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His decision made, House hit reply on the phone message.

"That depends, what do you want to do to me?"

He sat back, waiting for the reply….

"You know what I want to do to you…but if you want me to show you, I'd be happy to join you in the office, on the couch".

House gulped, his throat going dry. Did he have the guts to say yes? After all, it could be anyone. Again, pictures of Allison Cameron flashed in his mind, her glorious hair draped tantalizingly over his chest as she kissed her way slowly down his chest and abdomen, making her way to his growing heat.

"As if" House murmured to himself. It was totally unlikely that Cameron was his dream girl – after all, she didn't have his number. But could she have gotten it from somewhere? How? Would Cuddy or Wilson have given it to her? He didn't think she would have gone as far as breaking into his personnel files to get it, that wasn't her style. That was something he would do.

"Pity" he muttered.

House typed out his reply.

"What makes you think I want you to join me on the couch? I just want to know who you are, that's all. And how you got my number".

The next reply came back quickly.

"Are you sure that's all you want? Just to know who I am? I'm just a puzzle to you, is that it?"

"Yes" he replied.

He sat there, nervously waiting for the reply. What would she say? What even made him think it was 'she'?



House was still sitting there ten minutes later, the reply having never come. Had he blown it? he wondered to himself.

Just as he was contemplating leaving Wilson's office, the door handle turned and the door started to slowly open. Sitting up expectantly, House watched the door, hoping to see his tormentor, yet afraid at the same time. If it was someone he knew, yet had no interest in, this could be very embarrassing and uncomfortable for both of them. On the other hand, if it was someone he didn't know, or someone he was interested in, things could be…interesting, to say the least.

The door opened fully, and Wilson stepped through, stopping abruptly when he noticed House sitting on his couch.

"What are you doing here?" House asked him, his voice gruff.

Wilson stepped back out into the hallway, checking the door, before stepping back inside his office.

"I'm sorry, I thought this was my office" he replied. "Have we switched bodies without me noticing?"

House pulled a face at him before rising from the couch.

"Did you want to see me, House?" Wilson asked.

"Not really" replied House, moving past Wilson and peering out into the hallway. Wilson moved to his side and poked his head out the door too, looking left and right.

"What are we doing?" he asked House, amusement and curiosity in his voice.

"Looking" said House.

"For…?" said Wilson.

"Never mind" growled House, as he stalked from the room and down the hall.

"So you didn't want to see me?" Wilson called after him, laughter evident in his voice now.

House made a rude hand gesture behind his back as he walked away from Wilson's office, and Wilson could no longer contain his laughter.

House made his way through the halls, finally coming to a stop outside Coma Guys room. Going inside, he pulled a chair over beside the bed, pulled his phone out of his pocket and plonked himself down next to Coma Guy.

"Hey Stan" he said to the unconscious patient "you don't happen to own a cell phone do you? You're not secretly sending kinky text messages to me on the sly are you?"

Stan didn't reply, not that House expected him to.

"This is killing me, Stan. I need to find out who this person is, it's driving me insane! I don't know what will happen once I've solved the puzzle, but I need to know. Any ideas, Stan?"

Sighing loudly, House propped his feet on the side of Stan's bed and reached for the t.v remote.



"We need a case soon, Stan, so I have something else to occupy my mind…before I lose it completely" he said, as he flicked channels, looking for his favourite show.

TBC 