What Should've Happened

By TKC

Kutner tossed the oversized tennis ball to his other hand. He and co-workers had just saved another patient's life about ten minutes ago. He waited for House to return to his office, so he could go home. Kutner was somewhat nervous to what House would think of his sudden and unexpected decision. He tried thinking of different "speeches" to make his point and to get his boss to not ask questions. He buried himself in his thoughts deep enough to not notice the man who stood in front of him.

"Who told you that you could sit in my chair, and play with my ball?" House glared at the young doctor with my questioning eyes. Kutner snapped back out of his thoughts, and stood up, putting the ball back to its original place.

"I- I- I…" He stuttered. He had trouble letting the two simple words escape his mouth. He sighed. "I quit."

House raised his eyebrows in shock and curiosity. "Why?" he questioned. Kutner fished his resignation letter out of his pocket, and handed it to House.

"Family matters," He answered. "I'm moving out of town for a while. Tell the others I'll miss them. Good bye, House." Kutner walked our of House's office and into the diagnostics room to gather the rest of his stuff. Thirteen walked in a few minutes later, shocked to see her fellow colleague still at work.

"What're you still doing here, Kutner?" Thirteen asked curiously. Kutner turned to his now – former colleague.

"I'm quitting," he answered quietly. He didn't want to disappoint her, but he could see that he already did from the look she gave him.

"Why?" Thirteen asked sadly. Her eyes shined with oncoming tears.

"House will explain it to you guys tomorrow," Kutner explained. Thirteen nodded.

"Well, good bye Kutner."

"Good bye, Thirteen. Tell Taub and Foreman I said 'bye.'" Thirteen gave him a sad smile, and turned back to what she was originally doing. Kutner looked at her with eyes full of sympathy. And without thinking, he did something he would've never done if he were still in high school. He walked up to her, turned her around, and kissed her long and passionately. Once he pulled his lips away, he noticed that Thirteen didn't start whacking him on the side of the head. The sudden kiss left a shocked expression on her face.

"You… kissed me…" she stated, dumbfounded. A sudden smirk appeared on Kutner's face.

"And you didn't start beating me!" he exclaimed full of surprise. Thirteen blushed. "You enjoyed that!"

"I did no-"

"You're blushing, you liar!" Thirteen sighed.

"Foreman's gonna kill you if he hear's that you just did that," she warned. Kutner just smiled and picked up his stuff.

"Egh, at least I'll die a happy man," he joked. With one last nod of good-bye, Kutner walked out of the hospital.

The End…

i dunno. its just a short little drabble i wrote when i was away in Utah last year. like i said in the summary, this is a test for a friend who's having some trouble uploading her stories. like me (previously, anyways), she uses Word to type her stories in, and for some reason, FF isn't taking her uploads. so if anybody has a solution to that, please tell me - its greatly appreciated.

thanks for reading!