NO LONGER BREATHING

"We should be doing something," Cameron said.

She was busy pacing the length of break room in a quickening pace.

"Cam-"

"I mean we can't just sit here." She continued, having not heard Chase. "I know we should let the police handle it, but House isn't."

"Cam-" Chase tried again.

He was standing by the door which led into House's office, watching his girlfriend walk up and down ranting.

"He's out there doing something. I just feel so useless and-"

"CAMERON!" Chase yelled as he reached out and grabbed her arms when she walked past him.

He spun her around so that she was facing him.

"Okay, you need to calm down," he said slowly. "Look, I know that standing around here sucks. I do. But we've done all we can and us racing over to House's place is not going to help anyone. By now I'm sure that the paramedics are there with Cuddy."

Cameron nodded slowly and breathed in deeply.

"I'm sorry," she said, "I just wish we were doing something."

"Yeah, but I'm sure someone will call us soon and then we'll know what's going on."

"What if she's not alright? Robert, what if she's really hurt or, or worse? What do we do then?"

"We deal with it. We make sure that House knows that we're here for him. That's what we do. But come on, there is a chance that she's fine. Maybe this, message is just a way to mess with House."

"I hope you're right."

"So do I." Chase sighed and took her hand in his. "Come on, lets get out of this room."

He turned slightly and opened the door to House's office and pulled Cameron in with him.

"I think we need to get away from that...ah, white board." He said.

Cameron nodded and together they walked into House's office and closed the door. They then sat down on the two chairs near the desk. Chase reached out and took one of Cameron's hands in his, squeezing gently.


House leaned over Cuddy's still body and placed his ear near her lips while is fingers pressed against the pulse in her neck. Nothing.

"Fuck," House swore.

He sat up and brushed her hair away from her face, stroking her cheeks briefly in a state of shock. The doctor part of him seemed to be in hibernation.

"Come on, Cuddy. Wake up. Open those eyes and look at me." House pleaded in a raised voice. "Lisa, I need you to wake up."

"House," Wilson said, suddenly kneeling in front of his friend. "We should...we need to do CPR."

House nodded and felt incredibly stupid for not thinking of that. God, he should have started CPR as soon as he pulled her away from the, ah, hole. He tilted Cuddy's head back slightly and opened her mouth. Wilson moved closer and placed his hands over Cuddy's chest. It made it easier if there was two of them doing CPR on her and Wilson knew that it should be House's mouth covering hers and no one else's. House breathed into Cuddy's mouth and then gave Wilson the signal to start pressing on her chest.

Foreman stood over them and pulled his cell phone out of his pocket.

"I'm calling 911." The young doctor declared, not sure if the others were even listening to him or not. "Make sure they're on their way."

Before he even pressed the one for the second time, he looked up as he heard the unmistakable sound of an ambulance siren. Foreman turned around and could see the large vehichle coming towards them.

"The paramedics are here" He said, turning to look down at his boss.

House pulled back from Cuddy's lips and sighed in relief. Wilson had turned to look in the direction of where the sirens where coming from. House nudged him roughly causing Wilson to snap his head around and once again start pumping against Cuddy's heart. House reached down and grabbed Cuddy's still hand, lacing his fingers with hers.

"Just a little bit longer baby, hold on." House said, not caring who heard him. "You're going to be fine, okay? And you know that I'm always right. Don't make me wrong this time."

"House," Wilson said, noticing the ambulance pulling up towards them.

"Come on, Lisa, you can't leave me here alone." House said in a last desperate stitch to anchor her to him and this life. "I love you, Lisa Cuddy and I need you to wake up so I can look in your eyes and tell you."

Foreman stepped out of the way of the two paramedics as they wheeled a Gurney and their equipment towards Cuddy, House and Wilson.

Cuddy still was not breathing...

TBC

Next Chapters
- NOTHINGS FOREVER (sad)
- SLOW SMILE (happy)

Author's Notes - Hey everyone. So this story is nearly at an end however I could never decide on wether or not I wanted to end it on a sad not or a happy one. So I have done both. Nothings forever will be the sad ending. And Slow smile will be the happy ending. You can choose to read both or just read one as I know a lot of people have told me that they do not want to read a sad ending, but its there for whoever wishes to read it. Hopefully I will have these last chapters up within the next few weeks. Bye for now!