A Brit For All Seasons

Chapter Three

Jacqui arouses from her slumber, realises it's 10am!

" Shoot! I am late... need to do insulin, have breakfast and have a shower"

So she has a quick shower pulls on her pink sleeveless blouse, and her black lined skirt. Then adjusts her hair, so it flatters her shoulders.

"Mmm, that's better. Look normal again!"

She grabs her bag and looks at herself in the mirror and strokes her shoulder length hair. And then walks out of her room. She sighs and thinks about the Doctor on the plane.

"He was so good looking, mmm."

Jacqui runs for the bus that heads to PPTH, then finds a seat. Next to a smelly woman, who is worse for wear...Unzips her bag, and then loads 25units of insulin on her pen device, lifts her top slightly and presses the short but sharp needle into her abdomen. This is the stuff she depends on each day.

She can hear people coughing and spluttering, and people listening to their iPods and other work colleagues.

"PPTH" declares the bus driver.

Jacqui walks down the aisle and looks at her watch "10:53". She thinks to herself that she has 7 minutes to get to the Dean's office...

She approaches the main entrance and walks into a doctor who was rushing to some department.

"Sorry, I am lost and late"

"Hi there, James Wilson. Where you looking for?"

"Dr Cuddy's office, and the Head Diagnostician"

"Over there, to the left. You cannot miss her!"

"Great, what a mess I am!"

KNOCK KNOCK

"Come in!" a female voice answers.

"Jacqui Webb, assistant Paediatric Oncologist"

"Ah, come in Jacqui, coffee?" asks Cuddy.

"Sure, milk no sugar please!" responds Jacqui.

"How was your flight to the US?"

"Not too bad, had a slight medical emergency. But an arrogant doctor needed my help. So I happily obliged."

"Sounds like our Head of Diagnostics, anyway he will be showing you around. And then you can meet your department head; James Wilson."

"Oh I met him on the way here, bumped into him in the corridor."

"Okay, lets head for diagnostics!"

So Cuddy and Jacqui head for diagnostics in the elevator. And Jacqui can feel the sweat dipping off her, and her heart was racing. Ding

"We're here Jacqui"

"Oh, Hi Cuddy. House is in a bad mood today, run out of the happy pills." an Australian male voice spoke.

"Chase, this is Jacqui Webb. She is Wilson's assistant for a bit!"

"Nice to meet you Chase"

So they both walk into the conference room where a female brunette, and a black man were talking about a patient's medical history. She could see on the board :

Fever

Hypotensive

Faints

Hyperglycemia

Non ketotic

Cuddy spoke; "Where's House?"

"In there, playing his GameBoy and watching General Hospital!" declares the black man.

Cuddy knocks at House's glass door.

"House, this is Jacqui Webb...assistant oncologist."

House looks up at Jacqui, and looks down, then back up.

"Oh hi, I am the master of Diagnostics. Dr House"

"Nice to meet you..." Jacqui suddenly stops mid-conversation and collapses to the ground.

"Sht House, you make everyone collapse!" shouted Cuddy.

"Jacqui, can you hear me?" said the concerned diagnostician.

"She's diabetic, get me a BM machine, and some oxygen."