A/N: Thanks for the reviews. Now it's our house Christmas song silent night. Demonicamazon, don't worry I decided not to kill her but I can't promise surviving will be painless, for both. Enjoy!

Silent Night

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace

Cameron's temp was down to 102 not good but better. Chase took a wet cloth and placed it on her forehead. It hadn't even been 5 hours yet. 4 down 20 to go. Chase glanced at the clock it read 2:30am. Chase sighed. They still didn't know what was causing the fever and now painful rash. He checked her meds she was on enough drugs to keep her out. It was better for her. It would be too painful to even speak. The pain in her chest and the rash would be so bad she would still feel pain even if they put in the max amount of morphine without risking damage. He heard the door open. It was Foreman.

"Hey" Foreman greeted.

"Hey"

"Any change?"

"The rash is spread but her temps down to 102."

"I got the blood test results back. She didn't test positive for anything so were going to widen our search."

"Okay."

"Bye, call me if there is any change."

"I will Bye"

Foreman turned and left. Chase glanced at the machines surrounding Cameron. Her BP was low but holding steady and her O2 stats were in range. They had to keep her on a ventilator. She couldn't breath on her own. The bullet had damaged her left lung severely. She was going in for surgery this afternoon to repair the lung. If she got through that she would have another surgery in two days to repair her heart. The door swung open and he could hear faintly in the background Silent Night playing. Dr. Cuddy had entered the room with Dr. Wilson not far behind.

"We heard about the infection. Any idea what it is?" Asked Cuddy.

"All the blood test came back negative. She's stable for now." Answered Chase.

"And you contacted her parents." Cuddy asked.

"Yes, but they can't make it in. All the flights have been cancelled because of the storm."

"Good, we need to talk."

"About what?" Asked a confused Chase.

"About what would happen if something went wrong. You said her parents couldn't come in and I'm assuming her brother can't either." Wilson piped in

"Her brother can't make it in and she has no other relatives." Answered Chase still not grasping the severity of the situation.

"Me, Wilson, and House have decided that you should be the person who decides what we should do in an emergency."

"Me, but why?"

"Well first you're here. Second you are pretty close to her and House would not always think in the best interest of her wishes considering his history." Wilson stated matter of factly.

"I'll do it." Chase answered shakily.

"Okay."

And with that Wilson and Cuddy left the room and left Chase to his worrying.

Outside in the hallway

"Are you sure about this?" Asks Cuddy.

"It wasn't even my idea." Says House.

"Hey, who else were we going to ask, a maintenance." Cuddy said.

"We could have asked Dr. Foreman. He's less emotional envoled." Wilson pointed out.

"Yeah, but he wouldn't always act for her. He would act for his diagnosis." Cuddy said.

"And Chase won't." Asked Wilson.

"Trust me he won't." Assured House.

House looked in. Chase was beat and there was no sign that Cameron's parents were going to be there any time soon. The blizzard raged on, the wind was howling outside. If, Chase had to make a descion like the one they feared and he killed her. He would never forgive himself. Even though he didn't say it House could see it. He felt guilty. Why wouldn't he? He was there. It was normal and to easy to diagsion. He needed something harder. He turned and limped away. What does Cameron have? Off he was to solve it.

In Cameron's room

Chase heard the faint sound of Silent Night in the background. It lulled him to sleep. He drifted off on Cameron's bed.

In House's office.

With the record playing Silent Night in the background. House stared at Cameron's symptoms. They still had a million things to rule out but it was already looking like it was going to be a hard case. Cuddy was probably going to tell him to get off the case but that never really stopped him anyways.

2 hours later

Tap, Tap. Chase felt someone tapping his shoulder. He looked up. It was Cameron. Wait how could that be? He had her on strong sedatives. She couldn't have woken-up.

"Cameron, Cameron. It's me Chase. You're going to have to relax. We can't take the tube out. Your lung was damaged severely. You're secdueled for surgery this afternoon to repair it. I know it's painful. You caught an infection we don't know what it is yet. Your parents are trying to get a plane but there is a blizzard going on. Do you understand?" Chase said.

Cameron nodded. Her eyes were welling with tears it was so painful she felt like ripping her skin off. Chase paged House and Foreman.

House came in. "What is it?" House questioned but his and Foreman's question was answered when he looked over.

"Cameron, how did you wake-up? Are you in pain?" Foreman asked

Cameron nodded, tears streaming down her face.

"We might have to put you back asleep if it gets to painful." Chase said.

"Would that be okay?" Cameron nodded and motioned for a piece of paper.

Chase handed it to her. She wrote…

Not yet. I want to see if I can bare it out.

"Okay" Chase replied.

House and Foreman left and Chase stayed to monitor and hold her hand.

Outside her room

"How can that happen?"

"I don't know. It just means we have another symptom." Admitted House.

To be continued…………………………. Next White Christmas