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Chapter 3-

Sometime after House, Cameron, and Foreman had lunch and left Chase upstairs looking very confused, Foreman was getting Mr. Falli ready for the x-rays. Foreman moved the man's leg and positioned it better for the x-ray when the patient cried out in pain.

"I'm guessing the medication I gave you isn't working too well yet?" Foreman asked.

"No and it's started to swell up a bit."

"Yeah, but that might just be a reaction to the medicine and it should subside after a little while."

The man nodded.

"Okay, these x-rays won't take long, just try to keep your leg as still as possible and I'll let you know when we're done."

The whole x-ray procedure went okay and before long, Mr. Falli was back in his hospital room awaiting the results. Foreman was in House's office going over them with the rest of the team.

Foreman hung up the x-ray and looked them over.

"Everything looks normal," he said.

Cameron, however moved in and took a closer look at the pictures, "Wait, there's something there."

"And?" House asked and Cameron looked at him strangely, "What is it?"

She took another look at it and she lit up, "It looks like a worm!"

"Okay," House said, "So our patient has been suffering from chronic pain that was diagnosed as arthritis. He, being a very rich and stubborn patient wouldn't settle for arthritis and we now find that he has a worm in his leg. And now our diagnosis is?"

Puzzled looks appeared on all of their faces.

"Chase, you're on worm duty. Figure out what worm our man has inside his leg and how it got there. Foreman you're on information duty, see what you can find and figure out how to help this man; go be a doctor and help the sick. Cameron, Cuddy is coming down the hall, go distract her while I make a run for it."

House got up and limped across the room, but Cameron stopped him, "Wait, are you serious?"

"Do I look like I'm joking?" he replied sarcastically, but Cameron still looked unsure and he caved in, "Just make sure she doesn't see me so she can't come badger me about clinic duty."

Cameron, still not quite clear of what House wanted her to say to Cuddy to distract her, went off down the hall and stood right in front of Cuddy.

"Uh, yes?" Doctor Cuddy asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Oh… I was wondering if I could leave early today, for some personal reasons."

"Well…" Cuddy started, but then remembered how miserable Cameron had looked early, "Alright, but don't let House know I let you leave early or he'll be begging to get me to let him leave early too." Cuddy said, trying to lighten things up.

"Thank-you."

"Oh, and speaking of House, where did he limp off to?"

"Uh, he…" Cameron tried to stand in Cuddy's view, "He uh… he just went downstairs, said something about Wilson scolding him for trying to get out of clinic duty."

"I could have sworn I just saw him at the other end of this hall…" said Cuddy.

"Well Chase, Foreman, and I were just getting back from lunch and reviewing the information we have on Mr. Falli and we ran into House downstairs on the way up."

Cuddy shrugged, "Yeah, it's probably just me seeing things. I guess I just assumed he wasn't at the clinic because he rarely ever is down there when he's supposed to be."

"Yeah," Cameron nodded, "Well, I'd better be going."

And with that, the two women went back to work. Cameron, though, was really surprised that Cuddy believed that House was at the clinic. She was also worried about what Cuddy would say if she found that House wasn't at the clinic.

Cameron walked back in the direction in which she had just come from and House, who had been hiding out of Cuddy's sight, poked her with his cane as she walked by. Apparently, she hadn't noticed him standing there.

"So, did she go away?" House asked.

"Yeah, I told her that you were down at the clinic, doing your job."

"And she believed you?" asked House with a very surprised look on his face.

Cameron replied, "Well, yeah."

"Let's make ourselves useful and go see how our patient is doing." House then said and they headed back up to see Mr. Falli.

Unfortunately, on the way to the elevator and Cameron noticed a small man with a very large stack of untidy papers balancing in his hands.

"Someone should help that guy," Cameron said, pointing him out.

House didn't say anything; he just shrugged, but continued to watch the man. As the short guy walked by, he stumbled and fell, spewing all of his papers on the floor.

House looked down and muttered, "Have a nice trip! See ya next fall."

Cameron, though, knelt down and helped the man pick up his papers. House wondered why Cameron was so nice to people; he, himself, would never help anyone like that. A few moments later, Cameron stood back up and asked the man if he needed any help carrying all of his papers, but he simply thanked her and said he'd be fine. That was when Cameron turned back to House and apparently, she had heard his snide remark.

"That was really rude," Cameron said and it wasn't with her usual tone, but with a tone that House had only heard once or twice when Cameron was in a very unusually bad mood.

House frowned, "Sorry." He really meant it, but hid it under a sarcastic tone.

They reached Mr. Falli's room to find that he was sitting up and Dr. Foreman was sitting in the chair next to his bed with a pen and notepad in hand. House walked inside.

"Hey, what are you up to?" he asked Foreman.

"I was just going over Mr. Falli's x-rays with him and trying to come up with a diagnosis."

"Good, well, I'm just here to drop of Dr. Cameron. If you need me, I'll be talking to Wilson; making sure he's still coming with me to New York for that show next Sunday."

Foreman just said okay and went back to talking with Mr. Falli.

Cameron, however, headed back through the doorway.

House saw her leaving and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Home, why?"

"Because you still have work for another few hours."

"Well, I asked Cuddy if I could leave early, so I'm going home."

"Why?"

Cameron shook her head and replied, "I'll see you tomorrow."

And with that, she left and headed outside to her car. House just stood there and watched as she walked down the hall and to the elevator; for some reason, he began to worry about her. He felt strange; he was more worried about Cameron than he had ever been. She hadn't hid the fact that she had to see her husband die, but now something was bothering her and she didn't say anything about it. Something had to be up. And so, House, being his curious self, was going to find out.

Author's Note: Wow, what did I tell you, this chapter was written a lot quicker than the first two. I hope you liked it, even it if was short. I'm so sorry! Next chapter may be the last… not sure yet. Please review! D