Chapter 4
"You're pregnant." Cameron said to her patient, who immediately squealed with joy and threw her arms around Cameron, almost knocking her over. "Conrad-"her pager rang, interrupting her. "Damn!" Cameron said, shoving her pager back into her lab coat pocket. They had a new case now. The other one was solved yesterday. "What would cause a- sorry, got to go!" Cameron said, running out the door to answer the page. The new patent went into a cardiac arrest. They sure have had lots of patients lately.
"I need a crash cart STAT!" Cameron yelled as she ran into the room. The nurse responded right away, bringing it in. "Charging! Clear!" After five minutes, they pronounced the patient dead. "Damn…" Cameron said and walked back to House's office, hands in pockets. She didn't want to talk to House. "Mary just died. She went into cardiac arrest. We couldn't save her." Cameron said, looking over the symptoms once again.
"Where are Chase and Foreman?" House asked. "I want to figure out what this is." He put his hand to his chin and thought.
"Then do an autopsy. I have a clinic patient I just walked out on." Cameron said walking out. House sighed and got up to do an autopsy. Now, House didn't love Cameron, but he did care a tiny bit when it came to his employees acting different.
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"I am so sorry!" Cameron said as she shut the door. Cameron clearly looked upset, and the patient noticed it. The patient looked at her as she folded her hands.
"Everything ok?" the patient asked. She was always concerned about people, even if she barely knew them. She had been that way ever since she was a girl.
"Yeah." Cameron lied. The patient raised her eyebrow.
"Ok…" the patient said, as the door opened.
"Cameron! Autopsy results! You asked if the patient could get an autopsy, and she got one right away! You know, I think I should listen to you more often. Right away, I figured out she died of congestive heart failure! Care to give the news to the family?" House said as he barged in.
Cameron rolled her eyes. "I'm kind of busy right now." She said. "Unlike you, I do my clinic duty."
"Well, unlike you, I don't stare off into space during a differential!" House said, not really yelling, but he did have a raised voice
"Why the hell do you suddenly care about my personal life House?!" Cameron said, her voice rose louder than House.
Footsteps sounded from right next to House. "House, shut the hell up and let Cameron finish doing her job. She can give the results of the autopsy after she is done!" Cuddy said, shaking her head.
"I rarely see you in here Cuddy! And how do you know about the patient getting an autopsy?" House said. Cuddy rolled her eyes. "It's the fun thing about being the Dean of Medicine, I get to know things. I'm not getting into this any more. I just want you all doing your job. By the way House, you need to do your clinic duty." She walked off.
"I've got to go. Feel free to call if you have any questions." Cameron said as she walked toward the door and waited for House to move. When she did, she walked out to give the news to the family.
"She's having problems." House said with a shrug. "As soon as I figure out what they are, I will stop them." House said, sitting down on the doctor's stool.
"She did seem a bit upset when she walked back in here." The patient said with a frown. "I am naturally concerned about these things."
"Her sudden anger and zoning out could mean relationship problems or even pregnancy…" House noted quietly, but not quiet enough that the patient could hear.
"Why are you telling me all this?" the patient asked curiously. "Usually doctors don't start rumors."
"Usually I don't start big ones, and I usually tell them to my friend, but this isn't really a rumor. I shouldn't be saying anything though, and-"House started.
"You usually don't." Wilson said as he passed the office, going to a different room in the clinic with a patient. House rolled his eyes.
"Then why are you saying this?" The patient asked as she stood up.
"Your concern was interesting, and I wanted you to get to sleep at night without wondering why the nice doctor was so upset." House said, getting up and leaving, followed by the patient.
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"Your wife died of congestive heart failure. We couldn't save her. I'm sorry." Cameron said, looking down. The husband began crying immediately since he had lost his wife.
After a while, Cameron left and headed back to the office, somewhat thankful the case was solved. "You know, you can really be a pain in the ass sometimes." Cameron said, giving House a frown.
"Well, everybody knows that." House said. Cameron rolled her eyes and decided it wasn't worth it to carry it out.
"I'm going to get lunch now." Cameron said and walked out, Chase following.
"Cameron. It is Tuesday." Chase said, putting his hand on her shoulder. "Are you sure everything is ok?"
"Yes I am ok, and I have a calendar." Cameron said with a sigh as they sat down after getting their lunch.
Chase looked a bit hurt at the remark, but soon bounced back and sat across from Cameron.
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Pretty soon it was the end of the day. Cameron had finally arrived home and put her coat in the closet, and everything else in the corner of the room. She'd pick it up later. Finally, she kicked off her shoes and slid onto the couch. "What the hell is wrong with me?" She thought with a frown.
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AUTHOR: Sorry about the ooc.