Disclaimer: I do not own House or any of its characters. I only own October, Hannah and David so far.

A/N: Hey everyone, I plan on updating one more time tonight before I go to bed that's if I can. If not then there won't be another update till after Christmas. I will try really hard to get the update up soon and get the story moving faster then what it has been. Which I am sorry about that but anyway I hope you all enjoy!!! And Merry Christmas!!!

October towel dried Hannah's hair. She could hear her dad and Wilson talking in the other room but she couldn't tell what they were saying. She figured they were just talking about their patients behind their back or in her dad's case telling Wilson what he said to his patients. She tossed the towel into the laundry basket and picked up her dad's shirt. She already put her pull up on shortly after she got out of the bath.

She smiled as she pulled the shirt over her head. The shirt swallowed her whole. She picked her up and sat her in her lap. She picked up the hair brush and gently brushed threw her hair. Hannah sat impatiently even now and then she would try to get up and run for the living room but October would catch her before she got half way to the door.

When she finished brushing her hair she laid the hair brush on the sink and wrapped her arms around Hannah. She kissed her on her cheek and rested her head on her shoulder.

"I love you more then anything else in the world."

Hannah smiled and turned her head to face. "I know mommy, and I love you very much."

Hannah kissed October and laid her head back against her shoulder. She laid her arms on top of her moms. October couldn't help but to feel like she failed as a mother. She was supposed to protect her from having to see anything bad or horrible like she did that night.

She kissed Hannah on the cheek before she stopped hugging her. She lifted her up and put her down on the floor. Tears started forming but she quickly brushed them away and stood up.

Hannah ran into the living room and jumped on to House's lap. October followed in behind her the first thing she noticed was that her bags weren't sitting in the middle of the room anymore. She looked over at her dad and Wilson.

"Where's my stuff?"

"I put it in your room for you." Wilson said calmly.

"Thanks, Hannah give your goodnight hugs and kisses and meet me in the bath room so you can brush your teeth."

Hannah laughed at her grandpa's funny faces then looked over at her mom. "Okay mommy."

October smiled and walked into her bedroom and picked up the book bag. She reached in the front pocket and pulled out a zip lock bag that had hers and Hannah's tooth brushes in it. She pulled out two tubes off tooth paste one was hers and the other was Hannah's. She walked into the bath room and laid them on the sink.

She turned on the sink and ran the tooth brushes under the water before putting tooth paste on both of them. She laid Hannah's on the edge of the sink and brushed her teeth by time Hannah got in there she'd already finished. She handed her the tooth brush and watched her brush her teeth.

She handed her the cup so she could rinse. Once she was done she walked with Hannah into their room and helped her onto the bed. She smiled and sat down on the bed. She covered her up and kissed her forehead. October smiled at Hannah and began tickling her. Hannah laughed and struggled to get away but October just followed her.

"Can you breathe?" October asked playfully

Hannah tried to answer but couldn't through the laughter. "Can you?"

She asked again but just got laughter for a response. She smiled and stopped tickling her. She kissed her forehead and tucked her in. She smiled and brushed her hair out of her face.

"Night baby love you."

"Good night mommy. I love you too."

Hannah closed her eyes. October sat on the edge of the bed and watched her fall asleep. She didn't feel comfortable leaving her side without her being asleep. Not only because of what happened but also because it was a queen size bed and she didn't want her trying to get up and getting hurt.

House looked over at Wilson; they were both trying to find a way to get to New York without October knowing they left. They both hated David since they first met but now they both just wanted to kill him for hitting her but they didn't want October finding out they paid him a visit because then she might leave and not come back.

"We could ask Cuddy for a few hours off. October won't know that were not at work."

"What if she stops by or calls?"

"We'll have my team cover for us, they're great liars."

"You know October, she'll see right through their lies just like you do."

"True, we could get one of them to distract her for a while. Take her shopping or something."

"Who Chase…Foreman? Cameron would probably tell her just to keep us out of trouble."

"I'm not leaving Chase or Foreman alone with her; I just got rid of a horrible son in law I don't need another one."

"They would treat her way better then he did and you know it."

"I know they would, but I still don't want either of them as a son in law."

Wilson laughed. "You know eventually you're going to have to like someone she dates or she is just going to keep moving out of state."

"Hey I have an excuse I don't like anyone."

"Why do you keep me around?"

"Your family I have to like you."

"Oh thanks." Wilson said sarcastically trying to hide the fact he was happy that House still considered him family.

"Your welcome."

Ten minutes later, and thirty failed plans later October walked into the room and sat down in between House and Wilson. She tucked her feet underneath her and laid her head back against the couch. She looked at Wilson then over at her dad. They were both starring at her. It reminded her of when she was in school and got into trouble. Her dad and Uncle Wilson would yell at her then her and her mom would talk about it.

She sighed and started playing with her bracelet. It made her uncomfortable that they were both starring at her. She felt like she was a book and they were both reading her trying to figure out what happened to her.

"What did I do?" She asked slightly above a whisper.

"How long are you going to lie to us?" House asked.

"What am I lying about?" She asked calmly.

"He hit you didn't he?" Wilson said trying not to yell at her for protecting him.

"Listen guys I'm glad you're concerned about me and I know David was a horrible husband and an ever worse father but not everything that happens to me is his fault. He didn't hit me; he wasn't even home when I left. Now I'm going to take a shower and go to bed. Good night I love you guys."

October kissed both of them on the cheek before standing up and walking into the bathroom. She shut and locked the door as the tears she'd been fighting to hold back streamed down her face. She leaned against the wall and slid down it. She hugged her knees and laid her head on them.

She couldn't stand the thought that she failed as a mother and now she was lying to the two of the people who mattered most to her. She crawled over to the bath tub and turned the shower on so it would drown out the sound of her tears. She couldn't let them know she was crying, they would get even madder then they already were. She knew they thought she was protecting him but in all reality she was protecting them.

She couldn't stand it if they both went to jail because of what she did. For telling them what happened knowing what they would do if she did. She put her hands over her face and leaned forward to where her hands were touching the floor. She quickly jerked back up when a sharp pain shot up her side.

She lifted her shirt and looked down at her side. She knew she at least had one broken rib if not more then one. She felt like she was stuck no matter what she did she was hurting the people she cared about. She grabbed a wash cloth and damped it with cold water. She put it on her face to try to help her self stop crying and so that her eyes wouldn't look as red.

She still had to get some cloths out of her room and she didn't want to risk them seeing her like this. She didn't want to give them anymore of a reason to not believe her. They were probably already suspicious of her story. They were doctors they would know what type of injury she would've got and how bad it would have been if she had simply just fell like she needed them to believe.

Wilson stood up and walked into the kitchen he grabbed two beers out of the refrigerator. He walked back into the living room and took his seat beside House. He handed him one of the beers before opening his own and taking a drink. He sat it down on the table then looked back over at House. He knew that he was still trying to figure out a way to beat the hell out of David without risking losing his daughter in the process.

Wilson sighed and looked over at House. His reasoning finally kicked in and he hated that it did. He should be the last person in the world trying to talk House out of taking that ride up to New York. He knew how much it hurt him to know that someone hurt his daughter. Other then Hannah, October was the only person he really had. After Stacy died he cut everyone off even him in a way.

He rarely talked to him about anything personal anymore it was mainly sarcastic remarks and explanations why he was right and everyone else was wrong. After Stacy died he got scared of losing everyone else that mattered to him and stopped letting anyone get close to him. It was why he was so surprised that he still considered him to be family.

His team hadn't even seen a picture of October over the age of twelve and House had his reasons for that. He didn't want them to see how beautiful she'd grown up to be because that would mean that there was a very good chance they would want to ask her out the second she got a divorce.

"House…" Wilson said cautiously.

"Yeah Jimmy…"

House said slightly annoyed with Wilson's tone. He knew what was going to come next. He was going to try to talk him out of going to New York to kill the ass hole that hurt his little girl.

"I know this all seems like a good idea and all…"

"Actually it sounds like a great idea." House interrupted.

"I know but maybe it's not…I mean yeah hitting him would feel pretty good but what's going to happen if we get arrested, there wont be anyone to protect her from him coming after her and Hannah…"

"So what am I suppose to do? Let him get away with hitting her."

"For the moment yeah…if he comes after her that would give more then reason enough to beat the hell out of him but if we go after him we will be in jail and Hannah and October will both be sitting ducks."

"You do realize where that cut is don't you, a centimeter or two more towards her temple and it would have killed her almost instantly and that's not including the injuries we don't know about."

"House I know, but who's going to stop him from killing her if were in jail… I'm just saying we should wait till he comes after her then we can hit him all we want and he will be the one going to jail for it."

House rolled his eyes, he hated to admit it but he was right. He couldn't leave them unprotected especially now. House nodded in defeat then returned to his own thoughts. Wilson didn't understand, he could never understand what he was going through at least not without living it his self.

They were all he had left, he may have had him and Cuddy but it wasn't the same. If it wasn't for him having October and Hannah he would have killed his self after Stacy died. Wilson and Cuddy was considered family but all in all they would have been better off without him in their life especially Wilson.

He always caught the worst of it; every time he needed to vent his anger out on someone it was usually Wilson that caught most of it. Every time he messed up or was out of line it was Wilson that caught most of the yelling for it mostly because he wouldn't listen to her. He was always getting stuck hearing it from both sides.

October and Hannah were the only two he had successfully been able to avoid hurting. He even hurt Stacy more times then he could remember. Wilson stood up dragging House out of his thought and back into reality once again. House smiled at him and for once didn't have a sarcastic remark behind it.

"Thanks Uncle Jimmy." He said calmly before laying his head against the couch.

Wilson smiled and nodded. "So I'll see you at work."

"Yeah eventually." House said before he sat up and reached for his cane.

Wilson nodded and walked out the front door. For the first time House was actually nice to him by choice without having some bizarre reason behind it. House pushed his self up with his cane and walked over to the front door he locked it and made his way down the hall. He stopped in at October's room and peeked through the one inch opening in the door.

She was cuddled up to Hannah holding her in her arms tightly. They were both sleeping soundly and peacefully. He starred at them for a moment longer before walking to his bed room and going to sleep his self.