Disclaimer: Do not own House or any of the characters mentionned in the story except for Elisabeth.
How to Seduce a Woman
Chapter 1: A new Employee
Things were a mess in House's life, he was straight out of jail for running his car into his ex-girlfriend's house, Thirteen had left to deal with her brother's death and for reasons he had yet to understand, Chase was now the dean of medicine, his father's name probably impressed the board of directors significantly, as his thoughts focused on Chase, the young Australian walked into his office.
"I found someone for you." He declared without merely acknowledging House's presence.
"Morning sunshine. Say, boss, what would I need someone for?" He asked naively, knowing full well what the issue was.
"Thirteen's gone, I'm gone, Taub is going to be a daddy, twice, you need someone else on the team." He said referring to his former colleague's departure and the impending fatherhood of another member of the team.
"No I don't!" He retorted, obviously annoyed with the younger man.
"I don't care; Dr. Belmont is qualified and hired." He said flipping through the files he was holding, ignoring the man.
"Unhire her!"He declared trying to maintain the upper hand on the other man, feeling defeated as soon as he uttered the sentence.
"Will not, and don't even think about firing her or you'll be the one fired, I'm fully immune to your charm unlike Cuddy." He affirmed with a glib smile.
"I've got tenure." He confidently announced.
"I... wouldn't count on that, I had to fight to keep you, the board would not even think twice about firing the man who caused Cuddy to leave." He threatened in a triumphant tone that irked the older man.
In the mean time a tall pretty woman walked in wearing a black skirt suit with a white blouse underneath. She wore black pumps and her long brown hair in a flowing pony tail. She held a purse and briefcase in her hands.
"I'm sorry sweetie, we have plenty of copies of The Watchtower, you can move right along." He said, referring to the young woman's conservative outfit and stance.
"Oh I get it, I dress conservatively for a job interview so I believe that the Armageddon is imminent so I should hurry up with all of my little sect members to establish God's kingdom on earth before the shit hits the fan. I'll make sure to keep that in mind when facing my closet on Monday, are low-rider jeans tolerated? I'm Elisabeth Belmont." She said grinning and offering his hand to shake.
"And I get why you were hired, you are hot. Chase loves that." He replied ignoring her outstretched hand.
"I hired her because she has an impressive background in Pathology." His new boss retorted to justify his decision, not that he owed him an explanation.
"Pathology? We've done like two autopsies in seven years, one of which was on that young cancer patient, whom he kissed by the way and was not literally declared dead and then there was that man who had male members of his family die at around 40 and we didn't even proceed because he woke up. Wow you definitely hired her because she's hot." He asserted, adding the kissing of a child to inform Dr. Belmont, who was now listening to the banter between both men.
"Dr. Belmont specializes Clinical Pathology, which, you will agree with me House, is relevant to your line of work since you do your own labs. I figured this is where she could shine." He said raising his eyebrows triumphantly.
"I'm pretty sure you also figured she'd shine in your pants as well." He stared into her eyes, appreciating the flush that was rising to her cheek.
"No! Besides Kutner was in Sports Medicine, Taub in Plastic Surgery what does that have to do with diagnostics? She's competent and seems to have a thick skin, she's your new employee and this argument does not turn me on, unlike Cuddy, so I'll be on my way. Have a nice day Dr. Belmont, let me know if he's of any inconvenience to you." She smiled shaking his hand and the younger man left.
"You begin Monday, why are you still here?" She turned and left without saying goodbye.