DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN HOUSE OR ANY OTHER CHARACTER, SO DON'T SUE ME, BUT I WISH I OWNED CHASE…

A/N: ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CHAPTER, ENJOY!

SUMMARY: HOUSE AND HIS DIAGNOSTIC TEAM ARE WELL KNOWN, AND ARE GOOD AT THEIR JOBS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE OF THE TEAM BECOMES THE VICTIM?

BRAIN DEFECT.

CHAPTER FOUR: COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY AND A SPINALTAP

Allison Cameron was never one to get attached to colleges, but it had happened. After she lost her husband in med school, she thought she'd never be able to fall for anyone ever, until she met House.

He was somebody that could relate to her, though nobody knew. Broken and miserable, hiding from what they felt, Allison had just been better at hiding it.

She was still scared; Although Foreman had successfully found a contrast dye that Chase wasn't allergic to,

Allison was as always, overly concerned.

Robert may have convinced her that his reaction to the gadolinium wasn't her fault, but what if it happened again, would he forgive her?

Would he be able to forgive her?

Dr. Cameron shook her head to dispel the thoughts, and went back to concentrating on the image before her.

As the mechanical arm moved slowly around Chase's head, Allison sighed, and took a sip of her coffee.

"You okay Cameron?" Foreman asked.

Allison nodded. "Yeah, I'm just concerned, he's a friend and I don't want to loose him."

There was a moment of silence.

"Is he just a friend to you though?" The black doctor inquired.

Allison felt her cheeks burning; her face had turned a rather brilliant shade of magenta.

Eric chuckled.

"Someone's got a crush on wombat boy," he whispered in a mocking tone.

Dr. Cameron's eyes widened and she turned to the microphone to make sure it was turned off.

Foreman snorted and Allison giggled, despite the situation.

"It's better than having a crush on House, he's old enough to be your father!"

"Mmmm," was the reply, Allison was busy looking at the dark spot that had appeared on the screen.

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Allison and Eric burst into the conference room, where House was furiously tapping away at the controls on his game boy.

"Damn," he muttered as the music of a game over rang through the room.

He looked up at his two eldest ducklings, who had just barged in and frowned.

"Did you find something?"

Allison nodded vigorously and walked over the light board to switch it on.

Eric slid the X-ray's into the slots and the three stood, scrutinizing the images for several minutes.

"Dark spot, right here," Foreman pointed out, tapping the picture.

"Racist," House muttered, leaning in closer.

Eric ignored this comment.

"You done the tap yet?" he asked.

Allison shook her head. "No, we wanted to come straight here to show you the X-ray's,"

House nodded and sent his minions on their way, before getting up and hobbling to the phone.

He dialed a number and when a nurse on the other end picked up, he spoke before she even had a chance to say hello.

"Could you please send Dr. Wilson from the Oncology department to the diagnostics room on the fourth floor? Tell him Greg House needs a consult."

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"House, I specialize in cancerous growths, why are you asking me for help still?"

Wilson asked, barging in.

"Look at the X-rays Wilson," House countered in a bored tone as he walked the dog with his yo-yo.

The oncologist studied the images for a few moments and turned back to the Nephrologist.

"What am I supposed to be looking at?" James asked.

"Upper right hemisphere, there's a dark spot."

Wilson looked harder. "I see. And you think this could be a cancerous growth?"

Greg nodded.

"Well it's possible, but it could just be background noise,"

"No, it's definitely something,"

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Allison sat by Chase's side as Dr. Foreman readied the needles for the spinal tap.

Robert was growing anxious, so the best that Dr. Cameron could do was hold his hand and talk to him.

"Its okay Chase, it won't take long,"

Robert nodded. "I know, but I also know that it's gonna bloody hurt,"

"Unfortunately, yes it will, but I'll be here, and I won't leave your side,"

The Aussie smiled. He appreciated her caring for him, maybe a little more than he should, but she was so pretty and so sweet, it was hard for him not to think of her in that way.

"Alright Dr. Chase, I'm going to numb the site, then I'll begin the extraction of the spinal fluid."

He understood. Eric slowly pushed the tip of the needle into his lower back and administered the anesthetic, but it was far from over.

Dr. Forman picked up the larger needle and took a deep breath. Allison saw that he was about to insert this needle and gripped Roberts hand tighter.

"Okay Chase, take a deep breath and concentrate on something that will calm you down." Dr. Cameron said. His vision remained focused on her face.

The next thing he felt was an excruciating throbbing/stabbing pain at the small of his back and he gasped in pain, gripping the pillow and Allison's hand tighter than necessary.

"Its okay Robert, its okay. Shhh," she cooed, wiping his tears away with a manicured hand.

He felt he was being weak, so he bit back the tears and chewed painfully on his lip.

The needle was extracted and he let himself go limp.

"There you go Chase, it's all over," Cameron said, patting his hand as Eric patched him up.

"Dr. Cameron, take this to pathology and see what you can come up with," he handed her the sample.

She nodded and exited the room, leaving the two men to converse.

"So, you feeling any better?" Eric asked casually as he discarded the needles.

"The morphine's taken the pain away, so I guess I'm doing good," Robert replied.

"That's good. I saw that you were staring at Cameron through that whole thing," Dr. Foreman pointed out.

"What's your point Foreman?"

"She's cute, I think you should go for it,"

Damn the black man's perceptiveness.

Robert feigned a look of confusion.

"Go for what?"

Eric looked at the young man, and chuckled. That man had been seeming like a young child everyday, so naïve. Hell he even looked younger.

"You know what I'm talking about wombat boy, I know you have the hots for Dr. Cameron," Foreman teased.

"I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about," Chase was beginning to blush.

" Come off it Chase, you like Cameron, and she likes you,"

Oops.

"What? How do you know?"

There was no point in taking it back; the damage was done now.

"Have you seen the way she looks at you and acts around you," he said in a desperate attempt to save Allison's privacy.

"I never really took notice, I was busy worrying that I was being to obvious," he replied.

Eric grinned.

"HA! So you admit it! You have a thing for Cameron!"

Chase blushed and nodded, slowly.

"Well then ask her out for god's sake! She'll say yes!"

"Eric, I have a headache, can you go away?"

There you go pplz! I'm nearly there! It's a short story I know but I have a few more stories in mind so keep reading, and plz review. Tune in soon 4 chap 5.