Would You Like to Have Dinner With Me?

Cameron had originally made plans to have dinner with Grace and Angi the night that her sister came in, but that's when things became complicated. Angi and Charlie had had a nice long talk that day about how and when to tell Grace about their divorce. They both decided that tonight was the best night to do so, so Cameron was left alone. Well, Cameron was never alone. She always had House, right?

"Are you free for dinner?"

House gave Cameron a curious glance. "I thought you were having dinner with your sister."

"Grace is being discharged," said Cameron. "She and Charlie are taking her out for a dinner tonight."

"Your sister… and her ex… are taking their daughter to dinner… together?"

Cameron sighed. "Okay, yes, they are telling her about the divorce tonight."

House nodded. He had suspected as such. "Sure, I'm free for dinner. I just need to tell Wilson that I can't go to Hooters with him."

Cameron wasn't sure if it was a joke or not.

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Cuddy was finishing up her calls to possible applicants when Wilson walked in her office. She smiled immediately as he entered.

"Hey," she said. "What's up?"

Wilson looked confused. "You called me."

Cuddy hated when that happened. She made so many calls every day that she couldn't even remember half of them. "Right, sorry, I just wanted to know if you were free for dinner."

"Yeah, sure I'm free," said Wilson. "I just need to tell House that I can't go to Hooters with him tonight."

Cuddy took it as a joke on Wilson's behalf, but she wasn't so sure about House. "If you already had plans, then I can—."

Wilson put his hands up. "No, it's alright; I'm sure House won't mind."

Cuddy smiled. "I'll meet you at your office in a half hour?"

"Sounds good." With that, Wilson gave Cuddy a friendly hug goodbye. After all, they were still trying to conceal their romantic relationship at work. Cuddy had even made the decision not to tell anyone about her pregnancy until the upcoming fundraiser (she was especially afraid because of her previous miscarriage).

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Nurse Katie rolled a wheelchair into Grace's room with a smile on her face. She was going to miss doing daily checkups on the perky child.

"All ready to go?"

Grace nodded. "Do you know Dr. House?"

Katie laughed. "Yes, I do. Why do you ask?"

Grace handed Katie the PSP that she had been playing on all day. "He let me borrow this; can you please make sure he gets it back?"

Katie took the PSP in shock. House had leant a patient his PSP? "I'll make sure he gets it."

"Thanks."

"No problem," replied Katie with a smile.

Grace looked up at her parents and smiled as well. "So, what are we doing for dinner tonight? I'm getting sick of this hospital food!"

Charlie, Angi, and Ally all laughed.

"We're going to go out to dinner tonight," said Charlie.

Grace grinned. "Really? Are you coming too, Ally?"

Ally seemed hesitant. She didn't know what to say. "You know, I've got some things I need to get in order for your dad's firm, but maybe another time."

"Okay," said Grace with a smile. She didn't doubt that she'd see Ally again soon.

Katie wasn't sure what the big secret was with this family, but she definitely sensed something was going on. Instead of asking, though, she just smiled and rolled Grace to Angi's car.

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As soon as Nurse Katie arrived back at her station, she saw that she had a visitor waiting for her. And what an adorable visitor he was.

"Hey there," she said with a giant grin. She still couldn't believe that she was going to Australia.

"Hey," said Chase. "It's Friday night."

"Oh, you don't say."

"I was wondering if you wanted to have dinner with me."

"Dr. Chase, I'll have dinner with you any night of the week." Katie gave Chase a sweet peck on the cheek before going back to her work.

"I'll pick you up at your place at 7:00?"

"Sounds great," agreed Katie.

And with that, Chase headed back to the Diagnostics Office to see if House needed anything else before he went home. Hopefully he didn't.

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Another tick of the clock, and another mundane day was over. Whitner emptied her last test tube and glanced at the woman who shared the lab with her. A question kept running through her mind, but she wasn't sure if she should ask it. She desperately wanted to find out more about Dr. Grant, especially her relationship with Gregory House. She couldn't explain why, but she did. Perhaps you could call it a researcher's curiosity. Whitner finally couldn't take it anymore. She asked the question without even thinking.

"Grant, what are you doing tonight?"

Surprised, Ray looked over at Whitner. "Um… nothing, why?"

"You want to go get some drinks?" she asked. "I hear the White Lion is a great place."

Ray chuckled. "Yeah, I guess so. Greg tells me that place is great."

This was killing Whitner. Ray had heard about The White Lion from House. "So I'll meet you there, then?"

"Yeah," replied Ray. "I'll meet you there."

Maybe it wasn't Dr. Grant's relationship with House that was bothering her, but more like her lack of a personal life.