A/N: Sorry I didn't update yesterday. My friend died unexpectedly two years ago around this time and I always get a little depressed around this time of the year. The chapter would have been angsty! Ok, I'm going to un-angst myself and press on, even through (dun dun dun) WRITER'S BLOCK!!! (Insert screams of horror here.)

Thank you for the great reviews!!

Here's to my good friend!

All right! Time to READ! (Finally!)


On Friday morning, House woke up much later than usual- 10.30 A.M. And to his immense surprise, Lisa was still sleeping. Usually his girlfriend woke at the crack of dawn- ugh, morning people !

House was a little sore from that "massage." Admittedly, he was really relaxed… and that Ivan wasn't a bad guy at all…

He was roused from his thoughts when Lisa stirred beside him. She smiled sleepily at him and the pair relished the moment- not that they'd admit it out loud! But they usually didn't get to wake up together, so this was nice for a change.

Lisa reached over and laid her hand gently on the side of his face, stroking her thumb across his high-set cheekbone.

"Sleep ok?" she asked softly.

House nodded upon the realisation that he actually HAD had a good night's sleep. Was this Ivan's doing, or was the emotional exhaustion that Wallace was contributing greatly to indirectly helping him ?

IT CAN"T BE!!!

House frowned when he noticed Lisa was laughing. The array of emotions that had just flown across his face- from sleepiness, to surprise, to suspicion, to annoyance, to horror- was kind of amusing.

"Stop laughing at me!" House pouted.

"But you're so… cute !" Lisa cried, giggling girlishly.

House was once again horrified.

"I am NOT cute. I am a STUD. I will also accept 'sexy', 'handsome,' and 'hot.'"

"Okay, my handsome stud," Lisa replied, still giggling.

"Obviously, you're not taking me seriously."

"Obviously not."

House continued to pout.

"Why did you wake up on the super-right side of the bed? It's annoying."

"YOU put me there. If you don't want me to be in a good mood, then you shouldn't act cute right when I wake up."

House shuddered.

"Not this 'cute' business again!" House exclaimed with a groan.

Lisa began to laugh once again.

House kissed her to shut her up, but when her laughing once more resumed, he rolled out of bed and went to hide in the bathroom.

"JUST FOR THAT I'M GOING TO TAKE A SHOWER WITHOUT YOU!"


Back in Princeton, Wilson was having trouble solving a conflict in the clinic. A patient had just accused Dr Cameron of sexual harassment, and was not happy when Nurse Brenda laughed in his face.

"Please, sir, Dr Cameron is very kind and a good doctor. She was NOT sexually harassing you, it's simply part of the procedure to-"

"JAMES!"

Wilson groaned when he was cut off by Amber's piercing shriek. He really didn't need this now!

"JAMES! Your mother won't stop calling! She said that you PROMISED to call her and now she won't leave me alone until you do!"

Wilson pinched the bridge of his nose, feeling a migraine coming on. He had completely forgotten to return his mother's call. And she was quite persistent when it came to her sons returning telephone calls…

"Is she on the phone now?"

"No, but she'll be calling back any SECOND now," Amber rolled her eyes and tossed her hair. "If you don't call her soon, she said she'll come down here and you'll be in for a 'talking-to'."

Wilson had no doubt that under normal circumstances, Amber would be teasing him mercilessly for this. But she was clearly quite frazzled by his mother, who was probably the only one doing any harassing today. He turned back to the patient.

"Listen, sir, Brenda is really very sorry for laughing at such an inappropriate time. It's just that Dr Cameron would never sexually harass anyone besides Dr House, who isn't even here right now! Brenda will apologise to you herself, won't you, Brenda?"

Brenda begrudgingly did so, and Wilson turned back to Amber, ignoring the daggers that Cameron was throwing at him with her eyes.

"All right, let's call my mother, shall we?"

He and Amber headed back to his office, where his imminent doom undoubtedly awaited.

Or he'd just, you know, call his mum.


House and Lisa were musing over what to have for breakfast. They were determined not to see Wallace at all today to compensate for having to spend time with TWO Wallacesons tomorrow.

In the end, they decided to just call for room service again and settled onto the couch to wait.

While they waited for their orders to be delivered, Lisa's cell phone began to ring.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Lise, it's Amber," a tired-sounding voice groaned on the other end.

"Hey, Amber, is everything all right at the hospital?"

"Other than Cameron being accused of sexual harassment by an idiot patient? No."

Lisa sighed. Amber really did act just like House…

"And James's mother has been calling nonstop for the past three hours! I just really need to talk to a woman- specifically one that isn't her!"

Lisa couldn't help but laugh.

"Dr Cameron sexually harassing patients? James's mother calling as though her life depends on it? All the interesting things go on when I'm not around!"

"Yeah. Especially because James is, like, a total pushover. But he managed to force Brenda into apologising to the patient for laughing in his face!"

Lisa laughed again and was able to fill Amber in about most of the goings-on with Wallace- but left out House's hurt feelings so as not to embarrass him in front of his best friend's girlfriend.

When their breakfast arrived, Lisa said good-bye to Amber, and she and House made their way over to the little table to eat.

"Soooo…what happened with Cameron?"

"Apparently a patient though that Dr Cameron was harassing him."

House grinned, "If the patient was smart, he'd know that what she was doing was part of the procedure. Besides, Cameron only sexually harasses me! And not around you. Cause you would scratch her eyes out. I hope."

Lisa rolled her eyes.

"Yeah right. I would NOT scratch her eyes out. I'd poke them out with the heels of my stilettos after using them to cut off her air supply."

House's grin widened, "Oh, my murderous little minx, you say the sweetest things…"

Lisa merely rolled her eyes again.


"AND PIERRE! GET FRESH PILLOWS FOR MUMMY'S SUITE! GOOSE DOWN ONLY! SHE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANYTHING ELSE!"

Wallace knew that his mother was not due to arrive for another day, but he was still panicking. He manically ordered all of his servants around, wanting everything to be absolutely PERFECT, because his mother would have nothing less than PERFECTION.

Truthfully, Wallace was very nervous about this visit. If everything went according to his plan, there would be nothing to worry about at all. But that HOUSE… surely he'd ruin everything for the fun of it. And then Wallace would have to move back in with Mummy!

A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH!!!

House had been perfectly accurate when he said that Wallace's mother had his balls in a blender. And she would set that blender to OBLITERATE the second she got a chance.

'Calm down, Wallace," he told himself, 'you're completely overreacting, old man. You'll wake up with gray hair tomorrow. Everything will be fine.'

Everything will be fine.

He hoped.


A/N: Wallace's mother will arrive soon! DUN DUN DUN!!! (Ooh, I'm in a dramatic mood today!)

Thank you again for the reviews, and I really love the "Cane in the nuts" line! Thanks!

Ok, please tell me what you think! And suggestions are always welcome, for this story or future ones!
XD Sharky