Chapter One – We won!
AN: If you didn't read the first story this probably won't make any sense. ;-D And I do not own the restaurant, though I wish I did… And I still don't own House, but I do own Kalie.
"We won!!" Cameron squealed as soon as the court was adjourned. She jumped up and hugged House. He was not expecting it and she almost toppled him. Kalie joined in the hug. She was so glad to be staying with House and Cameron. She loved seeing House react to some of Cameron's girlie touches around the house. Like when she made muffins one morning. He asked if she was sure they were edible, she said of course. He still didn't eat one. Finally, they convinced him to eat one, and the next morning they were gone. Kalie didn't eat any, neither did Cameron, and Levi wasn't around then. House had eaten them all and then headed off to work on time. He didn't want to be caught in the act of eating all the muffins he supposedly hated. When later questioned he just said something strange and went back to his DS.
"Congrats!" The PPTH crowd strolled over. Wilson was the first to congratulate them.
"We should go out to celebrate. Where's a good place?" Cuddy looked over at Kalie, House, and Cameron.
"There's this bar a little ways away. They have great hookers. Really cheap, too. Cheaper than her." He pointed to Cameron. She rolled her eyes and gently pushed him.
"Yeah, maybe, but do they make muffins? I don't think so. And do they pick up dog poop?"
"Noo…"
"See? Where would you be with a hooker? Knee-high in poop and wanting a muffin." House rolled his eyes.
"You do make good muffins. Really good muffins." Wilson sighed with a dreamy look in his eyes. Cuddy nudged him. "What? Oh… but not better than Lisa's."
"Hey, how about we go to that new place that just opened up? Up the Creek?" Chase added.
"Oh yeah, I've heard of that place. It's just a little ways away. It's supposed to be really big." Kalie was trying to remember all the details.
"Sure, my treat." Joslyn was grabbing her bags.
"No, I'll do it." Foreman argued. Everyone was fighting over who would pay. House, Kalie, and Cameron just stood off to the side and watched. Cameron said she'd do it, and was answered with a firm no. Finally, it would be spilt evenly between Chase, Foreman, and Wilson. The girls wanted to help out, but the men were happy with the arrangement. So they loaded up and drove off. When they got there they ordered a table for ten (Chase, Joslyn, Foreman, Kaytee, Wilson, Cuddy, House, Cameron, Kalie, Logan) and ate until it was humanly impossible to eat any more.
On the way home, House swung by Best Buy. He told the girls to wait in the car; he'd be back soon. He walked into the store and limped to the laptop area. Kalie's had gotten a virus and she needed a new one. He got a HP. He also bought Windows Vista, but separately; he wanted her to have a challenge. He had them gift-wrap and it then he brought it out to the car. It was a big box. Kalie wanted to open it, but he insisted he wait until they were home and the dog locked up. She glared at him. She hated locking the dog up. He was too cute.
When they arrived home all three of them had to work to lug the box up some stairs and up even more stairs (Kalie was anti-elevator and said stairs were her only way she'd ever get any exercise). Kalie opened the door and Levi ran out to greet her. Cameron and House managed to get the box in while Kalie distracted the dog (House wished Best Buy would have had more boxes, preferably smaller ones).
Kalie immediately opened the box. Packing peanuts were everywhere. Levi was having a party. When she finally unearthed the computer and the operating system, she ran over to House and gave him one of the biggest hugs he ever got. Thankfully, it was also one of the shortest. He smiled as Cameron sat next to Kalie and looked at all the stuff. He limped to the piano (very difficult with all the packing peanuts in the way) and started to play some Beethoven. He was glad that Kalie was staying, but he realized that now he had a preteen on his hands, and he'd have to raise her. Cameron would help too, he was sure. They really were a family now. Steve even got along with Levi.
