A/N: Last chapter! Thanks for reading! My next story will probably be about the time House tried to cut those tumors out of his leg :)

The next day when they gave him his pills, he cheeked the antipsychotics. He did this the next day and the next too. The nurses didn't ask him to prove he'd taken them because he'd taken them every other time, so they had no reason to suspect him.

The pain in his leg and everywhere else was dying down considerably from where it had been a few days ago. It still hurt, and it hurt worse than when he was on the Vicodin, but he thought the methadone may be helping. He must be on a different dose than he had been when he took it the last time, because although his mind was fuzzy, it wasn't so fuzzy it couldn't be attributed to just the antipsychotics.

"Uh, are you sure this is a good idea?" Kutner asked. House glared and ignored him.

They let him out of his room one day to go to art therapy. How drawing a sunset helped addicts not be addicted, he had no idea. Most of their sunsets actually looked like a sick cat had puked on the paper.

House stared into space and rubbed his leg, already done with his mandated painting.

"What are you looking at?" a girl with purple hair and a septum piercing asked.

"The wall. What are you looking at?" House countered.

"You. You look familiar."

"I'm a tall old white dude. I'm pretty average-looking."

"No...you definitely look familiar," the girl said, squinting at him.

"Okay, whatever. Just stop staring at me."

The girl snapped her fingers. "You were my doctor!"

"I'm many people's doctors."

"No, but you were my doctor. You ripped out my feeding tube; said I didn't need it."

"Sounds like me, 's your point?"

"My mom had Munchausen's. It got put in but you were the only doctor that ever noticed…"

"I'm a noticer."

The girl nodded, seemingly satisfied. The man next to him who was listening to the conversation looked over and addressed House. "Hey, I have this thing on my-"
"Nope!" House loudly cut him off and stood up, filing out with some other patients.

Dr. Lei was waiting for him in his room. "Hello, Dr. House. How are you feeling?"

"Fine. Can I leave?"

"Well, how are your hallucinations?"

"Gone."

"Well, then since you're no longer detoxing, we can wean you off the antipsychotics and-"

"Already did that."

Dr. Lei's eyebrows scrunched. "You what?"

"I've been cheeking them. And no hallucinations. No outbursts. I've been a model patient. You can screen me."

"You...have, I suppose. Absolutely no hallucinations?"

"Nope," House answered. And it was true. He hadn't seen Amber or Kutner in days. His mind was clear. His leg hurt, but his mind was clear, and that was the important part. He could practice again.

"Well, that's fantastic, Dr. House. After a short leave from work with outpatient therapy, I'll clear you and things can go back to normal. I've also found you an NA group to go to every week."

"I can't go straight back to work?" House asked.

"It's customary to take a short leave to readjust. I'd suggest you do it."

"Well, you might suggest, but I don't have to take the suggestion."

Dr. Lei smiled, but it was strained. "Well, I suppose not, but-"

"Great. How soon can I leave?"

"I can draw up the papers today if you have someone to pick you up?"

"Call Dr. James Wilson. He'd be happy to."

Dr. Lei nodded, reached up, squeezed House's shoulder as a gesture of affirmation, then left the room.

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Five hours later, House was in the car, where he'd been almost exactly a week ago. The radio was playing and his fingers tapped along to it on the arm of the seat. Wilson looked over and smiled at him, glad his old friend seemed to be back. The chorus started. House opened his mouth and sang loudly, finally feeling alive again.

BONUS MEDICAL GLOSSARY 2:
Munchausen's: Munchausen's syndrome is when someone is pretending to be or making themselves sick. Munchausen's by proxy, which is discussed in the chapter, is when a parent or caregiver is making their child sick. It is unknown the reasons for this, but doctors have suspected the people may be looking for attention, sympathy, or money. Munchausen's by proxy usually occurs in parents or caregivers involved in the medical field.

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