You want me to Date You?

Chapter Eight

This is the longest chapter yet! It took me a little while to find a good ending point for this chapter. I really hope that you guys are enjoying it like I am. Please vote and review!

Later in the morning Cameron stood in front of the coffee maker, making a fresh cup for everyone, knowing that it would be needed. There hadn't been much sleep between being in the lab running tests and checking in on Mark in his room. It wasn't long ago when Foreman had left to do the required brain wave tests that they needed on Mark to confirm what they saw in the video. Upon hearing the machine beep at her, Cameron looked down at the pot that was now full of coffee. 'He hasn't said a word to me since I kissed him last night... I really wonder if I took it too far. He did kiss me back though, so I guess it couldn't have been that bad.'

Foreman walked into the diagnostic room and pulled Cameron from her lingering thoughts. IT was then that she noticed that House was standing behind her expectantly. Dutifully she filled his red mug with coffee and added two packets of sugar before she handed the mug to him. "Did you find anything in the test?" she asked.

Foreman nodded as he placed the test results papers on the table. "I saw a very small diffuse abnormality in the brain waves. Probably white matter which means his axonal nerves are dying. It explains the neurogenic bladder that he has been complaining about."

House furrowed his brows as he took a sip of his coffee. "If enough nerves die, he'll die."

"Global axonal nerve death, the likely causes are encephalitis or Alzheimer's." Foreman responded quickly as he watched House turn and begin to write on his white board.

Cameron sighed and sat in the nearest chair. "Early onset... the worst."

House nodded as he continued to write, "He won't die on us right away but he will want to."

Foreman reached for his notes. "We'll check for protein markers in his blood work for Alzheimer's."

House turned and placed his half empty mug on the table. "Last I remember Alzheimer's is hereditary. Patient have any in his history? Parents?"

Cameron reached for Mark's folder, her coffee mug ling forgotten beside her as she filtered through the pages. "No, his parents died in a car crash. No history for dementia either."

House reached out and grabbed the file for himself and began to look over it. "Go ahead and send CSF or CBC and viral serologies to rule out encephalitis, and get Tal proteins to check for Alzheimer's." He watched as Foreman nodded and stood, preparing to leave the room. "Hey, take the aussie with you when you check the house."

Chase, who had been quiet throughout the whole exchange, scoffed. ""They live two hours away."

House smirked, "Then you can pay the toll bill." He reopened the file as both men stood. "Check for anything in the house that could cause this besides Alzheimer's, heavy metals, toxins, the works."

Cameron watched as both of her teammates left the room. She looked over at House who was still looking through the file. "Snooping?" she questioned as she reached for her forgotten coffee and took a sip, finding it cold.

House glanced in Cameron's direction before he closed the file and let it fall back onto the table with a plop. "Nope." He replied before he walked into his office and shut the door behind him.

'Great... what the hell do I do now?' She thought as she stood and began to make her way to the lab to do the required tests that House had asked for. Cameron made herself at home in the lab as she began working on said tests, one at a time when she heard a knock on the door. When she glanced up she saw that it was Stacy.