Thank you for the reviews you've given me for the last chapter. I know this chap might make no sense but I'm trying to stand to my promise that I'll finish this fic. :)

THIS CHAP IS NOT BETA. All I did was primary checking and that's it, so I claim ownership of the typos, wrong grammars and all things negative.

But nevertheless, I say, Happy Reading!

"Excuse me, do you know where Dr. House's office is?" the female instantly asked as soon as her feet stopped in front of the three men.

As her lips tugged in a warm smile, two more heads were automatically turned and three pairs of eyes instantly landed on her.

"Who the hell is she?" Taub whispered knowing whatever thing he'll say won't be heard as his position on the table was far enough from the woman's spot.

"I have no idea," Foreman said in a low tone as their eyes stayed fixed on the unknown creature before them.

"Ohgod, I'm so sorry if I disturbed you... if you don't know where it is... I'll just get going..." the woman stammered, suddenly feeling uncomfortable having three men stare at her like the way they are doing right now.

She knows she got the right building, she also asked the right question, maybe she just asked the wrong persons but just when she was about to turn to leave...

"Excuse me," Chase called out a second after the woman flashed her final smile, "You are..."

"I'm Kristina Ausiello. I came here to apply for a substitute doctor for Dr. Remy Hadley's position," the blonde answered confidently.

"Oh..." the Australian commented.

"I... didn't know House is hiring right now," Foreman said from behind.

"I'm not sure either. Guess I'm just in to try my luck," Kristina said shyly.

"Well in that case, let's get you to him," Chase offered as his feet dragged him to the woman's side while her smile instantly dragged her to his heart.

"She got him," Taub said with a smile knowing to well what he just witnessed from the Australian.

"Yes, she does," Foreman agreed remembering the last time he saw his fellow smile back to a woman like that.

Dinner's almost done. Can you make it in ten, fifteen minutes tops? – Cuddy

Watching his friend's lips curved up a smile, Wilson knew who's text House was reading at the moment. He needed not to ask but just so he could unglue the diagnostician's eyes from the screen of his phone before it melts, he did so.

"It's Cuddy isn't it?"

House looked up and nodded while mumbling a silent, "Yah." He wanted to go home so fast that if he could fly, he knew he would have already done so a few minutes ago.

To: L. Cuddy

Will be there in five ;) - House

He was in the middle of gathering his things when two voices broke the silence of the hallway, stealing Wilson's attention but not his since he was busy ducking his head so he could get other journals from the lower section of his file cabinet.

"Someone's here to see you," he heard Chase say as soon as his glass door was pushed open.

"Dr. House, I'm..." Kristin cheerily greeted as she stood closely beside the Australian.

"Sorry, he's gone for the day," the diagnostician said, still ducked under the desk.

"Don't be like that, Kristin just wanted to see you," Chase said, suddenly feeling a surge of negative emotion running through his veins upon hearing his boss's dismissal of such a lovely and kind greeting since he knew from whose lips it came from.

"Oh I'm sorry, I was just..." House sarcastically apologized while easing himself up but was cut off when his eyes landed on the lady's body which was professionally clad in tight blouse and dangerously revealing short skirt.

"Hmm, who are you looking for again?" he asked, playing innocent as he does.

"You," Chase bitterly replied as he walked over to the desk, handling the resume the woman gave to him when they were in the elevator earlier.

"Oh..." the diagnostician said, grabbing the file before landing his stares on Wilson who remained standing and silent for the last few minutes, "Why did you told her I was out for the day?" House pinpointed his mistake as a tease.

"Hey! You were the one who said..." the oncologist said in defence.

"Sorry, my P.A. here must have screw some of my schedule," the six feet man apologized, gesturing at his friend as he speaks.

"It's okay, Dr. House. It's actually my fault that I came here at the evening. I'll just drop by tomorrow and..." Kristin proposed.

"No, no, no... If you want, we can... proceed on whatever you came here for tonight," House said, his voice so insisting that Chase and Wilson couldn't help but to arch their eyebrows in unison before turning their heads to look at each other.

"Wow, that's so nice of you. I thought you'll be a jerk and all," Kristin commented, falling in love with the diagnostician every minute though she thought she'll wouldn't after hearing the comments about the legendary doctor.

House fake a disappointed sigh and said, "If you can't be nice, why be a doctor?"

"Well, I will agree with that," the woman said as her words were mixed with small chuckles that Chase would have adored if he was the cause of. Unfortunately, he wasn't and he also hated it that he wasn't the one who was standing on the spot where Kristin was moving forward.

"So, shall we start?" House invited as he pull up the chair behind him.

"House..." Wilson warned, letting his friend remember that he has some dinner with his girlfriend to come to.

"Yes, I wanted some privacy for half an hour please," the diagnostician answered like a real boss to his P.A. though knowing to well what his friend meant.

"Let's just leave him alone and call the Dean of Medicine to inform her about this," Chase bitterly said before leaving the office, followed by Wilson who couldn't help but to show his disappointment through his eyes.

House on the other hand, inwardly enjoyed the Australian's display of jealousy. He never saw him like that, not even with Cameron, but now that he does, it's time to play a game to which he'd always been a champion.

Thirty minutes later, Cuddy dropped the medical journal she was reading before taking hold of her cell phone which she placed on the small table beside the couch she was seated on. There were images that lit up before her but the word '1 UNREAD MESSAGE' didn't because there was none.

House should have been with her thirty minutes ago but when her front door failed to make that opening sound, her worries began to crawl in her mind. Her new house is just three blocks away from the hospital but that doesn't mean anything couldn't go wrong. Accidents happen and she hated even the thought of it.

Sighing as her heart pounded her chest, she searched for Wilson's name and began calling the man. She heard two to three rings before the oncologist's voice answered from the other line.

"Hey," she softly greeted as she rose from the couch.

"Hi," Wilson answered, silently praying that Cuddy won't notice the nervousness his voice possessed.

"I'm sorry to call you this late but... House should have been here with me. I was thinking maybe you know where he is. Did he left the hospital?" the dean asked.

"He's still here... at the hospital," the oncologist slowly delivered after a hard gulp.

"Oh, he didn't tell me he got a case."

Wilson took in a huge amount of air before saying, "Because, he doesn't have one."

Back at House's office, Kristin was smiling back at House who was signing a piece of paper which she was informed to present to the Dean of Medicine tomorrow when she comes in for her first day of work.

"That's it?" she asked, feeling her eyes almost to pop out of its sockets as her mind still burning with excitement that she really was about to work with one of the country's top diagnostician.

"Yup, we're done for the day," House said before eyeing up the woman as he handed her the paper he just signed.

"Wow, I can't believe it... I'll be working... for you," Kristin said, her eyes glistening with tears.

"Yah, that's what my team also said when I told them they're in for the job," the diagnostician said as he stood up as the woman did the same, "trust me, you'll be welling your eyes with tears as well when I say, 'You're fired.'"

Kristin scoffed as she slid the paper inside the manila envelope she was carrying. "If ever I will be, I'll be glad that I'll be hearing those words from you, Dr. House," she said with a smile, watching as the man walked beside her, now with his bag sling on his shoulder.

"Do you want to hear it now?" he asked as they crossed his office.

"No thank you," she replied with another smile.

It was past 11.30 when House gently pushed Cuddy's front door open, nearly one hour and a half late with the time they both set to met up in her house. The living room's light was open, so was the first hallway and the dinning room's; all of them informing him that his girlfriend is still awake but the silence told him, the baby isn't.

He was about to enter the living room when an indistinctive sound from the dining room echoed around the house. Determined to know what it is, he silently moved to the adjacent room where he found Cuddy standing behind the table, keeping the food she cooked for both of them in a Tupperware.

"Hey," he softly greeted as he stepped further in the room.

"I'm sorry I couldn't get here any sooner... I had a..." he tried to explain.

"I already placed the food in the fridge. You can use the microwave if you want. Just help your self out," Cuddy flatly said without bothering to lift her eyes from the container she was closing.

"Thought we'll be eating together?" he asked, already feeling the cold treatment his girlfriend was giving.

"That's also what I thought," she replied. "But apparently, you got some more important errands to attend to. You should have called me not to bother preparing this dinner for you."

Of course she'll know, House thought. As he took another step towards her, he made a mental note to make both Chase and Wilson suffer tomorrow. Those two are ass-kisser. They didn't even know why he hired Kristin in the first place!

"Look, I..." he softly said before hearing a soft thud as not to wake the baby but loud enough to make him internally flinch. Though his eyes slightly widened, it still took him a minute or two to realize that the sound was made by Cuddy and her grey slates are now looking at him.

"So what's her name?" she asked.

"Who told you about..." he threw just to stall.

"Doesn't matter. It's good to be informed with things like this especially when you're playing boss with someone who applied for a position you said you'll never open up," Cuddy said. "So why did you suddenly change your mind? I'm an idiot for thinking you'll..."

"For god's sake, why did you even listened to them?" he burst.

Seeing the stunned expression on his girlfriend's face, House decided to his lower tone as doing such would be better for both of them and for the baby who's asleep a few rooms away.

"They don't know why I hired Kristin... and my reasons aren't even close on the thought that I wanted to cheat on you," he said standing close before Cuddy and watching her pull her gaze from him and letting it land on the floor.

"Can we just have this talk tomorrow?" she silently requested, suddenly feeling weak for having him before her.

"You're kicking me out?" he asked.

"Because I can't deal with you right now," she reasoned, "it's either that or we might do something I..."

"You're mad at me," he pointed out silencing Cuddy as soon as the words left his lips.

"And you know what the worst part is?" he asked, closing the distance between them and trapping his girlfriend between him and the antique drawer behind her.

"It's the thought that you're mad at me for nothing," he replied.

As House spoke, Cuddy traced the face of the man she now call her boyfriend. Yes he's right, she really was mad at him and she still is. Seeing how beautiful her man's eyes are, there's really no doubt that any moment any chick, older or younger than she is, might took him away from her. But he said it, he didn't and won't cheat. Seeing the truth in his eyes, Cuddy suddenly felt guilty of even thinking he'll be ditching their second dinner together just so he could screw someone else.

Both of them held their gazes for a minute or two and just before House's mind ordered the rest of his body to just leave the house, he was suddenly pulled down by Cuddy's hands and the his lips were instantly met by hers.

There's also one thing you have to know, it's hard to write a fighting Huddy. :) Think it's a good thing?

Well, I hope you like what happened and is now looking forward to the next.

Once again, Thank you for reading and reviews are greatly welcome! :D