Chase sat on a chair next to Mandy's bed and pulled out a magazine.
"Why are you even in here?" she asked him as she rolled over in bed.
"No reason, just sitting here," Chase informed her nonchalantly.
"No, your doing something, wait a minute you're babysitting me aren't you? Just to let you know I don't need a baby sitter now or…or ever," she huffed.
"Yep, I'm sure you don't, but just to be sure, I'm going to hang out with you, give you some company," Chase smiled.
"I don't need company I need to be out of here and getting on with my life," she said grumpily.
"Well since you can't why don't you just relax? That's not against the law you know," he said trying to make her calm down.
"I just have a lot to do. I can't be up here just lying around and sleeping all day. Like I said I have papers to grade and lesson plans to make," she said getting madder by the minute.
"So you like your job?" he asked trying to get her off the subject of not being in the hospital.
"Yeah," she replied
"What grade did you say you teach?" Chase said, hoping to keep the conversation going.
"Sixth," she answered briefly.
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House watched Cameron turn and scurry down the hall, he sighed and stood up totally dreading to see Cuddy. He was not much in the mood to be lectured about clinic duty.
He walked out the door and turned in the opposite direction that Cameron had gone, he had only gone about ten feet when he heard his name being called. He turned around to see none other than Cuddy.
"Get in the clinic now, I need you to do your job," Cuddy told him pointing down the hall.
"I need a lawyer," House informed her.
"What...what for...if this is just another excuse to get out of clinic duty I swear..." Cuddy told him.
"No, I need one to go to court and get an order saying my patient can not leave the hospital," House said looking directly into her eyes.
"Why do you need that for?" she asked her eyes filled with doubt.
"Because my patient is ill but once to leave, but she needs to stay," House told her.
"I thought it was an excuse to get out of clinic duty," she told him.
"Will you get me one or not?" House asked.
"Yeah, sure thing," Cuddy told him.
"Good, can I please go now? Like I should have to ask," he laughed as he walked away.
Cuddy watched him leave and turned to go get a lawyer.
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"How do you handle sixth graders all day? I'd go crazy," Chase asked relieved he was actually continuing the conversation.
"They're not that bad, you just have to know how to deal with them," she replied with a hint of pride in her voice.
At that moment Foreman walked in the room and said, "The CT is ready Chase."
"Ok, thanks. Mandy we need to try and get a CT again," he said trying to make it sound casual.
"Fine I'll let you do this test, but after this test I'm done, no more tests." Mandy told him.
"We'll try not to do any more tests…but if it is necessary…" Foreman began but was immediately interrupted by Mandy.
"No, I don't care if it is necessary or not I'll do no more tests. No more." Mandy told them.
"Is there a reason why you feel so strongly?" Chase asked.
"Yea, there is a reason, there is a reason for everything isn't there?" Mandy huffed.
"Would you mind elaborating for me?" Chase asked thoroughly confused.
"Yeah I could elaborate, I have switched five family doctors, been to two neurologists and no one seems to be able to make me better. I've heard it all from its just a virus, to I think you are imagining it, well let me tell you something I'm not imaging it. I promise I'm not." Mandy cried a tear running down her cheek.
Chase and Foreman sat in stunned silence neither one knowing what to say.
"You know how it feels to not know what is wrong with you or not. Or if its going to kill you. Not knowing if the indivisible illness you have is going to take your last breath away or not." Mandy told them.
"Mandy, I promise you we will find out what is wrong with you." Chase assured her.
"You know how many times I have heard that before, I don't believe it anymore, my trust in doctors evaporated on the third doctor I went to. I know longer trust them and I never will." Mandy told them.
"Mandy, we are here to help you, but we can't help you if you don't help us." Foreman tried a different approach.
"You know, you will find out what is wrong with me. Whether I'm dead or alive is the question." Mandy sighed.
"Mandy, we have the best doctor on your case, if anyone can figure it out it will be him." Chase told her.
"Who Dr. House the one I haven't even met yet? Give me a break." Mandy laughed.
"Just give us a while we will figure it out okay, we will." Foreman told her.
"Do this test and we'll see what happens with it. If nothing shows up I'm out of here. If I am dieing then I'll die at home, not here, not this way." Mandy told them.
Chase and Foreman sighed and hoped that when they did do the test something would show up.
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