Title: In a pickle
Summary: House's newest duckling finds herself questioning her feelings for her boyfriend when her ex walks back into her life.
Part: 2
Author: Mikesh
Disclaimer: Don't own House, MD characters except for the OC's
Warning: contains rape (well sort of you'll see when we come to that)
AN: Takes place a week later, Thursday July 25th, 2010
Today was not Sam's day. First she'd woken up late because she'd gotten in late last night and forgot to set her alarm clock. Then her car wouldn't start for her so she'd had to call a taxi which made her later for work. As if that wasn't bad enough House had to start in on her as soon as she set foot into the office. He told her that after lunch she would be doing his clinic duty because he had General Hospital to watch. But that was for after lunch. Right now all Sam wanted to do was forget and just enjoy the peace and quiet of the office since they had no cases right now.
Lunch time
It may have been a crappie morning but lunch was turning out to be much better. Her boyfriend one James Wilson had brought her, her favorite desert that he made.
"Thought you may enjoy this after the morning you've been having," James said smiling at her.
It amazed James every time he saw his girlfriend how young she made him feel. He maybe only 35 but when he saw her, she made him feel like he was just turning twenty again. Not even he could explain it.
James didn't know what drew him to Sam more. Her strawberry blond hair or her deep blue eyes but whatever it was, he found her attractive everyday he saw her. It amazed James how mature she was for being her age.
"What?" Sam asked looking up at James.
"Nothing, here open this," James said handing the box over to Sam.
"Thanks honey," Sam said smiling after seeing the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting.
"Welcome," James said smiling too while leaning over and kissing Sam.
James knew whenever Sam had a bad day then all she needed was a bit of chocolate and maybe a kiss or two from him.
Over the last year Sam had yet to figure out how James and House had become friends. James was kind, caring, a people person. He was everything that House wasn't or wasn't to most people anyways. When she'd asked James he told her there were days he didn't even know.
Usually if James could get away from his busy schedule he'd join Sam for lunch. For the last week James had been kept busy until late into the night. Last night had been the first night in almost a week that he hadn't stayed late at the office. That was the reason for Sam coming home late. They'd gone out and just hadn't felt like ending the evening. So they'd gone back to James's place where they made love. Sam had waited until after James had fallen asleep to sneak out. Even if they ended up back at James's place, Sam never stayed. She couldn't bring herself to move on totally from him. Every time she thought she was ready to then he'd rear his ugly head in her mind. She'd remember what they'd shared and still shared.
After lunch
After James headed back to the office Sam headed to the clinic. She didn't want to go but it was better then getting an ass chewing from Greg. Besides they hadn't had a case in over a week so it wasn't like she had anything to do anyways. Little did Sam know as she saw her first of many patients that he would show up in the clinic.
Three hours later
Sam was just finishing the last patient file when he showed up being supported by some woman.
"I need a doctor!" the woman exclaimed.
"What's the problem?" the nurse asked.
"Can't you see?" the woman said getting kind of snobby.
Sam looked up and about had her heart jumped into her throat. There he was after a year of not seeing him. He of course looked like shit holding his stomach and he was pale as a ghost.
"I'll help them Lily," Sam said seeing that he was too out of it to recognize her or so she thought.
After Sam and the woman got him to the exam room, Sam started her examination.
"This hurt?" Sam asked pressing down on part of his stomach.
"Fuck yes!" he said groaning.
"I'll be right back," Sam said leaving but not before she was followed.
"What is it?" the woman asked.
"I don't know without running some test to rule some things out," Sam said.
"Can't you at least give him something for the pain?" the woman asked.
"Not until the tests come back," Sam said leaving her to go get what she needed to.
Two hours later
Sam was no closer to figuring out what was wrong then when he'd first gotten there. But she had been able to give him something for the pain. Currently Sam was talking to Lisa about transferring him to House's care because there was a reason for him being sick like he was but not one she could figure out. Come to find out stomach problems wasn't his only problem. There was also vomiting and pissing blood.
"Sam I think that would be the best idea," Lisa said.
They'd ruled out stomach ulcers and almost everything else that could cause those two symptoms and were no closer then they were two hours ago.
"Ok I'll go tell Greg," Sam said.
"I'll come with you," Lisa said.
So they headed up to Greg's office after filling in their patient who's name was Kevin Gills' aunt about what was going on. The pain meds had also worked as sleeping meds too as for he was out like a light. Of course he'd been given a room and that's where he and his aunt were currently at.
Greg's office
"Greg you have a case," Lisa said waking Greg from his nap.
"Why didn't you just page me and tell me?" Greg asked.
"I have in the past and you don't answer your pager," Lisa said.
"See that should tell you something," Greg said.
"No arguing Greg you have a case," Lisa said tossing the file at Greg before walking out of the office.
"This is all your fault," Greg said standing up.
"My fault? How's it my fault?" Sam asked following her boss into the conference room.
"If you hadn't been down there then we wouldn't have a patient," Greg said.
"Stop being such a baby," Allison said coming back into the office.
"Here," Greg said handing her the file.
"Thanks," Allison said accepting the file that Greg handed her.
As Allison was reading the file she couldn't believe who it was. Not that they'd been close as kids but still to see him here in the hospital under her husband's care was a shock to her. Greg thankfully didn't see his wife's face drain of some of its color for a moment.
"Now go write on the white board," Greg said starting to head back to his office. His plan was to go nap with his son.
Currently Robby was in Greg's office sleeping hint the reason Alison was currently reading the file She didn't want to wake him because he needed his sleep otherwise he was grumpy when he got up just like his daddy.
"Oh no you don't," Allison said grabbing his upper arm.
"I hate you," Greg said knowing that if he fought her then he could end up on the floor and two to one he wouldn't be able to get back up.
"Yes but you still love me," Allison said smiling at Greg.
"Ok let's get on with it," Foreman said.
"Shut up House," Foreman said when House opened his mouth to say something.
"Anyhow here's the file," Allison said sliding it across the table.
Greg noticed every time they mentioned something Sam seemed to pale just a little more. Ever since she'd started working for him he'd felt like there was something that she wasn't telling him. What he didn't know because his wife had threatened to make him sleep on the couch and be on diaper duty for a month if he went nosing around. Then there was Cuddy who had threatened to give him clinic duty until his son was in college. Of course he'd tried to go to Jimmy but he wouldn't be of any help. He respected his girlfriend and wouldn't do something as stupid as prying into her background and ruin what was the best thing he'd had in a long time.
After running theories for almost two hours they were no closer then when they'd all first come together. They…Greg decided to call it a night. He figured that if he wasn't getting any worse right this second then he'd be fine for a few hours. And it wasn't like they could go talk to him since he would be sleeping for the next couple of hours because of the pain meds. So it was decided that they'd just pick up tomorrow as soon as they got into the office.
Next morning
Since Sam was the first person in besides Greg who had come in early due to his wife making him. She'd wanted him to check on their patient which he had when she threatened to make him do the night feeding and changes for the rest of the month.
"Guess what you get to go talk to the patient!" Greg said.
"Oh yay," Sam said not at all thrilled but none the less got up and headed to Kevin's room.
Kevin's room
The first thing Sam noticed was Kevin's aunt wasn't there anymore. She knew it was his aunt because she'd seen her once when she'd come to visit him before she'd moved away.
'He is so cute when he's sleeping,' Sam thought to herself.
Even three years later she had yet to figure out what exactly attracted her to him. The ocean blue eyes or his bald head. As weird as that was, Sam was attracted to him even though he was bald. Yes he chose to not grow his hair because it was easier for him. And Sam quite liked him better bald then with hair.
"I know you're there Sam so stop standing there," Kevin said.
"I'll never know how you do that," Sam said coming into the room further. Of course she'd closed the door before speaking up. She knew if the nurses heard her talking to him like they were old friends it'd be all over the hospital by lunch time.
"Well I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you," Kevin said with a hint of a smile in his voice.
"Hmm," Sam said taking a seat by his bed.
"So what do you want?" Kevin asked finally opening his eyes and looking at Sam in almost a year.
"Well I need to talk to you and get your history. Why didn't you come here before now?" Sam asked letting her concern for him show.
"Well I think you know all about my history. And you're the one that left so don't go trying to make me feel like the guilty one. You walked out on us not the other way around," Kevin said.
"I wasn't talking about it. I was talking about the fact that you're sick and probably have been for some time knowing you," Sam said.
"You don't care if I'm sick. You never have and never will care for anyone except for yourself. That's why you left without a second glance back and haven't gotten in touch in the last year," Kevin said.
"You're just like you were a year ago. You're still the same old jerk and I'm happy you ended up in the hospital. Hell I hope you don't come out," Sam said getting up and walking out of the room.
Kevin never saw the tears that formed in her eyes fall as she walked out.
'Good going. So much for getting her back,' Kevin thought to himself angrily while scrubbing his face with the palms of his hands.
Back in the conference room
"So what did you find out?" Greg asked.
"He didn't want to talk," Sam said.
"Here you just change your son and I'll go talk to him," Ally said handing Robby over to his father.
"So who's up for diaper duty?" Greg asked holding his son away from him.
"I've got clinic," Sam said heading out before Greg could rope her into it.
"I've got clinic too," Foreman said.
Before Chase could think of an accuse he found himself with a baby in his lap.
"Congratulations you get to be the lucky one to change him," Greg said walking back into his office and putting on his headphones.
"Come on little guy," Chase said standing up with the baby against his chest.
Meanwhile back in Kevin's room Ally wasn't having much luck either. He was of course being nicer to her but there was still stuff that he wasn't telling her. Stuff that he didn't even want to tell Sam. He knew if she was to know he'd forever loose the two women he loved with all of his heart. They'd never have anything to do with him and he couldn't blame them for it. It wasn't like he'd really been there for the one in the last year. He wished he had but he couldn't turn back the clock now even if he wanted to. He'd just have to make the best of it and hope that she'd let him try again. This time however he wouldn't let her get away from him like last time.
After seeing that Kevin wasn't paying her any mind, Ally decided that she'd just leave him be for now. But she'd be back mark her words.
After she left the room, she headed back to the office to find Greg and their son asleep. Ally didn't want to wake either of them up but she knew if she didn't get her son up then he wouldn't want to sleep this afternoon. As for Greg she knew if Cuddy found him sleeping then there'd be hell to pay for him and she didn't want to listen to him bitch about it.
"Greg," Ally said shaking his shoulder.
"What?" Greg asked opening one eye.
"Get up before Lisa finds you sleeping," Ally said.
"Do I have to?" Greg asked like a three year old.
"Yes now," Ally said.
"Fine," Greg said sitting up.
"Better now?" Greg asked.
"Yes," Ally said starting to leave.
"So what did you find out about him?" Greg asked.
"He wouldn't tell me anything. I'll try after lunch," Ally said.
"Why not now?" Greg asked.
"Because I want to get home and get some stuff done and if I stay then we could end up in a very embarrassing situation," Ally said.
"Like you haven't been in that place with Chase?" Greg asked.
"Yes but I remember the last time I was in that place with you I ended up pregnant. Now if you're good maybe there'll be something special tonight," Ally said before walking out of the office with their son.
"Little tease," Greg said before the door fully shut.
He of course never saw the smile on her face as she walked away. Meanwhile Kevin and Sam were both doing some heavy thinking. Both wondering what it would have been like had Sam not walked away and come here to New Jersey to work. But had she stayed with them and if they'd become the family they should have. They never thought they'd get to know now. Little did they know that someone or actually someones had other plans for them even though they didn't know that as of right now.
Next chapter: Kevin's secret comes out