Hostages

AN: Do you think i'm slightly evil for the last chapter? Read on...

Quote of the day: "Advertsing is legalized lying." - H.G. Wells

After dinner was finished Wilson collected up the plates.

"No Jim its fine I'll take my own plate." Erica said glaring over to her brother whom was happily letting his friend clean up after him.

"It's no trouble." Wilson said his hand still held out for her plate.

Instead Erica got up and placed her plate in the sink, leaving Wilson still standing and House still looking at the TV screen.

"That's how you get up off your ass and do it yourself." She shouted to her brother.

"Quiet down will you, General Hospital is starting!" House shouted back knowing he was pushing his sister's buttons.

What House didn't expect, was for Erica to storm in and yank the cable out from the wall. Then she snatched the remote from his thigh, put it in her pocket and slammed the bedroom door.

House sat motionless in front of the TV with his mouth gaping open and his eyes bulging out of his head.

"Did you see…?" House asked Wilson as he was rising from his seat.

"Yeah, she pulled the plug and stole the remote." Wilson said smirking.

House hobbled over to his bedroom door and tried to open it and realised she'd put something heavy up against the door.

"Erica. Open this door and give me my remote!" House shouted to the wooden door.

"Not until you help Jim with the washing up, clearing up and tidying away." She called. She was smiling at the thought of her brother having an inward battle between doing housework and no TV.

Doing housework would win in this case.

"Fine I'll do it. Give me the remote."

"Not until Jim gives me his word that you have helped."

"How did you become so devious Bloss?" House asked.

"I learnt from the best."

Wilson had already made his way to the kitchen and was washing up the plates.

"Wilson, let me wash up those plates. You can do the drying up."

House quickly swished some water upon the plates and handed them to Wilson.

"House, there's still food on this plate."

"Well wipe it off then. I'm missing valuable minutes of General Hospital."

"You've seen them all." Wilson replied sighing.

"So? I watch them to make me happy. You want me to be happy don't you Wilson?"

"Of course I want you to be happy but it wouldn't hurt if you washed them a bit better."

House quickly washed the other two plates ignoring Wilson's wishes to clean them thoroughly. He then sped limped to the bedroom door.

"Bloss I'm finished!"

"What does Jim think?" Erica asked.

House looked over to Wilson and made a sign that told him if he didn't tell her he'd finished; Wilson wouldn't have a place to sleep tonight.

"He's finished." Wilson called out.

House went to push the door but the object still hadn't been removed.

"Give me back the remote." House whined outside of the bedroom door.

"Let Jim come and get it." Erica said knowing her brother was suffering without his TV programme.

"Quick." House said ushering Wilson to the door and hiding behind him.

Erica pushed the cabinet to the side of the door with slight difficulty and peeked round the door to see Wilson standing there trying to look neutral.

Her eyes travelled down to the floor and she saw a shadow of a cane. The shadow was shown between Wilson's legs and Erica cocked an eyebrow knowing she wouldn't be fooled.

"Greg." She said from a crack in the door "If you don't sit down on the sofa like a good child should, I won't give the remote to Wilson."

"Child?" House said appearing from behind Wilson. "I'm not a child."

"Oh sorry I forgot. You're an adult that acts like a child." She replied sweetly. "So you gonna sit down or not?"

Grumbling, House took a seat on the sofa and looked to the door in approval.

"Good." Erica said sliding the remote across the floor and yanking Wilson in the bedroom by his collar.

"What are you going to do with Wilson?" House asked nonplussed by her actions.

"Now you won't have someone to wait on you hand and foot for the night." Erica called out while looking at a bewildered Wilson.

"What are you going to do with me?" Wilson asked seeing the funny side.

"I'm holding you hostage James Wilson. And you're not leaving this room until my brother learns to appreciate you as a friend and as a guest."

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