Secrecy

Summary: Secrets don't stay secrets for long. At least, not around Dr. Gregory House.

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters.

;Chapter 3;

"Ready?" James asked Allison, squeezing her hand gently. They were standing in front of the doors leading into Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital.

"I've been thinking…"

"We're not running away."

Cameron reached over and smacked his arm lightly, smiling a bit. "I've been thinking about telling Cuddy. About us."

"Twenty bucks says House already did."

"Can't you just humor me for once?"

Wilson laughed and led Cameron into the hospital. "Go right ahead. But House has probably already stormed in screaming and yelling."

000

"He's dating her!" House yelled, storming into Lisa Cuddy's office and startling the Dean of Medicine and Hospital Administrator.

"House, you know I don't watch soap operas. I work while they're on." Cuddy replied, not bothering to look up from her paperwork.

"Wilson. He's dating Cameron."

Cuddy paused and looked up slowly at the angry doctor. "For how long?"

"Eight months."

Cuddy was still for a moment before her face broke out into a small smile. "Good for them." She cleared her throat. "Now, don't you have a patient to cure?"

"You aren't going to do anything?"

Cuddy sighed and put her pen down, folding her hands on her desk. "What do you want me to do?"

"Transfer Wilson. Or fire them. I don't care. Do something!" House ordered.

"I'm not transferring or firing anyone. Now go do your job." Cuddy sent him a warning glare before going back to doing her job.

000

Cameron, figuring that Wilson was right, skipped the trip to Cuddy's office and headed for House's instead. She found her colleagues, Drs. Eric Foreman and Robert Chase there instead of her boss.

"Have you see House? We've got a case and he's not answering his pages." Dr. Chase asked, his voice thick with an accent.

"He came over last night." She replied softly, heading toward the hang out room next door.

Foreman and Chase shared a look before following. "Everything okay?" Foreman asked, slipping into his 'big brother' role.

"Wilson and I have been seeing each other for eight months. House found out and came over. Wasn't exactly a party."

"Did he try something?"

Chase scoffed at Foreman's question. "House is crippled. I bet Cameron could have taken him on if need be."

"James was there. House didn't try a thing." Cameron put on a fresh pot of coffee. "I did yell at him and kick him out of my apartment though."

"Look, I'm pretty sure the worst thing that House can do to you is make your life hell for a while. He'll get over it." Foreman reassured, trying to comfort Allison as best she could.

"He kept that grudge against Chase for a while." Cameron pointed out.

Chase groaned. "That was horrible. He's still not totally over it yet."

"That's reassuring, Chase. Thanks." Cameron retorted sarcastically, pouring herself a cup of coffee.

"Is there a reason there are three pages on my pager?" House barked, limping into the hang out room.

"Yeah. You should try answering them." Foreman snapped, grabbing himself a cup of coffee and sitting down.

Chase sighed a bit and handed House the case file. "17 year old girl. Heavy vaginal bleeding, pelvic and back pain. And she claims she just finished her period."

"How long has the bleeding been going on?"

"A few days."

House tossed the case file onto the table. "Did you perform an ultrasound?"

Chase and Foreman glanced at each other. "No…" Chase responded.

"Do one. She's probably having a miscarriage."

"It could be a pelvic infection." Cameron piped in, looking up at House over the rim of her coffee mug.

House avoided her gaze and kept his eyes on Foreman. "Did she have a fever when she came in?"

Foreman shook her head. "No. Actually her body temperature is below the normal 98.6."

"What about Endometriosis?" Cameron suggested, shrugging her shoulders.

House took a deep breath. "Chase, do the ultrasound. Foreman, run some tests. Check for a pelvic infection, cancer, anything that could cause severe bleeding and pain. Don't forget to check for her hCG levels. And schedule her for a pelvic exam!" He called after the two male doctors. He looked at Cameron.

"About last night…"

"What about last night?" Cameron asked, setting her coffee cup down on the table top.

"I'm not going to apologize. You should have said something when things started to get serious between you two."

Cameron stood up and shook her head. "Everyone's wrong except you, isn't that right?" She crossed her arms over her chest and walked closer toward him. "So how did it feel to be rejected, House? Did you feel your heart break into a million pieces? Did it ache? Were you beating yourself up about it when you were alone in your place?"

"He's going to break your heart," House whispered, looking directly into Cameron's blue eyes. "He'll cheat on you, just like he did with his ex-wives. He'll crush you. And I won't be there to help pick up the pieces." House hobbled out of the room.

"Cameron? Are you okay?" Cuddy asked from the doorway, seeing the stunned and hurt look on the young woman's face.

"Just a run-in with House."

Cuddy walked into the room and patted Allison's shoulder. "He's just jealous. Stormed into my office hollering about you and Wilson." She offered the doctor a warm smile. "Congratulations, by the way."

Cameron returned the smile. "Thanks. I just wished things weren't so awkward and tense now."

"It'll blow over. If you ever need anything, you know where my office is." Cuddy gave her shoulder a light squeeze. "And if House is giving you too much trouble, let me know. I can make his life just as hellish as he can make yours."

Cameron laughed, knowing that the way to make House's life hellish was to throw in a few more hours of clinic duty. "Thanks." She watched Cuddy leave and wondered what she should do, since House didn't technically assign her anything. Sighing a bit, she went to find Foreman and help him out with the tests.

000

Wilson knocked on exam room one and entered, seeing House sitting there and tapping his cane against the floor. "Thought I'd find you here." He stepped into the room and shut the door.

"When did all of this exactly start?" House asked.

Wilson blinked a few times. "Me and Cameron?"

"Yeah."

"After your date. Well, after you got home and told me what happened."

House stopped the tapping and looked at the oncologist. "You went to see her?"

"Someone had to comfort the poor girl." Wilson replied with a shrug.

"So what happened? You two got really buddy buddy and then, whoops, there go the clothes?"

"You're jealous."

"You knew I liked her."

"You screwed up."

House stood up and headed for the door. "Yeah. People keep telling me that."

000

"So," House began, hobbling into his office where Foreman, Chase and Cameron were waiting.

"I think it's ovarian cancer." Foreman told him, holding out his findings.

"What did the ultrasound show?" House questioned, looking at what Foreman handed him.

"Nothing involving a miscarriage." Chase responded.

"She's a virgin." Cameron added, holding out a folder. "I did a pelvic exam."

"So the virgin has cancer."

"I don't think it's cancer. It just doesn't seem to fit." Cameron said softly. "Her hCG levels were low."

"Of course they were. She's not pregnant." Chase pointed out.

"But if she has ovarian cancer, they would be spiked because it can be produced abnormally." Cameron retorted, looking at Foreman and House for back up.

"She's right." House said quietly. "It's not cancer. There's no way."

"It's endometriosis. She said that this had happened in the past but this time, it didn't feel right." Cameron crossed her arms over her chest.

"Start her on birth control and see what happens. If her condition improves, release her." House told Chase, who nodded and left the office.

Wilson stepped in a few seconds after Chase left. "Did you guys need a consult?"

Foreman shook his head. "Not anymore. Patient doesn't have ovarian cancer." He looked at Cameron. "Good call."

"Thanks."

"I can't do this." House said from behind his desk.

Cameron, Foreman and Wilson looked over at him.

"Can't do what?" Foreman asked, feeling as if he already knew the answer.

"This." House looked directly at Cameron when he said this and she immediately understood.

"So I had to stick it out but you can just give up?"

"I didn't mean that this. I meant, the tension." House stood up. "You're a great doctor, Allison. And if this thing between you and I is going to affect that, then let me know."

"You're using me as an excuse for the fact that you can't do your job?" Allison asked, glancing at Foreman and then at Wilson.

"I can handle it. But can you?" House limped past the three doctors for the door. "You guys can go home. We're done for the day." He walked out, leaving the trio stunned.

"I'm going to go home and pretend I wasn't here for that." Foreman said after a few moments of silence. "See you two tomorrow."

Cameron watched her colleague leave and then looked at her boyfriend. "I don't think I can handle it."