Past meets Present

Chapter 5

He pulled up and turned off the engine. He just sat there, in the dark. "What am I thinking?! She's gonna be so pissed, but he needs me." He thought some more. Sticking with the reason why he came out here he got off the bike and crossed the road. Again he met self resistance and this time began pacing and talking to himself. "Go home; your decision will be the same tomorrow." He couldn't just leave; he had to talk while the whole idea was reeling in his mind. He was still pacing and thinking when Cuddy appeared in his path. His motorcycle had woken her up and she had come out to investigate the cause of the noise.

"Do you have any idea what time it is?"

"Yeah."

"Then why are you here?"

"Need to talk to you." He was still pacing.

"Bell invented the phone for a reason. It's three in the morning. A phone call would have woken me up just as nicely as your bike did."

"You can't hang up on me if I talk to you in person." They both realized that it was in fact quite chilly outside and decided to continue their conversation in the warmth of Cuddy's house. They sat in the living room and continued the conversation.

"So spill it. What's on your mind? Why did you wake me? What's so urgent that it couldn't wait?"

"My case."

"What is it? Everything going ok? He seemed fine earlier today."

"No nothing like that. He's fine, well except for a detail or two."

"What is it?"

He sighed and leaned forward. "I've spent a lot of time with him recently, no thanks to you. He has no name and no home, no one to care for him. I…well I want to adopt him. I can give him what he needs, that is if you help me help him."

She was stunned, found it hard to digest this new information that had hit her like a ton of bricks.

"I can try to help you, but your record is a mess with Tritter and the drugs, it won't be easy."

"It's not supposed to be easy. If it's meant to be there will be some rough patches and maybe some fighting. Can you help me out?"

"I can try, but are you serious about this?"

"Would I wake you up at this hour if I wasn't?"

"Well…yeah you would."

"That's beside the point."

"I'll look into it. Now get out of here before I change my mind. We can talk tomorrow after we both have had some sleep."

"Thanks."

She saw him to the door and watched as he got onto his bike and sped away. He didn't head towards home though; he left in the opposite direction.

"If I'm right about where he's headed, he is more serious about this than I'd ever thought he would be about anything besides a stupid puzzle."

Hope you are enjoying so far, I need some help though. I am looking for baby boy names that you can see House picking out... I'm not telling you anything more. Any ideas please send them my way and reviews are always welcome.