Disclaimer – I do not own House M.D. It all belongs to David Shore and Fox.

~Chapter 2~

Cuddy rushed out of the door while attempting to put on her jacket. It was almost 8:00am and she was going to be late. It was probably because she spent the whole morning trying to make up a way for her dream to become reality, but she didn't want to think about that anymore. If House had a daughter, he would probably tease and mock her for her infertility – how he managed to get a kid without trying, and she tried so hard but failed every time. No, Cuddy shook her head, he may be an ass, but he would never do something like that. Pausing as she reached her new 2009, silver Audi A4, she shook her head once again, who am I kidding, he has said many things like that before.

She entered the car quickly, wiping away a tear that was threatening to fall down.

Taking a deep breath, she quietly drove to work, holding in the tears that came to her eyes when she saw a young woman jogging, while pushing a stroller on the sidewalk nearby.

Shaking her head in denial, she pulled over to the side of the road. Your time has come and gone. Just accept the fact you are never going to have kids of your own, She thought bitterly before she started her car and continued driving to work.

"Good morning," Cuddy faked a smile as she passed by the nurse's station and quickly unlocked the doors to her office. The sunshine peeked through the partially closed blinds, which briefly lit her office – the room where she had hired House, fought with House, cried about House, laughed about House…enough about House! She mentally screamed.

She sat down in her chair, and put her briefcase on the desk and took out a few papers and files she needed for the day.

Her mind traveled once again – the third time that day, and she decided she needed to take a break and take a short walk.

"Please hold all of my calls, and cancel my morning meetings," Cuddy said to her PA as she walked out of her office and made her way down the hall to the PPTH daycare.

"Dr. Cuddy?" Anna, the daycare supervisor asked hesitantly as she walked up to her boss.

"Hmm?" Cuddy answered as she continued to watch the young kids run around and play in the large colourful room.

"Is everything ok?" She asked kindly as she looked into Cuddy's sad blue eyes.

"Yes, why?" Cuddy asked confused.

"Oh, it just looked like you were in some sort of trance, and wanted to make sure you were doing ok," Anna said quickly as she smiled and went back to play with the kids.

Cuddy looked down and noticed both hands wrapped protectively around her stomach. Shit.

She removed her hands from her stomach and let them hang lifelessly at her side.

"Hello." A little girl's voice came from behind her.

Cuddy took a deep breath and turned around to face the young girl, "Hello!" She exclaimed with a smile.

"My uncle told me to come and see you…he said you liked kids like me, and he doesn't want me to…scwew up to his job…" The young girl exclaimed proud of herself for remembering what her uncle told her.

Cuddy laughed softly, and bent down to the young girl's height. She was wearing white capris and a light pink tank top with a white butterfly in the center.

"What is your name?" Cuddy asked kindly as she delicately moved a stray blonde curl out of the young girls face.

"Jennifer, but you can call me Jen!" Jen exclaimed excitedly as she looked into Cuddy's eyes, blue meeting blue, "What your name?"

"Nice to meet you Jen, my name is Lisa," Cuddy said as she extended her hand for Jen to shake. Jen looked at the hand puzzled and instead ran towards Cuddy and gave her a big hug.

"I hug," She explained when she stepped back.

"That's ok, hugs are better," Cuddy said with a wink, "Who is your uncle?"

"Greg House, but he is trying to talk to my mommy's sister to see if I can stay with her," Jen explained matter-of-factly.

"I see, well that isn't very nice. Why are you staying with him if he doesn't want you to?" Cuddy asked kindly.

Jen looked up at Cuddy innocently, "My mommy and daddy went on a trip, and never came home…and on a piece of paper it said that they want me to stay with Uncle Greg. But he don't want me."

Cuddy's heart ached for the little girl. How could someone not want her?

"Come, let's go talk to your uncle, shall we?" She asked Jen as she stood up and extended her left hand.

"OK!" Jen exclaimed as she held onto Cuddy's hand and walked with her towards the elevators.

A/N - Sorry for the short chap...again...I have my exams next week....and need to study....but I will try and update soon!