House called in to the hospital at 10:00 and asked to speak to Cuddy.
"Lisa Cuddy," she said in a voice that screamed, 'I JUST DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU'RE PROBLEM!'
"I got to get off clinic duty," House grumbled.
"House?"
"No, Santa Clause."
"I can't take you off. You have to have an excuse, anyways."
"I have an excuse."
"And that would be…"
"I can't tell you."
"Then you're not off duty."
House thought for a second, then coughed.
"I'm ill."
"House, come on. You're wasting my time."
"Please?"
"House," she said, slightly less exasperated. "Are you begging?"
"No. Yes."
"I can't do that, House. It's illegal."
"It's what?"
"The rules say…"
"Chase will be there."
"He will?"
"Uh…sure."
"Well… grrr! Okay. But this…you were lucky, you owe clinic duty for an additional 2 weeks.
"Damn. Okay." He hung up.
Now, House called Robert Chase on his cell phone.
"You've got clinic duty in 45 minutes." House informed him.
"I've got what?"
"Are you deaf? Clinic duty at 11:00!"
"Um…okay, I'll try to be there…"
House hung up abruptly. At least he was gonna be there. Next, he looked up the address for Stewart's Gym.
When Cameron woke, she called Hannah's house to thank her for the 'awesome' party.
"Hello?" Ben answered groggily.
"Hi, It's All…lee. Just wanted to thank you for the party. I had a good time."
Cameron didn't like lying. She pulled her knees up to her chin and switched on the TV.
"Okay…" Ben trailed off.
"Well…that's all."
"Grrr…who's this again?"
"Are you okay?" Cameron asked.
"No."
"Are you drunk?"
"Yesterday…" He trailed again.
"Hangover?"
Cameron heard the phone drop and loud vomiting noises coming through quite clearly. Disgusted, she hung up and got ready to go to the gym as she watched the news.
The blonde lady on the television (who was wearing waaaaay too much makeup) said,
"And with a breaking news report, Ed Vogler gets the boot from local hospital."
Cameron, who was in her walking closet, instantly came out and sat down on her bed, watching intently.
The lady continued as the scene switched from the newsroom to the interior of Princeton Hospital.
"While some doctors celebrated, others, like head doctor Lisa Cuddy, mourn."
Cuddy's face appeared large and white on screen. Allison's eyes got big and she watched.
"I was just sick of him. We all were. I know it was the right thing to to, but we lost Vogler and the one hundred thousand dollars that came with him. I don't really know what to do. None of us know."
"He got sacked," Cameron whispered.
The blonde lady was back.
"Dr. James Wilson says the trouble really started the first day Ed Vogler joined Princeton's Hospital team."
The camera was tight on Wilson's face.
"Vogler was picking on one of our doctors, Greg House, and final he wanted to fire him. I was the only one who stood up for Dr. House, so he wanted to fire me." He laughed a bit to himself. "Then, for defending me, he wanted to fire Dr. Cuddy. He really over did it, I think. It was a chain of events- and I wasn't there, but Cuddy drew the line."
The blond lady said, "Greg House was unavailable for interview."
The news story switched, and Cameron turned off the TV. Her head was swimming with new thoughts and lots of questions.
Unavailable for interview? Where was he? Was her biggest question.
House got Vogler fired. I quit because Vogler was making House fire someone. But Vogler's not there anymore.
Her thoughts were slurred. So many things happened after she left!
Did this mean she could go back? She hadn't even planned on what she would do once she quit. Her resume was all ready…
But Allison was tired of doing things based purely on instinct. She went to they gym, feeling as though she was about to explode.
Cameron took two ten-pound weights and pulled them up to her shoulders, bending her arm at the elbow. Now, as the endorphins entered her bloodstream, she could finally think clearly. Cameron imagined tiny little smiley- faces traveling through her veins, spreading through her whole body. As she looked up, she saw Gregory House coming through the gym doors. All the smiley faces popped.
