Sorry it took so long. RL got in the way. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Please review when you are finished reading.

What Happened

Cuddy looked through her peephole and saw standing there. She'd wondered who it could be. When she opened the door, she saw that the woman was holding a little girl's hand.

The woman brought Madison in Cuddy's House and told her that Madison refused to speak except for the words 'Cuddy' and 'House.' They thought that meant she wanted to go to Cuddy's house. Madison walked in and sat down next to House on the couch, but did not say anything to him. The woman told Cuddy that since she filed to be her foster parent, they would let her stay with Cuddy for awhile until they found her parents or some other family member. She then left.

"Madison," Cuddy said to her as she knelt down in front of her so that she could look her in the eye.

Madison didn't look up at her. She turned her head and looked at House.

"What?" House asked her.

"Can I stay here with you two?" Madison asked.

"CPS said you can stay here for awhile," House said.

"Forever?" Madison asked in a pleasing voice. Cuddy looked at her and felt her heart melt.

Cuddy sat down on the couch next to Madison. Cuddy gave her a hug. She really wished that Madison could stay with her forever.

"Don't you want to go home to your parents?" Cuddy asked.

Madison shook her head no and looked up at Cuddy with her blue eyes starting to form tears. She threw her arms around Cuddy's neck and held on to her.

Cuddy held her tight. "Madison, what's wrong?" Cuddy asked, as she rubbed the little girl's back trying to calm her down.

"I want to stay here. Please? I'll be good," Madison said in a shaky voice.

"That is not my decision Madison," Cuddy said as she pulled Madison away from her neck so that she could look her in the eyes. "What do you want to stay with me?"

"You made the pain go away," Madison said talking about her shoulder. "You didn't hurt me. You helped me. You were nice to me. You and House cared for me."

"Oh, sweetheart," Cuddy said as she wrapped her left arm around the little girl and pulled her close again. "We are doctors. We make people better."

"You stayed with me all night," Madison said. "You didn't leave me."

Cuddy didn't realize how thankfully Madison was for staying with her.

"I didn't want you being scared staying in a big hospital all by yourself," Cuddy said.

"I wasn't scared with you there."

The statement almost made Cuddy burst into tears. "You never have to be scared when I am around."

"You will protect me?" Madison asked. "I don't want to be scared anymore. I want to stay with you."

Cuddy stared at her as she took in what the little girl was trying to tell her.

"Who are you scared off?" House asked Madison.

Cuddy looked up at him knowing that he was thinking the same thing. That was the question she really wanted an answer to.

"My Daddy," Madison said as if she was ashamed.

"Is that who hurt your arm?" House asked her.

Madison nodded her head yes. "I spilled my milk on the floor. He grabbed my by the arm and through me in the basement. When I heard the front door close, I went out the back door."

Cuddy kept looking at Madison and House nodded to Madison to tell her to continue.

"I walked down the back alley. I wanted to go to the school, but my arm hurt too much. I sat there for awhile and cried. I hoped someone would come and get me, but no one came. I then saw a sign that said the hospital was around the corner. I got up and walked to it. My arm hurt really badly, but I remember my teacher telling me doctors will make you better. That's why I went there."

Madison looked down at the floor. Her eyes filled with tears when she remembered how much her arm had hurt.

"So you made it to the hospital okay, Madison?" Cuddy asked hoping that no one else had scared her.

"I walked in and sat down next to everyone. I sat down next to the guy whose nose was bleeding. I then felt a little sick."

Cuddy's eyes were now totally filled with tears, but House was still calm and collected.

"I went into a room and laid down on the floor until my tummy felt better," Madison said. When Madison looked up at Cuddy and saw her crying, she started to cry. She didn't like to see Cuddy upset.

Cuddy picked her up and held Madison in her arms. She rocked back and forth and rubbed Madison's back hoping to sooth her.

When Madison finally calmed down a little bit, House looked at her with his blue eyes. "Madison, why wouldn't you talk to the lady from Child Protective Services?" He asked.

Madison looked up at House. "Daddy said that they would take me away and make me work all day with no sleep. That is what they do to bad children," she said. "You let me sleep. You let me watch TV and you read me a story."

"They don't hurt kids," Cuddy said as she continued rocking Madison until finally Madison fell asleep in her arms.

"I don't get people who hurt kids," House said as he looked at Madison. "She never did anything to anyone."

"He won't hurt her ever again," Cuddy said with a determined tone to her voice.