I'll Be Around

"You can tell that she is still young," House said. "She hasn't turned against me yet."

"Hopefully you will never do anything to her that will cause her to turn against you," Cuddy said.

"I'll give it my best shot, but I will not make any promises."

Cuddy put Rachel back into her crib. She then headed back into her room. House followed her in. Cuddy crawled back under the covers. She looked at House who was standing in the doorway.

"Don't look at me like that," Cuddy said.

"Like what?" House asked.

"That pity look."

"Sorry," House said. "I know what it is like to get that look."

"I give you that look sometimes, don't I?"

"Yeah," House said. "I know it is because you care, though." Cuddy knew that was House's way of saying that he was giving her that look because he cared. "Go back to bed," House said. House turned out the light and walked back over to the bed. He lay back down on the covers. Cuddy moved over next to him and put her head on his shoulder.

House barely got anymore sleep that night. Every time Cuddy would slightly move, he would wake up in case she needed him.

House woke up the next morning to the sound of his phone going off. He went into the hallway and then answered it.

"This is Dr. Isaac calling regarding Lisa Cuddy," the doctor said when House answered the phone.

"Did you get her tests back?" House asked him.

"Yes," Isaac said. "Everything looks to be fine. Everything came back negative."

"Thank you," House said.

"Feel free to call me if you need anything," Isaac said as he hung up the phone. House breathed a sigh of relief. He wished that now they would catch the bastard that did this to her.

House heard Rachel making noises in her room. He went in there and looked down at her. She was wide awake looking at her Winnie-The-Pooh mobile spinning around. She gave off a loud coo when she saw House.

"You got this adorable thing down pat," House said he reached down and picked her up. He immediately regretted it when he realized that she needed her diaper changed. "You are two months and you haven't learned how to use the potty yet?" House said to her as he carried her over to the changing table. "You are lucky that I have seen people's flesh falling off, so I don't think this is that gross."

Rachel kept making cooing sounds as House changed her. "I see that you are a morning person. That will change when you become a doctor."

After he was done changing her diaper, House changed her into a shirt that had a picture of Joe Cool on it.

"You hungry?" House asked her. Rachel just looked at him and smiled. "I will take that as a yes." House carried Rachel into the kitchen and got a bottle of her formula out. "You are quite the eater," House said as Rachel starting sucking on her bottle.

House just looked at Rachel as she ate. He couldn't believe that he had actually been one of those things. House's focus soon turned off Rachel when he heard a noise coming from another room. House walked from the kitchen to the main hall and could tell the noise was coming from Cuddy's room. House put down the bottle and limped towards her room. When he made it to her room, House heard Cuddy whimpering. He could tell that she was having a bad dream. House sat down on the side of the bed and shook her lightly

"Cuddy," House said quietly trying to wake her, but making sure that he did not scare her. When Cuddy opened her eyes, House could see the fear in them. "You were having a bad dream."

Cuddy had been having a bad dream, but she knew that everything had not been a dream. House sitting in her house holding Rachel was a confirmation of that. "It's okay," House said to her.

Cuddy sat up and looked at Rachel lying in House's arms looking up at her.

"I need to change her diaper," Cuddy said.

"I already did it," House said.

"You changed a diaper?" Cuddy asked.

"It's not rocket science," House said. "I fed her too."

"Thank you," Cuddy said.

"You have always been there for me when things went wrong," House said. "I thought I should repay the favor." Rachel started to fuss a little. "I think she wants mommy to burp her." Cuddy took Rachel from House's arms and put her over her shoulder to burp her.

"I need you right now House," Cuddy said. "I don't know if I am strong enough to do this alone right now."

"I'm here," House said.

I know this is not the longest chapter, but I am having a little writer's block for this story. I just need to write out a plan for where I want to go. Please review if you want me to continue. Thanks for reading.