Cameron had been warned about Chase's outburst the day before. She was hoping that today when he woke up he'd be a little calmer and more open to talking. At least last night they had moved him onto his back. The burns had healed nicely. Today they were going to start on some therapy with Chase being coherent. Chase needed to start moving around if he wanted to make a full recovery.

A physical therapist was scheduled to be in Chase's room by 10am. She had taken the day to stay with him, in hopes of keeping him calm and motivated.

She didn't have to wait long for Chase to wake. He was never a late sleeper and was awake at 8 am.

"Morning sexy." Cameron said as she saw Chase's eyes start to flutter open.

"Hmmm. Ally. Had a weird dream."

Cameron could tell that he wasn't really awake yet. "What was the dream about?"

"I lost my foot. And no one knew where it was. I kept asking House about it. He wanted to play Hot and Cold. No one would help me find it. Cuddy said that she would look in her office and Wilson had the oncology department. You and Foreman kept looking in the conference room."

"Chase, Robert. I need you to wake and really listen to me." She paused waiting for Robert to open his eyes and look at her. "Your foot was amputated. I'm sorry."

"But I thought, I mean why, shouldn't there have been, but burns, the car accident." Chase started to babble as tears appeared in his eyes.

"Calm down Robert. I'll explain. Shh." Cameron moved to the bed and tried to hold Chase in her arms without touching his back.

Cameron spent the next two hours going over the past three weeks. She tried to answer all his questions and explain things. But there were certain aspects, such as the amputation, that he just couldn't get his head around, and refused to talk about.

Allison was thrilled when the knock on the door preceded a man, Chase's age, to enter the room. "Dr. Chase. It's nice to see you awake." He put his hand out to shake. Unsure, Chase took it. "Dr. Cameron, nice to see you again. Are you staying or leaving today?"

"That's up to Robert."

Both looked at Chase.

Robert was confused. Who was this guy? How did he know him and Allison? And why would Allison be leaving?

His confusion must have been written all over his face as the new man in his room spoke. "I keep forgetting you weren't awake the first time I introduced myself. I'm Josh Keegan, physical therapist. I'm here to get you up and moving a bit. I've been by once a day since you've been here to keep all your muscles moving."

"Oh." Was all that Chase could say. He was feeling a bit overwhelmed. It seems that he had missed out on quite a lot over the past few weeks that he was unconscious.

"I can stay if you want me to. House gave, actually Cuddy, gave me the day off to be with you." Cameron added.

"Yeah. I guess it would be nice to have some company." Chase answered, a bit in a daze.

"Great. So lets see what you can do." Josh added enthusiastically.

Chase thought that Josh's enthusiasm was a bit over the top. His thoughts continued on that line as the next hour went by. Josh was too chipper to for Chase's taste. He kept smiling and pushing. It was starting to get on Chase's nerves. He couldn't believe that he would have to deal with Josh everyday for an hour.

Cameron was also starting to get on his nerves. He knew that she meant well, but the constant 'You can do it Robert.' 'Great job.' ' Just a little bit more.' was also becoming annoying. He was never so happy to be exhausted. It meant that he could sleep and everyone would leave him alone.

"So I'll be back around 4pm. I recommend some heat for those legs and shoulders. It will help keep them loose. Also a good nap will be healthy." Josh smiled as he bounced out of the room.

He was coming back? Chase was now really unhappy.

"Here, let me wash you down." Cameron was standing on his left with a bowl of water and a washcloth.

Robert took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He knew logically that he couldn't take a shower or a bath. He also knew that he didn't have the range of motion in his arms to bathe himself properly. And that there was no one else he rather wash him that Allison. He nodded and closed his eyes and let her clean him up.

"And maybe when you gain a little bit more of your strength back we can have some fun with this." A sultry voice whispered in his ear as a warm cloth ran up his inner thigh. Was that Allison? He had never heard her talk in that tone of voice before. Maybe a sponge bath by her wouldn't be so bad after all. He'd think about that some more later.

Robert must have dosed off because the next thing he knew someone was shaking his shoulder and he smelled something in front of him. Opening his eyes he saw a tray with food on the table. He surveyed his selection. Soup, Jell-O, and lemon lime soda. Not very appetizing if he had any say in the matter.

"They are starting you on liquids for now. Tomorrow probably soft foods. You've been on a feeding tube since you've been brought in."

"When was it taken out?" He asked. Robert was kind of curious, in a doctor sort of way, what was done to keep his body alive.

"Yesterday morning. House figured that the less things attached to you when you woke the easier things would be. The catheter was taken out this morning."

"Oh." He answered as he went to lift the spoon with broth.

Lunch was a short affair as Chase got through about half the soup before falling asleep with his spoon still in his hand.

There was another hand on his shoulder waking him up again. Unfortunately it was not the face of his fiancé. It was Josh. That meant it must be 4. He had slept for a little over 4 hours. He didn't understand why he was sleeping so much. He was just unconscious for over a week. At least he didn't understand it emotionally. Medically it made sense to him.

"Where's Allison?" Chase asked, curious as to where she was. Earlier she had mentioned that she was given the day off to be with him.

"I'm not sure. I'm sure that she'll be back soon. Let's see how much your muscles remember."

Chase was thrilled when Cameron came back into the room a few minutes after Josh started to stretch his leg muscles. "Sorry, but House got a new patient and needed help. I hope you didn't mind." She explained once she sat down.

"No its fine." Chase tried to sound enthused but found it hard.

Cameron took that as an invitation to start talking about the new patient in diagnostics.

Chase was more than thrilled when the dinner tray was laid in front of him. It meant that the day was coming to an end. He was looking forward to his next dosage of pain medication and going back to sleep.

"Do you want me to stay the night?" Cameron asked as he was finishing the jello on his tray.

"No." He immediately answered. Realizing that he answered a bit harshly he rushed to explain. "I mean, what's the point. They're going to give me more pain meds, I'm going to fall asleep. There's nothing that you are going to be missing. Go get a good night rest in your own bed. I'm sure that you haven't been sleeping too well since this all started. Besides, from the way it sounds, House is going to run you ragged tomorrow. I mean, if I'm not there, who else is he going to get to do his clinic hours. We all know it won't be Foreman." Chase hoped that he came off as being truthful. While nothing that he said was actually a lie it wasn't the real reason that he wanted Cameron to go home.

He needed time by himself to think. Think about all that had happened, all that he was going through, and all that he was going to have to change. He couldn't do that with Allison around. She would crowd and smother him. The last thing that he wanted at the moment. If she went home, then he hoped he could straighten some things out in his mind.

"Okay. I'll just hang out till you fall asleep, then head home. I'll come by tomorrow to see you before I start my day with House. I'll turn on the news so at least you'll know what's going on in the world."