Smack! Thump. Smack! ! Thump. Smack!

...thump?

The perfect cycle of throw, bounce, catch, repeat, was shattered as the ball was intercepted on its way back. The man's gaze made way to whoever had so rudely interrupted him. He was met by a spectacular view of Cuddy's cleavage, just about at his eye-level too.

"Cuddy!" He exclaimed, "to what do I owe this horror?" The dean of medicine, Lisa Cuddy, just rolled her eyes.

"You have a patient, House." She held out the file towards him, but he made no move to take it.

"Is it interesting?" He demanded, making a face.

Cuddy smiled wryly, "Oh, I think you'll like her. Trust me."

Cuddy's tone of voice only served to make House more suspicious. "Symptoms?" He demanded.

"Twenty-one year old female. Presents with no visible symptoms, but was admitted for what seems to have been an absence seizure, accompanied by bleeding from her left ear." Cuddy summarized.

"Sounds neurological. Did you get an MRI?" So far, this sounded like a typical case. Nothing new or exciting. No rare disease to diagnose, just a regular old seizure.

"No masses or lesions, no visible cause for the bleeding."

"...Interesting." House snatched the file out of Cuddy's hands, and leaning heavily on his cane, made his way down to the patient's room.

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He found her sitting up in the hospital bed, humming to herself, and drumming on her knees. Her dark hair spilled messily into her face, and she had neither seen nor heard him enter, and for a moment, he toyed with the option of poking her with his cane. Eventually he dismissed the idea, and settled for greeting her exceptionally loudly. "Hi!" He half-shouted, causing the girl to jump, and make a loud squeaking noise. "I'm Doctor House," he continued, "and I'll be saving your life today." He made his way over to her bedside, fully prepared to interrogate her, when she laughed. Not happily, either. It was a sarcastic, hollow sound.

"Who said my life needs saving?" She stared up at him through the black bangs that almost completely obscured her vision. Her bright green eyes met his icy blue ones for a moment before House responded.

"What, you don't think that you're WORTH saving?" He asked rhetorically. "Did mommy and daddy not spoil you enough?" She dropped his gaze fro a moment, and House noted that he had hit a nerve with the patient. When she locked eyes with him again, not even a second later, her gaze had at least tripled in intensity. "Or!" House continued, ignoring the patient's feeble attempt to express her anger, or whatever other emotion she may be feeling, "It could be that you don't think anything is wrong." He leaned forward slightly, as though he was going to share a secret with her, "but seizures don't just happen for no reason. Especially when accompanied by bleeding. Out of your ear."

The patient rolled her eyes, and tossed her head to clear her vision. "So, what. You think I'm dying?"

House shrugged, "It's a very real possibility. Your brain doesn't just BLEED for no reason."

"Alright then," The patient conceded with a sigh, "What's wrong with me?"

House didn't hesitate before responding "I have no idea," standing, and limping out of the room. Andrea stared after him, her expression unreadable. House poked his head back into the doorway, "but I'll put my best people on it. They'll be here...eventually."

Andi didn't bother watching him leave this time, instead, turning her attention the the television. 'He was...interesting.' She thought, flipping through the channels. She figured she would have a decent wait before Dr. House's "people" made an appearance.

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First real chapter: done!

It's kind of short again, which I apologize for. They'll get longer after this! I promise!

Anyways, reviews are awesome. They help motivate me. x3

Let me know which pairings you want to see...slash, femmeslash, het. I'll try to work them in.