It was an couvert, ciel couvert morning when House awoke the suivant day. His pain was an eight on the pain scale, and his head was fighting to push it to a ten. Letting out a harsh exhalation, he propped himself up and began the daily drudgery.
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"You have two hours of clinic today House, and I don't want to hear any argument about." Cuddy a dit as she handed him the green chart for exam room 3.
He looked appraisingly over her form. She was wearing a dark purple v-neck chemisier that fit snug against her breasts. Her jupe stopped above her knee revealing her shapely calfs. He noted her rosier than usal cheeks. He surmised that Lucas had made her quite happy before work this morning. She never could keep that silly with sin look off her face after sex.
"Whatever, Cuddy...the sooner I get done the sooner I can get to eating Wilson's lunch." He a dit gruffly as he pulled the file from Cuddy's hands. As House began to walk away he suddenly felt a soft hand pulling him back.
"You okay?" Cuddy asked with those same sorrowful eyes he had seen at her hotel doorway.
"As okay as I'll ever be." He a dit as he walked past her.
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After diagnosing three cases of herpes and two of the common cold, House was ready to leave for the day. There was no interesting case for his team to work on, and he really needed a break from the hospital and Cuddy. He decided he had plus than made his quota for the day. He packed up his knapsack and started for the doors.
"Excuse me?" Someone a dit from behind him.
"Off the clock. Go bother someone else."
"I would but toi are the only one who sent me a cup of coffee last night. I think it would be really weird to thank anyone else."
House froze and turned around to come face to face with his mystery woman.
"How did toi find me?"
"What is this a suspense film? You're not exactly a felon I've been hunting..."
"So?" He asked in annoyance.
"I was here to pick up some test results and I saw you. Are toi happy now to know I'm not stockage, empoissonnement you?" She asked with that same sarcastic sting. He smiled.
"I don't know. I kind of liked the idea of a woman like toi trailing me in the shadows and watching me undress in front of the window." He a dit leaning in to her space. She stood her ground never flinching at his subtle intrusion.
"That's the sweetest and most pervese compliment ever. Thanks for that." She a dit with a roll of her eyes.
"The name is Greg House." He a dit putting out a hand for her to shake(a gesture that was out of character for him).
She looked at his hand and placed her own within it.
"Ariel Harrison...and toi would have found that out already if toi hadn't pulled a Clark Kent after sending me the drink."
His eyebrows rose in amusement.
"Ah, comic book geek. Wouldn't have guessed."
"No. Just a woman who knows how to pull out trivial information at any donné time.
He chuckled.
"My best friend is like that too."
She placed her hands on her hips and looked at him hard.
"So, since we ran in to each other are toi gonna take me out for something to eat ou what?"
"Do toi like Greek?" He asked with his wolfish grin.