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Changed Facts

1. Chase has always been the youngest fellow on House's team. I did the math and Jesse Spencer (who plays Chase) and he was born in 1979 and House started in 2004 meaning that he was 25 when the show started. Now I knocked off a few years cause the man just looks so much younger and made him 20. I know that one is supposed to be 26 at the earliest when they graduate from med school but Chase got a special waver because of who his father was only because of his age his records were sealed by all and only Cuddy knows about Chase's real age.

2. Cuddy, House, and Wilson are all the same age I used Hugh Laurie's age, which was 45 when the show started.

3. Foreman, Kutner, Taub, Amber and Stacy's age stays the same.

4. Masters and Park are 23 at the time the show started (I started all of them at the time of season 1 and they will age from there until their entrances)

5. Thirteen and Adams are 25 at the time the show started.

6. Cameron is 27 at the time the show started.

7. Chase's father has a different last name than Chase it's Rowan Hawkren. He didn't want Chase to trade in on his name so he made Chase change his last name. Chase obviously chose Chase figuring that since everyone calls you by your last name then he would choose the name that he preferred over Robert.

8. The show goes as it should up until the point when Rowan is talking privately with house in the episode cursed, which is where I'll pick up at on an AU perspective. Now I don't think that I will go completely outrageous but I will be going off of the show and have NO idea if all of the medical facts are true and honestly I don't care I'll do my best and if I get something completely off and you know the real facts then please tell me and I will try to fix it.

9. Anything else that you have a question about will probably be explained in the story but if not feel free to message me and I will do my best to explain.

Chapter 1

House and Rowan were standing there staring at each other. House knew there was something that Rowan wasn't telling Chase after all he was there for a reason; but what was it? There was nothing medically wrong with Rowan, House had checked with every hospital in Australia and all of the hospitals in the area. Rowan wasn't there for the conference because House had called and checked on that as well. He clearly wasn't there to be with his son because he had done nothing but fight with, anger and ignore him. What was left? Rowan had asked to talk to House but so far he hadn't said anything. House was getting tired of this non-verbal sparing match and his leg was starting to bother him. He sat down in his chair and decided to get the ball rolling himself. "So, did you ask me in here to beat me in a staring contest or was there an actual reason?" he asked snarkily.

Rowan looked at House clearly debating about something. "I asked you in here to talk" he said simply.

"I knew that!" House sneered, "What I want to know is what you want to talk to me about and you haven't been all too helpful with that part"

"I want to talk to you about Robert"

"O.K. I also guessed that but again I will ask. What about?"

"I told you what I wanted to talk about"

"All you said was Robert. That tells me next to nothing. Do you want to talk about his work, his relationships, his favorite color, what?" House said getting irritated.

"I want to talk about…" Rowan paused. Should he bring this up? He had gotten Robert the job with House because he wanted them to get to know each other so that he could have this very conversation. Once House knew Rowan could break away from Robert permenately and he would never have to deal with him again. That had always been the goal, ever since his wife had brought the boy home he had wanted to get rid of the lad. It had taken some time to find out whom to send Robert to but once Rowan was certain he sent him away. This had always been the plan so what was the issue? Well there really was no other way to say it so Rowan just handed the folder in his hand over to House and didn't say anything else at all.

House was confused. So far this conversation had been annoying and strange and now Rowan hadn't even managed a full sentence before thrusting a file folder at him. What was this about? House took the file and opened it on his desk it looked like someone's genetic testing. On the top of one paper was Lisa Cuddy another said Robert Chase and the last said Gregory House. House stopped when he saw his name on the top of one of the DNA work ups. Also in the file were two other sheets of paper. One was a maternity test between Chase and Cuddy, it was positive. The last page was a paternity test between House and Chase, it was also positive. House was shell-shocked. Was Rowan trying to mess with him or was he serious? Could he even be serious? "Is this a joke?" he asked.

"No. Tell Robert if you want but I want nothing else to do with him so please make sure that he never tries to contact me again. Good day" And with that Rowan Hawkren left his office and left the city. He had done what he came to do.

House sat there in shock trying to figure out if Rowan had been playing a really good practical joke on him or not. Could Chase even be his son? He and Cuddy had only had sex once and that was years ago, when they were in med school. Even if he had somehow managed to get Cuddy pregnant after only one night together that would mean that Chase would be going on 20 and there was no way that Chase could be that young. The youngest a med school graduate could possibly be was 26 so that meant that Chase had to currently be 26 going on 27. Granted Chase didn't look old enough to be 24 let alone 27 but still, he had to be didn't he?

House kept staring at the test results that were in front of him. Could he trust the tests? Someone who clearly wanted nothing to do with Chase so not something that House would trust 100% gave them to him. He would do his own tests but he'd wait to tell anyone until he was certain. O.K. so he would have to tell Wilson because he had to talk to someone about this. Maybe Wilson will know what to do.

House walked down the hall to Wilson's office and barged in without knocking. "Doors have a purpose you know" Wilson said in greeting.

"This is too important" House said handing Wilson the folder that Rowan had given him.

"What's this?" Wilson asked

"Read it" House said

Wilson sighed but opened the folder. After reviewing all of the information he looked up at House. "Is this real?"

"I have no idea"

"Where'd you get it?"

"Rowan"

"Is he someone you can trust?"

"No idea"

"Can it be possible?"

"Only if Chase is almost 20 rather than almost 27" House said simply.

Wilson stopped to think. This all had rather large implications but if the age difference was true then it couldn't be possible. There were two options: 1) Rowan had lied and faked these tests for some sick joke or 2) Chase had lied about his age and was really much younger than anyone had thought. Both were possible Rowan was a bastard and Chase easily looked as though he could be 20. There was only one way to know for sure. "Have you asked Chase for his DNA?"

"I wasn't planning on asking."

"Of course not that would only mean being a decent person and telling someone that you may be there father" Wilson said sarcastically.

"Yeah because that worked out so well for Darth Vader. His kid fell to his death to avoid him when he found out."

"Darth Vader was evil and a fictional character"

"I don't even know if this is real. Telling Chase would only confuse him and then when the results show that this is a joke he will just be upset" House reasoned.

"What about telling Cuddy?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because"

"Because why?"

"Because I don't want to" House said exaggerated "Now lets drop this"

"Fine. I'll drop it for now but, if the results come back positive you have to tell them" Wilson sighed giving in.

"I'll think about it" House sidestepped. He didn't know if he would want to tell Chase or Cuddy the truth if the results came back positive but that was such a small chance that he was sure that it wouldn't matter. "Now. How are we going to get Cuddy's DNA?" he asked.