Title: On his death bed
Summary: House's thought before he dies
Author: Mikesh
Disclaimer: Do not own House wish I did but I don't
Part: 3 of 10
The day that I was suppose to get out of the hospital a social worker came and saw me. She told me that you had left behind a daughter who was about three years old. You had left a note saying that it was my child. They wanted to do a blood test to see if it was in fact mine. I told them to do what they wanted. I didn't know you had a child at that point but I figured that it was Mark's. You just wanted me to take care of it so you said it was mine
Two days after I got out of the hospital they came and saw me in my office. Told me that it was in fact my child but due to what I'd done recently they'd have to do a background check to see if I was capable of taking care of a child. Yeah I was real capable after just trying to kill myself.
I don't know why or how but they found me fit to take care of our daughter.
It had been two days since the social worker had come to see House. He was just sitting in his office throwing his ball around when the same social worker came in with a little girl.
"Mr. House I'd like you to meet your daughter Mary Elizabeth House," the social worker said.
Mary was about three feet tall with brown eyes and dirty blond hair.
"Hi," House said getting up.
"I" Mary said.
"Mr. House if you do not feel fit to take care of her then we will be forced to find a home for her," the social worker said handing the girl's belongings over to him.
"No I think I can handle her," House said taking the backpack.
"Very good. Good day sir," the social worker said.
"Good day," House said not looking up from the little girl.
"So you're my daughter," House said.
Instead of replying the little girl just stared at House.
House decided that he'd better call a meeting so that he could introduce her to everyone since she probably would end up coming to work with him.
Everyone thought that she was the cutest thing in the world and couldn't' believe that she was related to House.
I thought that I could handle taking care of a little girl. It wasn't the fact that she'd come wake me up in the middle of the night or the fact that she'd wake up screaming. I don't know what it was but after two days I realized that I couldn't do it anymore. So I asked Cameron and Chase to look after her.
Two days later while Cameron and Chase were still in the office House got up the nerve to ask them.
"Hey would you two mind keeping her for a couple of days?" House asked.
"Why?" Cameron asked.
"Because I figured that we'd share the parenting skills," House said sarcastically.
"House," Cameron said with that don't' give me the bullshit look.
"Because I need to get her room ready and I don't want her to see it," House said lying through his teeth.
"Ok sure," Cameron said without even asking her boyfriend/roommate.
The good part for House or what Cameron thought was good was they only lived a couple of blocks from him.
"Thanks," House said.
"Sure," Cameron said.
"Mary you're going to stay with these nice people for a couple of days," House said coming down to his daughter's eye level as best as he could.
"Ok," Mary said.
"Come on sweetie we'll go take you to get ice cream," Cameron said holding out her hand.
Mary came to her and took a hold of her hand. Then Cameron, Chase and Mary left House's office since it was quitting time after all.
House did feel bad but he figured that it'd be for the best for her.
But it wasn't for the best for her. Cameron caught on Sunday that I wasn't really doing up a room for her. She came over with Mary but I didn't answer so she caught me Monday. She confronted me and I told her that I was it was just taking awhile for me to choose the color. She went with the lie because she could tell how hard it was for me. Two days later on Wednesday night I was sleeping when I heard a screeching of breaks. I didn't think anything of it. I was just about ready to go back to sleep when the phone rang.
"Hello," House said half asleep.
"House it's Allison," Allison said sounding upset.
"What do you want? It's midnight," House said looking at the clock by his bed.
"It's Mary," Allison said.
House could tell now that she was crying.
"What about her?" House asked sitting up in bed.
"S-Sh-She's bbbeen hi-hit byy a trucker," Allison said finally loosing it.
"What? How?" House yelled into the phone.
"She somehow got out of the house. I'm sorry," Allison said crying.
"Just stay there. I'll be there in five," House said jumping up from bed and rushing as fast as he could to get his keys and into his car.
He didn't even realize that he was only wearing his boxers and a tee-shirt.
"How is she?" House asked getting out of the car.
"They say she's stable but they're going to take her to the hospital," Allison said rushing up to House.
"We have to move out now. Who's going with her?" Rob asked.
"I am," House said going over to the ambulance and getting in.
"Let's go," Rob hollowered shutting the door behind House.
House wanted to ask what happened to her but he couldn't bring himself to do it. All he could do was look at his little girl and see how broken she looked. She had blood on her face and in her hair.
Once they got to the hospital Cuddy was waiting for him.
"House I'm sorry but you're not going to be able to go in while she's in surgery. You can watch from above if you want though," Cuddy said.
"Thanks," House said.
"Welcome," Cuddy said.
House went back over to Mary to talk to her before they took her into surgery.
"Mary I'll be watching over you while you're in there. I love you," House said leaning down to kiss her.
Mary would have replied but the meds they gave her for pain made her sleepy.
After they rolled her into surgery House went to watch while they did it. Chase and Cameron were already up there.
"I'm soooo sorry House," Allison said burring her head into House's chest.
"It's not your fault. I don't get how did she even get out?" House asked putting his arm around Allison.
"I don't know we had the door locked and she can't reach the dead bolt," Chase said.
"Was she sleep walking or something?" House asked.
"Before you got there she told me the reason that she left was her mommy wanted her," Cameron said.
"God this is all my fault," House said.
"No it's not. She could have done it even if she was at your house," Cameron said.
"That's the thing she should have been at my house. I'm her fucking father and I haven't been acting like it at all," House said angry with himself.
"House you just found out a week ago you had a child. No one expected you to catch on at the flick of a dime," Cameron said.
"No one may have expected it from me but I should have," House said.
"House she's young and strong little girl. She'll be fine," Cameron said finally getting her emotions under control.
"You don't know that. If I loose her I don't want to live. And I won't live," House said turning towards the window.
Cameron and Chase decided that they'd just watch the surgery because they could tell House meant what he said.
About halfway through the surgery they lost her.
"Come on damn it! Don't you die on me like your mother did," House said trying to control his anger.
Thankfully they got her heart started back up within a few minutes. It took them about two hours to do the surgery. Once they got her all patched up House waited for the doc to come speak with them.
"She's one lucky little girl. She had four broken ribs, a broken arm, broken leg. Also when the truck hit her she busted her skull open. Thankfully we were able to repair it. She'll have to be here for a couple of weeks but she should make a full recovery. She's a very lucky girl," The doctor said.
"Thank you," House said.
"Welcome," the doctor said leaving then to be in the hallway.
"I'm going to go see how she is. Why don't you two go home and rest up?" House asked.
"No I want to be here for her," Cameron said.
"Cameron come on you need to rest up. We'll come back in a couple of hours. Besides it's already three in the morning. We'll come check on her before we head to work," Chase said.
"That's another thing I don't want to see either of you at work today," House said.
"What?" Cameron asked.
"You can come see her but you need your rest. I know this had to have taken a lot out of you. So take the day to rest up," House said.
"Thank you," Cameron said hugging House.
"Welcome," House said hugging her back.
After Cameron and Chase left I went to Mary's room. I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew Cuddy was waking me up.
"House," Cuddy said shaking his shoulder.
"What?" House asked opening an eye.
"You may want to go get changed because her doctors are going to come check on her in a little bit," Cuddy said.
That's when House realized for the first time that he was only wearing his boxers.
"Thanks," House said going to get up but found his leg wouldn't let him.
"Here you go," Cuddy said handing him a bottle of vicodin.
"Thanks," House said taking it and getting a pill out.
"Welcome," Cuddy said leaving him alone.
"I'll be right back," House said getting up and giving Mary a kiss on the cheek.