Hello everyone, this is my first shot at a fanfic, so let me know what you think. Pleez review and enjoy :-)
~Dr. Stiletto McCaney
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Bound- v. tied; in bonds; destined.
Chapter 1- Punishment
House had just limped into the corridor of Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital when he spotted Wilson coming out of exam room four in the clinic.
"You missed the meeting this morning," Wilson stated in a tone of annoyance.
"I'm highly aware of that," House stated emphatically, "which would explain why I am…" he dramatically looked down at his watch, "two hours late for work."
"Cuddy's pissed," Wilson said uselessly.
"Why? I'm earlier than I usually am. And I never come to meetings anyway," House excused himself lamely.
"Unbelievably, that's not why she's upset," he said as House spotted Cuddy coming into the clinic accompanied by the clickity clack of her stiletto heels.
"House," she said exasperatedly as an invitation into her office.
"Gotta go Wilson, She just can't get enough of my sexy bod," House said as limped away.
"Good luck," Wilson said dismissively.
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By the time House had limped his way into Cuddy's office, she had already taken a seat behind her desk.
"Calling me in here for a little morning delight, I see," House said in a sarcastic tone.
"Ahaha….no," Cuddy replied in a less than amused manner, "where the hell were you this morning? I sent every department head an e-mail yesterday stating that there was a meeting this morning at nine."
"My car has been-," but he was cut of by Cuddy.
"In the garage since summer started, try again," she said already catching on to his little game.
"Cameron forgot to check my e-mail-," but he was cut off again by Cuddy.
"I sent it to your myspace, too, and I know you get alerts sent to your phone every time-", but it was her turn to be cut off by House.
"Is there a reason for this harassment, Dr. Cuddy?" House asked getting annoyed.
"Yes, actually, there is," Cuddy said rubbing her forehead. "That meeting was called to see how many doctors were available to represent PPTH at a medical conference over in France. Of course by default, I was chosen to go because I'm the Dean of Medicine here, and every other department head either actually wasn't available to go or lied about it," she explained sighing.
When House looked at her in an 'and this effects me how?' kind of manner she continued, "So, as a punishment for your absence the Board voted and decided to send you, I just don't understand why I'm being punished."
House stood in front of her slack jawed for a moment, until he snapped out of it. "They can't do this. I wasn't there to excuse myself!" House stated trying to defend himself.
"Which is why they decided to punish you…and me!" she said angrily, after going into her desk to retrieve two thin strips of thick paper. "Now, here is your plane ticket. We're leaving Friday and we'll be gone for a week. Our flight's at 9:45 so I'll be at your apartment at 8:00, and if you make us miss our flight House I swear to Bob!" she finished threateningly.
"Friday? That's tomorrow! They can't just spring this stuff on me-," but was soon cut off by Cuddy.
"What? You have a wife and kids at home that need you now, House?"Cuddy asked getting more annoyed by the second, "Just be ready by eight, don't do anything to annoy me and you just might come out of this trip, alive."
"No fair," House mumbled to himself as he left her office.
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"Good morning, girls," House said in an overly cheery tone as he entered the conference room," and how are Charlie's Angels?"
They knew he was being sarcastic because after pulling an all-nighter, to save their last patient, they all looked like hell.
"Just, dandy," Foreman said in a miffed tone, "and why are you so damned chipper?"
"Oh, please don't mistake my irked mood for one of happiness," House said lowly. "I'm being forced to go all the way across seas to represent this God-forsaken place and am forced to stay there for a week."
"Doesn't seem all that bad, no "adult" supervision and it is all expense paid. It's almost like a vacation," Taub said mockingly.
"I never said I was going alone," House admitted, "Cuddy's coming with me."
"Nice," Thirteen said," Fifty bucks Cuddy comes back alone," she chuckled to the others as they walked away.
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After Houses' team left he went over to Wilson's office. "You were right," he said as he plopped down on the couch, "Cuddy wasn't mad at me for being late to work or not coming to the meeting, she was mad because she got stuck going to this conference with me. I'm finding this more humorous every time I think about it, by the way. Boy this is going to be fun."
"You'd better be careful, House," Wilson warned his friend," she didn't look to happy when I last seen her in the hall a few minutes ago."
"Oh don't mind her. She just hasn't warmed up to the fact that she'll be stuck over seas with me for seven days," House said smirking.
"Okay, House," Wilson said warily as he got up to leave his office, "but don't say I didn't warn you."
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After Cuddy had gotten done with her rounds, she went straight to her office to call her nanny. It was going to kill her that she had to be away from Rachel for an entire week. She also logged into her computer because she had to see how many meetings with which donors she had to reschedule and which ones weren't even worth it. The phone rang three times until Juanita, Cuddy's nanny, picked up.
"Hola?" Juanita answered.
"Hey Juanita, I've been called away on a business trip and I was wondering whether or not you'd be available to keep Rachel for a week? " Cuddy asked in a pleading tone.
"Si, absolutely, Dr. Cuddy, I'd be glad to keep her," Juanita said in her thick Spanish accent.
"Thanks, so much Juanita. Give Rachel kisses for me and I should be home on time tonight," Cuddy said gratefully ending the phone call.
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Because House didn't have a patient and his team had gone home early that day for some much deserved rest, he signed out early and headed home. When House got home he poured himself some scotch and played Bruce Hornsby's The way it is on his piano a couple times, before he quickly got bored. He figured he should start packing for the trip, mainly because he didn't want to find out how much of Cuddy's threat was true if they were late. When he was done packing he had his backpack and a suitcase sitting on the couch and then went to bed.
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Cuddy left the hospital at eight o'clock and released her nanny when she got home. Rachel was already fast asleep when she went into the nursery. She stood over the crib admiring her baby girl, fondly. After Cuddy kissed Rachel goodnight she headed into her room. Thinking about how cruel and unfair it was that she had to go to this conference with House, she slowly began to pack.
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