"I love you…"
"I love you too…"
And the two drifted off into a peaceful sleep wrapped in each other's embrace.
House and Cuddy woke up in each other's arms for the first time in some twenty odd years.
House found it incredibly unusual waking up with a woman. Cuddy, more specifically.
But here they were, together, in bed. This time, House had every intention of making sure he stuck around this time.
"Goooood morning…" House said in a half yawn, as Cuddy nuzzled just a little closer into his bare chest.
"I missed this," she said. House took this opportunity to put his arm around her and put his chin on her head. He sighed a sigh of relief. If this really was a hallucination, it was the best one yet. And at that moment, it was like Cuddy could read his mind
"I'm not going anywhere House…" she said with a comfortable laugh as she began kissing her way around his chest, occasionally nuzzling it some more.
"Hmmmm, somebody's getting frisky this morning," House said as he moved down to meet Cuddy face to face. He kissed her softly a few times, and then, it started to get a little heavy. Lips and lips. Tongues and tongues. Lips and tongues.
And it was at this moment, House absolutely HAD to interject with some sort of sexual joke or comment.
"So…you wanna 69 it this morning or what, 'cuz if so, you're doing the work and getting down there."
'House. Shut up!" And the couple got back to their kissing game, quickly turning into a helluva lot more than kissing.
And it was as if God's sole purpose to spite them for all their years of waiting, fate would ultimately have to wait because just as the two began positioning themselves for a little sumpn' sumpn' a noise came over the baby monitor.
"Ohhhh fuck me" Cuddy said exasperated. As almost any other human being, one hates being interrupted during these sorts of things.
"That's a little redundant, don't ya think Cuddle bunches!"
"Fuck you." She said comedically dead-panned.
"Again, with the redundancies Cuddl—"
"Do NOT call me 'Cuddle-bunches' EVER again. It was weird when you said 'Lisa.'"
Cuddy rolled off of House, and went to go retrieve some clothes from her dresser. She grabbed some panties and a giant Michigan sweatshirt thrown over top of a nice, black set of spandex shorts.
"Was it really? I dunno, I kinda liked it. I felt, empowered. Like the boss I am, outside of the hospital I mean " He said with a playful wink as he watched her grab some clothes and oh, so sexily put them on.
Cuddy noticed House had not taken his eyes off of her naked (now not-so-naked) form since she left the bed. His arousal growing stronger by the second. So she decided to put on little show for him, as subtly as possible. Or perhaps it wasn't so subtle. House knew what she was doing, but frankly, at this moment, could not care less what her motives were. She. Was. Hot. So there she was, sliding on her panties ever so slowly, putting her bra on facing him, stepping into her spandex ever so coyly and sliding the sweatshirt on, all while keeping that devilish smile.
"So sexy…" he thought. God he wanted her. SO BADLY.
"Damn the kid…oh shit. Can't say that now can I. Oh fuuck, work. Can't skip today with the boss lady sleeping next to me…or can i?"
"Ooooooh. I know. OFFICE SEX. Now that, sounds like something I could get away with. It'd have to be her office of course. But I'd totally be down with doing it in front of the team and half the hospital. But naaah. DESK SEX."
"House?"
"Hmm? Yeah? No I was just thinking of how I could coerce you into having sex at the hospital today." He said.
"Your office, my office? The couch? The chair? THE DESK? Either way, I'm TOTALLY down." He said in that smug bastard type of way.
"House…or 'GREG' should I say," coming over to give him a kiss on the bed, her tone playful and a little sarcastic, "I am NOT having sex with you in my office," she kisses him again, "in your office," another kiss, "on the couch, on the chair, or on the desk." She kisses him again, biting his lip a little bit, drawing the kiss out. "Not happening." And she kissed him one last time, before she sauntered out of the room, looking back over her shoulder with a coy glance as she cleared the doorway.
And there House was. Sitting up in bed, completely naked, sheets all mussed up conveniently covering his lower areas. He sat there for a minute longer staring at the door frame, reflecting on the evening, and the morning's events as of yet.
"Yuppppppp…" he sighed happily,
"Good day. Good, good day."
And leaned back against the headboard and put his arms behind his head.
And so, the two would have to wait to consummate their 20 some odd year relationship. Sucks, doesn't it?
So after a few minutes of House spending a little time with his right hand, House walked into the kitchen to join Cuddy for some much deserved breakfast.
"Hey Cuddy! Guess what I just did"
"Did you…ahem…clean up after yourself?"
"Yup. I used one of your old socks. Hope you don't mind..."
"Uckk! House! God, you're disgusting…"
"…And you love it."
"I do love it…God you're weird…" They kiss as Cuddy keeps Rachael on her hip.
"Mama! MAMA!"
"Okay sweetie. House, would you bring over her chair?"
"Sure. Hey Cuddy, you…uh…uh, ya know…need any, uh, help?"
"Um yeah! That'd be great! Could you help feed her, maybe? I need to get in the shower and—"
She begins to walk out of the room.
"Hey waaaait a second," he said as he grabs her by the arm and pulls her into an awkward embrace, faces very close together, "what about last night? I believe we got you all squeaky clean like—"
"My rubber nipples, yeah saw that joke coming from a mile away."
They kiss briefly. One kiss, two kisses, three kisses.
"Haha, I knew I liked you."
"I think you mean love…"
"Like, love, same thing right…"
They kiss again. A little heavier this time around. House's tongue grazes Cuddy's bottom lip as Cuddy opens her mouth to allow him in, and for the second time that day, sweet baby Rachael interrupted them.
"Mama, ewwwwww! Kiss, kiss, kiss! NO!"
Cuddy smiles against House's kiss, and then she breaks it to tend to her child.
"Sorry baby. Rachael, this is . He is a very good friend of Mommy's."
"Mommy, wha happen to Lu-kas?"
"Ohh sweet heart," she glances at House awkwardly, "things didn't really work out between Lucas and me, but sweetheart that doesn't mean that Lucas didn't love you, but Mommy just didn't love…nevermind sweet girl. You'll understand later."
"But Mommy, do you love House?"
"Yes. Mommy loves House, and House loves Mommy."
"Mommy, is that why you kiss him so much? It's gwossss!"
House laughed a little at this. He was really beginning to like this kid, he thought, as he stood across the room leaning against the wall casually.
"My girl…my girls" He said to himself under his breath. As he limped to the two women in his life.
He walked over to Cuddy and put his arm around her waist as he said to baby Rachael,
"Rach, you don't like it when I do this?"
House kissed Cuddy sweetly and chastely, while looking Rachael straight in the eyes.
"EW! House! Stop it. That's MYYYYY MOMMMY!"
"Okay you two. Let's finish getting ready ok. Mommy's gonna shower, and House is going to feed you."
Cuddy placed Rachael in her high chair and placed her bowl of cereal in front of her. Then she leaned down kissed her child on her head, and walked over and kissed House on the lips with a smile before going to shower.
So it was now down to the two of them. The man and the baby.
They just stared at each other.
House.
Rachael.
Just staring.
Each one trying to figure out the other.
And after what seemed like forever, the mood lightened a little bit and Rachael began to eat her cheerios, as she continued to stare at House with her steely blue eyes.
"Well kid, I'm taking a liking to you. My kinda woman, smart, and quiet. Plus, you're Cuddy's kid. What more could you ask for, right kiddo?" He said sarcastically.
And he began to feed Rachael. Rachael was adamant though, she was going to feed herself.
At around 8:30 AM House found himself walking into Cuddy's room, or their room, he guessed, hoping that she wasn't dressed. And sure enough, she wasn't.
"Well, does half-dressed count?" He thought, as he walked towards her as she was putting her skirt on.
He came up to her, put his arm around her as he backed her up against the wall.
House growled a low, masculine growl seconds before he kissed her and in response Cuddy smiled against his kiss.
In between his kisses, House said,
"By the way, I really like your kid. She's smart…and quiet."
"House! Did you just…leave her out—"
"Relax, woman. Babysitter's here."
"Babysitter has a name. Her name is—"
"I really…don't care…what her name…is…"
"House!" She said as she leaned back a little and playfully hit his arm.
"Again, relax, woman. I introduced myself…I was nice. Her name is, uh, oh damn. Knew I was bad with names."
She rolled her eyes. "Elaine. Her name is—"
"Damn! I knew it. Elaine."
They kissed again.
Cuddy moved her head backwards to look at him.
"And House did you just say—"
"Cuddy, listen to me. She's a good kid, I mean, ya know…you're, uh, doin' okay." He said with a small smile as he leaned back in to kiss her.
"Thank you."
Xoxoxo
"Alright sweetie, Mommy's gotta go to work! Elaine, she's already been fed, and if you could take her out to the park today, that'd be great for the both of you. It's a beautiful day."
She took Rachael from Elaine's arms and kissed and hugged her daughter behind as House said a casual goodbye to Elaine, and winked at Rachael and proceeded to walk out to Cuddy's car.
As Cuddy gave her last hug to her daughter, Rachael suddenly leaned over and whispered in her Mommy's ear,
"Mommy, remember when I told you I didn't like House?"
"Sweetie, you didn't tell me that you didn't like House."
"Oh. Well, I like him now. You should keep him."
"Okayyy baby," she said laughing a little bit.
"Love you."
As House and Cuddy drove into work, the days events, or what they thought the day would have planned for them, ran through their heads. So as Cuddy pulled into the parking lot, and parked the car, the two of them just stared ahead, and then stared at each other.
"So, how do we do this?" She said, a smile suddenly spreading to her face.
"I guess we just, do it." He said with a wink.
And the two stepped out of the car door and walked into the hospital, together.
