A/N Ok I'm Australian and I had this stroke of inspiration while I was at The Prince of Whales hospital, Randwick. It is completely AU but I tried to keep it as real as possible. The places mentioned are real but I haven't been everywhere in the hospitals mentioned so I am making up some of the logistics of the hospitals. Tamworth, Quirindi and all country towns' mentioned are real as are most of the places mentioned like café's, freeways etc, look it up on a New South Whales state map or tourist info on Sydney. Everything else is mostly fiction. It is random and fun I just wanted to exercise my writing skills by writing about my three favourite subjects can you guess what they are?

BTW if there are any English ppl reading this can you please tell me if you are offended by us aussie's calling you guys poms? Because I have always used it and I love you guy's English ppl are awesome so yeah are you offended?

Disclaimer: I own House and I'm married to Harry Potter! I wish

CHAPTER 1

House walked into Cuddy's office, she looked up annoyed. He shuffled his feet.

"I need to request a leave of absence." He said finally.

She narrowed her eyes "When and why?"

He looked at his feet "Now preferably, my sister is in hospital and I need to see her. I'm gonna need a few weeks."

Cuddy's jaw dropped "You have a sister?"

House smirked and nodded "Yeah, she's my twin"

Cuddy's eyes widened and she asked suspiciously "You are not requesting this just because I'm going on my own leave and you will have to cope with a temporary Dean."

House rolled his eyes "No, would I do something like that? Ok maybe I would but that's beside the point. Do you need to see a picture?"

Cuddy smirked and nodded "I definitely need proof."

House pulled out his wallet and fished a worn photo from it "She is a lot older now."

He slid it across the desk and Cuddy stared at younger woman version of House, she had the same sharp features and those electric blue eyes.

House nodded "You would have probably heard of her actually."

Cuddy looked up a question in her eyes "Her name is Dominique House but she is better known as Doctor Domino, the nephrologist that rivals me."

Cuddy nodded "Yeah I've heard of her, never met her but heard of her. Makes sense that she's as brilliant as you now. Except she doesn't work much anymore except for special requests why?"

House shrugged "So can I have that leave?"

Cuddy smiled and nodded "I won't inflict you on the temp Dean so you can have four weeks so when you come back I will be back."

House nodded "Great thanks, my lackeys will be consulting me over the phone, we have no cases currently but there will be and they have a conference for one week next week so that covers them."

Cuddy nodded and House left. She sighed, it was actually good he was leaving she was worried that the temp wouldn't be able to cope with him. House had a sister that was incredible. Cuddy shrugged she would ask him about it when she got back but right now she was looking forward to a holiday in Australia.

House swung by Wilson's office as he limped back to his office "Hey I'm gonna be gone for a few weeks. Dom is in hospital, fell off her horse and broke a few bones she needs someone to stay in the house with her otherwise she stays in the hospital. Guess who she asked!"

Wilson grinned "You are going to fly to Australia so you can care for your sister?"

House smirked "Yep, It also incidentally coincides with Cuddy leaving it mean I don't have to waste time training the newbie."

Wilson smiled "I don't think you can reasonably take credit for you sister breaking her bones but I guess you need a holiday and you haven't seen her in ages."

House smirked and nodded "Hopefully Cameron has booked my flight. I will see you in four weeks."

Wilson nodded "Ok I will call you, say hi to Dom for me and bring back vegemite Bundy etc."

House nodded "Of course." They grinned at each other before House swung out of the doorway and left. He strode into his office and picked up his backpack and threw a few items into it from his office before limping into the conference room.

Cameron handed him a printout, he glanced at it and nodded.

"Ok people I'm going I will see you in four weeks. No one is head as you will call me regularly as in at least once a day especially if we have a patient. You defer to Wilson is a decision needs to made that I can't make but you call me first."

The ducklings nodded. House nodded "Ok I'm going see you later oh and can you cover my clinic today I need to catch my flight. Oh and can one of you feed Steve McQueen or give him to Wilson he has a key."

He left without waiting for an answer. He was out of the hospital in less than five minutes. Cuddy watched him go amusedly. She glanced at her watch and realized she had half an hour before she was due at the airport. She had packed that morning and caught a taxi into work so she could leave immediately. She sighed and went back to her paperwork. It needed to be in order for the new Dean. She wished she knew who it was but the board was still deciding. Half an hour later she strode out of her office and said goodbye to Brenda and her assistant.

She hailed at cab and settled back into the seat. Thank god for small mercies, she could forget about work, House and America for four weeks in Sydney. Shopping and lazing on a beach.