After Cuddy left she went straight to her office, trying to compose herself through the hallway. She didn't need any the nurses to see her like this, then she really would be the center of gossip for the next year. She figured it was already 5oclock in the morning there wasn't much of a point to go home for an hour. She entered her office, found an extra pair of clothes, a knee length black skirt and her favorite low cut top. Then she walked across the room into the conjoining bathroom from the office, where she took a long hot shower. After she was finished she got dressed then applied some makeup in the privacy of her own bathroom, sometimes it was good to be the Dean of Medicine. Now I'll finish up some paperwork before I visit Sara Cuddy thought absent mindedly as she started to plow through piles of paperwork.
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Wilson was sitting in his office finishing up some paperwork before early morning struck, sipping coffee to stay awake; when he heard this very annoying noise. It sounded like it was coming form the other side of the office. Wilson got up and decided to search for the noise, bum bumm, bum bumm, bum bumm. It was coming from the other side of the wall, House's office. As he made his way out his office door into House's the noise got louder. What the hell is House doing here this early in the morning? He's never in work until at least 11. Wilson thought. He entered his office and sure enough he saw House sitting in his chair throwing a ball against the wall and then catching it.
"Wow I never thought I'd see the day when you were at work before your lunch break." Wilson said sarcastically.
"And I never thought I'd see the day when you, Mr. Perfect would walk around the halls with a huge coffee stain on your clothes." House said mockingly, pointing to Wilson's shirt.
Wilson somewhat embarrassed covered the stain with his arm said, "Cut the crap I never seen you here this early, something is wrong, what is it?" Wilson asked cutting straight to the point.
House wasn't about to tell Wilson anything, he was known as the gossip queen of PPTH. Anything House told him would be all around the hospital by lunch time. "What are you talking about Wilson?" "I thought I should get to work early like a good little boy to get a jump start on my paperwork."
"Yeah right." Wilson said seeing right through House's lie. "You're up to something and I'm going to figure it out eventually, so why not just tell me now."
"And what ruin all your fun?" "Never!!" House said throwing the ball against the wall again and catching it as it bounced back.
"Okay suit yourself." Wilson said as House gave him a small smile of relief. He walked out of the office determined to find out what House was hiding. I bet Cuddy knows what he's hiding he thought and headed off in the direction of her office.
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As soon as Wilson left House's office, he paged Cuddy 'Wilson knows something's up; we have to talk' he wrote and then sent it. House continued to sit in his chair and throw the ball against the wall until Cuddy paged him back, 'My office in 10' it said. House got up from the chair popped open his bottle of vicodin, dry swallowed two pills and walked out the door, it would take him at least ten minutes just to get there.
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By the time he reached Cuddy's office ten minutes had past. He walked into her office without knocking, he never knocked anyway. "I promise I won't flip out at Sara again, I …" he stopped when he realized Wilson was in the room, sitting down on a chair opposite from Cuddy. Oh great he thought, it's the gossip queen.
"Ha!" "I knew you two were hiding something, who's this Sara?" There was a silence. "Awww come on who is she huh huh huh??" Wilson said like a first grader.
Cuddy opened her mouth about to say something, "No Cuddy, this is the queen of gossip whatever you tell him now will be all over this hospital by lunch time." House practically yelled.
"Jeeze House and you were saying that I was uptight." House gave her a blank stare. "I was just going to ask if Wilson could give us a minute alone to talk."
"Ok, fine you two will tell me when you're ready." "I'll be in my office if you need me." Wilson said and exited Cuddy's office.
"See that's why you knock before you enter my office." Cuddy said, House giving no answer or reaction. "I was just about to go and see how Sara was doing; she is being released as we speak." She said a little jumpy.
"Okay, I'll come with you." House said watching the look on Cuddy's face soften.
"Okay" she said and the two of them headed off to the elevator.
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A few minutes later they arrived at Sara's room, room 209. She was up, dressed in her clothes, sitting in the chair next to the bed watching TV. "God I thought you two would never get here." Sara said getting up from the chair to greet her parents.
"You don't have to get up." Cuddy said making her way over to her daughter.
"That's okay; I'm up and ready to go." "Anyway I'm starving, lets all go out for lunch."
"I'm in." House said looking at Cuddy straight on.
"I don't know…."
"Aww come on Mom it will be fun."
"Yea Mom." House said sarcastically.
"You can take a few hours off, for me, your only daughter." "Pleasssse" Sara said like a five year old batting her eyelashes.
"Oh alright." Cuddy said. "But only because you asked so nicely." She said smiling as the three of them headed out the door.
