Here it is folks the long awaited Chapter 2. I hope you all enjoy it!
Cuddy looked up from her paper work to see House walk through the door with a distant look on his face. Getting up from the desk the dean of medicine wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed House passionately for a moment. Fortunately, the blinds were closed prior to this action but, they wouldn't have cared either way.
"Are you having a good day?"
The comfort in Cuddy's voice was pleasing to House but something was weighing heavily on his mind.
"Can we talk?"
"Of course."
The two held hands while walking over to the sofa where many wonderful moments had been shared.
Before House had started to speak there was something in his eyes that Cuddy had never seen before. A kind of childlike innocence hidden behind a lifetime of scars.
"There's something I need to tell you, I have to tell someone but you have to swear not to tell Wilson."
Squeezing House's hand tightly Cuddy smiled softly towards him while nodding in agreement. "I won't tell anyone, you have my word."
This being said, silence filled the room once again as Cuddy waited for her lover to speak. She could tell this was hard for him but before long the fire in his eyes would return with a passion or at least that's what she told herself.
"I don't want anybody in this hospital to know about this except you and Doctor Katz."
This request seemed reasonable to Cuddy as the dean of medicine remained silent while shooting House a nod.
"Good, Okay (pause) when I was a kid my father believed in discipline. I guess being in the Marines he felt this was the best way to raise a child."
There was a certain heir in the older doctor's voice as this was said that made Cuddy believe there was something more to this story.
"Except at times, what he considered discipline would be more in the realm of violent punishment. (Sigh) Ice baths, sleeping in the yard, being made to stand at attention all night while he and my mother were fast asleep in their bed. Things like that."
This admittance stunned Cuddy especially how it was presented. House's eyes never left her face as he told the story of a boy who was forced to close himself off from the rest of the world. However, the story wasn't over yet.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?"
"Usual reasons, I was afraid they wouldn't believe me, I was afraid I would have to leave home."
That's when something inside of Cuddy snapped as she furrowed her brow and glared at House in confusion.
"You wanted to stay with your parents after what they did to you?"
"My father was a bastard but, I couldn't imagine what he'd do to my mother if I wasn't there. I couldn't do that to her."
So, he stayed to protect his mother, Cuddy couldn't believe what she was hearing but it did explain a lot about House's personality. Even so, there was something the dean of medicine still didn't understand.
"If your mother knew what was going on why didn't she leave him?"
That's when a sad smirk spread out across House's face as the department head explained.
"She did leave him but, it wasn't until I started med school and even then it was only for a short time, a year maybe."
"I'm so sorry."
At this comment the crippled man looked down at the floor a moment with the memories of his childhood flooding in with each passing breath. It had been hard to admit those things to Lisa but he felt he was obligated to. Cuddy deserved to know the truth.
After everything had been brought out into the open there was one more piece of business to take care of. House squeezed Cuddy's hand tightly as a soft smile spread out across his face.
"I'm ready to move on from this and Doctor Katz has agreed to help as much as she can, but I have your word, not a word to anyone."
"Right, and thank you for opening up to me."
At this comment, House kissed Lisa's hand while a calm and confident tone filled his voice.
"I think we have something real here Lisa and I don't want any secrets between us."
"Me neither. (Pause) So, this is it we're a couple."
"Guess so."
This being said, the two kissed passionately on the sofa enjoying the silence of the room and the beginning of a new life together.
