Author Note: Thank you for all the reviews. Here is chapter 7. I hope that everyone is enjoying the story so far. I edited Cpt 1 -6 and took out parts that didn't jive well. I also did a grammer and spell check. I hope that you all leave reviews for my story .. good or bad. How can I ever get any better if noone ever reviews thanks so much for reading and the reviews that I have gotten.
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Chapter 7: You can't keep secrets from Doctors with Juvenile Records
House sat in his office, staring at the conference room door. It was 7:15 and Cameron was late. Cameron was never late. House was used to having his mail sorted, coffee made and a stack of referrals on his desk before he came in to work.
Imagine his surprise when he came in and there was no Cameron. His whole day would be thrown off now. Where was his coffee? Where was his mail and why wasn't it sorted? This had something to do with yesterday. He just knew it. He had to know what she did yesterday. His sanity was at stake here. So here he was, staring at the conference room door.
At 7:20, Cameron came into the office looking like she stepped out of a Vogue magazine. Now, House was normally aware of his surroundings. But, he had never really noticed how long Cameron's legs were. Shaking, his head to clear the images that threatened to spill into his mind. House gripped his cane and limped over to the sink.
Cameron was getting coffee ready and didn't realize that House was behind her. When she turned to go to his desk to sort his emails, she came face to face with the doctor. Jumping back towards the counter, she gasped.
"House, you almost gave me a heart attack!" Cameron said as she put her hand on her chest.
"Well, that would be an easy case to diagnose. And don't was you know? They have a cardiology department and everything here. Even better." House said as he stepped closer to her. "So, where did you go yesterday? You left early and even went to Cuddy to leave. It must have been a girl thing for you to not invite your boss to the party."
"I had a doctors appointment and yes it was personal." Cameron said as she pushed past him to get to his desk.
"So personal that you had to kick poor Wilson out of his office? Just imagine all the cancer patients that now have to hear bad news in the hallway. That will give something for the nurses to talk about for weeks." House said with his back turned to her. "You shouldn't keep secrets Cameron. Someone might think you are hiding something."
"I am not hiding anything House." Cameron said, "I really wish you would drop this. It won't happen again. We have no cases and all I was missing was clinic duty."
"Ah, but in case we did have a case, we would be down an immunologist. What would we have done then?" House, replied as he watched Cameron sit down at his desk and turn on his computer.
"You would havegone upstairs and requested that one of the other 50 immunologists look at whatever you needed.." Cameron said as she looked at his computer.
"Ah, but they aren't as pretty. Plus, I didn't hand pick one of them. I hired you." House perched on the corner of his desk and watched her as she looked through his emails. "How about this? You want us to share, right? Tell me what you did. I can keep a secret."
Cameron stopped and looked up at him. He looked like a kid, waiting to be told a password or something. "No. It is my business and I have a right to keep it from my boss if I want to or not."
House was fixing to come back with a retort when he heard Foreman come in the conference room. "Car troubles." he mumbled as he put his this away in his locker. He looked between the two and noticed that he had disturbed something. House just looked at him with a glare, while Cameron gave him a look of relief.
House rolled his eyes at Foreman and turned back to Cameron. In silence, he limped to the door and began to leave. Before he shut the door, he stopped and turned towards Foreman. "It looks like you aren't the only one keeping secrets today." With that, he left and began his treck to the clinic. He had t.v. to watch.
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Cameron was hunched over a microscope when she heard the doors to the lab open. When she looked up and realized it was just Foreman, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Happy to see me?" Foreman asked as he came to stand near her.
"You have no idea. If House drills me one more time, I swear I am going to scream."
Foreman looked at her and sighed. She was hiding something. "Will you tell me what happened?"
Cameron stopped and looked up with her eyes closed. Slowly she pushed herself away from the counter. Looking down at the ground she wondered if this was a good idea or not. Cameron trusted Foreman but, would he think differently about her if he knew the truth.
"It is a long story."
"You don't have to tell me if you want to."
"No, I want to tell you. I just don't want your opinion to change of me if I tell you." she said as she looked up at him with apprehensive eyes.
Foreman turned towards her and smiled. "You won't know unless you tell me. Look, it's almost lunch. You can tell me over lunch if you want. Let's go."
Cameron smiled and nodded her head. The two left the lab, not noticing that they were being watched the whole time. House was staring at her though the glass, while Wilson was intent on just watching him.
"Like the view?" Wilson asked as he came to stand beside his friend.
"They missed a spot when they cleaned the glass last night. I thought if I stared at it long enough, it would go away." House said as he turned to go towards the cafeteria.
"You know, it won't kill you to admit that you were staring at her. She is after all, very beautiful." Wilson said as he walked alongside House.
"I wasn't staring at her." House said as he stopped and all but growled at Wilson.
"Oh so you were staring at Foreman?" Wilson said, "Because that would lead us into a whole different scenario and frankly I don't know you well enough to go there, House."
"I was making sure that she didn't miss anything on the tests. Keeping them in line." House said as they came to the cafeteria.
"Oh I see. It's all clear now. You were supervising from outside the room. Makes perfect sense." Wilson said as he followed House through the line, "So, the reason that we followed Foreman and Cameron to the cafeteria is what?"
"Research." Was all House said as he sat at a table close enough to see what Cameron was saying without being seen. He could even hear pieces of the conversation. Wilson, of course smiled and began to eat his lunch while his friend spied on the pretty doctor.
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Foreman watched as she pushed her food around her plate. "Why don't you just start from the beginning?" he asked, when he saw her sigh for the third time.
After about 15 minutes of pushing her food around, she took a deep breath and just started. "When I was 16 I feel in love. We of course, did the things that normal couples do. Well, the result was that I got pregnant. Then, he left. I had a baby girl. My brother and sister-in-law have been taking care of her since the day she was born.To tell you the truth, they took care of both of us after she was born. I graduated from high school and went to college. I wanted her to have a good life. I wanted to get a job and make the money to keep her.But, in school I got side tracked. I found myself married and pregnant again. Then, he died and the baby died. I buried myself in school again to become a doctor." Cameron said in a rush.
"Ok. You were 16. That means that she is 15 now." Foreman said calmly. Internally, he was still processing it all. As much as he tried, he just couldn't picture Cameron pregnant at 16. "What is her name?"
"Her name is Hannah. She will be starting 10 th grade in the fall." Cameron said as she looked up at Foreman, trying to read his face for any reaction.
"That still doesn't explain why you left early yesterday." Foreman said. Once he looked up at Cameron and saw the guilt in here eyes, he sighed."There is more, isn't there?"
"I picked her up from the airport. It seems that I gave her a choice on her birthday last year. I told her that when she felt that she was ready to live with me, then to have my brother call me." Cameron said, "Well, he called on Monday."
Foreman looked shocked. Not only had she kept this from everyone but, she now had her child living with her. "You know, I should be furious with you. You kept this from me. I had always thought that you could tell me everything."
"I was embarrassed. I didn't want anyone to think differently of me. I just figured you all would never find out. I am sorry Foreman. What can I do to make it up to you?" She asked as she looked at her friend.
"Let me meet her tonight, I will come by after work."
With that, Foreman left the table. Once he left the table, she noticed House and Wilson for the first time. House looked smug, like he knew something. Cameron paled and looked down at her plate. House finding out about Hannah was not an alternative. She wasn't ready for that yet. In a flurry of movement, she gathered her tray and dashed out of the cafeteria.
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"You see House. You scare them away even without saying anything." Wilson laughed, at his friend. But when he turned his head to see the look House was giving him, he quickly stopped.
"She is hiding something, something big."
"And how do you know that? Do you have mind reading to add to your list of credentials?" Wilson sighed, as he watched his friend place his chin on his cane. After dealing with House for years, he realized that this was his thinking pose.
"Not pyschic yet. But I did read, 'How to read lips for dummies'. I must say that all bosses should own the book." House said as he got up and walked to the door. Wilson took his normal place behind him while he walked throuhgh the door.
"So, what did they say?" Wilson inquired, once they came to the split in the hall way.
"Whatever it is, it is happening at her apartment tonight." House said over his shoulder as he walked to his office.
"Don't go over there and blow it." Wilson said, watching his friend walk away.
"Are you worried about me? Go now and flirt with a nurse or tell a patient that their going to die or something. I can handle this, sneaky is what I do best." House said as he opened the door and went in.
Sighing, Wilson went his own way. "That's what I'm afraid of." He thought as he walked to his office and went in.
