Chapter 4

"House was sitting in clinic at 3 o'clock listening to a woman complain of cramps. She was refusing to believe her menstruations would cause such bad cramps. House sat there letting the woman describe the pain when Wilson strolled through the door.

"Hello my name is Doctor Wilson. House, Cuddy wants to see you in her office."

House smiled and looked at the patient. "I love doing my boss"

The patient gaped speechless at House while Wilson merely chuckled. House closed the door and smiled. Anything that would get him out of clinic duty was fantastic with him. House limped slowly to Cuddy's office taking as much time as he could in case this was a short meeting and Cuddy planned on sending him back to the clinic afterwards.

"Cuddy I was very busy in the clinic there were patients dying of menstrual cramps, perhaps you should look into it."

"Shut up House. Lock the door and sit down."

"I knew you couldn't resist me!" House answered cheerily as he limped to the door and locked it. He sat down and popped a couple of Vicodin, then gave Cuddy his undivided attention.

"Well Cuddy what was so important that you had to take me out of my favvvvourite place?" House asked stretching out the v sound.

"House, we need to discuss last night's conversation. I need to know if you're serious about my offer. If so, then we have some things to talk about. If you've changed your mind, that's fine but tell me now because once you've said yes you obviously can't take it back."

"I haven't changed my mind." House answered looking bored. "I want you to have my kid. So what is there to talk about?"

"Well, for starters, you will need to go to a sperm bank. You'll have to make an appointment. It might not work right away, it might take several tries. Are you ready to do that?"

"Yeah when I said I would give you a kid I meant it Cuddy"

"Ok, so… do you want me to make an appointment for you?"

"Yeah, just tell me the time and place and I'll be there. Is this gonna cost anything??" House asked.

"I'll cover whatever cost House don't worry about it. It's my baby and I'll pay to have it."

"Fine, you can tell me when and where then." House got up and limped to the door. He hated talking seriously with his boss. He'd much rather bug her.

"House?"

"What?"

"Can you keep this a secret? If this doesn't work, I would prefer people didn't know about it. It's none of peoples business."

"It will come out eventually Cuddy" House answered as he left the room. Cuddy just sat there and stared at the door.