A/N: I forgot to mention that there is a month's gap between the last chapter of Cause and Effect and the first chapter of Thicker Than Water. It's now been two months since Kyla moved in with House...
Disclaimer: I don't own House...
Chapter Two: Ocean's Eleven
6:30 A.M.
"I don't want to go to school! I want to go to work with you!" wailed Kyla, waking Wilson up.
"What's going on?" Wilson called groggedly from the living room. He was ignored.
"It's only high school,Ky. No one's going to shoot you!" House shouted.
"What about Columbine?" retorted Kyla from under her comforter, fully-dressed in case she lost this arguement.
"This is New Jersey, Ky," replied House, "not Colorado."
"What about that Amish school?"
"Still not New Jersey."
Kyla had nothing to say to this, so she conceded victory to House.
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7:46 A.M.
"Bye, Ky!" called House.
Kyla turned and waved at him and Wilson as she entered the school building.
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2:20 P.M.
Cuddy entered the diagnostics office. She found Chase working on a crossword puzzle, Foreman reading the latest issue of New Jersey Neuromedicine, and Cameron typing something on the computer. House was nowhere to be found.
"Where's House?" Cuddy asked them.
"With Wilson," replied Cameron, not even looking up.
"Watching the news," added Foreman.
As she closed the door, Cuddy heard Chase ask, "What's a five-letter word for patient?"
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2:22 P.M.
Cuddy knocked before she entered Wilson's office. She found House and Wilson watching the news on House's portable television.
Looking at the screen, Cuddy saw why they were watching the news.
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2:23 P.M. Plainsboro Catholic High School Newsroom
"And welcome to Plainsboro Catholic High School Newshour," read Kyla. But before she could read the next line...
BANG! BANG!
"Kenny's got a gun! Kenny's got a--"
BANG!
Kyla reacted instinctively. She ran into the art room, calling, "In here! Quick!"
Four students ran into the art room after Kyla. The student who'd been operating the camera took it off the tripod and ran into the art room after them.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
THUD!
"Close the door! Hurry!" screamed another student.
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2:28 P.M.
"Kyla, what makes you think that we're still broadcasting?" asked the student operating the camera, whose name was Jimmy or something like that.
"Nothing at all, my friend," replied Kyla, "but we must let them know who's trapped in here."
Pointing to herself, she said, "I'm Kyla Ryan House, and I'm a sophomore."
"Jamie Ronald Watson, sophomore." The camera flipped to reveal Wilson's nephew, Jamie.
"Aaric David Foreman, freshman." The camera focused on an African American boy with grey eyes.
"Robert Chase Seal-Foss, freshman." A strawberry blonde-haired boy with sea green eyes waved at the camera.
"Alyssa Lisa Cameron, freshman...er, freshwoman?" A pale red-haired girl with emerald green eyes and freckles waved at the camera next from where she sat beside Robert. She was Cameron's cousin.
"Elizabeth Cuddy, senior." Cuddy's niece waved at the camera last.
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A/N: I'm going to post a link at the end of each chapter (starting with this one) to a picture of a character connected to the story. The first is Kyla.
http:// i136. albums/q161/ allisoncameron/housekyla/ kyla/kylagram. jpg