Well first of all let me tell you all how sorry I am for letting you wait so long. I have been very busy, I graduated from University nearly a month ago and have spent the last month job-hunting. And now I've finally found one in London, so I just moved from Denmark to London. Just unpacked the last boxes and I FINALLY had some time to write. Thank you for putting this story on your alerts or as one of your favorites. Special thanks go to IHeartHouseCuddy, HuddyGirl, JM, Chloe, Alex, Abby, linda12344, and JLCH for reviewing. And HuddyAleja could you please review in English, sadly I don't speak Spanish:(

Extra special thanks goes to Gemilh, you PMed me and it made me want to write again. I know you only asked me if I ever would continue, it was a nice kick in the butt though;-)

I think that's about it now! Here's the next chapter…

They left Vanessa Hotchins' office with a good feeling…

That good feeling was shattered though, as they parked Cuddy's car in front of PPTH. They looked at each other and both thought the same thing: How do we approach the subject with Jack? What if he didn't want to live with them?

The walk up to the pediatric wing was filled with tension, silence and they were both very nervous. House's grip on his cane was so tight his knuckles turned white. And Cuddy was fiddling with her pearl necklace every 3 seconds.

Finally they stood outside Jack's room. The boy was so into his book that he hadn't noticed them yet.

"Maybe you should talk to him alone first? He trusts you." Cuddy said and watched with a fond smile as the tip of Jack's tongue stuck out in concentration.

"Do you really think it's wise for me to handle this conversation on my own?"

"Yes, I think you'll be fine. He spoke to you yesterday. And I think you're not as hopeless in these situations as you think you are."

With a deep breath and a nod House entered Jack's room. Cuddy watched as he took a seat in the chair next to the bed.

"I see you're half-way through with the book, is it good?" House grinned when Jack nodded in return and his eyes were shining with joy.

House took one last deep breath before he started to talk: "I'm actually here to ask you a question. I know what you've been going through and I want to help you." House looked up at Jack and the boy was listening intently. "I don't want to you to return to your foster family. Lisa and I have been talking to a lawyer. Do you know what a lawyer is?" House waited until Jack nodded. And House could've sworn there was a little eye-rolling too; of course Jack knows what a lawyer is. "Good. Lisa and I have been talking to the lawyer because we want you to live with us."

Jack's eyes widened and his mouth opened and closed rapidly, it was as if he was speechless.

House turned around and looked at Cuddy. He needed her help. She hurried to his side and squeezed his shoulder.

"I know this is a lot to take in. I promise you we'll take real good care of you and we would never hurt you."

Jack looked at House and waited for him to nod, it seemed that Jack didn't quite trust Cuddy yet.

"Yeah, and you won't have to worry about the bullies at school anymore either, we will find you a better school." House said.

"And we just moved to a new house you'll have your own room. If you want you can choose what kind of furniture you want. And if you want to change the colors of the walls we can do that for you too. We want you to be happy." Cuddy finished with a smile.

"Also if you want to live with us you'd be a big brother to Rachel." House fished out his phone and showed Jack a picture of a laughing Rachel. "She is two and a half years old and I think she'll really like having you as her big brother."

Jack studied the picture very intently. It was as if he was trying to see if Rachel was as happy as she appeared to be in the picture.

"Can I have bunk beds?" he asked in a hushed whisper. It probably was the first time Jack had asked for anything.

"Of course you can." House and Cuddy answered nearly at the same time.

"So you want to live with us?" Cuddy asked just to be sure. She was smiling already and squeezing Jack's hand.

"Yes." He answered. Cuddy rushed over to him and gave him a hug. House had never seen her so happy. "When can I leave the hospital? I'm not in pain anymore."

"Well that's a little complicated. You living with us is not official yet, our lawyer is working on it though. So you'll have to stay a little longer." Jack looked disappointed. "I know it's boring here, but we'll visit you every day. Maybe you can meet Rachel tomorrow." Cuddy said.

Suddenly there was a knock on the glass door. It was House's team with a patient file.

"Looks like you have a case."

"Why do people always get sick in the weekend?" House said, but Cuddy knew if the case was a good one he didn't care which day of the week it was.

House gave Cuddy a kiss on the lips, not caring that his team was standing outside. And he winked at Jack as he limped towards the door.

"Wow House, I've never seen you grinning at us like that. Did you get lucky last night?" Taub asked and made Chase chuckle.

"Looks like Tiny Taub here just volunteered to take my clinic hours for today." House said while reading through the file. "Get the patient a MRI, come back to me if it's normal." He handed the file back to Thirteen. Taub was the first to leave. House could hear him grumbling all the way back to the elevator.

House turned around and nearly bumped into Cuddy, who was on her way out of the room.

She held her phone up and said "I just got an email from Vanessa Hotchins she wants me to call her right away."

A/N: That's the end of this chapter. I hope I will update a lot sooner!