"Doug collapsed in the grocery store and they don't know what is wrong with him." Wilson explained. "His body has started to swell and they put him into a drug induced coma, until the pain he is suffering from subsides."

"I can go in there, but I can't treat him." House said as he walked into the room and Wilson followed him.

"But, you will." Wilson stood beside Doug's bedside and House stood on the other side.

"Yes, but we have to make sure Cuddy doesn't find out." House took Doug's chart and looked at it, and then he quickly examined Doug. "She seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to me disobeying the rules."

"That will be hard considering that Cuddy is in charge of the case."

"That's the easy part. Making sure that she doesn't come in the room is the tricky part."

"What makes you think that she won't come in?"

"She's the Dean of Medicine Cuddy has other important things to do. As much as she would want to do the case, she can't spend all of her time doing it. After a while, she will realize this and assign me the case."

"Or to some other doctor who isn't related to Doug. Wait, you think that your son isn't important?"

"Yes, but then she'll change her mind. Cuddy knows I'm the only one who'll be able to solve the case. She is not going to put a patients life endanger if she can help it." House thought about Wilson's last question. "No, I said that she had other important things to do. Most people would want their doctor to pay attention to their case, but I don't want Cuddy to. She'll get emotionally attached. Cuddy will start thinking of Doug as me or how I missed out on so much or something like that."

"What makes you so positive that she is going to let you do the case?"

"What makes you so positive that she won't?"

"Because it's common sense. Cuddy wouldn't want YOU to get emotionally attached and mess up."

"Exactly. It's common sense. Cuddy wants to protect the reputation of the hospital and if he dies or something bad happens to him that she could prevent, she will prevent it. So, if that means me solving the case she will let me do it. Besides, Cuddy won't make the same mistake twice just like with that gardener guy or whatever he was."

"What about the emotionally attached part?"

"What about it? I can treat Doug. I barely know anything about him, except that he's my son. I treated Mark even though I wanted him to die. And if you forgot, this is a puzzle and we all know how I get when I can't solve a puzzle."

Wilson sighed and prepared himself for what was about to come.

HOUSE M.D.

As the days wore on Doug was getting worse. House got the case like said, but he hadn't got anywhere. Cameron watched as House suffered, but pretended not to. She also had a little input on the cases whenever he let her. The team altogether was drained. They couldn't take breaks because whenever they did something always went wrong. They practically lived in the hospital.

Cameron was in the walking out of the cafeteria when Foreman called her name.

"Yeah?" She asked as she sat down across from him.

"Did you ask House yet?" Foreman asked after he finished chewing his sandwich.

"I can't believe you, Foreman. House is trying to save his son and all you care about is that stupid recommendation." She hissed.

"No, what I care about is my sister incase you forgot. I've been trying to hold off the best that I can, but time is running out. This on their watch remember and I don't have time for anything else." Foreman said, as he looked her in the eyes.

"Sorry. I'll try to see what I can do, but I can't promise you anything." Cameron began to pick at her salad. "How about you ask him?"

"What? Are you crazy?"

"House respects the fact that you aren't afraid to say anything to him. But, now these people have gotten so scared that you won't do it yourself. He will never do it, unless you ask him yourself." Cameron said.

"How do you know House so well?"

"I don't, I just know what he lets me. Which isn't much." She drank her iced tea, and then began to speak again. "Just ask him, Foreman. You're just making this situation more difficult than it is."

"No, I'm not." Foreman defended.

"Yes, you are." Cameron pulled a band-aid out of her pocket. "Give me your hand."

"Why?"

"Just do it."

"Not until you tell me why." He crossed his arms and looked at her.

"Do you want me to help you or not?" Foreman handed her his hand. Cameron put the band-aid on his hand and began to rub it in to make sure that it would stick.

"Why'd you do that? I don't have an open wound." He said as he quickly pulled the band-aid off.

"Why did you pull it off so fast?" Cameron asked.

"Because it's quick and less painful." Cameron raised an eyebrow. "Good one."

"Act like House is the band-aid and get it over with."

"Get what over with?" House asked as he sat down with them, and turned towards Cameron. "First you compare to God and now a band-aid. I'm just that great, huh?"

Cameron rolled her eyes. "Talk to him, Foreman."

She got up and left.

"So, what is it that you have to talk about to me, homie?" He looked to his side and saw Wilson. "Wilson!"

"What?" Wilson said as soon as he walked over to House.

"Thanks." He took the sandwich off the tray and began to eat it.

"That was for Chase."

"Now it's for me. Go buy him another one. Scoot, I have to have a private talk." Wilson looked at him and walked off. "I don't hear you talking, Foreman."

Foreman retold his story to House.

"You can take the boy out of the hood, but you can't take the hood out of the boy." He wiped his mouth with a napkin.

"So, are you going to write the recommendation?"

House began to tap his cane on the floor. He was deep into thought. House got up and began to walk away.

"Are you going to do it?" Foreman said loud enough for House.

House didn't answer him. He bumped into Cameron while walking to Cuddy's office.

"Cameron, write Foreman's recommendation." He said as he continued.

"You 're not going to write it?" She asked and he stopped.

"Obviously, if I asked you. You do everything else, so you can do this. You know what I would say." He slid into Cuddy's office and closed the door.

"House, I'm in a meeting." Cuddy said as she glared at him.

"This can't wait. I found out what is wrong with Doug and if we don't act now he'll die." Cuddy heard the urgency in House's voice.

"What is it?" She asked while concerned filled her voice.

He explained what kind of surgery that Doug needed. Doug was on the operation table twenty minutes tops.

The team was in the waiting room for five hours when the surgeon came out. Her face was neutral and gave away nothing.

"We found the problem and was able to catch it, but not in time. Sorry…" The rest of the words were a blur in House's mind.

HOUSE M.D.

Cameron found House in the morgue looking at the body of his dead son. His eyes were moist, but the tears never fell. House may have not cried, but Cameron did it for him. She wanted to say something like sorry, but it didn't seem right. Words didn't seem right at all. She walked over to House and took his hands in hers then leaned her head on his shoulder. They stared at his deceased son together.

TBC...

A/N: I know, you guys hate me don't you. Well, some of you asked me who was Doug? As you read, Doug is his son. But, you forgot because I haven't updated in a while. It was stated in earlier chapters though. Also, if some of you are X-Files fans you know about how Emily was created on the show only to be killed. Well, this isn't like that. He was originally supposed to live, but things happened. But, he presence will still live on in the story.