A/N: Thank you so much for all your reviews! I am going to completely ignore the season finale; it was like a slap in the face for all Huddy fans. Just a little warning, this chapter is going to be extra fluffy and OOC because I am so upset over whatever the hell "Moving On" was. Sorry, please enjoy this new chapter!
Chapter Four- Being a Mom
"GREG!" Cuddy yells from the master bedroom.
"GWEG!" Emma yells after she hears her mother yell for her father. House cannot help but to smirk at the identical tone in his fiancé and daughters voices. He grabs his cane off of the couch and limps into the master bedroom. Emma is sitting on top of the bathroom counter watching Cuddy apply her makeup.
"How can I help you mistress?" House asks Cuddy.
"I want to do my last injection before I go to work." Cuddy has been taking hCG shots for the past two weeks after getting the green light from her OB/GYN.
"Okay," House brushes past Cuddy and digs in their medical supply closet for a needle and the vial of the hCG drug.
"Emma, do you want to watch Elmo in the living room?" Cuddy asks Emma, not wanting her to see her father shove a needle into her mother. Emma nods, Cuddy picks her up and carries her into the living room. Once Emma is settled, Cuddy comes back into the bathroom where House already drew up the correct dosage and is ready to administer the drug.
"Bend over," House commands.
"You have been saying the same joke for the past two weeks," Cuddy says while inching up her skirt and bending over slightly.
"And yet you still do exactly what I say," House says and rips open an antibacterial wipe.
"Remember when we did this last time?" Cuddy asks while House swabs the antibacterial wipe on her ass. House stops wiping and grabs the needle.
"Lisa it was yesterday," House states and plunges the needle into her ass.
"OW! I meant when you helped me with the IVF injections smart ass." House tosses the used needle into the biohazard container next to the garbage and turns to look at Cuddy.
"Of course I remember, only this time it will be better because it will actually work."
"Greg, you don't know that."
"If it doesn't then we can try again." Cuddy smiles and kisses House on the lips.
"Thank you," Cuddy whispers and wraps her arms around House slowly inching her way towards his ass.
"Is someone feeling a little frisky this morning?" House asks feeling her hands descend.
"Maybe, it might be the injections or maybe I just like teasing you." Cuddy squeezes House's ass and darts out of the bathroom.
"YOU EVIL CUNNING WOMAN!" House shouts hearing Cuddy's heels click in the other room. House walks out of the master bedroom and into the living room where Cuddy is grabbing her briefcase and coat.
"Sorry, did you say something?" Cuddy asks in mock confusion.
"No, I just wanted to know what the whole A-S-S grab in the bathroom was all about."
"I have no idea what you are talking about, but I have to go. I am already running late and I have a budget meeting at nine." Cuddy gives Emma a kiss on the forehead and kisses House on the cheek. After hearing the front door close, House looks down at Emma.
"Alright kid, I don't usually do this, but since Mother's Day is tomorrow we are going shopping." House says to Emma, although he knows she will not comprehend what he is saying.
Two hours later, House calls Wilson after he is unwilling to find the perfect Mother's Day gift for Cuddy on his own.
"House, where the hell are you?" Wilson says in annoyance.
"Relax Wilson it's only eleven, I still have another hour to kill."
"Your team has an important case; Foreman must have left at least twenty messages on your phone."
"Oh, I usually ignore Foreman's calls; those morons need to learn how to think for themselves without daddy holding their hand. Anyway, do you think Cuddy would like edible underwear for Mother's Day?"
"House! Is Emma with you?"
"No, I left her in the car,"
"HOUSE!" Wilson screams into the phone. Emma looks at House in confusion after hearing a strange voice come from House's phone.
"Oh calm down Wilson, I am not a total idiot. The spawn is with me in this god awful Hallmark store. Now, what can I get Cuddy? Lingerie?"
"The gift is supposed to be from a child House. Besides they don't even sell lingerie in Hallmark."
"Fine, what are you getting Kim?"
"Kim thought it was pointless to do Mother's Day since the twins are only two weeks old. Just get Cuddy some of her favorite flowers and sign the card saying it was from Emma. When you are done, get your ass back here before your fiancé chops off your balls and hands them to Foreman." House made a funny face and hangs up, handing the phone to Emma for her to play with.
"Okay Emma, let's get Mommy a card. Can you pick out one for me?" House points to the rows of cheesy cards he would not dream of giving Cuddy, but he knew she would appreciate the card if it came from Emma. House watches Emma toddle over to the choices and randomly grab a card at her eyelevel.
"Here daddy," Emma says and hands the card over to House, who does not even bother to look at it.
"Come on squirt let's go," House pays for the card and as he was leaving the phone in Emma's hand starts vibrating. House snatches the phone out of Emma's hand and flips over the screen ready to hit the ignore button. Instead, House notices the call is coming from their nanny Marina.
"Dr. House this is Marina. I tried calling Dr. Cuddy but I didn't get an answer. My daughter has the flu and I am unable to come today. I am terribly sorry." Marina says.
"That's fine," House says and hangs up the phone, "Emma do you want to come with me to the hospital? We can take lollipops from mommy."
"WOWWIPOP!" Emma's eyes widen and she frantically looks around her for the candy.
"You have to come with daddy to work to get it," House explains while he straps Emma into the car seat. Twenty minutes later House and Emma stroll into PPTH much to the shock of the nurses around them. House picks Emma up and walks into the clinic to grab two lollipops.
"Those are for the patients House," Brenda snaps, but looks at Emma and smiles.
"Put it on my tab," House says and takes the wrapper off the lollipop for Emma. "Is Cuddy out of her meeting yet?"
"Yeah, you have a case," Brenda says although she knows House does not care. Cuddy hears the familiar thump of House's cane and prepares herself to yell at House for being late. However, Cuddy's eyes soften at the sight of House carrying in their daughter.
"HI MOMMY!" Emma shouts and lurches out of House's arms.
"Hi sweetie, what are you doing here?" Cuddy grabs Emma from House's hands and sets her down on the ground.
"Marina's daughter has the flu and she was unable to babysit today. So, we went shopping and then we came here." House mumbles. Cuddy nods with understanding,
"Emma are you going to help daddy with the sick people today?" Cuddy asks her daughter who nods her head really fast.
"Come on squirt, Foreman is probably having a coronary right about now." House says and holds out his hand for Emma to grab. Cuddy watches House and Emma walk out of her office hand in hand with a huge grin on her face.
"Emma?" Thirteen asks when House and Emma walk into the conference room.
"Terteen!" Emma says and toddles over to Thirteen demanding to be picked up.
"House where have you been, we have a case." Foreman says refusing to acknowledge Emma's presence.
"Thanks to your twenty voicemail messages I know that. Unfortunately our nanny had a little problem this morning forcing me to bring in the kid. Don't worry; the spawn will help us diagnose our patient. So, what are we dealing with today?"
"Patient presents with fever, slight cough, joint pain, yellow eyes and rash." Taub chimes in. House writes the symptoms on the board while Thirteen picks Emma up.
"Could it just be the flu?" Taub asks. House rolls his eyes, takes a toy out of his backpack and sets it on the table for Emma to play with.
"No, that would be boring. What else could it be?" House asks.
"I hate to say it, but lupus?" Foreman asks.
"Emma, what does daddy say about lupus?" Emma looks up from her toy and without missing a beat she says,
"Not lupus."
"My almost two year old is smarter than you Foreman that is sad." House mocks Foreman.
"What about sarcoidosis?" Thirteen asks to which House shrugs.
"Could be, do a lumbar puncture to be sure and start the patient on steroids. Emma come with me, we are going to bother Uncle Wilson."
"Uncwe Wiwson!" Emma says as she and House burst through the door of Wilson's office. Wilson looks to House for an explanation.
"The babysitter had an emergency,"
"Does Cuddy know that Emma is here?"
"Unlike you I am not whipped, but yes, Cuddy does know that Emma is here." Wilson rolls his eyes at House's comment.
"What did you end up getting your mommy for Mother's Day Emma?" Wilson asks Emma who is seated on his lap.
"Fwowers," Emma answers back. Their conversation is cut short when a frantic Thirteen comes into Wilson's office.
"Patient has shortness of breath, we confirmed it was sarcoid."
"Great, why are you still here?" House asks Thirteen who glares at House and slams the door behind her.
"My case is solved; Emma and I are going home. If you see Cuddy let her know that Emma needs her nap."
The next day Cuddy is woken up by House instructing Emma to set a coffee mug on the nightstand next to Cuddy's bed.
"Emma put it next to mommy," House whispers. Cuddy opens her eyes and is eye level with her daughter.
"Mommy!" Emma puts the mug down on the table and tries to jump onto Cuddy's bed but is unsuccessful. Cuddy grabs Emma's arms and lifts her onto the bed so she is sitting next to her. House hands Emma the card to give to Cuddy. Cuddy opens it up and sees House's chicken scratch.
Happy Mother's Day Mommy,
Love, Emma.
"Thank you Emma so much!" Cuddy kisses her daughter on the forehead.
"Emma should we give Mommy her other gift?" House asks Emma to tease Cuddy. Emma tilts her head in confusion but nods anyway. House takes the bouquet of salmon colored roses out from behind his back and hands them to Emma to give to Cuddy.
"Mommy," Emma says and thrusts the roses in front of Cuddy's face. Cuddy is taken aback at first, but then smiles and smells the flowers.
"Emma these smell really nice, thank you." Cuddy kisses Emma again.
"Hey squirt, why don't you go play with the toy I bought you yesterday." House says, wanting to talk to Cuddy in private. Cuddy sets Emma back on the floor and Emma runs out. House goes into the bathroom and comes out with a gift bag.
"Greg, it's mother's day, you didn't have to get me anything." Cuddy says.
"Shut up, it's not a big deal, just open it." Cuddy reaches in the bag and pulls out a matching bra and underwear set from Victoria's Secret.
"Only you would get me lingerie for Mother's Day." Cuddy kisses House on the lips as a thank you for the gift. "Speaking of Mother's Day we should probably call our moms." House groans at Cuddy's suggestion.
"My mom is in Europe with John for the next couple of days, I will call her when she gets back. That just leaves you to call the shrieking harpy." Cuddy hits House lightly on the arm.
"Greg, that is my mother."
"You agree with me anyway." Cuddy sighs and reaches over House to grab the phone.
"Hi Lisa." Arlene Cuddy answers the phone, (I changed the name and Cuddy's dad is still alive.)
"Hi mom, are you in the middle of something?" Cuddy prays that she is, trying to keep this conversation as short as possible.
"Your father and I are at breakfast, why?"
"I just wanted to say Happy Mother's Day."
"Thank you Lisa, Julia and the kids left a message earlier, I was wondering when you would get around to it." Cuddy tries to bypass that comment, although she is on better terms with her mother and sister, they still sometimes get under her skin.
"Sorry, I was a little busy,"
"When aren't you Lisa? How is my grandchild?" Cuddy bit her lip to stop herself from retaliating against her mother.
"Emma is great, she got me flowers for Mother's Day."
"That is good, when is Emma going to have a sibling?" Cuddy is thrown off guard by that question.
"I don't know mom, House and I haven't really thought about it." Cuddy lies, not wanting to tell her mom about the fertility shots in case they do not work.
"For the last time Lisa, call him Greg. You aren't getting any younger, you and Greg need to get married and have more kids like normal people do." Cuddy counts to ten before she answers her mother back.
"Look mom, I didn't call you so you can demand grandchildren from me. Tell dad I love him and enjoy your day okay?" Cuddy did not wait for an answer from her mother and throws the phone onto the bed, ending the call.
"That went well, I guess," House quips.
"Our relationship was doing so well after Thanksgiving. Ever since Julia remarried and had another baby last month, it's like my mother expects me to do the same." Cuddy vents. House feels bad for Cuddy; he knows how much she wants to live up to her mother's expectations.
"Arlene Cuddy is who she is. She favors Julia over you, you know that by now. We just got engaged two months ago and we are working on having another child. Although we aren't doing it as fast as Julia, we will get there." House says. Cuddy is happily surprised at House's comment, it is so unlike him.
"You think so?"
"To be honest, I am not ready for a wedding yet and I don't know if the fertility meds will work, but we are trying." Cuddy kisses House on the cheek.
"I really hope the injections worked, my ass is sore from the two week cycle of shots."
"We will find out in ten days. If it's negative then I get to stick a needle into your giant ass for two more weeks."
"Only you would see that as a positive," Cuddy says.
"We have been going at it like bunnies and doing all the meds like we should, there is no reason why you wouldn't be pregnant," House reasons.
"I hope so," Cuddy states.
A/N 2: Next chapter House and Cuddy will take a pregnancy test. Will it be positive? Reviews help! Thanks!