Disclaimer: I don't own the House M.D. characters.

He walked into the hospital after a month he spent on his own. He'd chosen to travel across the country rather then spend another day living with the aunt. He was placed with her by social services when his mother died. He'd never met her before apparently she was his mother's half sister. She was scary born again something or other it was like a household from early puritan times full of prayers and church speak, he was sure she was part of a cult. Something he was not into and was no part of how he'd been raised.

He had decided to risk it on his own and move somewhere new. He was sixteen but was often mistaken for a few years older. He figured he could easily make it the two years till it didn't matter anymore that he was without family and when he'd have access to the money his mother left for him.

Before he'd left he'd remembered the letter and decided to try to find it to see if he still had one other option available to him.

He'd peeked at the letter when he was just twelve years old. His mom had been so mad at him when she discovered him with it. But she never suspected he had already read it before she'd taken it away.

It was a letter written to his father. A father he'd never met and from what he read in the letter his father didn't know about him either. The letter had never been sent so it's safe to assume that that's still the case. So he set off going through his mother's belongings it took him three days before he found the letter again and now he had the information needed to find his father.

All of which led him to New Jersey. But after meeting his crazy aunt he'd be sure to find out what he could about his father before telling him anything. For all he knew his father could be a psycho in which case he'd leave himself the chance to bail. He knew that would mean life would be harder for him, which was the reason he decided to look for his father to begin with.

He had looked up his father, yay for the internet, and discovered that he's a renowned doctor. That only meant he'd be very busy and most assuredly a workaholic as well as wealthy. He had no family of his own his parents were still alive but he had no wife or kids. Well other than himself.

He decided the best course of action would be to hang around the hospital and see what he could find out.

Grayson walked into Princeton Plainsboro Hospital leaving his stuff stored in a locker at the bus station. He was dressed nicely in jeans and a dress shirt to fit the role of being a young man visiting a sick relative. The hospital seemed prestigious enough his father must be as important as he'd guessed.

A young doctor a pretty woman to be more specific was talking to a patient in the lobby. She had wavy brown hair pulled back neatly wearing a simple pant suit with the white lab coat in place of a more stylish jacket. If he had to guess she seemed genuinely nice after watching her deal with the patient. So if he was going to have to start somewhere it might as well be with her.

"Excuse me." He'd called to her when she'd started toward the elevator. She turned at his words.

"Can I help you?" She asked looking the kid over. She couldn't make out his age somewhere between 17 and 20 she imagined. There was also something familiar about him that kept her from politely dismissing him even though she was running late.

He was tall with a strong lean build and dark hair a little long and messy like he'd just run his hands through it when he got up. The look seemed to work for him he was attractive with his dark hair and blue eyes probably a heartbreaker she decided.

"I'm looking for a Dr shit hold on, he's the head of diagnostics I think. I can't remember the name." He said to her hoping she'd be able to help him. He knew the name but figured it'd be more normal if he'd forgotten a random doctor's name.

"You want Dr. House then." She smiled. "Did you have an appointment?" She asked trying to figure the boy out. He seemed nervous or careful she'd say. She knew he didn't have an appointment of course. She's the one who schedules House's appointments when he could actually be talked into taking one.