Disclaimer- I do not own House. I keep asking for it for my birthday, but no one ever gets it for me. :(
A/N- Sorry it took so long to update. I had writers block. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 1
Dr. Gregory House is mean, abrasive and rude. He dislikes people and often treats people without meeting them. His philosophy is that everyone lies, which is true most of the time. He is the head of the diagnostics department at Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. His three 'ducklings' as he liked to call them were Dr. Eric Forman, Dr. Robert Chase and Dr. Allison Cameron. He loved to tease Forman about being black, Chase about being British, Australian and Cameron about being naïve. He was miserable so everyone else should be. Right?
Dr. Lisa Cuddy, his boss, had been telling him for weeks that he needed to hire someone new for his team, but he had been putting it off for just as long. So she had gone ahead and hired someone for him with the help of Dr. James Wilson, House's best friend. They had both agreed that the woman that they had hired would be able to handle House and his sarcastic attitude. She would also be another woman on the team, the teams would be balanced and Cameron would have another woman on the team and he wouldn't have to hang out with guys all of the time. When she had called her and informed her that she got the job she was happy and excited , her reaction was exactly the opposite of House's when she told him.
They were at a charity ball and she had bribed House into going by giving him a week off of clinic duty. So now she was standing by the door hoping he would show up before his new employee.
Finally 53 minutes after he was supposed to show and 7 minutes before she was supposed to, he showed.
"You're almost an hour late," she informed him chasing after him as he headed in the opposite direction after spotting her.
"And you're calling attention to your bodice with that dress," he shot back still trying to escape. When she glared at him he looked at her innocently. "I'm sorry I though we were having a point out the obvious contest, I don't like to lose." She just rolled her eyes at him.
"Where's the bar?" he asked looking around, pausing for a second. "I need a drink." He spotted the bar and headed over.
"House," she said walking with him. "I needed you hear an hour ago."
"Why? Did you want to sneak out and do naughty things to me? We still have time for that, you know."
"House," she scolded looking around to make sure none of the donors had heard. When she turned back to him he was at the bar and she walked over to him. "I hired you a new employee. Her name is…"
"WHAT?!" he exploded. It was lucky that he hadn't taken a drink of the scotch that had just been placed in front of him. She had a feeling that it would have come right back out again, all over her. "You did what!?"
"I hired you a new employee. She's a cardiologist." She replied ignoring the people looking at them.
"Why would you do that?"
"Because you need a cardiologist and you weren't hiring one."
"I was going to."
"When?"
"I don't know, soon."
"Yeah right, I hired a cardiologist, deal with it." He sighed angrily and started to walk away.
"House," she yelled after him. When he turned and looked at her, she pointed over her shoulder. "There she is."
He looked over at the young woman who had just come in and his mouth dropped. Cuddy walked up next to him staring at the young woman. She was dressed in a strapless, floor length blue dress that sparked. Her curly hair was a beautiful golden blond and framed her face perfectly. This woman was beautiful. When her blue eyes that sparkled like her dress met House's she heard his sharp intake of breath.
"Please tell me that is NOT the woman you hired," he said still not turning away from the young woman.
"Yes, it is. Why?" she asked confused. She had thought that he would love having someone so beautiful working for him, but he seemed upset, almost sad, if that was possible.
"That is Zoe Harper…she's my ex-wife,"
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