Ace walked into her bedroom. It seemed extremely large because she figured out her bed fit into her closet. It saved a ton of room.

"Thanks guys," Ace said to Chase and Foreman. The two looked pleased with themselves.

Ace went over to her bed. She removed the closet door and a reading light was built in over her head.

"I'm liking this room."

"Yea, it's cool," Justin said.

"You're not allowed in," House called to Justin.

"Yes he is," Ace called back.

"You wanna bet?"

"You are asking me to bet? I run a flippin' gambling club!" House rolled his eyes. He and Wilson sat on the couch drinking a beer.

"Whatever, we will just get them all real drunk." She looked at Cameron. "Or not…" Justin looked at Cameron, then at Chase, then Cameron.

"No," he said.

"Yep," Ace replied happily.

"No."

"Yep."

"No."

"Yep."

"Yep?"

"Yep!"

"Well, um… Congrats!" But Cameron was glaring at Ace.

"You are freaking me out Cam," Ace said looking at her.

"Good!"

"Okay…"

Conference Room

"Let's see, his tongue swelled up, and now his chest is ALL itchy! I know we solved this already. Remember that nice crazy lady with the gold…"

"We have already checked for heavy metals he would be exposed to environmentally, and there is no one to poison him this time."

"Whoa, rewind, we just used the words 'crazy lady' and 'poisoning' in the same conversation. There has to be a story there. Please tell." They all looked at Ace.

"Yea, I would like to hear that one," Wolf said.

"Umm… nothing to tell. There was a crazy lady who poisoned her husband with gold—"

"That's not nothing to tell!"

"All that happened was we learned that Cameron is okay with threesomes. In fact she thinks they're healthy. Chase, you're a lucky bastard," House said with sarcasm dripping from his voice.

"Another story I would like to hear but I'm not gonna…"

"You are never going to let me live that down, huh?"

"Nope, never," House said looking at her.

"Fine, House you have clinic duty, I suggest you get going before Cuddy finds you. I'm sick of her yelling all the time," Ace said looking towards House, but not at him. "Do we know him," she asked.

"Know who?" Ace left the room a walked over to a small boy crying on the floor.

"Hey little guy, what's wrong," she said in a very sweet tone.

"I'm lost," he sobbed. His voice was small. Actually, he was entirely small. He looked four or five.

"Do you know where your Mommy is?"

"At home."

"What about Daddy?"

"I don't have a daddy," he said very quietly. 'Great, another lost soul. Why must everyone I come in contact with be damaged?' Ace thought to her self.

"Who are you here with?"

"My aunt."

"Why is your aunt here?"

"She works here."

"What your name?"

"Darren Bernstein."

"What's your Mommy's name?"

"Ummm… I can't say it. I mess it up."

"Oh, what about your aunt?"

"Lisa."

"I think I know where this is going… What does your aunt do?"

"She is the hospital head!" He sounded very proud.

"Okay, I know your aunt…"

"You do? How's that?"

"Ummm… She is…" Ace thought for a moment. 4-year-olds can't shut up. Great way to get some 'news' out to the world.

"Your aunt is dating my daddy."

"Oh, so are we sibings?"

"You mean siblings? No, that would mean you are my brother."

"What if they get married? My mommy always says she let a house she should have married go. She says 'Your aunt made a mistake. He was the perfect man for her. They get into one fight, and everything falls apart. They should try again,' she says. All the time!"

"Really," Ace said smiling at the little boy. "Does she ever say what they fought about?"

"Yea, but I'm not supposed to tell any one!"

"Well, you can tell me, I'm very good at keeping secrets."

"They had a fight over what house to buy. But she marrying a house. He gave her a pretty ring. My mommy has it now. But don't tell anyone! Hey how can a house buy a ring? I don't get it but Mommy always says house is a people."

Ace's jaw dropped. House and Cuddy were engaged?

"When was she gonna get married?"

"Before I was born."

"You have a very good memory."

"I know, I'm the best at memory in my class! One time I did all the cards in five minutes!" They were at Cuddy's door.

"Oy, Cuddy," Ace said opening the door, "Missing something?"

"Darren? What happened? Miss Brenda said you just ran away. Don't ever do that again!"

"I saw a little boy, and I wanted to go play with him, but he said he was getting his treatment and we could play when he was all done."

"Cuddy, I'll watch him if you want. I'm a pretty good kid-sitter," Ace said.

"You mean baby-sitter?"

"I'm not a baby!"

"I know your not, I'm no good at baby-sitting, but you are a kid, and I'm a pretty good kid sitter," Ace said.

"Yea, sure, thanks Ace, I owe you one."

"Nah, it's a pleasure." Ace smiled. Cuddy gave Ace a bag of toys and such.

"What is your name miss," Darren asked.

"Ace."

"Where is your daddy?"

"He works here, hopefully he is the clinic right now."

"Oh, okay."

"Hey, you know what I just realized?"

"What," he said excitedly.

"My daddy's last name is House. Maybe your aunt was gonna marry my daddy."

"Then she would be your mommy!"

"No, umm… I come from an interesting living situation."

"Oh… I don't know, maybe."

"Let's go ask his friends and see if they know!"

"Yea! My mommy will be really happy!"

"Okay, first we have to go back in the elevator."

Conference Room

Wolf watched Ace bring the little boy back to the room. The boy had brown hair. It was really short, except for in the front, where it was spiked up a bit. He was wearing a bright yellow Pokemon shirt. As he got closer, she could see the boy had brown eyes. He was holding Ace's hand, and was talking to her excitedly.

"Guess what," Ace asked as they walked in.

"What," Wolf said.

"Me and my friend Darren here think we found out some thing very interesting. His mommy said that his aunt was getting married. The weirdest part was to a house. But they had a fight, and now they aren't. This all happened before he was born though. He never even got to see this house."

"And who's your aunt?"

"Lisa!"

"Cuddy," Cameron asked.

"Yep!" Everyone's jaw dropped, except for Wolf.

"Wolf, you knew, I assume."

"Yea…"

"Why did you call her Wolf," Darren asked his baby-sitter.

"That's her name. Here, let me introduce you to everyone. This is my cousin, Wolf. These are my friends, Kristen and Katie. This is my boyfriend, Justin, his sister, Jackie, their aunt, Cameron, and her boyfriend, Chase. Oh, then there is Foreman, but I don't know where to put him on my loop. Sorry Foreman."

Everyone was just recovering from the whole Cuddy/House shock.

"I'll never remember everyone's name!"

"Just remember mine and Cameron's."

"Why Cameron?"

"She is very nice."

"Isn't everyone?"

"Well, no, they are trying to solve a case. That makes Foreman and Chase and Wolf and House very cranky. Jackie is always on the phone, and Katie and Kristen usually aren't here. You can remember Justin's name, but it won't help you any."

"Oh, okay."

"So, can you really play memory in five minutes?"

"Yea," Darren said reaching for his book bag. He pulled out a deck of cards with all sorts of weird shapes on them. "I wanna show you!"

Wolf watched as he dealt al the cards face down. He ended up dealing at least 100 cards. She watched in amazement as the kid began to play. Seven minutes later, he was finished.

"Wow kid, you are good," Ace said impressed.

"I'm hungry," Darren replied.

"Well, come with me, I'll go get you some food." The two left, and everyone turned to Wolf.

"What happened," Cameron asked immediately.

"What," Wolf said trying to play dumb.

"Please tell us," Cameron begged.

"Well, they were engaged ten, maybe twelve years ago. That's really all I know."

"Then didn't Cuddy know when she was hiring you…"

"No, I had never met her. She had no clue me and House were related."

"So there is a chance of them getting back together," Kristen asked.

"I guess. House seemed to adore her, differently than Stacy. It's Stacy's fault they aren't together."

"How so," Katie asked.

"House was planning to ask Cuddy back out until she came."

"Oh, that's not good," Justin frowned.

"Didn't Cuddy think he was in love…" Jackie began.

"I think she did. Her heart broken twice? I'm not sure."

"Life is harsh," Katie said. The ducklings looked at her with the usual 'You're a kid and don't know crap compared to us' look. In truth, she didn't.