Out of the Ordinary

Disclaimer: I don't own House M.D., or any of the characters, otherwise some of my crazy plot ideas would have ended up on the show…….

Thanks for all the great reviews, you guys are awesome! (You like me, you really really like me!) Anyways, here's the third chapter, R&R, and thanks again!

Tap, tap, tap House was pacing up and down the halls, walking the same path over and over again, staring at the floor, but at the same time, not looking at anything at all, like his mind was somewhere completely different, completely detached from the body that was pacing in a military-like fashion up and down the hospital hallway. Suddenly, another tapping sound interrupted House's train of thought, and right as he looked up, Dr. Foreman rounded the corner, and stopped abruptly so as not to hit House. "Hey Greg," he said, looking at House oddly and then glancing at his watch, "You have clinic duty today, and it started 8 minutes ago. You know Cuddy's going to come looking for you any minute now. You're not going to go hide out in someone's office to try and get out of it?" House looked a little dazed for a minute, and Foreman smirked slightly at the thought of thinking of something before House. But just as this happened, House thought up a witty excuse for his being where he was when he was "I figured that since everyone thinks I'll be hiding out in someone's office, this is the last place Lisa will look for me. I mean, you thought it was strange that I was here, why wouldn't she think the same thing? As surprising as it may seem, there is a method to my madness." House said with one of his trademark arrogant looks. The small hint of a smirk dropped off Foreman's face almost as quickly as it had come "Oh, well, I guess that makes sense." said Foreman dejectedly, "I have to go, talk to you later House" said Foreman, walking off towards his office. House's look was replaced by a look of relief as soon as Foreman disappeared around the corner. That was a close one Greg he told himself if Foreman had found out why you were really standing there... well, let's just say that it wouldn't be very good. House had known Cuddy long enough to know that she would come here to look for him first because this was where he should be... Cuddy was like clockwork. Thinking of her made him smile, and it was at that moment, while House was leaning on his cane in the middle of the hallway with the goofiest looking grin in the world on his face, that none other than Lisa Cuddy rounded the corner.

"House?" she said, obviously as surprised as Foreman that he wasn't hiding somewhere, even though she had decided to look there first. House jumped, surprised at her sudden appearance, and, losing hold of his cane, lost balance and fell to the floor in a heap, still looking extremely shocked. "Oh, let me help you up!" said Cuddy, leaning down to the floor to grab his hand. House was still speechless and shocked for a minute, but when he realized what was happening, he suddenly knew what he had to do right then.

Sorry that this chapter leaves you with a bit of a cliffhanger, I promise I'll update soon so you can find out what happens!