Hi, this is my new [H]OUSE story. It takes place after the Season 6 Finale. House and Cuddy are together. Thirteen's gone, which means House is left with an male-team. I focused mainly on House and Chase, but there are House/Cuddy and House/Wilson as well. I find it interesting that House's life becomes better and Chase's is upside down, because he killed a man and his wife left him.
English isn't my native language, so be patient on the spelling and grammar-issue. I hope some day I'm able to write a text without any mistakes, but for now this is all I've got ;-)
Have fun! And here we go ...
ONE DAY – TWO CASES
"Good morning Dr. Cuddy!" House whispered as he placed a kiss on Cuddy's cheek after he'd woken up next to her in the king-size bed.
Cuddy opened her eyes slowly and looked into his light blue "Good morning Dr. House!"
"You're ready to face a new day?" Every morning she would ask him that question since they started this whole 'thing'. House would never admit that they were in a relationship. He called it just the thing they had run together and she accepted. She thought it did not matter as they called it, as long as it felt good.
"No. But I'm ready to face this …." Houses breath was heavy as he started to kiss her and let his hand slide along her hips.
"So we're good?" she whispered.
"Yeah, we're good!" he added and began to place kisses all the way down her face to her neck, down to her breasts.
"House!" she shrieked but was able to control her voice, because she didn't want to wake Rachel up. The child was just beside her and slept peacefully and deeply.
"Yeah Dr. Cuddy?" He asked with a seductive voice and leaned over her.
"Hold on Rachel's in the bed with us! We can't … "
"Yesterday we could…" he stated.
She blushed as she thought of last night.
"And I told you this was a onetime … Oh" She had to breathe deeply, as he tenderly touched her.
"Sure a onetime…?" He asked with a mischievous look.
"Absolutely sure. I have to get ready. Maria's coming in an hour and I've got a meeting at 10." And at the end of the sentence, she was out of bed and out on the way to the shower.
"And you have clinic-hours to do! And later you've got an appointment with Nolan" She yelled from the bathroom into the bedroom.
House sighed and turned to Rachel, who was lying next to him. "You should think sleeping with your boss actually make things easier not harder …" he told the little girl.
"House I've heard that!" Cuddy said while she stepped back into the bedroom, now only wearing a towel. "And don't talk to her like that. She's a bit too young to face the problems of House-Land. Come on let's get ready!"
With that he pushed himself out of the bed and limped into the bathroom "You're the boss!"
"I know, "she smiled.
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"Wilson" House shouted when he saw his best friend in the hospital, who chatted with the nurse at the reception.
"Good morning!" Wilson responded and looked at the former cranky doctor. He smiled at him and Wilson noticed, „You're happy!"
"Don't pee yourself." House said, but kept smiling anyway.
"I'm just saying it's actually nice to see you enjoying life for once." Wilson shrugged. "Cuddy's good for you! And you know it." He pointed at him.
House was a bit annoyed and maybe felt a bit humiliated, "Stop it! It's a nice distraction from dealing."
"An at least two-month distraction by now. It's good House! Don't try to deny it by pretending you don't give a damn."
Wilson's self-righteousness wasn't going to freak House out. He dealt with it the past two months, hell he was used to it for the last twenty years.
"Yeah! Yeah! I know I'm a complete different person. I'm nice, caring and just adorable. Nolan's almost freaked out about it last week, just like you did the last two months."
"I figured he would be enthusiastic. Maybe he thinks it's all his success." Wilson's look turned serious, "I'm glad you're seeing him again. He's good for you too."
House rolled his eyes. "Cuddy's a bit too eager about it. But it did get me two months off of clinic duty."
Cuddy had a few rules about how this thing would work. One of them was he had to continue therapy. And of course stay off from Vicodin and he had to control his alcohol input.
"Oh that's why you down here!" Wilson remembered that House had told him about the arrangement. He kept seeing Nolan and she gave him two months off from clinic duty.
"Today you gonna be back to actually do your job! I'm sure Nurse Jeffrey will be thrilled to have you back." Wilson smiled.
"I'm sure the little freak has reserved me the best crackbrained patients since day one. But I'm prepared." House smirked. "My team will cover at least three hours a day."
"Too bad Thirteen's gone," Wilson sighed, "You could have gotten all your hours per day covered."
"She'll be back and then she's going to do a week of my hours. Just because I'm that good!" After a while considering he added, "Maybe I could make Chase do her present hours now as well."
"I thought Chase is on vacation."
"No he isn't."
"But he and Cameron planed it a year ago. Thought he would be glad to visit his home country again. He wasn't there for almost seven years, wasn't he?"
He remembered the two newlywed doctors planned to spend their honeymoon a year after their marriage as a one-year anniversary. He thought it was cute, still thought it is. But now it was just sad. Cameron left and Chase stayed, again working for House. It was weird no one actually knew why they split up. Some people thought Chase had an affair, some kept believing the problem still had to be Cameron's old crush on House. And a bunch of people didn't even know they were married. Wilson didn't press the issue because he knew how crushing a divorce could be, even without speculations running around behind your back why it didn't last.
"He said now that Cameron's gone there's no point in going. He just wanted to show her the beautiful Outback with all its furry shy Wombats and punching Kangaroos. Maybe there're more little furry blonde annoying Chases too. No wonder she left."
"That's just sad. And you're just mean." Wilson felt bad for the Aussie. But he could understand why the young doctor canceled the trip, even if it was a trip home it also was supposed to be their honeymoon. "I guess no one's thrilled to go to a honeymoon alone. It has to be hard for him. He did really love her."
"Yeah! Wilson you should know! Mr. Divorce himself." House grabbed a blue chart from the reception-table. "By the way how's the already first Ex-Mrs. Wilson soon to be next Ex-Mrs. Wilson 0.2? Still putting the milk in the door of the refrigerator?" he asked with a smirk while observing the chart.
"No way am I telling you." Wilson turned to walk away. "But thanks for your concern. Milk's still well- tempered and yummy." He added heading for the clinic-exit with a smirk on his face.
"Too much information Jimmy!" House shouted at Wilson.
Wilson winked him a good-bye, leaving the clinic.
"Ok. Let's face idiot Nr. one of today!" House said while heading to exam-room four.
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The Team, currently a male-team, was assembled in the diagnostic office. Foreman was reading a book about brain stimulation therapy by different mental illnesses, Taub was texting with his wife or other women, you never knew for sure and Chase was sitting on one of the chairs in the corner of the office with the back of his head resting on the glass wall, his eyes closed. If he hadn't played with the pen in his hand, House would have thought he was asleep.
"Good morning Ladies!" House greeted them with a smirk.
Foreman looked up and put his book down on the table rolling his eyes at the ladies comment. Taub quickly let his phone slide into his lab-coat pocket. Never would House be able to get his cell phone and interfere in his private life again. At least not today, the short doctor thought. Chase only opened one eye and looked in the direction of his boss, but otherwise didn't stir.
"We've got a case?" Taub and Foreman asked at the same time.
"So I guess my team's ready to play!" House smirked and put three charts on the conference table. "37 year old woman with an ugly infected burn on her left thigh."
"And she's very pretty." Taub said as he took one of the charts.
"Why would she be pretty?" House asked.
"Because burns are not really interesting diagnosis, unless the patient is interesting. And because of your newly blossoming sexuality you might be interested in her." Taub observed dryly.
"Thank you for mentioning my sex life!" House grinned. "But believe me when I tell you, our Dean of Medicine has enough attributes to keep me occupied for let's say at least two more months."
"Then what's the abnormality?" Foreman asked while scanning one of the charts on his own.
"Oh!" House didn't want to spoil that. "That would be the one hundred million dollar question."
"Her white blood cells are elevated." Taub pointed out.
"That's because of the infection, genius!" House took the last chart from the table and turned around looking in Chase's direction. "You - my last remained pretty employee - you've canceled your vacation. Act like it and start working!" With that he threw the chart at Chase who couldn't catch it. The chart fell to the floor and Chase had to get up to get it. He sighed and took the chair next to Foreman starting to read.
"She's got the burn for three weeks?" Chase asked shocked.
"That's long." Foreman added amazed.
"Way too long." Taub agreed.
"So what causes bad wound-healing?" House asked while adding sugar into his coffee.
"Diabetes." Foreman suggested.
"Blood sugar's normal. Could be fungal infection." Taub guessed.
"The other doctor's should have ruled that out." Chase said turning the pages in the charts only to find just one completed sheet. He glared at House. "There are no other doctors."
"Okay Chase I get it you like to pretend to be on vacation, but expecting others' should do your job while actually you're not on said vacation is just annoying and bad-mannered."
Chase rolled his eyes. "All I'm saying is that fungal infection would be the first guess. Couldn't know you were the first doctor she consulted."
"House! Why we're taking this case?" Foreman asked. The other doctors knew it was suspicious for their boss to take a case which wasn't at least transferred from one other doctor who would've ruled out the most likely possibilities.
"What? I'm not allowed to take a case for my own department?" House faked an offended face. "Sorry if I broke some rule! But this really nice woman I met in the clinic needs our help."
"You were in the clinic? - On your own? - And got us a case?" Foreman asked, adding a pause after each sentence.
"Sounds ridiculous, if you pronounce it this way."House had to admit.
"So you're doing clinic hours again." Taub stated. "Means either Cuddy broke up with you, or you're actually passed the two month line of your relationship."
Chase looked at House and smiled slightly "Congratulations House!" Then he held out his hand to his other two colleagues and took the money they reluctantly gave him.
House smirked at that. Of course the young doctor had run a bet.
"Thank you Dr. Chase for actually believing I'm able to pass two months in something like Taub calls a relationship."
"Don't get too excited." Chase retorted. "I figured, if Cuddy had broken up with you, you certainly wouldn't be doing clinic hours. I think you actually would annoy Wilson or one of us. And let us be part of your misery."
"You have me all figured out!" He smiled at Chase. "But guess what Dr. Chase; I can always annoy you, even if I'm not miserable. Go get the patients' history! And do the blood- work!"
Chase got up and went on his way.
"So I take it you took the case because she was your first patient today. And now that we have a case Cuddy let you off the hook. Nice move House!"
"Three week old burn; It has to be interesting at some point, don't you think?" House smirked while stepping into his office.
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Thanks foe reading! I hope I can post the next chapter soon ...
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