You are mine, and I am yours (Gregory House)

Chapter 16

2005
House and Cameron's dinner date led to more dates which made Reilly smile.
"She's good for you," she told him one afternoon as they stood in the lobby testing patients for meningitis. Hundreds of people stood in long lines. One of the judges at a diving competition collapsed and was diagnosed with a particularly virulent strain of the disease. 

"She likes me," he replied. He looked at the strip he pulled out of the woman's mouth in front of him. He grabbed a small plastic cup with two pills in it and handed her a blue slip of paper. "Take these and show the blue form to security to get out of this zoo."

Reilly handed a yellow strip to the man in front of her. "Take this and go upstairs to the second floor."

"Oh, God!" he gasped. "I'm going to die!"

"No, you're going to the second floor," Reilly told him. "Go."

"My leg is beginning to hurt," House told her. "I need to take a break."

Reilly nodded. "I can do both lines. Go rest your leg."

She moved to stand between the two lines and picked up two disposable thermometers. He turned and pushed his way through the people milling around. He saw Cuddy and increased his pace to the elevator. She ran up to him.

"Where do you think you're going?" she asked as she trotted along beside him.

"My leg hurts. I have a note," he told her as he pushed the button on the elevator with the end of his cane.

"We have almost eight hundred patients to clear," she snapped. "Get back to work."

"Reilly's covering for me. I'm going upstairs to rest my leg."
He pushed his way into the elevator and she slipped in behind him just as the doors closed. When they arrived on the fourth floor, she followed him out.

"I heard a rumor that you're dating Cameron. I really hope it isn't true," she told him.

He walked into his office and sat down in his lounger. He sighed as he put his feet up. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his Vicodin and popped two in his mouth.

"Look, I know you've been carrying a huge torch for me since I slipped you the long hard one all those years ago, but you gotta move on. Chase is available."

"I am not carrying a torch for you," she began and stopped when he began sniffing the air. "What?!"

"The smoke from your burning pants is pretty strong." He looked at her tight skirt. "Or in your case, skirt."

"You cannot date her. She works for you."

"Then transfer her," he said.

"No."

"Jealousy is a very unattractive quality on you."

"I am not jealous. But you are her supervisor. You're opening us up to a massive lawsuit."

House scoffed. "No, I'm not. Cameron would never file a sexual harassment claim against me."

"When you dump her she could," Cuddy snapped.

"Have you met Cameron?" he asked. "She's incredibly ethical and professional. If we broke up, she'd be upset but she wouldn't let it interfere with our working relationship. Just like she isn't letting our personal relationship interfere now. So, I have to wonder. Who tattled? Wilson? Maybe during one of your little gabfests about me?"

"If this causes even the tiniest problem, you're both fired," she told him.

"Is that it? Cause there's about eight hundred people downstairs waiting to get cleared."