A/N: This story takes place before this season. Joy had not happened.

Where Did You Go?

Madison sadly watched Cuddy leave and then turned and looked at House who was still sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Don't even try using those big blue eyes on me kid," House told her as she keep staring at him. "I said no. I have a dying patient on my hands, so the last think I need is a little kid following me around all day," he told her firmly.

Madison's eyes filled with tears and she looked away from House. House felt the tiniest bit of strain on his heart. He did didn't do well with tears and he didn't know how to handle it.

"I'm going now," he said quickly and got up to head to the door.

"Please?" Madison asked him.

House turned around and looked at her. Madison was now staring right at him again. Her eyes were still brimming with tears.

"Can I come?" Madison asked with a quivering voice.

House stared at her in surprise. She had spoken to him.

House reluctantly walked back over to her and helped her get off the bed. He rolled his eyes when she took his hand when they started to walk together.

House sat in his office chair, twirling his cane absentmindedly as Madison played with his ball. He was amazed how happy someone could be throwing a ball back and forth against the wall. House continued to stare at her, thinking about whether or not he should call child services for Cuddy.

He knew that Cuddy was already getting attached to Madison after only knowing her for a little while. He knew that if he didn't call, Cuddy could get in a lot of trouble if her parents were looking for the kid.

He also knew that if her parents did hurt her, child services needed to know. He didn't want her to have to grow up in an abusive home. He glanced at his phone.

He knew he had to do it. He didn't want to do it, but he had to do it. Cuddy was already too attached and she couldn't do it even if she wanted to do it. He knew she didn't want to make that call.

House stopped twirling his cane and after staring at Madison for a few minutes, he picked the phone up.

House talked to someone at child services and they told him that they would be over soon to talk to Madison.

House told them to ask for him when they got there.

When child services came and picked Madison up, she tried to hold on to House's hand for dear life. Even thought House would not admit it to anyone, it broke his heart to see her so afraid. Without thinking, he told her that he could come visit her when the child services rep told Madison that House could do that. She still had to practically drag her out.

An hour later after child services had taken Madison, House looked up from his T.V when he heard a familiar noise from the hallway. What he heard was the click of what could only be Cuddy's heals and they seemed to be moving at a very fast pace.

Cuddy stormed into the room with anger covering her face and her blue eyes blazing with what House thought was a murderous look.

"Why the hell did you call child services and not tell me?" She yelled.

"It had to be done Cuddy," House said trying to explain himself.

"House," Cuddy said in almost a whisper. "Why didn't you call me? I didn't get a chance to say goodbye."

"It would have been too hard on you," House said. "You never would have called Cuddy and it needed to be done."

"I was going to," Cuddy said, but even she didn't believe herself.

House watched as Cuddy sat down on the corner of his desk as she tried to fight the tears.

"I didn't mean to make you cry," House told her softly. He had seen way too many tears in the last couple of days.

Cuddy brushed some of her tears away.

"I was just fooling myself House," Cuddy stated with a trembling voice. House stood up and walked over to her. He slowly patted her on the shoulder to try to comfort her, even though he was very uncomfortable.

Cuddy looked up at him. A tear ran down her cheek and House reached out and brushed it away.

House knew he shouldn't feel guilty for calling child services, but when he looked at Cuddy, he felt it anyway.

Cuddy had been there so many times when he needed her. He didn't even let her say goodbye to Madison.

House and Cuddy stayed looking at each other for a few seconds. He hated to see the hurt in her eyes.

"I'm sorry," House told her as he looked down at his feet. Cuddy stood up and wrapped her arms around his waist and buried her head in his shoulder.

"Don't cry," House said mainly meaning don't cry in front of him. "It's okay."

Cuddy cried harder into his shoulder. She wasn't just crying for Madison, but also for the baby she lost in a miscarriage.

House patted her back softly awkwardly.

Usually Cuddy would have been horrified to cry in the hospital, but at that moment, she didn't care. She finally pulled away from House and wiped the tears from her face.

"I'm not mad at you House," she told him. "You did the right thing."

Cuddy knew that he did do the right thing, but that didn't mean she still couldn't try to fight to get Madison as her own.

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