Hello everyone! :)
I'm finally starting getting used to attending classes again :p I really relaxed during the summer and I have to start studying again now, something that it will take its time but I will manage :p
At least I have time to write so that is something. Chapter seven is ready for all of you to read! I decided to use the PI from this season but only for this chapter so that House can find out what is going on with Wilson and Cuddy.
Thank you everyone for reading my story and telling me what you think about it :)
I hope you'll enjoy this chapter!
On with the story then...
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Chapter 7: The P.I.
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"Greg, someone is on the phone for you!" Cameron yelled to get his attention from the video game he was playing with Beth.
"Who is it?" he asked, his eyes glued to the TV.
"Someone named Lucas Douglas; I don't think I know him." She said and he immediately got up and grabbed the phone.
"Hey, what do you got for me?" he asked, looking at Cameron who was looking back curiously.
"U huh… photos? What photos?" he inquired.
"That's what I'm talking about!" he exclaimed, smirking widely.
Cameron raised her eyebrows in question but he didn't say anything.
"Tomorrow at twelve, my office." He said and hung up the phone.
"Who was that?" Cameron asked inquisitively, furrowing her brow.
"Lucas Douglas." House stated making her roll her eyes.
"I already knew that." She said in annoyance.
"He is a private investigator." He mumbled and walked to where Beth was sitting waiting for him.
"A what?" Cameron asked incredulously but he ignored the question.
"You cheated!" he exclaimed looking at the TV.
"I did not!" Beth shouted crossing her arms in front of her chest in a defensive manner.
"Then why is the score different? My team was winning 45-60 and now the game is tied!" he reasoned watching his daughter's expression who was looking at him innocently.
"Maybe you don't remember correctly…" she mused making him smirk.
"Maybe a certain someone decided to continue playing when another someone was talking on the phone." He said with a raised eyebrow.
"Or maybe not…" replied Beth with a smile.
"Greg." Cameron's tone made him look at her.
Her hands where on her hips and she had that look that told him that he was in trouble.
"Why don't you play for a while; I have to talk to mommy about something." He said and followed Cameron to the kitchen.
"What did you do again?" she asked in exasperation.
"Nothing bad, I just hired an investigator." He said nonchalantly.
"Yes, because that's what everyone does when they are bored." She said looking intently at him.
"Why did you hire him?"
"Because Wilson wouldn't tell me what is going on with Cuddy."
"Greg! Maybe he didn't want to say anything, did you think about that?" she asked him but he didn't answer.
"You'd better stop this before he finds out…" she warned and he looked away.
"It will be kind of hard to do that…" he said cautiously.
"Why?" she asked with a sigh.
"Because Cuddy is paying for him. Well, not exactly Cuddy, the hospital is." He explained.
"That's not good." She mumbled and leaned against the counter with her back to him.
He stood up from the chair he was occupying, hooked his cane at its back and went to stand behind her, his chest resting against her back.
"Are you mad at me?" he said in a low tone, his hands coming to rest on the counter trapping her effectively between the counter and his body.
"It's not that I'm mad at you. But you always have to do things your own way. You could have just waited 'til Wilson was ready to talk to you, if there is anything going on." She reasoned and he scoffed.
"I don't want to wait mommy!" he whined childishly and dropped his head in the crook of her neck.
"Besides, I am sure that there is something going on." He said, kissing the skin of her neck.
"Oh really? Humor me…" she mumbled, already starting to get distracted.
"The detective has pictures!" he exclaimed and she shook her head.
"And you are acting like a five year old." She said turning into his arms in order to face him.
"You love that, really…" he said surely claiming her lips in a slow kiss and wrapping his arms around her body, holding her to him.
"I do…" she breathed out when they broke the kiss and rested her forehead against his.
"Now, go play with Beth, she is waiting for you." She said and he nodded.
He pulled away and turned to leave when she slapped his butt playfully making him yelp in surprise.
"Hey!" he exclaimed making her smirk.
"What can I say? It's very enticing…" she commented smiling saucily at him and he shook his head, smiling at the same time.
"I know, I'm really sexy, you can't resist me." He played along and moved closer to her again.
She placed her hands on his chest and pushed him back slightly.
"Beth is waiting." She said, the smile never leaving her lips.
"I think she can spend a night at Wilson's during the week. She loves her Uncle Jimmy!" he commented and Cameron chuckled.
"Go!" she repeated pushing him away.
"Will you at least think about it?" he asked as he walked to the living room.
"Fine…" she said in defeat.
"Yes!" he exclaimed triumphantly.
Beth looked up at him questioningly.
"Give me the joystick, I am going to win!" he said with a grin and Beth handed him the second joystick.
"I don't think so." She countered with a grin of her own.
"We'll see." He said and started the game again.
An hour later they were both sound asleep on the couch, with Beth lying on House's chest. Cameron entered the living room and smiled softly when she saw them sleeping like that.
She was really glad they had purchased a new camera for moments like these. She took a photo of them and then went to carry Beth to her bed.
She took her in her arms and tucked her in her bed and then she returned in the living room to wake House up.
She caressed his cheek softly, just looking at him sleeping for a while before nudging him gently.
He opened his eyes slowly, looking straight into her green-blue ones.
"Hey…" she said softly.
"Where is Beth?" he asked, rubbing his eyes.
"I took her to bed. Come on, you have to go to bed too." She said and helped him up.
He draped his arm over her shoulders, deciding to leave his cane discarded on the floor and together they made their way to their bedroom.
He sat on the bed and watched her leaving again.
"Aren't you going to stay?" he asked lying down on his side of the bed.
"I have to finish writing an article; I want to hand it in tomorrow." She explained.
He nodded and got under the blanket, his eyes closing immediately.
When she returned to their bedroom half an hour later she found him lying in the middle of the bed hugging her pillow against his chest.
She changed into her pajamas and lied down next to him, taking her pillow from his grasp. He opened his eyes momentarily, sensing her movements and smiled sleepily.
She moved closer to him, her back resting against his chest and he wrapped his arms around her waist before falling asleep again.
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The next morning House entered his office with a smile.
His team looked at him suspiciously but decided to not question him about it. They didn't want to spend the rest of the day in the clinic so they left the conference room, going to find something to do.
At around eleven thirty he received a text message and he smirked when he saw the name on the screen.
He got up and made his way to the cafeteria. He sat to the table and waited.
Five minutes later a man showed up and sat down opposite him.
"I hope they are good." He said without greeting the man.
"Hey, I am pretty good at what I do." Commented Lucas and House nodded.
"Gimme." He said eagerly and took the folder that the detective handed him.
He opened it and retrieved the photos it contained.
"Now, that's what I'm talking about!" he exclaimed making a few heads turn to look his way.
"You are good after all…" he said and the other man nodded his head.
"Don't you have clinic duty?" sounded Cuddy's voice and House immediately put the photos back in the envelope.
"Why do you always come after me? You have, I don't even know how many doctors, and you keep harassing me! Do you realize that it's not fair?" he asked accusingly making Cuddy frown.
"I know that you are up to something." She stated looking from him to Lucas.
"What did I do again?" he asked feigning ignorance.
"Oh, I don't know you tell me… It seems that the hospital is paying for something that I have yet to determine. Care to tell me what it is?"
"And why did you assume that I know what it is?"
"Because I know that your department is involved." She replied, handing him the files she was holding.
"I know nothing." He said determinedly.
"And who are you?" she asked, turning to look at the other man who was sitting at the table.
"Lucas Douglas, P.I." He said extending his hand and Cuddy turned to look at House who had put on the most innocent look he could master.
"You know, that look works only when Beth uses it and since she isn't here I am unaffected." She said, taking the files from the table where he had left them.
"Clinic duty, now. And if you want your personal PI you are going to have to pay for him yourself." She stated seriously and walked away leaving a smirking House behind.
"That your wife with Wilson?" asked Lucas, catching his attention and he looked at where he was pointing.
"How do you…?"
"She is even more beautiful from up close." He commented and House rolled his eyes.
"Ok, enough now, you did your job and you can go." He said, standing up.
"Are you sure? Maybe I know even more…" he trailed off and House studied him for a while.
"Yeah, I'm sure." He said surely and Lucas shrugged.
"Ok then. It was nice doing business with you." He said extended his hand.
House shook it and smirked.
"You'll get a check from the hospital." He said with a wink and the other man nodded and left with a wave of his hand.
House took the envelope Lucas had given him and went to sit where Wilson and Cameron where.
"And I wondered when you would come by and torture me." Wilson said with a smile.
"Someone is happy today." Commented House with a secretive smile and Wilson raised an eyebrow in question.
"What now, I can't be happy?" he inquired.
"Not what I said." House replied and took Cameron's coffee in his hand.
"You know, that's a very bad habit." She commented and tried to take her cup back but he held it out of her reach.
"Hey, I used to do that even before we started dating and you still haven't gotten used to it?" he asked incredulously making her roll her eyes and Wilson laugh.
"Who was that guy you were with?" asked Wilson interrupting Cameron's attempts to take her coffee back.
"No one." House said nonchalantly and finally handed the coffee to Cameron.
"But you were talking with him." Wilson opposed curiosity evident in his voice.
"He knows a guy, who knows a guy and can get me some really good tickets." He replied with a wink.
"You are looking for tickets from now?"
"Do you remember what happened last year? We found them the last minute. And Beth really wants to go again." He exclaimed and Wilson nodded.
His pager went off at that moment saving House from any further inquisition.
"I have to go. I'll see you two later." He said with a smile.
"See you Jimmy." Cameron replied with a smile of her own and then turned to look at House inquisitively.
"James is going to kill you when he finds out what you did." She stated seriously.
"Are you going to tell him?"
"No…" she trailed off.
"Then how is he going to find out?" he asked with a smirk.
"Don't push it because I can go right now and tell him." She threatened making the smirk disappear from his lips.
"I have some patients to see before heading to the clinic." She said and got up but his fingers wrapping around her wrist stopped her.
"Are you mad at me? If you are I'll just throw them away." he said seriously this time.
"Even if I was, you do or say something like that and I can't stay mad at you for long." She said with a soft smile and kissed him softly.
He released her hand and looked at her as she walked away, swaying her hips purposefully.
"She is going to be the death of me…" he mumbled to himself and smirked.
Taking the envelope, he stood up as well and headed for his office.