8 – Blackmail and a Reuben

House walked into exam room 1, saw a worried mother and her little boy, and swallowed two more vicodin. "Let's see. Your son swallowed……a dime?" "Yes sir," the mother replied frantically, "What should I do?"

"Nothing." "Nothing?" she repeated in a high-pitched voice. House once again couldn't control himself. "Are you a complete idiot? It's a dime!" and with that, he left.

Why does Cuddy continuously give me this torture? He thought on his way back to his office. I wish something would happen so I have a solid reason for not doing clinic duty……or that I could win a bet with Wilson or the ducklings………Wait one minute! Wilson! I can blackmail him into it! Yes! I am good!

By the time that thought hit him, he was back in his office. House checked his watch, and turned on the tv, putting his leg up. Foreman entered the room. He (Foreman) waited a minute, then spoke, "I just wanted to let you know that I'm leaving Sunday and won't return until the following Sunday."

House, never taking his eyes off the tv, replied, "Shut up, my soap's on." Foreman stared at him for ten seconds, then turned, and left shaking his head.

Wilson showed up as House's show was ending. House snapped the tv off and said, "Wilson! Just the man I wanted to see!" There was something in his voice, and the fact that he was smiling, that made Wilson nervous.

"Uh, I just came over to, um, see…" "Yeah, yeah, whatever. Listen, you're doing my clinic hours for the next two weeks."

"What?" Wilson yelped, "No…Why?" "Let's see," House said, thinking on his feet, "Next week's is 'cause Foreman's not here to do it, and the week after that, well, I just don't wanna do it."

"No, do your OWN work!" Wilson told House, anger was rising in his voice. "No, I think you will, Jimmy. That is, unless, you want Cuddy and all the nurses to know you're stalking Cameron." "What! Cuddy will never believe you!"

"Well," House said slowly, as his smile grew, "Maybe I'll let it accidentally slip while an eavesdropping nurse is around, and well, you know how those nurses love to gossip. I think you can do the math." He watched as the color drained from Wilson's face.

"You're willing to ruin me for some clinic hours?" Wilson asked disbelievingly. "Yeah. Does that really surprise you that much?" House asked, pretending to be shocked.

Wilson's face was returning to normal color, and he was starting to get angry, so he said, "Yes! All it would leave me with is this screwed up friendship, and I'm not sure I even want that anymore!" He stood up, preparing to leave.

House said with mock hurt in his voice, "That hurts. But I know you want to keep your status in this hospital. So……about those clinics?" Wilson sighed, knowing he couldn't win. "Done."

"Good little oncologist. Oh, and I want a Reuben for dinner." Wilson replied, "Fine, limping twerp," and left.

TBC

Note: Sorry so late. I've been really busy in school. And about the poll, I've got this story posted in two different places, so that's where some of the numbers are coming from. Also, someone pointed out that there are more votes for Chase then I realized, and that's because I am not getting notice of half the reviews for some reason. So sorry for any confusion this might have caused you! I'll try to update more often, too!

Poll:

Wilson/Cameron – 12

Chase/Cameron – 12

Other – 2

Pro-House/Cuddy – 4

Con-House/Cuddy - 0