Ride With Me

12:00pm

House was happy that he had finally begged Cuddy to skip lunch at the conference so that they could head back to the hotel to change to head to Worlds of Fun.

"You are like a little kid," Cuddy said to House as they walked up to the main gates at the amusement park.

"I want to go on the Camp Snoopy rides," House said, pointing at a poster.

"Those are for little kids," Cuddy said.

"You just said I was a little kid," House said. "Make up your mind woman. I don't think my leg could handle the Snoopy Bounce anyway."

"The only thing I do not want to go on is the rides that spin," Cuddy said. "Those make me vomit."

Cuddy paid for their tickets and walked in. She picked up two maps of the park and gave one to House to look at and she looked at hers.

"I want to go on the scariest ride first," House said.

"The Patriot looks good," Cuddy said. "Good thing I am here. You can't go on the Viking Voyager unless you are accompanied by a responsible adult."

"Isn't it kind of weird that you have to have a responsible adult to go on a ride that is not very scary looking, but you do not have to be responsible on a ride called The Detonator?" House asked.

"That is because you will be more strapped in so that you can't do anything stupid," Cuddy said. They went and stood in line at The Patriot.

"The Timber Wolf is an all wood ride," House said. "They might as well call it Death Trap. I want to go on that next."

"Yes because anything you nickname deathtrap should be fun," Cuddy said.

House and Cuddy stood in line for 45 minutes before they finally got onto the ride.

"We are going to die!" House screamed as the ride started. Some of the passengers laughed while others looked petrified.

"Your tombstone is going to say you died on your birthday," Cuddy said. "People years from now will look at that and think how weird that is."

"I should have made a will that told them to put how I died on it too," House said. "Plunged to death next to a foxy lady!" When they got to the top of the ride, House started screaming before it even started to go down, which caused Cuddy to laugh hysterically.

"That was awesome!" House said when the ride stopped. "Well, except for the part when I peed myself." The people waiting in line looked at House. "Have fun," House said as he motioned to his seat.

House and Cuddy spent the next few hours riding on as many rides as possible. House was able to make a three-pointer at one of the games and won Cuddy a stuff Snoopy doll.

"I have to go to the bathroom," Cuddy said. "Hold this." Cuddy gave House the Snoopy and went into the bathroom. House knew that Cuddy was probably in the bathroom smiling that she had gotten him to stand outside and hold a stuff animal in public. House was just happy that he did not have to hold her purse.

When House was waiting for her, a 4-year old boy came wondering over to him. He looked up at House.

"He's mine," House said hugging the doll.

"Can I have your lollipop?" The boy said, pointing to the lollipop that was sticking out of House's pocket.

"Didn't your parents ever tell you not to take candy from strangers?" House asked. "Where are your parents?"

"I don't know," the boy said.

"You don't know?" House asked. "Where did you see them last?"

"I don't know," the boy said.

"What's your name?" House asked.

"William."

"William what?" House asked.

"I don't know," William said.

House handed him his lollipop. "Stay here," House said. House opened up the women's room door and yelled at Cuddy. "I need you Cuddy."

"This better not be that you need me to rub suntan lotion on your face again," Cuddy said when she came out.

"That boy's lost," House said pointing at William. "His name is William and he stole my lollipop so you need to buy me another one."

"Hi," Cuddy said as she bent down in front of William. "You need to come with us so that we can take you to the front office."

"Okay," William said and he took Cuddy's hand.

"When we find his parents, we need to yell at them for not teaching him about stranger danger," House said. "They are lucky that we found him and not Michael Jackson."

"Does House care about the little boy?" Cuddy asked in a baby voice.

"I'm not the devil," House said.

"You're a big softy," Cuddy said.

"Don't make me beat you with Snoopy," House said.

"You are the only person who gets embarrassed when people say that they are nice," Cuddy said.

"I like to be different," House said.

Cuddy and House took William into the front office and told them that they found them. Cuddy wanted to wait until his parents arrived to leave, but they said she could not wait in there.

"Thank you," William said to House giving his leg a hug.

"You're welcome," House said with a smile.

"Bye William," Cuddy said.

"Bye," William said and waved to them. House and Cuddy left the park and headed.

"That was adorable," Cuddy said.

"Shut up," House said.

"I wish I had brought my camera," Cuddy said.

"Just remember that our children won't be as cute as he was," House said. "They will be smart asses."

"Our children?" Cuddy said. "I didn't even know we had a child."

"What do you think Chase is?" House said quickly wanting to change the subject. "How about we get some dinner?"

"Okay," Cuddy said with a smile as she wrapped her arm along House's and walked with him. "Do you want to eat at one of the park's restaurants or someplace else?"

"Well, since we both have been sweating like dogs for the last few hours, we should eat here because everyone else stinks too," House said.

"Okay," Cuddy said. "Are you having a nice birthday?"

"Yes," House said. "The best ever." House gave Cuddy a quick kiss.

"I'm glad," Cuddy said. "You deserve it."

"You can have your Snoopy doll back," House said when he remembered that he was carrying it.

"Thanks," Cuddy said as she took it from him. "He will help me always remember this day together."

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