Timeless
House/OC
Summary: This is a story about a woman who was apart of House's past, she comes to work at PPTH and learns so much more than what she thought to believe… Will House be happy to see her or will he be furious that she's apart of his life again? This takes place in Seasons 3 & 4.
Ch. 1
Cuddy was furiously irritated… Not only was House being a huge pain but her lead Hematologist just announced that they were quitting. She so completely stressed that she didn't know what to do, she was worried about hiring another Hematologist since the one who was previously working for them was one of the best. She allowed out a huge sigh as she sifted through papers, not being able to concentrate on her main task at the moment.
As she continued to sign the documents that needed to be sign, she then immediately heard a feminine British voice. "Bugger Cuddy, you look like your about to snap any minute!" Cuddy immediately looked up at saw a woman leaning against the doorframe with her arms crossed giving her a smug smirk. She had long wavy dark brown hair and the most piercing blue eyes; as soon as Cuddy took notice of her, she immediately grinned and rose up from her seat. "SARLINA!" she said excitedly as she rushed over to her old friend and hugged her. Sarlina chuckled as she hugged back.
"Bloody hell if I knew you'd get this excited to see me I'd be coming to visit more often!"
Cuddy then started to laugh as she released her old friend. "Yeah because we know you strive for the attention!" Sarlina rolled her eyes. "Right luv, are you sure you're not referring to someone else?" she smirked giving Lisa a knowing wink, Lisa started to laugh as she started to walk back to her desk.
"Yeah… well what are you gonna do? So what are you doing in New Jersey? Last I've heard you were working in London!"
Sarlina shrugged as she sat down in the seat across from Cuddy's desk.
"Decided it was time to move on… Had a rather nasty divorce and just thought maybe it would be good to finally spread my wings, see what's around. Plus I knew you resided here so I just want to come and say hi… figured we haven't seen each other since graduation it'd be nice to catch up on old times."
Lisa smiled at her as she sat down in her seat, she has known Sarlina since they both attended University of Michigan. During their first year they actually became roommates and ended up becoming really good friends and decided to make become permanent roommates with each other for the rest of their time at the school. Lisa could remember all the good times she and Sarlina had during their college years together and actually ended up meeting House through Sarlina. It turned out that House and Sarlina knew each other way before they started college. Supposedly, House's father was transferred to London when he was young and living next door to Sarlina and her family.
Lisa always thought it was amusing that even though House was mostly an ass he was always protective of the girl who was 8 years younger than he was. She could recall many of times where Sarlina would try to go on dates with various guys at school and House would always show up and cause chaos for her, she also recalled the arguments they would have together because of his constant persistence to convince her that she should worry about other things that are more important. Sarlina would always get extremely upset with him and end up kicking him out the dorm every time.
It almost seemed that when they are at their limits to never speaking to each other again something always happened to bring them back to their friendship. It didn't mean though that there weren't times where House would call Sarlina at 5am in the morning to come pick him up at the bar or would come over any time he pleased even if it was inconvenient for her or for Sarlina.
However, for some reason it seemed that Sarlina and Wilson were the only people he could truly trust. Lisa then automatically grinned wondering if Sarlina could help her convince House to listen to her, she knew that Sarlina specialized in Hematology and instantly decided that she was going to offer Sarlina the position. "So do you have a job waiting for you here in Jersey?" Sarlina shook her head as she crossed her leg over the other getting very comfortable in her seat.
"Nah, I actually just got here two days ago… I was going to start looking for a place to live then do the job hunting bit."
Lisa then smiled and shook her head at her that was typical Sarlina always doing everything by the moment. "Well I know you studied Hematology and we're actually looking for a new Lead Hematologist would you be interested?" Sarlina then instantly grinned. "Yeah! That would be great! Do you need a resume or would a verbal be good?" Lisa then chuckled. "Verbal would be fine." Sarlina then nodded.
"Well I was the chief administrator at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington. And as you know I graduated at the University of Michigan. I majored in Hematology and Health administration and ran a hospital for 9 years and used three years of my residency in London."
Lisa then nodded giving her an approving smile. "And you would like to continue in administration or strictly Hematology." Sarlina then chuckled. "I don't plan on hijacking yer job luv. Any position you feel you need filled I'll be more than willing." Lisa then automatically smirked. "How about I place you as my personal assistant administrator and lead Hematologist." Sarlina stared at her wide-eyed.
"…What?"
Lisa then started to laugh. "Look I could use all the help I can get and the fact of know that you have some experience in this will help me out immensely… Plus I'll give you, your own office to work in how does that sound?" Sarlina could feel a smile twinge on her lips as she stared at her old friend. "Well alright! Yeah that sounds great." She grinned; Lisa inwardly sighed as she crossed her arms and leaned back in her chair.
"Ok now that we have that out of the way, were are you currently staying?"
Sarlina arched her brow. "I'm staying at a Hotel at the moment, like I said I just recently got here." Lisa then nodded. "Well look, how about you move in with me until you find a place that way you don't have to constantly fork over money." Sarlina was now even more surprised, she didn't expect any of this to happen she just really want to see her old friend and come in to say hi. "Well if it won't bother you, then I suppose it'll be ok." She said carefully, Lisa automatically grinned.
"Of course it's ok! We'll pick your stuff up after my shift and move you in."
Sarlina then started to laugh. "Honestly luv I didn't even expect all this, I just wanted to come in and say hi and see how you're doing." Lisa then shrugged. "Well now you're newly employed and have a place to stay..." she then rose up from her seat.
"Come on let me give you a tour of the hospital."
Sarlina nodded and slowly rose up from her seat and followed Lisa out of the office, she then pointed over at the office next to her and smiled. "That'll be you're new office, I'll send the memo out to notify everyone that you're the new Assistant Administrator." Sarlina nodded and followed Cuddy down the long hall.
"Bugger there's a lot of nice looking blokes around here."
She grinned as she quickly turned around to check out an oncoming male nurse, Cuddy immediately started to burst out into laughter as she saw the little mischievous smirk forming on Sarlina's lips as they continued to walk down the hall. "You haven't changed have you?" she grinned over at the other woman. Sarlina shrugged as her smirk grew into a huge smile.
"What's there to change? I'm happy with who I am, plus I'm on the market now! It's time to meet some blokes and start that up with this new life I'm workin on."
Cuddy then snickered. "Well maybe we can go out tonight and get some drinks and meet some men." Sarlina then rolled her eyes. "Yeah… and yer going to make me do all the work aren't ya?" she smiled knowingly since that; she knew that Lisa always used her as the bait to bring the guys in. Lisa then shook her head she knew that one of the main reasons why Sarlina and House got along was Sarlina's constant honesty, she knew how to throw at him just as good as, he could throw it at her.
"No! we'll just dress up and go out and have a good time."
Sarlina then nodded as she looked around the halls. "Sounds like a plan to me… I still have to scope out the area so that should be fun." Lisa then smiled over at her. "Alright I get off at 7:30 so we'll go out get some drinks and just have a good time." Sarlina nodded as she looked around the area as Lisa continued.
"This is the First Floor of the hospital it contains Main Lobby, Cafeteria, Chapel, Clinic, Pharmacy, Our Offices and Lecture Halls."
Sarlina nodded as she followed Cuddy into the Elevator as she pressed the button for the second floor. Once the elevator dinged to the second floor, Cuddy started showing Sarlina the area.
"This is the Second Floor this floor contains the Pediatrics, Ultrasound, Pulmonary Laboratory, OB/GYN, Nursery, Patient Rooms Maternity Ward, Administration, Intensive Care Unit, Surgery and Pathology Laboratory."
Sarlina nodded as she followed Cuddy. Lisa then started introducing Sarlina to everyone and was very happy that they were all very warm and greeting to her, this all reminded her of the old hospital she work at and instantly felt like she was at home. Lisa then lead Sarlina to the third floor and did the same, she introduced her to everyone and showed her the various departments on the floor.
"This is the Third Floor as you can tell this floor is a little smaller but it carries the Psych Ward (East Wing), Patient Rooms, Senior Services, and Same Day Admission Unit."
Sarlina nodded looking around at the place in awe. "Bloody hell this place just goes on and on huh?" Lisa then started to laugh. "Yeah, but look on the bright side it'll definitely keep you busy." Sarlina scoffed as she gave Lisa a genuine smile. "Oh trust me I believe that." Lisa then started to laugh.
"Alright next is the final floor and that's the forth floor."
Lisa was very antsy about Sarlina seeing House again, she knew that the last time they saw each other they weren't on the best of terms since she moved back to London and immediately got married. This didn't settle well with House since he had his own theories as to way she married so fast and left so quickly to go back to her life back in London and knew that their meeting was going to be interesting.
"Sarlina I do have to warn you though. House does work here, and he is head of the Diagnostic's Department and will be a huge pain in your ass, but I just wanted to pre-warn you that he is here and he will make himself known."
Sarlina then started to laugh. "Greg House works in this building? Now this will be interesting!" She smirked as she looked over at Lisa who was inwardly sighing as she and Sarlina headed towards the elevator. "So you're ok with that then?" She asked hesitantly, Sarlina then grinned over at her. "Oh bloody hell yeah! I cannot wait to see the look on the old buggers face when he sees me." Lisa couldn't help but laugh, she knew Sarlina's bedside manners were very odd but she knew that the British woman knew how to put on her serious face when she had to. In addition, it was also good that she knew that Sarlina knew how to handle House and hopefully that'll keep him out of her hair for awhile.
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Once they got to the Forth Floor, Lisa led Sarlina to House's office and was immediately paged, she told Sarlina she'd be right back and headed off to take her call. Sarlina watched where see could see his team sitting at the table while House was busy writing on the white board. Sarlina then instantly grinned when she saw him and quietly opened the door noticing that he had a cane in his left hand as he was speaking to his team, she slowly walked in without them noticing she even came in.
"Ok we have a patient bleeding green blood during their surgery. Now unless he's a Vulcan what do you think the probability to this is?"
Cameron was the first to answer. "It could be a cause of Cyanosis." Forman then shook his head. "If it was Cyanosis he'd have blue discoloration to his limbs which would cause deoxygenated hemoglobin to be more prone to the optical bluish discoloration, and it would also produce vasoconstriction that makes it more evident… This guy is bleeding Green blood." Chase then sighed. "Could it have anything to do with Sulfer Compounds?" Sarlina then smirked and decided to speak up.
"Close but in this case the fact that this man is bleeding green blood is actually suffering from something called Sulfhemoglobinemia."
Everyone instantly turned around to see the tall, dark haired, blue-eyed woman standing there with a smug smirk on her lips with her arms crossed. House looked at her in complete surprise as she walked further into the room explaining why she thought it was this sort of disease. "You see Sulfhemoglobinemia is a rare condition in which there is excess sulfhemoglobin in the blood. The pigment is a greenish derivative of hemoglobin, which cannot be converted back to a normal functional hemoglobin. It causes cyanosis even at low blood levels." House smirked at her as he nodded his head, Cameron then glared at Sarlina.
"Who are you?"
Sarlina then looked over at her and grinned. "Sarlina Donovan." Chase then instantly grinned and rose up from his seat to shake her hand. "Well it's very nice to meet you. I'm Robert Chase I specialize in cardiology and intensive care." Sarlina smiled and shook his hand. "Nice to meet you mate." Forman then rose up from his seat.
"I'm Eric Foreman I specialize in neurology."
Sarlina then started to laugh. "Really mate?" Foreman then looked at her curiously. "Yeah… why?" Sarlina then shrugged. "Oh it's nothin mate just found it amusin that you have the same name as that bloke on That 70's show." Foreman stared at her for a moment and nodded, Cameron then rose up and stared down Sarlina. "I'm Allison Cameron. I specialize in immunology." Sarlina then nodded giving her a warm smile. "It's nice to meet you as well luv." She then turned her head towards House and grinned.
"Got quite an impressive team here Greg."
House then shrugged as he walked towards her. "Eh they're alright, not necessarily the most disciplined group of ducklings but they do." Sarlina then gave him an amused smile.
"Ah give the Niblets time they're still learnin."
House then smirked at her as he started to limp towards her. "So Sarlina long time no see, planning on placing an application to join my team?" Sarlina slowly shook her head, her smile still on her lips. "As tempting as that is Greg I'm actually employed to a different position." House then arched his brow. "And what Position would that be?" he smirked looking at her suggestively; Sarlina then rolled her eyes as she shook her head at him.
"I'm the Assistant administrator to the Hospital and the Head Hematology."
House nodded as he started pace back and forth. "Interesting. So explain to me new boss lady why do you think it's Sulfhemoglobinemia?" Sarlina then shrugged. "It's pretty obvious. Green Blood Sulfhemoglobinemia is usually drug induced. Drugs associated with sulfhemoglobinemia include acetanilid, phenacetin, nitrates, trinitrotoluene and sulfur compounds mainly sulphonamides. Another possible cause is occupational exposure to sulfur compounds. The condition generally resolves itself with erythrocyte turnover, although blood transfusions can be necessary in extreme cases." House nodded as he continued to pace back and forth, swinging the cane. "Can you prove that?" Sarlina rolled her eyes at him and nodded.
"On June 11, 2007, Canadian surgeons Dr. Stephan Schwarz and Dr. Alana Flexman presented an unusual case in The Lancet. A 42-year-old male patient was brought into Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital after falling asleep in a sitting position. When doctors drew the man's blood to relieve pressure from his legs, the blood was green. A sample of the blood was immediately sent to a lab. In this case, sulfhemoglobinaemia was likely caused by the patient taking higher-than-prescribed doses of sumatriptan."
House then smirked at her and looked over at his team. "Check to see if he had a taken any Sumatriptan or any of the other medications she has recently brought up." His team stared at him blankly as House rolled his eyes and dramatically sighed. "What? You all have hearing problems GO!" His team then immediately reacted and left the office all knowing the real reason why he wanted them all to leave. Once they were all gone, House stopped his pacing and looked up at Sarlina.
"So! What brings you back to the States? Got tired of the weather in London?"
Sarlina then shrugged. "Figured I'd get a change of scenery." House then arched his brow. "Really that's interesting and how is Dan enjoying being in the states?" Sarlina frowned and slowly adverted her gaze from him and started to fiddle with her hands. "We're… Divorced Greg." House inwardly smirked to himself and shrugged. "Ah well that's to bad I always liked Dan! I thought you two made a perfect couple." Sarlina then scoffed. "Right that's why you came to my wedding to tell me fifty thousand times to not marry him." House then shrugged.
"Was just trying to be a good friend, knew the guy wasn't good and I hate to say this to you because I told you this before the big I Do's But… I told you so."
Sarlina then glared at him. "Like you've never made the wrong decision right Greg?" House then smiled at her. "Of course not! When have you ever known me to make a wrong decision? Plus I know you're lying anyways." Sarlina frowned at him as she subconsciously wrapped her arms around herself. "Right Greg I lied about getting a divorce and moved all the way over here to come see you because I want an affair." House then devilishly grinned at her.
"If I knew you weren't lying to me I'd so take you up on that offer!"
Sarlina gave him a dirty look, causing him to sigh knowing she didn't find that amusing. "Look I know you're not lying about Dan. However, I also know that you wouldn't leave London your Home just because of a divorce something happened to cause you to come here.
To come to the same state where you know me and Cuddy reside. You're afraid of something, something caused you to run, run to your safety points. The question is what caused you to run? Was Dan being abusive?" Sarlina stared at him fearfully but gently shook her head. "No… he has never laid a hand on me. He wanted the divorce because he said that he knew that I was never really in love with him and that I used him as a ploy to move out of my family's home." House then nodded knowing that their whole prior argument was because of that reason.
"But that doesn't explain why you're here in the states though."
Sarlina sighed knowing he won't give up until she tells him, yep he was still the same old Greg. "Alright fine! You want to know so bloody badly I'll tell you!" she stated irritably as she flung her hands up in the air, tears evident in her eyes as she turned to look over at him. "My father was released from Jail." House stared at her incredulously. "…What? How can he be released!? He tried to kill you!" Sarlina then shrugged as her tears started to roll down her cheeks.
"They said that my accusation was not plausible and decided to release him because he was accused under false pretenses."
House then agitatedly sighed. "The Asshole molested you when you were 14! He abused you and your mother and tried to kill you! Hence the reason why you left to go to U of M! What more facts do they need!?" Sarlina shrugged. "It wasn't enough I guess… Mum moved to Italy to live with her sister and I decided it was time for me to leave permanently." House was furious… since he's known Sarlina he knew that her father was nothing but a low life but what angered him even more was that she went back to the source after she graduated from College and allowed herself to be miserable all these years.
"You know this all could've been prevented if you just did what I told you to do after you graduated."
Sarlina then rolled her eyes. "Right and living with you and Stacey would've been the icing on the cake! If you don't recall correctly Greg. Stacey hated me!" House then sighed. "She would've dealt with it Sarlina." Sarlina then quickly shook her head.
"No she wouldn't! Greg she thought that you cheated on her with me! I had to spend three hours trying to convince her that you and me were only friends! Do you honestly think she would've dealt well with knowing that you wanted me to move in with you two?"
House then instantly frowned; he didn't know that Sarlina had to convince Stacey that she wasn't with him that way. It almost infuriated him that Stacey couldn't trust him and was even more glad that they weren't together any longer.
"I… I didn't know that."
Sarlina sighed as she gently cupped his cheek. "I didn't tell you because for the first time in a really long time I saw you actually happy. I didn't want to ruin that." House sighed as he slowly pulled her into a hug.
His mind was racing… usually if it way anyone else in this situation he'd push them away and tell them to deal with it but with Sarlina she was hurt just like he, probably even worse and the thing about her was that he knew he could completely trust her.
She and Wilson were the only people in his life who he knew would never turn their backs on them; they'd never would deliberately hurt him. "Where are you staying?" he asked quietly, Sarlina slowly looked up at him and gently pulled away from him. "I'm actually moving my stuff in with Cuddy and residing at her guestroom." House then shook his head.
"You're staying with me."
Sarlina then arched her brow. "Last I heard House you lived in a one bedroom apartment." House then shrugged. "Is that a problem?" Sarlina then started to laugh. "Uh Yeah! Considering the fact that you only have one bed and probably one couch." House then smirked at her. "Still what's the problem?" Sarlina couldn't help but continue laughing.
"You never change do you Greg? Look luv what happens when I start meeting people and I want to have some privacy? I can't do that at your place."
House then arched his brow as he picked up his plushy ball. "And who are you planning on meeting?" Sarlina then smirked at him. "No one at the moment but that doesn't mean that me and Cuddy don't plan on going out and meeting people though… I'm a free woman House I need to spread my wings and fly." House then deviously grinned at her. "If spreading your wings is all that you're concerned about I'd have no problem…" he was then instantly cut off by her. "Don't even go there Greg." House shrugged nonchalantly, started to toss his ball up in the air, and caught it.
"Just saying that the offer is always open… So where are you and Cuddy planning on going to tonight?"
Sarlina then arched her brow at him. "I never said we're going out tonight." House then chuckled. "Right… I know Cuddy. I know when you two get together it's automatic getting drinks at the bar or club. So where are you planning on going?" Sarlina then instantly caught on to what he was doing. "Oh ho noo you don't Greg! I'm so not telling you where we're going!" House looked at her innocently and frowned. "Why not?" Sarlina then smirked at him as she crossed her arms. "Because I know for a fact that if you knew where I was going you'd show up there and probably tell the bloke I'm talking to that I have some debilitating infectious disease or something." House then mischievously smiled at her.
"Or so you say."
Sarlina then rolled her eyes. "Oh I so say! Bloody hell you've done that enough times for me to know exactly what your motives are. I'm not that dense House." House then shrugged. "Fine… I was actually just going to ask you to come watch the game with me tonight but if you want to be stubborn like that then you're uninvited." Sarlina grinned at him and shrugged her shoulders.
"Fine. Have a nice afternoon Greg."
House then frowned, she wasn't folding. "Well just so you know you're totally missing out on a great game! Plus there's gonna be pizza and beer." Sarlina then started to gasp, placing her hand over her chest.
"PIZZA AND BEER?! Oh how will I ever survive?"
House then started to chuckle, shaking his head as she smirked over at him "I'll see you later House." House waved at her as he watched her leave his office.
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Meanwhile, while this was going on Cameron looked over at Foreman and Chase. "Did any of you notice that House looked mildly surprised to see our new assistant administrator?" Foreman then looked over at her. "Why does it matter? She seems nice, has a good personality who cares if House knows her or not?" Chase then smirked.
"Plus she is incredibly gorgeous please Foreman tell me you didn't miss that?!"
Foreman then smirked. "Yeah she was pretty hot." Cameron then scoffed. "Please! She's a know it all! You all heard the way she answered that question." Chase then started to laugh.
"Yeah… you are just pissed because she got to that answer before you. And also because all she had to do was look at the whiteboard for a minute and automatically knew the answer. Which of course is going to impress House."
Cameron then rolled her eyes. "That has nothing to do with it. I mean didn't any of you hear her when she finished her theory she called him by his first name. Obviously they know each other well enough to go off by that." Chase then smirked at her. "Seriously why does it matter? Maybe they dated in the past… Maybe they were friends who knows and who cares?" Cameron then groaned.
"Oh come on! Obviously, she knows him deeper than that! Can you only imagine the information she must have about him?"
Foreman then rolled his eyes. "Like Chase said what does it matter? House is House… Obviously she is comfortable with who he is and we should just leave it at that not getting involved with what they think of each other." Cameron then frowned.
"I just think it'd be very interesting to hear more about him."
Chase then smirked at her. "Oh I bet you'd like to get to know him alright." Cameron then glared at him. "That's not what I meant!" Chase then started to chuckle.
"Sure Cameron. Sure."
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As Sarlina walked out of House's office Cuddy immediately came up to her. "So how did it go? I'm not going to have to keep you two at different corners am I?" she smirked, Sarlina then started to laugh. "Nah we're on good terms, but I'm not going to lie it will be interesting working here." Cuddy smiled at Sarlina and gave her a warm hug.
"I'm so happy that you're here."
Sarlina smiled at her and slowly nodded her head. "Believe it or not I'm actually really happy to." Cuddy nodded as she pulled back from Sarlina and nodded her head towards her to let Sarlina to follow her. "Well now that we have all the important stuff through let's get you ready for your paperwork." Sarlina then started to laugh as she followed Cuddy back to the office.
"Oh how did you know that was going to be my favorite most favorite part of the day!? Guess you save the best for last eh?"
Cuddy looked back at her and rolled her eyes. "Alright smartass come with me." Sarlina then started to laugh as she saluted Cuddy. "Yes Mam!"
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Meanwhile as House watched Sarlina and Cuddy leave together he decided to go pay a visit to Wilson. Once he got to Wilson's office, he automatically opened the door without knocking seeing Wilson at his desk writing over some documents.
"So what do I owe the pleasure House?"
House shrugged his smirk still apparent on his lips. "You know it's interesting… you think when people are apart of your past stays in your past but then immediately shows up again and may cause chaos it's just weird." Wilson then arched his brow. "Ok did anything you just said honestly make any sense to you?" House then rolled his eyes as he sat down in the seat in front of Wilson's desk.
"Why do you suppose the past stays in the past? I mean there's a reason right? A purpose as to why they never show up again… so what's the point of coming back now?"
Wilson looked utterly confused as House continued his spout offs. "House do you hear yourself? You're not making any sense! And why on earth are you so fascinated with the past?" House shrugged as he grabbed his cane and started to swirl it around.
"Ok look at it this way. Things stay in the past because that's where they are meant to stay because if they weren't they'd still be in your life. However, when something from your past suddenly comes back what are you supposed to make of it? Do you just sit there, take it that even though that thing is from the past, and accept that things may be different now? Or do you still hold onto what they were then?"
Wilson then smirked at him. "What some old girlfriend made an appearance today so that is why you're here annoying me?" House then shook his head. "Nope not old girlfriend… More as an Old friend. We knew each other for quite sometime." Wilson then arched his brow starting to grow interested.
"And why would this affect you? Afraid you may be happy?"
House then glared at him and used his cane to knock off the papers on Wilson's desk.
"No Moron it's just confusing. I mean she was supposed to be married to that to stupid idiot and now here she is working at MY hospital and confusing me even more."
Wilson then automatically smirked. "Ok so not old girlfriend but girl you wanted to be your girlfriend." House then scrunched up his face, starting to get irritated. "I never said that! It's just things are weird now, you know that last time I saw here or talked to her was at her wedding… I was trying to convince her to not marry this idiot and that she could stay with me and Stacey but she refused." Wilson stared at House incredulously.
"You were going to do something nice for someone else? You cared enough to worry about this woman's well being?"
House sighed starting to get agitated with Wilson. "It's not like that. Look she was young, and she was trying to get out of her house because of her father and I was just trying to be a friend. I planned on charging her rent and make her do her own laundry." Wilson wasn't convinced. "Was Stacey ok with what you were planning on doing?" House then shrugged.
"Never talked to her about it. I always figured she wouldn't care well now I know Stacey would've care since she had a three hour talk with her because she thought I was cheating on her with Sarlina."
Wilson looked at his friend incredulously and slowly shook his head. "Wow… for someone so smart you really are an Idiot. Did you really honestly think that Stacey would want some girl who she knew would be a competition to her to live with you two? I think you wanted to this girl so you could keep a closer eye on her." House sighed. "And why would you think that Wilson?" Wilson then shrugged.
"Because even though you'd hate to admit it you really cared about this woman. You didn't want her to stop her wedding for her well being! You wanted her to stop so she was still free to you… knowing that she was single and wasn't seeing anyone would have created an opening for you. It was a way for you to know that if things didn't go well with Stacey you'd still have this girl in your life, the girl you always wanted."
House shrugged as he threw his cane in the air and caught it as he rose up from his seat. "Nope! That can't be it. You see we had plenty of opportunities to date it never happened." Wilson then smiled at him. "Is it because you're much older than her House?" House then glared at him. "Why would that be an issue? I have Hookers who are younger than her!" Wilson then started to laugh.
"Yeah but they don't mean anything to you… You're 45 years old House. You've hit middle age but the only reason you would have never asked her out would be because this woman must be younger than you. And you thought that she would never want to be interested in someone with that much of an age gap."
House sighed as he slowly moved his hand behind his neck not answering to Wilson's rebuttal. Wilson smirked at this as he rose up from his seat. "How much of an age difference is there House?" House then walked over to his window and stared out at the chaotic city. "8 years." Wilson's smirk then grew even wider. "So when she started college she would've been 18 and you would've been…" House then immediately cuts him off.
"26."
Wilson then nodded.
"Yeah I can see you're hesitant. So she works here huh?"
House then nodded as he started to walk out of the office, Wilson following in tow.
"Yeah she does but I'm not pointing her out to you, because you'll be harassing her for information."
Wilson smirked over at House and shrugged.
"Ah that's ok… I'll figure out who she is in time."
House glared at him as they both continue to walk down to the cafeteria for lunch.
Well here's the first chapter, Let me know what you guys think...
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