Disclaimer: I do not in any way shape or size or form own House....... just yet xD

A/N: Alright yeah I know I have enough stories up, but I couldn't resist, I already had this up on another site so I decided to share it here. XD I wanna get in the habit of writing it more and I usually do that more on Fanfiction lol. Don't worry this won't effect the other stories, I will still write those very often and if I update this story, most likely I updated another story the same day, I won't spend ALL my energy focusing on this, but I have alot of idea out already. lol. Anyways, thanks to Not - lupus . everybody - lies for being a fabulous beta and editing so quickly, also for helping me come up with the summary, she got skillz XD haha. Anyways, I hope you all enjoy and sorry for any OOC-ness, oh and this is set in the future about.... 7 years? lol ENJOY!!

She stared up at the large building and sighed. It was her first day of her new job and she wasn't sure how it was going to be. This was her first new job in the last 13 years and she had no idea what made her even apply. As she went forward to enter she read the words printed on the door that read "Boston Downtown Hospital." She took one deep breath before entering.

'Here I go,' she thought. She walked about until she found where her future boss had requested that they meet. As she opened the door to an over large classroom she saw that she wasn't the only one there. The room was filled with 50, maybe more, doctors all sitting around chatting. All waiting for the boss to come and tell them what was going on.

She walked in and sat in a random seat feeling somewhat awkward. A male doctor turned around and flashed a big grin at her. She swore she saw his teeth twinkle.

"Hello there," The other doctor greeted her, "Why are you here?"

She looked at him like he was a complete and utter idiot, which she assumed he was, but she decided to be nice and converse with the somewhat desperate man. "I'm here for a job, like you." She told him. After being in the room for less than five minutes she realized that they all might be there to be interviewed in person like herself.

"Really? Me too." He said a little too happily.

She had decided that she was right. He was a complete and utter idiot, but as long as she was there she at least wanted someone to talk to. "You don't say." She tries not to sound sarcastic or roll her eyes. She puts on her best smile and sticks her hand out. "I'm Cuddy, Lisa Cuddy, and you are?" She asked.

"Michael, Daniel Michael." He said flashing another smile and shaking her hand a little too enthusiastically for her taste.

After ten minutes of talking to several other doctors a man finally walks in and calls everyone's attention. She turned front and center and her stomach dropped the second she saw her boss. She recognized him too easily and she tried her best to hide her face as non-obviously as possible. She averted her gaze and kept away from any eye contact.

"Hello Minions," He greeted them all, "I am Dr. Greg House, but just call me House or lord or god – which ever you prefer." She rolled her eyes, he hadn't changed at all. "You are all obviously confused on why I need so many employees, well I don't. I have summoned you all here not because of your resume, cause seriously you can just lie on those, but because you are all actually stupid enough to apply." He walked around and surveyed the room quickly. He noticed one minion hiding and suddenly became curious. "Now if some of you don't like it when I insult you or can't take sarcasm, I dare you to just get up and leave." He looked at the mystery person seeing if she'd get up and leave, and much to his surprise she didn't, though some people did leave. "Adios." He told them. "Now—" before he could continue someone burst through the door.

"House!!" A screeching woman screamed, "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Cuddy mentally chuckled remembering about 9 years ago she yelling at House for pulling the same trick. She recognized the anger, irritation and ignorance the woman had. She kept her eyes on the female boss instead of House.

"Why hello Dr. Walters. I'm just doing what you specifically asked me to do." He smiled at her a very familiar smile. Cuddy caught a glance of the smile and her heart sank. It was the smile. The same one that he gave her whenever he flirted with her and her heart ached seeing that he was now giving it to his new boss. She felt as if she could just die.

"No! I asked you to hire three," she held up three fingers, "See three – one, two, three – employees, not 50!!"

House rolled his eyes and looked at the crowd. "Row E and D leave!" He ordered.

Cuddy looked at what row she was and thanked god graciously that he called away her row. She got up and collected her stuff, trying not to show her face to House as she was about to leave. He turned to watch who was leaving and suddenly yelled, "Wait! No…row D and A leave, you all seem like kiss ups. Row E stay put."

Cuddy negated and swore as she took her seat once more. She prayed that his new boss would tell him to excuse one more row but her hope was in worthless.

"House," Walters said in a threatening voice, "If you dare mess anything up I will make sure that it's on your head!" She told him and walked away.

Cuddy stole one more glance of House and saw that he was staring at his boss' swaying butt and she felt her insides explode. She tried not to cry and took a breath remembering the one thing that made her resent him over the years. When the tears faded and she had control of her emotions once more she turned her attention to the door closing.

"Well isn't she a peach?" House asked sarcastically, "That is my boss and if you have any problems with me make sure to bring it to her, got it?" No one said anything and House took that as a yes. "Alright my minions," He turned on a projector, "This is Karen Carpenter, a famous singer in the 1970s who died from—"

"House!" A male yelled.

House sighed, "I'm so popular." He told everyone before turning to the male, "What do you want?"

"I have a case for you," The man said. House looked at him with a cocked eye brow as if saying 'go on'. "Vomiting, headache, and nausea, she's 45 years old and no she isn't pregnant and it's not an infection because we started her on antibiotics and she isn't getting better."

Everyone stayed silent as House turned around to face them. "Well any suggestions?" No one said anything and House sighed and rolled his eyes. Cuddy looked around, same as House. "Maybe I should have read your resumes."

Cuddy sighed and decided to speak up. "It could be a brain tumor," She said reluctantly. She had her hand raised getting his attention. She knew he'd see her sooner or later and maybe the sooner he did the sooner he'd fire her so she could go on with her life.

House turned to the familiar voice and his heart nearly stopped. He stared at her, she looked radiant. The years have truly done her justice. He couldn't believe that he was seeing her right then, could he be dreaming? Maybe this was a nightmare. He came out of his daze and cleared his throat. "And how do you propose we check for that?" He tested her.

Cuddy sat up straighter and let go of all her emotional feelings. She went into complete professional mode and answered, "We could do an MRI or CT and then once we find it we could do a WBRT." Everyone was suddenly watching her.

"Now, can you do it yourself, or do you need help with that?" House challenged her. "I'm sure you haven't been a real doctor for a few years and have had someone else doing it for you." Everyone now looked at him.

Cuddy thinned her lips and set her jaw. She sat up straighter than before and accepted his challenge. "I'm perfectly fine with doing the test and treatment myself. I have never gotten my license revoked." She glared. Everyone was now looking at her. "I haven't gotten shot by any angry patients. I've never been stupid enough to be held at gun point as a hostage, got the gun away from the patient and known to give it back to him. Oh, and I don't get sued after every patient I treat." Everyone stared gaping at her.

"You were stupid enough to let go of your most valuable employee and almost lose custody of your demon spawn," He responded, suddenly coldhearted. Everyone turned to him. "That is why you applied for a job here isn't it? You got fired, or quit, your old pathetic uneventful job and they threaten to take away the demon you call your baby and so you needed to find a new job and applied for any position you could find. I'm right, aren't I?"

Cuddy controlled her emotions and tried not to let him see her cry, again. "You can go to hell." She said picking her things and heading toward the back door.

"You know, you used that line over a hundred times, I'm not there yet." He stated as she got closer to do the door. "Put your stuff down and go give the patient an MRI, take numbers 11 and 15 with you. If you don't find anything you're fired. That is, unless your actually willing to lose Rachel and quit now."

Cuddy froze with her hand on the door handle. She clutched her fist in anger and sighed. She turned back around, glaring at her new boss. She forcefully dropped her things on her desk, effectively letting out a loud BANG which echoed through the quiet room. She walked toward the door while the other applicants quickly jumped out of their seats and rushed behind Cuddy. She looked at House, if only looks could kill. She walked out angrily and went to fulfill her boss's order.

House let out a small smirk and turned to see everyone still watching in shock. "The rest of you," He addressed them. "Go out and clean my car," He turned and looked at the other doctor, who stood next to him staring at him in shock and confusion. "Oh and clean Billy-boy's car too." He told them. "Now come on Vinson, you're buying me lunch." He walked out with his colleague. This was going to be a long game.

Well there you have it, the end of the first chapter. Watcha think, huh... I know your thinking something... I know you wanna tell me xD haha as usually please review, they are all read and very appriciated. If you have questions or request I answer and try to fullfill them all lol. So yeah you get the point lol, please review! I hope you all liked it and again sorry for any OOC-ness

-Jess