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CHAPTER 4

House sat in the maternity ward lounge waiting for the clock to strike twelve so his shift in the clinic would be over and he could finally get some work done. He still had to figure out a way to win his recently acquired game, King Kong. No matter what he tried, he couldn't make it passed the 7th level. House had gotten so desperate that he actually went to see the new movie King Kong to see if he could get any pointers from the "real" thing. But alas, that turned out to be a dead end too.

House was actually a little bit surprised that Cuddy hadn't come looking for him yet. Usually she would be bugging him to finish his clinic hours to no avail. But today, nothing. No pages, no intimidating phone calls, no threats to stick his cane in a very unholy place, not a peep. This usually meant one of two things. Either she was in a very important meeting with a potential donor to the hospital and didn't want House to mess it up or she was planning something and it involved him in some way.

House guessed it wasn't the first option because no news of this potential donor had passed through the hospital grapevine. No matter how much House tried to deny it, he was a sucker for gossip. But hell would freeze over before he ever admitted this to anyone.

That only left option number two: Cuddy was planning something and it involved him. So to find out what was going on House decided to get the goods straight from the horse's mouth. He picked up his cane and made his way to Cuddy's office.

Meanwhile, back at Cuddy's office the three ladies were just finishing up their business.

"So, what do you think Kate?" asked Cuddy after she finished explaining all the details to Kate.

Throughout the whole meeting Kate sat and listened to Cuddy and Stacey explain the reasons for why they had asked her to come to see them. She didn't say a word nor did her expression change in the least bit during the whole meeting. This left Stacey and Cuddy a bit on edge.

Finally she spoke. "Are you guys really serious about this?" she asked, however her face remained expression less.

Cuddy and Stacy looked and each other and both simultaneously replied, "YES."

"And have you spoken to House about this?" she asked.

"No, we haven't," replied Cuddy, "But it isn't his decision to make. It's mine and this is what I feel is best for the hospital at this point in time."

Kate nodded her head at this and looked between the two women sitting in front of her. Her face had yet to show some expression, which was really starting to get Cuddy and Stacey nervous. Cuddy was sitting there fiddling with her pen, which was a telltale sign for Cuddy when she was nervous and Stacey kept playing with the folder that was sitting in her lap.

After what seemed like ages to Cuddy and Stacey, Kate looked up, the corners of her mouth turning upwards and said, "Okay."

"Okay?" asked Cuddy, not sure she had heard her right.

"Okay." came the reply once again and this time the smile grew larger. "But on one condition: I get to tell House."

Both Cuddy and Stacey looked relieved. "Deal!" they said in unison.

"Okay then. Cuddy, I'll come by tomorrow to fill out the necessary paper work. And remember, you never saw me." said Kate getting up to leave.

Once Kate left Cuddy's office, both Stacey and Cuddy looked at each other and Cuddy smiled and said, "Kaitlyn's back."

"Yup, she's back alright."

Once Kate left Cuddy's office, she headed towards the elevators to go up. She had just gotten on and the doors had just closed when the other set of elevator doors opened and out walked House.

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