Broken

A/N: I don't own them…. Sorry can't come up with something clever at the moment.

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Chapter 9 Excited Moments

I woke up to the phone ringing. It wasn't something uncommon in his apartment because there was always someone after him and he was always ignoring them.

But it had woken me up and along with it came a wave of nausea I still wasn't used to. I didn't want to get up so I pressed my face against his chest and took deep breaths.

"Hey, no puking on me" he mumbled but didn't push me away.

"It's half your fault," I told him and he stroked my hair before almost yelling at the phone to shut up.

I could hear Lisa's voice from the bedroom as I made my way to the bathroom, when the answering came on.

"House! Come on, pick up!" There was a slight pause and Greg laughed because she knew he wouldn't and yet she insisted.

"Fine! Well, when you get off your lazy ass call me. Allison's parents just called me and they haven't heard from her in almost a week. They called her job and they said she left and no one can get in touch with her. I know you guys are….whatever, but please call me" the machine beeped and he walked into the bathroom and leaned against the sink.

"People seem to want to talk to you," he told me as he wet one of his hand towels and then handed it to me.

I pressed it against my face and the back of my neck before I slowly got up and brushed my teeth.

"Yeah I guess I should have called them."

He kept leaning against the sink as I brushed my teeth and when I asked him why he was doing it he just smiled and walked out of the bathroom and towards the living room.

When he came back into the bedroom I was halfway done putting on a shirt and I heard him on the phone.

"Yes mistress? How can I be of services today?"

I laughed and pulled my shirt on and stared at him as he started to pace back and forth by the foot of the bed. I could almost hear Lisa sigh on the other line.

"Allison… Mmmmm, who is she again?"

I glared at him and he smiled, pleased with himself.

I could hear Lisa yell at him as he lay back on the bed amused at himself.

After about five minutes I extended my hand and he pouted. Apparently, I ruined his fun by asking for the phone.

"Stop screeching woman!" He almost yelled into the phone before handing it to me.

"Hey Lisa," I said shaking my head at how childish he looked with his arms crossed and a pout on his face.

"Allison! God! Do you know how crazy people are going while looking for you?" I spent the next half hour explaining to her that I was fine and that things had just been so hectic that it had slipped my mind to call my parents.

"For God's sake. Just tell her you're pregnant and she'll shut up!" House yelled as he finished pulling his shoes on.

Lisa, who heard his little outburst, went into an excited rant that I didn't hear as I pulled the phone away from my ear to roll my eyes and finish getting dressed.

I was finally able to hang up when I told Lisa that we would be at her house in a few minutes and asked her to call my parents and tell them not to worry.

House, who apparently didn't want to listen to an overly happy Lisa for the rest of the day, tried to come up with every imaginable reason why we shouldn't go visit his best friend, but he shut up when I told him that the one who would have to hear most of it would be me.

He grinned and I looked out of the window, watching the blurry shapes of houses and tress pass by and my stomach started to turn. I pressed my forehead against the window and take a deep breath, I didn't show him the smile on my face when he grabbed my hand and stroked it. His own little way to comfort me.

"Aunty Allie!" Emma yelled as we parked outside of her house.

"Hey sweetie," I picked her up and kissed her cheek "Have you been waiting outside for us?" I asked as I adjusted her in my arms.

"No…I was waiting for you. Uncle Greg isn't all that much fun," she teased and gave Greg an overly sweet smile.

"I'm on to you kid," he warned in a teasing voice and she burst into a fit of giggles.

"Allison!" James greeted as we stepped inside the house. Then Lisa came running in the room to give me a bear hug that left me and Emma out of breath.

"How come I never get greeted like that?" House asked me nodding his head to his long time friends.

"Because they like me better."

"No…it's because you have a parasite."

I rolled my eyes and let Lisa lead me into the kitchen were she was attempting to cook.

It amazed me that someone who had accomplished so much in her life could not bring herself to cook a meal that was actually eatable.

This is why Jimmy ended up calling for takeout while Lisa and I talked about what had happened.

She didn't seem surprised to know that House and I had slept together the last time I was in town. And she wasn't sorry at all that I had cheated on my ex-fiancé.

She told me there was just no way I would have been able to marry that man anyway.

She did get overly happy when we started to discuss the baby. That's when she started to make jokes about how sorry she was that House was the father because that would mean a very stubborn child.

House started to tease her about her fun bags, which lead to Emma asking me what he was talking about and I had to come up with a story of Uncle Greg hitting his head before we left the apartment. And that he thought he was funny when he said stupid things.

She then ran into the living room to tease House for a good part of the day. He played along and pretended to be offended. I had to smile when he left the game to go play 'Tea Time' with her.

When we got back he told me he wanted a girl.

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Sorry took so long to update…school sucks and I kept on losing where I had written down this chapter so I just had to come up with the whole thing again. Well I hope it's someone what good? I promise to update with more frequency from now on.

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