Disclaimer: I do not own House

A/N: Hehe well I was supposed to have this done by the weekend but, even though I was in searing pain (ik why House is such a jerk now), my rents bribed me with Pizza and Fro Yo to go out and "spend time with them" though all I really did was stay in the car and eat my bribes while they did things that I have no idea of XD haha I do not pay attention whats so even if I am in a bad mood and with my parents haha aren't I just an angel child :D O:)

Thank you to everyone who voted SO FAR, the poll is still up and you still have time to stop his return haha. LOL but even if he does come back I dont think I'll have him hurt cuddy.....too much HAHA jk

Thanks, as usual, to my beta Americanchick for editing this piece and my old beta, who is busy studying (I bet she'll be a doctor one day) not - lupus . everybody - lies for pointing out a few mistakes! :D Hope you all like it!


"Okay well I noticed that mommy stopped putting chocolate chips in my pancakes and I thought it was weird but it actually taste better," Rachel noted as she began to list random things she had collected over the years. "Mommy has also been using the phone less and—"

"No," House interrupted. "I mean anything suspicious like I don't know… something really out of the ordinary that might suggest that someone hurt your mommy. Like did she threaten anyone or anything?" House redirected.

"Well," Rachel thought for a second as she looked down and reached up for a candy on her father's desk and put it in her mouth. "There was this one time. Mommy got a call from Uncle Lucas," Rachel began as she ate her candy contently.

Lucas. He and House had stayed neutral friends after he and Cuddy broke up, but they were never really the same. He still had a pang of hatred and grudge against Lucas for taking Cuddy when he wanted her. He let go of it a little, but still felt a small twinge of resentment against him when they were mentioned together.

"Then mommy told him to stop or else because it wasn't any of his business and she didn't need him to be some over protective big brother. But she thanked him for caring and told him to just let it go and to not worry or bother the subject ever again and to only investigate something on her if she asks him to." Rachel ended causing House to realize that he had missed part of her observation.

Nonetheless, House smiled at the young girl and patted her head in a job well done. He then noticed that his ten minute warning was up and picked up the little girl. "Now keep quiet, I'm going to take you the scariest place ever," He winked. "We can finish our candy there and if you see mommy, tell me so I can hide before she finds us and ruins out fun okay?" He saw Rachel nod as he picked up the bag of candy. He has trained her well.

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Cuddy and Vinson had been talking for ten minutes before Cuddy realized that her lunch break was drastically cut. She quickly ended the conversation with the other doctor and turned to where she assumed her daughter was. She was instantly shocked as well as infuriated when she saw her daughter was missing.

"Where did Rachel go?" Cuddy turned to find that Vinson was no longer there and she realized the plot against her.

She clutched her fist angrily and knew exactly who took her daughter. She growled a bit before she took long, quick strides to her asshole boss's office. As she walked in, Cuddy was surprised to see the room empty. She approached the desk and found candy wrappers all over the floor and saw a particular bunch on the ground under House's desk. Mostly the ones that Rachel preferred to eat. She clutched a hand full of wrappers before throwing them over the desk and went to search for another doctor.

Cuddy quickly went down to the cafeteria to find the other doctor she was hunting sitting with Walters as they ate their lunch. She set her jaw and wore a threatening scowl as she approached the table. When she stood on the side of the table, the two doctors looked at her questionably; one wore a look of fright. She turned to the terrified doctor and hardened her glare as she almost growled furiously.

"Do you need something, Dr. Cuddy?" Walters asked when she saw her lunch buddy look up at Cuddy shakily.

"Vinson, where is my daughter?" Cuddy ignored the other woman and focused her anger towards the man that had information. She didn't let him answer before she went on. "I know you know where she is," She continued. "I can not believe that you and House have the nerve to kidnap my daughter from right under my nose and think I would be so idiotic to not realize that you two plotted against me?" Cuddy accused him knowingly.

"You kidnapped her daughter?" Walters looked at Vinson incredulously as her mouth hung open and she jumped out of her seat surprised.

"We did not kidnap her daughter," Vinson lied poorly. "And I don't know where your daughter is Cuddy. I didn't even know she was here." He was a bad liar and knew it, but he tried nonetheless.

"Vinson, either you tell me where House is hiding my daughter, and I let you off easy, or you both will have hell to pay." Cuddy offered, somewhat kindly.

"Dr. Cuddy, I know you are upset about what these two imbeciles have done, but I think you should calm down a bit and not threaten Dr. Vinson. I'm pretty sure that Dr. House tricked him into helping." Dr. Walters tried to calm down the infuriated woman, who practically had steam coming out of her ears.

"Oh I am damn sure that House convinced Vinson to help him." Cuddy kept her eyes locked on the man in front of her, but did calm down a bit at the superior woman's request. She took a deep breath and decided to re-approach the predicament as she sat next to Vinson. "William, I know you probably did this because House told you it was for me own well being, but Rachel is only 8 years old. She doesn't know anything and if House says something on accident or takes her somewhere not very safe it might scare her or give her nightmares. I don't even know what House is going to do to her. He might hurt her, unintentionally of course, but do you want to help House do that to the poor little girl who's 8th birthday was only a few days ago?" She wore a faux sadden face as she spoke gently to Vinson.

Walters stared at the woman with a cocked brow and a gawked at her quick change in maneuver. She noticed the immediate guilt that appeared on Vinson's face and saw how well Cuddy held her end to milk the feeling of remorse and sympathy. She put that in her mental notebook and couldn't help but be a little impress at the show that Cuddy was displaying. She saw Vinson lower his gaze, not being able to stare into Cuddy's artificial heartbroken expression, and knew that Cuddy had won the battle.

"House is hiding her in Dr. Walter's office until the end of her lunch break then he was going to hide her in the morgue until you found him… or he ran out of candy." Vinson let out reluctantly.

"My office," Walters interjected angrily. "God, you guys are lucky you are damn good doctors or else your asses would be fired starting now!"

Cuddy sighed at the lunacy and nodded. She was about to leave with Walters to scream at House, but Vinson stopped her momentarily. "And Lisa, I didn't mean to hurt Rachel, House would never hurt her in any way – mental or physical – and we were really looking out for you." He apologized regretfully.

Cuddy bit back a smirk as she kept on her act. She gave Vinson a small smile and responded, "I understand and that was kind of you Vinson. Thank you," She said before she wore a victorious smirk and walked out to hunt down a soon to be extinct cripple.

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House sat at his boss's desk with his legs propped on the table as he sucked on a lollipop and talked on the phone with some random person who called while Rachel sat on his good leg. She giggled as she heard her father tell off the person on the phone. She ate her ice sandwich – which House had swiped from Vinson when they ran into each other while both were running from Cuddy – and smiled with chocolate all over her teeth. House laughed as he hung up the phone and grabbed Rachel's arm before taking a bite of the sweet ice cream.

"Uh-oh," Rachel suddenly said which caused House to look at her inquisitively. "Mommy and that lady are coming." She pointed out the door as they both saw the two angry women approaching the room.

"Hide Rachel, hide." House told her as he put her under the desk before the women could be close enough to see what he was doing. "Now remember, no matter what keep your head hidden and don't say anything. You might want to close your ears too; you know how hot the volcano gets when it explodes." He warned her and she listened obediently.

"House," Cuddy shrieked as she stormed into the office before Walters could. "How dare you kidnap my daughter, you must be the most insane man I have ever had the displeasure of meeting." Cuddy chose her words precisely to emphasize how outraged she was.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," House acted as he crossed his legs on his boss's desk.

"House, get your feet off my desk," Walters commanded as she picked up House's legs one by one and dropped them to the ground. "Now return Dr. Cuddy's child to her right now. You are damn lucky she isn't suing you for this." Walters stated.

"Like I just told Cuddles, Walters, I have no idea where her daughter is." House shrugged as he looked from one woman to the other. "That reminds me, Cuddles shouldn't you be doing my Clinic duty?" House asked her.

Cuddy continued to glare defiantly before Walters began to lecture once more. "House, your employees are here to do your clinic duty, they are here to—"

"Don't bother," Cuddy interrupted Walters as she kept her glare on House. "He'll never listen. At least with his lackey's doing it, it gets done where as if you leave him to it it'll keep piling itself up." Cuddy stated expertly. "Now give me my daughter House." She growled between clenched teeth.

House rolled his eyes and just stared at Cuddy with a smirk, he didn't feel like repeating himself. "Oh and Dr. Walters, I should tell you. Maybe you should call Mr. Hanson, Mr. Hugh, and Mr. Garson back before they withdraw all their donations."

Walters opened her mouth to speak, but was once again interrupted by Cuddy. "Don't waste your breath on him. The damage he's done is already done, just call back those donors and just tell them what they want to hear, that House is getting punished and that anything he said was completely wrong. You might just need to say that it was him, at least one of the three is going to feel flattered that the infamous Dr. House spoke to them." Cuddy suggested.

House smirked and cocked a brow. "Wow Cuddles, all those years of power actually gave you very good insight. Are you sure you shouldn't be here stealing Walters's job?" House asked her knowingly and smiled when he saw her roll her eyes.

Cuddy sighed and kept her glare on House until she noticed two pair of small feet sticking out from under the table. She approached House threateningly and stood over him. With him sitting, it seemed like she was the bigger person and could easily hurt him.

"You know, all I have to do is stand up and I'll be taller than you again, right?" House asked in matter-of-factual tone. He looked down from her face and stared straight ahead to her chest. "But I really do enjoy this position."

Cuddy smirked as she leaned down and put her hands on the chair's armrest. This arrangement made it very easy for House to see down Cuddy's shirt and he's jaw dropped when he saw Cuddy send him a seductive look. She leaned forward towards him and he tried to keep his eyes open while he waited for her lips to meet him. He saw a victorious smirk form on Cuddy's face as she pushed him backwards until the chair collided with the wall.

"God House, you are so easy to manipulate." She rolled her eyes as she picked her daughter up off the floor. "Hey Rachel did daddy do anything to you?" She asked her daughter in a soft voice, but she saw the smile on Rachel's face and that was the only answer she needed. She frowned as she began to leave the office, but turned before she opened the door. "Oh and House, we aren't even." She challenged as she sashayed out.

House smiled when he saw an extra bounce in her step. He was starting to bring the energy back into Cuddy. He noted that as they spoke and as she manipulated him, he saw – even if only for a second – the color flash back brightly into her blue-gray eyes. He also saw how the color, though very unnoticeable, was slowly starting to reappear on her skin. He had brought the Cuddy he knew back to life, even if only for the day, and if that was possible, maybe it was possible to bring her back fully.

First things first, though. He had to make a few calls and find out what exactly happened to his Cuddy and knew the perfect investigator for the job.

Lucas Douglas.


A/N: Okay you probably wonder why I bothered putting Walters in here cuz she doesnt seem that important, but actually she is very important!! Hahaha can anyone tell why she is so important? Haha I feel so cool, foreshadowing in my stories and all!! haha

Don't worry about Lucas everyone. There is definately NO LUDDY in this story, i mean i am cool with Luddy since it brings Huddy closer and closer but I'm not writing it here haha. I'm not even sure if I'll be having Lucas show up in person, so no worries haha,

The poll is still up for debate. So far the bring him backs are still ahead (I decided to go by poll since its easier to keep track off so if you voted by review but not by poll you can go vote now) The talk about him but dont bring him back is in second and the keep him away is still last, so if you don't want Daniel back in person hurry and vote!!

As always reviews are loved and are very encouraging :D

-Jessica