Quick before story –

Basically this is season five but there are a few changes as follows; House never hired a new team. Cameron, Chase and Foreman all came back to him after their fall out and he and Cuddy are kind of attracted to each other, but Cuddy is too distracted with being a new Mom so it's not so much about them. Also another big difference is that Chase and Cameron are separated and are going through a divorce because chase stupidly cheated on Cameron. Anyhow please tell me what you think – Enjoy

P.S I don't own house!

"It's LUPUS?" Asked House in his typical voice which dripped with sarcasm. He pushed open the glass door onto the familiar room which held his team.

"When is it ever lupus?" he asked again starring down at the Cameron and Foreman who sat around the wooden table, their files and notes spread out across it.

"Since the symptoms all point towards it." Forman stated bluntly.

"What were the symptoms again?" asked Chase who was standing by the coffee machine, stocking up on the caffeine which would get him through the next six hours with his almost 'ex' wife.

"Where have you been for the last two days, genius?" Cameron shot back at him sourly. He ignored her petty comment and carried on talking to the other two.

"I mean, what makes you so sure it's lupus this time?"

"Because she had swollen joints, an unexplained fever and a strong rash across her nose and cheeks. You cannot tell me that-... "

"Okay, we get the point it's lupus. Start her on the general stuff, naproxen sodium for inflametry, then Hydroxychloroquine to help with the-"

"She doesn't have malaria. " Chase cut in.

"Did you even go to med school?" said Cameron cruelly, that even House was surprised at her bitterness. He raised his eyebrows as she continued to snarl at Chase.

"Hydroxychloroquine tablets are ultimately for treating Malaria, however they have proven useful to help fight the general symptoms of Lupus which you should know if you paid attention during your years studying medicine!" she snapped breathlessly as though she had just let out a wave of stored up anger all in five seconds.

"Okay," said house to break the smoky aftermath, "after you've done all that I want you to actually treat her for the lupus and give her Corticosteroids no matter what Cuddy will say about the side effects of the medicine. Every one UNDERSTAND?" he asked loudly.

"Yes." Said Cameron as chase nodded and Foreman got up out of his seat. He turned back to House as he held the door open for the other two to pass.

"Oh by the way House, I already did all that." He said with a smirk as he let the door swing shut behind him.

House sat in his office with his eyes shut, half asleep and half awake, but still dreaming lightly. Images of a dark hared woman cradling a little child in her arms entered his mind. The woman spoke softly to him,

"Greg, come see, she's waking up." The woman looked like Cuddy but she didn't sound like her, her voice was deeper, much softer. House's eyelids flickered and he suddenly awoke whispering, "Alice," very softly under his breath. It was then that Cuddy slammed the door of his office screaming at the top of the lungs.

"You ordered surgery for a Cerebral aneurysm repair on my patient!" she yelled brutally. She looked tired today. Her fringe had now grown out from the cut it had last had and the rest of hair was long now, curling in to a mess at the back of her head. This was the way he'd always liked it; natural. Beautiful even. He swung his chair around to face her as he spoke.

"She needed it." He said plainly.

"She may have done, but not only did you get it done without my permission, but you ordered an extremely dangerous surgery on one of MY patients, without MY permission!"

"You already made that point." He said annoyingly.

"One of these days, House, I'm actually going to kill you!" She yelled again.

"Ah well, I saved her life. You can thank me later." He said and swung back around to face the window of his office, away from his desk and away from Cuddy.

"You didn't save her life, House. She died yesterday in a car accident." Cuddy said sadly. "You may not know this but she was Rachel's biological aunt I wanted to..." she trailed off not able to finish her sentence.

"I did know." They both knew that the following sentence that House wanted to say was 'that is why I did it' but House couldn't bring himself to say it.

"Anyway, how is the bouncing ball of sunshine?" he asked trying to break the silence between them, burying his emotions deep within himself. He reached for his cane and stood up to limp around the desk to Cuddy.

"Oh she's..." Cuddy began to say with a sigh but she was cut off as a girl on a bed was pushed around the corner to a bed room along the corridor. Trailing behind the bed was Cameron, Chase and Forman followed by a tall dark haired woman walking fast behind them.

"Alice." House whispered quietly and he started to limp for the door. Seeing him through the glass the woman stopped and stood before the door. When he reached the door he slowly opened it and they both walked down the corridor silently to the bed room which the girl was taken into and then they shut the door behind them. Cuddy had followed them the whole way and as soon as House's fingers left that closed door they rounded on each other. Their voices were muffled but still distinguishable.

"You NEED to find out what's wrong with her!"

"It's not my problem, Alice."

"I swear Greg, if you don't help her, I will kill you." House stared at Alice as she stood before him in true defiance. He always loved that about her. He stared into her deep brown eyes which sat perfectly in her pale face. Her hair framed her face as it always did; long, dark brown, and straight, from the way she straightened it every morning. House remembered how her hair used to be before she started to wear it straight, it was darker and curly which showed the true Greek in her. Her mother was a white, blonde haired American and her father, half Greek. She had been named after her own mother but still had her Greek surname of Cares. She hadn't changed over the last twenty–two years, still the same face, with the same pointy nose and the same deep pink lips. She looked thinner though. Over the years she had grown more like her mother and less curvaceous, it didn't suite her as much.

"Fine." Said House, answering her question. Hr then limped out the door as he yelled behind him,

"Chase! Find out what's wrong with her."

"Greg!" shouted Alice as she followed him out of the bedroom where the girl lay.

"Not my problem." He said simply as he rounded the corner never again hoping to go back. Back into the room where the girl he could not look at lay.

"What was all that about, do you think?" Chase asked questioningly as they watched house round the corner leaving the dark haired woman standing in the corridor looking tired and defeated. Cameron didn't even try to give a spiteful retort; she just gave him a sour look and hastened after House. Chase sighed too tired to care anymore. He turned to face the girl in the bed. She had a pretty face with pale ivory skin and wavy blonde hair. It was darker than most blonde's; almost a golden sort of shade which made it look much more natural and beautiful. He realised then that she was beginning to wake, as her eye lids flickered open to reveal a shocking pair of piercing dark brown eyes which made her look extremely beautiful to Chase.

"Hi." She spoke softly and slowly as though extremely tired. Chase reached over for the water on the table beside her as he introduced himself.

"Hello I'm Dr. Chase." He stood beside her as he watched her sip slowly from the cup he had just handed her. To not make her feel uncomfortable he reached for her file to look over.

"So, how did your mom know House?" He asked trying to make pleasant conversation.

"Excuse me?" She asked, perplexed.

"DR. House, I mean. I only say this because when they came in they started to have a massive shouting match witch each other while you were sleeping." He looked at her questioningly.

"Oh right, yeah that'll be them. They used to know each other a long time ago but I don't think things ended on such good terms, she doesn't really like to talk about it but I know they haven't spoken for twenty-two years."

"Wow that's a long time." He said in his deep Australian accent.

"So then why did she bring you here then, of all places?" He asked again.

"Well she knew House was the best." She said simply as though it was fact.

"mmm... yeah he is pretty good." He said with a grin that made the girl's insides warm at his friendliness. This doctor was surprisingly cute, she liked him.

"So, Lucy Cares," he said slowly as he read the name of her file,

"Cares? That's interesting."

"It's Greek." She said as she carried on to explain.

"My middle name is also Greek. Adonia, it means 'a beautiful goddess' and Cares is my mother's maiden name."

"No offence but you don't look very Greek." He said trying to still be polite.

"Well I'm only of Greek decent really. My mother is half-Greek from her father's side. Her mother is American and so is my father."

"Right. So why don't you have a Greek first name the if all your others are Greek?"

"My father told my mom he liked the name Lucy, it's what he named his first dog and so my mom thought that she would call me that."

"Right. Yeah, well it suits you, otherwise you would have too many Greek names for someone who looks very 'un-Greek'." He said smiling at Lucy again.

"I know. The only thing I got from my mom was her pale skin tone and dark brown eyes and only the eyes are Greek. My mom says the rest is all my dad but I don't see it."

"Well what does he say about it?"

"He doesn't," she said dismissively, "he left my mom just after she had me, before I had a name. That's why she called me Lucy. I think it was so she still had something that connected her to him, even though she was raising his flesh and blood." She laughed at her mothers' silliness.

"Well some people do crazy things to remember the one's they love. Anyway I'm very sorry."

"It's alright, he was an arse anyway." She smiled at Chase as though not affected. He dropped his gaze down to her paper work as he spoke slightly muffled.

"Yeah there seen to be a lot of them around here to." Lucy smiled at his remark, knowing from reputation he was talking about House.

"So Lucy your symptoms are unrelated so I'm going to consult with the rest of my team and House to hopefully draw a diagnosis for you very soon."

"No you won't" she stated bluntly staring at the opposite wall.

"Excuse me?"

"I bet you twenty bucks that House will not take my case or even help you with it." She said smiling wryly. Chase was taken aback and raised his eyebrows. It was then that a cheeky grin stretched across his face as he said,

"You're on." And then he turned away from her and walked out the door with the childish grin still beaming off his face.