Tell Me A Story
A story told in songfics...by me!
House and Cuddy are together in the future, and have 3 children...Jade, Shelby and Lucy. One night, their children want to know the story of how their parents got together. And it carries on over other nights, with a variety of storytellers.
Told in varying perspectives each chapter. You'll know who it is from the chapter name. It's mostly gonna be House or Cuddy, sometimes Wilson and the characters based on me and my friends...Katheryn, Ellis, Brittney and Kevin are making appearances as aunts and uncles :D
'DADDY, DADDY, DADDY!' was the annoyingly cute chorus that came from 3 screaming girls.
House, trying to enjoy a nice glass of bourbon on the sofa, sat up in alarm.
He sighed.
It was a rare occasion when he got time to himself to enjoy a cool glass of bourbon in front of the monster trucks. Especially since his dear old wife was restricting his alcohol intake more and more each day.
But she was out now, working, so out came the bourbon for a little reunion.
But now his angelic 3 children had put an end to that as they ran into the room.
Jade Carmen Stella House was 8 years old, the oldest House child. She was a spit of House, physically and mentally. She was quite a harsh person, with quite a gruff exterior, but something lurked underneath, a slight softness that was present in House. Jade had piercing blue eyes, just like her father, long flowing darkish brown hair and a tall and slim build. In almost every way, she was House in small female form. She was definitely a Daddy's girl.
Lucy Aurora Bethany House was 7 years old, and the polar opposite of House and Jade. She was exactly like her Mom, she had a manner utterly the same as Cuddy. Lucy was borderline obsessive with neatness and cleanliness, and quite bossy to Shelby, the youngest. She was sheepish at times, but sometimes could out argue Jade, the same skills that Cuddy possessed. Physically, she was quite small, with grey blue eyes, pale skin and almost black hair. At times, she got emotional, and felt like only her Mom understood her. She was a Mommy's girl for sure.
Shelby Courtney Serena House was the youngest House child at age 6, and considered the baby of the family even though she was only 1 year younger than Lucy and 2 years younger than Jade. She was slap bang in the middle of House and Cuddy with everything. She was not as harsh as Jade, or as obsessive as Lucy. She was, as far as any child of House and Cuddy's could be; normal. But she did have her Cuddy moments, and she had her House moments. And with the way she looked, she was exactly in the middle of House and Cuddy too. Her hair was dark, but not as dark as Cuddy's or Lucy's, her build was average, not wiry like House and Jade, and her skin normal, not reasonably dark like House and Jade or pale like Cuddy and Lucy. And she liked it that way.
His thoughts were broken by another chorus of 'DAAAAAD!'
'What?' he almost shrieked back.
'It's nearly bedtime,' said Shelby sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
'Oh right,' replied House, noticing the time. 'Well, go and get in bed then and I'll tuck you in.'
'But Daddy,' said Lucy defiantly. 'Mommy always reads us a story before bed.'
'Ok,' he said half heartedly. 'Let's go then.'
After a muddled 10 minutes of helping them into their pajamas, washing and teeth brushing, all of the girls were ready for bed.
'So how does your Mom go about doing this?' House asked in confusion. 'You're all in separate rooms.'
'We usually all go in Shelby's room, because she's always the first one to go to sleep,' said Jade.
'AM NOT!' exclaimed Shelby.
'ARE TOO!'
'AM NOT!'
'ARE TOO!'
'STOP IT!' yelled House. 'It doesn't matter, sleep is good, we all get to dream of funbags and porno films with threesomes and girl on girl action.'
'EWWWW!' exclaimed Jade as Shelby and Lucy looked on with blank stares on their faces.
'Why doesn't it surprise me that you know?' asked House with a hint of pride in his voice. 'You are so my daughter.'
'What's a fun bag?' asked Shelby quietly.
'Ummm, it's like a big squishy balloon that you squeeze sometimes. It's fun to do that, isn't it Jade?' he said, nudging her subtly.
'Umm, yeah sure,' she said unconvincingly.
It may have been unconvincing to the master bullshitters that were Jade and House, but Lucy and Shelby sure did believe it.
'Anyway,' said Jade, trying to divert the subject away from their lie. 'Story, let's get it on.'
House couldn't help but laugh at his eldest daughter's crude joke, which no one apart from them got.
Now that wasn't new.
'Right, so what book are we reading then?'
'We don't read a book,' declared Lucy. 'Mommy makes up a story.'
House mentally swore. He couldn't make up stories to save his life.
'How about the story of how Mommy and Daddy met, then got married and had us?' asked Lucy excitedly.
Jade and Shelby nodded their agreement.
'Okay, we'll do that then. It'll go over a lot of nights, but I'm sure Mommy will tell you some other stories,' he said. 'Right, so what do we start with?'
'The wedding?' suggested Shelby.
'Yeah, that's a good place to start. Well, first I wanna sing a little song to you guys. I'll slip the story in between the lines.'
And with that, his rich chocolatey voice began to sing in a punkish way.
I'm so rushed off my feet, (oh-oh)
Looking for Gordon street,
So much I need to say,
I'm sorry that its on her wedding day...
Coz she's so right for me, (oh-oh)
Her daddy disagrees,
He's always hated me,
Coz I never got, a j-o-b...
'I have loved your Mommy for what feels like forever. But I wasn't very good at showing it,' explained House to the kids.
'She got fed up of waiting for me to tell her that I loved her, so she met someone else, a guy called Lucas Douglas. He was my friend, and now he was seeing your Mommy, who I loved. I was jealous. So anyway, they got engaged, and they were getting married. This woke me up to realise that I had to tell her. I ran around like a crazy man trying to find the church, because I wanted to tell her that I loved her very much, and that I wanted to marry her. I wanted to tell her that we were perfect for each other, even though her Dad said that we weren't, and hated me for not being able to hold down a job.'
Coz she's mine,
And i'm glad i crashed the wedding,
Its better than regretting,
I could have been a loser kid
And ran away and hid
But it's the best thing that I ever did.
Coz true love lasts forever
And now we're back together
As if he never met her
So looking back,
I'm glad i crashed the wedding...
'It had to of been the best thing I did to stop that wedding. Without it, you girls would have never been born. I could've chickened out of it, and ran away, but I didn't. I went in there and told her how I felt. Bad timing though. I was trying to listen out to 'does anyone object?' but Wilson kept twittering on at me like Donkey from Shrek, so I just stormed in and shouted it. Everyone got angry, your Mom was shocked. But I told her I loved her, and she said it back, and she told Lucas that she didn't want to marry him. And right there, in front of everyone, I asked your Mom to marry me. And she said yes.'
'What happened next?' asked Lucy curiously.
'She wanted to know when we'd get married, would I chicken out of it or would I change my mind. So I said 'how about now?' She nearly fell over and wanted to know why. I said, 'well you're already wearing a white dress, and everyone I know is here, apart from my Mom, but I guess she'll live.' Your Mom laughed, Lucas stormed off and we got married. Plain and simple.'
The neighbours spread the word (and),
My mom cried when she heard,
I stole my girl away,
From everybody gathered there that day.
'Anyway, after we got married, Grandma, my Mom, got upset that we never told her but cried because she never expected me to get married.'
'Why didn't she?' asked Shelby.
'Because I was a horrible person back then.'
'No way,' said Lucy. 'You're an amazing Daddy. No way were you ever horrible.'
'Sorry to disappoint you Luce but I was,' he said. 'Anyway...'
Don't waste time being
Mad at me for taking her away, coz
Anyway she didn't want to stay.
So please believe me when I say
'I went and had a talk with Lucas, and I tried to explain to him that me and your Mommy were meant to be.'
'What did he do?' asked Jade, sensing what was coming next.
'He hit me!'
'I KNEW IT!' exclaimed Jade a bit too loudly. She's glad I crashed the wedding
Its better than regretting...
The ring she got was lame
She couldn't take the pain,
She didn't want a silly second name
Coz true love lasts forever,
And now we're back together
You might as well forget her,
And walk away
'Why?' chorused the children.
'Because your Mommy was pregnant with Jade, he realised that he needed to move on because your Mommy wasn't gonna go back to him. And the rest, they say is history. Night girls.'
He went round to each of them and gave them a hug and a kiss. Once that was over, the girls went back to their beds and were tucked in by their Daddy.