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Tweak says, "I should go."

Lucas Douglas [House, MD] (awkwardpi) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-01-16 02:55:00

Entry tags:

lisa cuddy, lucas douglas

Who: Lucas and Cuddy
What: Lucas is snooping
Where: Cuddy's hospital in London
When: Thursday afternoon
Rating: PG-13

Oookay. Bored was something Lucas often became during days when he had nothing to do but one would think, in an alternate universe, life would have been a bit less boring. Yet it wasn't and he found himself working dead ends; lots of dead ends, getting paid only the minimum and finding he had absolutely no friends. At all. So what was Lucas Douglas to do when he was lonely and bored? Stalk his favorite Dean of Medicine.

Well, maybe not 'stalk' but 'follow', at least. Stalking could be considered a crime, following not so much. So dressed in relatively casual clothes he walked into her London hospital. London was an interesting place and he found he greatly enjoyed the accents. Asking for Cuddy's office the nurse gave him a strange look, told him she wasn't in and yet pointed the way to her office. Thanking her he slipped on over and dropped onto a chair near the door, picking up a newspaper. He opened it and used it to hide his face, only barely peeking over it at the door.

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	eyesuphere 2009-01-16 09:28 am UTC (link)
	Well she wasn't going to argue with that. "All right, come on then." She gestured with her shoulder towards the outer office door and headed out, figuring that he was going to follow her to the elevators. "Did you want to talk t me about something specific? Or was it just a ... chit chat?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awkwardpi 2009-01-16 02:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Chit chat. Unless there is something specific you wanted to talk about." Lucas was always up for pleasing the person he was having a conversation with. Following after Cuddy he allowed her to lead him to the cafeteria. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

eyesuphere
2009-01-16 02:35 pm UTC (link)

Her shoulders shrugged and then she shook her head. "No, you came to me, remember?" she hit the button on the elevator and took it down to the cafeteria. Well at least House wasn't there, that was good, he wouldn't come over and mock. She did wave hello to Cameron though. And then she got in line and grabbed a tray. "I don't know what there is to talk about, unless you've got a clue."

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awkwardpi
2009-01-16 03:21 pm UTC (link)

"Well how about we start with how you are?" Lucas offered as he picked up a tray, picking out this and that for his lunch. He wasn't really all that hungry but he'd munch on a few things anyway. Talking with Cuddy was bound to be a bit nerve wracking and he'd need a distraction. "I mean, we've only talked once, a while ago, and went out to coffee and then...nothing. I guess I sort of dropped off but. Well."

Way to box yourself into a corner.

"Anyway. How are you?"

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	eyesuphere 2009-01-16 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	However she was hungry, so she started piling food on, still glad that House wasn't there to take it all and eat it himself. "Uh huh. Right. I'm okay I guess?" her shoulders shrugged some. "I mean I'm fine, there's not much to tell around here sadly. Nothing life shattering has happened." Though she was jinxing herself as she spoke. "How are you?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

awkwardpi
2009-01-16 07:35 pm UTC (link)

"Well, hey. Its good nothing life shattering happened. Life shattering things, in my experience, aren't good." Especially since he'd been the bringer of such things at times.

"Oh, I'm fine." Once they were done getting food he headed over and paid for it, before moving to a table. "Sort of bored. Though I'm sure you probably already gleaned that." Since he was following her around.

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	eyesuphere 2009-01-16 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	"That's true, I like it when nothing happens. I've had it happen a lot. Like did you know that not this hospital, but my other one, in New York. It's been destroyed and rebuilt about three times. That's life shattering," mostly life shattering anyway. She moved with him to a table and sat down, "I did notice. How long have you been following me exactly?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

awkwardpi
2009-01-16 07:58 pm UTC (link)

"Oh man, really? What happened to do? That has got to suck." He shook his head and then froze when it was asked how long he'd been following her. "Not...following too long. It isn't hard to find you, after all, since you are going to be in one hospital or the other. I checked in New York, they said you were here. So I came here and I found you and now here we are."

Hey, at least he was honest!

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eyesuphere
2009-01-16 08:07 pm UTC (link)

"The first time it was an apocalypse, zombies.. Silent Hill sort of thing. Actually no, it was.. Silent Hill in there. And then the second time there were more superheroes.." she explained, "Lots of people decide that it's okay to ransack my hotel and not anymore. I'm.. not the woman you probably know. I mean I am just.. I've learned how to kill someone. That changes a person. But I understand. And if I was at home? Would you have followed me there? I have kids. Kids who could kill you by looking at you actually."

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	awkwardpi 2009-01-16 08:14 pm UTC (link)
	"I would have...followed you there too. I did, actually. Then you let me take you out once." He shrugged a bit, feeling a little threatened by the mention of her kids. "Do you not want me here? I'm not...I can leave. If you want." Really he'd not even picked at his food yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eyesuphere 2009-01-16 08:21 pm UTC (link)
	"No.. it's okay, you don't have to go. I'm just saying that .. you should be careful. Their father .. is.. was Superman," she looked incredibly serious. "They got mostly his genes. And they're overprotective. But I'm fine and I can handle myself." she smiled and started to eat her food. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awkwardpi 2009-01-16 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	"Superman." Of course Lucas just figured she was fucking with him so he just picked at his food a bit. "You are happy here though, right?" He asked awkwardly after a minute. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eyesuphere 2009-01-16 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	Her head nodded, "Yeah I was married to Clark Kent." At his question she shrugged her shoulders. "I'm glad I have my kids. And my job. But happy? I don't.. no not really." at least she could be honest too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awkwardpi 2009-01-17 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"Man, just when I thought this place couldn't get any weirder." He shook his head a little bit but sobered up when she admitted she wasn't happy. Now that was concerning! "Why aren't you happy here? You've got a couple hospitals, kids, a life..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eyesuphere 2009-01-17 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"Because I'm a single mom which wouldn't be bad and I didn't mind when.. I didn't have a husband who left. And then every man just up and leaves or whatever. And then.. House is .. House, you know usual stuff," her shoulders shrugged. "I shouldn't be but I am, so I guess that makes me.. a bad person or whatever." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awkwardpi 2009-01-17 01:47 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, everyone deserves to choose if they want to be happy or unhappy." He shook his head. "Though I don't understand why men keep leaving you." Lucas smiled a little bit at her. "You are smart and pretty. I don't think it gets much better than that." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eyesuphere 2009-01-17 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Her cheeks blushed, she couldn't help herself and picked at her food a bit more. "I don't know either. Though the husband just vanished like people do around here. It's not really safe to get attached to be honest." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awkwardpi 2009-01-17 02:01 am UTC (link)
	"Really? That's sort of sad. Kind of puts the 'it is better to have loved and lost than to not have loved at all' to bed, yeah?" He sighed and looked at her. "Guess all you can do is live in the moment here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eyesuphere 2009-01-17 02:10 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah pretty much." she nodded her head. "That's what I plan on doing. Which means running my hospitals, maybe opening up another. If I get more doctors, meaning if they show up." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awkwardpi 2009-01-17 02:21 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah? Well, you are creating jobs. That's good for the economy, right?" He was a private investigator, not an economist, but it sounded right. More jobs equals better life. Yup. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eyesuphere 2009-01-17 02:32 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah I guess so,now that you're mentioning it." she paused, "You're a private investigator right? Is that going well? I mean do you still do that here? Or do you.. need a job?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awkwardpi 2009-01-17 01:23 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, I'm still a PI but I mean...I haven't been getting much? Very few people want to pay me when there are so many others ways to get information in this place." Lucas shrugged. "Sort of a dead end." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eyesuphere 2009-01-17 02:42 pm UTC (link)
	"That's.. that sucks," she said plainly. "Well I'm not saying I'm going to let you do surgery but if you think there's something around here you'd like to do..I'm sure I could help." She paused and smirked, "I do need a personal assistant, do you type?" She was teasing. Maybe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	awkwardpi 2009-01-17 02:48 pm UTC (link)
	"I type, but I also snoop?" He shrugged a bit. "I don't know. I could investigate all your doctors? Get you dirt on every last one of them so you always have something to hold over their head maybe? Then perhaps you'd know more than House and could get him to blackmail people less." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eyesuphere 2009-01-17 03:47 pm UTC (link)
	She laughed again a bit, "Hm.. well I'm not sure that's entirely ethical but I'm sure I can figure out something or someone for you to check out. If you're interested." She would just have to figure out who or what for him to investigate. Too bad her kids didn't really have shady ex's or something. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)