House MD

Listen to me

I was not looking forward to work today. Things have been tense between House and I since he told me he only hired me for my looks. He didn't look at my qualifications or my resume. I needed to find a way to prove myself, to prove that i'm more than my looks, that I have intelligence and ideas. I walked in ready to start my dreadfully long day.

"We have a case" Foreman exclaimed as I walked in.

"23 year old female, came in yesterday with bumps under the skin and painful boils on her arms. She was rushed to the ER immediately but her condition has only worsened. Wilson and his team have ruled out cancer." Said Chase

"could be Necrotizing Fasciitis" Said Taub

"no, it says here she has boils no cuts that could have been infected" I said

"but what if bacteria got into one of the boils, It could be a bacterial infection" Said House

"I don't think so, I think it's MRSA" I said

"I'm gonna stick with my bacterial infection theory, Its better" House replied

"why is it better?" I asked

"because I came up with it"

"start her on broad spectrum antibiotics" House continued

"No, that will kill her. I'm telling you it's MRSA" I pleaded. I was positive this was MRSA and if we didn't treat for it she would be dead within 24 hours

"Chase and King, start her on the antibiotics, Foreman and Kutner run the labs and Taub... Get me a coffee"

We all got up to do our assigned jobs, just as I was walking out House stopped me

"what are you trying to prove?" he asked

"I'm trying to prove that i'm more than just my looks, that I have intelligence and ideas"

"You fascinate me" He said

"What?"

"you fascinate me, you didn't have to go to medical school to make a living, you could have done modelling and married rich but you clearly have some kind of deep insecurity which is why you chose a job where you can feel validated" he said

"No, I chose medicine because I like helping people" I replied

"we both know that's not true, what was it, did mommy not love you enough, was daddy always disappointed in you?" he asked

"so youre saying that where I have gotten in life is based on the placement of my cheekbones" I asked with a hint of sarcasm.

"I'm going to figure out what it is King" He said as I left to go join my colleagues who were clearly eavesdropping on my conversation with House

"What was that all about?" Kutner asked

"Nothing, Do you guys really think that its a bacterial infection" I said as we started walking

"yeah, it's the occam's razor theory, the simplest explanation is usually the right one" Foreman said

"but that theory is only right like 50% of the time, I think she has MRSA" I said

"MRSA is way less likely but you can feel free to go check her file to prove your theory" Foreman replied

"Ill go do that now" I said as I walked back into the office. I was determined to prove this is MRSA, for both the patient and myself.

"why are you back here?" House asked me as I walked back in

"I'm trying to prove its MRSA, even if you don't think it is we still have time to test for it" I said without looking up from the patient file