The next day at PPTH Ace had taken House's iPod station and had her iPod in it, and she was listening to Crazy Frog. When she saw Cameron she paused the music and the girls immediately ran over to her.
"How was it?"
"How far did you get?"
"Tell us before he gets here."
Cameron smiled. She wasn't going to tell them it was the most amazing date she ever had, but as she let out little details, they somehow figured out exactly what else happened. The girls squeed with excitement and gave her a hug. They respected her, which felt good because no one took seriously since the whole Meth incident. Ace turned her iPod back on, and Crazy Frog continued playing.
"We are going to the snack machine, want anything," Katie asked Cameron.
"No thanks."
"How long do you think it will take him to get here," Ace asked, more like a trivia question.
"I think he will be 15 minutes late, but Eric will be here right on time, and House will be 30 minutes late, Julia is already here but will stay away," Kristen answered.
"Correct." As they said this Foreman walked in.
"How do you distract a neurologist for a quarter of an hour," she asked, again like a trivia question. Smirking, Kristen and Katie walked to the nurse's station. Julia pulled out her phone.
"May I have the number for Robert Chase…"
Over at the nurse's station Kristen convinced the nurse to distract Foreman long for just long enough.
"Dr. Chase, I would suggest you get here quick," Ace said on her cell phone and then hung up, leaving Chase confused, but he got ready twice as quick as usual and was out the door in two minutes.
He got there in about five minutes, to the girls delight.
"What happened," Chase asked.
"Finally," Ace said as if he were extremely late for something.
"We can't hold Eric off for more than five minutes. Get in there quick," Kristen said. Chase had a feeling the girls just tricked him into seeing Cameron at work before everyone else.
"Hey, Robert, good job," Ace said smiling. Chase just kept going.
When Chase got in the room, Cameron was reading through a file.
"Morning, Allison," he said.
"Morning, Robert," she said closing the file. He went to kiss her.
"Damn it, Eric is gonna see them, give me a quarter," Ace said.
"Why," asked Kristen as Katie gave her a quarter. She put it in the vending machine.
"Dr. Foreman, can you help us, it won't pick up our dollar." Ace quickly pulled a dollar out her pocket. Foreman looked their way, and walked over. He looked at it.
"It's an older machine, so it doesn't take change &cash."
"Oh… I should have figured that out, whoops." He walked towards the conference room.
"You think they had long enough," Ace asked. She knew they didn't, but maybe House would give 'alone' time later. She knew they needed a few minutes alone because something had happened.
"Come on, we will have to get them alone later." Ace frowned. House would know by then. I'm not sure if he would let them together, she thought.
"How do you know that they are not talking," Kristen asked, but she knew it was a dumb question. Katie just glared. Ace was trying to catch up Foreman.
Cameron pulled back from the kiss.
"You don't want the entire hospital talking about us, do you," she said, but she went back for another kiss.
"I don't know if I would care," Chase said. Chase looked at her and said, "So after last night, would you go on another date with me?"
"But, of course."
"Ace, we gave them the promised five minutes," Katie said.
"I know."
"So what's the problem?" Ace just frowned, and followed Foreman into the conference room. House walked in a couple minutes later.
"He's early," Kristen said.
"I know," Katie responded, "But why?"
"He knows," Ace said simply. Of course he knew. She had a feeling it wouldn't get passed him anyway.
Cameron wrote the symptoms on the white board. House just smiled, and told Cameron and Foreman to go get a blood sample. Ace shot him a nasty look. Only he caught on, and wanted to get everyone out of the conference room before saying anything to them.
"Chase, go do research, somewhere else though. Take Wolf with you," he said, as if that made perfect sense. He paged Wilson.
"You know that was cruel," Kristen stated dully. She didn't even look up; she was reading a magazine over Ace's shoulder.
"Why did you get them together, now they won't be able to work together, and my plan to take over the hospital is ruined," he tried to blow it off, but he did seem angry.
"They can do whatever they want," Ace said. She didn't know how House knew she set Cameron and Chase up. When Wilson walked in, her jaw dropped.
"Dr. Wilson, from oncology, is your friend?"
"You know each other," House and Wilson asked at the same time, except House said it more like a statement. House turned back to Ace, "It wasn't what they wanted; it was what you wanted."
"What are we talking about," Wilson asked completely lost.
"Cameron and Chase," Katie said.
"Oh." Wilson laughed and said, "He's just jealous, he has had the crush on Cameron for the longest time." He smirked, proud of his remark, but the girls just laughed.
"Sorry Dr. Wilson, House had no interest in Cameron."
"Um… you know this how," Wilson asked, but he already knew. He got enough of these three while checking on Sue. They were sweet, but when wanted to know something…
"I would threaten to tell your secrets, but House already knows everything about you."
"So you are the ones who hooked Chase and Cameron up," Wilson asked curiously.
"No it was our evil twin sisters," Kristen said rolling her eyes. Wilson stared at her. He never saw the girls use sarcasm, or even the slightest trace of House-ishness. The always seemed like the "perfect girls."
"O.K. don't look so surprised," Ace said looking at Wilson.
"Sorry, I just never heard any of you act anything other than perfect pretty princess."
"Well, duh, in front of the ten year olds," Ace said, continuing to glare at him. He turned to House and asked why he called him down here.
"Well, to help me yell at them for putting Cameron and Chase together."
"What do you care what Cameron Chase do in their spare time?"
"Why do you care that I care?"
"What did I screw up for you?"
"What did you go pair them up?"
"WHY………. DO ………YOU……… CARE? You don't 'like' either of them. It won't affect your job. It won't affect Foreman's or Wolf's job. It won't affect their jobs. You aren't their parents, nor are you answering to them. So, why do you care?"
"I am a curious man."
"Curiosity killed the cat. You want to know why I told them to go out, because Robert was madly in love with her. She completely adored him. They were both miserable, but we can blame you for that. They deserve something to keep them going. It's amazing their not suicidal after dealing with Mr. I'm- to-cool-to-let-anyone-see-my-feelings. Or maybe they are."
"Well, I'm hurt," said House in his ever so sarcastic way. He was pissed now. He still liked the kid though. Couldn't figure out what it was. Well she looked like his cousin. But Wolf was around now, and no wanted two Wolfs around.
"Do I care? Damn it," Ace responded in a way that really showed she didn't care.
