Welcome To My Life

It was another busy morning at PPTH.

Lisa Cuddy walked out of her and was bumped into by two teenager boys.

"Sorry," said the taller teenager boy with beach blond hair. "Excuse us," he said to apologize.

The other boy just stood behind the taller boy.

"Butt kisser," Cuddy heard the other boy say as she walked away.

"Loser!" The tall boy answered back and punched the other boy in the arm.

Cuddy rolled her eyes and walked to the front desk. She hated morning at the clinic.

"Dr Cuddy!" Nurse Brenda called from the nurse's station when she saw Cuddy walk to the front desk.

Cuddy turned smiled at Brenda.

"Dr. House hasn't shown up for clinic duty again," Brenda said as she gave some paperwork to a woman with a baby in her arms.

Cuddy rolled her eyes, not very surprised by what Brenda had to say.

"I'll take care of it," Cuddy said to Brenda before she turned to go find House.

She checked his office and the outer office but did not find him. She then decided to go check Wilson's office.

"Have you seen House recently?" Cuddy asked as she opened the door and walked into Wilson's office without knocking.

Wilson glanced up from the pile of paperwork that he was working on. "Not for awhile," he answered her.

Cuddy simply stared at him.

Finally, Wilson looked back up at her. "I don't know where he is," he said with a shrug.

"Sure you don't," Cuddy replied, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Tell me where he is Wilson or you will get to do his clinic duty."

"He's in the clinic," Wilson said not wanting to have to deal with the clinic today.

Cuddy looked at him to tell him she thought he was lying.

"He figures that the last place you'd look for him is the place that you want him to be," Wilson explained.

Cuddy nodded slowly and left Wilson's office.

She walked to the elevator and pushed the down button. After a few moments, the doors opened into the clinic and Cuddy walked towards the exam rooms, her annoyance growing with every step.

By the time she made it to the first exam room, she was pissed. She flung the door open expecting to find House inside watching his portable T.V. or sleeping.

What she did see wasn't what she had expected. The only person in the room was a little girl who couldn't have been any older than four years old. She sat on the floor next to the examination table with her legs against her chest.

The girl had long black hair that fell in waves nearly to her waist. Her skin looked pale against her red shirt.

She looked up as Cuddy came in and Cuddy was met with the sight of eyes the color of sky blue eyes that held sorrow and fear.

Cuddy's anger disappeared immediately upon seeing the little girl on the floor.

"Hello," Cuddy said to the girl softly as she bent down to get a closer look at her. "Where is you parents?"

The girl didn't reply, but just stared up at Cuddy with her sad eyes.

"Are you hurt?" Cuddy asked.

Once again the girl didn't reply. She just continued staring at Cuddy with her deep blue eyes.

Cuddy reached over to set a hand on the girl's shoulder but the girl moved away from her.

"I won't hurt you," Cuddy assured her softly. "I just want to help you. Are you hurt?" Cuddy asked again.

This time the girl nodded her head, causing her black curls to bounce.

"Can I see?" Cuddy asked. Once again the little girl nodded her head, her eyes never left Cuddy's as she held out her arm.

Cuddy hadn't noticed it at first, but the girl's shoulder was dislocated. It looked like it had almost been nearly ripped out of its socket. Other than the dislocated shoulder, the girl appeared unharmed.

Cuddy felt her stomach twist as she carefully examined the injury. Someone must have really tugged on her arm to get it to dislocate.