[Homeplot 5]

Jack had told Chase that he could drop him of at 221 Baker since House told him that he was going home for the day and that Foreman and Cameron could gve him the results of what the stuff is in the morning. Chase clearly resented being a taxi service and errand boy, especially on his vacation, but he did it anyway.

Jack let himself in, took off his suit, and found a pair of running shorts to wear while he looked through the fridge, ignoring the phone every time it rang. Greg would be back soon with pizza and beer and there was no way he was just going to answer that phone.

Time ticked on by and Jack grew bored, so he laid out on the couch and started scrolling through channels, not really paying attention to the shows. At the sound of footsteps in the hall, he sat up, fully expecting dinner and instead....it was Cameron.

Jack sat there, shirtless, and smiled at her. "God, Greg promised me pizza and beer...he didn't say anything about you," he leered. There was probably a very good reason she was here, but from the way he'd unsettled her this morning, it was only fair to keep it up.

"I...I have a key. And House...he didn't answer the phone, but sometimes he doesn't, so I just came..." she stammered, trying not to stare at him just sitting there. Smiling at her. Mostly naked. In House's apartment.

"You know, I can't tell you how many times I've used that excuse," he purred, climbing off the couch and walking closer. "...so I just came..."

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[Medical case taken from House M.D. 3X04: Lines in the Sand]

Waking up at House's place,House and Jack figure out quickly what's going on. They also find a very good use for the piano.

They go in to PPTH and learn about the case, Jack pretends to be a childhood friend who is a plastic surgeon in LA...and as big of an ass as House.

Jack and Cameron go to lunch, then she returns without him and the team runs the diagnosis.

With the team off running tests, Jack returns to House's office. They talk, then go to check on the biopsy and House gets stoned on anasthesia. Jack takes him to the commisary for a snack.

Returning to the second floor, House assigns Chase the job of checking out the kid's home. He's told to take 'Dr. Harkness'.

They check out the place, and Chase is hostile, thinking Jack's here to take his job. Meanwhile, the biopsy results don't make sense. The kid has liver cells in his lymph nodes.

Jack has Chase drop him off at House's apartment. He waits for House to return with pizza and beer, but Cameron arrives and House goes back to PPTH, having figured out the puzzle.

House and Jack return to 221B. Jack admits to House how 'inspiring' watching him work is. Then the next morning they wake up and take off to New York, where they blow all of House's money since it's all fake anyhow. They check into a fancy hotel, eat steak, go to jazz clubs, and generally enjoy all the luxuries of New York 2005. Oh, and there's a hooker. And Vicodin.

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Patient diagnosed and pizza and beer demolished, Jack sat on the couch, flipping through channels as he waited for House to come back from the bathroom. He was surprised at how long he'd been able to keep his hands to himself, how long he'd gone without kissing Greg, how long it seemed to be taking him in there.

Jack leaned back, replaying the look in Greg's eyes. The tone of his voice, the way it had changed so swiftly once he'd gotten it. He stared past the television to some middle space, his heart beating faster and every nerve in his body waking up. He wanted to hear it again. And again.

What he heard instead was the shower turning on and a curtain sliding against the rod, which he took as an invitation.

Setting everything aside, Jack walked down the hall, undoing his jeans on the way. He left his clothes in a pile and slipped into the shower with Greg without a word, kissing his shoulder lightly.