I don't own House md, but I did borrow the medical case from one episode

Chapter 13

"Rise and shine my little minions!" House immediately stopped his next witty remarks when everyone in the room was in a deafening silence, his team sitting at the conference table and Cameron in her white coat standing in front of the white board.

"What's up with princess beauty over there?" House asked Forman not carefully so she would hear him.

"She's been staring at the board for at least ten minutes now."

Then Taub whispered:

"You guys did the biopsy but we still have no clue as to what disease test for."

House stepped and stood just behind her trying to figure it out himself. He loved the expression on her face when she was in deep thought.

"He is a middle age man." She suddenly stated.

House just nodded trying to follow her line of thought.

"And he does have a mass in his brain but it's not lymphoma." House said.

"Hum… brain, kidneys …" Cameron thought out loud.

"Pituitary, respiratory distress…" House continued her thought.

The others were just watching the two of them, interacting like they were the only ones in the room. Chase couldn't help to be uncomfortable by it. Then it clicked.

"It can't be…" Cameron murmured.

"It fits." House turned to the others.

"Test the sample from the biopsy for Erdheim-Chester."

"What? House we already tested for that and it was negative." Thirteen argued.

"Trust me, it's gonna be positive."

"But the test was - " Forman was interrupted.

"Do the test, its Erdheim-Chester disease." Cameron said the final order.

While they were waiting for the results Cameron went to lunch with Wilson, and House was sitting in his office playing his PSP when he was interrupted.

"Results back yet?" He asked without looking up.

"You slept with her."

Game Over. Was the sound that filled the room. House looked up to a very calm yet sure of himself Chase.

"I've slept with a lot of women, who are we specifically talking about here?" He tried to play dumb.

Chase just ignored him.

"I could tell from the way you argue, from the way you don't argue. By the way you look at each other."

What was House supposed to say? Confirm it or denied it? He wasn't used to do ex-husbands talks. He guessed his silent was confirmation enough. And if Chase noticed, did the others noticed too?

"What are you gonna do? Punch me in the face? Tell me what an ass I am?"

"She loves you." House wasn't expecting that.

"I don't think love has anything to do with it."

"She tried to fight it, but it was always you." He paused. "Don't hurt her." He turned around and left.

How was House supposed to react to that?

Meanwhile at the cafeteria Wilson and Cameron were having lunch.

"How was it being back here?"

"It was … weird."

"That's to be expected. Did you miss working with House?" He ventured.

"In a way guess, I mean he is a genius despite being a bastard."

There was a silence. Then Wilson went for the kill.

"So… what happened Saturday after the party?"

"What makes you think something happened?"

"Urh… not you too. Why don't you two just admit you like each other? Things would be a lot easier."

"I don't like House!" Cameron said a little too quickly.

"You're both living in denial." He said shaking his head and smiling at his friends' refusal to admit their feelings out loud. Sooner or later one of them is going to crack and he believes it's sooner than later.

After lunch the test results finally came, standing in the lab they all have expectants faces as to whether it would be positive or not.
Forman was studying them.

"Well, what's the verdict?" House was impatient he was sure he and Cameron were right.

"I don't believe it." Forman was astonished. "It's positive, you were right."

"Of course it's positive, I'm always right!"

"We were right." Cameron stressed the we part.

"Well, don't just stand there, start treatment. A high dose of corticosteroid and start him on interferon too." House ordered his team, and they left leaving Cameron and House alone.

"Hum… as soon as his stable he'll be transferred back to my hospital." Cameron told him.

House nodded.

"So I guess this is the end of your little reign of terror over PPTH." He teased.

"Was it that bad?" A smile appeared on her lips.

"I guess it could be worse." He smirked, despite everything he enjoyed working with her.
"You've changed." He said out of the blue.

"People don't change remember?"

"You did."

"People don't change, they … evolve."

Once again he just nodded.

"Bye House." She left with a small smile finding its way to her lips.

Thursday afternoon found Wilson packing his bags.

"Poor Wilson, the she devil is sending you to the depths of hell."

"It's part of the job description to go to a conference on occasion you know, besides it's just for a few days I'll be back on Monday."

"That's what I said." Wilson rolled his eyes.

"It can't be worse than sleeping with said she devil." Wilson mocked.

"Touché! I like the bad girls." At this Wilson chuckled, and not just because Cuddy wasn't exactly a woman you would fit in the 'bad girl type'.
"What's so funny?"

"You don't like the bad girl type." He affirmed.

"Then please in light me as to what my type is oh wise one."

Oh Wilson was gonna enjoy this, usually House was the one doing the teasing, time to turn the tables.

"Ok, you like the nice young sweet naïve immunologist type."

"I don't like Cameron! She's all sweet, spice and everything nice!" House stated.

"Of course not. Where did I get that idea from? I must be losing my mind." Wilson continued to tease.

"If I liked Cameron I would've made a move back when she had that pathetic crush on me."

"That's because you tend to analyze things too much, and because you think you don't deserve to be happy, which by the way you do."

"What about me and Cuddy? I tried that."

"I'm going to be late, so I'm just going to say this: stop wasting time, she likes you, hell she probably even loves you! And you have feelings for her too, so stop making pathetic excuses and be with her! This thing you guys have is starting to tire me."

Dismissing what Wilson said House went to the living room after shouting at him:

"The conference is already making you lose all rational thought, you're making no sense!"

"Right."

You guys just saw "Lockdown", I still have to wait a few weeks for it. Please tell me it was good and worth the wait, or should I just lower my expectations?

R&R