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"HOUSE!!!" Cuddy screamed at the top of her lungs when she reached the cafeteria.

"Cuddy! So glad to see you too!" he responded sarcastically.

"I'm not playing games with you House…get her down from there right now!"

"But she likes it!"

"Now!!!"

"Oh fine." He muttered. "C'mon Angela, mommy's not liking our idea of play time."

The girl slid down the new, built in mini-playground, complete with a slide, monkey bars, and a little castle. When she passed Cuddy, the girl stuck out her tongue.

"House! In my office! Now!" Cuddy said as she pointed towards it. She leaned over to the nearest nurse and said, "And get maintenance to take this all down, and put all the tables back where they were."


"What the hell were you thinking? Putting a playground in the cafeteria?" Cuddy fumed.

"C'mon, why are you so mad? This came out of my pocket…and it was for the kids. Why are you so angry?" he said. "If any other person had done this, you wouldn't be mad!"

"That's not true House! You can't just tear apart the cafeteria and set up a children's play area!" she said, but her eyes deceived her. Cuddy herself knew that this actually wasn't a big deal. She had just overreacted when the nurse told her. Why? She took a deep breath. "House," she said calmly, "if you are going to do something like this for the kids at leas tell me before you do it."

"Okay, I get the whole authorization deal, but why are you so angry?" House asked. His blue eyes catching on to something he couldn't explain.

"I'm angry because…I'm angry because…" she said frustrated.

"Because of Lucas?" he asked cautiously.

She looked up. "Yes." She muttered. "I just can't believe that they were together the whole time and I didn't know it! What am I, an idiot?" she sighed, "Why can't I ever have a decent relationship with a guy? Am I just incapable of that?" she was tearing.

"Uh… No your not. I guess your just looking in the wrong places." House suggested, trying his hardest not to make a smart remark.

"Yeah, I guess. Listen, House I'm sorry you had to hear all of that…and I'm sorry for yelling at you. I guess I overreacted." She said, a small smile forming on her lips.

"You think?" House smiled back.

"Oh shut up!" she shoved him playfully.

"Oh! It's gonna be like that huh?" he smiled and began tickling her.

"NO! House stop!" she said in between giggles.

"Ah, so you are ticklish."

"I am not!" once she said that, Cuddy realized she had made a big mistake.

"Uh-huh?" he said as he tickled her and she began squirming and laughing.

"House!" she couldn't control her laughter.

In a matter of seconds House had her laughing hysterically on the couch, pinned under him.

"I don't remember you being ticklish." He said when they both settled down.

She smiled, then realized the awkward position they were in. "Uh House, could you, you know…"

"Yeah." He said as he stood up.

Cuddy got up and straightened her blouse. "Thank god I didn't wear a skirt today." She thought to herself.

"So…I think I should be heading off to my office now…" House said.

"Yeah, I think you should."