House had slumped into the couch and watched TV almost as soon as they entered his apartment

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House had slumped onto the couch and watched TV almost as soon as they entered his apartment. Lena was tired and decided to try and get some sleep. She mainly ended up lying in her bed staring at the ceiling and mulling about her talk with Cuddy.

Memories of Las Vegas came flooding back to her mind. She saw a sad and lonely little girl waiting for her mother after school, proudly wanting to show off her 'A'. That was when she was young and oh so naïve. She had grown all too used to fending for herself. She had spiralled into a reckless and self-destructive abyss and mixed with the never ending party Vegas had to offer she had become wild.

She had hung out with all the wrong people and become involved in things she just wanted to leave behind. Her teacher's didn't know what to do with her and her mother certainly didn't care. Perhaps that is what had made her such a troublesome kid. Or perhaps it was just in her genes.

Slowly, Lena managed to drift off into a troubled sleep. Her mind was still plagued with painful memories.

Huddy

House, for lack of better options, had taken Lena with him to the hospital again the next day. She didn't mind. In fact, she loved spending time at the hospital. Thoughts of her previous night's mulling were pushed into the back of her mind. Today, her focus was operation 'get House and Cuddy together'…she really needed to think of a better name.

She had opted to wear a dark grey Red Jumpsuit Apparatus t-shirt with her skinny leg black jeans. She also wore black and white chequered vans and several black wristbands. Her blonde hair was straightened and hung down around her shoulders. She had also had enough time this morning to highlight her bright blue eyes with her favourite black eyeliner.

Lena followed House up to his office. He entered the break room where his three ducklings were busy doing medical crosswords. He was about to go into his office when he did a double take.

"My bubbly personality not enough to brighten the room for you anymore?" he said mockingly, "Didn't you think you stood out enough? Or did your pimp just want to make you look more interesting?"

He was referring to the result of Foreman's dare the previous day. The fellow was wearing a bright orange shirt. Lena, who was standing in the doorway, smirked triumphantly.

"You might wanna be careful," House said with fake seriousness, "Someone might mistake you for a Satsuma and try to juice you." Foreman just rolled his eyes while Chase chuckled softly.

"Do we have a case?" Cameron asked dutifully.

"Way to suck the fun out of the moment," Lena snapped before House got the chance to cut Cameron down. Cameron just glared at Lena.

"I'm guessing this," House pointed to Foreman's shirt, "Is your doing?" He asked Lena.

"I may have had something to do with it," Lena said vaguely, ignoring Cameron's pathetic attempt to intimidate her.

House's ears pricked up as he heard the familiar clicking of heels. Cuddy emerged in the doorway a few seconds later. He noticed appreciatively that she was wearing a lovely low cut black top.

"House," she said placing her hands on her hips, "You still have three hours of clinic duty." She was about to add something when she noticed Foreman's orange shirt and raised an eyebrow. "I don't want to know. House, just get your clinic hours done."

With that she left the office. House watched her walk away as she swayed her hips in the most tantalizing way. Did she realize how much of a tease she was?

House went into his office and lazily positioned himself in his recliner. He retrieved his PSP from his backpack and proceeded to play. The three ducklings hadn't actually expected him to do what he was told and just went back to doing their crosswords.

Lena grew quickly bored of watching Chase struggle with seventeen across. It was obviously lupus. She decided to pay her father's friend a little visit.

She walked casually to Wilson's office and slipped inside. He was doing paperwork and hadn't noticed her come in.

"Has anyone ever told you your office is freakishly clean?" she commented. He jumped slightly but then relaxed again when he noticed who it was.

"Hi Lena," he said.

"Hey," she replied as she sat in one of the chair's opposite his desk.

"I'll assume House has sent you here to spy on me or something," Wilson mused.

"Nope," Lena said putting her legs up on his desk and playing with one of his pens. "I came here all by my little self."

"I didn't mean to imply…" he said, flustered.

"I know," she smiled, "It's just too easy. So what's up in the world of cancer?"

"Um," he said, "Not much…House called me last night, he told me to find you a school."

"Trust him to load it on someone else," Lena said rolling her eyes, "I would have bet on Cameron, although she'd probably just whine about why she wasn't working. Besides, I'd probably end up at some school for saving kittens or something."

"You shouldn't be so harsh on her," Wilson said.

"Okay," Lena said raising her hands in mock defeat, "So what wonderful hall of learning shall I be attending?"

"Well I came up with a few possibilities," Wilson said shuffling through some papers.

"Wait," Lena said, "You actually did research? House really does rely on you, doesn't he?"

"I guess so," Wilson said, rubbing the back of his neck uncomfortably. Wilson was saved any more discomfort by the shrill beeping of his pager. He apologized and rushed off to his appointment.

Lena waited until he was gone and then picked up the stack of files he had printed off about schools. She flipped through them stonily. She was not going to some academy for stuck up little snobs.

Okay, so there we go.

Sorry if Wilson seemed like a bit of a pushover there with the whole school thing, but it was necessary. I didn't mean to, I love Wilson!

Still to come, more Lena/Cuddy bonding…also more House/Lena father-daughter bonding…with some Cameron bashing thrown in there for good measure, you have been warned!

AND

Lena shall go to school. XD

Oh, and of course, House/Cuddy 'bonding'. ; )

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