It had been the longest weekend of his live. Wilson kept annoying him with questions about his date and when he would see her again. He also asked if he was in love with her. In other words Wilson did drive him insane.

So he had spent as many hours of the weekend at the hospital doing his clinic hours as he could. He was hoping that he wouldn't have to do them on Monday. He was also hoping that he wouldn't get a case on Monday otherwise his lunch date with Annette would not happen.

When House set foot in the hospital Monday morning he was greeted by Cuddy who was holding a blue case file in her left hand.

"That better not be what I think it is?" He said instead of good morning.

"You can choose between clinic or a case." She said handing him the file and left for her office.

Now he had a case and for the first time in a long time since he didn't know when he wanted to leave that case to Foreman, no matter how interesting it turned out to be. But maybe he could make it up to Annette when he finished this case.

Later at 11 o'clock, he had just sent his team off to do some tests on the patient, when he dialed Annette's number.

"Hello?" She said and he could hear she answered with a smile, she probably had seen his number on the caller ID. He really hated that he was going to take that smile away from her.

"Hi… It's Greg. Is this a bad time?" He stalled, trying to figure out a way to tell her that he couldn't see her today.

"No not at all. I was actually wondering when you'd call."

"Well don't get your hopes up too high. I got a case this morning and I can't meet you for lunch." He said to her in a voice that didn't quite sound like his own.

"Oh that's a shame."

"I'm sorry."

"No that's alright. I just really wanted to see you again." She said that second part very quietly he almost didn't hear it.

"Me too." He replied just as quietly. She wanted to see him again, he couldn't really believe it. It had been a long time since people wanted to spend time with him, most of the time even Wilson didn't want to spend time with him.

"Listen I'm gonna call you when I know a little bit more about what I'm dealing with here and then I just tell you when I can see you again." He said after a few seconds of pleasant silent between them.

"Yeah, that sounds like a great idea." He could hear her smile was back again, which made him feel proud. He was able to set that smile on her face.

"Okay. You'll hear from me then."

"Okay."

Again they were quite. He could hear her breathing and strangely it didn't feel weird to him. Nearly 30 seconds passed before he said:

"Okay, I gotta go. Bye Annette..."

"Bye Greg"

He closed his phone and sank in his office chair and that's when he saw Thirteen standing in the door, smirking at him.

"So who's Annette?"

"Oh just some hooker I booked for today" He snapped at her.

"Right… Anyway here are the test results." She continued to smirk at him.

"Thanks. Now leave." He took the results and glared at her all the way out of his office.

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On Wednesday the case was running smoothly. He was hoping for a finished case by Friday. He had already an idea of what he and Annette could do for their next date. He just had to get Wilson out of the loft and find some time to go grocery shopping. But first he had to find something he wanted to cook for her.

On Thursday the case was solved and House was ready to head home and call Annette and invite her over for tomorrow night. He was still working on a plan to get Wilson out of the loft.

When he entered he heard Wilson talking in his cell phone. So House went to the kitchen to think of a plan whilst getting some orange juice.

"Hey, did you solve your case."

"Yeah"

Wilson took one look at him and knew he had something on his mind. "What do you want?" He asked.

"I… ah.. Need you to leave the loft tomorrow night. I'm… um… going to invite Annette over and cook for her." He stammered at first but then he just threw it out there, because he was going to get a lecture anyway from Wilson. He just wanted it over as fast as possible.

"Sure. Do you want me to book a hotel room too?"

"What? You're not gonna lecture me on how this is way too much for a second date? Or something else that is way too crazy for my mind to come up with." He asked while staring at him with his eyes wide open.

"No, if you want to invite her over you can do that. I don't care. " Wilson answered with a smile.

"Whatever. And no you don't have to get a room. It's way too soon for that to happen."

"Wow, you're serious about this woman, aren't you?"

House just nodded and limped slowly to his room. But before he closed the door he could hear Wilson say:

"Good for you."

House just rolled his eyes and took his cell out of his pocket.

He was a little bit nervous about calling her and inviting her over. What if it was too soon for them? Should he just take her out to some restaurant? He considered it while he dialed her number, but he just shook his head and waited for her on the other line.

"Hello?" Again he could hear that she was smiling when she answered.

"Hi, it's me."

"Hi me."

"Oh very funny. If you're in that kind of mood I won't invite you over for dinner tomorrow." He said while smiling, he liked that she was very sarcastic they seemed to have the same kind of humor. This for him was very important.

"Alright, I'll shut up now."

"Yeah, but before you do that, are you free tomorrow night to come over to my place at 7?"

"Yes I am. Just tell me the address and I'll be there." She said without hesitation. He told her the address and he told her the fastest way to get to the loft. Then he heard her doorbell ring for the second time.

"Are you expecting your other date?"

"Oh yeah, that's Rudolf I met him at the Northpole convention."

"Okay sounds like a fun date. Anyway you better go get that. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yeah see you tomorrow."