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Chapter 6: Nightmares
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House woke up when he felt the blanket moving.
He opened his eyes, trying to adjust to the darkness and saw that Beth was trying to crawl in the middle of the bed without waking them up.
He glanced to his left and saw that Cameron had also woken up by Beth's attempt to move under the blanket and between them.
When Beth finally managed to settle between them they both rolled on their sides so they were facing her, their heads propped on their elbows.
"Oops…" mumbled Beth covering her head with the blanket making them smile.
"What's wrong angel?" asked Cameron, pulling the blanket down so she could see Beth.
House switched on the lamp on the nightstand and turned to look at their daughter.
"Bad dream…" mumbled Beth and moved closer to her mother, hugging her and burying her little head in her chest.
Cameron wrapped her arms around her and looked at House who was smiling softly.
"Can I sleep here?" Beth said, her voice muffled because of her position.
"But you have a big room and your bed is a lot better than ours." House replied, his hand rubbing Beth's back.
She turned in Cameron's embrace so that her back was resting against her chest and looked at her father with an incredulous look.
"But what if it's under the bed, or in the closet?" she whispered and he looked at Cameron with a raised eyebrow.
"What is under the bed?" he asked looking at Beth again.
"That big, purple, scary monster…" she explained seriously.
"Wait… what?" House paused looking at Beth "Now I get it! No more 'Monsters Inc.' for you young lady." He said reaching out to caress her cheek.
"Sweety, that wasn't real, it was just a movie." Cameron explained, kissing Beth's forehead tenderly.
"And, anyway, Sulley and Mike captured Randal and they sent him away, you have nothing to worry about!" House exclaimed making Beth giggle.
"Are you sure?" she asked tentatively.
"Come on, we saw it together! Why aren't you afraid that Whiney is under your bed?" he asked, tickling her.
She tried to move in Cameron's embrace so that he couldn't reach her and Cameron pulled her in her arms.
"Hey, where do you think you are going?" he called out, a frown forming on his face.
"To my mommy." Beth said looking up at her father.
"Deal with it." Cameron said with a smirk, hugging Beth to her.
"Not fair…" House whined and lied on his back, placing his pillow over his face.
"I think daddy has fallen asleep again…" Beth whispered when House didn't move at all.
"Why don't we check…" whispered Cameron and Beth nodded and moved slowly to lift his pillow from his face.
"Got ya!" exclaimed House catching Beth in his arms making her squeal in surprise.
"Daddy, put me down!" she said, laughing.
"Fine, fine. But I won't let your mom get away with this." He said letting Beth go and before Cameron could do anything he had pinned her on the bed, tickling her.
"Greg!" Cameron exclaimed through laughter.
"Daddy, leave mommy alone!" she said trying to pull his hands away, laughing at the same time.
He turned to look at her with a smirk on his lips and she jumped down of the bed and started running towards the living room laughing.
"This kid is exhausting…" House said and lied on his back on the bed.
"Especially when it's two o' clock in the morning…" Cameron commented and snuggled in his left side.
"We need to go get her and put her to bed." He mumbled, wrapping his arms around her body holding her to him.
"Mhm…" she agreed but didn't move from her spot.
"I thought we were playing!" exclaimed Beth from the doorway, watching her parents.
"We were, now we are sleeping." House said and Cameron moved to the left in order to make room for her.
"Come on, you can sleep here tonight." She said with a soft smile and Beth grinned.
"Yeah, and tomorrow I'm going to smack that monster with my cane…" House commented without opening his eyes.
"There are no monsters." Cameron said, looking at Beth.
"I know, just in case though…" he trailed off as Beth climbed on the bed and settled down between them.
"Goodnight mommy, 'night daddy…" Beth said, closing her eyes and snuggling against her mother's side, facing her father.
"Goodnight angel…" Cameron said kissing her head.
"Goodnight Beth…" House said and caressed her cheek.
They all fell asleep moments later…
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"What do you think you are doing?" asked Cuddy who was standing by the door, startling him out of his slumber.
"I'm working of course!" House said sarcastically making Cuddy roll her eyes.
"Really? And I thought that you were sleeping." She replied, crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"Me? No!" he said incredulously "I'm just taking a break." He explained.
"House, you are down here for an hour and you have seen only one patient." She stated in irritation.
"Allison did her clinic hours!" he exclaimed and Cuddy stared at him.
"What does that have to do with the fact that you didn't do yours?" she asked, trying to see where this was going.
"Her nametag says 'Cameron-House' so theoretically she has done half of mine." He explained and Cuddy raised an eyebrow.
"Theoretically, because practically she has done only hers and you have done none of yours." She clarified, trying to stay calm.
"Yeah, but…" he started but she interrupted him.
"Please, stop! It's only 10 o'clock and I have already heard a million excuses from you."
"It's not my fault, Beth had a nightmare last night and she woke us up." He explained.
"And because Beth had a nightmare you are going to torture me?" she asked in bewilderment.
House thought about it for a while.
"That's the plan." He replied after a few moments making Cuddy groan.
"You know what? I'm not going to get frustrated. Take this file and go! Don't come to the clinic again today just find out what's wrong with the patient." She said handing him a patient's file and storming out of the room.
"Thanks Dr. Cuddles!" he shouted, watching her disappear down the hall.
"By the way, Dr. Evans handed me his resignation this morning..." she said without turning to look at him.
He smirked and looked at the file in his hands, studying the symptoms. Then he paged his team and made his way to Diagnostics. At last he had something interesting to do.
On his way there he spotted Wilson who was making his way to Cuddy's office. He decided to stop by his office and find out the reason he was there later, now he had to cure that patient. Or, better, solve that puzzle…
Two hours later he was barging into Wilson's office.
"House! How many times have I told you to knock?" Wilson asked, looking up from his paperwork.
"I'm not good at counting." House replied and sat down on the couch, dropping his cane on the floor.
Wilson sighed and looked back at his paperwork.
"Aren't you going to ask me what I am doing here?" he asked after Wilson didn't bother to ask him.
"I don't have to; I know why you are here." Wilson answered, looking briefly at him.
"Then I want an answer to my unspoken question; the one that you claim to know." House said, lacing his finger together and resting his hands on his stomach.
"You are not going to get one." He said seriously and House frowned.
"I always do, why is this going to be an exception?" asked House incredulously.
Wilson looked at him with a raised eyebrow but didn't say anything.
"You know you are dying to tell me." House commented with a smirk.
"There is nothing to tell." Wilson insisted.
"I don't believe you."
"When do you?"
"Good point…" House mused and picked up his cane. "I am going to find out eventually." He said seriously and Wilson groaned.
"What are you going to do? Hire a personal investigator to follow me around?" he asked with an amused smile.
"Huh…" House said thoughtfully making Wilson look at him alarmed.
"I didn't just give you a crazy idea, did I?" he asked, rubbing the back of his neck.
"See you later Jimmy!" House exclaimed and exited the office with a smirk.
Wilson had just done one of the greatest mistakes of his life…
House was ready to head to his office again when he spotted Cameron walking towards the elevators with a stack of files in her hands.
"What are those?" he shouted to her making her turn to look at him.
"A little help would be good." She said and he rolled his eyes but walked towards her anyway.
"You are asking a cripple to help you carry things?" he asked in disbelief and took the files she handed him.
"What are those anyway?" he asked again before she could answer to his first questions.
"New patients!" she exclaimed, faking enthusiasm.
"Wow, good luck with that." He said with a smirk earning a glare from her.
"They want to be transferred here and Cuddy gave me those files in order to check who is more critical." She replied "We can't take all of them…" she reasoned.
"Can I have one or two? Please, please, please!" he said looking at her expectantly.
"I'll check them. If there is anything too complicated and not for my department I'll send it to you." She said.
"That's why I love you!" he exclaimed, dropping a kiss on her cheek and making her smile in amusement.
"Riiight… That's the only reason." She said sarcastically.
The doors to the elevator opened admitting them to the fourth floor.
Cameron started walking to her office and House followed her instead of going to his.
"I thought you already had a case." She commented entering her office.
"I do, but if you have something interesting I want to take it now." He explained and started studying the files she had handed him earlier.
"Why do all these want to be transferred here?" he asked looking up from the file he was studying.
"Apparently the Immunology Department here is one of the best." She said dismissively.
"Riiight… It has nothing to do with the fact that you are the best when it comes to autoimmune diseases." He said making her look at him.
"It's not that…"
"Please, you are talking to me. I had told you that this was going to happen when you started writing these articles. Now everyone wants to come here." He said seriously and she sighed.
"It's a good thing, Allison."
"Yeah, but look at these files. I can't help everyone." She replied.
"You always knew that…" he said and motioned for her to come to him.
She complied and went to sit on his good leg. He immediately wrapped his arms around her waist and placed a kiss on her cheek.
"You have become a great doctor and that's the evidence." He said, pointing at the files occupying her desk.
"You think so?" she asked with a small smile.
He gave her his best 'duh' look making her laugh slightly. She kissed his lips softly and rested her forehead against his.
"Found anything you like?" she asked and he smirked.
"Well, the one I like is currently sitting in my lap." He said, the smirk never leaving his lips and he leaned in capturing her lips again.
The knock on her door made them break apart.
"What now?" House asked in frustration.
Kutner entered the office, carrying some test results.
"Sorry…" he mumbled apologetically "But the tox screen is clear and the other tests are…"
"Inconclusive." House finished his sentence and Kutner nodded.
"Guess I have to go help because they are going to kill the guy!" he exclaimed earning a small smile from Cameron.
She got up and handed him his cane. He placed one last kiss on her lips and he followed Kutner outside.
"Come on, the patient isn't going to get magically cured." He hollered and winked at Cameron who was shaking her head in amusement.