Part 1
Dear Staff,
It has come to my attention that our boss, the lovely Dean of Medicine is in the family way. Possible fathers Include: Dr. James Wilson, Dr. Eric Foreman, as well as a couple other guys on staff. Now due to the fact she would like to keep this quiet please don't say anything to her but feel free to ogle any of the possible fathers listed above. Lastly please keep in mind that you didn't hear this from me, you heard it through the grapevine.
Anonymously Yours,
The Grapevine
House smiled gleefully to himself as he hit send on the mass email he was sending out to everyone in honor of April Fool's Day tomorrow. Quite fitting if you asked him considering most of the employees at PPTH were all fools anyway. April first was simply put a day to exploit idiots world wide and for that reason alone it was one holiday he didn't mind participating in.
With that in mind House shut his office computer down for the evening, picked up his backpack, and without another look he limped out of the hospital. Scotch and take out awaited him at home.
The next morning as was planned everyone at PPTH, with the exception of Foreman, Wilson, and Cuddy, all received an anonymous email in their inbox.
Wilson, the most paranoid out of the three was the first to notice that something was not quite. Despite his panty peeler reputation he was still a little freaked out by the looks two young nurses gave him upon his arrival.
As for the other two well Foreman as usual was to self absorbed with himself to notice anything out of the ordinary and well Cuddy she was to busy doing whatever duties she had as the Dean of Medicine.
House meanwhile limped in to work without a care around 11am. On the outside he appeared oblivious to the rumor that was spreading like wildfire around the hospital. Inside though he was laughing his ss off whenever he saw a more than curious glance in the direction of Wilson and Foreman.
It wasn't until around three in the afternoon that House was made aware of the fact that someone was on to his little scheme. With one knock on his office door he was brought to the realization that Cuddy's latest secretary wasn't the dumb blond she appeared to be.
Curiously House watched as Barbie, well at least that's what he liked to call her, sauntered her way into his office. Doing as was expected of him he placed his customary glare on his face and barked out, "What the hell are you doing here? Did Cuddy send you instead to order me to the clinic?"
"No," the tiny blonde in her thirties said with a smile, "I just thought I'd stop in and see what you thought about the rumor that's going around."
"No, which rumor are you referring to," House replied innocently.
"Oh I'm sure you know just which one I'm talking about," She replied and with she sauntered right back out his office with a little extra wiggle in her hips.
Damn has her ass always been that fine?
And with that final thought House grinned to himself before returning his back to the game boy resting in his lap.
Part 2
As Braelyn, a.k.a. Barbie to the infamous diagnostician of PPTH, made her way back to Lisa Cuddy's office there was a part of her that was extremely giddy because she'd finally gotten Dr. House to really notice a little nobody like her. She'd been working as Dr. Cuddy's secretary for almost 10 months now and according to what she'd over heard him telling Dr. Cuddy that was the longest anybody had lasted as her secretary in quite a while. Then again according to her boss Dr. House was the reason why she'd gone through so many secretaries over the years.
However for some reason despite Dr. House's nuances and boy she had fast discovered that there were a lot of them there was something intriguing and even borderline endearing about him. The most annoying thing about the snarky blue eyed doctor was his insistence on calling her Barbie, which wasn't her name. Only one other person in her life had called her that, her father, and she hadn't seen his since she was nine. Therefore hearing someone calling her that now at age 35 took her back, back to a place she'd rather not go.
"So is he the one behind it?" Cuddy asked interrupting her secretary's thoughts as she entered her office.
"Judging by the way he tried to deny it, I'd say yeah," Braelyn answered truthfully.
"I should have known, this has his name written all over," Cuddy replied, "Thank you, I'll handle it from here."
Braelyn nodded as she turned to head out of her boss's office. She really did admire Cuddy as a woman for making something of her self. However she also knew that when came to House, Cuddy never struck to any of her threats. He always managed to get away with everything, so the chances of Cuddy really getting any payback were slim to none. Still it would be interesting to see how it all went down.
House had just reached level nine when he heard the sound of Cuddy's heals marching into his office with a purpose.
"What can I do for you Cuddles," He asked with a grin.
"Is this the only idea you could come up with for a prank?" Cuddy asked with exasperation.
"No it was just the only good one this time, sorry to disappoint you," House replied still grinning.
Cuddy shook her head, "House I swear I don't know what to do with you. So this is how it's going to be. To make up for this stupid immature prank of yours for the next two weeks you are going to spend all morning in the clinic, starting at 9am."
House looked at her as if her head had just exploded. Does she really think there's a chance in hell of that happening?
As if she read his thoughts Cuddy looked at him and said, "Oh by the way if you don't comply, you'll have to escort my secretary to the charity ball at the end of the month."
And with that Cuddy left without waiting for a reply.
