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CHAPTER 6

"Well it's nice to see you too Wilson." said Kate feigning hurt.

"Sorry Kate, you know that's not what I meant." replied Wilson getting up from his chair and rounding his desk to give her a big hug. Kaitlyn laughed as Wilson lifted her off the ground and twirled her as they hugged.

Kate had known Wilson for just as long as she had known House. They met each other threw House and became fast friends as they were one of the very few people that House could tolerate. They had grown really close over the years, especially after House's infarction. After Stacey left, Wilson and Kate were the only ones who stuck by House throughout the ordeal. Kate was twenty-two when House had his infarction and was headed off to college when the incident occurred. She stayed by him as did Wilson and tried to help him through the pain of possibly never being able to walk again.

Stacey left six months after the surgery and Kate was scheduled to go off to college in New York two months after that. She could not just desert House like Stacey did so when it came time to go to college she did, but made the long, strenuous trip back to New Jersey every weekend to see how House was doing. For the first few months, this worked out fine, however after a while the pressure of college started to catch up to her and she started coming less and less frequently. Eventually, four years had gone by and here she was today.

She did keep in touch with both House and Wilson within those four years, emailing and sometimes even talking to them over the telephone, however Kate always felt like she had abandoned House and felt that he felt the same way too. Wilson always denied it and said that he never once blamed her, however the feeling in the pit of her stomach never went away.

"So Kate, really, what are you doing here? You never mentioned anything about being back in town in the last email you sent me or House." Asked Wilson again.

"What, am I not allowed to surprise you?"

"Of course you are and it is a very nice surprise indeed, but if I know you Kate, and I do know you, something else brings you here."

"I could never keep anything from you could I Wilson?" she said laughing. "Okay, I'll tell you but you have to promise not to tell House, deal?"

Wilson looked at her skeptically, "Deal."

"Well, Dr. Wilson, if you must know, I was just offered a job." She said beaming.

"Really? That's great! So that means you're moving back to New Jersey right? We'll see you all the time now!" he said giving her another hug.

"Actually, you'll be seeing me more than you think. My new job is in this hospital."

Confused, Wilson asked, "Wait, what do you mean?"

"Okay well, you know how Stacey was only going to be the hospital lawyer until Mark got better right? Well, Mark is pretty much ready to go, so Stacey will be going back to her own practice soon. And since I recently just finished Law school, Cuddy offered me Stacey's position. She'll stay on for about a month until I get the hang of things and then I'm on my own."

Wilson was speechless. The first thing that popped into his head was "Does House know yet?"

"No, I told Cuddy and Stacey I wanted to be the one to tell him, so don't say anything to him okay?"

"No problem there. I don't want to be the one to tell him that you're going be the one to replace Stacey. With him, you never know how he's going to react. Although, I'm pretty sure he's going to be really happy to see you, even if he doesn't show it. However, how he'll react to Stacey leaving is a whole other story."

"So where are you staying? Do you need a place to stay, because you could stay with Julie and I while you find a place?" asked Wilson; still a little dazed from the information overflow he just received.

"Well, right now I'm staying in a hotel, but I already know where I'll be staying. But thanks for the offer." she winked at Wilson.

"Wait, wait a minute, you don't mean what I think you mean do you?"

"Yes I do." She laughed.

"So you mean that you'll be staying at-"

"Yup."

"And House is going to be okay with this?"

"House doesn't really have much of a choice in the matter now does he?"

Wilson started to chuckle, "Oh, it's good to have you back Kate. We've missed you."

"It's good to be back. And I've missed you too, but most of all I've missed my Housey. Now, I'll be back tomorrow to drop this bombshell on House. So remember, not a word."

Wilson pretended to zip his lips and watched Kate leave, wondering how he was going to keep House from prying this news out of him before Kate had a chance to tell him.