Here's the disclaimer that I should have started with: I don't own House, David Shore does!

Chapter 3

As House rode back to Wilson's loft on his motorcycle, He pondered his new circumstances. He wasn't really opposed to having a kid, especially one that was out of the stage where things continually flowed from various orifices. In his mind, the hard part was over. Once a kid turned ten or so you could talk to him, reason, share ideas. It was really the best of both worlds he got a kid but with none of the really hard work. He decided that was a good thing. Although, he might very well have chosen a kid like Greg, if he'd had the need for one. House's mind wandered further. Choosing a kid wasn't like going to…say … the grocery and picking out a melon. If you want to know if a melon is ripe you give it a good thump. You could go to jail for thumping a kid! House knew he didn't have to worry though. Renee had been witty, musical and so probably very intelligent. House was… well modesty forbade him to go down that line of thinking, but suffice it to say, the kid was made with some seriously primo DNA! House then started remembering his own teenage years and some of the things he had tried. Well, this would be different, after all House was an ass, but not the same kind of ass that his dad was. He wouldn't try to run his family like a totalitarian regime. No, he would be fair and listen to Greg's ideas. They would discuss things. House would never let himself say things like "Not in my house!" and "Because I said so!" Those were things that morons said when they had extended the limits of their higher level thinking skills! House was sure that he was better than that.

House arrived back at Wilson's and decided that he wanted to see Renee's obit as well as that of her parents. He clicked on the computer to discover that his son had already managed to figure out his non-password. He smiled and thought, "That's my boy!"

Greg House was terribly amused by his father. It was obvious that the man knew nothing about parenting. He thought about giving his dad a hard time from the beginning, but the conversation about being psycho, and steak knives and drugs left Greg feeling like maybe this wasn't the kind of guy who needed a lot of grief from his recently discovered kid. Not for the time being anyway. His very presence had nearly thrown House into another psychotic episode! If the man had taken another turn around his apartment, Greg would have considered calling 911.

Since the whole "getting to know you" conversation had been so one-sided, Greg decided that he would check things out and see what he could dig up. Looking around he figured the desk would be the logical place to start. Greg discovered that House had a very nice laptop. Switching it on, was as far as he got before he needed a password. Greg considered that House would go one of two ways with a password either really convoluted or nothing at all. Greg opted to try hitting the Enter button. The machine sprang to life. It didn't take long for Greg to go online and discover his dad's email account. The IM opened and a message popped up:

ghouse: That didn't take long

Me: I'm not half-assed, I'm fast!

ghouse: What are you looking for?

I pay my bills

I have no outstanding arrest warrants

People hate me, especially once they get to know me

Me: I'm bored

ghouse: Its late, go to bed

Me: 9:30 isn't late

ghouse: you need to enroll in school

Me: Always been homeschooled

ghouse: things change

Me: Teachers don't like kids that know more than they do

ghouse: You win.

Slacker!

ghouse: So what do you plan to do with your non-education?

Me: Be a doctor

ghouse: Doogie Howser!

Me: Who?

ghouse: .com/user/pmularz841#p/u/26/NBjch7P_gF8

Me: Shit! No way!

ghouse: way!

Doogie!

Me: Can I play your piano?

ghouse: IDK, can you?

Me: May I

ghouse: can you?

Me: under what circumstances was I conceived?

ghouse: got it

use the piano

not after midnite the guy upstairs gets pissy

gtg Wilson's home

Me: gonna tell him about me

ghouse: not yet

If you follow the link, it should take you to the opening Credits for Doogie Howser on YouTube!