29. Neon art.

"Alice, why would you leave Wonderland?," she read on the wall. She approached House who was fixing the last neon letter to the wall above Alice's cradle. A hand on her lower back, the other caressing Rachel's hair, she smiled. "You really are sure we're naming her Alice, aren't you?"

"I'm glad you like it. Been workin' hard on it."

"I like the color," she said, watching him as he lighted up the neon art. A beautiful shade of purple enveloped the room.

"I have one too!" Rachel excitedly said, inciting her mother to look at the other side of the room.

There was, indeed, another neon art on the opposite wall, just above Rachel's bed.

"Captain Rachel?" Cuddy read, amused.

"Howse says I'm a captain now! And little sis' is the slave!" the girl explained, looking at House in a tell-her-it's-true way.

"The slave ..." she repeated, addressing an exasperated look to House. He suppressed a laugh. "I like ... the deco."

He smiled at her warmly; a smile that anyone would've missed as it vanished as soon as it appeared through his beard, but she knew better.

"Now, I need help over there. To ... sort all the stuff after our shopping panic."

They'd spent the day at the mall after they'd realized they didn't prepare anything for the baby's room. Or for the baby, for that matter.

Rachel being Rachel and House being a big baby, thy ended up buying everything with cartoons on it - half what was in the store.

"Can't do anything by herself ..." he not so quietly mumbled, following her to the living room.


A/N: I did not invent the neon art that says "Alice, why would you leave Wonderland?", I've seen it somewhere on Facebook.

Thank you guys for sticking with the story, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. :)