Rachel was starting to get bored in the room Cuddy was staying, so House decided to take her for a walk. By the time they finish their walk around the maternity floor, it was almost lunchtime, he, then, decided to feed her before she'd get too hungry or too cranky.

They went to the cafeteria and House ordered him a burger with fries, and some chicken nuggets for Rachel. They were enjoying the lunch, not talking a lot, mostly because both of them were tired with the latest events. Suddenly, everything was new and somehow unknown to both of them.

Once they got their food, House spotted Wilson entering the hospital cafeteria. It was only hours since they had seen each other, but the last day had been so intense that it looked like days since they last spoke.

"Hey, daddy!" greeted Wilson with a cheery tone!

"Hi, Wilson!" said Rachel, excited to see Wilson.

"Hi, sweet! How are you doing? Have you seen your sister already?"

"Yep" she nodded giving him a big smile.

"So? What did you think?"

"She is really tiny and my mommy's boobies have milk in them. I have no idea why."

"Oh! Really!" he was quite embarrassed by her statement but he could see why she was amazed by that fact.

Kids at her age usually are amaze by simple facts, since they are just discovering everything around them. Wilson really enjoyed watching Rachel, sometimes, as she simply figured things out by her own. House, on the other hand, was amazed by how quickly she learns things and how easy is to teach her new tricks and entertain her with all the stuff only him cared about.

"And you, House? How are you?" he asked with a smile upon his face.

"I survived. Barely, but I did. The woman was possessed, but once she expelled the evil creature out her body, she seemed to be back to her old self. " He mocked Wilson.

"I'm glad to hear. But the big question is: how do you feel know? I mean… you know… since you are a daddy? Since, now you have a daughter?"

"I… hum… I don't know. I don't feel any different than before… I guess… I was…." he said looking vaguely around the place.

"Oh… oh… oh…" interrupted Wilson. "Don't even start. It's not possible you're felling nothing… you're there with the woman you love. You witness the birth of your child. It's your child, House! For God's sake! You're unbelievable! I can't believe you're saying you haven't…"

"Shut up!" said House with an annoying look. "I'm not saying I didn't feel anything for the kid! Oh God… you're such a woman, Wilson!" he took a deep breath and said. "I mean… what I meant was that… I don't have a new feeling toward the new baby… I mean.. it's not something that I didn't use to fell before. See… I guess it's just… you know…" he point to Rachel, discretely. "I guess the feeling was already here… she was the first one, my first child. The way I fell for the new one is not foreign… it was here before. I'm just.. it's like being in love for the second time… nor that I stopped loving the other one…. Ohhh… you see what I mean?"

Wilson looked at him in disbelieve. He knew House and Rachel had bonded and that they really seemed to like each other, but not at once he thought House saw Rachel as his own. In fact, he was concerned about the new baby, he knew all about House's daddy issues and how he never wanted to have kids. But, once he learned Cuddy was pregnant, all he could do was to hope his friend would somehow figured out a way to be a descent father.

"Oh.. I'm.. I just thought you're saying.. but.. since you never wanted…" he was interrupted by House.

"Yeah… you're always assuming things. Never mind, besides, I don't want to talk about my feelings right now. Too much is going on and I have to take Rachel back home, her nanny will be at our place by 2:00pm"

"Ok, daddy! I'll stop by later to see Leah"

"Stop calling me that!"

"Ok! Bye, Rachel! Bye, daddy!"

To be continued…

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