I don't own House...
This is a sequel to Hold Your Breath and Count to 10... Read that before this...
Exhale at 20
11.
Its 6 months before you move in with House,
He's rude, obnoxious and messy; but he holds you when your head gives up and the sex is good and you really do love him.
So you stay.
12.
Cuddy finds out first because you have to change your home address on all your paperwork. She doesn't really like it and says that this can't be good for you after everything that happened.
You think she's completely wrong, but appreciate her concern. It really is nice that she cares.
13.
Wilson finds out next. He gets kicked out and shows up at your door. Your door… It sounds nice.
He thinks it's great, so House lets him stay.
(And when all three of you start sleeping in the same bed and both of them steal quick kisses in the hospital halls it all seems to make perfect sense.)
14.
Foreman finds out about you and House when he catches you kissing and Cameron finds out about you and Wilson when she overhears a quiet, "I love you."
15.
At first they think your cheating. Until one of the nurses sees House and Wilson making out in the stair well. Eventually t he two of them put it all together.
Cameron is highly against it.
(But she's highly against everything so you ignore her.)
16.
Foreman doesn't really care but occasionally asks how the three of you are doing.
He gets invited to your Christmas party and everyone agrees that him and Mikey who works in the psych ward look great together.
(Cameron is dating some guy she met in a coffee shop so you know that wont last.)
17.
You're afraid of bugs, heights, lightning and your color changing. Like green, blue and purple. Eat mostly mac and cheese, wear tight jeans and decide to dye your hair.
Dark brown like your mothers was. You look just like her.
18.
Wilson has almost as many hair products as you, but House has the most t-shirts and you leave tubes of paint everywhere.
You painted the outside of Steve's cage to look like grass and flowers.
(Everyone's pretty sure he likes it.)
19.
Wilson gets a dog and you remember the girl with the plague and you're terrified that House will get rid of it.
When he comes home and sees Rhino on the couch you can barely breathe.
He looks at the dog, the dog looks at him and everything's quiet.
Until House walks over, sits down and turns on the TV while the dog rests its head in his lap.
(You almost cry.)
20.
You still hate yourself and your life and still have a half full bottle of pills hidden in a pair of shoes.
But for now you're okay, as long as House and Wilson are around.
(Because you know you could never hurt them like that.)