Wow did this chapter not go where I’d intended. From the start I had no idea where it was going to go actually. I just started writing it in the hopes that I would find a way to get rid of Foreman. But, as usual, I needed to take up some space. I didn’t have enough for a complete chapter, so I sent House to Wilson’s office, and man did he drop a bombshell. I do not know where the idea for Gabrielle came from. It certainly was never planned. She just sort of popped up out of no where. First named Marcia and fashioned after Marcia from Rock of Love Bus and Charm School (don’t judge!) but then I realized I’d already used her in rehab as part of House’s short lived group therapy. So I had to improvise.
I knew that I was going to have Wilson invite House to dinner with Cuddy and a girlfriend to be determined, a sort of double date. Next thing I knew, he was engaged. Gotta watch that Wilson. He’s a sucker for a damsel in distress. The thing is, as soon as I started to erase it, the meeting with House sprung into my head and I liked it too much to get rid of it. You’ll see it next chapter.
So, with that out of the way, I had to go back to breaking up the ‘family’ aka, House’s team. Time to drop the axe on…Taub? Totally blindsided by that one. I tried to change it to Cuddy making Foreman the offer but that didn’t make sense. Cuddy wouldn’t give House what he wanted that easily. So she made the offer to Taub and naturally he took it. Goodbye Taub as Bosley. And still, how to get rid of Foreman.
I liked the foreplay, er, um, banter between House and Cuddy. Writing their dialog is my favorite part of writing House fanfic. They just play off of each other so well. It’s easy for me to write for them and I’m lazy, so I tend to write for them as often as possible. I know that it is incredibly unprofessional of them to be playing around with the Fellow’s lives for their own little game, but then, I never liked either of them because of how professional they are. That’s not how I see House or Cuddy, as the consummate professional. They have always used manipulation and any means they could in their battles. It endears them to me. I hope that you see the same thing in them. It doesn’t make them bad people, or even bad at their jobs. It just makes them human and, IMO, more interesting.
And, because of the reply I got from a concerned visitor, I discovered there is a spell check button here, so I used it. Yes, I am that absent minded. It’s a byproduct of genius, or so I like to tell myself. Shhh, don’t tell me otherwise. 
