Disclaimer – I do not own House M.D. It all belongs to David Shore and Fox.

~Chapter 7~

"What should I do?" Cuddy asked desperately as she returned to the kitchen, where House was sitting down at the dining room table, resting his head on his wooden cane. She had gone to check up on Kelsey who was watching TV contently; oblivious to the fact that they might be in legal trouble soon.

"Gimme the phone," he ordered seriously as he extended his left hand out to her. Confused, she obeyed, and leaned back against the wall; watching House intently as he dialled numbers on the phone.

"Hey Jimmy, I need you to hide a kid while Cuddy and I go to a monster truck rally," House told his friend casually, a few moments later, "Yes, you heard me correctly. I. Need. You. To. Hide. A. Kid."

A few minutes went by until House hung up the phone and gave it back to Cuddy, "Ok, let's go."
Shocked and confused, she followed him down the hall, "What do you mean, 'let's go'? What did he say? What are we going to do now?"

"Have a shower, get dressed, make breakfast, and then I will tell you," House told her with a smirk as he walked into the living room and joined his daughter who was watching miscellaneous Saturday morning cartoons. With a sigh, Cuddy placed the phone back in the charger base and walked upstairs towards the master bedroom.


Twenty minutes later, Cuddy appeared in the living room and stood a few feet behind the living room suite.

House was lying down in the recliner, and Kelsey was sitting crosses-legged on the right side of the two-seater couch – the closest seat to the recliner.

They were watching "The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show" and Tweety had just outsmarted Sylvester once again.

Cuddy walked around the couch so that she could get the attention of House and Kelsey, "Breakfast is ready."

House nodded, sat up, and reached down to grab his cane. Kelsey was one-step ahead of him, and jumped up, picked up his cane, and handed it to him; being careful with her broken arm that still rested in a sling.

House snatched it from her and limped over to the kitchen. Kelsey looked at Cuddy confused, and the Dean of Medicine smiled, put her right hand on her back, and guided her to the kitchen.


"Would you like the pink, black, or blue suitcase?" Cuddy asked Kelsey as she pointed to the three suitcases lying on the floor in the spare bedroom.

They had just finished eating breakfast, and Wilson was on his way to pick up Kelsey. House had told her that she was going to go over to Dr. Wilson's house for a couple of days, and now they were going to pack some clothes and toys for her. House still had not told Cuddy what his plan involved, but she went a long with it anyways.

They had all the items ready, now Kelsey just had to pick a suitcase.

"Umm, I like the blue one," she decided excitedly. Cuddy nodded and opened the suitcase, and they both started packing the miscellaneous items into it.


10 or so minutes later, the doorbell rang – signalling the arrival of their good friend, Wilson. The trio were sitting in the living room watching TV, and Kelsey jumped up and rushed over to the door, excited to meet the man on the other side. House stood up from the recliner, and limped over to the door, Cuddy following close behind.

"Hello," Wilson said nervously as he walked into Cuddy's house, also unsure of what was going on. He was wearing dark jeans, a light blue shirt, and a black jacket.

"Hey Wilson, this is Kelsey. Kelsey, Wilson," House introduced them as he led Wilson into the house.

"Hello Wilson, how are you?" Kelsey asked kindly as she stuck out her right hand for Wilson to shake. House ignored her and continued to lead Wilson into the living room. When Wilson stopped to shake her hand, House lifted up his cane and waved it in-between Kelsey and Wilson to prevent them from shaking hands.

"We don't have time for this, you two can shake hands later," he told them as he rolled his eyes, and continued limping to the recliner in the living room.

"My name is James Wilson, but you may call me Wilson if you want," Wilson whispered to the young girl. She nodded and they quickly shook hands before joining House and Cuddy in the living room.

"What took you too so long? You didn't shake hands, did you?" House asked them with a glare. Wilson smirked, ignored him, and sat down beside Cuddy on the two-seater; Kelsey shook her head frantically and sat on the floor in front of Cuddy.

"Ok, now that we are finally in the living room," House started and glared at Wilson and Kelsey, "Let's go over the plan. Wilson, you are going to take Kelsey anywhere, wherever you want. Whether it is your house, Disney Land, Mexico, or the North Pole, I do not care. Just tell us where you are. If you go somewhere else, tell us. Do you understand?" House asked sternly as he looked Wilson in the eye.

Wilson nodded, "Yeah, I understand. Tell you and Cuddy where we are at all times."

"Good. Now…Cuddy, you and I are going to go and meet this Mac guy, and try to sort things out from there," House informed her and when she gave him a puzzled look he sighed, "I will explain more to you later."

"Ok, fine. Wilson, we have packed a suitcase with clothes, and toys, and books for her to use so you don't have to spend as much money when you are with her," Cuddy told him with a small smile, hoping that whatever House's plan was, that it would work well.

House looked down at Kelsey, who sat on the floor and watched the three doctors intently.

"Oh, Jimmy. One more thing – wherever you choose to go, just remember that she needs to go to the PPTH on Monday morning at 8:00am to get her cast, so you might want to save 'travelling the world' until after," House told Wilson with a smirk.

Wilson nodded and pulled out a small notepad and pen from his jacket pocket and wrote down all the information that had been given to him so far, so that he would not forget. Whatever this was for, it sounded important.

"So, how long are Kelsey and I 'travelling the world'?" Wilson asked as he looked up from his notepad.

"Not sure. It depends," House answered with a sigh, "Oh, I almost forgot…Kelsey, come here."

Kelsey obeyed, and made her way over to House, "Say 'I wanna go to Canada, eh'," he instructed.

She cocked an eyebrow, and looked at him, obviously confused, "I wanna go to Canada, eh," she copied, unsure of what he was doing. While she was talking, House whipped out a swab test and stuck it into her mouth when she said the word 'eh'. She pulled away and made a funny face, "That tastes funny," she informed the group of doctors.

They all laughed, and she turned around and sat down in front of Cuddy once again.

"What was that for?" Wilson asked House, "Why do you need to test her DNA?"

House rolled his eyes, Cuddy bit her bottom lip, and Wilson eyed the two of them suspiciously.

"Is she – no, wait…is she?" He asked shocked.

Cuddy smiled, and House rolled his eyes, "No you idiot, I just want to make sure she is human," He said sarcastically before looking at Kelsey, "You are human, aren't you?"

She nodded and looked at Cuddy confused.

Before Cuddy could say anything, House stood up, "Look at the time, Cuddy and I are going to be late for our monster truck rally. Let's go."

Cuddy sighed and stood up from her spot on the couch, taking House's hint.

"Come on, Kelsey; let's get your stuff and then you can go with Wilson," she said kindly.

"Ok," the young girl said enthusiastically as she jumped up from the floor.

When Cuddy and Kelsey came back from the spare bedroom, House and Wilson were ready to leave. They were wearing their shoes, jackets, and stood by the front door.

Kelsey smiled, ran over to Wilson with her blue suitcase rolling behind her, and quickly put on her black shoes and jacket.

Cuddy and House waved goodbye as Wilson and Kelsey went into his car, and drove off.

"So, what do we do now?" Cuddy asked as she closed the front door.

"Go see this Mac guy…but first, we need to make a stop at the PPTH," He told her as he pulled out a plastic bag with the swab test inside.


A/N - Hope you liked it...I know it took me forever to update! This semester is crazy busy compared to last semester...so, my updates won't be as frequent...I am really sorry!