Meanwhile, House is at his apartment getting ready when all of a sudden his cloche, bell rings.

House limps to the front door and opens it. Erica is standing there wearing a very stunning red dress.


House: Wow!

Erica chuckles.

Erica: toi don’t look half bad yourself in that tux.

House: I aim to please.

Erica: Good! So, if toi are done gawking at me, would toi maybe care to invite me in.

House: Of course

House motions for her to come in

Erica: This is a very nice place toi have here.

House: Thanks.

Just at that moment, Erica notices House's piano.

Erica: Wow! What a beautiful piano. Do toi mind if I play something on it?

House: No, be my guest. We've got about 10 minutes to spare.

Erica: Great!

Erica then goes over to the piano, and sits on the bench and begins to sing and play the melody to the 1991 Academy Award winning song, " Sooner ou Later (I always get my man)" from the movie Dick Tracy.

Erica: (singing)"Sooner ou later you're going to be mine,
Sooner ou later you're gonna be fine.
Baby, it's time that toi face it,
I always get my man."

"Sooner ou later you're gonna decide,
Sooner ou later there's nowhere to hide.
Baby, it's time, so why waste it in chatter?
Let's settle the matter."

"Baby, you're mine on a platter,
I always get my man."

"But if toi insist, babe, the challenge delights me.
The plus toi resist, babe, the plus it excites me.
And no one I've kissed, babe, ever fights me again.
If you're on my list, it's just a question of when."

"When I get a yen, then baby, Amen.
I'm counting to ten, and then ..."

"I'm gonna l’amour toi like nothing you've known,
I'm gonna l’amour you, and toi all alone.
Sooner is better than later but lover,
I'll hover, I'll plan."

"This time I'm not only getting, I'm holding my man."


Once Erica is finished House begins to clap.

House: As the Italians would say, Bravo!

Erica smiles at House

Erica: Thank you.

House: Now, tell me why did toi pick that song?

Erica: I don’t know, toi tell me, oh, great genius!

House: I get the Impression that toi want me.

Erica gives House a smirk.

Erica: Maybe

House: toi know my bedroom is just around the corner.

Erica chuckles and holds up her finger and waves it back and forth in front of House's face.

Erica: Tisk! Tisk! Greg that would be breaking the rules

House: Oh, how so?

Erica: When toi take a girl out, you're supposed to wine and dine her first, and then, seduce her, not the other way around.

House: I don’t really do rules. They only cramp my style.

Erica: I’m quite aware of that, based on your reputation.

House laughs

House: Yes, my good old reputation. It is quite notorious, isn’t it!

Erica: Yes, it is, which brings up another matter.

House: Oh, and what might that matter be?

Erica: I’m quite aware that because of your reputation, nobody but Cuddy would hire you. That is true, isn’t it?

House looks away.

House: Yes, it's true.

Erica: Well then, that's about to change!

House looks up at Erica

House: What do toi mean?

Erica: Do I need to spell it out for you, Greg? I want toi to come and work for me! If toi do come work for me, I will pay toi twice as much as what Cuddy is paying toi now, and throw in a billing accountant who will take care of all your medical billing problems, so toi don't have to worry about them anymore.

House chuckles.

House: Wow, that sound's tempting! Does the package include toi as well?

Erica gives house a very seductive look.

Erica: Possibly

House: Well, in that case, I will really need to consider your offer!

Erica laughs

Erica: That's fine. toi don’t have to decide now, but I thought I should give toi some nourriture for thought over dinner. Speaking of food, if we don’t get going, we will miss our dîner reservation.

House: Ah, yes, I guess we should be going then.

With that, House and Erica get up from where they are sitting and exit House's apartment.

To be continued......