Sounds like people all have different ideas about this kangaroo! The idea actually came to me while I was walking the dog the other morning. Don't good ideas always come at the strangest times!

House walked into the conference room where Foreman and Chase were sitting reading medical journals, totally ignoring each other. "Party time Chase," House said with a grin, "You ever seen a kangaroo?" he continued.

"What are you talking about?" Chase asked puzzled.

"I want you to tell me everything you know about Kangaroos," House replied.

"Why?" Chase continued to press him for information.

"They hop," Foreman butted in, "What is the point in this? Are we treating a kangaroo?"

"Since when have you thrown a boomerang?" House asked Foreman annoyed.

"Why?" Chase continued to ask.

"Ask Cuddy," House said striding into his office. Chase gave a quick glance at Foreman and then the both of them shrugged and sat back down and continued what they were doing.

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Cuddy was sitting in her office with a pile of phone books sitting on her desk. She was wringing anywhere that might just slightly be interested in having a Kangaroo, but everywhere and everyone she had called so far thought she was joking and hung up or just plainly refused. After a couple of hours she gave up and slammed the top phone book shut. She picked up the letter again and stared at it, thinking maybe she should just call the zoo and forget about that she worked for the hospital for a second, or maybe she just should call them back and ask them to keep the kangaroo. She got up, stalked out of the room and headed to House's office on a mission.

"Well," she snapped, slamming her fist on his desk waking him up from his nap, making him jump.

"No Cuddy, I will not let you keep the kangaroo, as the letter is addressed to me it is mine," House said at the top of his voice trying to get Foreman and Chase's attention. "I spoke to Chase and he didn't seem to know anything, and Foreman, well, I think he is jealous of Chase," House continued in his loud tone. Foreman had now walked into the room.

"What is going on?" he asked, walking into the room.

"See, I told you he was jealous of Chase," House whispered loudly to Cuddy, who rolled her eyes frustrated.

"I'm going to have to call the Chase family in Australia," Cuddy stated turning around and heading out of the office. Foreman looked at House puzzled.

"I wouldn't," House called out after her, "for all we know they could be in the Australian mafia and come and hunt us down,". With this comment Cuddy stopped in the doorway, turned around, and sighed. She then continued walking to her office, continuing to wonder what to do.

Chase had finally woken up to the fact that they were saying his name a hell of a lot. He also went to House's office and stood next to Foreman.

"Is your family in the mafia by any chance?" House asked, getting up to go and see his only friend, Wilson.

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"I here you have Cuddy in a spot of bother," Wilson said to House as he sat down in a chair opposite his desk.

"Really? What about now?" House asked smirking, "I did all my clinic hours this morning," he said proudly as a child would if they had done all their chores.

"She said something about a kangaroo, so I was guessing maybe Chase did something else?" Wilson asked, prodding House for information. House pulled the letter out of his pocket and handed it to a way to eager Wilson. After a moments silence he had read it.

"A Kangaroo? The hopping alive kind of Kangaroo?" Wilson asked with a shocked face, "Does Chase know about this?"

"I suppose, but I thought the whole family was doctors, not exactly the kind to keep warm, fuzzy native fauna in their backyards," House replied. The door slammed open and an infuriated Cuddy stood their, her eyes squarely on House.

"I just got a message from the post office," Cuddy said in a surprisingly calm voice for her expression, "the Kangaroo is going to arrive in the morning."

TBC