Avoiding doing any work in the office

House was leant back in his chair, pen held in the hand that really should be getting on with paperwork at the moment. His cane was leant against the wall, not in use at the moment. Yawning, he glanced up from his vantage point at the clock on the wall. It was only 1:30pm, still several more hours left till the end of his shift much to his annoyance.

J.D knocked on the door twice. He had come to remove the rat that had escaped in House's office but wanted to check if he was inside first as Dr. House scared him slightly.

House decided to ignore the knock on the door, seeing as it was probably going to be either Dr. Cuddy or Dr. Kelso, neither of whom he particularly wanted to see. Maybe if he ignored the knock they would go away, thinking him to be elsewhere. Swivelling the chair slightly, House leant across the desk to pick up the bottle of Vicodin, tipping it so that a couple of tablets fell into his palm, which he then raised to his mouth, swallowing them, and watching the door with disinterest.

JD decided there was no one inside. Opening the door slowly, he crept inside. "here mousy, mousy, mousy" he sang and as he looked up and saw Dr. House sitting there, he let out a high pitched scream and fell to the floor.