House woke up, popped some Vicodin, showered, dressed, hopped on his motorcycle and drove off to PPTH. Just the same as every other morning. He was particularly mad because Cuddy decided to hire him a new duckling without his consent. He had no idea who she was hiring. This was crossing the line for sure, he would try extra hard to avoid clinic duty for now on. He turned into the parking lot and grumbled up to the conference room.

Inside the conference room, a woman in her early 30's with red hair was sitting down. She had a green tipped face frame and her nose stuck in a book. House knew her and was much calmer about the fourth duckling thing now. Her name was Dr. Julia Marie Wolf. She was wearing jeans and a black Green Day t-shirt with a white long sleeved shirt under it. Her shoes, they were Etnies, black, with the big white "E" and a blue outline, soles and laces.

"House, this is-" began Cuddy

"Morning Ladies," House quickly interrupted, "why, Julia, long time no see. So tell how have you been these past, what has it been 5 years? You really should have written." he said this with such a nonchalant sarcasm that Cuddy thought she made a lovely choice in choosing a doctor, House definitely knew her and she knew him. That fact she still decided to work at PPTH showed she could stand him, something the hospital needed. Cameron, on the other hand, was instantly worried. Something told her this girl was going to be tough to handle.

"Try five weeks. And I did, I wrote every day, haven't you been getting my letters. So this is why you never wrote back. I was so entirely hurt, I had cried myself to sleep every night. If I had known you simply didn't get the letters…"

"I'm not much of a letter writer."

"So I didn't waste my tears?"

"Sill going for the 'I'm a rebel' attitude I see." House stated.

"Oh please, I am about as rebellious as your little girlfriend over there." She nodded to Cameron. By this time Cuddy and Cameron were confused, as lame as this banter was.

"I assume you to know each other then," Cuddy said, "Well I'm leaving." She saw House quit the intriguing discussion and sit down as she walked out. Cameron knew House wouldn't give her a straight answer if she asked how these to knew each other, and had a pretty good feeling that Wolf was something else. Wolf went back to reading her book.

"Ummm… are we going to review the patients-"

"Go ahead and start," said House, but he was turning on his Nintendo DS.

"Are you going to..."

"What pay attention?" asked House. "You pull the book out of her hand. She is on page 500 of," he paused and looked that book, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Give her an hour or two. She'll be done by then."

"O.K." Cameron was totally lost. Wolf took a sharp in take of air, turned the page, and then sighed about 5 seconds later. She turned the page again. Cameron opened her mouth to say something, but Wolf cut her off.

"I know I read quickly, I process an average 1,000 words a minute with 100 comprehension, compared to the average 150 words a minute with 60 comprehension." She looked up for a second. "I'd assume you to be about 300 words a minute yourself. 85 comprehension"

"You've taken courses?"

"Yes, three."

"Have they helped?"

"Not to the slightest."

"Hey, Cameron, maybe Wolf will help you answer my fan mail. She can type around 150 words a minute. Also, she just may tell less lies of me scheduling appointments, and if she does at least her handwriting isn't so girly." Cameron ignored the comment. House was just showing off in front of this new girl. She flipped a few more pages then shut the book.

"Fan mail now, surely you jest."

"No, I'm a big hit around this hospital; everyone wants me to be their doctor." House said.

"Maybe they just like look at your very sexy eyes."

"Oh, your right, that would be it. You know those ladies, I was asked on a date by a colleague not to long a go." House looked up at Cameron. Chase and Foreman walked in, to Cameron relief, she wasn't sure she wanted Wolf to know every detail of her personal life on her first day.

"Now can we start," she asked. House shut off his Nintendo DS and looked up. "Go, for it" he said in a dull voice. "Who gets to play with the markers today," asked House, "I believe it is Chase's turn.

"Seven year old Sue Hann diagnosed with leukemia four months ago…"