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*House is playing with a foam ball, bouncing it against the wall. Cameron, Chase and Foreman are sitting around the conference table*
>House: (Without looking up) So what do we got?
>Foreman: Tayleigh Pendleton, 22. History of abusing methamphetamine and Chinese research chemicals. Presented with a psychotic episode and hallucinations of a 'stalker'.
>House: (Smirks) Stalker? Maybe she just didn't pay her dealer...
>Cameron: It's more than that, she's also presenting with high fever, severe weight loss and dehydration.
>Chase: She's paranoid and hallucinating. Could be meth-induced psychosis.
>House: A junkie having a meltdown. How original. Or it could be something else. Admit her. Cameron, run a full blood panel. Foreman and Chase, check her home.
*Cut to House and Cameron in the diagnostic office later that day*
>House: So how is the dyke?
>Cameron: Tox screen came back positive for methamphetamine.
>House: No surprise there, she's got all the track marks.
>Cameron: ...and her white blood cell count is extremely low.
>House: Shot immune system? Could be an infection.
*Foreman and Chase enter*
>Foreman: House, you got to look at this. Looks like she's in a relationship.
>Cameron: But she said that she hasn't...
>House: Everybody lies. So who's the lucky girl?
>Chase: It's a guy actually. Pothead from Kentucky. Lives in his grandmother's trailer, works at KFC and his parents have a history of drug-abuse.
>House: How charming. Anything else?
>Foreman: ...and he also has a Grindr account
>House: (Eureka moment) Looks like she caught more than feelings from hillbilly Romeo ...run a HIV test.
