DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything related to Fox or the TV show House...but…if you are interested in paying my mortgage or my car loan please contact me.

I have originally posted this story on the House website at Fox starting back in September 2007 and since so many of my readers asked me to post it here I have finally taken the time to do that.

This completed story is 149 Chapters long. Yes, you heard that right 149 chapters, and at times some of the chapters are broken into several parts.

I am reviewing the story as I post each chapter so their will be some changes and my even be some combining of the partial chapters, however the original premise will remain true to the original.

Also some things to consider before you read..

1. There is a very strong focus on OC's (Original Characters) at times in this fic, and sometimes the spotlight may shine on them, but rest assured Cuddy and House are the main characters in this fic.

2. This fic runs through the gamut of emotions and themes, from comedy, to drama, to hot Huddy SMEX…yes I said SMEX! LOL….to some VERY gut wrenching scenes that lead you to dark places within the story.

With that I feel you have been warned without giving too much away.

Finally I really hope all of you enjoy the story and let me know your thoughts by leaving a review 

OCTOBER/OCTOBER (HUDDY)

Chapter 1

Wilson's Office….

"So did you get your tuxedo yet?" Wilson asked sitting in his office, once again sharing his lunch with House.

House, in mid chew wrinkled his face and made a gagging sound.

"Can't you see I'm trying to eat here?" House said, faking a choke before swallowing the bite of sandwich inside his mouth.

"Just a simple nod yes or no would have been fine." Wilson replied, reaching for the small bag of chips to his right.

House rolled his eyes and nodded yes, exhaling through his nose.

"I don't believe it! You are actually going to socialize with your peers?" Wilson chuckled, leaning back in his chair as he popped a chip into his mouth.

"Cuddy told me that if I didn't go to the fundraiser tonight I'd have to do an extra week of clinic duty." House grumbled, taking another bite of the sandwich.

"Oh come on House, like you have so many other options on a Friday night? Beside that butt crease you've formed on your couch will still be there when you go home all by yourself after the fundraiser." Wilson said with a smirk.

"AH HA!" House chuckled cynically, slapping his knee before continuing.

"You're right Wilson I don't know why I wouldn't want to go out and socialize with my peers. Oh wait, maybe it's because once your peers think they are your friends they feel free to dissect your social life instead of getting one of their own." He finished sarcastically, shoving the rest of the sandwich in his mouth as he got to his feet.

"I'll have you know my social life is just fine, in fact, I've been dating a nurse from Radiology for about three weeks now and after tonight I'm pretty sure I'll be sealing the deal with her." Wilson boasted, placing his hands behind his head as he leaned back in his chair.

"Scoring with the nurse voted most likely to contract a venereal disease really isn't something you should be proud of." House commented back to his friend before walking out the door with a smile on his face.

Limping down the hallway to his office, House's smile grew wider.

He had a little surprise up his sleeve for tonight's boring event, one he was sure would not only piss off Cuddy but also shock his best friend along with pretty much everyone else at the hospital.

That shock was just the thing he needed to keep him from dying of boredom at the stupid fundraiser.

Well that and open bar…. oh and of course a few vicodin.

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House's Office…..

"So you're really coming tonight?" Cameron asked later that afternoon as House grabbed his jacket preparing to leave.

"Yes." House responded watching Chase entered into his office.

"I assume you two lovebirds will be going together?" House asked Cameron in a mockingly sweet voice.

"As a matter of fact we are." Chase responded proudly, letting the sarcastic comment bounce off him as he took a step closer to Cameron.

"Well just remember no horizontal mambo on the dance floor. Just look for the closest janitor's closet. I'm sure you have them all memorized by now." House snarked, leaving a pissed off Cameron and slightly amused Chase behind him.

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House's Apartment………

Later that night, House stood in his apartment, dressed in his tuxedo and ready to go when Honey, a nutritionist he had met in the clinic a few months ago started knocking on his door.

Opening up the door, House smiled in appreciation upon seeing the skimpy black dress and sexy high heels Honey was wearing, while her long blonde hair cascaded around her shoulders in loose curls.

"Nice dress." House said with the smile remaining on his face as she stepped inside the apartment.

"Thanks. So are you ready to go?" Honey asked, kissing him lightly on the mouth.

"Or do you want to be fashionably late?" She whispered seductively into his ear as her hand moved to his chest.

"Are you kidding? We need to get their as early as possible because I'm hoping after tonight I won't ever get invited to one of these stupid things again." House answered stepping back from her with an evil smirk taking over his face.

"Should I be worried?" Honey questioned raising an eyebrow.

"Nope. Doctor Cuddy is the one who should be worried." House replied with a smirk, opening up the door to the apartment once more as Honey gave him a puzzled look.

"Wait, Doctor Cuddy? She's your boss right? The one you're always complaining about?" Honey asked.

"Yep that's her, the one with the big ass who's a real pain in my ass." House answered, shutting the door as they stepped out into the hallway.

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After the twenty minute drive to the hospital, House and Honey entered into one of the rooms in the hospital basement that had been transformed to resemble a fashionable night club, with gambling tables situated on the right hand side of the room where people sat playing poker, black jack and roulette.

In the back of the room a dance floor had been constructed and behind that was a stage that had instruments placed upon it, waiting for the musicians that would be playing them a little later in the evening.

Surrounding the dance floor where several round tables, adorned with a deep burgundy tablecloths, a glow of soft candles sitting on top of them accompanied by stunning ornate flower centerpieces.

To the left room was the bar that already had a crowd formed around it as the people waiting on their drinks joined in conversation with each other.

"Wow, this place looks amazing." Honey whispered under her breath from the top of the steps leading into the room.

"I would expect nothing less from my sweet Partypants, the woman has been in the business of providing a good time to the rich and wealthy for years." House replied back, resulting in another confused look overtaking the face of the pretty blonde who stood beside him.

"Who's Partypants?" Honey asked furrowing her brow.

"Don't worry about her; now let's go have some fun." House said, skirting by the subject as he reached for Honey's hand.

Descending the stairs, House scanned the crowd looking for Cuddy, not wanting to miss the expression on her face when he strolled in the place with the much younger, attractive woman by his side, but instead of locking eyes with her, the first face he did end up seeing was Wilson's.

This is going to be great, House thought watching his friend make his way through the crowd.

"House I had no idea you were bringing a date." Wilson said as he smiled at the young woman holding his friend's hand.

"Wilson this is Honey, Honey this is Wilson." House said, releasing her hand.

"Nice to meet you." Wilson said as Honey smiled warmly back at him, shaking his hand.

"Nice to meet you too." She answered.

"Honey would you mind going to the bar and getting my friend and I a drink?" House asked with a smooth tone.

"Not at all. Scotch on the rocks ok for you both? Honey asked.

"That would be great." House answered with a smile.

"Ok, I'll be back in a few minutes." Honey said sweetly, kissing him on the cheek before she left.

Watching Honey leave, House smirked, rubbing his jaw as he spotted several male doctors glancing her way as she walked up to the bar.

"Cuddy is going to be so pissed that you brought a hooker to the fundraiser." Wilson whispered over to House, watching Honey as well as she leaned against the bar ordering their drinks.

"She's not a hooker. She's a nutritionist." House clarified as both men continued to watch the pretty blonde.

"So you actually didn't have to pay her to come with you tonight?" Wilson asked with shock.

"Unlike you Jimmy, the chicks really dig me. I have to literally beat them off with a stick. "House answered raising his cane up beside him.

"Yeah right." Wilson scoffed, running his fingers through his hair.

"Well, she looks normal enough so I'm guessing there has to be some deep rooted psychological issues with her, unless you really are the tender little guy underneath it all like Cameron thinks." Wilson added.

"The only thing wrong with Honey is that she sometimes gets afraid of the big cane." House muttered over to Wilson as his date made her way back to them.

"Here you go guys." Honey said with a dazzling smile, handing the men their drinks before resting her hand on the back of House's shoulder.

"Speaking of Cameron, here comes the prom queen with her prom king now." House remarked as the pair of fellows descended the stairs and started towards them.

House could see that Cameron, who was dressed in a red slinky dress tonight, had been scanning the crowd for him in the same way that he had been scanning it for Cuddy earlier, and initially there had been a sweet smile on Cameron's face when she made eye contact with him until she noticed the good looking blonde at his side which caused the corners of her mouth to descend into a frown.

"Hi guys." Chase said as the couple made their way to them, raising an eyebrow as he studied the attractive girl by House's side.

"Hey look everybody it's Buffy and Skip! So did you guys make sure to stock up on the condoms and Boone's Farm for after the prom?" House asked, nudging Chase and giving Cameron a wink.

While Honey laughed, along with Wilson and Chase, Cameron pursed her lips together in disapproval.

"I'm going to the bar to get a drink." Cameron replied back curtly, giving a sideways glance to House's date.

"Would you mind getting me a beer?" Chase asked.

"No problem." Cameron answered, slightly annoyed that Chase didn't seem to want to come with her.

"Cameron… don't' you want me to introduce my date to you first before you go running off to the bar?" House asked, holding back his smile.

Cameron gave House and annoyed glare before turning her focus back on Honey.

"Hi, I'm Doctor Cameron, but you can call me Allison." Cameron said, offering her hand to the attractive girl who looked to be about twenty five at best.

"And I'm Doctor Chase but you can call me Robert." Chase added, introducing himself as well.

"I'm Honey Conrad." House's date responded, eagerly shaking Cameron's hand.

"You know the two of you could almost be sisters, of course Cameron you'd obviously be the older sister." House said with amusement, studying both women.

"You really think we look that much alike?" Honey questioned, totally oblivious to the snark House had thrown Cameron's way.

"I'm going to get my drink now." Cameron said rolling her eyes as she turned to leave.

"Wait Allison, I'll go with you." Honey said completely unaware that Cameron was going to the bar to get away from her.

Leaning closer to House, Chase smiled.

"Cuddy is going to be so pissed when you she finds out you brought a hooker to the fundraiser." Chase whispered, watching Honey's hips sway as she caught up to Cameron.

"She's not a hooker." House and Wilson said in unison.

Chase looked back at both men with surprise.

"Oh ….I'm sorry, is she your niece or something?" Chase questioned.

"No you moron she's my date!" House shot back with irritation.

Chase's jaw dropped.

"Wow. I mean I guess I could see a girl like that going out with you once if you used the patented "I am a Doctor" line on her …but if this isn't your first date with her…I'd be careful if I were you, even a girl with a killer body like that can be all kinds of crazy." Chase remarked, intrigued by the paring of his grumpy boss to the bubbly blond.

House looked over at Chase with annoyance.

"Unlike Cameron who obvious is totally screwed up in the head, the only thing Honey is crazy about is the ruggedly handsome doctor with the skills to pay the bills in the bedroom." House answered.

After a few minutes, Cameron and Honey arrived back to the group, with Cameron quickly taking Chase by the arm after handing him his beer, leading him away from Wilson, Honey and House, as she guided them towards Foreman who was sitting at one of the poker tables on the other side of the room.

Taking a sip of his Scotch, House let his palate linger in the taste of the alcohol moving across his tongue, his mind relishing in the fact that so far the night was going very well for him, the look of surprise on Wilson's face as well as Cameron's and Chase's faces as he introduced Honey as his date, a source of great amusement for him.

Scanning the crowd once more as Wilson and Honey engaged in a conversation beside him, House couldn't have been more pleased when he finally spotted Cuddy on the other side of the room, standing by one of the roulette tables with her back turned to him, the tight navy blue gown made of a silk, drawing his eyes to what he considered to be her greatest asset.

Studying the curves of Cuddy's perfectly round ass, House smiled, thinking about how nice it would be to grab hold of the soft flesh wrapped in the tempting fabric before giving it a firm squeeze.

When Cuddy turned around however, House took in a sharp breath, his eyes tracing the front of her gown that had a plunging neckline that had made several of the men surrounding her crane their necks trying to get a better view of her exposed cleavage.

Subconsciously drawing in his bottom lip, House moved his tongue across it as the view of Cuddy in the sexy gown began to wet his appetite.

Lisa Cuddy not only had a body on her that was built to drive men wild, but also had the brains to back it up, a temptress and formidable foe all rolled into one, the intriguing combination that was HER never waning over the many years they had known each other.

Still trapped in his thoughts of her, it was a few more seconds before House realized Cuddy had now spotted him as well, locking eyes with him from across the crowded room as she began to make her way towards him.