Chapter 5

House sat with Wilson in the cafeteria that afternoon but his mind just wasn't on their conversation. He kept thinking about Cuddy and the special "appointment" that awaited him. This was all happening so fast. He hadn't really thought it through but he knew even if he did his answer wouldn't change. The question now was; did he dare tell Wilson? Cuddy knew they were best friends. And Wilson definitely would want to know something this big. Then again, he could always bug Wilson this way with his little secret. That sounded pretty fun too.

"So Wilson, any juicy gossip from the nurses this morning? I saw you there with that new girl nurse Amy. She gonna be wife number four?"

"Shut up House I was just helping her find the burn unit, it's only her second day. And no, nothing new around here. There will be though, there has to be something going on around here."

House smiled. Of course there was, and he knew exactly what that was.

"Your smiling, got anything to tell me?" Wilson asked now completely intrigued.

"Of course not. What could I possibly know that your grapevine hasn't told you yet?"

"I have no idea, you tell me?" Wilson was getting a bit disappointed. House was messing with him now and he knew it. If he did know something, it looked like House was going to make him suffer and not tell him. Then again, he might not know anything at all and just be jerking his chain.

"I know nothing, I mean Cuddy blinded a guy this morning with that unbelievably open blouse of hers but I guess we all knew that would happen at some point."

"If I didn't know better House I would say you have an infatuation with Cuddy's breasts the way you always go on about them" Wilson smiled slyly.

"Well it's kind of hard not to notice when they're always in my face, I mean I've seen hookers with more coverage then her."

"Ya I'm sure you have" Wilson moped. House always had a way with women; a lot of them became attracted to him. The gorgeous doctor Cameron for example. He didn't know what she saw in House. He treated her like dirt and yet she still liked him. Wilson wouldn't mind Cameron's attention, not one single bit. She was smart, pretty, and talented.

"Calling Doctor Wilson" House mimicked speaking into an intercom.

"What? Did you say something?" Wilson asked distractedly.

"What's going on in that lady-loving-mind of yours now?" House asked.

"Nothing" Wilson quickly replied. Like House needed to know Wilson was jealous of him. He had a big enough ego already .House wasn't ready to let it go, but at that moment his beeper went off so he said goodbye to Wilson and headed for his office. Foreman was the only one there.

"What is it Foreman the pager read E-M-E-R-G-E-N-C-Y and clearly all seems to be well seeing as you are the only one here." House said rather annoyed. He was having fun bugging Wilson but he had gotten a little excited at knowing something was going on presumably with the patient.

"Chase and Cameron will be up in a minute the patient just went into cardiac arrest. They revived him but we'll have to change the treatment" Foreman stated matter-of-factly.

"Is his nose still bleeding??" House asked deep in thought.

"Why does that matter? The patient could have died, a nose bleed isn't one of his most serious problems right now House!" Foreman answered frustrated.

"You've started the patient on what exactly?" House asked.

"Well he's still on aspirin to thin his blood and because it should help with his heart. The aspirin also relieves some pain in his knee so there isn't much other medication he's on. He isn't using his asthma pump much seeing as he's not moving around much here."

"Take him off the aspirin" House muttered.

"But why? He needs it!"

"The aspirin caused the bleeds; it also caused the heart attack as well. The patient has an allergy to aspirin. Give him Heparin and Tylenol for the pain in his knee. Now I'm off its four see ya tomorrow." House replied as he grabbed his coat and walked out the door. House went to the front desk to check out and was told he had a message. The plump nurse at the desk gave House a piece of blue paper and House grabbed it tucking it into his jacket pocket. He knew exactly who this message was from just by the girlish writing on the paper.

"Doctor Cuddy said to give this to you right away."

"Well I've been here since nine am this morning and your just giving it to me now; man will she be pissed when she hears this." House answered. He walked out the door and started the bike. It was only when he arrived home that he uncrumpled the letter and read the date and time.