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A/N: Heeeeeeey guuuuuuys :D Sooooooo..... who doesn't hate me yet :D anyone? Anyone?! Yeah I hate myself too XD lol I am sooooooo soooo soooo soo SOOOOOO sorry I haven't updated in FOREVERS!!!! I have been sooooo busy!! And I have barely been on teh computer!! My sister was here and I was busy having fun with her and then she left on Sunday :( But I didnt have time to write and I had major writer's block for a lil thats why this chapter is sooo short! I am soooooo sorry!! Really! I am!! Can you guys find it in your hearts to forgive me :3 Pleeease!! I am trying to manage my time better and HOPEFULLY it'll work!!!! I have a four day weekend - I am going to post my Valentine Story on Sunday if anyone reads my holiday series - and I will try to get as much writing done as possible! I promise!!! Well, even though its short I hope you all like it. I am posting it now - during school - because I wont be home until SUPER late tonight. Gotta take pictures for my school dance. ANYWAYS yea I hope you all like it and please don't hate my anymore!!!! I'm back from the place ppl disappear from XD


"Daddy!" Rachel squealed when she saw House and Vinson approach their table slowly. She immediately jumped out of her seat into his arms, instantly snuggling into his neck. "Are you gonna stay for lunch daddy," She looked at him cutely with her eyes begging.

House looked over at Cuddy, who gave a sigh and nodded reluctantly. He bit back a smile as he took Rachel's previous seat, next to Cuddy and began to steal food off hers and Jacob's trays. Jacob and Lauren scooted over around the circular table to make room for Vinson.

"So no luck with the diagnosis? Who won?" House asked, as he avoided his true intentions for as long as possible.

"Anderson," Cuddy said as she slapped his hand off her tray, but he was still able to steal a fry and put it in his mouth. "And why don't you stop being cheap and get your own damn lunch." She shot him a glare.

"Who's Anderson?" House looked confused, he hadn't learned his employee's names yet and he didn't plan to anytime soon. "And I don't need to buy food because sharing is caring, and we all know you care about me." House batted his eyes jokily as he reached for another French fry.

"Number six," Cuddy stated as she yanked the tray away before he could get it and slapped his hand harder as she gave him another glare. "I know caring is sharing, that's why I'm not sharing with you." She told him coldly as she took a bite of her food and guarded it from House's grubby hands. She mocked up by chewing it slowly.

"Here daddy," Rachel smiled cutely, stealing House's attention away from Cuddy. "I care about you." She told him adoringly as she took her food and offered it to him lovingly.

"See, every female Cuddy loves me but you." He turned back to Cuddy. "Hell, even your sister has a crush on me. Why don't you stop being stubborn and join them all?" House asked as he began to share some food with Rachel.

"Well, I recall one jerky employee saying that I was too damn stubborn to follow any trends, and he said he rather enjoyed the fact that I didn't follow fads." Cuddy smirked as she stole a bite of House's recently acquired food.

"Hey! Why are you taking from me?" House whined. "If you've forgotten I'm your boss now." He narrowed his eyes into a glare as Cuddy smirked at him playfully. He knew there was still a hint of old Cuddy in her, but something was still holding her back. He just knew it.

"Because I paid for it, Rachel's my daughter and because you care." She pulled him out of his train of thought and smiled as she put the fry in her mouth and continued to mock him.

"Anyways," Vinson cut in, seeing that the two doctors weren't going to stop anytime soon. "House don't you have something to ask Dr. Andrews?" He looked at House sternly, as if he were his mother.

"Oh yeah, I need you in my office in a few minutes," House ordered nonchalantly. "I need you as a consult for something," He said a bit more seriously.

Jacob looked at him curiously. "Why? I thought you said after we found the diagnosis we could relax." He stated a bit suspicious. He narrowed his eyes and glared at House, as if by just staring at him he could decipher all his plots and plans.

"Just do it," House ordered more sternly as he looked at Jacob with his own glare. "Now Vinson and I are going to go, you better be in my office in 10 minutes." He gave a hallow threat.

He and Vinson quickly stood up and left. Cuddy stared after them curiously, with the same suspicion as her cousin. Something had to be up. She turned to face Jacob and saw him look at her sadly and annoyed. Lauren and Lisa both motioned for him to go and he did as he was told and followed the two superiors.

Jacob walked into his boss's office with a bit of confusion and anger. He had just been pulled out of his lunch with his dear cousin, beautiful second cousin, and loving Aunt with no explanation. More importantly he was pulled away by someone he could barely stand. They were at a truce though, ever since Rachel's birthday party, but both men knew at any moment it could end.

"What do you want, House?" Jacob asked in an annoyed tone as he entered the room with the two men waiting expectantly and a bit impatiently. His eyes instantly fell upon a picture that House was holding up towards his face.

The picture was in black and white and was in front of a grocery store in Princeton. Jacob could clearly see his cousin walking in and was a bit confused. House gave it to him to study until he found what was wrong with it. Jacob looked over it for thirty seconds before something caught his eye. He saw a car drive up right behind Lisa and a familiar man was in it. He couldn't put his finger on who the man was but he looked familiar. He grabbed another photo, one with Lisa going home and the car was tailing her own with the same man. After looking at several more pictures and finding the same man over and over Jacob began to feel infuriated. Was this man just following his cousin or could he also have threatened her?

"Who the hell is that guy?" Jacob asked, failing to hide the evident anger in his voice. He looked up from the picture to House and Vinson's disappointed and somewhat distressed faces. "What?"

"Well you kept in contact with her and we were hoping you knew," Vinson told him in a solemn tone. "Does he look familiar to you in any way at all?" He urged Jacob to search his deep subconscious for any clue on who the creep that was following their colleague was.

Jacob stayed silent for a while thinking. House was a very impatient man and didn't even wait five minutes before he grabbed the clearest picture there was and shoved it in his face. "Think you idiot think! You're cousin's life could be on the line! Who the hell is this bastard?" House shouted with a bit more emotion then he had intended. "If he's dangerous I want him far away from me," He attempted to recover.

In silence, Jacob sent House a glare. He grabbed the photo roughly out of his hand and stared at it intently. The face did look very familiar, but to whom it belonged to was very sketchy. He tried to focus harder when he heard House sigh with annoyance. After a few more seconds of staring at the picture, it suddenly hit Jacob. It couldn't have been the same man though, that was nearly impossible.


A/N: Like I said I am SUUUUPER sorry this was sooo short!! I wish it was longer but well you all know how I am with cliffys. The next chapter, I will try to make it longer. Even if there isnt a cliffy and it'll probably be more exciting! :3 This is where your votes come into play and I'm sorry but I took down the last poll, if you didnt already go for a spoiler then you'll have to wait till the next chapter which I HOPE will be up soon!! Sorry again for the long wait!!! If you don't hate me yet, or even if you do, please review! I wanna hear your thoughts and I'd LOVE some suggestions for an arc! Thanks!

-Jess