078. Where?
Lost…Or Not?
The door to the Diagnostic Medicine conference room slammed open and Cuddy walked in looking like a thundercloud.
"Where is he?" she demanded.
Chase, Foreman and Cameron exchanged wary glances.
"Uh, he…hasn't come in yet," Cameron said hesitantly.
That brought Cuddy to a halt and she blinked then looked into the office.
"Why not?" she demanded.
"We…uh, don't know," Chase replied. "We tried calling him but he's not answering his phone. We've paged him as well but haven't had an answer yet."
"That's all you've done," she asked incredulously.
"Uh, we were going to ask Dr Wilson but…well, he's not in yet either," Cameron said. "And since he's been staying with House, we sort of figured that wherever House is, he's probably there as well."
Cuddy calmed down considerably at that and instead of looking angry, she started to look slightly worried.
"Have you tried calling Dr Wilson?" she asked.
"We thought we'd wait for a little while longer and if House hadn't called us, we'd try calling him again and then call Dr Wilson," Foreman said. "It's not like House hasn't been late before."
Cuddy gave the three of them a long look then nodded once. "Call me when he gets in," she said before turning on her heel and stalking out.
A slightly awkward silence reigned in the room for several minutes.
"Where do you think he is?" Cameron said, breaking the silence.
Foreman snorted. "You saw the mark on his neck yesterday and the way Wilson blushed when Chase pointed it out. Where do you think he is? Where do you think they both are?"
"Now that's a mental image I didn't need," Chase complained lightly as he picked up his crossword again.
"Yeah," Cameron said quietly.