hospital. Cuddy and your team can figure it out. And if they don't they'll come running to you anyway. And I still get to say I won. Win-win."
House glared at her. "You wouldn't."
"Who says what I would and wouldn't do?"
"You're too nice to do something that evil and cunning."
Jack crawled over to House and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. She then slowly breathed on his neck and whispered in his ear, "Sure about that?"
House had closed his eyes, and all he could say was "Mmm…"
Jay smiled and with a tiny giggle in his ear, she left the room, leaving him grinning at the door.
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Jackie met Dean walking up to Sam's room.
"What are you grinning about?" he asked.
"Oh not much."
"Uh huh."
They rounded the corner and entered Sam's room together.
Sam was still sleeping so they decided to leave him alone for a while and grab some breakfast. It was about 12 p.m.
It wasn't long before House found them.
"Good morning, loved ones." House said and dropped into the seat beside Jack.
She shot him a 'can-you-really-be-doing-this?' sort of look, but House pretended not to notice.
"My team and I were just going over your brother's differential. We're trying to decide if he's a junkie or just insane."
Dean looked shocked and looked over to Jay for help. She sighed and whacked House over the top of the head.
"What? I'm being honest."
"This could be a looong illness."
"Does she look like she has a fever? I think she looks like she has a fever. Let me check." House pressed his lips to her forehead.
She moaned out of frustration and pushed House away.
"I am merely looking out for your health."
"I guess I'm blinded by the overwhelming sense of personal violation."
Dean was sitting, still shocked by the series of events between the two individuals. He was thoroughly impressed by Jay's ability to cope with House's insanity.
Just then a nurse came running down the hallway.
"Doctor House! Something's wrong with your patient!"
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