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Here is chapter 4!

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Chapter 4

He was watching her sleep.

Her chest rose and fell in a steady rhythm. She was still snuggled up against his chest. Her left hand was on his stomach and her hair was spilled over her beautiful face.

It was the very first morning he woke up next to her… It was even the very first time he was in her bed.

They had never slept together at her place before.

He tucked a few of her hair strands behind her ear in order to be able to have a better look on her flawless face.

She was beautiful, simply beautiful.

Her skin was so soft and smooth. Her hair smelled like a garden full of roses. Her lips were full and red.

She was just perfect. A perfect woman.

The only problem was: A perfect woman would never ever settle for him. She would never put up with him. She would never ever want to have such a crippled asshole like him in her life.

Cuddy deserved much better than him.

When House woke up a few hours later he realized that he obviously had fallen asleep again and he realized as well that Cuddy wasn't lying next to him anymore.

He sighed. He wasn't surprised. He hadn't expected anything else.

House glanced at the alarm clock that was on the bedside table next to him. 9:24 am.

Cuddy was probably already in the hospital signing files and paychecks as well as having meetings and some overly important appointments.

He put aside the blanket, stood up and looked for his clothes.

He should get ready, he didn't want to piss his boss off. He was sure she was pissed enough at him anyway.

"Have you already seen Cuddy today?"

Wilson and House stepped into the elevator together.

"Nope… Why?" House asked. "Is she wearing an "extra low" low-cut top? Or has she forgotten to put on any panties?"

Wilson didn't react to House's usual inappropriate comments. Instead he just went on with the topic he actually wanted to discuss: "She seems to be a bit… absent-minded lately… We had a board meeting in the morning. She was hardly paying any attention."

"Maybe she had mind-blowing sex last night and couldn't stop thinking about the man who's responsible for that."

"This is serious House! I am worried about her! She is acting weirdly since a few weeks now… Maybe she has problems."

"She is the Dean of this "nut house" here. It's her job to deal with problems."

"You know exactly that I am talking about private problems."

"She is fine."

"Did you talk to her?"

"No."

"Then why do you know that she is okay?"

"She is a big girl. If she has problems she will deal with them." House said before he exited the elevator again and headed for his office.

Of course Wilson needed to talk to Cuddy. It was his natural instinct to interfere in other people's life. (He actually considered the interfering as "helping" but not all people saw it this way).

He knocked on Cuddy's office door and opened it after she said: "Come in."

"Hi."

"Hi, Wilson. What can I do for you?" Cuddy put the pen away she just had signed a file with and smiled. It was no real smile, she was not in the mood for that.

"Actually I wanted to ask you exact the same thing."

"What do you mean?" She wanted to know.

"I noticed that you are a bit absent-minded lately… I just wanted to ask you if you are okay?"

Now a real smile spread over her face. "It's nice of you to worry but I am fine… Really."

"You don't seem fine."

"I am just a bit stressed… it is a lot to do."

"Maybe you should take a few days off."

"That would be a good idea but I can't right now… I am practically snowed under in work."

"And that's exactly why you should take off a few days."

"Not right now, Wilson…"

"Of course right now. Have you read the current statistics? Millions of people have burn- outs every year because they practically live at work. You don't want that, do you?"

"I am not overworked, Wilson. I am used to this… I am just not feeling so well right now. It is no big deal."

"If it's not the work what is it than that's bothering you?"

"Nothing, Wilson. Really."

He sighed. He knew that something was up. "Okay… But if you need help or just someone to talk… I am here."

"I know. Thank you." She smiled thankfully. "I appreciate it."

Cuddy was relieved when Wilson finally had left her office. She knew that he just wanted to be nice but she didn't want to talk with him about her problems. She didn't want to talk about them with anyone. She had to deal with them on her own.

Before she was able to continue with her work, her office door opened once again. This time there had been no knocking which gave her all the information about the interrupter she needed to know.

It was House.

"Hi, Cuddles!" He entered her office.

"Don't call me that."

"Would you prefer sex kitten?" He was being the usual selfish asshole she would like to kick in the ass every time when he opens his mouth.

"Do you need anything?"

"So we are going to ignore the fact that we were screwing each other senseless last night?"

Of course House had to mention their "encounter" first thing.

"It was a mistake and it wont happen again…" Cuddy said and then changed the theme: "What do you need?"

"If I remember right then you already said a few days ago that it won't ever happen again and yet it did."

"If you are not here to discuss something work-related you can leave."

"Yesterday you couldn't have been close enough to me but today you can't even bring up the courage to look at me."

"House… We can't talk about this right now. Not here… Not in the hospital." Cuddy stood up from her office chair and approached him. "I'll come over tonight. We can talk then, okay?" Her voice was suddenly a lot softer than before.

He nodded and turned to leave the room. Before he exited her office he said. "Bring some food with you."

Cuddy smiled…

Maybe House was right… They really had to talk.

It was so much going on that they couldn't just stop and pretend that there has never been anything at all between them.

It had been more than sex. They both knew it.

And especially after last night there was no way they could deny it any longer.

TBC…

Need your help people! I have started to write chapter 5, now I have two different ideas how to continue with the story.

The first idea is a dramatic/romance one and the second is a humor/romance one.

Please don't hesitate to click the "review this chapter"- button bellow and tell me what genre you want to read xD