Fic: Go Blue
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namasteTitle: Go Blue
Author: Namaste
Summary: Pure fluff. I meant to write a dialogue only fic with Wilson celebrating and House commiserating Saturday’s football game at his alma mater, but then Cuddy wanted to join in the conversation, so I had to add a little non-dialogue action too. Ummm. Not that kind of action. Sorry.
About 450 words.
“Appalachian State?”
House wrote something in a file. He didn’t even bother looking up. “I don’t want to hear about it.”
“Come on, Appalachian State?” Wilson stepped further into House’s office. He glanced at both of the people in the room.
“I still don’t want to hear about it.”
“Neither do I,” Cuddy said, and took the file from House’s desk. She placed another open one on his desk and pointed to a spot on one of the pages. “Sign here.”
“Come on,” Wilson said, “your team, ranked fifth in the nation gets beaten by Appalachian State and you don’t want to talk about it?”
“It’s not my team anymore, didn’t I tell you?”
“Beaten by a team not only from the boonies, but literally, from Boone.”
“Johns Hopkins won, why don’t we talk about that instead?”
“Because this is a lot more fun.”
“He’s got a strange idea of fun,” Cuddy said. She placed another file in front of him.
“He’s an oncologist and he spends all his free time with me. You’re surprised his idea of fun is warped?”
“Thirty-four to thirty-two.”
“Talk to Cuddy, she’s the one with the team spirit.”
“Cuddy cares about football?”
“Football players, mostly. All those tight pants.” House leaned forward. “She dated the entire offensive line her junior year, you know.”
Wilson turned to Cuddy, eyebrows raised.
Cuddy rolled her eyes. “One player,” she said. “One date.”
“The kicker,” House said. “He was Romanian. He had feet like ...” He held his hands wide apart.
“Greek,” Cuddy said, and pushed House’s hands further apart.
Wilson saw a flash of a smile on House’s face before Cuddy handed him another file.
“So,” he said, “Appalachian State.” He held out his hand.
House looked up from the papers.
“Pay up,” Wilson said.
“You bet on Appalachian State?” Cuddy asked.
Wilson shook his head. “Standing bet. House owes me fifty bucks every time Michigan loses to an unranked team.”
Cuddy turned to House. “No wonder why you’re always broke,” she said. “Even I’m not that stupid.”
“I’ll get it back in lunch money.” House leaned to his left side and took his wallet out of his back pocket. He took out two twenties and a ten. He held it out, but didn’t let go when Wilson grabbed the bills. “Double or nothing for the Oregon game.”
Cuddy shook her head and gathered the files off of House’s desk. “I hired an idiot,” she said.
Wilson stared into House’s eyes, then smiled. “You’re on.”
Author: Namaste
Summary: Pure fluff. I meant to write a dialogue only fic with Wilson celebrating and House commiserating Saturday’s football game at his alma mater, but then Cuddy wanted to join in the conversation, so I had to add a little non-dialogue action too. Ummm. Not that kind of action. Sorry.
About 450 words.
“Appalachian State?”
House wrote something in a file. He didn’t even bother looking up. “I don’t want to hear about it.”
“Come on, Appalachian State?” Wilson stepped further into House’s office. He glanced at both of the people in the room.
“I still don’t want to hear about it.”
“Neither do I,” Cuddy said, and took the file from House’s desk. She placed another open one on his desk and pointed to a spot on one of the pages. “Sign here.”
“Come on,” Wilson said, “your team, ranked fifth in the nation gets beaten by Appalachian State and you don’t want to talk about it?”
“It’s not my team anymore, didn’t I tell you?”
“Beaten by a team not only from the boonies, but literally, from Boone.”
“Johns Hopkins won, why don’t we talk about that instead?”
“Because this is a lot more fun.”
“He’s got a strange idea of fun,” Cuddy said. She placed another file in front of him.
“He’s an oncologist and he spends all his free time with me. You’re surprised his idea of fun is warped?”
“Thirty-four to thirty-two.”
“Talk to Cuddy, she’s the one with the team spirit.”
“Cuddy cares about football?”
“Football players, mostly. All those tight pants.” House leaned forward. “She dated the entire offensive line her junior year, you know.”
Wilson turned to Cuddy, eyebrows raised.
Cuddy rolled her eyes. “One player,” she said. “One date.”
“The kicker,” House said. “He was Romanian. He had feet like ...” He held his hands wide apart.
“Greek,” Cuddy said, and pushed House’s hands further apart.
Wilson saw a flash of a smile on House’s face before Cuddy handed him another file.
“So,” he said, “Appalachian State.” He held out his hand.
House looked up from the papers.
“Pay up,” Wilson said.
“You bet on Appalachian State?” Cuddy asked.
Wilson shook his head. “Standing bet. House owes me fifty bucks every time Michigan loses to an unranked team.”
Cuddy turned to House. “No wonder why you’re always broke,” she said. “Even I’m not that stupid.”
“I’ll get it back in lunch money.” House leaned to his left side and took his wallet out of his back pocket. He took out two twenties and a ten. He held it out, but didn’t let go when Wilson grabbed the bills. “Double or nothing for the Oregon game.”
Cuddy shook her head and gathered the files off of House’s desk. “I hired an idiot,” she said.
Wilson stared into House’s eyes, then smiled. “You’re on.”
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Date: 2007-09-05 02:08 am (UTC)Little nit in this sentence: He held it out, but held didn’t let go
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Date: 2007-09-05 02:19 am (UTC):P
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Date: 2007-09-05 02:27 am (UTC)Thanks.
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Date: 2007-09-05 02:42 am (UTC)The first time I read the Michigan score I thought I'd made an error. Then (like pretty much everyone who hasn't gone to Michigan) I wanted to send Appalachian State flowers. And I'm not even much of a football fan.
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Date: 2007-09-05 02:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-05 02:50 am (UTC)I was a little surprised Johns Hopkins even has a football team. Then I Googled. Oh. ; )
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Date: 2007-09-05 02:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-09-05 02:54 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-09-05 03:03 am (UTC)Oh yeah, and a great football team. :-)
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Date: 2007-09-05 03:10 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-09-05 03:20 am (UTC):)
Oh, and just one little comment. Thank you for spelling Johns Hopkins correctly. I see so many people call is John Hopkins.
Oh, and I enjoyed the little fic too! I can see House and Wilson having some kind of ongoing bet with their alma maters.
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Date: 2007-09-05 10:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-05 03:55 am (UTC)I live in Ohio State Buckeye country, and trust me, that loss made bigger news here than the Buckeye victory. People here are treating Appalachian State like they won the super bowl or something.
Of course I'm originally from Michigan, but I always routed for the Spartans. So I'm loving this on the other side. :)
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Date: 2007-09-05 10:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-09-05 04:24 am (UTC)I initially read "Blue" and thought "Penn State?" It's what I get for being a PA native.
“The kicker,” House said. “He was Romanian. He had feet like ...” He held his hands wide apart.
“Greek,” Cuddy said, and pushed House’s hands further apart.
That just cracked me up, by the way.
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Date: 2007-09-05 10:57 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-05 05:15 am (UTC)This was great fluff.
One sentence needs fixing -- it ended up with an extra word during editing:
“He’s got a strange idea of fun,” Cuddy said. She took placed another file in front of him.
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Date: 2007-09-05 10:58 am (UTC)Thanks for pointing out the extra word. It's fixed now.
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Date: 2007-09-05 05:19 am (UTC)♥
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Date: 2007-09-05 10:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-09-05 05:35 am (UTC)Perfect voices, as always. That Cuddy likes to butt in a lot.
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Date: 2007-09-05 01:25 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-05 06:58 am (UTC)This is even funny for me, who has no clue about American sports.
“Greek,” Cuddy said, and pushed House’s hands further apart.
Go Cuddy! :D
This was a good start of my day!
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Date: 2007-09-05 01:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-09-05 08:08 am (UTC)*sniffles*
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Date: 2007-09-05 01:29 pm (UTC)'Cause I'm completely LJ-impaired... :-)
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Date: 2007-09-05 01:34 pm (UTC)Hee. So cute, and funny. Thanks! =)
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Date: 2007-09-05 02:02 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-05 01:55 pm (UTC)Her lines "Greek" and "I hired an idiot" had me grinning from ear to ear. Lovely stuff!
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Date: 2007-09-05 02:05 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-05 03:24 pm (UTC)Gack! It's that time again already??? Oh, yeah, I was gone - THAT'S how I missed the 'hunker down at home/are we ready for the siege' thing. (After taking HALF-AN-HOUR last season [we were at a show and didn't get back until the game had let out] to get from I think it was State Street to the turnoff past Trader Joe's into our neighborhood [and thanking all the Powers that we lived in such a format so we didn't have to deal for any longer!] I gained new respect for my housemate's paranoia about traveling in-town on game days. Oy!)
I'm a Michigan fan, tho' I grew up in Buckeye country, but I think I'll stay home and watch the games on telly, thank'ee's just the same! :lol
Anyway, commentary on the actual story! :-D A kyool piece of fluff that I can totally see - Wilson lurking to the side whilst Cuddy cracks the paperwork whip over House. *hehehehehe*
"“He’s an oncologist and he spends all his free time with me. You’re surprised his idea of fun is warped?”" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Love the " “I hired an idiot,”" line! Cuddy does seem to at least acknowledge realities, even tho' she sees beyond them as well. And she has absolutely no problem with throwing House's lines and 'tudes right back at him. :-D
Thank you for sharing - you're quite right - this was a much-needed bit of lightness after the dark.
-Katrina
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Date: 2007-09-05 04:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-09-08 09:10 pm (UTC)*g*
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Date: 2007-09-08 09:43 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-08 09:33 pm (UTC)32-7 at the half - any plans for a sequel? :-p
-Katrina
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Date: 2007-09-08 09:42 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2007-09-08 11:03 pm (UTC)Ok... 39-7???!!! Ya gotta write a sequel for that, Namaste, ya just gotta write a sequel for that.
-Katrina
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Date: 2007-09-09 12:10 am (UTC)Hey look Army won and Navy lost, this looks promising
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Date: 2007-09-09 01:45 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-09-09 07:21 am (UTC)What I mean to say is, perfectly in character! And a delight besides.
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Date: 2007-09-09 01:48 pm (UTC)