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okelayTitle: running out of hope
fandom:House
Characters: House, his team, a patient and his family (OCs), an Expanded Character from the s4 premiere, it has some HOuse/Thirteen
Rating: not sure, pg-13 just in case?
Spoilers: It's set just after the new team was chosen.
Summary: The new team has a new case and Wilson and Cuddy a plan.
"You know that when you run out of questions, you don't just run out of answers, you run out of hope"
House was sitting with Wilson, stealing his chips. he wasn't really hungry so he had just grabbed a few jell-os. he was watching Thirteen, seated a few tables away. She was alone, eating a pack of cookies with a glass of milk. he watched her pick up a paper from her tray, read it and do the crossword.
Wilson was talking about something, some patient or maybe some gossip. he wasn't really paying attention.
He stretched his hand to grab Wilson's drink when he slapped it away.
"trust me, you don't want this drink. it's a energy drink made specially for me"
"Is cut-throat bitch controlling your entire life now?"
Wilson shrugged "Well,she's encouraging me to try new things"
House had stopped paying attention again. Thirteen's phone had just vibrated. she picked it up. it must've been a text message, cause she started writing something on her phone. she seemed pleased.
"House,are you even listening to me?" Wilson said, turning around
"Oooh. I see."he nodded in understanding.
House took his eyes off Thirteen to focus on Wilson again. "What are you talking about? What do you see?"
"Oh, you're listening to me now? Wonderful. let me explain. You like Thirteen. she intrigues you. She's a puzzle you want to solve. That's why you won't call her by her real name. That's why you don't want to know her name. In a way, i guess she's perfect for you. You won't be bored."
"Thanks, Doctor, how much do i owe you?" House said, annoyed
"I don't understand why is it so hard to simply recognize you like someone. it's not a crime. there's nothing wrong about it. nobody is going to mock you. i won't tell you to do anything, just...acept it."
House grabbed the second pack of chips and shooed him away.
"Don't you have patients to kill?"
Wilson got up and took his drink
"Well, i do have patients to SEE and you clearly have some stalking to so. or you could, you know, talk to her" after offering this last piece of advice, which Wilson knew House wouldn't follow, he walked away. but not too far away. he walked out of the cafeteria but he stood there, watching.
He nearly jumped when someone touched him on the shoulder, thinking House had somehow made it out of the cafeteria without him watching, but no, it was just Cuddy.
"What exactly are you doing,Dr.Wilson?" she asked
"What do you mean?" he asked in response
"Well, why are you standing outside the cafeteria looking in, like some kind of stalker or worse?"
he chuckled "Funny you should mention that"
she pushed him over and looked through the window.people were eating. nothing abnormal there. she saw the chief of Radiology having lunch with the new nurse.she could also see one of House's new fellows, Thirteen. she couldn't remember her real name. some people moved, obscuring her view for a moment and when they passed she saw House, eating jell-o, sitting a few tables away from Thirteen and looking at her.
"You're spying on House?" she asked "And why is he well, staring at Thirteen?"
he chuckled "She has a name, you know"
"do you know her real name?" she asked
"Ummm...i seem to remember hearing about it" he said "but i can't recall right now"
"anyway"Dr.Cuddy said "What's going on? How long has House been there looking at her?"
Wilson pondered this for a moment "um..half and hour?" he said at last
"Really? it doesn't seem as if she's noticed. or maybe she's just ignoring him"
"it's possible" Wilson agreed "She seems to be good at that. guessing his games and all- she seems to be quite the challenge herself"
Cuddy looked through the window, interested "Well,then,that makes her kind of perfect for him, doesn't it?"
She raised an eyebrow "leave him alone. at least for the moment. you have patients to see. and as far as i remember, your intervention hasn't been helpful in the past"
he nodded, slowly. "you're right" he said. "for now. you know how he is. if he doesn't do anything, i can at least nudge in the right direction can't I?"
she smiled "give it a couple of weeks. you don't even know her" she might do something"
they both walked away , and a few moments later Thirteen walked out of the cafeteria. House stayed for a few moments before following her. He caught up with her in the elevator.
"I'm surprised you don't take the stairs" he said "I thought you were the type that liked to stay in shape.or is afraid of elevators"
she looked at him, and at his cane. "Normally, I would take the stairs. But I saw you following me and I wanted to give you a chance to catch up"
He looked at her, and stayed silent for a minute "I wasn't following you" he said,finally "We simply happen to be headed the same way"
"Really?" she asked, smirking "And how do you know where I am going?"
"You came to the elevators. I take the elevators. That is the same route, is it not?"
"You were watching me in the cafeteria. I saw you. and then you took the same detours I did getting here. Why, I don't know, but you did"
the elevators ding and he got in as soon as it opened. she followed him, and pressed the button for his office floor, but walked out on the last second. "I changed my mind" she said "I could use the exercise" the doors closed as he watched head for the stairs.
When he got to his office, she wasn't there. he was surprised. it's not like the stairs were such a long road. he walked into his office and turned on his computer, keeping an eye on his new ducklings in the next room. Taub was reading a magazine while Kutner played with a rubik cube. Ten minutes passed.She hadn't shown up. He was about to page her when he saw her walk to the door and enter. she sat in front of the two guys and turned around to smile at him.
He was surprised. He couldn't figure her our. They needed a case, quick.
He took his cane and went downstairs to the ER.It was always a good place to find strange cases. He looked for Cameron but couldn't see her.
"She's not here" He heard a voice say. He turned around to see a young doctor standing there. The same one who'd helped him with the crushed-syndrome woman.
"Dr.Cameron took a day off" she explained "I don't know why. personal reasons"
His eyebrows rose up "Really?She never did that when she was working for me."
The girl smiled "She wasn't engaged when she was working for you.I think it had something to do with wedding plans. maybe she went to see a dress or something, who knows?"
"Hmm.Interesting. While I definitely need to know more about that, right now I need a patiend. My new ducklings are bored and they bore me. What have you got?"
She smiled, motioning over to a kid laying on a stretched "17 years old male,found sleepwalking on a park, apparently tried to do a trick on his skate and hasn't woken up since"
"Did he land the trick?" He asked
"I'm sorry?"
"What was he trying to do? ride a railing? did he do it? did he accomplish it? or did he fall and fail?"
she seemed surprised at the question
"I have no idea, Why?"
"If he fell, he could've hit his head, or his subsconcious won't let him wake up til he's done. If he landed it without problems, then he has a problem.Who brought him in?"
she checked the chart "His brother found him, woke his parents and they called an ambulance"
He checked the chart as well before asking "Is the family in the waiting room?"
"I think so. We're waiting on some lab results" she said
"Good. i gotta talk to them" he started walking away before turning to her "What's his name?"
She walked to him and said "I'll go with you"
as the walked she said "His name is Dylan, by the way. Dylan Tyler. And I'm Sam.Sam Harper "
"Good to know.You can talk to the parent for me,Harper"
As soon as they walked into the waiting room, House knew who the kids parents' were. There was a teenager still in his pjs and sneakers, a mom and dad in sweatpants with college sweatshirts.
"Mr. and Ms.Tyler, this is Dr.House. He's reviewing your son's case and has some questions"
"Do you know what's wrong with him?" Asked the mum
"Well, he's unconscious" House said "That's always bad"
"I need to know what he was doing"
"We don't know" said the dad
House nudged the kid next to them "You found him, didn't you?"
he nodded "I heard he was doing a skateboarding trick. is that true?"
"Yeah... he was jumping down a flight of stairs"
"Was he sleepwalking?"
"I don't know" he answered "I assumed so. He's done similar things before, and i've found him sleepwalking. but i was far away I couldn't tell"
"Did he fell?" House asked
"He must have. I saw him do the trick and went to get my parents. when he came back he was on the floor, and dad called 911"
"But you didn't actually see him fall,did you?" House asked, smirking
"No, I wasn't there"
"Good"
"Admit it him" he said to Dr.Harper "and make copies of his chart.You'll be working with us on this case" he walked away after that
Dylan's mom watched him with concern "Is he really a Doctor?" she asked
"He is,Ma'am, and he's a really good one"
++++
Upstairs,Thirteen had taken Kutner's rubik cube and was currently focused on solving it. She'd done it already and was on her second try. Kutner was going through the books in the office's bookshelves, trying to find something interesting.
They saw a a girl in scrubs and a dirty lab coat walk in, with a a tray of coffees and a stack of files in each hand.
"Hi"She greeted. "I'm Dr.Sam Harper. I helped Dr.House find a patient downstairs and he told me I could help with this case" she put the coffee down and passed the files around "This is the file of Dylan Tyler. He's 17, has been unconscious for hours. he might have been sleepwalking and might have fallen."
The others doctors looked in surprise at this vague description
"It happened in the middle of the night" she explained "nobody saw him"
she motioned toward the coffee, still untouched "It's not poisoned or anything" she said "I got a mocha, a decaf capuccino, a soy latte and a black one" she showed which was which and they look surprised as they each took one "How did you know?"asked Taub
she shrugged "They're common choices"
"And I told her" said House, walking in. "Oh,and that"
nobody seem surprised that House knew what they each drinked. he walked to the table and took the only remaining coffee. the black one.
"Where did you get this?"he asked after a sip "This isn't the hospital's coffee"
"Of course not" she said "the hospital's coffee is crap. I got it from Mr.Smith, he has a coffee cart on the garden. He has great beverages"
"Nothing for you?" asked Thirteen
she shrugged,again "Already had coffee today. don't need to be hyper.besides, I couldn't juggle 5 cups of coffee"
"So,everyone read the chart already?" when they nodded he said "Good. Taub, Kutner, go run every test you can think of . that's what you're good at. Thirteen, Harper, you'll stay here and come up with diagnoses with me, or just theories about what the hell this kid was doing."
Taub and Kutner picked up their things and left. Harper sat down. "I think there's a psychological component here. maybe there's been too much stress in his life lately"
"We should look an explanation to his sleepwalking" said Thirteen "It could be the key. Also, if the fell, he'd have bruises, scratches, maybe grass somewhere. It can give us a clue to what happened.
"He doesn't have a fever but his temperature is a bit high,as well as his blood pressure.could be signs of infection. Seems neurological"
Thirteen looked around before asking "Where's Foreman?"
"Personal Day" House asked. he didn't really know where he was, nor did he care.
but she was through. it could be neurological.
he wrote it all in the board
"What else?"
they spent nearly half an hour coming up with several theories, filling up no one but 2 and a half boards of diagnoses and theories.
Thirteen and Harper seemed to have responded well to the competition. She was better than cut-throat bitch in that sense
A/N:I liked how it was going,but I got bored. of the show and then the fic.
fandom:House
Characters: House, his team, a patient and his family (OCs), an Expanded Character from the s4 premiere, it has some HOuse/Thirteen
Rating: not sure, pg-13 just in case?
Spoilers: It's set just after the new team was chosen.
Summary: The new team has a new case and Wilson and Cuddy a plan.
"You know that when you run out of questions, you don't just run out of answers, you run out of hope"
House was sitting with Wilson, stealing his chips. he wasn't really hungry so he had just grabbed a few jell-os. he was watching Thirteen, seated a few tables away. She was alone, eating a pack of cookies with a glass of milk. he watched her pick up a paper from her tray, read it and do the crossword.
Wilson was talking about something, some patient or maybe some gossip. he wasn't really paying attention.
He stretched his hand to grab Wilson's drink when he slapped it away.
"trust me, you don't want this drink. it's a energy drink made specially for me"
"Is cut-throat bitch controlling your entire life now?"
Wilson shrugged "Well,she's encouraging me to try new things"
House had stopped paying attention again. Thirteen's phone had just vibrated. she picked it up. it must've been a text message, cause she started writing something on her phone. she seemed pleased.
"House,are you even listening to me?" Wilson said, turning around
"Oooh. I see."he nodded in understanding.
House took his eyes off Thirteen to focus on Wilson again. "What are you talking about? What do you see?"
"Oh, you're listening to me now? Wonderful. let me explain. You like Thirteen. she intrigues you. She's a puzzle you want to solve. That's why you won't call her by her real name. That's why you don't want to know her name. In a way, i guess she's perfect for you. You won't be bored."
"Thanks, Doctor, how much do i owe you?" House said, annoyed
"I don't understand why is it so hard to simply recognize you like someone. it's not a crime. there's nothing wrong about it. nobody is going to mock you. i won't tell you to do anything, just...acept it."
House grabbed the second pack of chips and shooed him away.
"Don't you have patients to kill?"
Wilson got up and took his drink
"Well, i do have patients to SEE and you clearly have some stalking to so. or you could, you know, talk to her" after offering this last piece of advice, which Wilson knew House wouldn't follow, he walked away. but not too far away. he walked out of the cafeteria but he stood there, watching.
He nearly jumped when someone touched him on the shoulder, thinking House had somehow made it out of the cafeteria without him watching, but no, it was just Cuddy.
"What exactly are you doing,Dr.Wilson?" she asked
"What do you mean?" he asked in response
"Well, why are you standing outside the cafeteria looking in, like some kind of stalker or worse?"
he chuckled "Funny you should mention that"
she pushed him over and looked through the window.people were eating. nothing abnormal there. she saw the chief of Radiology having lunch with the new nurse.she could also see one of House's new fellows, Thirteen. she couldn't remember her real name. some people moved, obscuring her view for a moment and when they passed she saw House, eating jell-o, sitting a few tables away from Thirteen and looking at her.
"You're spying on House?" she asked "And why is he well, staring at Thirteen?"
he chuckled "She has a name, you know"
"do you know her real name?" she asked
"Ummm...i seem to remember hearing about it" he said "but i can't recall right now"
"anyway"Dr.Cuddy said "What's going on? How long has House been there looking at her?"
Wilson pondered this for a moment "um..half and hour?" he said at last
"Really? it doesn't seem as if she's noticed. or maybe she's just ignoring him"
"it's possible" Wilson agreed "She seems to be good at that. guessing his games and all- she seems to be quite the challenge herself"
Cuddy looked through the window, interested "Well,then,that makes her kind of perfect for him, doesn't it?"
She raised an eyebrow "leave him alone. at least for the moment. you have patients to see. and as far as i remember, your intervention hasn't been helpful in the past"
he nodded, slowly. "you're right" he said. "for now. you know how he is. if he doesn't do anything, i can at least nudge in the right direction can't I?"
she smiled "give it a couple of weeks. you don't even know her" she might do something"
they both walked away , and a few moments later Thirteen walked out of the cafeteria. House stayed for a few moments before following her. He caught up with her in the elevator.
"I'm surprised you don't take the stairs" he said "I thought you were the type that liked to stay in shape.or is afraid of elevators"
she looked at him, and at his cane. "Normally, I would take the stairs. But I saw you following me and I wanted to give you a chance to catch up"
He looked at her, and stayed silent for a minute "I wasn't following you" he said,finally "We simply happen to be headed the same way"
"Really?" she asked, smirking "And how do you know where I am going?"
"You came to the elevators. I take the elevators. That is the same route, is it not?"
"You were watching me in the cafeteria. I saw you. and then you took the same detours I did getting here. Why, I don't know, but you did"
the elevators ding and he got in as soon as it opened. she followed him, and pressed the button for his office floor, but walked out on the last second. "I changed my mind" she said "I could use the exercise" the doors closed as he watched head for the stairs.
When he got to his office, she wasn't there. he was surprised. it's not like the stairs were such a long road. he walked into his office and turned on his computer, keeping an eye on his new ducklings in the next room. Taub was reading a magazine while Kutner played with a rubik cube. Ten minutes passed.She hadn't shown up. He was about to page her when he saw her walk to the door and enter. she sat in front of the two guys and turned around to smile at him.
He was surprised. He couldn't figure her our. They needed a case, quick.
He took his cane and went downstairs to the ER.It was always a good place to find strange cases. He looked for Cameron but couldn't see her.
"She's not here" He heard a voice say. He turned around to see a young doctor standing there. The same one who'd helped him with the crushed-syndrome woman.
"Dr.Cameron took a day off" she explained "I don't know why. personal reasons"
His eyebrows rose up "Really?She never did that when she was working for me."
The girl smiled "She wasn't engaged when she was working for you.I think it had something to do with wedding plans. maybe she went to see a dress or something, who knows?"
"Hmm.Interesting. While I definitely need to know more about that, right now I need a patiend. My new ducklings are bored and they bore me. What have you got?"
She smiled, motioning over to a kid laying on a stretched "17 years old male,found sleepwalking on a park, apparently tried to do a trick on his skate and hasn't woken up since"
"Did he land the trick?" He asked
"I'm sorry?"
"What was he trying to do? ride a railing? did he do it? did he accomplish it? or did he fall and fail?"
she seemed surprised at the question
"I have no idea, Why?"
"If he fell, he could've hit his head, or his subsconcious won't let him wake up til he's done. If he landed it without problems, then he has a problem.Who brought him in?"
she checked the chart "His brother found him, woke his parents and they called an ambulance"
He checked the chart as well before asking "Is the family in the waiting room?"
"I think so. We're waiting on some lab results" she said
"Good. i gotta talk to them" he started walking away before turning to her "What's his name?"
She walked to him and said "I'll go with you"
as the walked she said "His name is Dylan, by the way. Dylan Tyler. And I'm Sam.Sam Harper "
"Good to know.You can talk to the parent for me,Harper"
As soon as they walked into the waiting room, House knew who the kids parents' were. There was a teenager still in his pjs and sneakers, a mom and dad in sweatpants with college sweatshirts.
"Mr. and Ms.Tyler, this is Dr.House. He's reviewing your son's case and has some questions"
"Do you know what's wrong with him?" Asked the mum
"Well, he's unconscious" House said "That's always bad"
"I need to know what he was doing"
"We don't know" said the dad
House nudged the kid next to them "You found him, didn't you?"
he nodded "I heard he was doing a skateboarding trick. is that true?"
"Yeah... he was jumping down a flight of stairs"
"Was he sleepwalking?"
"I don't know" he answered "I assumed so. He's done similar things before, and i've found him sleepwalking. but i was far away I couldn't tell"
"Did he fell?" House asked
"He must have. I saw him do the trick and went to get my parents. when he came back he was on the floor, and dad called 911"
"But you didn't actually see him fall,did you?" House asked, smirking
"No, I wasn't there"
"Good"
"Admit it him" he said to Dr.Harper "and make copies of his chart.You'll be working with us on this case" he walked away after that
Dylan's mom watched him with concern "Is he really a Doctor?" she asked
"He is,Ma'am, and he's a really good one"
++++
Upstairs,Thirteen had taken Kutner's rubik cube and was currently focused on solving it. She'd done it already and was on her second try. Kutner was going through the books in the office's bookshelves, trying to find something interesting.
They saw a a girl in scrubs and a dirty lab coat walk in, with a a tray of coffees and a stack of files in each hand.
"Hi"She greeted. "I'm Dr.Sam Harper. I helped Dr.House find a patient downstairs and he told me I could help with this case" she put the coffee down and passed the files around "This is the file of Dylan Tyler. He's 17, has been unconscious for hours. he might have been sleepwalking and might have fallen."
The others doctors looked in surprise at this vague description
"It happened in the middle of the night" she explained "nobody saw him"
she motioned toward the coffee, still untouched "It's not poisoned or anything" she said "I got a mocha, a decaf capuccino, a soy latte and a black one" she showed which was which and they look surprised as they each took one "How did you know?"asked Taub
she shrugged "They're common choices"
"And I told her" said House, walking in. "Oh,and that"
nobody seem surprised that House knew what they each drinked. he walked to the table and took the only remaining coffee. the black one.
"Where did you get this?"he asked after a sip "This isn't the hospital's coffee"
"Of course not" she said "the hospital's coffee is crap. I got it from Mr.Smith, he has a coffee cart on the garden. He has great beverages"
"Nothing for you?" asked Thirteen
she shrugged,again "Already had coffee today. don't need to be hyper.besides, I couldn't juggle 5 cups of coffee"
"So,everyone read the chart already?" when they nodded he said "Good. Taub, Kutner, go run every test you can think of . that's what you're good at. Thirteen, Harper, you'll stay here and come up with diagnoses with me, or just theories about what the hell this kid was doing."
Taub and Kutner picked up their things and left. Harper sat down. "I think there's a psychological component here. maybe there's been too much stress in his life lately"
"We should look an explanation to his sleepwalking" said Thirteen "It could be the key. Also, if the fell, he'd have bruises, scratches, maybe grass somewhere. It can give us a clue to what happened.
"He doesn't have a fever but his temperature is a bit high,as well as his blood pressure.could be signs of infection. Seems neurological"
Thirteen looked around before asking "Where's Foreman?"
"Personal Day" House asked. he didn't really know where he was, nor did he care.
but she was through. it could be neurological.
he wrote it all in the board
"What else?"
they spent nearly half an hour coming up with several theories, filling up no one but 2 and a half boards of diagnoses and theories.
Thirteen and Harper seemed to have responded well to the competition. She was better than cut-throat bitch in that sense
A/N:I liked how it was going,but I got bored. of the show and then the fic.
